The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-03-04
From the n. Y. American Dairyman.l
LEl~rER FROM LEON COUNTY.
FLA.
"GLENwooD," TALLAHASSEE,
LEON Co. ELA.. Feb. Is. 1881.

LEON Co., FLA, Feb. Is, 1884.
Editor american Dairyman
DEAR SIR: The following is in answer
to letter received from +. w. Miller,
Esq. of Indianapolis, making inquiries in
regard "to how the Jersey stock thrive
on the St. Johns river, or in that part Of
the State" and as it answers others who
are daily applying to me for information,
will you kindly give it place in your val
liable paper that others may become in
formed as we'll
In reply would say that no cattle from
North, East or West do we'll on the St.
Johns river, or anywhere else in Florida,
except in the hill country of Leon and
Jefferson counties, and there they have to
be most carefully cared for and watched
the first season. After that they are safe,
and with ordinary proper care can be
safely taken to East, South and West
Florida, or elsewhere in the Southern
States. Those taken directly to Fast,
South and West Florida, as far as | can
ascertain, have all died.
Dr. Lancaster. of DeLand, Volusia
county, Florida, am informed, took
there from the East ten head of fine Jer-
seys. They all dwindled away and died.
The people Of those parts of the State, and
of Southwestern and Southeastern Geor-
gia, and South Alabama, are realizing
this fact, and are coming to Middle Flor
ida Ueon county, to buy the cattle they
need Quite a number have been sold
to such parties recently.
This is the business am trying to do.
7 I L. Il
1878, A. J. c., c. II. r., bred by Samuel
J. Sharpless, of Philadelphia, Pa. Have
now about one hundred head OF cattle;
only few registered cows, some high
grades, and some very choice and beauti-
full calves. hope by next winter to be
able to supply few friends of East and
South Florida with suitable COWS or
young stock.
| presume from vOur letter that you
have never been in Leon county, Florida.
You should see this country-hne rolling
lands, springs, lakes and brooks, beau
tiful forest growth of oak, beech, hickory,
ash, maple elm, walnut and catawba;
soil claycy, loan very fertile; grows
Irish potatoes, cabbage, caulifiower,
beans, peas, tomatoes, etc, to perfection.
The LeConte pear tiourishes, and no
blight is known here These pear or
chards will in few years outrival in
beauty and profit all the orange groves of
East and South Florida The orange we
grow here, but it cannot be depended upon
as selling crop, for the frost sometimes
kills our trees, except in certain localities
where they have attained great age, and
we only pretend to grow oranges for
home use
The growing of good milk cattle will,
in short time, become source of great
income to our people.
We can grow good grasses here, and
have good pastures. | have as fine milk
and butter as is had in Pennsylvania.
get 40 cents per pound for all the butter
| can make, and could sell hundreds of
pounds per week if | could make it.
Butter is not scarce here; lots of it goes
begging at Is cents per pound, owing en-
tirely to it's not being properly and care
fully made.
Lands are cheap here now, but are
starting upward, and in few years must
become very valuable, since there is but
a small area of this kind of country in the
whole South. Leon and Jefferson coun-
ties, Florida, are to become early fruit
and vegetable gardens for East, North
and West sections of the United States.
This is a country where white popu-
lation can live, be healthy, be happy, and
have the comforts of home
around them, stay at their homes the year
round without fear of sickness, or be an
noyed by mosquitoes, sand flies and bugs.
When you next come to Florida, come to
Leon county. Come to see me at my resi-
dence, "Glenwood" shall take pleasure
in making you comfortable and showing
you our country and how We live.
Yours truly. w. l.. ROBINSON.