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money enough from his father to buy a piece of 

 land. After paying for his land, located a few 

 miles above Palatka, he landed in Paiatka with 

 three dollars in his pocket. These he paid for pro- 

 visions, and went to work growing vegetables on 

 about an acre and a half of cleared land. Six years 

 afterward he sold his place for twelve thousand 

 dollars cash, without owing a cent for anything. 

 Many instances could be given of young men, as 

 well as old men, who have done as well, and of 

 some who have done still better. Young men have 

 frequently written to the author to aid in securing 

 for them a clerkship. His advice has been invari- 

 ably given, " Go to work raising fruit in Florida, and 

 be independent and have a home. ' ' 



ORANGE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 



We clip the following statistics of making an or- 

 ange grove in California from the address of Mr. 

 L. M. Holt, Secretary of the Southern California 

 Horticultural Society. It will be observed that the 

 rates are far above those charged in Florida in some 

 of the items, land for one : 



" An orange orchard in full bearing will yield 100,- 

 ooo oranges to the acre. Five dollars per thousand 

 will pay all the expenses of taking care of the orchard 

 and picking and marketing the crop in San Francisco, 

 or to any other market to which the freights are no 

 greater. If the price should come down from the pres- 



