The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-02-04

broke and ready to sell out and quit the
rorntry in disgust. Five acres ia rs
much as any Ii man can attend TO
properly. II, Ne ran manage to make
his trees thrive on his 5-acre tract and
pick up a living by gardening truck
farming or anything else for a dozen
years he cal safely depend upon his
little 5-acre patch for a comfortable
living the remainder of his days. There
seems to be no probability OF over pro-
duction. Asthe yield increases transpor-
tation facilities and the cost Of picking
and packing decreases to an extent so
as to make the prices yield a handsome
profit. Nowadays most OF the oranges
are sold M the trees to northern buyers.
When sula III an ordinary way the fruit
Is taken in the regulation size boxes to
packing houses and sold for so much a
box-usually about s1.5O-when the
oranges are sized by a machine and
packed. It's q sight OF work to lear off
a good piece Of orange land and the trees
once planted they must be carefully
attended to, cultivated, irrigated in dry
seasons and fertilized and it is 0ae con-
tinual fight with insects. A species OF
lady bug is imported and put Oh the
trees that rid them Of the pests.
The price Of land in Florida varies
from 50 to $50 an acre, depending upon
the nearness tc market and quality of
land. The land is divided into pine
lands and what is known as hammock
land:-the later lower and richer and
generally covered with heavy under
growth. Opinions differ as to which
makes the better orange land. The
whole state is simply peninsula raised
out OF the ocean and at no point is there
an elevation of 30 feet above sea level.
The soil is the same practically every
w!sere-a loose, porous white sand which
can be more l!kened to the beach sand
back twenty feet from the edge Of any Of
the great lakes than anything else. A
buggy wheel will sink into it six inches
and good roads outside OF n paved stree,
are unknown. How anything grows OIL
it isa mystery to a Northwestern man,
but all the same it produces the mo-
luXurant vegetation the world contains.
Down deep into the ground the roots
seem 10 find an endless supply of moisture
and the old saying That a banana plant
wants its feet in the water and its head
IN the sun probably explains the growth
Of all the semi-tropical vegetation in
Florida. But shallow root crops, like
garden truck. need fertiliziag or ma u
ing.
The climate seems to be conductive to
health even in the hottest summer
months. During the middle OF the da,
it is very hot in the sun-as it il in The
t~rceless Northwest but the nights are
usually cool and there is IN ocean hreezt
aad abundant shade. People suffering
from lang troubles are always benefited
by a sojotrn in Florida.
viii tell y u tho remainder of Thu
story next week.
The history If the excursion would b,
incomplete withou; a men ion of tn,
caurtesies extended by the Burlington
Cedar Rapids Il Northern railway con
pany. through the general passenger
agent, j. Il. flanagan. The B. C. R. &
N. is dcservedl:g n of the most popular
loads in the west, and for elegant IL il
s%ervire, fast time aml fine roadbeds lii
10 superior. Their v%estibuled trains
running between Sioux Falls and Chi.
cago are models of modern railway
equipment.