The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-10
FIVE CROPS YEARLY
POSSIBLE IN FLORIDA
It's a Common Thing to Make
Three Crops
OTHER STATES CAN'T DO TT
Ocular Demonstration to be Made
at the State Fair.-Vegetables,
Fruits, Staple Farm Crops and
Live Stock Flourish.

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Live Stock Flourish.
"Three crops were raised this
year on the same land up to Sep
tember 18-Irish potatoes, corn
and rice" says news report
from Oldsmere, published in the
Times Union a few days ago. The
report also added that cat least
one more crop and possibly two
will be produced on the same land
before January IA possibility
of five crops grown on Florida soil
within twelve consecutive months.
Such records as this cannot be du-
plicated in any other state Of the
Union, surely not in the Northern
and Western states, where cold
weather prohibits and makes i'm
possible the growing of crops
throughout the year, as is done in
Florida, and not only in the Olds-
mere district, either.
just such records as that above
cited is what is melting the Flori-
da state fair and exposition man.
agement to the most persistent
urging of the Florida farmers and
live stock owners and raisers to
make use Of the fair and exposi-
tion facilities, this year especially,
to convince the thousands Of visi-
tors who will come from all over
the United States and from for
eign countries of what Florida soil
and weather conditions make pos
sible, agriculturally, and for the
successful and economical raising
of live stock, poultry, etc.
As a prominent Florida farmer
expressed it: "The Florida state
fair and exposition offers an OPP
portunity to Floridians to add i'm
mensely to the production and
wealth of the state, as many are
now recognizing, by heartily CO.
operating with the fair associa-
tion to make it tell, in their exhib-
its, the story of what Florida is
doing, and can do on much vast
er scale. p"
"These Floridians, myself in
cluded," continued this progress
i've farmer, twill be exhibitors at
the fair and we will also see to it
that our friends and neighbors
are aroused to their opportunity
to get great benefit from the state
fair by being among its exhibitors,
or at least its thousands Of visi-
tors. There they will see for
themselves what Florida soil is
producing and what splendid
of live stock are on her
farms and cattle ranches. In see
ing and in mingling with the peo-
pie who are making such splen-
lid records they will be amply
repaid for the time spent at their
own state fair and at the same
lime will be assisting it forward
% still greater usefulness in help
ng to make Florida the most i'm
'ortant agricultural and live
took state in the Union.
AS an all convincing illustra-
ion of the argumentin support Of
he statement that the Florida
tate fair is helping the farmers
nd live stock raisers of the state
0 make more and more money.
axe the matter Of encouragement
hat the State Fair Association is
living to the hog raising industry.
Better breeds, better care. and
eeding has been urged by the
tate fair management from its
cry beginning as an organiza-
ion. When the hog raisers of one
ection, that of which Graceville.
ackson county, is the center, can
a their local hog market collect
100000 in single season from
heir hog sales, as is estimated
hey will do this year, and at IT.
8 cents per pound on the hoof,
DO, it proves that the state fair is
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