The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-28

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]. A. Eubanks, of Mariana, said:
I'm my judgment We of West Flor
ida will have to resort to the kind
of farming that we have been seeing
for the past week in Kentucky and
Tennessee We have learned that the
easiest and most satisfactory way to
convert ou- product into cash is
through cattle and hogs. We learned
that we can utilize to a profit all we
make ON our farm and pstures by
having in the same pastures both cat
ment from the food the hogs do not
obtain all the nutriment and nourish-
ment fro mthe food the hogs do not
permit this to go to waste.
Hogs and 0httle.
Il say pen hogs and cattle to-
gether. believe we have crops of
natural growth in West Florida that
will make us rich-velvet beans, soy
beans, beggar weed, pussley, winter
rye, winter oats, etc. By starting
right and utilizing these crops, we
can surely make a success in the cat
tie business.
Natural Wealth.
No country that depends alone on
cotton could ever prosper like the
section we have seen in Kentucky and
Tennessee"
Know What to Expect.
H. W. Mercer, of Cottondale, said:
"The two things / am most inter
ested in are cattle and hogs, and they
are grown to perfection in both Ten
nessee and Kentucky. With our nu-
merous advantages in West Florida,
I believe they can be grown just as
well. can raise as good corn and
raise it as cheap as the farmers up
north, and the trip showed me what
to expect from live stock"
VIII Increase Hogs.
E. P. Fillingim, of the Escambia
Land and Manufacturing Company,
came back convinced that hog raising
is the greatest proposition we have.
ave haven't the blue grass of
Kentucky" he said, "but we have
what is just as good. We need high
grade stock-that's> where the money
is.
"Our company is going to increase
the number of its hogs considerably
Cattle is also a great asset for West
Florida.
"The trip was an education"
We Need More Silos.
| j. D. Atkinson, dairyman Of
Myrtle Grove, was impressed Will
the fact that the farmers in Ken
lucky and Tennessee specialize il
everything: there is little genera
farming, but the dairyman special
. ICES in cattle of a mich strain; tn
hog man in Jersey-Durocs; the bee
man in a heavy framed cattle tina
: viii produce the greatest poundage
He was also struck with the perma
) nent nature of the silos. They ar
!, concrete or built Of very durabl
{ stave-much better than the films
affairs one sees in West Florida
That the silo is the greatest need o
all for West Florida was Mr.. Adl1in
sons statement.
Our Advantages.
: ]. F. Dusenberry, of the Jenning
Naval Stores Company, said:
: "You ask me what impressed m
! most on my trip. I answer, realizs
ton of the advantages which our par
: of the country possesses even in con
! parison with the famous blue gras
! sections of Kentucky and Tennessee
! Velvet Bean, Gold Mine.
II 81 was told by one Of the largel
! hog breeders in the world, a ma
: whose name is known the count1
n over among people who have to {
It with hogs, that he looked upon Il
velvet bean as bringing about a COZ
dition in West Florida which maxi
h the advantages of our section equ
is to theirs from the standpoint of Il
It hog raiser. As an evidence of his sil
y certify he says he is planning to opt
up a hog farm in Florida.
Coming TO Florida.
y In this connection learned fro
% another hog man in Kentucky tn
: frequently his hogs were over thirt
3 six hours in transit, the larger pa
) of which time was spent on 81,
> tracks. There is now special thirt
six hour schedule from Flomaton
Louisville. This gentleman stat
:. that It was very much easier on Ii
! stock for them to be moving IN t
a cars rather than standing on 81
tracks.
ps another man engaged in expe1
M mental work in Kentucky told me tn
the combination of a velvet bean fie
r. with pasture of Bermuda grass a
ng Japan clover produced continue
In cheap feed for cattle in West FlC
d. ida which in his opinion equaled t
to advantages Of blue grass. This m
II. is devoting his entire time to
production of cattle and his opinic
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