The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-10-16

ST. MARKS, FLA, OVt. - 1902
Editors Floridian will give you SHINE iltn
of the fish industry OF our county on It's f'uaen'y
along the Cult, which extends from tss L'ght
House TO the mouth Of the Ocklock .tve Rser
Each fall we have a run of fish (nludet.. Chat
generally lasts about nine weeks. S.ii ante
this VIC have what is known botIsfn 1isih
trout, red fish and sheep-head, which If esugt,'
in abundance and last until March or Ser; Bal
the mullet season is now Fishing seSscdas
bank for the people OF the county, and espe tally
the poorer, energetic class. 1t does nol:inl rfefe
with farming, and if the farmer not ger sue.
cessful, (but in this county during thc,53 ears
I've lived here, corn has been shipped !iutp Tho
county but twice, in small quantities i:le sakoa
his net and soon makes up all loss ia tar.lins.
When good crops made, and they General '.
are, they can hold their cotton, syrup sugar and
rice, &c, if present prices do not suit. !
/ will commence al st. Marks, wllph sends
out twenty-hree gill nets" that fish. IAN. aver
age of five days per week, Twill give ;all week
this average,) say each net catches an aSeragc OF
only one hundred fish (mulleU per dsy. wbica
is 1890 per day, at two cents each, E46, FIVE
days, or per week, $3.50; nine weeks. $2.e70
Next is Goose Greek, with sixteen nets 100 tisn
per day. at two cents, $32, per week $id0 sne
weeks 81 $50. Shell Point and SpriJg Creek
$50 per day, 800 per week nine wcek4. 81, 800.
From Shell Point to Spring Creek, ! VIZ; incude
all the Ocklockonee, 800 per day, $3.50 Per
week, or $4050 for nine weeks. Makax Total
for gill nets for nine weeks, $11 800.
Now we have at Goose Creek two drsE scines
one at Shell Point (oncc the best ti>hrt on the
coasD from Shell Point to Ockocko.rge river
four. These fisheries HAYS caught, (SEt.f Point
| know of,) twenty OF thirty thousand, .er DAY.
and even at strike. This though is sot yarv
frequently done. But from Two 10 ten thousand
is not big thing" with them Bul | will
place the fisheries on an equal footing with the
gill net, and you will find this gives To- ihe fish
ing industry during only nine weeks h sun, Of
1926
do not think this calculation suici:nt foi
am fisherman myself, and | would nst for -
per day obligate to my net boat for yiny
and give him the proceeds for | exrccsto uske
frequently $40 per day, and more than average
81 per day regular. Neither do l thing there is
fisherman on the coast that will hIrts himself,
net and boat for his amount But yo' v III set
that this brings good little sum of i,luney.in
circulation among But great dcat finds eta
way to the Tallahassee market owing i,sihe high
prices of merchants in St. Marks But Fam glad
to say that they are becoming conviucet if thy
sell cheap they will do much better aSd I:atu-
rally draw custom. 1t is true many ar f5cles are
very dear with them yet. But the lc,S. Ing ar
ticles are becoming very reasonable and ynuu all
will be cheap, and will not have y - to
Crawtordville or Tallahassee to find h shta Da
market, and hail the day when we CAR say We
can buy cheap and sell our PRODUCE Tor as
much in our own county as in any in t:s Sts.e
No county possesses more natural adj Damages
than Wakulla. 1t furnishes TO Leon nsirhants
thousands OF dollars per annum. Out cotton
classes with the best, and so does our sugar and
syrup, rice &c For facts TO the above asi S,xun
& Co., w. r. Wilson, r. & J. Munro, y. Wig
gins, &c. 1t is adapted peculiarly t" filt and
early vegetables
And all we need is paper publi>ne'iiin The
county like the FLoRIDIAN, with such ctltors-
to brag " and make known what n " done
on our lands and to know our facilities Gave
our county puff and keep up half as m,Ah fuss
about it as YOU do about Leon and soon t1c VIII
have hundreds of settlers, and you will tnsne; ,ly
every man in the county subscriber - ytnr
good paper They aotU have it just To re!ii how
their county is Dragged on and its tipc re
regret. Yours, &c, WAKt1.i.A.