Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-29

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duce more than the best 20-acre field of
wheat in Pennsylvania, and that some
prontaDle crop can be repeated In the
same ground at least three times year,
the Importance OF small farms and good
farming may be appreciated. Even the
grasses on which stock can be as well fed
as on our clover and timothy fields OF
Pennsylvania need only a few weeks to
make sweet and nutritious pastures, and
the little hay required TO keep stock
IN the best condition, Is hardly to
be taken into the account Of the gem
eral labor OF the farm. Stock is badly
cared for Ia most parts of the State only
because II can come so nearly maintain
ing itself that the regulation Southern
farmer allows it TO take its chances FOR
tue whole season, much to his own loss.
what wish to impress upon young men
who want TO work themselves into the
ownership OF home and farm that Will
AFFORD them good living with reasonably
assured profits, is that while they must
have 90 or 80 acres in the West TO do SO,
they VIII be as well provided
with land, for practical results,
with 70 acres in the Southern portion OF
Florida, and land OF the best producing
qualities is now cheaper per acre in that
region than ia land Of like qualities and
advantages of market in any desirable
FNA bAuh VI Tue w Ghhs n HnlNll ldi
would do we'll 10 buy 40 acres in Florida
TO multiply the future profits Of mis- la
bors, but IL he farms 10 OF II we'll the first
year and 20 OF 1t in years he will accom-
pllsh great work and have a small for
tune In mis- untouched lands.
HEALTH AND HABITS OF LIVING.
Many Northern settlers will be slow TO
learn that IL is great transformation
from the rigorous climate of the North TO
the almost tropical climate Of Southern
Florida, and those who refuse to under
stand the common sense laws which re-
quire reasonable adaptation of habit and
diet to climate will suffer thereby. There
is nothing to apprehend from the popular
bug-bear of malaria in Florida, il any
measure of care Is exercised in selecting
location. 1t will be more dincult to
make such a mistake in Florida than IL
would be in Pennsylvania or Kansas, but
1t can be made. The chief peril to the
health Of Northern settlers in Floridais in
their own neglect of the plain laws of ma
ture which the commonest comprehension
should understand and obey. The savage
OF the Arctic region lives and thrVes on
blubber, and even the Arctic navigator
can relish dish of oil that would be
applied only 10 his coarse boots or harness
at home; but neither savage nor navi-
gator would live month in Florida on
such diet, any more than they would live
II clad for an Arctic winter IN q semi
tropical climate. The Northern settler
transferred into Florida climate must
accept the lighter, cheaper and in every
way better diet that nature offers him.
Fruits and vegetables, so abundant
around him, must largely take the
place of his strong meats, greasy
cakes and generally heavy dishes
which make the system feverish with
needless heat even in the North, or
his liver will become sluggish, bilious
disorders will be bred and general
i'll health imputed to the climate when it
is solely the fault OF the sufferer himself.
While the extreme of heat In Florida,
even in what is the nearest approach TO a
| tropical climate that can be settled, is
net as great as that OF Philadelphia, the
almost perpetual summer requires for
both immigrants and natives lighter food
and more care to avoid exhaustive eX-
ertiOn; but there is no reason why resi-
| dents should become enervated. There IL
vastly more suffering from Northern diet
| In Florida than from malaria; and when
| it is considered that Florida only imperi.
| ously exacts the diet that common sense
suggests in the North, there should be
willing obedience TO the laws of health in
| this region.
CObI OF OUIFIIllNN FARM.
The cost of purchasing and Quitting a
farm in the section of Florida to which
the bulk of immigration will turn its
steps, is much less tnan in any part Of the
West that is at all inviting to settlers.
While lands in the thicEly populated and
well improved parts Of the State along the
lines of transportation are as dear as they
are in Chester county, the more fertile
and more certainly productive lands now
just opened farther south, can be pur-
chased in good locations for $40 per acre,
and they are about as cheaply prepared
for cultivation as the heayy-sOdded prairie
lands OF the West, which require a year of
tanning before they produce at all. When
once brought under cultivation one mule
is abundant for the best OF blowing and
no heavy teams are necessary for
hauling. Buildings are erected much
cheaper than in Pennsylvania, as lumber
is abundant, being one of the chief pro
ducts of the State. An outlay OF 81. 500
would buy fOrty-acre farm, build COM
Portable house, procure stock and imple-
ments and put one-tOurth the tarm in
frst-class cultivation with an orange
grove in the ground. No barns are needed,
as hay is stacked and stock require little
protection st any season OF the year.
Half that amount can be had on credit
on the land and improvements, but a
double the rate Of interest that like good
security would command in the North.
This estimate is for what would be a
large farm for one who expects TO
cultivate it himself and for what
would be regarded as good i'm
prOvements; but those whose neees-
stiles will accept the pinching seli-denial
of a majority Of Western immigrants, can
start small farms on little capital except
industry and economy, and they can live
comfortably all the year on their own
products after the hrst four months. In
short, the small farmer, or the young man
who seeks TO earn a home and farm for
himself, has every advantage OF climate,
cheapness and fertility OF soil, early and
bOuntiful product aud easy market facili-
ties ia Southern Florida, ana IL is I'M
doubleday the most inviting part Of the
Union now open 70 young men whose
capital is their industry. A. X. M.
Riding IL Out.
IRON. the Athsns tGa.l Runner Waterman.
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