The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-11-08

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Y = ar Interior % The rich alluvIal pFairies Of
the great West As eFain-pfoducing State e
can never compose with lhat region. The soii
ts light and lacking 10 those elemenis which are
esosltial 60 large yields Of the cereals. Yet Ii
ylulds ready response 70 indifferent tlllnge and
fertilization, and fepays as promptly and e gen
sronay - any coll h the world all the labor put
upon IL
People who contemplate coming here from
the North ab0ald be prepared to be disappointed.
The SOIL climate, oeas0u8 and methods Of cult
WALTON are all d vaFiance with what they are "a
miliAF with. Old methods must be ct aside and
new ones learned. They must know that wheat,
rye, corn and Gala do not grow here ~ they do
In the North, and no .ImprOved meshodsn or
high culture WIN enable them TO overcome ex-
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culture. as thsy nnderstand the term, they had
better remain wherg they are. They viii be
compelled 10 endure cold winters: 70 work six
months Of the year 70 make provisions for their
necessities during the remaining six months
They VIII occasionally have drOuth or vista
the years labor. But on the whole, Il they can
understand or learn nOOsheT kinds Of farming,
they will succeed better where they are.
II, on the other hand, they can readily adapt
themselves 70 the different methods and condi-
tons, learn ways Of doing things which may be
al variance with their notions and experiences,
and which may seem to them to belong to the
last century, turn the Summer months into the
season Ol Relation and do their farming and gar
dening during the months when the North is
frozen eolid-then they may hope for q reasona.
BILE degree OF success TO attend their efforts here
Florida produces marvellous crops af vegetables
in some instances. This ID true also ofthe North.
and IL Is doubtful If In this respect even the rich
est hammocks Of Florida have any advantage
over the fertile valleys Of many of the Northern
rivers. 1t Is not In the immensely Of the yield,
but In the price obtained that Florida exceis any
other Stale in the UnioD. Our vegetable and
small fruit crops are in their prime when the en-.
tire North Is ice bound and even the Southern
States are only beginning to plant their gardens.
Where the transportation facilities admit of Il.
We can get vegetables into the Northern cities
during the months Of December. January and
HolnE Ia ef.men
vegetables will always command fancy prices
A Northern farmer may raise q larger crop; but
1t gets into the market just az time when all
his neighbOTs are marketing their products; the
market Is full, the demand light, and the fruits
OF bis labors go begging at starvation prices The
same labor and application on a few acres of
Florida sand might not have produced so large
yield, but the quality and flavor would have
equaIled, Ii not surpassed, the North grown cFOp
and the price obtained would have been from
three to four times more, because coming at a
season of the year when the Northern farmer is
consumer instead Of producer
In this part Of the State the orange fever has
taken possession Of the people, regardless Of age
or sex, and the people lose sight of the production
OF the smaller fruits and the essential vegetables
The enormous profits Of the orange groves now
in bearing in South Florida have turned the
heads of our people until they talk orange and
dream orange, and overlook the fact that the
raising OF smaller fruits and vegetables yields
nearly as large profits and vastly quicker returns
than the slow growing, but profitable, golden
fruit
Prospective settlers should not come here with
the idea OF spending themselves all over sec
ton Of land. Twenty acres, one-half set out in
oranges and lemonas and the other half IN email
fruits and vegetables, 10 All one man can possibly
care for without employing help, and will repay
the settler better than large area indiherently
TILED.
The best possible advice we can give to such
rs contemplate immigraling to Florida, is to ar
range their affairs at home for leave of absence
of sufficient length OF time to admit of thorough
examination OF Florida and it's resources, and
then come and see for themselves. Take no
mans say-s0. Be governed by your own judg-
ment IL you can trust it. But If You cannot rely
on your own judgment, il is better to stay where
you are and where friends can care for YOU If
you have the right sort of timber in you, you can
live easily and make yourself independent In
South Florida. If not, It is better 10 take no
CHANCES.
Now while we recognize the truth of the
foregoing as applicable to the greater portion
Of the State, and especially 90 Of the region
Of which Mr. Gore speaks l. O., South Florida,
we think II quite inapplicable TO the greater
part Of the territory lying between the rivers Su-
wannee and ApalachicOIa, and from the county
OF jackson west Of the latter river in far as re-
lates to character and prOductiveness OF soil, and
the prO6tableneaS Of producing corn, grain, and
other staple crops general agriculture II Is no
/. uncommon feature Of newspaper comments on
Florida, that the writer's, measuring all other
sections of the State by the locality ia which
they live and with which alone they are familiar,
70 make assertions that strike those Of another
section as quite ridiculous; and II Is customary.
indeed, for people in East and South Florida in
discussing Florida to quite overlook the fact
that the cnuniles Of Jackson Gadsden, Leon, JET.
ierson and Madison are not sandy pine woods, =
but extensive agricultural areas Of the very finest
character, possessing superb clay lands, hundreds
Of square miles Of which are in state of Guilt
walton, and devoted largely to the profitable cul-
ture OF grain crops. hay, potatoes, cane, tobacco
and superb vegetables and that WsthOut the
outlay Of OAs aolldr ior Fertilizers
In word. We bave mis- 10 say d Florida, that
outside u the eight counties nfJackson, Gals
den. Lem, JeBsrsop aud Madison, and parts Of
AIachua. MariOp and Hanansio these d power-
fnlly little land al ell ill asvicblsnrt; though
Columbia, GaiNannes and 1amili0a eonnltes can
be raisd very fAFily ID iIis basticaiak thsy are
100 sandy to produce graIu and gras reliably!
Orange cnltuse d moi anlted % any ~ these eoun
tiea unleas n Be Alnchnd. Marion and Hernnndn.
in eltheF q which Il = perhaps mnre desirable
% account q Their hhst(g land than aaywhpre In
The STATE. bat The idea lhas oranes gr,,wins ID
70 b the leading industry IA Florida Is as unI
reasonable e 70 suppose q Of California. Indeed
the elns o. people Who build up ! country are
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