Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-06-22

drive to and around Florida will
be glad to know that the State is
enforcing a law requiring cattle to
be fenced in = very seldom did we
see cows grazing along the road
side while. on our recent trip to
the land of sunshine. The neat
fences seemed an indication of a
new prosperity for the natives.
Recently planted orange groves are
another. Concentration of orange
Juice, freezing and canning has
brought this about. The by-pro-
ducts furnish feed for the increas-
ing cattle business. WITCH is begin
ming to rival the Western trade.
Most of the cattle differ greatly
from the "slick" fat cattle brows-
ing in our smooth, green meadows.
1t was interesting to learn that the
long-horned wild-eyed animals are
descendant of pure Andulusia9
cattle brought to Florida over 400
years ago by Spanish explorers -
the same strain we were told, estab-
lished both the Florida and the
great Western cattle empires.
Cross breeding with Brahman and
English beef breeds has produced
cattle which can Withstand the
fever ticks and parasites, and exist
on wire grass and palmettoes. THE
Brahma cattle are grey with Black
| points and have a camel-like hump.
! >. At one time, many of the beef
animals we're shipped out to be
fattened. Now the sparsely feshed
.Ianir1als are given SUPPLEMENTARY
feed furnished by the by-products
of citrus and sugar. cane. When
cattle are rounded .np fror' the
swamps, professional cowboys"
are hired = they arrive with heir
saddled horses in, a trailer and the
cattle ARE run into corrals where
they may be loaded on trucks.
Cattle ranches border the ST.
Johns River on which Sanford is
located. Two weeks ago while on a
visit to Ruth Billhimer. we visited
friends of her who own an island
of around 1000 acres. connected
with the mainland onlv by cause
way. No fences needed there =
only cattle guards placed at interv-
ais on the causeway to keep the
animals from wandering away. On
Stone Island live Sam lawson, his
wife and daughter, his parents, her
parents and some other in-laws =
each family in it's house somewhat
removed from their neighbors.
They are not natives of Florida,
but these cultured folk live an
Utopian life while the cattle grow
into money with little attention.
There are no phones and until re-
Gently there was no electricity. but
bottled gas was used for cooking
and refrigeration. The elder Law
sons live alone in house with six
bathrooms
We learned from a truck farmer
that Florida has no potato bugs
but goodness knows it has almost
every other kind of bug and ant.
saw ants from tiny ones to ones
almost an inch long. But Florida
has learned how to control her
pests = everyone has bottle of
this for mosquitoes, and a bottle of
that for gnats If mosquitoes
are bad at the Drive In Theatre,
each car is sprayed at it comes in.
1t is no disgrace to have cock
reaches in Florida for everyone
has them we were told. House
holders have their homes "fogged"
at the beginning of the "buggy"
season. We could sit under lioht
in Florida much more comfortably
than we can here.
PERHAPS this item from the Or
lando Sentinel will explain the
Fog: Headed worth A Try" it
runs: cray Hussey has just pur-
chased Fog Of Volusia Company
which guarantees to kill all in
sects in the house for six months.
First thing Ray is going to do is to
spray his own house. Technically,
snakes are not insects. But since
he found a snake curled in a chair
On his porch, he wants to find out
If the Jogging will keep snakes
away too"
Do hope you have not been bored
by these tales of Florida - but we
found the central portion of the
State so different from the show
places of the East and West
Coasts that we wanted you to know
what you are missing when you