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bear transportation to Northern cities. They are both excellent fruits 

 and bring a good price. Sweet potatoes can be grown in young groves. 

 But as they require deep cultivation and to be planted in ridges, the 

 rows should not run too near the orange trees. Sugar cane can be 

 planted profitably, but should never be planted among orange trees. 

 The smaller varieties of indian corn can be profitably grown among the 

 orange trees, both for bread and forage. It is better however to grow 

 it for forage, as it is not so exhaustive to land when cut in a green state. 

 Indeed the names of crops that may be grown profitably, if the land 

 is kept rich, is legion; as our climate and soil will grow almost every- 

 thing that can be grown in the temperate zone, as well as all the semi- 

 tropical plants. Sheep and poultry can be raised with great profit in 

 Florida. In almost every neighborhood sheep will find an excellent 

 range in the pine forest. They should be penned at night in the grove. 

 For this purpose a movable pen of light boards four inches wide, the 

 sections of twenty and sixteen feet in length, so that when sections are 

 put together, they will be self-supporting, is a great convenience. The 

 writer has one such which requires only a few moments to move, so 

 that stock penned, can have fresh land on which to rest every night or 

 two. It is a good way to fertilize a grove, if the pen is not allowed to 

 remain too long in one place. A similar arrangement can be had for 

 poultry, so that they can always be confined at the right spot. If too 

 heavy to lift, they can be made to roll on wheels, made of sections of a 

 round log. 



