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Planting Orange Trees. 



can be foiiiK] in which to locate, there are frequently advantages from association with neigh- 

 bors who speak your language and w^ho have interests in comm.on. On the other hand be ab- 

 solutely sure that the location of the colony does not bar its menp.bers from a reasonable chance 

 of success. 



Most any one with a fair knowledge of agriculture and willing to work can make a living 

 in Cuba, since many of the chief elements of expenses in the United States may be dispensed 

 with in this latitude. First of all the fuel bill for heating purposes during winter is entirely 

 eliminated, since even in the coldest days the rays of the sun will render one comfortable while 

 at rest, and very little exercise will keep one warm, where the thermometer seldom, falls below 

 60 degrees. Fuel for cooking in the country, as a rule, may be found in the nearby forests and 

 charcoal can always be purchased at reasonable prices. The heavy warm, clothing necessary to 

 protect one against cold in the north, may be entirely dispensed with, which eliminates another 

 expense. 



Garden vegetables and poultry will not only go far towards furnishing food for the family, 

 but may always be exchanged in the nearby towns for those articles that cannot be readily 

 l)roduced, on the farm. 



Lands sold through colonization companies are frequently held at a much higher value 

 than the same lands could be bought outside of the company; but, on the other hand, the 

 co-operation of neighbors engaged in the same or similar industry is often very helpful and 

 m.ore than compensates for the difference in the price of the land. 



Unfortunately, the selection of the lands occupied by many of our American and Canadian 

 colonies in this Republic, was made by individuals who ferm.it ted the low prices asked to ob- 

 scure that fatal defect of unwise location, thus placing the colony from the first, at a great dis- 

 advantage in its struggle for success. 



In spite of those disadvantages which result from an unfortunate location, \\ here colonists 

 are cut off from decent transportation facilities, one of these colonies at least has managed to 

 exist, and in a way prosper, although everything but climate and. soil was against it from the 

 first. Other colonies have been located, by reckless speculators, on the poorest kind of soil, 



