The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-03-15
SHOULD
FOLLOW FL0R|D|ANS
ALL HoMEsEEkERs SHOULD GET
THEIR CROPS PLANTED AT
PROPER SEASON.
NEW COMERs WORK SLOWLY
Vegetables in Winter Have No Com.
petition from Other States and
Bring Fancy Prices.

Jacksonville. - Homeseekers look.
ing for locations in Florida frequent.
ly ask what can be grown that will
bring the quickest returns after a
tract of land is cleared and fenced
and plowed. That depends entirely
upon the section of the state the
homeseeker selects, and the season of
the year that he gets his land ready
Tor planting and the cultivation of
vegetables. Many of these homeseek-
ers forget that the great vegetable
season in Florida is the winter
months.
Many of these homeseekers, after
they became settlers, work entirely
too slow in getting their land clear
ed and ready for cultivation, and as
a result they frequently miss an en-.
tire season for some of the very best
paying crops. Those who wish to
succeed must make hay while the
sun shines" They must get their land
ready and get their crops in the
ground at the same time as their
neighbors, or they will not begin to
receive the returns that others re.
ceive for their produce.
1t would be folly for a Florida pro
Queer to plant his crops so late that
they would come into competition
with the crops from sections north
of Florida. The difference in the |
freight charges alone would take
about all the profits, and then the
difference in time in reaching the |
Northern markets would have to be
taken into consideration.
The big profits that are made from
Florida vegetables is largely due to
the sact that they reach the market
when there is absolutely no competi-
ton from any other part of the Unit
ed States. Lettuce, tomatoes, cucum-
oers, etc., will not bring the same
prices in the late spring and sum-
ner months as they do in the winter.
n all the late spring they can be
'aised in all parts of the country, but
n the winter they can only be grown
n Florida.
There is big money to be made in
This is winter crop in Flor
da. The seed bed is made about Sep
ember l, and the plants are ready
0 transplant about October 1, and |
lanting may continue up to February
Cucumbers follow lettuce, and ,
re next in value. If the grower has
one his part well the lettuce will |
ave made him profit of about ST. I
90 per acre, and in some cases con- q
iderably more Cucumbers are good II
II an average years yield of $500 I
er acre. If irrigated, double this Il
mount may be expected. Following
lie cucumber the season for plant II
g field crops has arrived, and corn n
Id peas or corn and velvet beans n
lould be planted. The bean and pea a
9ing a fertilizer, putting nitrogen in b
the soil. the land is much improv- I,
. Such land may be counted on for p,
yield of thirty to forty bushels of q,
IN to the acre, and the bean, rank n,
over, has closely shaded the
ound, smothering out grasses and n
eeds, will lyield about thirty bushels in
r acre, and should be planted to- a,
ther, as the corn holds up the bean m
d the bean shades the ground. n,
It is the custom of a successful ac
'mer in Florida to put about five or
six cattle to the acre, with eight
ten hogs to run under them, and
thirty to sixty days the cattle and Cd
ss are ready for the market as
product to the rich industry, vege
lie raising.
florida has long been noted for the '"
science and great yield per acre of
eet potatoes, and the ease with
lch they are grown. The planting
digging constitute almost the en-
labor, and the yield on good land col
from 200 to 400 bushels per acre, Sci
follows early vegetables. Fri
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