Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-30

Lake City Reporter ION last Saturday we
saw returns from New York for peas shipped
from TINS town this month which netted s IS
per crate and We learn that some parties ac-
tuallY netted 81 90 per crate If the 0ardanars
could have such luck every wear truck farming
would grow to immense proportions. Although
t e., is sIlai TINS year in this locality,
tne success attending the shipments so far has
great;y encouraged the producers 1t is a
singular fact the consignees report ness in
gooa conoltlon this year. while for the past
port"
Spring has evidently come in earnest about
Live oak, and is already making its influence
Ieit upon the poet soul of the editor of the
1uHestn. near MIN chant: THE trees and
snruooery are all budded out and they look
beautiful in their magnificent robes of green.
The admirers and lovers of the beauties of ma
ture can now spend many pleasant moments
IN tne WOODS gathering wild flowers and while
feasting the eye on these wild beauties thev
can have the ear ravished by the sweet notes
OF the little feathered songsters that fit from
Dough TO bough, warb ing ecstatic songs of
praise and welcome to their fayorite season of
the year, beautiful spring"
The Sanford Journal wonders why more
vegetables are not raised in that section and
ssllppeo 70 Norshern markets. 1t says: "Our
proving every year. We now have fifteen
steamers week to Jacksonville making close
connection with steamers and railroads for an
points. 10 has been demonstrated bevond q
doubt that Orange county can have veoetahIaS
In the Northern markets two or three weeks
earlier than North Florida and thus reap fha
Iull m advantage OF the highest prices We hope
our own people and many prospective settlers
VIII give this matter due consideration, and
engage In developing one OF the greatest
sources OF revenue that is now lying almost
Quincy Herald: 1--WE are indehted To an ex
periebced tobacco m manufacturer of this county
FOR the following hints in relation to the cult
walton or Cuba tobacco for the manufactures of
clgafs: Inc nature OF the soil employed has a
great influence upon the color of the leaf; the
climate, on the contrary, has not. To produce
various co!ors In the leaf the tobacco must be
managed In houses, By curing and sweating.
constant moisture, until the main stem of the
leaf becomes Of a nutbrown color and then
bu' king at a heat of 10 deg. Fab, will produce
walnut color. A temperature of 100 deg,
with corresp On0ing decrease in the moisture
viii produce a nut-brown color For lighter
colors, the heat and moisture should be re-
duced relatively"
A correspondent of the Louisville Courier
journal writes from Bronson in advocacy of
the claims of the Gulf side of Florida upon
those ztng homes; and speaking of his par
ticuiar section, he says: Il am situated six
teen miles from the Gulf of Mexico in Levy
county. and one-half mile from Bronson de-
pot. have young grove of about one thou
sand trees, from bearing down to three years
old, aid the cold wave did not kill one of my
orange trees. They shed their leaves. but are
now in full leaf. Nor were the old or young
lemon trees killed. They, too, are in full leaf
again. am quite sure that oranges will grow
as well in Levy county, Florida, as in Orange
Nolusla or fernando counties. The few bear
ing trees in Levy county produce fine fruit
equal to that produced in any part of Florida
The atmosphere is lighter and dryer than on the
Atlantic side, the climate most salubrious and
the water from my,well will compare with any
free stone water of Kentucky; and to those
who doubt it, would say, come and see for
yourselves.
We learn from the Quincy Herald that on
last Wednesday morning quite a number of
the citizens of that place took the west bound
train for the Mount Pleasant Cotton Mills
at which the Clement attach nent is being
tried with The object of giving that important
enterprise personal inspection. An exceed
iDgly pleasant time was had by all, and the
utmost satisfaction was expressed by the ex-
cursionists at the suco eSsful operation of the
factory. About twenty or thirty gentlemen
including number of capitalists and business
men. were In the party, and their visit and its
results are said to be Of special significance.
One OF the visitors, after expressing great
hopes OF the future success of the enterprise,
writes thatthe MesSrS. Davis, and others inter-
ested in these mills deserve great credit for their
enterprise in introducing to the farmers and
planters cheap and practical plan to manufac-
ture their cotton at home, and thus secure to
them all the profits of manufacturing their
own productions. He says. What half doz-
en- farmers have done, can and ought to be
done by others, until cne or more of these at
tachmentS are put up in every part and sec
ton Of the cotton-growing country. There can
be no doubt but these machines will pay the
farmers and planters well for their investments
better than almost anything else now open for
them. It will add very considerable percent
age to the value Of the cotton crop. apd al.
though gentlemen need not expect or hope to
grow rich in one or two seasons from the pro-
ceeds Of such an enterprise, yet it will certain
ly add to their income and wealth, and it is
about time the people of this country were
seeking out some other enterprise or mode Of
eking out living than simply producing cot
ton" The same gentleman thinks, h1wever,
that the Southern planters are apt to iDjure
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