The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-03-27

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csllsris7 This vas The question ms.
scented 10 mo eight years ego, shcn I
made ap ~ mind 10 enc. my lot with
the people u Florida That the land
was positively poor. 10 the sense Of
the Sahara Of Africa, and some porS
lions VI the grea. American desort
was d%isprovod, ON sight Of the piae
forests crossing upon II, and OF the
frequent and scasonable rains with
which IL was visited. The portion Of
II that invited trial wa, the poorest OF
the poor, almost pure sand to the
depth OF ten or twelve feet. No hard
pan, no subsoil proper, and covered
with q growth OF blackjacks, with big
roots and small tops, and located at
the distance OF a mile from the bay OF
Pensacola. In the teeth Of number
less assertions by the ''oldest inhaoi,
tants' that it would not pay, the at
tempt was made at home was absos
lutely necessary and q garden was
thought, also, to be indispensable.
Commencing with a plat Of land
ninety by one hundred and fifty feet,
additions were made thereto, year by
year, until now there is a little over
two acres under cultivation. 1t is
proper also to state that my own time
is nearly all employed in another d.
r~ection, and that am unable to give
my personal supervision and labor
only for an hour or two during the
morning and evening of each day,
and that the labor is performed by
members Of the family alone, and is
equal to about one hour and a half,
as labor is counted in the Northern
states. There is in use one mule, dray
and market wagon, and an ordinary
supply Of necessary garden implements
With this force and material, and
upon the soil described. l raised and
sold for cash between the first Of JAM
uary, 1875, the vegetables in the sub
joined list. No account was kept Of
what was used in the family, consist
ing Of nine persons, but which may
fairly be put at 5000. The account
embraces only cash receipts, and is
taken from the book containing the
daily statement of vegetables sold.
The book foots up as follows:
Turnips, 1899 IS; Parsley, SO 10;
mustard, 85c; cabbage, 2 10; Aspara>
gus, 3Oc; peas, $27 so; Irish potatoes,
$124 IS; carrots, So 30; soup lunches
$50 80; sweet peppers, s63 II; egg
plants, sci IS; watermelons, $120 IS;
running mangoes, 81 IS; spinage, 90;
onions, Sc IS; lettuce. $50 IT; rad,
ishes, $50 90; cantelopes, 81 25; corn
$25 80; snap beans, SAT rs; cucum-
bers, $25 Is; okra, $3S 35; tomatoes,
$50 80; hot bed plants, SIT As; lima, :
beans, SO 10. Making a total for
1874, of $1,074 81, and including the
value Of that consumed in the family
1924 As.
Next year it is expected that this I
amount will be raised to $500 90 :
with an increase of actual profit, as I
we have SO far been able each year to
increase the receipts and lessen the |
relative expense of production. Com. ]
mencing in 1867. on about one-quar- q
ter Of an acre, ana a product o. one !
hundred dollars gross, the result |
above stated has now been reached. 9
This statement is not made ip any '
spirit Of boaeting. There is no place