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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-09-17

up and turn it over. Again, mulch.
ing undisturbed, causes with us, ants
to make their beds among the roots
of the trees, and we consider them
one of the worst enemies to the
young orange tree. If we could, we
would hoe round all our trees, re-
move and replace the mulching from
eight to ten times a year We try
to give our trees good hoeing in
November, remove all the mulching
from the trees, and then replace it at
the next hoeing, say in February fol-
lowing.
Our advice to "Rusticus" would be,
bud as low as the nature of your
stock will admit-a stock as large
as the fore-fnger-bud some six inches
from the ground, where the stock is
well rounded with plenty of even
surface, so that your bud can fit per-
fectly to the wood. Select your buds
from healthy terminal limbs, of the
second growth back, with full, well
developed eyes and no thorns. By
selecting good buds, and inserting
them carefully, we had the last sea-
son, one hundred and nine buds take,
out of one hundred and thirteen in
serted. "Rusticus" will find that
buds in his lemon stocks will take
much more readily than in orange
stocks, but they are more difficult to
train to well-shaped tree.
EX-ALABAMIAN.
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them. They are now twelve and
twenty feet high, respectively the
lowest has nine persimmons on it,
which are about one and a half inches
in diameter. We have at last sue
ceeded in budding them into the ma
tive persimmon, and expect soon to
have quantity of them.
Our few grape vines have borne
good crops, but the trouble with us
is, that three or four years ago we
did not plant more of them. Ours
are nearly all Scuppernong varieties,
which succeed much better than the
bunch grapes. S. p. S.
AAdnaOpete, A1gatSt 26.
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Deland VOlusa County, Florida Wednesday, September H. 1879

this disease, I think it will, after TAX
ing the other precautions, to cut the
diseased wood away very closely,
and give the tree good, vigorous
start.
Another caution: The grower
must not, in every case, expect to
overcome this difficulty at once, as
it sometimes requires year or more
to obliterate all evidences of the dis
ease. Sometimes the most expedi-
tious way is, to throw away the sub
ject and plant another,
Let none be discouraged, but keep
at it with untiring vigilance, and Gin
due time we shall reap if we faint
not" w. w. HAWKINS.
Lake George. Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-09-17
Our AltamOnte Correspondent.

Editors of The Florida Agriculturist.
After an absence of five months in
the cotton fields of Alabama, l have
just returned, and will make Florida
my permanent home.
In the hills Of Tallalega county
the planters have been blessed With
good seasons, and where we'll worked
they have good crops of corn and
cotton the latter, in most fields, was
---l.-~ - hi0h and we'll ta.noad and
boiled. In many places they were
going through and topping it to
make it perfect its fruit. The cot
ton worm was reported in some
places, and they were somewhat
alarmed, but it is thought that would
escape again. Much attention is be-
ing paid to securing improved cotton
seed, and better agricultural imple-
ments. They are laying aside the
old twister and buying three.horse
sulky plows, one and two.horse cul-
tivators, harrows, cotton.planters,
etc., and intend to overcome the low
price of cotton by decreased cost of
production. Many inventive gen.
fuses have been for years trying to
make cotton chopper, but none have
yet succeeded in making an imple-
ment that would give much satisfac-
ton. Mr.. Hughes, of Hamilton, Ohio,
the inventor of the sulky plow, is
making and experimenting with a
chopper which promises success. 1t
is V harrow, with bent teeth SINH
lar to heavy butcher knife, which
are fastened to castor heads, which
pass through the frame and by open
ing or contracting the frame the
planter can almost cut his cotton out
to any stand. Instead Of running
with the row, as all others have done,
this runs directly across. 1t will also
be used as cultivator, and will not
be a bad implement for us here.
1 had a most pleasant trip down
into this State, coming through from
Montgomery to Jacksonville in
twenty-four hours. The crops along
the road were all poor, owing to the
severe drought. Cotton was from six
inches to two feet high. Passing
through Thomasville, as it was get
ting dark, could only get a glimpse
of the Sand-pear groves east of the
town.
1 found South Florida enjoying its
rainy season and balmy sea breezes,
while orange trees and potato vines
were luxuriating in alternate sunshine
and showers. The rains still continue
every day. Orange groves have made
considerable growth this summer,
where manured and we'll attended to-
The crop of fruit is very small.
Four years ago l received from
Washington two Japan persimmons
planted them in the poorest kind o.
land, and have given them no more
attention than to keep the grass from
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-09-17
The FaISity of Figures.
Editors of The Florida Agriculturist.

