Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, October 22, 1914, Page 3

1 Is The Place For Live Stock hington, Oct. 22—Officials department Of agriculture ing advantage of the war bpe to emphasize the pos- . for the production of attle in the Southern With a largely increased L ior beef for export, com- vith the dwindling supply ! . sections of the country,! ean land, fine grasses and! tc climate of the South many inducements to the ck farmer. brding to beef cattle ex-; i the bureau of animal dry, of the total land area South 78.1 per cent. is p of grazing land, woods, or waste lands, and a very, ortion of the latter would excellent pasture for The types of soil and na | i the land vary widely in tate, but in each one are «ils which produce abun-' brazing. i stiffer soils usually pro-' hetter grazing and fatter than do the lighter or san-' ils. The lime lands, black ' lands and alluvial lands h the best pastures. oint repart made by W. F. | senior animal husband- n beef cattle investigations, ¢ the South and is the principal ¢rop grown for grain for feeding purposes and is more generally used for silage than any other crop. Because of its adaptabil- ity to almost all soils, the wide «variation of time during which it may be planted and its luxuriant .gru\\‘th. in Southern latitudes, it is considered the most important silage crop. Sweet sorghum can be planted later than corn and makes a heavier yield. The cost pf growing sorghum and corn is about the same. A combina- tion of corn and sorghum makes a silage that is greatly relishes by cattle.” 5 For many years the depart- ment of agriculture has realized the importance of the South as a field for beef cattle. Investi- gations in breeding and feeding cattle in the South were begun in 1904. Two years later war was declared on the cattle tick, which was found to be a tremendous drawback to the live stock indus- try in that section. The battle line against this troublesome dis- case carrier was extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific in a zigzag line across the South and Southwest, the lines being tight- ened gradually in an effort to push the tick back into the Gulf of Mexico and across the Rio Grande. While 215,908 square miles of territory had been actu- ally freed of cattle tick before the close of the last fiscal year, the Work Has Com- ‘make these roads good and put|Cox. Ia hard surface on every part{he desired to go into the cases THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LARELAND, FLA,, OCT. 22, 1914 Inspectors Have Right To Destroy Infected Trees in menced on Bartow- Winter Haven Road The road from Bartow to| Citrus canker inspectors Winter Haven became so bad|south Dade county are warrant- El\h’lt something had to be done.|€d in burning trees infected with I'he good roads association ap- canker whether the consent of pointed a committee consisting |the owner is given or not, ac- of C. H. Walker, D. M. Pipkincording to a decision given by and A. J. Holworthy to devise County Judge Sam Barco this some means to assist in getting |morning after a lengthy hearing the work started at once. of the case of the state versus These gentlemen secured a|Frank Sterling, charged with en- tempory loan of $4,000 from the|tering the grove of Rev. J. R. Bartow district and $3,000 from |Walker and burning several the Winter Haven people. The|trees infected with the disease. county commissioners will take| “The greatest good to the these amounts up as soon as|greatest number is one of the road funds are available. highest principles of common A committee of thee from|law,” said Judge Barco in giving each of the above districts have|his decision. “If a fire should been appointed to assist the]sweep down Twelfth street the County commissioners from each |fire chief would be within his district in seeing that the work |rights in dynamiting to the earth is done properly and economic-|some of the best buildings in Mi- ally. The committee to co-oper-|ami, if by so doing the fire could ate with Commissioner Mann,|be checked and far greater dam- consists of J. E. Childs, A. B.Jage to buildings beyond avert- consists of J. E. Childs, A. B.