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IXORfllt,( Iimatf iind I*rlt;vitirtloa* of Stark *•1 CorfHpdi4Mic4 of Ihii ]15 mg on a vs-it to Florida i ( vr u . ceivcd ao many enqu.riei mr.j,/ ! » n-formation respecting the Mate v. ».lt; h J And it Impossible to answ» r, that 1 have determined to send you a h ltlt; r d - :.b in/ what 1 have seen thuf f ir, In the ho; lt;that its publication in the column* of your paper will he accepted as a reply to tbe ■enquiries and at the i«m • time !.** ifaitfflclent general int' rest to «lt; lt;ure spar *•for in in-ertiou in your paper. J .*'tDunkirk for Florida at the cn 1 of Deremher last an l 1 arrived in this town aboutthe 21th • f that month. Ilerr J foundwhat we of the fro/.en Nort i would cullgenial summer weather; there was n*» sppearaoce of frost until about the 1 Othof dHnuary when the mercury got downto 26*': since* then it got u point lower but now the weather is again summer like. I have truvellc I around a good deal an i do not find any siek, and all persona vlsitiu from the North with whom I have eon versed say they have derived great lie relit in stopping here. Many of them cam™when quite* lt;g and they say they are now well and look so. fly all accounts the whole district is unquestionably healthy.I have met several persons who havebeen in Mouth Florida for their health andthey tell me that Starke a dts them best and consequently they have returned hither to reside either permanently or until they return north. The principal of one of the Schools here informs me thatthe health of the children is excellent. The value of improved land depen ' mainly upon the number uml condition of the fruitbearing trees on it such as oranges, peach, fig, Japanese persimmon, pear, quince, plum, grspe, etc. The quality of the land did not strike me very favorably at lirsl but 1 am satisfied it is much better than I supposed. What is needed is ini proved culture, for I find that the northern settlers raise better crops than thenative Floridans. A great deal however is yet to be learned as to what is best to grow and how umi when to grow it. The prices of produce ure much the same generally here as they are up north; some are a littlo higher and some a little lower.The summer season here is about twice as long as a northern one, consequentlyless clothing is required. Oats whichwere sowed since 1 came are now up and looking well. From what p ope tell me oats must In* a lie tier crop here than they art* with us up north. Irldi potatoes »r«* a new crop in this country and the people are only now beginning to learn how to grow them. Home that I have seen were very nice ones. I think it may be made a good crop, .sweet potatoes are so easily grown that the Irish are treated with JnddTerence. The swamp-in Florida, or. at any rate, all that i have seen about here, have Solid bottoms; one can ride right through them, rinse swamps furnish cypress timber, b ys, gum trees and others of a shrubby growth* Farming here is very primitive and much is to lie learned; most farmeis do their plowing with one horse or mule sa d u sorry one at that. Improved faun im-j plements are seld m to he m en mid then 1 only in tlu* hands of northern people.A buggy plow will be a great novelty | and I have been strongly urged to bringmine down with inc.I ho price of land tom such a widerange, from say f*J •'id to $UK) ; *r ai reaccording to qmlity and location, t at pis impossible for me to fully de»lt; rlbe it,j and the best I can do is to refer r« ndrrswanting information on this point to Uardiner Fratt of Starke w ho arc wiil known ami reliable real estate agents,I should have said there have bn n several white frosts but the cabbages do not seem to have been hurt at all, ami many of them carried heads the A/e of a common water-pail, and from that down to tb *ue *f young plant*] jus1 ... t out ar i so also as regards turnips, onions and the like. 1 have tried one of the Japan persimmon* and 1 consider it one of the liuest fruits 1 have ever tasted, j Home persons think tliev may be grown I north, as none of the trees l ave been in*j jnred by frost hi re.Any person ruming here should hale sutlicicut capital to carry him along, for labor beiug very plentiful he could not get Work for some time,The orange* went mostly tall gatheredand slopped from this district liefnre my arrival; nevt rtheles* a few loads havei been brought into town since then and a few of the fruit here and tl ere are yet to j be seen on the trees.i Yours respectfully,H. W. fcku riiwtemmmmL Tr6 “12(tCHEFRICCH8EEK(■lt;) II.coIVILIf. dii 1can tClCITn■mmI m Li
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Dunkirk Observer Journal
Dunkirk, New York, US
Wed, Jan 26, 1887
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