The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-07
Immense Gathering Greets
Louisville & Nashville
Farm Specialists.
GRACEVILLE MEET
IS WELL ATTENDED
Great Enthusiasm Over Tick
Eradication and Diver
sihed Farming.
SPECIAL 70 THE JOURNAL.

SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.
Chipley, Fla, Feb. 6.-Bright skies
and warm weather brought so many
farmers to town yesterday for the
better farming meetings Of the L. &
N. agricultural specialists, that z. N.
Dekle, who had charge Of the local
arrangements, was obliged to aban-
don the plan of holding the meeting
in the moving picture theater and
/ transferred them to the auditorium
of the splendid new high school.
When Chairman Al. Al. Myers called
the afternoon meeting to order sew
eral hundred farmers filled the audi
forum and listened attentively to the
necessity for getting rid of the fever
tick and the gospel of diversified
farming as outlined by Messrs. Roll
royd and McElroy.
State Attorney /. A Hutchinson,
on behalf of the people of this sec
ton, welcomed the speakers and as
cured them that their advice was APP
preciated and sure to be followed.
J. L. Godfrey spoke on the oppor-
tunities the West Florida farmer was
overlooking and reminded them that
if they would only store their meat
in TIE cold storage plant here it would
be insured against spelling by hot
weather and could be taken out and
used as desired. He mentioned the
fact that Albert Myers had conclu-
sively proven that dipping cattle to
rid them of ticks paid by having re-
Gently sold carload averaging $50
pounds the head, at the highest price
per pound ever received for cattle
in West Florida.
This, he declared, was what all cat
tlemen would do next year when by
cooperative work on the part of ev-
eryone all the ticks would be killed
and the quarantine lifted so that all
| the markets Of the nations would be
opened.
At the close of the meeting the
chairman asked for rising vote from
those in favor of tick eradication and
every farmer present quickly rose to
his feet and the death knell of the
fever tick was sounded in this neigh
borhood.
Farmers and cattlemen from a dis
lance of twelve to fifteen miles at
tended the meeting, quite number
driving from Vernon.
Another record breaking crowd of
farmers and town people filled the
school house at the night meeting
where Mr.. McElroy, with graphic
charts and Mr.. Godfrey, with colored
lantern slides, showed what there was
needed to enable West Florida to
achieve her economic independence by
furnishing a little more than her
share Of the beef, pork and mutton
now being imported by the south.
MEETING AT GRACEVILLE.
f. special meeting was arranged on
short notice for Graceville and Mayor
j. T. Williams filled the school house
with nearly 200 farmers who eagerly
| listened to suggestions as to the best
manner to overcome the ravages of
the boil weevil. The Graceville cotton
crop suffered an amazing loss last
| year AAUlli bllls pest anu the farmers
here realize that diversification win
be necessary to avoid the helpless
condition in which other sections
found themselves who were caught
unprepared.
ALL AGAINST TICKS.
A meeting was also held at Cotton
dale, where the same intense interest
prevailed.
The l.. & n. specialists are becom-
ing very enthusiastic over the enthu-
siasm shown for tick eradication.
They have now held eleven meetings
in their campaign and not a single
voice has been raised against eradica-
ton and at every point several prom
inent citizens have voluntarily as
sumed the burden of following up the
work of the speakers looking to the
lifting of the quarantine within the
next eighteen months. Many are en-
thusiastic enough to place the time
when the eradication win take place
at one year.
Meetings will be held next week in
Santa Rosa county. The following
week Escambia county win be COW
cred