The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-11-10


isll igor add bearing BY The array in
1890; and The lime. lsnon. gua,a, eilrOu.
Pomesransts. &C. eocoa not. pinr-apple,
and o.hsr West IBdls fruiu. grow iuru
risnsly along The peninsula. Peaches.
melons. plams. and other fruits eommon
70 northern laliiudss. also ihriss. ana
greatly excel Ils more northern ptoduc-
non N havor and richness.
The Mulberry grove with vondsrfui
luiurianee, and in most parls OF Florida
preserves iss falisge throughout lbe year.
Experiments 10 successful progress nro.e
that The silk worm 10 less sutiees 10 dis
ease, and that the crop Of coeoops can be
more often repeated in The season lhan
10 any other par Of The United States.
ladigo may also be prodseed with great
profit. Aisrgs quantity was snnuslly en-
ported iroai Florida while British CO.
lony.
Corn grows finely. The average pro-
dueiion per acre 10 IRON 20 10 Is busheIs.
40 much as 40 bushels has been gathered
from the acre.
One Of The most profitable sources Of in
come 10 The poor man especially will be
abe stock business. Csille thrive wonder.
July. A stock Of cattle running in the
woods a large. and only driven hone 10
DC MIXED. doubles in three years. ss q re.
gulaf calculation. The increase 10 some
tines greater. There are extensive pra
RES and ranges Of pine land. which afford
The most luxuriani pasiursge, and which
will never be appropriated 10 sny exelu-
sise use. have seen the rich msiden
cane grass reaching The backs Of cattle
on Psyne's prairie, and have hsd in view
II one momeal several ihoussnd head Of
slork grazing upon il. An inexhausiiils
and profitable market for ell our cattle il
afforded by our propinquity 10 Cuba aud
the Other West India Islands, where they
may be carried on The hoof, or the meat
JeIked before shipmeni. A large jirk.
ing establishment was commenced be
fore the Indian hosiililies broke oui, from
which several cargoes OF fassgjO, or j-rk-
ed beef. were shipped 10 Cuba. II wss
found that the process Of jerking could
be praclised az successful IN Florida as
IN any psn Of South America. New
Orleans will slso afford large market
Tor our stock Of all descriptions. !.
The lumber trade will also afford pro.
itabls employmen, 10 grea. number al
emigrsnis. Ia the vicinity Of the coast
and wa'er courses there is an insyhaus,ible
supply of the finest pine timber in Ame-
RIGA. There need be no limit TO the guam.
thy Of sawed lumber exported 10 the West
Indies and Atlantic and Gulf cities. The
Florida lumber commands in market. 1
am informed, higher price Than any
other.
A great mistake exists in respect 10
the health aud climate Of Florida. There
are particular localities which have been
found unhealthy. as is the case in every
Other part OF the world; but the peninsu-
Ia Of Florida is healthy county, and Of
mild temperature. | resided for several
years in the neigbborhood Of Micano-
py-a village few miles north Of The In
dian boundary line--and l never knew
Of case Of fever. mot even Of the CON-
mon sgue and fever Of the West and
South) originating there; and was inform
ed that, from its frs, settlement. in 1921,
there was no example 10 the contrary.
There are in The summer occasional fe>
vers in The country, growing GU. of ex'
posure or improper habits; but they are
not more frequen, than occur every where
in the South aud Southwest, and less &c.
nerslly fatal. in consequence Of the con-
slant and refreshing sea-breezes which
watt across the peninsuls. A greater pro
portion Of children live through the dan.
gerous perinds ofinfsncy than in any 9TH
er part OF the United States. The besI
proofs, however. upon such subjects are
afforded by practical and actual tests.
. No candillon can be more Independent,
and happy than that Of the Florida Far
mer. With a few weeks labor in the
course Of The year. he supplies his crib
with abundant store Of grain and roots.
He makes his own sugar and mulasses.
and may make his own rum if he requires
II. His table may be supplied, at oil
seasons, with The finest fish and game,
the choicest garden stuifs, and the raresl
fruits. HIS sheep, hogs. cattle, goats,
&c. require no more care than is neces'
ssry to prevent them from running wild
furnishing abundance Of meat. butter.
milk. wool, hides. &c. for domestic and
farming purposes. He makes his own
cotton and wool, and may weave his
own cloth, a, home. The palm (which
lie wild every where in the foresD fur.
nishes the best material for hats tina, can
be used in tina, climate. In short, he will
need to buy nothing bn, his coffee and
salt; and the last Of these can be produ.
ced cheaply aud in any quantity upon the
coast.
need add no more than an assurance
to immigrants Of every hcspitabls st'en
lion and assistance from those who have
preceded them in this land Of promise,
and = cordial invitation TO all who would
better their condition, the poor not less