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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26
The Jujube Tree.

The remarks concerning the Jujube
made by Mr.. VIM. r. Smith, Chief of
the Botanic Gardens. Washington, in
the Star of that city, and quoted in a
late number of the RMraJ Neao York.
En-, interested me much. l have seen
the tree several times III Washington,
and have been much impressed with
it's valuable qualities. It is well
known how greatly we need a good
hedge plant, one thatis at once cheap,
rapid growing and hardy, and at the
same time satisfactory as barrier,
ornament or screen. The Jujube, as
l have seen it growing, has apparent
ly all these qualities. Itcomes surely
and rapidly from seed, therefore can be
grown cheaply. Evidently, also it is,
a natural hedge plant, from the fact
that it remains after many years.
growth, a tree Of moderate size, al
though in five years or so we have
seen that it will develop into as many
feet in height. This is an important
quality, as indicating the aptitude of
the shrub for hedging purposes. I'm
like the Usage Orange, there are no
suckers about it, and as far as tested, it
has proved hardy. AS barrier, it's
value can be easily proved by the
size and sharpness Of it's thorns.
Good ornamental qualities are evident
in It's thrifty, shining acacla-like leaves,
and richly colored bark and fruit, the
latter of which is very ornamental as
well as edible. A very vigorous foil
age demonstrates sufficiently it's ca
pacity for screening. 1t would in
deed be strange if in this long known
shrub, valuable hedge plant should
be discovered. Ii such is ever the
case. the merit of strenuously and per-
sistently calling the attention of the
public to the fact will be due to Mr..
VIM. r. Smith.-RawI Ne0 Yorker.
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Fine Syrup.

Governor Drew is not only good
governor, but he is first rate agri-
culturist as we'll. Everybody has
heard of the enormous yield Of corn
he coaxed out of few acres Of com
mon land by superior methods of cul-
ture. He is now surprising us again
with the production of some of
the finest syrup we have ever seen.
1t was made from the common red
cane but is as clear as any syrup we
have ever seen made from the ribbon
or green varieties, and much treer
from all impurities The acid ten
dency is also destroyed, so that fer
mentation in warm weather will not
take place.
The method ofmanufacture usedby
Governor Drew is to agitate the
Juice in trough with considerable
quantity Of common clay. The clay
will cause the precipitation of almost
all the impurities. In an hour or so
after being stirred up, the clay and
impurities will have settled to the
bottom and the juice can then be
drawn off by syphon or faucets
fixed in the trough above the clay, SO
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26
Planting Peach Stones,

For the want of a knowledge of
the conditions necessary to success,
we presume there are hundreds of
bushels of peach stones planted ev-
cry autumn, and from which not one
live germ springs and grows, to
thousand treated in the usual manner.
In order to succeed, the peach pits
must be treated in the following way
which we condense from an account
we find in the columns of a valued
cotemporary If you have few peach
stones, place them in box, provided
with thorough drainage, in layers be-
tween clean sand not more than one
foot in depth, and expose the whole
in some shaded and protected nook
during the Winter season. In Spring
the treatment will be as for those
otherwise handled and named below.
If you have many peach stones,
selecr well drained spot, with a
clean, firm bottom. Dig out four or
five inches Of the soil, leaving the
bottom smooth and hard. Turn out
the peach pits on this bottom, SO the
soil may come in contact with every
pit, and cover with about three inch
es of earth, SO the whole will be
level. In the Spring, at planting
time, the most of them will be.
sprouted, and large number will
have lost their shells. And in the
case where they have been left in the
box, they will be found in the same
state. Pick out and plant imme-
diatelY, in we'll prepared ground.
Do not crack the pits, for however
carefully it is done, it is apt to hurt
the germ and the kernel. The plan
we have given, is that practiced by
successful nurserymen.-Er
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as not to disturb the sediment. 1t is
found that very little skimming DUR
ing the process of boiling, in compar-
ison with the old method, is required
and that the manufacture of syrup is
simplified. A better and more uni
form quality can be produced. Kao.
lin, or China clay, might be an i'm
provement, but that is often difficult
to procure, while our common clay is
accessible to all.-Jacksoaav5Ue I'm
con.
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Agricultural Statistics.

