The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-12-24

New DIRK, December Oh:
ST. MARY's Camden Co, &c,
November 10th, 1868
LOCATION AND HEALTH
Our location is ON the north band OF
Cracked River. fifteen miles from ST.
Mary's, and eight from Cumberland Sound
or mouth of the river. By looking on
the map of ST. Mary's, two hundred miles
south of Savannah and near the Florida
line. YOU will see about where we are.
Crooked River or more properly speak
inc. an arm of the sea setting back into
tbs country the tide GIBBS and flows six
and seven feet in front of our place, and
is navigable for steamers several miles
above US, Astounding in fish and oysters OF
superior quality Our drinking water IS
soft and pure-equal to your famed Gro
to-" or Paramount water in Philadelphia.
We regard it as healty a location as can be
found anywhere in the country, not excep-
ting the north or west. The climate IS
mild and salubrious-~ery rarely having
any frost at all, and when we do, very
light, and but few times during the win
ter months In the year 1885, when the
frost was general throughout the south, Kill
ling the orange trees III Flcrida, the y, cs
ON Crooked River, of course, shared the
same fate.
LAND AND IT'S PRODUCTION.
The land is light sandy soil, aid will
produce almost every variety OF fruit and
VEGETABLES that can be produced anywhere
north or south, apples only excepted ;
they do not do well in this part of the
state. All kinds of grain do well except
wheat. which has not been thoroughly
Coo nd
and upland rice have heretofore been the
staples, but are more or less neglected
since the war closed Peaches, plums,
bananas, figs, Olives oranges, lemons,
ounces all d. well and flourish with but
little care. The orange and sugar cane
culture are now ATTRACTING most attention,
and are from actual experiments found to
be the surest and most profitable crops
sweet potatoes for quick crop and speedy
return on the Investment, perhaps except
ted. Our best lands will yield from
twenty to fifty bushels of corn to the acre,
Che reclaimed marsh lands from seventy
five to one hundred bushels when plant
ed to cotton, will produce one bale OF the
very best sea island cotton to the acre SUI
gar cane has not been tried upon the re-
claimed marsh land, yet some are prepar-
ing to doso Our high lands yield one
hundred and fifty to four hundred bushels
of sweet potatoes per acre. We are now
digging sweet potatoes from Delaware
seed, obtained from Philadelphia last
spring, three hundred and fifty bushels
per acre, and superior to any | ever saw
produced in Virginia, Delaware or any
where else They can be sent to New
Tork market in five days lat present
shey are worth one dollar per bushel In
ST. Mary.s which superCedes the necessity
of seeking foreign market. We consider
them paying cropat 80 cents per bushel
Peanuts or pinders, AZ they are called
here are safe and profitable crop-Jul
poorest lands producing sixty to one hun
bred bushels to the acre. They are easily
cultivated, but hard to harvast. We need
some Yankee invention to raise them out
of the ground, Attempts have been
made; but none have succeeded or prov
ed much better than the old appliances
that is, the hoe and hands.
SUGAR CANE.
Sugar cane culture is destined to be the
great business of the seuth-the most pro
itable that can be entered into for a spec
dy and sure return OF the investment
With all the modern Improvements fo1
manufacturing syrup and sugar, two hun
dred to two hundred and fifty dollars
per acre is the estimated value of ploduc
tion. One planting is good for three tt
i've years. We have not had any expe
Eience In the manufacturing of sugar OF
syrup. We have planted cane, but arr
keeping all of this years crop for seed
which we intend to plant in January
We are satisfied that we have soil and Tx
climate, as well as labor, to make it pro
1itable; the great want is sufficient CAPT
Ssel to work it to advantage, and extensive
nough to make it pay largely. Now
hat Grant and Colfax are elected, we hope
see companies forming at the north
I'd introducing their modern improve
tents and enterprise, TO developeA with q
ore enlightened system of agriculture
Rs hidden resources of this hitherto
eglected region, which is capable Of
~,eing made the garden Of the United
States.
THE oRANGR CULTURE.
The orange business is in its infancy
but from the estimates it shows that, fo1
q permanent Investment, it surpasses any
undertaking yet entered into, north OF
south, east or west. The trees are found
growing wild in many places south, in in
Sxhaustable supplies, which can be pur-
chased at low prices. The tops are cut of
and planted out in open land one hundred
90 the acre, twenty feet apart each way;
thsy bud on young sprouts with the sweet
grange, and bear fruit in three and some
tsnes in two years When five years old,
ii properly cared for, they yield one
thousand oranges, and in the tanth year,
ave thousand to the tree. ~ present