The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-05-15

Patriot Of Tallahassee az we be-
iieve the present will ID year in
which Providence win drown ali the
wishes of the husbaadnah with suo.
cess. In our Sourthern country the
season is already so far advanced tbat
we may gather much on which to
base our assertion. TIE fruit crop.
beyond all peradventure, is safe. and
will be most bountifll one through
out the State. The garden croDs are
now matured and the greatest profu-
sion and variety are presented Oh all
sides. The corn crop, of which d much
larger acreage than usual has been
planted, is growing finely, and may be
soon considered safe. The oat and
rye crop promises an abundant weld.
while the cotton is the only cron that
may be considered as. ID doubt. and
that doubt rests entirely oil the char
acterS of the season. II does not
make much difference about the nnm.
Der of bales marketed, however If
the crop be short, the price viii be
high, if it be heavy, the price will be
correspondingly low Altogether
the outlook is bright. Next time let
us do a little-let us stAdy GU bust
ness more closely, find ont what Gle
ment is needed here and what there,
put our farms in better condition, make
our lands more fertile by liberal farm
ing, cultivate them more generously
and more throughly, and in a few
years we will find out that the seasons
will not be so uncertain, and the crop
not SO dependent on them.
The Columbia County people APP
pear to be in earnest about getting
up a county fair, the display at Gains
vile has put them on their metal.
The Reporter says, the meeting held
in this city on Saturday last to make
the preliminary arrangements for the
County Fair, was large and enthusi-
astic. Everybody appeared to enter
into the work with spirit and deter
mination which gives full assurance
of success. The speakers were all
equal to the occasion and did full JUS
tlce to the GLORIOUS cause of agricul-
ture.-Much now dependson the eff
forts of the Soliciting Committee, and
from theirnknown character we have
abundant reason to believe they will
leave no stone unturned in old Co
lumbia. The Fair must and shall be
grand success. Our people have
the material and the ability to make
it success if they can only be induced
to make the necessary effort To
get up a county fair and make it a
| grand success is not half so hard a
illaeerl may isss1 !. =
good resolution is halfthe battle and
a hearty cooperation on the part of
all the people insures the other half.
| Then we say to all the decree has gone
| forth from the farm, the merchant,
the doctor, the lawyer, and all the
/ people of Colubia county that we
shall have a fair this fall.n
Thanks returned for the following
from the Eta. Crescent" we are glad
to- hear that Mr.. Codrington will
shortly re-establish the aAgricultu-
rist'' at DeLand City We..have miss
ed Brother. G. sadly since he got
out of harness.
"A new market is to be erected
at St. Augustine.
The South Florida Journal is our
authority for this, can old gentleman
arrived in Sanford last week, in an
OK cart, from the Okeechobee region.
a hundred and thirty OF more miles
south of here. There is nothing .un-
usual in this; but he had little son
with him, between SIX and seven
years of age, whom the old man de-
clared had never tasted any bread of
any kind in his life. He said there
had never been any bread in the fam
lily since the birth of this child. He
bought barrel of -four, and said he
was going to give the lite codger a
taste of bread if the old woman
hadn't forgot how to bake it,.
The Florida Crescent says: The
citizens of Sanford were startled by |
the cry Of fire this morning about
2 o'clock to find the beautiful steam.
er starlight" in fame The fire is
supposed to have originated in the
neighborhood of the gally and owing
to the carelessness or neglect of the
Waterman was not discovered suntil
too late to do anvfhino with u M