The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-04-17
FLORIDA

when west winds blow,
want to go
Where mountain peaks are wrapped in
snow,
AMI breathe the air
That thrills you there
With strength to do and nerve to dare,
When west winds call,
| hate it all
This life of petty things al d SMALL
And have cried
Again to ride
Where sun i, clear and Plains are wide.
1t is certainly fact that when one
has lived in the mountains their lure is
always calling him. The grand scenery
those beautiful mountain lakes. the IN
tainted, clear atmosphere and those
ripping brooks of pure water can new r
be forgotten and one longs to be with
them. Even the average western man
is broad gagged and progressive and
compares favorably with all creation.
Then is it any wonder that we mate
it all-,his fife of petty things and
SMALL"
One would think from the above that
am home-sick and snxious to return
to Colorado where | spent so many
happy if not prosperous years. But
while love to think of her and the
real things as found in the noun
tains, Florida's one great big asset,
CLIMATE, is worth all the doctors
forced Ele to give up when they ordered
me to a lower climate.
This climate VIII always be in de-
mand and northern people will continue
to come here for their winter as well
permanent homes. They are gradually
buying up the orange groves and other
lands nea, towns while the natives
c'Crackers'D ar moving back into
the great unsettled portions where they
are beginning the reclamation of vast
tracts which hitherto have been open
range for the stock men whose great
herds Of ..ative cattle have roamed ever
since the country was first settled by
tiC cpduiSH anu oUtIiC VI lutsc ucIiS
are said to contain as many as 100, Oe0
head. The cattle men and owners of
the old groves are the Patricians dow n
here, Before the Spanish American
war these cattle men were rich in stock
but in need OF ready money. That war
CT at demand for their live stock
so since that time they have been roll
ing IN actual (ready money! wealth.
This is a new ami undeveloped coun
try with wonderful financial possibili-
ties. Some how do not believe the
best investment are to be found in the
growing of citrus fruits, neither do /
have unlimited faith in raising truck
for the ca ly winter and spring markets
of the north. The fact of possible
frost amage is always staring one in
the face and one night may rum a sea-
sons work. Instances are plentiful OF
great losses because of an unexpected
freeze. Neither do the native grasses
furnish guod grasing for cattle during
the winter months As the grasses ale
tough and not at all nutritious; but the
government has demonstrated that
there are many varieties of grass that
do wonderfully well here and produce
tremendous crops. so that ali that is
necessary is to fence in portion of
ones land and SOW the seed Of these
grasses which will insure not only
plentiful supply of fodder for the win
ter, also grazing for limited number
Of head during the season when the
outside range j. not calculated to fur
nish enough food 70 keep the stock in
good condition.
The heart breaking process down
here is in getting eit1us grove nut.
its feet where it will return . fair in
come on the amount inv. sted. Gre YES
that are from twenty b thirty year,
old are ssemsudous hearers and great
money makes, but emo does not care
to fsee thatpropoeitioo especially when
At my time ia life. SeedAnes do not
really pay until they are sbsat ten
ysess ~. Observation-Disclosures begin
- Bear Hbo6t the fourth year and the
crop Increases annually although, like
apples, they hsvs their of wears. This
col requires much .festihsing and con.
staat cultivation II one would have the
best rssult from biz grove. Because
Of thsse eoditioas oos eftsa becomes
discouraged and sslls oes y The other
fellow Who comes in pessessieo Of the
g1ovs Just when Il begins to eoms into
bsszing nd rssps . spisnAid revsnus
from his invsosmsat. 49,
Many psopIs make great success 1t |
raising vegetables in wintef whsa The
perfhwp etaAee are frpoeD IN. n IL