|de.” McLain and John Clark. On| Following his statement of his Wednesday 20 men were put to|decision in the case, Judge Bar- work on the Winter Haven end|co dismissed Mr. Sterling, and and in a very short time work|informed Mr. Walker that his will begin on this end. decision would be the same in This $7,000 is to be expended [the cases against Harvey Goss- in the very best way possible to[man, Harvey Knight and Chas. He asked Mr. Walker if HOW ABOUT YOUR LEYLS? Why suffer with headaches, nervousss, pain in and about the eyes when all such trou- bles can be relieved with special ground lenses. We make a speciality of all such work. Come in and have your eyes examined and find out what your troubles are. COLE & HULL Jewelers & Optometrists 112 Kentucky Ave. Phone 173 Lakeland, Florida Wh_y it 1sto _your advantagde to buy a South Bend Watch on our club plan. Easy Payments It enables v)u to buy a high-grade watch without a big outlay of money. You pay a small amount each week, so small you will never notice it and in a lew weeks the watch is entirely paid for. Cash Price Our club makes it possible for you to buy the watch on easy terms at cash rock bgttom price. This means a saving to you $2.50 to $5.00. olhon"t ban T. Gray, chief of the an- war is being continued more sys- industry division of the tematically and effectively now Carolina experiment sta- than ever before. has the following to say. —Any standard breed of beef the South as a beef pro- cattle will do well in the South. / Following its extensive tests and were is no section of the experiments, the bureau of ani- ry which can produce cat- mal industry is in position to ad- ore cheaply than the South,' he lands are still cheap, the this point. Some breeds do bet- ng is good, the pasture sea- ter than others. Generally speak- s long, feed can be produced ing, the Shorthorn, Hereford, minimum cost and inex- Abedeen-Angus and Galloway, ive shelter only is required belonging to the beef type, were he animals during the win- found“to do well, while the De- wnths. The native cattle von and Red Polland are con- ighout this section are poor sidered the —most important uality and small in size, but breeds belonging to the dual- are also cheap in price.'purpose type of cattle, at least - are not worthless, how- for the South. ' and their cheapness is their| While slavery ex eming feature, for they are South cattle, hogs and isted in the sheep ontained a Ecious 'selection and by the some herds of which ¢ Shorthorn inned use of pure-bred beef jarge infusion of S. "blood. an Raise Cattle Cheaply. !produced all the beef, pork heap land combined with mutton required to m p cows for foundation stock mands. At the close 0 ke it possible to start in the war few cattle were left, le business in the South with these were bred s outlay of far less capital than sclves without the addition most other sections of the any new blood, except an o intry. The only shelters re-lsimml cross with the Jersey, red are open sheds {aCi“g|thc result was the present sma hth, under which young cattle and unsatisfactory native type. v take shelter from the cold, e e n or wind. Telephone lines now Corn grows well throughout ' York and the Pacific coast. cca- Keep the Quality Up” ; has been our watchword . Enge You can’t whistle away the fact, the ore great big point that in- dicates this Store’s Betterness nality In Merchandise A Step Ahead in Quality-- A Step Behind in Price BATES STORL Eyery piece of WOOL GOODS in STOCK ABSOLUTELY NEW oo | [that can be paid for this amount land it is hoped that a little later with this understanding. “No, sir, I do not,” said Mr. Wear the watch while you pay it e 1 . |ferent types of hard roads. No|same way that Mr. Walker vise prospective cattle raisers ony 4\ ok 2 move on the part|treated his have been pro- of the county would be generally nounced by scientists at the OB HOGD 'P.»O&O‘EO‘!’OWWWW@MSQMOWMEMQWWM* At that time the South|der the ea and [ nors, cet its de-|¢: f the civil |rating and | river. among them-[portion ¢ of | cluded in and | cepted divisions namely 11 [ middle, west oin New by the Apalachicola river; all HEGHLEIIOROEOEOE0I0ED, i | Pasco he calls central {and all the rest, on ito movement can be consumated so|Walker. some kind of a permanent finish Burning Only Sure Cure. can be put on as a sample for in- According to the testimony of spection prior to making an ef- Frank Sterling, who is the chief fort to bond the county for good |inspector of south Dade county, roads, perhaps two or three dif-|leaves from a tree treated the state university at Gainesville as being alive with canker, less than § per cent of it having been killed by the treatment. Mr. Sterling ~ stated that scientists not only in Florida but also in commissioners are|Alabama and Texas, and patho- |in earnest about the matter, the!logists from the