Editors of The Florida Agriculturist
1t is an aphorism as old as the
Ancients that Figures won't lie )" per-
haps they won't, but they sometimes
tell mighty big stories; stories as
hard of belief as any Of the exploits
Of "Lemuel Gulliver," or the expert
ence of "Sindbad, the Sailor" with
the "Old Man of the Sea-"
Figures have told some big stories
about Florida, but the location OF the
story l have in mind is New Jersey.
As taken from the Washington
Market I'aGee, it was published in
THE FLORIDA AGRICULTUTIST a few
weeks ago under the title of "Giant
Strawberries"
The writer saw berries, every one
nearly the size of Bantam's egg, and
there were bushels and bushels of
just such fruit on this half acre of
ground"
"Mr. Jerolamon informs us that
this season, so far, he has picked
from off this ground 800 or 900 bush
els of excellent fruit, some of the ber-
ries weighing nearly three ounces and
measnrinr eleven. inchns in cirnuna-
ference"
This could not have been in the
last of the strawberry season, as the
last growth of fruit is always small.
It must have been at the height of
the season, and he had already
picked 800 or 900 bushels from half
an acre. Eight or nine hundred
bushels at that season would give not
less than 1900 or 1900 for the en-
tire season and, that too, from half
an acre.
Twenty-Five hundred bushels of
strawberries to the acre is a bigger
thing than figures in sober earnest,
ever told about Florida.
But, call the whole seasons pro.
ducts of the half acre a thousand
bushels. This would be placing it
very low, as it would give only from
a fifth to tenth OF the entire yield
to not less than one third of the sea-
son. Even this is beyond the power
of human credulity to compass.
Two thousand bushels to the acre
is; twelve and halt bushels to every
square rod; and, by the way, this fruit
was selling at the same time for a
dollar to a dollar and a half quart.
For short, call it dollar quart.
Sixty-four thousand quarts to the
acre, think of that if you can, without
feeling dizzy. Sixty-tour thousand
dollars to the acre, think of that if
you can, without getting the New
Jersey and strawberry fever. In
such a presence oranges turn pale
and pine-apples blush and hang their
heads.
After such a reverie. or such a
flight of fanciful figures it is difficult
to come down to the hard-pan fact OF
what we may reasonably expect in
the culture of strawberries. One.halt
bushel to the square rod looks rather
small by the side of twenty-five
halves. Ninety-six per cent. is a
pretty heavy discount to make, even
from figures of rhetoric, but more so
when made from the figures of a"mar-
ket index"
But such is the fact, he who makes
half bushel of strawberries to the
square rod does well; but, of course
he who makes busheI does better.
The first is probable result under
good cultivation the second is pos.
sible result under favorable circum.
stances. The record that is within
my reach OF what others have done
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SecceSSful Immigrants.
From the Tampa Tribune.

From the Tampa Tribune.
We know of two gentlemen who
settled in this vicinity-one ten and
the other seven years ago-whose
success well illustrates what a poor
man can do by pluck, energy and ap-
plication.
Mr.. Q. W. Wells arrived in Tampa
ten years ago with 500. He took
homestead near town and planted
out a grove, in the meantime follow
ing his trade, that of house painter,
when work was to be had. He
has sold over $1,000 worth of land,
refused $4,000 more than a year ago
for his six-acre grove, and puts the
very moderate estimate OF $1,000 on
his interest acquired here.
Mr.. d. M. Nix came here seven
years ago with less than $50 as his
worldly possessions. He got a place
on Gadsden Point, near the cattle
wharf, and went a work. He has
sold several lots of land, planted out
and has the care of something like a
dozen young groves, principally
owned by naval officers, has selected
and entered other desirable lands, and
to-day, says that he would not take
estimate-for ali o. his interests.
Both of these gentlemen were on
the invalid order, and in coming
here their object was health more
than anything else.
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Indian River Correspondence.

