Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-11-18

lng ofany description is hardly need
ed. We append the estimated cos,
OF . shelter for a family OF i've per-
ons.
4 poles, Mt 20 cts so
10 yds canvas, Is cts. i SO
Total. So so
For cattle, all that is required is
an extra pole to hitch them to at
night, which will cost:
pole, at 20 cents, 20
Total, 20
Some. persons will deem five acres
q ANAL amount of land. On the
cont airy we can prove that IA acre
in semi-tropic fruits is more than suf-
hclent to support a large family in
aftiuence. Living costs nothing. As
we have shown, shelter Is not re-
CURED. Clothes are quite %unneces-
sary, and the glorious climate rend-
ers nourlshment of any other de-
scription almost superfiuous. The
colonlsts can raise his own leather
tor shoes, fax for sheets, and for
shirts, should he decide to wear them,
sugar, tea, coffee, cocoa, tobacco,
WOOL, silk, and if he needs whisky,
barley yields five crops a year. For
timber, eucalyptus trees can be
planted, which, in this glorloos eli
mate (for which there IS positively
no extra charge whatever) grow from
the seed as big around as a mans
leg in five weeks. The cactus and
chaparral. as we above stated, grow
wild and need no cultivation. A saw
mill would furnish plenty of lumber.
The first inquiry of the careful would
be settler, who has read thus far, is
naturally: "Can I make a living on
these five acresY" We will under
take to prove that any person who is
able to sit in a rocking chair in a
semi-tropical climate (for which
there is positively no extra charge)
may with hardly any exertion pay
for his land and obtain a compe.
tencc within twelve months from one
of these five acres. These following
estimates are as correct. at least, as
former reports from the colony.
+ ORANGES.
The profits of orange culture in
an orange growing country are SIM
ply immense, 1870 trees can be plant
ed TO the acre, yielding each 5000
oranges. which, at ten cents a piece,
IA very low estimate, will give $500
per tree, or $50, 900 per acre.
ALMONDS.
Are somewhat less profitable than
oranges, but not to be despised.
Two hundred and fifty trees to the
acre will yield at least 60, 00O'pounds
of nuts. which, for soft she'll, are
worth at any grocer's twenty-five
cents per pound, equivalent to Sl2,-
900 per acre.
H olive.
The ~"classic olive" as it is termed,
Is a tree which will stand more abuse
than any other tree, as it somewhat
resembles an Irishwoman, in the fact
that the more it is knocked about
the nor prolific 1t seems to become.
With 1876 trees to the acre, a yield Of
$4,000 gallons of olives is obtained.
which gives 5000 gallons of olive oil.
worth, at the present low price of OF
$4,000.
Are a sure crop. Twelve hundred
vines a be planted to the acre
which, in this semi tropical climate,
and in this sandy (not too sandy
loan (nor too loamy) soil, may b,
counted On for sixty pounds of raisins
per vine, worth at a country ster,
25 cents per pound, or $4,000 pc
acre.
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFs.
:. This is a highly profitable crop
Flax will yield three crops per yea
Of 1000 pounds. These 1900
pounds can easily be manufactured
ON an ordinary handloom, into 100,
! 900 fine linen handkerchiefs, WORT
, at least so cents q piece, or $50 1000,
900 per acre.
, Are one Of the most remuneratlv
crops to grow. They cost nothing t.
keep, as long as they are supple
with q few stone and tomato can
occasionally. Two hundred can b
S kept on an acre. They will yield
s twice a year, about twenty-five feath
ers each, worth on an average SO
piece. This gives $50, 600 per acre
s TAFFY
r. Is easily manufactured with the al
of an ordinary iron pot, from beets
The fuel costs nothing, IS the refus
y of the bcets, which If not fed to til
o hogs, can be burnt. An ere of beef
= will give, in a poor year Gin this sem
: tropical climate) 1870 tons, equal I
n twelve tons of sugar, or ter. tons
taffy, which, at 25 cents per pount
n gives $4,000 per acre. This is yer
o little, but the refuse of an acre
n beets will fatten 5000 pounds
= pork, worth at 10 cents per pound, 9
: additional 100000 per acre.
LIMBURGER CHEESE.
" A cooper alive factory will ]
III erected for the manufacture of Liz
burger cheese, from the milk of pol
cats, which cost nothing to kee
All the colonlsts have to do is