The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-17
BOARD OF TRADE CHAT

If you 90 a motoring this summer,
put a couple of Ocala pennants on
your car.
Plant a palmI Plant it nowI
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Mighty pleasant weather we are
having! Florida weather is worth mil
lions. At Toledo, Ohio. Saturday
street thermometers registered 11Ol
degrees.
The day that state highway No. 81
is completed, from the Georgia line
to Fort Myers, viii be the beginning
of new era in Florida-an era of
unprecedented prosperity.
In trimming the trees, don't mutt
late them. The trees, more than
anything else, give Ocala its beauty;
and they should be cared for.
The greatest need of Florida is
population.
Fertility of soil varies with the
farmer.
Marion county has all of the eco
nomic advantages of physical geogra-
ply, and TO a rare degree; delightful
tc live in; splendid facilities for COM
munication, by rail, by road and by
water; lands of wide range of fer
tility, and suitable for general farm
ing, truck, citrus and other fruits,
pecan nuts and live stock; rich in
minerals; good natural forces of wa
ter and air; waters filled with fish;
forests of valuable timber and sap
producing qualities; wonderful eli
mate, with an average temperature
| of 10 degrees. without extremes, good
rainfall, and an unusual freedom from
destructive agencies of weather, such
as floods, fire, hail, earthquakes,
storms, and of diseases among ami
mails and plants, noxious animals,
vermin and insects. Marion county
is acknowledged to be the best all
gound county in the state of Florida.
Great is the advantage of city
which gets the first start in an indus
try. It may become the center of a
vast production, even if many other
places might do just as well or better
A man who knows the Middle West
ard who knows live stock, says that
he has not seen any county finer than
Marion for hogs.
i Building in ocala is increasing
steadily.
i Build small bungalow or two, Of
modern design and convenience
There is a demand for them.
u Next winter will probably fint
more people in Florida than ever be
fore. There is every indication of it
Many hotels are building, and tn
railroads are increasing their facili
| ties.
With the real estate business il
!, Marion county thoroughly organized
) and puton a sound business basis, TO
its own protection and the protection
4 of the buyer and seller, the Board o
5 Trade and other organizations an
agencies working with view to 10
: eating more citizens in the county
will he able TO attain greater result:
: 1t would bring about proper con
f junction of advertising and selling.
$50
: War-devastated France proposes t
e spend a billion dollars in rebuildin
Its highways.
ri Marion county should have a con
e plete system of newly constructe
# and permanent highways by 1872
is That is the year of the centennial e,
position. We should make it easy fl
the crowds TO see this county. The
~ should be a road from Ocala to o
ii arge Springs, connecting with a ros
Ito Palatka, between which city al
Jacksonville good roads are alreaC
built.
Marion county at present has tt
largest pig club in Florida.
Figs Will soon be ripe!
Plant chenille plant. 1t bloor
throughout the year.
In trimming trees the followil
points, given by the dentrologist
the United States forestry servic
should be observed: Limbs to be r
lmoved entirely should be cut close
/ the trunk, or other point of orig
The objects of close cutting are
. insure, first. rapid healing of {
wound, and, second, smooth, shar
i. ~ trunk. 1t taking off limbs of co
siderable size an under-cut should {
ways be made first, in order to pr
vent them from splitting off slivers
bark and wood from the trunk belc
the wound. The main body of We
heavy limbs should be cut off at
| point several feet from the trur
. after which the stub can be amputs
ed without splitting or otherwi
damaging the trunk. The surface
the wound should be- brought in Ii
with the verticle outline of the truI