Editors of The Florida Agriculturist
During the past week we have had
an excess OF rain and rough weather
that threatened to eliminate in a
gale, but happily, the prospect now
is, that it will clear up and give us
our usual sunshiny days again. A
gale, such as visited our State a year
ago, would do us vast amount of
damage now, as our orange trees
have lately put on heavy growth,
which would of course be mostly de-
stroyed, in any but the best protected
groves.
We. intended to have replied to
your Daytona correspondent ere this,
but we have been so busy it seemed
impossible to get at it. Our Japan
plums have never been effected in the
way he speaks OF, and we attribute
the trouble with him to be, in not
shading them during the summer
months. For this purpose, we plant
two or three castor beans to the
southwark of our plums, early in the
spring, and if deemed necessary, de-
stroy them in the fall. With us, they
answer the purpose most admirably.
We have a few trees that should
commence bearing next year, only a
few, however, to test them, as we
doubt whether they would succeed
well with us. Ours, however, look
we'll and promise to succeed we'll.
While all unite in agreeing that
mulching is almost indispensable for
orange trees, we suppose many will
differ as. to the best way to manipu-
late it. While we do not disturb
the mulching among our pine-apples
and strawberries, as 81. D. NJ" very
naturally supposes, yet we do stir it
around our younger orange trees, Just
as often as we hoe them. The mulch.
ing forms harbor for moles, mice,
and if formed of heart wood in part
for wood-lice, and in order to guard
against these depredations, we stir il
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Columbia County,

The Lake City Reporter gives the
following return of the Assessor for
Columbia county:
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-05-14

he will of the people it moves in the
direction OF a more liberal policy and
for the elevation OF the masses. Not
The King, but the Councillor, born
often of the people, shapes the poll
icy of a nation; not William, bute
Bismarck not Victor Emanuel or
his son and successor Humbert. but
Cavour: not Nicholas, but Gortscha-
koff; not Francis Joseph. bat Aud
rassy; not Victoria, but Gladstone
and Beaconsfeld. guide the affairs of
slate, and in all this / see the haad
of God and The finger Of his provid-
ence pointing to the time when the
kingdoms of this world are to be-
come the kingdom of our Lord and
of his Christ
Tie preacher next touched upon
the changes that have happened in
this city and country within the last
forty years--the topographic, social
and religious changes-the changes
that have occurred in the Presbyte-
rian Church. In that period of time
forty-one pastors of Presbyterian
churches had died and he was the
only one left after forty years of ser
E E
vice, and the only opeof any demon
ination, with the exception of Dr..
Williams, of the Baptist Church
Forty years ago, when became there
the congregation was small and it
was overwhelmed with debt and di-
vided by prejudice, but be kept clear
of the cliques, and affairs began to
improve. The people were poor aud
it took all the money they could raise
to pay the interest on the debt and
the other expenses for the building
there was but little left for the pas
tor. For more than seven years ne
received less than $4,000 all told
but crowds attended his preaching
and he was satisfied, Though the
church has now over three thousand
members there are only two or three
! who we're members when he joined
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-05-14

The American race horse, Pa role,
owned by Pierre Lorillard, of New
York. has won three important races
on three different race courses in
England this season. Parole, it will
be remembered. beat Ten Brock at
Baltimore two years ago, although
he has never made anything like the
time made by Ten Brooke in several
races. Col. Clark, of Kentucky.
has made bet of $4,000 with Lo-
rillard that lie Clark can select
three Kentucky horses that will beat
any three horses bred on the Lori
lard farm. Five races in all are to
be run. One decided each year with
$4,000 staked on the result of each
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slanderer? You will only come cut
irritated. exasperated. Take cour.
sci of the text. go aud tell Jesus"
Again, go and initiate those diseF
pies, you who are bereaved. Thai
emigration from earth to eternity
keeps three-fourth of the families
of the world in desolation. Our
friends sympathize. but they cannot
understand our grief. Blessed be
God, Christ knowsit. He has been
all through the trouble, Go and
tell Jesus.
If you try to cover up your aims
your life will be a failure, your
death disaster and your eternity
calamity. You are all to be go e.
gone from the church, gone from
business circles. gore forever
Whittier? Whittier?
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TIE Pc WEIR or WoMAN
FROM soH1LLER.

