The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-25
GAINESVILLE LETTER.
Why an Ent hu>iastic Orange Grower
and Fruit Culturist wants to
Sell Out
GAIN,svllLE. Ana g. Ni

GAINESVILLE. April -, -.
! Mr. ;. l.: HAMMOND, Rasanes Manager Pa
latks Srss
lam compelled to change my bushes.
and would ike 20 gx; situation On The
NEWS. IL IS a lively paper. II the pres
ljeni or treasurer. OF secretary should
leave Q VACANCY. please engage II for me-
And i. you should wish 10 re; out Of the
business management. would accept;
have had no experience in these places
| OF Offices named. tut can get good rec.
concentrations from our best people that
have the ability anl fitness 10 I'll these
positions.
Unjust change. am in the grange
ani vegetable culture. Four years ard
over pact, saw there was fortune in
orange growing. Ths, each bearing tree
would give prof, Of 81 PER wear. and
that the principal expense woald lie .uit.
able land. and tia, thousand bearing
trees would t~ wo;th ~, less than Saj..
90 r.r year. was no. excited n all a.,
this. Rather hes.ta,si ~ avail mysel.
Of ihi. fortune. calmly and increi.
ulously listened 10 Ia. land agents who
Take! confidently Of the grange belt,
the tros. line. water protection, forest
protection, ham me K aud pine lands.
, made various explorations for suit.
allie land. Msie selection after long t.a.
liberation. | noticed tia, none ~ the
/ old settlers praised INV choice Land or sit.
usiion. but | supposed they did not like
a stranger 30 cone in. one ~ them said
hArd.lan." bu; | iii 10: understand
the word or lis significance. lpaid very
much the larger part o! my money for
the land. Co1rageOuslv accepted hard
work AID hard living until my grove
should tea. the orange berries then L. a
rich man.
collected few eol9rei men at A.
PER month. Bought axes. hoss. pIovis.
ions. car, and mule here in Gainesville.
Cash got less and less. |! took three
DAYS 10 leave here. The hired men not
reaiy 10 move. needed little money 10
provide something for themselves. or to
leave their families provisionei. These
hired men never reached my land. Je.
me jump now my frs, wear II troubles
and expense.
Second year. Ready 10 set on, grange
trec., land cleared and enclosed. small
houses and ou,houses bull, for self. men
and mule. Went TO Gainesville 10 buy
orange stock OF Barnes He had nur
sery. Called q, his house. He looked
grum until told him my business. and
then he smiled and took my hand. SAID
be was glad 20 see me. He though,
was one o: those pesky fellows having
land Office business t. bother him. In
his nursery found a grea, variety in
age and sire. and in the bes, condition
for growth.
He recommended me to buy his foul
year old trees. worth 81. otslQD dollar,
for hundred trees. or if would tax,
FIVE hundred or a thousand, wcnld tax,
a little less Would tear in four years
II not in three. Part Of next crop would
pay for the trees Would gain two OF
three crops in time and profit-sraf;ot
trees. Best quality. cheap.
, Though. a. take him unavares. ant
said: MIR. Barnes. Why 10 you no
plant these trees for yourself: He an
sweied quickly. Il have planted cut
large grove and all | can manage"
called On Cessna H. see his nurser,
stock. He told me his stock was th'
mos. choice selection os oranges from
all the world. fiu,u Siberia 10 kev West
| never heard ot such variety OF CT
aps.s, such names. ami never heard o
them since. + .Ser ~ secure all the al
vantsges, deemed il wisdom 10 divide
and purchase Of Barnes and Cessna
Third year. About one.third the or
ange trees living: about one.third dying
and about one-thira dead Borrowe'
money a, - per cent en- mortgage .
land, to cultivate vege,ables-quicl
growth AMI profitable last year. Po.a
;os. beans, cabbage. tomatoes and straw
berries. Rough; seed and plants. X,
suit seed not generally cool, season Ia
dry. The small crop sent to New Iorl
market reported "a received in had can
dition. The ras -als sent me return o
N..Jo. and expense and commission
. SCI. %. and 70 please forward differpnc
81 Us at my earliest convenience.
Present wear, ISIS. The freeze fin
ishei the grange trees-kiiled yer,
near oil my cabbage plants Bean
, rain and overfows. DID not yet
good stand Of ANYTHING. Straw t-arrie
turning cut the t,-s.. Get good Sales 10
, them. The fertilizer bought don't seer
TO have done any good. Don't seq an
difference where used it and where
did not. have learned how to worI
the farm. bnt lack means to gu OH
Can't pay the Interest on the mortgage
7 and there IS lien fer the fertilizer.
could get along with the hands when ID
. Gainesville merchants would accept m
orders. They have got to he very rar.'c
ular about credit-so many If them hav
. assigned. and not paid such "a ,ruste
them, bu, they don't seem to he an
. poorer for assigning. The bank her
won't loan money. Say it has no more
to loan.
lwant 10 sell my land and every thin
, have. The purchaser must take sub
jecs to the mort gage and fertilizer lien
have read all the books on Orang