The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-25
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honors at the South Florida fair for grain and for
age is another indication that this section of the
state is fast taking the lead in staple products Edi
torialr, of this Tampa Fair, the Tribune says:
Because Of the high cost Of freight and express:
rates and the difficulty in securing labor for gather
ing exhibits, the displays at the fair typicallH
South Florida. With the exception of Marion anc
Bay counties. what is shown can be raised in any
South Florida county, and the demonstration Of ac
complishment is wonderfully convincing.
This years exhibits prove that there is no county
the southern Florida Gulf coast that cannot sup
port itself. A candidate some years ago from Jack
sonvilIe, believe, in the habit of saying in
his speeches that you may build impossible wal
along the northern boundary Of Florida and you may
bar from the coasts of the state all shipping with
food and civilization needs, and Florida will adjust
itself in month and never know it is cut off from
the rest of the world complete is it's productive
COPE OF course that is largely buncombe" but it il
fact that South Florida counties have demonstrated
this year that they are raising bread and meat anc
butter and fruit and vegetables and can raise
sufficient to do for their needs and have great sur
plus to sell which would make themthe richest Sec
ton in the world
'DeSoto Hillsborough and Polk counties are necl
and neck in the display made, while Manatee stands
either ahead or just behind Them a position which
1t will take official decision to name.
"Pasco county exhibits IAN allaround county,
that is, it shows the staple farm products, the meal
products and the citrus and trucking possibilities
It's exhibit is eyeopener to those who ma CINE thai
sand and even little clay. nFlorida will not pro-
duce much.
From far-off Bay county, the newest one exhibit
ing, and located far west Of Tallahassee we have
wonderful showing of the grains, grasses and hay
That part of Florida is producing largely now ana
he in
Of land are cut and sold to small individual farmers
Marion county is the banner general utility coun-
ty of the present fair. It has record as far off as
international livestock exhibitions held in Chicago
Where recently. it has taken grand champion prizes
1t shows some of the finest citrus fruits exhibited
the fair while its trucking display is only
by the general staples collection is has gathered for
showing.
speaking Of the livestock shown it was reported
that the wife of General Manager B. K Hanafourde
who, by the way had entire charge Of the livestock
display at the state fair in Jacksonville in the fall de-
clared that if these South Florida hog breeders keer
increasing the size of their hogs it will become nee
essery for exhibitors to show them under halter II
hard to realize that in five years Florida hogs have
improved to the extent that they are now ranked
with the best in the country are taking grand cham
pionshp prizes in international livestock shows anC
are becoming known the finest basis for delicate
hone-cured hams and bacon. Aristocratic CATTLE is
the way the cattle exhibits are described by one
Writer and they are royal in appearance and in bear
ing 1t IS no wonder that Florida purebred cattle al
most dominated the recent great Chicago livestock
exhibit. Notwithstanding the vetoing of bill which
would eXterminate common sheep-killfng ours anf
make the raising of sheep profitable in all Florida
counties, there are a large number Of fine sheer
raised in the state The exhibits at the present fail
ar eindicative of the that is being met with
by men who know how to turn the aydanfaces NJ
climate and grass into fine mutton and finer wool
claimed for Florida, that there is no state in the
turkeys and ducks and geese and pigeons There are
900 birds in the exhibit, and every one Florida.
raised bird There are few shows the size Of this
held many state. where this boast can be made and
substantated
The passing Of the horse as a domestic and q
pleasure animal fully illustrated thar
IN the display was never illustrated than in the
display of motor for pleasure trucks for haul
Ing and tractors for doing farm work with the pillow
Florida-made tractors and machines and implements
are in evidence, along with the best of the types
made in almost every other state The diversity Of
types and the number of the exhibits proves well
that Florida is recognized as one Of the leadina
states in the United States for the sale and use OF
the auto propelled machine, pleasure freight ana
tractor
The South Florida Fair exhibits offer no oppor-
tunity to man, mere man. to say this state has moi
shown its best. As for what the women have done
and the girls and boys clubs-that is another story
even bigger"