The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-28
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nal and Tie oihef 0n pplf pne tind
The line timber II generally ypfv tall
amt hnt ~ quality, and lias gained u
wufld.Wid reputation iDf lts durability
and beautiful pnin No other Pine can
equal II iuf ship building purposes
Thcro n sono spruce tdnn HI places and
II II M inflllble Indication Of WD poor
lund Most oi The land along Die sea.
shore il covered with a dense Under.
growth " little srfnb OAK, Nd thick that
nothing hnt q lunen0scd Florida hog
would Try 10 80 through II, and II IL u
terrible job 10 get nd of II II his 10 be-
grnbht1 up root by root. The mnst uni.
yersul undcfgfIwth ~ the palmetto, and,
II too, hp 10 be- dug up. II costs $40 an
acre to prepare scrub and palmetto lnds
for the pillow. When once the land u
cleared Il Is never much trouble to keep
ii clean. The soil is so light II plows
easily, and u liye-tooth culliyator II all
that h needed after the spring pl0Uings.
The principal crop raised here il the
sweet polHtp. II ~, indeed, the stnif Of
life in this country take IL away and
y0i would wipe 0ui the State; II grows
all the year round, 10 start u sweet po.
tatO patch you first break up the ground,
then throw II into ridges, then open
them and put in your fertilizer, mo use
10 plant without that, cover it lightly,
then 20 TO a nrighbpr's and yet a lew
loads Of vines, plant thcm out after Il
rain and the work ~ accomplished. They
want the cultiyator occasionally, and YOU
can gather crop after crop from the same
patch II you manage ii properly. Every.
body and everything here cats sweet
potatoes, chickens cacklc for them, hogs
sqncal for them, horses nickcr for them,
cows low for them, children cry for them,
grown folks 90 for them, and, even 'thc
mute little fish, though they cant snake
they wish" for them. II IL u wonder to
inc that when Floridians meet they don't
say, "how's your po,atOcs2 p INSTEAD OF
"hOwd'ye do2" The fortunate posscssor
OF II little piece Of low hammock land
usually pants a little sugar cant for the
use Of his iamsy. II is really wonderful
how well this climate and soil suits il.
Cane with twelve feet Of printable stalk
Is not uncommon, and with the ordinary
sorghum machinery they make splendid
syrup, and n light yellow grade Of excel.
lent sugar. II ~ y productive that in
spite oi their hack Of energy and enter.
prise the cane misers generally surprise
themselves by having II surplus to sell.
Many jewellers ON poor pine lnnl raise il,
also, by first shutting up a dozen or M
hali-staryed cows on half an acre every
night Tor Il month or two. and then
planting Il. II IL not necessary 10 save
any Tor seed. II throws up new shoots
yearafter year, and thcthird or fourth crop
is better than the iirSt II they feed the
ground u little after the cutting. | have
seen cane growing its eighth year, and
II WAS beautiful. Another profitable
crop is casslva, the plant from Which
tapioca IL made. IL grows from cuttings
Of the stalks, and oncc planted continues
10 produce year after year ns long az the
soil IN kept fertile. You dig under il.
cut oil as much root rs you want, cover
II up and let Il grow. Everything that
cuts sweet potatoes eats cAsSaya root A
little corn Is raised here and there, and
some rice, but their cultivation il not
general. don't know oi any one NJ
present engaged in raising cotton here.
though some years ago the culture vi the
sea island cotton was the principal In.
dustry. The missing OF early vegetables
Tor the Northern markets j. beginning ~
absorb the attention Of the country. The
transportation aud express colntapips
have encouraged by giving very low
rates, and the high prices roalizcd by
those whose produce hrst reaches the
markets is enough to give one the ycgp-
table fever What 10 YOU think OF a
dollar anil o hall dozen for cucumben
three dollars u dozen Tor egg plants ana
other things IN proportion Tie late
trost has get the country back heavily
this year, but the people say they have the
consolation Of knowing that when the
frost strikes here II kills everywhere else.
81 that they are still ahead vi the world
Their methods are rather defective, as i,
sccms To Inc. Az the winter Is usually
very dry they select the lowest and
dampost spots above overflow, and plant
therc. or course such cold damn earth
Is much later with It's vegetables diam
high warm ground would h., and when
the winter happens TO b. a wet one they
are bound TO tail. IL seems to ne tho
business is sufficiently profitable 10 war.
rant the purchase OF apparatus ff irri.
Hltiun, whirh would enable them to ne
their earliest ground and would make
them entirely independent OF the sea.
Suns. The business II IN its infancy
herr, ~ only two or three srhooners n
week are loaded nj the two whnry,r in
tins immediate vicinity. The time must
soon cume when twice that mann car
ut a load every day, for there Is hit one
Flnrida IN this part Of the world, and TO
her must Northern millions look ior
their winter vegetables. A, present Gu.
cuu,bcrs secm to be all the rage. and the
vessels arr loaded mostly with their
deadly gnren slugs, which seems 10 he Al
sly aud dastarily wav the south las
taken to revenge itself ON the North for
the accumulated wrongs Of a generation.
Though We could not whip the Feds IN
o., we arr now sending them q /. Of
st0inach-ache every day, and thew arr
raying us for the lniliciion. Enough for
this time. Respectfully,
II. A.. MOODY.
buSkmS, F1A.. April 10Th, 1854.
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