The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-06-09

that from the Transit road. That
would make $4,000 boxes. and
3OO boxes to the car, would
give 443 car loads. Add this
to the orange crop, and we have 2.
693 car loads. Give one.half of this
product to the northern market, and
we have 1886 car loads for the
northwest. The present crop of
vegetables which is now being har.
vested promises to be 100000 on the
Transit railroad, with an equal in.
crease on the st. Johns. Nature
has provided US with a great high
way to the northern cities, which is
now almost our exclusive market.
Our increased production and the
strong competition we find in foreign
fruits and vegetables makes it nee.
essary tor us to seek some other
market to which we can ship a por-
ton OF our crop. We find a popula.
ton OF ten or twelve millions ofpeo-
pie in the west and northwest who
would gladly become our customers.
We, too, need your hay, oats, corn,
flour, meal, meat, tobacco, apples,
butter, and many other articles YOU
have TO sell. We think we have
shown clearly that it is TO the
interest Of both your business men
and the railroads to give us a fast
through freight line from Jackson
vile to Louisville and Chicago, and
fix such rates as will induce our peo-
pie to trade with you. l have every
reason to believe that the steamers
on the st. Johns will gladly CO.
operate with you.
We have four lines from jackson.
vile to New York and other north
ern cities
The Atlantic Coast Line, daily, all
rail. Their tariff on oranges from
hall points on the ST. Johns to New,
,ry ~ 80 rapid increase In the number
and convenience Of the schools of
Florida within two years. They are
developing as the State develops, and
the custom OF northern families,
which is to come down here in the
winter and settle on the banks of
some beautiful river in the interior,
will do much for the cause of popu-
lar instruction, as these people will
heartily support the systelA, whether
they bring children with them or
not. The school year is about four
months. Within two or three years
the county boards have entirely got
out of certain financial troubles they
were involved in, which had a de-
pressing effect upon the school scrip,
which is now again at par. The peo-
pie, clas>ed as whole, are hetero-
geneous population unlike that OF
any other southern state, and their
support Of the public school system
has been quite satisfactory. In tact, in
proportion 10 the means and valuation
of the State, Florida expends yearly,
in the cause of popular educati on,
more than New York, with her an
nual appropriation of s3O,OOO,OOO tor
school purposes. With the popula-
ton, as a whole, in his favor, the
superintendent
HAS ONLY ONE OF ESTION TO MEET.
How much can be done with the
school money in hand toward inn
proving the schools. The machinery
of the school government is practi-
cally similar to thai Of other south
ern states. The state board OF e6u-
cation consists of the secretary Of
state, the attorneys general and the
state superintendent of schools.
Among other duties of this last
named officer is one requiring him to
make tour OF the State every two
years, speaking to assemblies OF
prominent people in every district,
and the towns where they exist. To
show what this task means, l will
only mention that Superintendent
Haisley has just returned to Talla-
hassee from a tour through ten coun-
ties of the thirty.nine. He was over
a month getting around, had ridden
500 miles in an open boat, travelled
days on horseback, and had been OBJ.
liged to go without necessaries as
we'll as conveniences-all this to in.
spect ten districts out of thirty mine.
He informed me that he is some
J times absent from his Office at Talla-