FROM SCHILLER.
aye, mighty are We; and spell
Doth In your gentle presence dwell i
Whose magic powers resistless way
An cen the stontest hearts obey.
Man has an iron strength and nerve;
just law and order to preserve
But woman rules-noT rules the less
Though only by her gentleness.
The strength of genius has been known
To place some on the qneeniy throne;
But then there is a brighter gem,
That glitters in their diadem-
That sparkling gem has ever shown
In female beauty's crown alone;
And she-the only real queen
Is worshipped whereso'er she's seen
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II
q This important organ weighs but about three
pounds and all the blood in living person (aoout
three galons passes through it at least once every
half hour to have the bile and other impurities
strained Or filtered from it: Bile is the natural
purgative of the bowels, and if the Liver becomes
y forbid it is not separated from the blood but car
ried through the veins all parts Of the system
z and in trying to escape through the pores OF the
4 skin. causes il TO turn yellow dirty brown
NStcolor The stomach becomes diseased, and Dys>
"a pcpsia, Indigestion, Constipation. Headaehes put
: BUSINESS Jaundice, Chis, Malarial Feyers, Piles
al Sick and Sour Stomach, and general debility fol-
!. sllow hiERRELL's HEPATIsEE, the great vegetable
"a discovery for torpdiy, causes the Liver 20 throw
= off from one 20 two ounces Of bile each tune the
blood passes through it, long as there is an ex-
a cess of bile; and the effect OF even tew doses
fi upon yellow complexion or brown dirty looking
y skin. will astonish all who try it-they being the
- first symptoms to disappear. The cure OF all ol-
"A GUS diseases and Liver complaint IS MADE certain
g Inv taIirg EPArINE in accordance with directions.
81 Headache is generally cured in twenty minutes
and no disease that arises from the Liver can exss
II so l5I[ IRA. As : K SUBSTITUTE FOR PILLS
S 4BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Diamond Iron Flows.

Over 1000 sold in the first five months, and have
forced a reduction of the OLIVER CHILLED
PLOWS of 81 90 on the pillow. But Farmers re-
member the Best Plows cannot be purchased for
the lowest price. The DIAMOND IRON fLOW r
warranted to shed in any soil; to be of Eighties
draft than any other plow the points to last three
times as long as any chilled points, and to do good
work in dry, hard land, where chilled plows VIII
not, and any smith can make the points.
General Agent for the Sale Of the
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-29

The "swindling little brass kettle
has received the early attention of
both branches of our legislature. A
special committee has been appoint.
ed which has the matter in charge,
and NJ. Larson's bill creating a sys.
tenn for the grading and measuring
of wheat has been referred to this
committee. The Owatonna Journal
thinks that such law will accom-.
plish no good as unfortunately the
edicts Of our Legislature will not be
respected in Wisconsin and Illinois,
and the wheat buyers Of Milwaukee
and Chicago will continue to grade
wheat, and use the little brass tester,
in accordance with their notions Of
what will best subserve the interests
Of trade, regardless Of the legislative
enactments Of Minnesota. Trade
fixes its own laws and in the end the
Legislature is forced to recognize such
laws. The fact is there was a great
deal Of poor wheat produced in Min
nesota, last year, and it commands q
poor price. No grading up or down
can change its quality. The quality
will fix the price, whatever you may
call the grade, and what is the use Of
quarreling about mere terms! If the
sslittle brass kettle does not furnish.
a fair test, there areno objections 70
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-29
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

