The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-29
Orange Culture ~ an Investment.
NUMBER ".
W'1tten for The F1Orie. 4gricaltDrtst
HOW 70 DO IT.

Written for The F'or'e', 4gricalturist.
HOW 70 DO IT.
Now as we have looked little as
to ways and means from one point at
least, the next thing to consider is
the moda1s operd'saS, the actual doin o
of the work.
Any person OF ordinary intelligence
knows how TO get here, tor there is
no lack of the different routes and
as to what to bring-"Oh." YOU saw
Everybody knows just what to take
with them to Florida. A $500 Par
kerr for wing shooting, Ballard or
'Mayard' for alligators ditto, a tent,
a canvas as.tolding boat, couple OF
hammocks, lot of canned camp stuff.
a large 'pocket pistol, with screw
stopper and cpp on the bottom, a
half ton OF shQ of different sizes, a
couple kegs Of powder, $100 worth,
or such a matteF, Of fishing tackle,
nets, spinnels, spoons, etc., ten gal
lon BARI of hcly water for snake
bites, a"-easyHsasy, stop bit; we
want hardly aIE OF this stuff. We
are not goingIfo Florida ''tor our
health" or 'jusVto see the country"
we are going Ahere TO work. We
will have DO time TO fool witt: "breech
leaders" or "spinners,n we are not 90
ing there to tramp the woods until
we are tired, and then lie on our
backs and explain to some one of our
own class that s'the great need of the
country is people with energy to de-
velop its natural resources" and then
again when we get tired OF our own
company to go over to Jones, who is
very busy clearing land or hoeing,
and perch ourselves on top of his
fence and start in for two.hours'
chat with him about 1.-THE develop
thereis a proVerb, that everything
was created for some use. | have
some doubt as to the utility OF more
than a few things and among them
is this chronic developer" who con
tinually wears out the seat OF his
pantaloons. Kind reader, if you ex-
pect me to 90 into the orthodox
Florida style and dilate upon fishing
and hunting, sailing, swimming, etc,
you need not read another line. |
regret to say the hunting, etc., are
here, but | will add that there is
more development" in one grub hoe,
we'll applied than fifteen fire shot
guns. But what shall the settler.
bring? He can get nearly every
thing he needs i'll Jacksonville as
cheap as he can bring 1t from New
Y York. II he has his family he wants
the simple necessaries tor housekeep
ing; his establishment can be accord.
ing to his means. Ii these are ample
he can live handsomely here as well
as at the North; but he can get
along with very much less here than
he can at the North Expensive
furniture, carpets, etc, may be dis
pensed with for few years as they
really add very little to comfort in
this climate. His wife should have
a good set OF kitchen utensils, how,
ever, and he should have good tools,
for it does not pay to work with
poor tool. Some OF these tools he
can't get here. He should have two,
at least, OF good double bitted axes,
OF Mans Millhale make, he should
have two or three Pennsylvania
"Peevy" cant-hooks, a pair OF Penn.
sylvania "grabs," (not salary), "a set
of Florida plows, viz: bull tongue"
with Golfer, light tour-inch turning
shovel, a fourteen inch halt sweep, a
twenty.inch full sweep and an eight.
inch "Allen." After the second year
he will need good "flat-foot" cult
vator, and he will need besides this
two good forged grubbing hoes and
two Lane plantation hoes, shovel
and spade, and enough carpenters
tools to do his own repairing, and
last but by no means least, he wants
when beglnninga good, large, young
mule, and good, strong, wide tired
iron axle cart. AS We have made our
location if you have TO build for a
family, better get lumber if il is not
very inconvenient but we can build
a pole house, and cover it with split
pine orcypress "boards, thirty inches