The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-11

crops. The dry lands, when properly
fortified, will produce orchards of
pears. peaches, plums, apricots, ounces.
1gs and olives; and on the damper
lands the pecans and European wal
nuts will thrive as also on the dry
lands, and produce more profitable
crops than do the orchards Of the
north, and rival the orange and other
crops further south in value. Both
wet and dry lands, seeded to proper
grasses and fodder plants, can be
moved three and four times a year,
yielding as many pounds of fodder at
each cutting as win the best meadows
In New England or New York where
but a single crop is obtained In a
year.
RainfalIs and DrouaEts.
The average amount of rainfall for
this belt is about fifty inches in the
year. 1t is quite evenly distributed
throughout the year, rather more
abundant between the summer solstice
and the autumnal equinox, which is
also the warmest and most growing
season Of the year, as also the one In
which the greatest suffering from
droughts are felt farther north.
Excellent pastures may be made in
the piney woods, by removing brush,
dead and decaying trees and logs,
blowing the surface so as to destroy
the wild grasses and weeds, and plant
ing Bermuda and other grasses and
the Japan clover and be kept in good
condition at small expense. This would
not injure the valuable pine timber,
and the stock would have ample shade.
The Poor Mans Paradise.
The cost of building with lumber
is here reduced to the lowest possible
figures. The amount and cost Of
clothing. the expense for fuel and OF
food for the family, are at minimum
rates. Cattle and sheep can gather
their food from the unburned range
or the prepared pastures. Something
for the table may be obtained from the
field and garden in less than one hun
dred days after the seeds are placed
in the soil. The immigrant needs but
ask himself the question: What sum
will carry me to my future residence,
establish me on 1t, and keep me for
six months? After that period he
should find his support from the farm
itself.
HealthfuIness.
Upon the dry lands nothing but i'm
prudent exposure Of person, eating i'm
proper food, or deposits of filth near
the dwelling, can induce malarial dis
ease. There is nothing in the SOIL
water or vegetable growths to produce
miasma- The fat, wet lands off the
dry ridges, the thick hummocks, are
10 De avoided as places OF residence:
all the balance is healthfuL On the
dry lands springs supply the best Of
drinking water. The much dreaded
yellow fever has never been known to
enter the dry pine ridges, and the
whole region is equally secure from
death-dealing diphtheria and typhoids:
smallpox, measles and scarlatina here
lose their virulence. The rays of the
sun never PROSTATE the man in the
field, and the hottest hour always has
its accompanying breezes, and is fol-
lowed by a cool night for refreshing
sleep. The high barometric pressure
indicates freedom from tornadoes, VIC
lent storms, or sudden changes G Of
wind. The differences between the
dew point and barometric pressure and
temperate show an atmosphere not
charged with humidity exceeding that
Of the so-called dry atmospheres Of
Dakota or the mountain regions Those
suffering from pulmonary diseases can
here find an atmosphere sufficiently
dry and warm for their comfort. The