Governor Drew has ssent to the
Legislature a tabulated list of the ag-
ricultural productions, as obtained by
the several assessors. 1t is necessa-
rily not full one or probably COM
.plete. We give some of the larger
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Australians; it is a variety of the
white cholum, and is supposed to
have been originally obtained from
the southeastern coast of Africa. In
America it is by many considered a
better sdgar-producer than the
Chinese species, and sll agree that its
sugar Is much more easy to analyze.
S. ceymutm, Wild, Aaadropogo'a
cer7.u.ts, Roxb., of which the grain is
white, forms the staff of life of the
mountaineers beyond Bengal. 1t is
much cultivated in India and other
tropical countries.
SORGHUM or DHGRRA is produced
in considerable quantities In middle
and lower Egypt for making bread.
Being 40 or so per cent. cheaper in
price than wheat, it is more common
ly the food of the tellah or peasant
than any other grain. The late Pro-
fessor J ohnson states that from his
analysis Dhurra flour contains liz
per cent. of gluten.
Schweinfurth tells US that large
yeliow-grained variety Of s. vulg0re
is known in the Khartoum markets
as Soffra. The panicles are about
nine inches long and four in dame
ter. In algeria two species are grown,
the Sorghatns scopdrietna, Lin, with a
red grain; and the s. vulgdre, Lin,
with white grain. 1t is sown in April,
IN good deep soil, when not irriga-
ted, or in June, when water can be
had. These plants are, however, re-
markable for their resistance to
drouth and their power Of vegetation.
The grain of the S. vulgare has a
high food value both for man and an
imals. The Arabs merely cut all the
panicles, and leave the green stalks
standing, to feed their cattle. In
1870 there were 14,117 hectares un-
der sorghum in Algeria, which pro-
duced 237 sic hectolitres. In 1874
there was under sorghum
HECTARES.
BY natives 24,59S
" Europeans 5,102
!. Total 29,69C
equivalent to about $4,000 English
acres. The grain is known there un
| der the names of bechna, dra, and
durra.
The dari, from Jaffa, is considered
the best in the Mediterranean, on &C
count of it's whiteIess and hardness
1t used to be large article OF expor
; from thence to the United Kingdom
for feeding and distilling purposes
The yield of 1862 was as much a
. 1925 qrs., on account of the latte
rain having been abundant. Dari i
used by the poorer classes there TO
making bread.
In Natal the species of sorghum
grown are known as Kaffir corn.
In 1870 the land under culture witt
it and the produce were as follows
Acres. Muids
By natives 1901 1927
g Europeans so 49,
The mud is nearly three bushels
/ There were also 49 acres unde
other millets, which yielded 100
cwts. Of grain. in 1875 the land un
| der millets was only 36,l62 acres.
/ Sorghatus { Aa9r0pogon) sacch0rat
s1',s. This plant can be advantageous.
utilized for preparing treacle. Fo
this purpose the sap is expressed a
the time of Towering and slmpl.
evaporated the yield is from 100 t.
800 gallons from the acre.
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316
The Millets or Small Seeded Food
Grains

The large INDIAN MILIET or
GUINEA Corn (Andr0p0go'a Sor-
0h,lm, Brotero; Sorghum 0ulg0re,
PERSON; Holc,ts Sorghuna, l.in.) is
crown in the warmer parts Of Asia.
and is very prolific. The grains can
be converted into bread, porridge,
and other preparations of food. 1t
is the yellow cholum and lowarree
Of some districts of India. This is
beautiful grass, resembling, in appear
ance Indian corn. 1t bears small,
yellow seed, which when crushed
makes a good auxiliary food for cat
tie or sheep. 1t grows on all kinds
of cultivated soils, but best on those
that are thoroughly cultivated and
we'll MANFRED. Indeed, few crops
will pay better for high cultivation
This valuable plant has attracted
GREAT deal of attention during the
last few years, and has been highly
recommended as a fodder crop. 1t
IS best suited for cultivation III coun-
tries where the temperature seldom
falls below 60 deg. 1t will certainly
GROW in much colder climates, but
Scarcely pays expenses. This forms,
with rice, the staple food Of the
Madras Presidency, with rice and
bairee that of the Bombay Presi-
dencv, and with wheat that OF the
North West Provinces, Oudh, the
Puniaub, and Central Provinces.
This grain is universally cultivated
and is, in fact, in some parts the
principal support of man and beast.
It will grow upon most soils, but
luxuriates in the black soil. There
are several varieties, but principally
one with red seeds and one with
white. Some botanists recognize at
least three species in cultivation,
more or less extensively, in India
S. vulqare, Pers.; S. cernu1na, Wild:
and y. 6icolor, Moench; whilst 9th
ers regard them as mere varieties Of
the one species, which is extensively
grown over the world, and exhibits
like all largely cultivated plants, a
great tendency to variation.
DR.. J. F. Watson gives the com
position of this seed as follows:
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Bananas, apples, pears, wine, rice,
peas, wheat, hay, rye, barley, more or
less raised-nor have We any Stats
tics of neat stock, horses, mules,
swine, sheep, goats, poultry, bees, etc.
Several counties made no report, and
the reports received were evidently
made less, as generally people are
unwilling to give full returns, sus-
pecting that it will expose them to-
larger assessment and higher taxes.
AS there is to be United States
census made in 1880, which will be
very thorough,we shall be able to get
fair list of Florida productions.
If, as the Governor recommends,
it is made part of the duty of each
assessor to annually obtain these sta
tistics, and make it the assessors duty
to visit in person or by deputy, every
person or place assessed, it would be
more desirable for home information
and foreign inquiry. We should thus
see, from year to year, the increase
or progress of production, both by
counties and in the State at large.
Indeed it would be well, in view of
the future development of the State,
that bureau of agriculture be estab-
lished, either separate from or at
tached to other departments Wher--
ever established, they have proved
useful to the people, and Of advan-
tage to the State.-J0cksonviUe I'm.
iOn
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There was little or no sugar IN the
half grown plant, but when three
quarters grown, there was as much
as 5.85 per cent. of sugar in the low
er part of the stem. We have no
analysis OF Indian grown plants !;
but 1t may be safely inferred, that if
such a large amount of sugar was
present in plants grown in a climate
so i'll suited for the production of
sugar as England, very much
larger quantity would be found in
plants grown in the tropics.
From experiments carried on in
India with plants as fodder produc-
ers, the following were found to be
the results:
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y With huslxs.

