The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-06-26

is reported to De an advantageous
place for Bee culture.
The Florida Star is small, but
well edited monthly paper, published
ct New Smyrna in this county.
-EVerything in Key West is sold
at auction from a needle to an anchor,
a watermelon, or tierce of rice.
Hawks Park, two miles south of
Smyrna, is well situated and very
pleasant indeed. DIR. Hawks has
many orange and other valuable trees
started. When he finishes up the
plans he has in contemplation he will
have beautiful park-Star.
A subscriber in Palatka writes us,
II don't want your paper any longer"
This is really embarrassing, as we
were just making arrangements to
make it longer. But as we like to
consult the taste Of Others we shall
let it remain at its present length
BGaaaser.
There are three owners of young
orange groves on Tampa Bay who
are slightly scattered over the world,
SO to speak, as one Of them is in China
another, in the South Sea Islands
and the third is in Alaska. Mr.. w.
G. Brown is the agent for those gen
tlemen who are Naval Officers.
Foster &c Boone shipped this
week to II. X. Thurber & Co, OF
New York, nearly four hundred
pounds of honey. This business,
under the leadership of such enter.
prising citizens as Gen. Finegan and
one or two others, bids fair to prove
extremely proftable.-Crescent
MIR. Henry F. Hopkins has sent
to the San and Press, with his COM
pliments, an onion weighing two and
one quarter pounds. 1t was grown
in the vicinity of the city, and is a
strong proof that this climate, with
its other desirable qualities, is equally
good for onions and consumptives.--
Sun and Press.
Mr.. G. p. B. Goodbread shipped
eight and one-half bushels Of bis fine
May peaches. He could have been
shipping for the past three or four
weeks, but he has unfortunately been
i'll for several weeks. Our thanks are
rendered for his kind remembrance
IN the presentation of couple of
dozen.-Rep0rter.
Cattle are on the move to Cuba,
now the duty there has been greatly
reduced. John Pearce left on the LIST
inst. with bunch of 3OO;; J. r. Mon
tague on the 9th with 200; before the
month is out Uncle Jacob Summerlin
will have $50 on the way; Goodin
started to St. Augustine on the I'd
inst. with bunch of As or 30: which
makes about 1000 head. This will
bring shout $4,000 into this vicinity.
|-Onas9s COswty Reporter.
Capt. james, who has supplied
the market with some of as fine straw
berries as any market can boast, lives
some two miles from the city; and
there are three of us" all in row,
James, Beatty, and Jamison, all thrifty
farmers, and all know how to "make
hay while the sun shines" We spent
an hour one day last week with Capt.
James, and learned how to pick straw
berries He has fine farm, and makes
it pay to ship vegetables to northern
markets, because he knows how to
"pick, pack and ship" whatever he has
to sell.-Sa47a and Press
"A Gentleman came to this county
twelve years ago with less than five
dollars in his pocket, and engaged
in school teaching for two years. At
tie end Of this time he was enabled
to purchase small place near Lake
Apopka and went to work upon it,
This is not remarkable, of course;
but when we add that O short time