Tourists' and settlers' guide to Florida . lon—aboutthirty-five gallons to the barrel. The profit per acre, oneyear with another, may safely be put down at $ioo andupwards. The green and ribbon canes are mostly great deal is sold in the stalk and consumed in the localmarkets, and at home, for chewing, and it is surprisinghow much disappears in this way. This offers a mostprofitable manner of disposal to the grower, as it bringsfrom two and a half to five cents a stalk. This is one of our coming industries, and Florida isdestined to be a great sugar-producing State. Rice. Rice is a prof
Tourists' and settlers' guide to Florida . lon—aboutthirty-five gallons to the barrel. The profit per acre, oneyear with another, may safely be put down at $ioo andupwards. The green and ribbon canes are mostly great deal is sold in the stalk and consumed in the localmarkets, and at home, for chewing, and it is surprisinghow much disappears in this way. This offers a mostprofitable manner of disposal to the grower, as it bringsfrom two and a half to five cents a stalk. This is one of our coming industries, and Florida isdestined to be a great sugar-producing State. Rice. Rice is a profitable crop, and considerable is produced,equal in quality to the best, and mostly exported. It isgenerally grown upon land too wet for anything else, butupland rice is as easily produced. It is planted from Marchto June, and harvested from late summer to early fall. Twocrops are sometimes taken from the same stubbles. Theaverage yield is from twenty to sixty bushels, and has beenknown to reach 200 per acre. It is worth from 75 cents to. .#
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