32 TRUCK FARMING 



seasons alike following each other anywhere , and here in Florida 

 there have not been two alike in my experience. 



True, it may look a little foolish on your own part to have 

 expended a snug sum for ditches only to have a protracted drouth 

 follow ; however, even here if you are alive to the situation you 

 will, if you have not already done so, at once install an irrigating 

 plant and come out with flying colors. If it does not rain when 

 your crop is nearly made, you will find your efforts doubly repaid, 

 for the best prices are usually obtained in seasons wherein the 

 most unusual freaks of weather appear. In fact, I have, governed ' 

 by many experiences of the past, learned to quit guessing at the 

 weather, but just to try and guard against all kind of excesses, 

 and when caught unawares try and meet the situation, however 

 unfavorable, as best I can, resolving in the future to try and 

 guard against a repetition of the same mistake, with the result 

 that I have met with flattering success. 



