The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-06-09

companies may be secured, this con.
vention appoint a committee of three
whose duty it shall be to confer with
the managers Of transportation lines
on this subject, to the end that a
through line between Lake Monroe
and points south, and New York.
Philadelphia and the west may be
secured.
ResoIved, That the passenger rates
charged by the transportation com.
panies from the northwest are ex.
orbitant, and discriminate uniustlv
against the State oI Florida, thereby
operating to pressst persons from
that section OF country visiting the
State during the winter and spring
in such numbers as they would #
rates were considerably reduced.
Resolved, That the committee an.
pointed to confer with the transpor-
tation companies ss to through line
be also authorized to confer with
managers OF railroads running in con.
nection with those OF the northwest
and ascertain If reduction of pas.
senger rates can be had, said rates
to be fixed on the basis of emiyrant,
round.trip or excursions.
Florida is TIL. lest settled, and
in many respects,she newest, State
on the continent If America. For
reasons l do not deem it necessary
to state at this time, her great nat1.
raj resources have slumbered and re-
manned undeveloped until within the
last few years. The keen percep-
tions OF our enterpfising people have
discovered that itis.the natural home
OF the orange, and produces fruit
greatly superior q any grown else
where. Thousands have been in
duced to settlg thsre and engage in
cultivatigx this, fSN, delicious fruit,
~ ~ S ifns y11 ~ 4i' TIM
infected TegS WI finseSss, ana finding Y
must do something No destroy them
bought a few pounds OF wnale oil
soap and made strong suds, using
about one quart per tree This was
thrown OH with a can on warm,
pleasant day. One week after |
made All examination OF the trees i'll
company OF neighbor, who had
seen the insects, and not one could
be touLd, and to-day, three weeks
from the application, every tree as
put on new growth. l am satisfied
that this is both safe and sure rem
edy if one application is not suffici-
ent give them the second, third or
fourth, for it is beneficial to the trees
whether infected with insects or not
and it will not assimilate to that eX-
tent as TO effect the branches, leaves
or fruit, further than to give them a
good color and vigorous growth.
Much has been said and many ar
ticles written about "Orange Tree
Food" but the best / have ever seen
is two crops of clay peas, (cow peas)
the first used as mulch and the
second plowed in, and a thorough
cultivation of the soil. Many people
do not appreciate, to the full extent
the meaning and importance of this
term thorough cultivation" the oh
ject of cultivation is not confined tc
the destruction of the weeds. 1t il
frequently remarked of grove in The
piny woods that it is very easy tC
work it. very little hoeing required
no weeds on it; but if not weed
appears from May to December the
need of thorough cultivation, of fire
quent hoeing and stirring up of the
soil by means OF weed-hook, rake
plow or cultivator is no less pressing
Let the cultivation, which has pre-
viously been thorough before The
grove was planted, be continued unit
it has reached maturity; the same
can be said OF all farm crops; the
soil should be kept mellow by con
slant tillsge, so that air and moisture
may penetrate. while every weed
should be uprooted before it has alb
stracted nourishment that belongs tt
the cultivated crops. Thorough cul
tivation makes clean field, free from
weeds, and tends to permanently
eradicate them, while it distributes
the tertilizing elements in the sol
and renders them accessible TO the
plant roots. Careful preparation aud
fertilization OF the soil is indeed Of