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OEAXGE CULTUEE. 



au acre, not so mucli indeed, as just cutting and burning the 

 tree.«. and then haying the stumps burned out. 



The laud cleared, plowing is next in order ; this can be done- 

 at an expense of tliree dollars an acre, not a high charge for 

 breaking new land, as it is no easy, or quick work, even in our- 

 light Florida soil. 



Rails for fencing are split from the pine trees at a cost of a 

 dollar a hundred, and it is well to have them split before the trees 

 are burned, as among those cut down w*ouldbe many suitable for 

 the purpose. 



Hauling the rails and building the fence i Virginia worm 

 fence is the rule; will cost fifty cents a hundred; the total cost of 

 inclosing one acre, elcTen hundred rails, will amount to sixteen 

 dollars and fifty cents ; of five acres, between forty and fifty dol- 

 lai*s. 



But however much or little the land may be cleared for a 

 grove, or whether pine or hammock be selected, it should inva- 

 riably be located near some assured and permanent transporta- 

 tion facilities, either in the present or the near future, when the 

 grove will have " come into profit." 



When groves are twenty or more miles from an outlet, and 

 some verv fine arroves are thus situated, the haulino: bv wa^on is 

 expensive and tedious, and the cause of great loss by bruising the 

 fruii. so as to render it unfit for market. 



Also do not go too far north in the Staie, thinking that all 

 places are equally favored for orange culture ; it is best not ta 

 venture beyond the twenty-ninth degree. 



A good deal has been said and written about water protec-^ 

 ti«jn. and there is no doubt that a location near to. and south of 

 west of one of our large lakes is desirable. 



But the vicinity of the water does not always ward oti:' ft"OSt .\ 

 it all depends upon how the frost approaches. 



A warm vapor always hangs over a large body of water, 

 and if a cold north or north-west wind comes rushing across the 

 placid bosom of the lake, it has force sufiicient to carry this 

 warm vapor on with it, and by the time the south shore is reached 



