The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-03

year. In time tho whistle of tho "irOil
horse will bc heard all around us, for as
settlers come in railroads are being talked
OF, and already tho contract is let for q
road from Tampa to the Upper St. Johr 81
and a tbartcr granted for another from
Gainesville by Ocala, Tampa and - to
CharlOtt's lIarbor. These facilities foi
quick transportation will develop oui
resources and enhance the value Of prop.
erty.
This is not as good country for fnrm-
ing * many oInors / nave seen. Guo,l
lands tbummock) will bring from twenty
10 thirty bushels of corn to the acre, worth
81 per bushcl. Rye and oats do toci ably
well, and while some wheat is grown In
North Florida, | believe none so far south
az this. A crop of Irish and sweet pota-
toes may he grown OH tlic sanlc land. ]
believe ii will DC no cxagHcration for inc
to say that $50 btislIcls of sweet potatoes
is not big yield per acre, and 800 bush
els have been made. Irish potatoes, with
Il little moro preparation, will do quito as
well rs sweet potatoes. I would like for
some Of my friends in Anderson who like
to have "truck" growing around them to
have some of the seed of these Florida
sweet potatoes, and would send them If
thought they would be willing to pay the
| freight on thcm-about S2 per barrel.
What says my old friend, Capt. Broy1cs,
neighbors barr and Frcrson, and you,
Mr.. Editor? Iftogcther you think them
worth the frcight-without extra charge,
| t,,l.
ing you two or three barrels.
But little better crop than peas can be
raised on any farm. The vines make
| fine forage and as II manurial crop for
turning under green it is second only to
clover. Three crops ofthese can bo raised
i'll one year at Il yield of ton bushels per
acre. Chufas, that were beginning to be
planted by a good many in Anderson be-
fore l left, yield abundantly here, and
many contend that bushel Of chufas is
worth rs much as q bushel of corn to fat
ten hogs. "Gubers' (pcanuts) and pin
dars are also good for hogs, and suppose
will do well. ! hayo about an acre OF
each planted. and they look promising.
Melons, when planted once, scarcely need
w. eANJ up
the next year all over the field where they
liavo been. Vegetables OF all kinds can
be raised in abundance, and scarcely a
week that something cannot be planted,
though December and January are the
months most suitable for gardening,
Casava, which grows finely here, makes
very nutritious and palatable dict, and
is said to be the richest in starch of any
vegetable we have. Parties in Tampa
are investigating the best modes of man
ufacturing starch with view to going
into the business, which, if done, will
encourage raising casava and arrow root,
and make them both source of profit.
Ginger and many other plants of trop-
ical nature that l do not recall are grown
hero. Sugar cane grows well OH good
land, ratooning for several years, and is
one Of the principal crops. SO also does
rice.
The above will give you an idea OF
those products of tho soil which will CHI
able one to live while he is preparing
for and awaiting the result Of tho greater
source of profit he is to reap from the
culture OF tho citrous family, moro par
ticularly tho sweet orange and lemon. 1
believe i'll no branch of agriculture or
horticulture will there arise greater profit
than from the cultivation and rPisinG of
these two. Some come here appearing,
| from their actions, to think that the orange
is n spontaneous growth, and that for
| tune Is to be made out of 1t in three or
| four years without work and hence, il
able to get away, go off dissatisfied and
| disgusted. There never was but one
| Eden, and when from that the command
came, "by the sweat of thy face shall ye
eat bread" it had no restriction. Money
will come nearer growing on trees here
than anywhere eiso, but it takes time
and labor, sprinkled with good deal O!
endurance, to effect it.
10 those who have never seen an or
ange grove, and know nothing of the
profits that result from it, any dtscrip-
ton would be useless, for It would not be
believed. l would expect to be ask ed,
"Would you believe it if you hadn't seen
itY' 1 will say, however, that a well
cultivated grove ten years old will LCar
| from l000to 1900 oranges to tho tree, worth
| from cent to q cent and a quarter at the
tree each. l rode mp under n clump OF
sixteen trees last year that 40, 600 oranges
had been sold off of. and there is one tree
not very far from here that the owner
claims to have gathered 10000 oranges
from last year. How is that for high?
The good sense of your readers, Mr..
Editor, will tell them that these results
cannot be looked for tho first three OF
! four years; but If man will buy him
forty or fifty acres of land convenient to
transportation, sot him out u grove and
1.-Two hard for few years, his patience
will not go nnrcwarded, in my opinion.
These facts considered, have no hesi-
fancy in saying that believe South
Florida TO be the best poor mans coun-
try in the universe, provided he is in
dustrious, frugal and patient. In other
words, If ho will make up his mind to
live hard for n few years, by manage
ment and industry he will sooner reap a
rich harvest for his labor that will secure
his future Independence than any where
else.
The most of the public lands that are
near to transportation have been taken
up, though there are some in tho interior
that arc as good rs any, but good ways
from any shipping point. Some who
have moro land than they really need,
in order to induce emigration, and to
enable them to get means 10 improve Tho