The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-02-20
MARION COUNTY AT THE
SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR

We find the following regarding
Marion's exhibit at Tampa in the
Tribune
County Agent Seasons referred Us
TO Col. Jim Howell of Marion county,
the home Of hogs. hominy and fat cat
tie.
Colonel Jim is justly proud of his
display. Rogers and Wilson are large
ly, if not entirely, responsible for
what he has with him this year.
In the very center is a series Of
small pyramids Of pineapple oranges
from the original pineapple orange
Il &c at Citra. While the genial coll |
onel was talking to US lady came up |
and asked, what kind of oranges are
thnse?" And on being told, replied, |
"They are the prettiest oranges have
ever seen since coming to Florida"
That's what they all say" he told US
and there is reason. The pineapple !
OF ange is certainly one Of the states |
best bets and it is surely king in the
present fair. But Marion is far from
being only citrus county. 1t boasts
diversified farming and stock raising
and has much to show along these
lines. Several hundred pounds Of ma
tive-cured hams and bacon decorate
the walls of the booth and there are
nc less than eighteen varieties of hay,
thirty-six varieties of grain and peas,
five varieties of potatoes and five
varieties of peanuts. four different
kinds of oats and six varieties of
ground feed. There are exhibits of
long and short staple and Sea Island
cotton and cotton sed and twenty-four
kinds of green vegetables.
Nuts grow up there, too. Jim has
jarc of pecans, hickory nuts, black
walnuts, chestnuts and even the old
boyhood favorite. the "Chinquapin."
For those who do not know what a
"chinky" is, we would state it is a nut
looking like an acorn, but which grows
on dwarf chestnut tree and is sweet
er than 1asses candy.
Monster guavas looking as big as
avocadoes and of all colors adorn his
display and there are some of the
!; finest stock beets one could wish and
which are going to be, according to
the colonel, one of Florida's greatest
I10Su CTOpS III q lie" years.
! We thought we saw alfalfa but were
J afraid to ask, thinking it would only
} show up our ignorance. Finally we
} hedged, "This isn't alfalfa, is it,"
"Why, of course it is and fine al
falfa, too"
4 "And how much hay to the acre
, does it bear down here?"
"That I couldn't say because we
: dent cut it but use it as a grazing
crop"
Colonel Howell then told US of the
2 number of silos in Marion county and
: of it's future progress along the line
Of live stock development but we flag
: ged him as the live stock was being
: handled by another man.
3 Some of the finest corn in the whole
: fair is in Marion county's booth and
D the only real honest to goodness holly
8 berries are there too, as we'll as fine
. showing of native grown tobacco. cane
o syrup, artichokes, chufas. dasheens
t ard rice.
e eve may not win the first prize"
he told us in conclusion, "but like our
$ old friend Bill Nye, we have done our
: durndest and angels couldn't have
9 done no BETTER" to use his own very
= words.
d The livestock exhibit is far ahead OF
any that the South Florida Fair has
e ever before shown, both in quality OF
g the stock shown and in the humber OF
e the entries. There are some splendid
1t cattle. horses and swine. which would
l. stack up we'll at an international
2, show, and it is going to take some
n mighty fine Judging to decide the pre-.
II dominant points of some of them over
% others.
'eI Among the principal exhibitors are
e Anthony Farms. E. c. Beuchler man
n ager, which is showing a registered
3 herd of Aberdeen Angus, consisting
e Of three fine bulls. nine cows and heif
& ers. Out in the horse stalls, three
n mammoth jacks, two jennets and 6
fcai, but the browning glory of the
e1uine exhibit are the splendid full
blooded Percheron stallion and mare
n and yearling colt born and raised il
Florida, which is new departure fol
this state. They are beauties, too
- and belong to the Anthony Farms.
n The Southern Cattle Feeding Com
it pary has a fine exhibit of bloodec
stock, including two yearling Here
ford calves. one grade Hereford bull
two full blooded Hereford bulls, one
D. weighing a full 1000 pounds. and three
- Hereford full bred cows. They are :
= handsome bunch and we'll worth look
ing at.
Besides the Herefords there are alsC
> in the same entry fine Guernsey Gov
y and calf and six Shorthorn steers.
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