The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-05-31

/ 1vGy O0< W. y wen oCt44t0t10 WMn t8ts
siass mnnt admis xhaa iAak p'ar1sn of o usuallv
called Niddls Eis<iAA Bssssss aspesi1< aavsa-
tagss = hrming country. Tie coansis ol
Gadsden, Leon, JeGefson anta Madfson, streicA-
| ing alsng the sothszn border Il Georxia, isUm
the CharAhooches . the suwsaiee, and win =
surface more or les ru1Iins, shd : sa6 soii most
ssneEslly of elay. maks up LoaF ei la.d which
for strict farming puzposes b har9 - bs exeellsd
anywhere. DeioEs ~ Was tAis Was ths wsaliA-
lest and most prspsroas ssstioa ef she staas.
In fAct mas RloridA- Il wss ailed wisA larxe
plantations aad the paAAteu Hera senenlIy sac-
cessfal The rich hammsckh Of East Florida
were juss beginning to ATTRACT tAa stieniisu u
the wealthy plantefs ef SotiA CarulinA and
other States. who were beEfnsing 70 tzansfar
their interests 10 this sectinn, but Aiddle Fimi-
d. then contained the greater para ef the wealEA
and population Of The Stats. The capacity ef
its soil is The mme new - i1.was shen, ana yss
h fails TO attracs any csaaidsribie portisn of the
immigration which i flowing intp the State.
The reasons for this are vaSisds, bat mest Of
them may be comprehended under the general
statement that the people Of that section have
not fully realized the ahsoltte necessity Of
change Of methods. made inpesative by the
changes Effected by the war. The overshadow-
ing importance given in recsst yesn 70 orznEe
culture, and the success e oE1see growers In ths
east and south, has no doubt hed the eject Il
turning the attention Of imlignsnA almost ex-
eluzively to those sections, batif rEopsr exsrtisas
had been made BY the people Of yAe middle Sc
ten to bring their advantages to the attention sf
immigrants. these ether secticas could not have
30 completely absorbed the iDco<nins tide. An
men who come 10 Florida do. not want 10 make
orange growing their chief pursuit.; there are
farmers from all sections of this country. and
from ether lands, whs. II ,heJ coald be assured
that farming would pay. would prefer 10 engage
in IL. But Middle FlOrida haa been 90 tied down
to cotton and the old msthods. that sAe has not
impressed those seeking homes here that ., had
superior advantages as farming country But
evidence begins - multiply tiat ghis ruinous 81
titude is being abandoned, and thaf . new era of
prosperity for this ane section Of our State d be-
ginning 10 dawn
One Of the moat encourAginE evidences Of this
change . found IN the perceptibls growth Of
diversified farming A WelIkaoEn planier Of
Leon, on a Wait to our city . few days ago. said
--~N - aNoA caAo 80 A4&A4G hth1A U4lk-
ment of Irish potatoes from his garden; it sue
ceeded 50 well that he has extended his planting,
and has realized this season fite hundred dollars
net profit on sales Of potatoes frum seven scres
he alss raises cotton, which he has sold, bat
from which he has not received account Of sales;
be, however, does not expect there viii be any
margin of prsit on it. There is no doubt bat
the soil, climate and seasons If Middle Florida
are well adapted for truck farmers, especially for
growing those vegetables which are in general
use. II may be slow lesson to learn, bat year
by year many have found thai diversified crops
are more profitable than single staple More
especially is cotton planting uncertain From
the first planting to the final tale it has the con-
tingencies of seasons, blight insecis worms,
eombustible in the gin and wireheuse, and final
ly, the price, which Of late years ID made
high or low by gamblers id futures It has
beeH in the past grown nj 1t was always
cash crop; now other prsslacts Of feld and
garden always end ready ale bor rash, and furn-
ish . home supply for household and stock
Whenever this diversi6ed farming becomes %
which it is sure 70 bring. Middls FleridA lands
will be in demand There n No argument %
potent with the immigrant ai we'll filed barns,
fat stock, comfortable houses and coniented
people
But this ausplcious day viii be hAstensd if the
landed proprieton Of that lectisn pursue the
course suggested BY the FLsEmEAH in IN article
which We republiah to day. We have besn long
convinced that their true pdIiey was to cut up
their large plantations and sel pprtisns on easy
terms to thrifty and industrious immierann-
Providence seems to aid thstA nov by opening
up natural channels through which large num-
ben Of colored people ara lfasing that section,
thus making room fur the thrifty Germans who
are neg focking to America in great numbers
Now Is an anspicieus time, :and If The landed
proprietors organize and pursue vigorously the
plan suggested thex can indnfs large immig1-
ton from Germany and elaswheFe, and make
the bright picture which thes sRLunnEAx drSWs
of the fatnre Of that section More than reality
RATIO ~ Worms 70 PuruLirsoEs-T The pap@s
prinl an afRchly prepared lAsle sf votes, p0pu-
latisa and ratio in hfty-aina ct the principal
cities of the United States. The general sxezage
is one vote to every k7soT oflih listed pOpuIa-
ton, or my inexactly .eue vota to every 81 popu-
latiou. M 3
PRoaPEcrms YeR MlxK kAIg--Ths Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad Cumpany has re-
GENTLY employed Pref G. J. Gehnisx. a eninens
geologisi, to examiss the mibeEzl lands In Ala