Default having been made in the conditions of a
certain mortgage executed by James Jackson Kelly
and Mary Kelly his wife mortgagors. to William F.
Lewis, mortgage, dated May 18th A. d. 1875, and
recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds in and
for the County of Brown in the State of Minnesota,
the Goth day of May, A. D. 1875, at ten O'Clock in
the forenoon in Book &C" of mortgages, on page
525; by which mortgage there was conveyed and
in the county of Brown, aforesaid, to-wit: The
North west quarter of section Thirty. one (31) in
Township One hundred and ten (11O) Range Thirty
two l52) to secure the payment of the sum of Two
Hundred and three ($203) Dollars, with interest at
the rate of twelve per cent. per annum annually,
according to the conditions of promissory note
bearing same date as said mortgage, made by said
James Jackson Kelly to said William F. Lewis; and
the said mortgage having been duly assigned by the
said mortgage to John NJ Cowham, on the Sd day
Of June, A. D. 1885, which assignment was, on the
Sth day of June A. d. 1875, recorded in the office of
said Register Of Deeds OF said county in Book OF
Mortgages, on pages GIG and and there bei due
and unpaid upon said note and mortgage at the
date OF this notice, the sum of Two Hundred and
Ninety. one 3O-10O ($291 3O-1OO) Dollars
And no action or proceeding at law or otherwise
having been Instituted to recover the amount of said
mortgage debt any part thereof; no.
tice hereby given that by virtue and in pursuance
OF power OF sale in said mortgage contained and
Herewith recorded, and Of the statute in such case
made andprovided the above described premises will
be sold at public auction at the front door of the Of
flee OF the Register Of Deeds in and for said county
Of Brown, and at New UIm, therein on Thursday
the 9th day of March, A. d, 1879, at 10 O'Clock
In the forenoon, to satisfy the amount of said mort
gage debt then due and unpaid together with the
including Twenty five dollars attorneys fees us
stipulated in said mortgage; and the said mortgage
will be thereby fOreclosed. =
Dated, January 9TH, 1879.
JOHN M. COWHAM, Assignee of Mortgage.
VIM. THOMAS, Attorney for said Assignee
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-29
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

= = -
Default having been made in the conditions Of
certain mortgage executed by George Lee and
Catharine Lee his wife mortgagors to Thomas o.
Jones, mort gage, dated May 18th A. D. 1877 and
recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds in and
for the County of Brown in the State of Minnesota
on the seventh day of July A. D. 1877 at nine o.
clock in the forenoon, in Book I' of mortgages on
and granted the following described re estate stu
ate in the county of Brown, aforesaid to-wit: The
west half Of the north east quarter and the north
twenty-five (25) in township one hundred and nine
09 north, range thirty (30) west of the fifth prin-
cipal meridian, containing one hundred and twenty
12o) acres according to government survey to Sc.
and fifty (T5o.Oo) Dollars, with interest
at the rate of twelve [12] per cent.
per annum from date until paid, according to the
as said mortgage, made by said George Lee to said
Thomas Jones, and there being due and unpaid
upon said note and mortgage at the date of this
this mortgage in order to protect his claim was
necessarily compelled to pay the sum of Forty.
7-lOO Dollars to redeem said described land from
rest thereon from January sth, 1879 he claims shall
be satisfied from proceeds of Sale of the mOrtgaged
premises in this proceeding. So
And no action or proceeding at law or otherwise
having been instituted to the amount OF said
mortgage debt or any part thereof: Now, therefore
notice is hereby given that BY virtue and in pursu-
ance Of power Of sale in said mortgage contained
case made and provided, the above described prem
ises will be sold at public auction at the front door
Of the office Of the Reg in and far said coun
the 9Th day Of March A. D. 1879. at ten O'Clock in
forenoon, to satisfy the amount of said mortgage
debt then due and unpaid and the amount paid for
ings including Fifty COY dollars attorneys fees ~
stipulated in said mortgage WILDE thereby fore
Dated. January nth 1870
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-29

A VAeRANT LAw-Senator Castle
has introduced a bill the leading
features of which are thus devined:
All idle persons not having visible
means ofsupport; all persons wander
ing abroad and visiting tippling
houses or houses Of ill.fame, or lodg.
ing in out-houses, market places,
sheds and not giving a good account
Of themselves; all persons wandering
about begging aims, shall be deemed
Migrants. Any person may arrest
such vagrant without warrant and
deliver him to a public officer, and
it shall be the duty of all sheriffs,
constables and police officers to car
ry such vagrant before Justice of
the peace and make complaint a.
gainst him. Whoever shall be con-
victed, upon his own confession or
other competent evidence, of being a
vagrant, shall be committed for one
month and not more than twelve
months to the common Jail, and
shall" be required to do such labor as
the county commissioners may pre-
scribe, upon the public highways or
otherwise"