The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-03

planted in fernando, in the next
tier Of counties south of Sumter,
but it is too early to report on the
outcome.
In the light of what we know
would say that Marion county is not
the southern limit of profitable PEI
can culture. In the light OF what
We do not know it would be my adj
vice to prospective pecan ordhardists
located south of Marion county to
plant only in an experimental way
believe that the southern limits
of the pecan will be pushed down
into southern Florida just as the
northern limits have. been pushed
farther north than was formerly be-
lieved possible. To avoid costly mis-
takes this pushing southwark into
untried fields must be conducted
witch caution The various named
varieties must he tried out in a
small way to determine their lbehaF-
ion before large commercial or
chards are planted. Better still,
promising seedlings native to the
farther-south region must be sought
out and new varieties especially adj
apted to the region developed. BY
all means push the southern limit
farther south, but let the work be
done Systematically and In a way
that will not bring disappointment
to the people who are turning the
forests of Florida into orchards and
farms.
Who knows what the future may
hold in store! Boundary lines in ag-
rtculture and horticulture are being
wiped off the map every day. Dist
riots now regarded as outside the
pecan district may few years hence
be recognized as the center of the
industry Men who are not yet very
old can rememIbrer when the talk
as-nothing worth while east Of
the Mississippi river But King
Corn crossed the Father of Waters,
and Iowa and Missouri and other
states in the valley of the great river
became the richest agricultural sec
ton of the whole country. Another
limit was drawn at the Missouri riv-
err. and men said, You will he conn
PEELED to stop here. beyond is a wind
swept desert. . King Corn crossed
the river and now hundreds of mil
lions of bushels of corn are grown
every year in the heart of the great
American desert Millions OF bush
els of wheat, oats and barley were
grown this year under dry farming
methods on the semi-artid uplands
and along the foothills of the Rocky
Mountains where twenty years ago a
man would have been adjudged in
sane for even suggesting that any
crop could be made to grow.
alfalfa, the queen of forage crops,
which at first would grow only on
the irrigated lands of the west, was
for years failure in the rain belt,
but now it grows wild along the
roadside in many states, and the
tI1tu6SCOu6 TIuSSS OIL Lu0 cOuLu dIC UC-
ginning to take on a deeper green
because of its presence Cotton has
pushed westward into the semi-arid
regions of Texas and Oklahoma
where 1t was believed a few years
ago that the soil and climate were
suited only for 1.-THE production Of
scant grass and stock cattle. Lands
in the west that in a state of nature
did not produce a single tree of any
kind are now the greatest producers
of apples in the world Lines of de-
markation and limitation are being
pushed back in every direction and
the same must prove true that the
pecan belt if the growers make the
most of the splendid opportunities
afforded by our grand southern
land