The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-10-25

from what the Dspateh says that quite u
large number Of persons are expecllus to
join 1t II the explorers sent out bring
back q favorable report,
II seems hard to tell just what sort ol a
country Florida really is, as a place to
emigrats TO- From what such Sojourners
as Col. Jacob Hornbrook, Mr.. viii Ir.
win, and others, have related to Us 10 re.
gard to the country, We should suppose
that many other parts OF the American
continent are decidedly preferable. But
this thing olliving 10 any particular part
Of the country is very much matter Of
taste. It depends on what we leave be.
hind us as IN Involvement to return
whether We like the change. The rich
Europeans who come over to America
could not enjoy themselves 4, permanent
residents. They have left too many at.
fractions at home.
Thus much we offer by way Of preface
to FloridaleIter in one Of our exchanges
from which we quote as follows:
"Many people going to Florida are dis.
appointed at tirst In not finding large
places. but II one goes there to cultivate
the orange he does not want to bs 10 city
or town TO begin with-a hamlet will suit
him quite as well. Strangers seeing
young men and families settling down
upon the 81. Johns river IA magnificent
stream, by the way) often exclatm, ~
would not live 30 II they would give me
the whole Of Florida" Well, probably
hey would NOT; they may be wealthy or
beggars for aught we know, and II either,
| would not care 10 induce them to do 30.
But II ia the great maEseS OF intelligent
young men and women who read this ar
ticle and want TO batter a situation OF
hard toll and scanty pay that l would
have give ear to my remarks. The orange
and the whole citrus family finds ready
home and groWs to as 6ne proportions in
Florida as in any part Of the world. The
flavor Of the fruit and the hardihood OF
the tree itself depend entirely upon tho
mode Of cultivation, and the soil in
which Il grows. Land in Florida is
cheap-that IL, the price Of good orange
land is from 500 per acre down TO $40,
according to location, but land on the St.
Johns, anywhere above PAlatka, if good
orange land is cheap at $lOO per scre,
for, being on this river, you can ship any
day at your own wharf, on steamboats, 10
Savannah, Charleston, New York and
Boston. Thus all the hauling aud tray
cling expenses are avoided, both in ship
ping your products and receiving your
supplies.
But we have told the latter part Of our
story first, you say. Oh, no! We have
just started yon on the right track to
locate yourself. Now you have got Eve
or ten acres-this Is all you will ever re.
quire- of good, rich, hammock land. You
Gear the land Of timber and plant, II pos.
sible, FIVE pr Fix year.old sour trees (l0O
TO the acre), which will cost you 81 per
tree from tho nurseries; or If you go to
some wild grove and take up the trees
yourself, the wild trees, just as good, will
cost you so cents per tree. These are
easily transplanted, and you can then bud
or graft at your leisure. The tree Of this
age after budding will bear, in two or
three years, from so TO 100 oranges per
tree. You can in the meantime make
your living by cnltivating vegetables for
early market or by working outside, for
you can get good wages for your labor.
In three yeArs, we will say, on an average,
your grove produces 100 oranges per
tree. Five acres will then have cost
you:-
Five acres o. lAud
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