Show diversification TELLS STORY OF SUCCESS OF FLORIDA FARMER when frost killed his orange trees he turned his attention to good pastures live stock leguminous crops large plows and strong teams improved his herd of cattle by bv clr T chase of purebred shorthorn sire by G it II ALFORD AI I ORD state Demort agent maryland 8 11 II gaitskill ria fla came to the state in 1884 and began growing oranges but did not s sel 1 I his kentucky farm for or some years after he came to florida lie ile was quite well satisfied with its hia orange growing von venture until the freeze of 1895 killed all of 0 his trees this freeze was a great shock and the orange grower did not know what to do mr air gaitskill started to and build up his grove but did not feel eel that it was advisable to rely upon oranges tor for everything and began to grow corn hay and other crops for or man and beast prior to the freeze ho he made no effort to grow feed but used some ot of his orange money to buy everything he needed ile he soon learned that ho he could grow very line fine crops of corn hay oats oat peas and other general tarm farm crops and finally decided to raise good live stock to consume the crops grown having decided to go into the livestock live stock business ho sold his kentucky farm arid and bought an old sugar plantation adjoining his tarm farm and proceeded to make the growing of pork arid and beet beef his main work bought purebred shorthorns Shor thorns mr gaitskill Galt skill was not satisfied to work with the native stock but went to kentucky and bought some purebred shorthorn bulls and a few purebred females and bred the native cows to the shorthorn bulls improvement was very rapid and he now has haa a very fine lot of cattle as the picture shows in the meantime he continued the work of 0 rebuilding his orange groves and now has big trees in fit his large orchards ile he has indulged in some truck growing tor for the northern markets and has made quite a bit of money from his shipments ile he grows so io cabbage and watermelons water melons but lie he di als s rot not advise the average farmer to attempt truck on a largo large scale and do general farming at the same time ile he says that vegetables must be given the best care and attention at the proper time ile he is gradually quitting all truck crops except watermelons water melons ile he plants from 40 to GO 60 acres every year and plants velvet beans in tile the melon field at the last cultivation the velvet bean is a fine crop tor for fattening fatt onins all kinds of live stock arid and transfers largo large quantities of nitrogen to the soil peanuts for hogs lie he plants peanuts tor for the hogs to harvest after eating the small and bad shaped melons ile he plants corn and through the winter with very little teed feed except what is obtained from the fields silo Is useful lie ile built his silo for the cows and calves when the grass does not prove sufficient elent to keep them in good condition it is not a winter or summer silo but Is used at any time during the year when the silage Is needed he grows a great variety of 0 crops and has good graying crops fo for r his llva live stock 12 months in fit the year he use no fertilizer on his land lo he grows leguminous crops to 10 feed the live st stock ck and the live stock block spreads t the he manure over the farm the growing of leguminous crops fills the soil full fu of nitrogen adds immense quantities of humus to the soil and furnishes the most valuable grazing tor for all kinds of 0 live stock mr air gaitskill Galt skill uses large plows and strong teams and turris turns under large quantities ot of vegetable matter te tc lur fur ills niah it humus ile ho does not abuse his land by burning oft off the vegetable matter and plowing with a one horse plow ho he is planning to get a tractor plow deep turn under vegetable matter and grow better crops each year good pastures good live stock iego legu n N an F az 1 I I 1 lip 4 Z N YU kf I 1 i A Y 4 11 1 1 1 A V 4 m al its v gaitskill Galt skill home shorthorn heifers heffers in foreground minous crops large plows and strong tams tell the story of 0 mr Gait skills success on the farm V IF M 1 nr P va OL cattle on gaitskill Galt skill farm near mcintosh fla alter after filling the silo ello breaks the land trum from which the silage corn was cut and sows bows cow peas the corn ripens in august and he gathers it in september and turns tums the hogs in he uses the hogs to 0 o clean up crops that would otherwise go to waste ile he puts the hogs in the velvet bean field in which he plants corn arid and the hogs fatten rapidly on the beans and corn he plants large fields of 0 corn and velvet beans in alter alternate nato rows no he says he be can make more corn by planting in five toot foot rows with a row ot of beans down each middle than he can get in three and a halt half or four toot foot rowa the corn Is gathered and the beans grazed by all kinds of live stock the grazing season Is long and the cattle do well on native grasses until about december 1 tho the cattle are then turned on a field of velvet beans and fatten very rapidly the velvet beans make beet beef of 0 a very fine quality large numbers 0 f his cattle usually go lly fly cleaned it if wooden troughs or ves sels are used they will in a very ery short time become eo fouled that thorough cleaning Is almost impossible if only a limited quantity of milk is ia available for the hens the better way of feeding it Is to use it in fit moistening the mash when used for or this pur pose doaa the milk will be evenly eveia distributed to the flock |