The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-06

| Then many persons think that they have
only to set out a few trees, and wait for
the fruit to drop into their hands. No
thing is further from the truth. lntelll-
| gence, patience, care and industry are
necessary to success, and if one is cary
ing out his fortune from basis of small
capital, he must also have a capacity for
hard work and hard living. Said
friend of mine recently on the Fruitland
| Peninsula, who, from nothing, has built
up place in seven years now worth $40
| 600, if a man will work if he will stick,
if he will live hard if he is not afraid of
the hoe or plough nor ashamed of them
either, he can land here with a few hum
dred dollars, and, working out at times
for others and living on hard-tack, he
can make for himself an independence
in ten years.
Il quote him simply to indicate some
thing of the spirit needful in penniIess
settler. OF course your capitalist may
live well and do his work through 9th
ers, but the qualities first indicated are
just as necessary in the general manage
ment. But, given these qualities, sue
cess is sure, and know of no business of
the kind that gives 50 large a return for
the money expended. The expense after
the first year Is comparatively small
Thus, | calculate that on a ten-acre
grove, bought at $40 an acre, the first
years expense, land, clearing, fencing.
planting trees, fertilizing, etc, would be
about $500, and the other years outlay
from $50 to 800 each Ten years is a
fair reckoning for a grove to come into
bearing from the seed, though seven
years is not uncommon, while Urees
planted that have already budded are
naturally in bearing in shorter period
than those from the seed.
Bearing groves Of a marketable fruit
not infrequently sell for 81 900 an acre
after their first crop. l suppose you
know in certain parts of the State truck
gardening goes hand-in-hand with or
ange cnlture, but only in certain parts,
and then only and when directed by the
skill always necessary in such garden
ing. There is a demand for early straw
berries and vegetables in such places as
New York, and Florida has before it a
great industry in this direction. Pine
apples, bananas, lemons, grape, fruit, &c.
are being successfully cultivated in the
State. The field is yet experimental
with many products, but it IS wonderful
how many others have proved capable
of good returns"
Are there not several objections to a
malaria, etc.?'
"There is one thing about the summer
heat that is worth noting-the nights are
cool. This is due to the peculiar lay of
the land, between the Atlantic Ocean
and the Gulf of Mexico The peninsula
portion averages 100 miles in width.
This is dotted with lakes and streams,
which, with the large bodies of water on
either side, have an evaporation that
rapidly absOrbs the heat of the sun.
Again, the Gulf breezes at night cool the
air AS to malaria, of course that can
be found along the low-lying river banks,
but not in the uplands among the pines.
Care has to be taken also where ham
mock lands have been recently cleared
that one lives at a distance from them.
In other words, the same regard for we'll
known laws is to be paid here as else
where"
Are there any trustworthy pamphlets
on the general subject of Florida -
Undoubtedly, you must take many
of the books on Florida as so many ad-
vertising affairs, to be received with eau
ton. The United States Department of
Agriculture at Washington has one or
two pamphlets on the resources of the
State: there is pamphlet issued by the
Commissioner of immigration at Talla-
hassee, Florida; and there is al pamphlet
called the Florida Annual printed in
this city, giving a cOlored map of the
State, with its counties, towns, railways,
IlN' 1DuI IL 10 Dt-SJ W 10 anu lODh lOi
yourself. The land does not flow with
milk and honey, yet it is decidedly
worth looking up"
James Payn, the novelisc, allows him
self but one exercise-laughter. He
never walks when he can ride, and hates
athletics of all kinds. Of medium height
and what is called wiry in build Mr.
Payn suggests the constitution of an ac-
tive physical capacity, notwithstanding
his confessed Incidence of body. What
is more bewildering still is that he finds
time to play whist nearly every day of
his life, and goes to bed as a rule by 10
o'clock. Should you have the privalege
of being received by him at his office,
you will find him busy with pipe in
his mouth. If you are friend he will
get up from his desk and run his hands