The Florida agriculturist., 1880-09-08
A Letter from Florida.

Cornell. in North Wales Record, Pennsylvania.
So much has been written OF Flor
ida that l can add but little to the
facts already before the public, ex-
cept, perhaps, personal experience
during every month in the year,
which, for the past two years, have
been continuous. excepting the month
OF July OF last year, when | was
called North on business. When |
tell you that [ have suffered less with
heat in Florida in summer than |
have either in Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, or ing the District Of Co.
lumbia, you will hardly credit the
statement, but it is the fact. Our
nights are delightful; so soon as the
sun sets, the change of air is marked
mo dews falling until near morning
and refreshing sleep assured-every
one exposing themselves to the night
air during the evening with perfect
lmpunity. While climate is a great
inducement to all, particularly the
invalid, climate alone will not make
a living for the immigrant, and on
this point, possibly, there is more i'll.
terest among Northern people than
anything else taken in connection
with climate. l don't hesitate to say
that there is no State i'll the Union
where a living can be made more
easily, and with less labor, after the
first years residence, than i'll Florida.
The first year is one OF privatlon OF
comforts and absolute hard toll TO
the immigrant Of limited means. I'm
less with means sufficient 10 pur-
chase an improved piece OF property,
and they are mostly held at high
rates, the immigrant must take hold
OF wild or unimproved lands, which
are in abundance, costing him from
81 to $5, or even up to $40 per acre,
according to location. | now speak
of private lands, as there is but little
public land not taken up i'll desirable
localities, which means accessible to
cheap and frequent navigation, either
on the ST. Johns and Ocklawaha
rivers, or on the few railroads now
built. This is very important mat
ter to be considered by the immi.
grant, and one that many have, when
too late, regretted, when they come
to realize the fact after locating miles
in the nterior-made their improve
ments and produced crop, having
expenses and delay i'll shipments i'll
jure and eat up their hard earnings
For the above reasors the ST. Johns
river and its tributary, the Ocklawa.
ha, are being settled rapidly, where
they have society, churches, schools
stores, post.ofiices, the absence OF
*See Reports from the officers OF the East
India Company on the cultivation OF sugar
| cane in Hindostan. DR.. RoXburgh, Mr.. Touchet
| Mr.. Cardin, Mr.. Peddington. DR.. Tenant. Mr.
| Prinsip, Captain Sleeman, DR.. Wallich, DR.
| Buchanan, Mr.. IIaines, Mr.. q. ii. smith, anC
others, "Asiatic Society's Journal, Tran
| sactions of the Ag1i-HorticultuIal Society,"
ana Parliamentary Report from the select
committee appointed to inquire INTO the mat
| ter contained IN the petition of the East Indi;
! Company, complaining of the imposition o
I duties ON East India produce y woodcut o
| each OF these three kinds of mills may b(
| found in Ure's "Dctionaly OF Arts Manu-
| tactures, and DIines,n sixth edition, vol iii.
and OF the two last i'll chambers Encyclo
] pGdia,'' vol. viii.
| tSirsGeorge Staunton's authentic Accoun
of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain