The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-09-03

Florida expect to see an increase IN
the movement of these products by
steamship lines this winter as result
of the drastic increase in freight rates
which has been granted the railroads.
The Clyde line touches Florida ports
and other steamship lines are now
contemplated. These can take freight
for the big seaports markets along
the Atlantic Coast, including New
York, Boston. Baltimore, Philadelphia
and many others and it is possible
that the new railroad rates may event
ually drive a good part of this bust
ness to the steamship companies, es-
pecially if proper facilities are fur
nished by the latter.-N. Y. Packer.
Farm Notes by the County Agent
The statement has been made that
only one family out of three in Ma
rion county has milk cow. This is
badly wrong. Instead, there should
be one to three On every farm. True,
some people do not care for milk and
butter and for them the keeping OF
cow would be useless undertaking.
But every child can and should be
taught to use milk and its products
because of their value as food and
because of the important place that
the cow holds on the farm as pro-
Queer of cheap human food Next to
good garden, nothing will contribute
more to the living of the farm family
than a good cow She is a faithful
servant and with a little assistance
will give man the most nearly perfect
food that he can get. 1t will help us
to realize what a wonderful producer
of food she is to consider that yield
of two gallons of rich milk day for
twelve months, or 700 gallons, con-
in 1900 pound steer. And COW
that gives less than this is not profit
one, where milk is bought according
to its butter fat content. Any time
is a good time to buy milk COW. Ev-
cry farm should have least two; one
to freshen in the fall and the other to
freshen in the spring so that there
will be an assurance of milk every
day in the year.
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One of the things that prevents the
Northern farmer being impressed
with our section is the dilapidated
condition of many of the farm build
ings. Being accustomed to painted
homes, barns and fences he is forcib-
ly struck with the lack of paint on
our farms and is at a loss to under
stand why so few painted buildings
are to be seen. In the face of the
facts given him as to the productive
ness of our soils and the big crops
that we raise, he returns home dis
couraged and feeling that something
is very much wrong. Our farmers
have got in the habit of letting their
buildings go implanted largely be-
cause lumber has always been cheap
until the war and they did not feel the
necessity of painting to preserve the
buildings as the Northern farmer liv-
ing in a prairie country where all
building material had to be shipped in
at a big cost. The war, tho, has
brought a change in the lumber stu
alton and this building material will
never again be cheap. In ten years,
it is estimated that 95 per cent of all
the saw mills in the South viii be out
Of business on account of lack of
timber. 1t will pay every man now to
keep his wooden buildings painted.
Let's have a paint up campaign, both
for the sake of economy and for the
sake of appearance.
Soy beans have proved in several
instances a failure in this county. In
each case, tho, they were on good
hammock land and very probably
failed because of an excess Of am
monia. We have seen splendid crops
of this plant all the way from Pensa-
cola to the Everglades and feel sure
that the poor results in this section
are not due to unfavorable climatic
conditions. 1t must be that phos-
phate, or potash, was lacking in the
plant food, or possibly both were de-
ficient. On the thinner soils and
other land that were fertiliZed with a
complete fertilizer. the crop has been
successful. Also, incubation Of the
seed with the nitrogen-fixing bacteria
may be necessary when planted on
land that has never grown this crop.