The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-03-11

! "CHLNIfu. BXcellenG DOaLlno
and fishing are assured The
city IL tk c>tends into the harb3r
for lily a half mile. This dock
IS a great p'i &c for fshm2 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 a 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 un.
derlaid with clay, yellow soil and
with mari. The new drainage
canal demonstrates this. The
growth was originally pine anc
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
Iyet 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 il
1.-THE summer one will generally
sleep under some cover, especial
| ly is this so if you know how tC
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 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-si1
pounds to the bushel, or about
one ton and a half (short tom tC
the acre. | said go down this
street to the nearest or fatheres
pinery. You will find that IL,
1000 or more are planted to thu
acre, Returning, stop at the ex
press office, where you will SET
some crates of pineapples ready
for shipment. On each box thu
number of apples is marked, thu
crate weighing about eighty
pounds. You will find the aver
age to-day or any other day to b,
about 16 to the crate, 5 pound
each, about thirty short tons t.
the acre-call it half. This lane
will not raise much corn; you
land will not raise any pineapples
Your land will raise about on
and a half tons Of corn to the a
ere; ours call it fifteen tons o
pineapples. Your land will pro
duce fifty bushels of corn to tn
acre worth $40 to $50 The LAM
you are cursing out will produc
several hundred crates of pineap
pies to the acre worth from $1.5
to $3.50 per crate, depending up
on season Of year, market, etc
(Some farmers are better thai
others and have more sense.) IL
quit talking.
Schools, Churches, Roads
1t has good High School, higI
curriculum and a fine corps of in
structors. Domestic arts AM
sciences are taught, as well as tn
usual courses. An agriculture
course has been added Baptist
Episcopal, Methodist and Presby
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