The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-03
Our Indian River Correspondence.

Our Indian River Correspondence.
Editor of The Florida Agriculturist:
OF course we are all busy setting
orange trees. Five years ago, when
we commenced our grove, we fat
tered ourself with the idea that by
this time we could sit back in our
easy chair and take things easy. But
we never made a graver mistake.
Instead Of work growing "small by
degrees and beautifully less" it &C.
cumulates to degree that is fearful
to contemplate, and like Banquo's
ghost, cit will not drown" Some
persons in writing about the State
have conveyed the idea that because
one can do out door labor for twelve
months, he can take it easy and only
work half as hard as the tillers of the
soil to the north OF us, who have only
six months to do their work in.
This conveys very erroneous i'm.
preston, for instead, the fact is di-
rectly the reverse. We have as much
again work to do in our season OF
twelve months as our northern
friends have in their season of six
months. In other words it is all
work and no play-plenty to do from
January LIST to December 3lst. Our
only advantage is in tho prospect
OF getting an income in few years.
so that we can afford to hire our hard
manuel labor done, while the small
farmer at the north has prospect of
lie job OF it, especially if like a
correspondent from New England.
who says he can just about make
both ends meet, taking one years
work with another, a gloomy look
ahead truly. Being blessed with
good health and having a delightful
climate, of course we prefer our
twelve months labor and would even
ifall things were equal.
Later. Professor j. III. Comstock.
entomologist Of the Agricultural De.
partment at Washington, has Just
left us, after passing three days
among our orange groves. We con-
tess to being somewhat disappointed
in the appearance of Mr.. Comstock.
for he lacked the age, the naughty II
know more than you do" sort of
bearing and the gold trimmed spec.
tacles that We, In our backwoods
ignorance, thought the were indis-
pensible REQUESTS OF a professor. In
stead we found him young, social,
and an enthusiast in his profession,
and we predict that he will make
his mark. as all selfmade men are
apt to do in the not far future. I'm.
fortunately for Mr.. Comstocki it rained
part of the time he was with us,
which .intertered somewhat iwith his
out-o-door labors. In all parts of
the State that he may visit we be.
speak for him that cordial welcome
and generous hospitality tor which
our citizens generally are noted. We
anticipate great benefits to the State
at large, as the result of his labor.
and consequently it is TO the interest
OF all to aid and assist him by every
means in their power. The "die.
back" and rust are the two things
that are OF the greatest importance
just now, and ii Professor Comstock
can discern the cause for either, or
both, and give us sure remedy, he
can take out letters patent for immor-
tality and feel assured of the fact that
future generations will rise up and
call him blessed" He certainly has
our best wishes tor success, tor we
know OF no man that we would
sooner see enjoying the enviable po-
sition.
Another line rain on our newly set
orange trees. Our crop of Indian