Win nuSKS.
From an analysis of the half-grown
plant raised in England, DR.. Voelcker
found that it contained above d per
cent. of flesh forming matters, and
about IL per cent. of fat, or heat
producing matters. The compost
fion was
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
What Eminent Physicians. Say

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THE woman who works in some honora-
be way 20 maintain herself looses none Of
the dignity nor refinement Of true woman.
hood, and is much more an ornament to her
sex than the woman whose days are passed
in Incidence and indulgence.
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THESE great organs are the Natural ceansers oftho
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Il they become coggcd, dreadful diseases qte surc
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slfsl insertion, per square, ......,.,...s 90
Subsequent insertions ..... "a |
GLASS WIcKS For LAMPS
r. u b scription Rates:

\ wick tor lamps is now manufactured
entirely Of glass, by Mc,srs Voubrel and
Beck, Of lIanau, Its designed chiefly for
use in petroleum. and spirits lamps; and,
with Al equal amount Of the wick turned
up, II gives q much brighter light than
cotton wick. In the spirit lamp, too, II is
found TO greatly increase the heat of the
flame. No sparks are given off by this
uncomfortable wick, nor does the light
fare in draughts to the extent which it
does with a burning wick hence it makes
the lamp safer The smoking IS also re-
dlced. and it is stated that ten per cent.
Of the oil is saved by lis use. Of
course the dIsaTeeablc task of trimming
the lamps rendered Unnecessary for being
Of glass the wick does not consume, but
wastes away very slightly by fusion,
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are developed because the blood j. poisoned with
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TOO LATE

II soon VIII he The rise of more than half in the
l!lcc ul iron i more than We cen stand. For A
very short time only We will receive orders nj old
price,, w; , Ton Wagon Scales $50 All iron and
steel, Sold on tnG-ireight paid 0y us-no money
r. Ned III. ir,,oa and found satisfactory III sizes
JONES OF EMIGRATION,
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TERRIBLE SUFFERING.

Buhonsne's Headache. Dyspepsia, jaundicc. Con.
sUpaton, ana Piles; or Kidney Complaints
Gravel Diabetes, Sediment in the
Urine, Milky or Ropy Urine;
" Rheumatic Palms
and aches,
, 1879-04-04

template tho aubstitutlon Of national currency
for that NOW Issued by the banks; doing away
with tic gold basis; haytnK the bon,lA secured
on tho n,,blfc ilonaln: the smaller notes to ba
tln medium OF c4ctlnt1go, and Tho larger ones
nbsoiuto proncrty, non-trnusferabio, except Tia
transfer 10 Registered III tho o.1!ce Of iasne. K
motion to thie effect will 10 introduced 10 tho
HOUSE on Monday, when, #, oil probability, tla
bnbv wifi bo s(rapn1Gd,
Theirs IL a lull liz Tho tide Of doputnt!ons, and
tho Finance Minister has brcatillng.atel. IN
ti1 tnanrtlrr. hnwnrer. fIte Dominion IA sfi,rri
, 1879-04-04
By MAIL.