United States Polk County Good Roads as-|department of agriculture have g«\(‘i;ltinn is equally so and with been studying the disease for !the co-operation of the public, months, but have as yet found good results can and must be appreciated. It is fully understood now that Polk County must have good roads and the question is not go- ing to down until it is settled right. Our county 1 . no successful treatment for it. ijowndations stock from ere to he found on every plan- | secured. This being so, the growers in h may be produced an ex-tation, and on many of them south Dade county originated bnt herd of beef animals by were very good beef animals, \WHAT IS SOUTH FLORIDA |{the burning process, and have been successful in getting the ish times and un- discase under control, and are American gover-|now within sight of its eradica- Florida was divided into|tion, according to Mr. Sterling. ast and west Florida, the sepa-|The presence of an infected line being the Suwannee|grove in the district which was All of the perihsular|not being cleaned up, he said, 1 of the territory was in-|would not only be a source of east Tlorida. After-|constant danger, but also would ward there came to be four ac-|discourage other growers and . east, |greatly retard and interfere with and south TFlorida.jthe work. Consent Generally Secured. Up to the time Mr. Walker’s grove was entered, no trees had been burned without the permis- sion of the owners, and in the In the Span rly West Florida was always con- sidered as bounded on the east between that stream and the Su- wannee was middle Florida; cast Florida extended from the uwannee to the Atlantic ocean castward and southward to rath- of the owner of an half interest was secured. This, er a vaguely defined line, gener-}said Mr. Sterling, was thought ally accepted as the southern | sufficiently authority for the houndary of Marion county.!clc:nnng up of the grove, All helow that line has been for| Raymond Baitman, D, S. Lay- many vears considered as south ton, Wm. Anderson, C.C. Loyd Florida, from coast to coast, and Jas. Baizmore were called to though of late ycars the term the stand to testify for Mr. has become rather moré restrict-| Walker, and he acted as his own ed and is now generally applied to the west coast counties and the peninsula across to the edge of the counties bordering on the Atlantic, which are known as coast.” Geographic- ing the canker. Mr. Sterling asked no questions of these wit- nesses, and had no witnesses in his behalf. When he took the) “the east 1 - ally they are a part of south stand in his own defense he Florida,” but custom has sepa- briefly outlined the fight that has heen going on in the Redlands in the attempt to rid the country Iof a disease which threatens the industry. There are 2352 farm-| ers in the South Dade County! association, he said, who endorse the burning process, and are sup- porting the work. rated them from us in the name that they bear. We are merely giving the old names. There has been much confusion of later years, and the meaning of the terms used in designating the geographical .di- visions of the state are coming to depend very much upon who uses them. In nine cases out ofl |tcn the old settlers will use the GOOD ROADS MEETING names as we have given them above; a newcomer generally embraces all west of the Suwan- Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 21—The nee in the designation of west|Alabama Good oads Association is ! Jan- | holding its annual meeting in this Florida; from that to the At i s ic coas 1ls north Florida;!ity, opening today and continuing tic coast he calls e e s v from Marion county dol\T\;n 'd‘fir“w months of very active prepara-| or1¢a, |y ion This is one of the larzest | the west! % 3 . g, | gatherings ever held by this asso- side, south Florida, and alongi(»iauon. and it will probably be the the Atlantic, ‘Ahc east coast. {most important from the fact that | The Ocala Star was correct as| rocommendations will be made to, the majority of phosphate| tne Alabama legislaturet or State | mines when it said they Were aid amending the good road laws of in south Florida,” thou_ghin.e State and such legislation as lsi there are some of them— a MiN- recessary to advance the cause of | ority in number—in east Flor,]good roads in Alabama. A number ; ida, or, as the newcomers call of the most prominent men of the it. “central Florida.”—Tampa State will participate in the pro- Times. | gram. 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