Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-07-07
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OBSERVATIONS ON FL0RIDA-ITS PRoDUc-


TI0NS.
The great staple of Florida are cotton
,flong staple) sugar and tobacco. The short
staple cotton is. cultivated by a few, but
generally the Sea Island is preferred. The
cultivated lands of Florida will produce
probably from four hundred to fifteen hun
dred pounds of the Sea Island cotton per
acre. This is much better than the lands of
South Carolina and Georgia which produce
this quality of cotton, and when we remem-
Der how small portion of the world is
adapted to its growth, it must give addition
al Importance to Florida. The cultivation
of this valuable crop is not confined to any
particular portion, but is general throughout
the whole State We know gentleman
who planted about thirty-fi five acres in cot
ton, last year, and realized from it nearly
nineteen hundred dollars.
AS regards the sugar cane, Florida has a
very, decided advantage over Louisiana or
any.other Southern State, on account of
the great length of the seasons, there being
no, frost for some weeks later than in
Louisiana or Texas. The fact that some
plantations in East Florida have produced
four hogshead ofsugar per acre, is sufficient
TO- establish the pre-: eminent character of the
Florida lands for the cultivation of sugar.
The culture is not laborious, and the re-
ward great. Nearly every farmer in East
Florida makes his own sugar and molasses,
s:::or syrup, and the latter is of very supe-
.iirior quality, better than any we ever tasted
sin South Carolina. A much greater quaint.
ytyof sugar would be produced, but from
the fact, that it cannot be hauled farther to
market, than about twenty miles, and can
therefore be cultivated extensively only in
1.-THE neighborhood of navigation.
Tobacco is one of the most profitable
crops raised in East Florida. From four
hundred to FIVE hundred dollars worth is
very. often. produced on a single acre, which
is about, as much as one hand can tend.
Very little is, as yet, manufactured into
.sseSars Within the State, but some are turn
!, iirig their attention to this business. A
great adyantagetoo, is, that this, with either
or both Of the other great staples may be
cultivated In the same year, and by the
same hands besides they may also raise
plenty of corn. - ....,is l.:ssz-.-. -.Is
In Florida, we have frequently seen botl
dred pounds of Sea Island cotton per acre
being produced off the same land at the
same time., Corn, we think, grows about as
well in Florida as in South Carolina. 1t is
however, often difficult to keep through the
summer, as insects get into it and destroy o
great deal. .siSass i.':s
Besides the productions that we have
mentioned in this and our last article on this
srbiect, it is almost certain that coffee can
be successfully raised in the Southern por-
tions. Many years ago it was tried, and
the experiment was. Attended with success,
4but since the Indian wars have ended, no
zone has thought proper to embark in its cul-
tisation. We have no doubt, that before
many years shall elapse, coffee will be pro-
duced in Fioridat to considerable extent.
1.-The tropicairfruits all flourish in Florida.
The most valuable at present is the orange
but the rayages Of a peculiar insect have,
within the last few years, been very de.
structive. They are, however, disappearing
and thc:people look forward to the early ar.
rival Of the. time when they will realize
crest value from the culture of the orange
An orange grove of single acre, if sue.
cessfully cultivated, will yield thousand
dollars worth of fruit every year. A grove
easily obtained too, by grating the
sweet eon the sour orange, which grows
wild in the hammocks The sour orange
trees growing wild are always ornamented
with their rich yellow fruits. There is also
kind called the "bitter sweet" which
grows wild, and is very fine; these are,
however, seldom found.
Low down in the State, towards the
South, it is said, that the cocoa nut, ban.
mana, lime, &C., grow we'll. These valua.
bic fruits, and the valuable agricultural pro-
ductions of this State must, in the course OF
time, make it one of the richest of the
United States. This opinion will be more
readily entertained, by glancing at map
of the State, and observing what CONNER
eial advantages it has, owing to its situation.
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!: Rev. Mr.. Washburn, Biblo Agent for Con-
necticut, in his last report, relates the fol-
lowing fact:
+ One donor, who is q stranger to the
hope Of the gospel, told me that he had re-
solved to aid in giving the Bible to the world,
as long as he had the means to do so.- He
shought,,i it indispensable to the security Of
) property and the rights of men. He said
: he once heard an irreligious and profane