ITALIAN FINANCIAL ESTIMATES.
RoME, March l0.-Tho long. expected report
Of the Commission on the provisional estimates
Of income md expenditure for 1870 has been
submitted to the Deputies. 1t will be romem-
bercd that these estimates wero originally pre-
pared by the last Minister Ut Finance, slgnor
scismEt Doda whose anticipation Of q surplus OF
$4,000 900 anu whose Intention Of ropcalng tho
grIst-tax were denounced ia such unmeasurcd
terms during the struggle for the overthrow
Of the Carroll Cabinet. Tllo rev Minister 0f
Finance, slgnor Magl!ani,, though calculating
mud the expenditure amount TO seven millions
moro than S!gnor Scianit Dofa expected to get
In, nevertheless Expresses confidence In obtain
ing surplus Of not less than t0sty-two ntl-
Iorsu his apticipaiion's to the extent OF forty
millions. The minority, however, Of the Com.
mission. who were moro directly antaguntsttc 10
Slgnor Seianltt Dola. consider ths incnnto an
nounccd by sIgnor MRgliani rs ovcrcstimatcd to
the extent OF eighteen millions, and, tcrcforc,
predict that the surplus MIL not exceed twenty
two millions.
D1r1IruERIA IN RUSSIA.
london Timts.
Our correspondent ut Odessa writes under
dato March 8: "ln ono Of my letters to yoH
lately reference VAS made to tho prevalence Of
diphthcria In many OF the rural districts Of sls-
etn I nnw sGna yntl 6ofD0 reIulrEH from ttlG
|prs.;onl Mu,,ra, 6a,<,,. ,,nor, IL, .nh;cct hr
lnuoe'AuJ l., =. ..' oe .,.$ '.,,',. IN" w. sss,
that epidemic, especially among tho country
children. For instance, the village of Kaploou-
orka {CharkofI Goycrnnent), between the 10th
aud 2sth OF Inst December, lost fifty chiidrcnt
and that Of Pakhomoyka, last January, zoo, in
a1litlnn to adults. In the cnylruue Of t]le Int
Ter village, llstle hamlet, about the saie time.
lost more than hundred Of its Inhabitants. In
the Government OF Teherntgotf dphthc-
, 1879-04-04

= THE NORTHERN IAClElCt
sxvAroh 0noyRnts nttL 70 EXTEND THE T1Ma
or CONSTRUCTION,
" 7y.sr,norov March 31.-Tho bin introduced
nAsus"'toS' ,a' e.s..ns c,o1cr IN regard to Tho
to'daS ~ senator o1o's' ,.. ~ sx s,'a, ,ho t,m.
Northern Pacific hallroao p'ns'es ' u"t n ~ so
tanl .d Inn rp.rs, ,non conditions which are, III
snh..anc. :. fo1;ow..
sr.a - ~ T.-,.,v shall, within ona
=. F1ret5 tnat .Hc ~. 1o XII hrrin work
year Of ~ epaesmens a. " 49,. a' 1Jmsl,c t,recnn
on the man nne a. y. nsas o ,ni1ss II 4. soad
M eopcss ssry ~ rc. Hereafter. md shall con
, 1879-04-04

GRAND RAr1ps, Mich, April 3.-The Demo-
ctuts held their adjourned City Convention to-
night, md, after q protracted debate and quite
n bitter struggle, refused to adopt tho Cltizens'
ticket rs mai1o bv Democrats md Republicans
combined, and afterwards ratified by the Re-
publican City Convention. md formed coalt-
tton viii, tho Nationals. Thenew tlckctis as fol-
lows: Henry G. Smith, for Mayos; Frank Bcrlcs,
IT., for Clerk; Jacob Barnes, for Treasurer;
John Van Stricn, for Controller; 1saac s!gler,
for Marsnal; 7. 8. Hubert, for Director Of the
Poor; John Grady, Democrat, and A. ". John
gton, National, for members Of the Board Of
Review. This coalition disgusts many Demo-
crnts, alid Gauges most serious division in thu
Nattona. party, tor the great bulk Of the Na-
straight ticket Tne Republicans and honest
money men aro greatly pleased with the PROB
pect, and confidently expect rouslng victory
for their entlEc ticket.
, 1879-04-04
n SERIOUS DISPUTE.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Apri! 8-A very serious
trouble Is reported between the Adams EXPRESS
Company md the Louisville d Nashville Rail-
road concerning their contract to transport
money and freight. Several conferences have
been held in Cincinnati and no result reached.
Tic local officers OF tho Express Company staso
md they know nothing whatever Of these differ
cnccs. Tho Lotisyitln & NASHVILLE pcnple Giyo
no Information, but acknowledge the fact Of con-
fcrenccs Of lato relative to the adjustment Of
their old contract and agreement upon new
one. It ia said that tl!o trouble originated by
The discovery that tho Louisville & Nuslillo has
for ye ycnrs past faIled to receive full rates for
tile amount OF MONEYS atd freight actually
carried on its line. Fifty thousand dollars in
compromise hayc been refused.