The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-10

The fine showing of Florida grown live stock at
the recent State Fair and the winning of the
grand championship by of Herlong's Poland
China sows at the International Live Show in
Chicago, will give additoal interest to the annual
convention of the Florida State Live Stock Assoc
citation, which meets in Orlando tomorrow, con-
tinuing through Friday.
Interesting to West Florida is the fact that a
Mulat man, just across the Escambia line, in Santa
Rosa County, won first prize Jerseys at
the State Fair. and that Florida Live Stock
and Agricultural Farms of Santa Rosa County,
also won a number Of prizes the Tri-State Fair
which recently met in Tennessee, where leading hog
growers in the country exhibited. In these
classes. the Santa Rosa farms won over 12s COM
petitors. Besides winning first in class, Santa
Rosa carried off seven second, five three, five
fourth and fifth class premium. The Duroc
Jerseys of Mr. Reider, of Mulat, which first
at the State Fair, from the same stock as
the Munson farms of Santa Rosa. The that
West Florida carried off first honors the State
Far, and the state carried off first at the Inter
national Show, and at the Tri-State Show, ranks
Florida highly in stock growing and adds con-
siderable interest to the convention taking
place In Orlando.
It is expected that meeting of livestock men
will be the most representative ever held In the
stat. The Orlando Board of Trade has planned
some pleasing entertainments for the visitors and
invitation has also been extended interested
women Mrs. NJ G. Chase, of Brandon Fla, owns
the largest herd of registered dairy cattle Florida
entirely uncultivated, unsurpassed in extent
and suitability for the raising Of live every
kind The fact that live stock development in the
state has been SO long retarded has largely
to ignorance of the true situation, part of
the people Of other states interested in such
tiers, because the real conditions n Florida have
never been placed before them.
But the fact Of the mattr is that tn climate of
Florida is an ideal for stock raising In
Southern Florida. south Hillsborough County, in
Manatee in the great Myaka River prairie region
in southern Polk County and DeSoto Brevard
and Lee Counties, which include the Alifia Kssm-
NEE and Caloosahatehee River valleys, found a
great grazing region.
Throughout Florida the herds of cattle range
over territory well watered, and this is especially
true of West Florida, which also has a great adj
vantage in the excellent quality the quantity
of corn, this section having taken first prize on
corn for two successive years at the State Fair.
In addition to the native grasses which rank
with those of the northern states, for winter feed
and finishing live stock for the market there are
the velvet bean, green cured, the cassava, the
sweet potatoes all of which make splendid feed 1t
is necessary at the most, to feed live stock in
Florida for not than three winter months as
against the six or eight months north, rigors
of the climate require. In addition grasses that
grow In winter, in Florida winter oats, rye and
barley are planted for stock all of which
cheap and a growing crop
The comparative absence of disease. such as is
known in the north is a matter that is not fully
appreciated according Florida live stock author
tiles, who attribute this happy condition to the
pure air and water that abound In the state
through the splendid showing made the various
Much advertising has already to this state
live stock expeditions in various parts of the
country, and some interesting facts will be brought
out at the convention OF live stock men in Orlando
during the next few days