The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02
FARMERS NATIONAL CONGRESS
IN FLORIDA

The coming to Florida of 5000 dele
gates to the Farmers National Con,
gress, which will hold its annual meet
ing in jacksonville in conjunction
with the Florida state fair and expo
sition the last week in November,
spells another opportunity for this
state and should result in great good
for the agricultural, horticultural and
livestock interests.
These delegates and their families
win come from every state in the
Union and it is expected that the num-
Der will be augmented by many of
the members Of this nationwide or
ganization, who will take this oppor-
tunity to visit Florida and at the same
time meet members from all sections
Of the country and together they will
investigate the development Of the
state along the lines in which they
are SO much interested, its possibiIi-
ties for future development and the
successes that have been made in
farming and stock raising
The Farmers National Congress
has been in existence for more than
a third Of d century and numbers
among its extensive membership
many of the most successful and
thinking farmers in the world They
will come to Florida with a serious
purpose at serious time and their
discussions and deliberations will
prove, of great interest to the Florida
farmers, who are engaged in trans
forming the greatest area of idle
lands of this country into profyableI
production, the need Tor which is So
urgent at this time.
TIE annual session Of SUCH an or.
g-nization Of nationwide importance,
Will receive s great amount O. atJen.
ton from the press Of the country
and Florida Will be given much pub
licity during and after this meeting
as representatives Of every agricul-
turaL and livestock publication wilt
undoubtedly he in attendance Jack
souvilIe is making plans to entertain
these thousands Of delegates and their
families and friends in manner thai
will impress them favoraoly with
Florida They will be guests Of the
state far association and will be Civ
on an opportunity to study the various
exhibits from all the counties Of the
state, tie special and individual ex-
hibits, the livestock and the poultry
exhibits and everything that will be
shown at the fair and this should
prove an incentive for each county to
exert its best effort to make an ex-
ceptionally fine display and for ex-bih-
itors to enter every available arti--
Gle or animal that is worthy of show
ing, as Florida must take the stand
of the entire country and it must not
fail to make good,
Several side trips are being plan
ned that will take delegates over
good part of the state, where they
will get first hand information from
the farmers themselves and where
they will be able to study the condi-
tions that surround the producer 1t
will be all different to most of them
as they will probably find the sun
shining. the air balmy, everything
green and CROWN vigorously at a
time when their native heath is prob
ably covered with snow, with cloudy
days and raw winds and the growth
of all things is dormant. To their
unaccustomed eyes it should all look
good in Florida and if the impress is
firm enough it may be the means of
stirring in their breasts a longing to
live in a land of perpetual sunshine,
where efforts to produce are never
hampered and where disagreed Die
conditions are rare. Thousands of
these farmers will be men Of means
who could accomplish wonders in this
fertile land and their coming should
be hailed with delight and they should
be given the most cordial welcome
that is possible Florida Times-Union
July 20.