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Show Owning aa llrauge rlniTO. In tha Florida Farmer and Frnlt Grower Mr. K. a llulitird give.eome uteful lufonuatlon about tho coat and profit of an crahge plantation In that r-tate. To l-?gln, tho original coet of 'aucb ptanutlon will Lo for orery aero aa follow II Haul Undone mile rronliarf,. ,,..,., f-'iOCO Clearlna from trera abd etampe and brvaklne ... MOJ IX boilJe.1 Inn Kl Ul lr It for at tl eenta X IS KcttloK. cultivating and rerltlUlnff, 0rt year la 03 CulUvallna and fertllulntf. actum! and lUrd iui at PJ ..WW Total H IIjOO) Tlie fuurth year tho grore will legiu to bear, and will prodiue enough to p.iy all the ex.wnaea tnua far liiLiirred. Tho fifth j cor tho fruit will avtrngo one box to a tree, worth f 1.S0 uLplckoL Tho onner will get ir acre IJ30L After that all la plain nailing, and the luoky orango man will hare year by j ear a noblo Income, In-come, which will be left to hi children and grandchildren following Mm Tho writer connts arerage favorable tenaone, not tnklngtnto account tlroughta or froataauch aa aflllct orange growers oo-coaloimlly oo-coaloimlly Of courao nearly everything deudaon tlio'iortlcnltural knackHand n-raeverance of the orange grower him-aelf. him-aelf. and It la Mr. Ilnbbird'a obe. na tion thut about mio man lu fonr haa thla kuiu.k und H.raerrrance, Oftiu ayoniu grovo can l bought froiu n illwonraged b glnner for leaa I linn It coat to make It Ilut the ihmcea are all in faror of tho lraon who auye ou tlo ground and cul-llrateaoroieraeea cul-llrateaoroieraeea tlioiultliratlonof hit groo hltnaelf, and agalnat the one who llaya anuy and hlrea aouiubo.ly !) to 1 olop It Meuntlino, ton, while the jl.mter la waiting for the uniigo trtwa to grow ho can generally make hla living ralii' veeublea and mull frulta. An ordinary ordi-nary farm gardenlllg outfit will bo needed. need-ed. ThU aevuia an oaay way to drift Into a competency, eaay certainly compared com-pared with tho taalc or tho lucchanlo w ho worka for dilly wagea In a city year In and ytur out, an 1 la often overt tken by old ago l)"furo ho han laid up enough money o.on to buy him a homo. Aa to the market for ornugci, It aeema to grow apnea. An or inge for n Ilrat court", on which to In -!n brenkfut la now ono of the wit Itlci of u majority of city pcoplo at Itast. |