The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-03-04

westward. Excellent boating
and fishing are assured The
city i:tk c>tends into the har5or
for + lily a half mile. This dock
is great p'icc for fshlng ard for
promenading. AS a promenade it
is of course not as much used as
the one at Atlantic City.
Lovers of beautiful sunsets go
into ecstacieS over our sunsets, es-
pecially is this true in the sum-
mer time.
Punta Gorda annually ships
100000 to 100000 pounds of
fish, furnishing the balance of the
nation with much of its brain
food. The testimonials herein
printed show that Punta Gorda is
in a position to furnish the re-
mainder of the nation with health.
This is great country for the
hunter. On these rivers there
are many ducks, in the woods
quail abound, deer and turkey are
often killed.
Vegetables, Soil, Climate
To the northward and westward
of Punta Gorda there is much
deep water, affording excellent
water protection for tender vege-
tation. Much of the land is UNI
derlaid with clay, yellow soil and
with mari. The new drainage
canal demonstrates this. The
growth was originally pine and
palmetto. Firm compact soil.
Irish potatoes, peppers, tomatoes,
English peas, beans, sugar cane,
Strawberries and pineapples grow
well. Although we have frost
now and then and sometimes ice,
yet the bearing cocoanut trees
and large guava trees, both SEN
sitive to cold, speak for the eli
mate.
In the summer time the climate
is pleasant, a cool breeze blowing
most of the time. At night in
the summer one will generally
sleep under some cover, especial
ly is this so if you know how to
build your house so as to get the
benefit of the night breeze.
The foliage, its location on the
water, its southern situation
speak for the winter climate.
Whilst hay, beggar weed, vel
vet beans and other forage crops
do well here, yet this is not a corn,
oat or wheat country. Some time
ago a tourist from Illinois, in my
presence, was running down the
soil here. | asked him what was
principally raised in his country.
He said corn. | asked how many
bushels per acre. He said about
fifty, weighing about fifty-six
pounds to the bushel, or about
one ton and half (short tom to
the acre. said go down this
street to the nearest or fatherest
pinery. You will find that H.
900 or more are planted to the
acre. Returning, stop at the ex-
press office, where you will see
some crates of pineapples ready
for shipment. On each box the
of apples is marked, the
crate weighing about eighty
pounds. You will find the aver
age to-day or any other day to be
about 16 to the crate, 5 pounds
each, about thirty short tons to
the acre-call it half This land
will not raise much corn; your
land will not raise any pineapples.
Your land will raise about one
and a half tons of corn to the a
ere; ours call it fifteen tons of
pineapples. Your land will pro-
duce fifty bushels of corn to the
acre worth $40 to $50. The land
you are curslng out will produce
several hundred crates of pineap-
pies to the acre worth from $3.50
to $3.50 per crate, depending up
on season of year, market, etc.
(SOme farmers are better than
others and have more sense.) He
quit talking.
Schools, Churches, Roads
1t has a good High School, high
curriculum and a fine corps of in
Domestic arts and
sciences are taught, as well as the
usual courses. An agricultural
course has been added Baptist,
Episcopal, Methodist and Presby- |
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