The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-09-11
viii TrMck-Farmine Pay Around
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these are questions asked by nearly every visitor
10 the Flora City, who comes here With view to
buying land and when one remembers how many
disasters cotton heretofore the principal money
crop is subject Ia, and what small prices are now
being realized even for the beat grades VT are not
surprised that farmers generally should begin TO
turn their attention u the cultivation of ether
crops which will pay better We feel We can in no
way better answer To the satisfaction of all inter
est"d in trnck girdening the above question: than
10 cite them I" small iarIn owned by Mr. j. "
Cole lying south Of the city, the BelAir road
and about quarter al a mile from the city limits
Mr. Coles purchased OF Mr. Gco H. Megipniss o,
this city, last summer, between - and ~ acre,
including low Hat pond, he ing part of plantation
known as the Kent place. The has been l.ying oni
uucultiyted Tor ten years and The water has been
ponded on bout twelve acres for about fifteen or
twenty year, For hi. land Mr. Coles paid three
hundred aud seventy dollars. He enclosed il with
plank and wire fence II 4 cost of about one hun
dred dollars more, and used ii ~ a pasture He EN-
employed Mr. Kingsley To drain the pond last Feb
ruary and in order get sufficient tall to carry of
the water had u begin dtchne nearly 500 wards off
and grade up /" the pond He had. including the
quarter ditehes several thousand yards of dtching
done at 4 cost Of 500 making the place fenced and
ditched cost him 1919. He has been offered $50
an acre or 81 800 for he place He has now grow
ing on tue drained land which BY the way is Ms fine
land AZ tn" ississpp bottoms three and half
in rice. about live acres in corn and peas all
of which is a most magnificent growth. He expects
to gather from 6hy 10 sixty bushels OF rice to the
acre, besides saving forage enough from the rice
straw TO feed eight ten head Of cattle on during
the winter He has also growing on this land kerr
shaws, pumpkins. snap beans, egg pants, tomatoes
cabbage, turnps, onions, okra. and Irish potatoes
Mr. Coles is selling from his store snap-beans,
skra, and turnip Said and informs US he finds ready
sale at home for them. He has already set out sew
eral hundred cabbage plants and has five thousand
ready to plant out soon AS it rains. He also has
up aud in the second and third leaves bed ten feet
wide by eighty yards long of cabbage plants, Gov
cred with brush abor, and hopes be able to sup
ply everybody in this vicinity with fine plants soon.
Besides the above vegetables which he has growing
he lie having land prepared for onions, English
peas beets and celery. He will sell his vegetables
here long the demand is good aud hopes to
supply the jacksonville hotels also this winter
Mr. c. is going to plant out several acres In straw
berries this fall and the rice stubbles to mulch
with, a, he has his bitches graded to rrigate
Mr.. KiDgsley is attending to Mr. Coles garden for
him, aud e he holds out as he begun, we predict
that in year or two more Mr.. Coles will have .
place that will be almost Q fortune to him. Now,
this is only one place mention, while there Is lot
OF just such land around Tallahassee that could be
made equally az profitable il any one would devote
little time and means TO il. ANY one who feels 80
interest farming will be fully repaid for visit to
Mr. C's farm, where our old friend Jim viii be glad
20 zee and show you around :