The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-07-31

subdivided and placed on sale within
reach Of men with small means. This
course has already been productive
of much good, and will be the direct
means of bringing settlers of the best
class for the country, those who buy
five or ten acres and work them, thus,
Ill few years, making of each old
plantation q thriving village. Thes G
large tracts opened up at the expense
of first purchasers offer, in my judg-
ment, the best inducements to the
new settler, who, am confident,
receives all the benefit of cooperation
and of the various colony plans, but
avoids all their bad points he buys
and owns his five, ten or fifteen acres,
lat a much lower rate than in any
other way } makes an orange grove
Of so, 100 or 500 trees, as his means
will allow, builds his own house and
is entirely independent of others yet
has the benefit of the school, church es,
stores, etc, that the village, compos ed
of perhaps many of his old Northe I'll
neighbors, at once affords.
This is substantially the plan or
which our new town of Blake was
started q say our town, when as a
matter of fact, | don't own an acre of
it, and as it is being faithfully fol-
lowed, the large tracts that have been
subdivided ON this coast, and good
houses placed within reach of all.
There are others, both up and and
down the Halifax river, and also on
the Hillsboro-which is really con
tinuation of the Halifax-and both
are properly bays, the waters except
in seasons of heavy rains, being as
saE as thateof the ocean. All have
Equally gobd transportation facilities,
and all offer excellent inducements
to the esserprising settler from the
hRotth-haying Some means. what
amount do you call some p"
asks the reader; and again L answer :
the man-herc,, as wen aseIsewnere,
One man will make dollar do him
more actual service than another has
the faculty of getting out of five but
/ never advise q man to como to
Florida bringing a family, unless he
has at least money enough to pay for
his land at the outset, and balance
for contingencies of two hundred dol
lars. Of course more is still better;
and, also of course, if he can draw on
the North for his needs less will an
swer, but, no man should come here
expecting to be able to get work at
his trade, no matter how good it may
be, and in that way tide over a pos
sible pinch; the chances are ninety
nine in one hundred that he will fail.
i have seen so much of this trust
ing to luck that has turned out bad
ly, that / don't believe in it. Again,
neither do / advise healthy persons
who are making even good com
Portable living North, to come here;
they may fail, may not like, and the
thousand and one insect pests here
may, and fora time will disgust them,
so, to such l say, content yourself
where you are if in lung trouble of
any kind if not too far advanced; with
asthma with rheumatism, or catarrh,
Come; you cannot make the change
too soon, our climate is glorious,
year or two here will benefit, prob
ably cure you; on this subject write
in all confidence, and as l am not aD
M. d. nor have I any interest ip
either hotel or boarding house, and
withsl have had something over seven
years experience and observation of
it. honestly think my judgment en-
titled to credit.
This letter is, fear, already far
two long, and here am fairly start
ed, but for fear that you, Mr.. Editor,
will throw it out altogether l must
sup.
10 my readers / will say, if this
don't find the Editors waste basket,I
will in my next describe our lands,
crops, the seasons and method of cul-
tivation, etc, and also give some
items of the experience OF one who
has been moderately successful here,
though starting with less than two
hundred dollars.--J. l., Il, az WoO7s'