The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-28
FRENCH RUSHING MEN To
THE NORTHERN FRONT
BIG ARMY IN FLANDERS To HELP THE BRITISH AND BELG|ANS
ALLIES ALONG THE YPRES CANAL MAINTAIN VIOLENT OFFENSIVE AIR FIGHTS OF
HOURLY OCCURRENCE

best thing in the state, and he and /
and Willard will just put the best that
is in US into the work of making it
one of the model stock farms of the
south"
What the Property Consists Of
The Hiawatha Lake Stock Farm is
undoubtedly one of the best natural
stock farms in the country. There is,
as we said before, square mile of the
land. 1t is high and rolling, with just
enough timber, plenty of fencing and
cross fencing. Several springs of
water that never go dry, and 10
acre lake of great depth, clear as cry
stal and supplied by springs in its
depths. The land is all very fertile
and brings forth abundant crops and
is especially adapted to the growing
of all feed stuffs. There are ample
barns and stables and outhouses of all
kinds. A system of water works with
gas engine to lift the water. There
are two large and comfortable resi-
dences and tenant houses besides.
The place is stocked with
great herd of pure breed Red Duroc-
Jersey hogs, and little pigs are COM
ing along every month in the year
and far more than replace the ones
that are shipped out over the state
for breeding purposes. There is a
large herd of blooded Jersey cows
and about 80 head of horses, as Mr..
Whitworth has bred the latter most
successfully.
What Whitworth Has Done
Nearly ten years ago Mr.. H. H.
Whitworth gave up one of the best
salaried jobs on the road, travelling
for harness and saddlery house,
bought the property and settled down
there. He has been Handicapped for
lack of capital, but has stocked the
place, kept it in jam up shape, made a
living for his family and built up a
property that is a pride to him and a
credit to the country; and has done it
all off of the place itself, without as
sistance from outside. Never for a
moment has he lost faith in the
breeding of stock in Marion county
and especially Duroc Jerseys. He has
plugged away out there, has had his
ups and downs, but has taken the lat
ter like a man, has raised hogs and
then more hogs and sometimes it was
nip and tuck to make both ends meet,
but always, when things looked blue,
those same red hogs would come to
his rescue and the mail bring a nice
little check for pig or pair from
some far off section of the state, may
be, and the pot would boil again.
At the Marion County Fair for a
number of years and at the State
Fair at Tampa, Mr.. Whitworth has
taken more blue ribbons than he could
hang on yard fence, with these red
hogs, and in hundreds of homes in the
state, now after lapse of six or sew
en- years, they will remember "Big
Dick" his 1200-pound pig exhibited at
Tampa, which was the wonder and ad-
miration of all who saw him, and
caused many of the natives to ex-
claim, "Great gawd, is that hawg or
a elefant"
With his new partner, with capital
and enthusiasm and faith to operate
on, a field that is the whole southern
states to ship their breeding stock
into and the packing plants to come
into the state as they have into Geor-
gia, Mr.. Whitworth will lay hold with
renewed vigor and help push the for
tunes and fame of the Hiawatha Lake
Stock Farm to heights and successes
never before achieved in Florida on
stock raising proposition.
The Star welcomes the coming of
Mr.. Blood and his family to Marion
county. He has seen what many of
US overlook, the great opportunities
about US, and will put his time and
capital into their development, and
here is to success for him and "Whit, "
as his friends call him