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acre, before he locates too far from a navigable 

 stream or from a railroad. He can make the esti- 

 mate for himself, and it will certainly have some 

 weigfit in determining the location. 



Some of the finest young trees I have seen in the 

 State stand upon a sandy loam the original growth 

 pine underlaid with clay four or five feet below 

 the surface, on which rested a thin stratum of marl. 

 I have seen trees six years from the seed on such 

 soils produce from four hundred to five hundred 

 oranges. 



