The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-22
PEOPLES FORUM
Editor Pensacola Journal:

Editor Pensacola Journal:
Knowing you are always willing to
publish anything for the good of Pen
sacola and Escambia county, I submit
the following for information to stran-
gers and home seekers who are anx-
ious to find out facts about our soil
and the products of Escambia county.
The county has various soils, heavy
and light sandy loan, light and heavy
clay and muck lands, and will grow
anything 100 per cent that is planted
right and the soil prepared properly.
Among the many questions, the other
day, party who has invested in land
near Highland City wanted informa-
ton on pecan culture. Most all of the
soil is adapted to pecan culture.
Wherever the hickory grows the pc
can will grow, and sandy soil which
is not naturally adapted to the hickory
will grow fine pecans if proper at
tention is given to cover crops and
mulching. If you have high and well
drained plot around the house which
has a clay or sand sub soil. without
water or rocks too close to the surface
plant few pecan trees, and if you get
your trees from some reliable nursery
and do not try to get the biggest they
have-ask for the varieties which are
known to do we'll in your part of the
state and which can be depended upon
to produce annual crops of medium
large size paper shell pecans. If several
trees are planted, get two varieties
rather than one. AS a rule it does not
pay to try to save money in buying pc
can trees; the best varieties adapted to
your section are healthy and unstunt
ed and are what you want; plant from
December to the first part of Febru-
airy, which is the best planting season.
Put the trees out carefully, with plenty
of sub-soil packed well around the root,
which should be spread out very much
as they grow originally. Don't plant
fertilizer around the roots in trans
planting. Water the trees next spring
if dry and mulch the soil close to the
tree with rotten leaves or grass or
any form of decayed matter The pc
can has more deep growing anchor
roots than most trees, but these roots
are closer to the surface, just about
the color Of the soil, and are easily
cut by deep blowing. Flowing and Gull
tivation should be shallow and shovel
VI wi q AAOS may pC uSSu 20 Keep
these down. a few trees set out now
with a small amount of attention will
give you an abundance for home use.
Xour county demonstration can give
you valuable assistance in selecting
varieties and getting the growth start
ed and don't listen to knockers they
are always on the job.
Every city has EN-. And most of us
know few specimens Some are worse
than others, but all are bad-at least.
bad for the community. They are not
pleasant to meet; leave you with a
sort of sickly feeling as though you'd
been forced to take a dose of nasty
medicine; ugly taste in the mouth.
This IS finally followed by
a Fighting tendency. that IS, with any
red blooded fellow. for no one likes q
knocker and most men want 10 fight
at least feel like it when they have ac- |
bumped into one OF these
pestiferous specimens. AS a rule, we
avoid them; but now and then we can't /
get away and simply have TO listen to .
the sickening knock Knock OF the
senseless knocker.
"Aw. the towns no good; hundred .
years behind; no one has any pep or .
nerve: city administration punk: Off /
Gals crooked. Wickedness everywhere; /