The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-05-20

of cane can be ground daily, pr0uuc-
ing 100 tons Of sugar per day This
is said to be only the first develop
ment under consideration. 1t Is the
intention of the company to continue
its development work so that the next
Will have grinding capacity Of s.
600 tons day, turning out 500 tons OF
sugar per day.
An order has been placed in New
Orleans by F. f. Bryant and Elmer
anderson. Of the Florida Sugar and
Food Products Company, for machin-
cry for Palm Beach Countyss first
sugar mill. The mill is to be erected
on the south side Of West Palm Beach
canal, mile and half east OF
Canal Point. The company expects to-
break ground for the building within
thirty days, it has been announced. It
viii be able to handle 10000 tons OF
sugar cane annually. Florida Grower.
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Every Doubtful Orange Gull
Amid the citrus groves Of this coun-
try are located hundreds of cooper
alive packing houses. In each OF these
it is a fixed rule that all .culT' or
anges and grapefruit must be discard
ed from outgoing shipments.
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in eating or keeping qualities that
they fail to give satisfaction in the
homes of consumers Most of them
would rot on the way to market, or
at least reach destination points with
az heavy percentage of decay.
In many of the packing houses OF
the cooperating growers the impor-
lance of close and careful grading is
emphasized by large signs in full view
of all employees, worded substantially
as follows:
"All .culls' must be eliminated; ey-
cry doubtful orange or grapefruit is a
scuH.,.
There are thrown aside not merely
the fruits that are clearly unfit for
shipment, but all the oranges or grape
fruit about the quality of which doubt
may exist. When a carload moves
toward a consuming center it contains
only fruit that gives evidence of the
elements that will carry it through
with minimum of loss by decay and
assure ultimate buyers full value for
their money.-F1orida Grower.
Some important Inducements Flor
ida Offers for General Farming
tBy Professor ]. i. burlington, Flor
ida College of Agriculture.)
good, yet uncultivated lands which
are cheap compared with lands OF
other states.
2. The farm in Florida generally
produces a large proportion of the
food cnsumed in the home. probablp
averaging around 80 per cent.
3. The climate of Florida is unsur-
passed.
4. A large number Of crops may be
grown in this state, such as corn,
sweet potatoes, oats. sorghum, cane,
peanuts, velvet beans, cowpeas, beg
garweeds, cotton, truck and fruit
crops, and many pasture and hay
grasses.
5. The soils as a rule have suffi-
.cient sand to make them easy to cul-
tivate when DRIP or when wet, thus
making it possible to keep both men
and team busy for productive work.
6. The topography of Florida is
generally level or very gently rolling.
making it easy to have large fields
and to use tractors and other labor
saving machinery, thus insuring lar
ger crops.
Z. BY planting corn, velvet beans
and peanuts all on the same land, it
is possible to grow as much grain on
an acre here as in any other part of
our country. Furthermore. these
crops may be harvested almost wholly
BY hogs and cattle. thereby reducing
labor costs.
s. Livestock can be furnished
green, succulent feed thruout the year,
thus making the production Of farm
animals On economical business.
9 The hmnus and nitrogen sup
by in our soils may be maintained or
increased easily due to the heasy
growth Of vegetation during rainy
seasons. Velvet beans probably take
more nitrogen from the air than any
other crop grown in this country,
amounting to more than 200 pounds to