The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-12-15
Dreka g. Co.'s, Holiday Goods, Holiday
Goods at Dreka & Co.

Dreka e. Co. IS. Holiday Goods, Holiday
Goods at Dreka & Co.
Mr.. George Fern, is about erecting
fine house in his orange grove, his fam
lily will shortly be down.
A. J. BidwelI has introduced the
Liberian coffee. The leaf is quite differ
ent from common coffee.
Mr.. Hamilton, wife and son, of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, arrived last weak and are
boarding at "Pine CASTLE"
Mr.. Odum, Of Spring Garden pre-
sented us with some oranges one of
which measured 12xl3 inches.
If you have anything to purchase, or
to sell in jacksonville, try j. @. Con-
| stantine who adyertises in this paper.
Presents, presents, presents. For the
children, for the young folks, for all in
endless variety can be had at Dreka &
| Co.
Mr. F. ". Lyman, and family Of
Kenosha, Wise onsin, have arrived at
their Spring Garden home, to spend the
winter.
Mr.. William Pierson, of New Albany,
has purchased SIX acres from MIR. Chas.
Miller and has erected comfortable
house on it.
We were pleased to meet Messrs-
Avery and Aubrey, of Meridian, Connec-
ticut, who intend putting out orange
groves Immediately.
Ct. A. Dreka & Co, beg leave to in
form their friends and patrons that
their store will be closed Saturday, Dec,
25th. Christmas day.
Mr. j. 81. Anderson has just finish ed
putting out grove of 500 trees and has
begun another grove of the same size for
people i'll Missouri.
Banth & Huffman, have commenced
work on j. ". Hartley's new house,
which will be one OF the most comforta-
bic in the district.
We return thanks to Robert Manning,
Esq. Secretary of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society for copy OF the
tr transactions for 1879. V
Mir. J. D. Bohannan has purchased
the half lot on the west OF our Office ON
VnIlapa Avap17a fropo NJ HartIax, ~,
w7fTcn hS is abUTO erecting Hstore Tor
thu sale of furniture.
Mr.. Hamilton, of Cedar Rapids. Iowa,
has purchased forty acres of land from
MIR. George Woodward, and has also
purchased half share in another forty
acres from the same person, for orange
groves.
The young men around here are sigh
ing ana grooming within themselves be-
cause 'leap year. is SO near gone.
They have had so many ''leap year par
tess given them that they feel little in-
clined 20 wait another three years.
The improvements about Lake Leila
are progressing rapidly, which shows
push ond go-a-head in the people set
tied there. Mr.. Bokee has just finished
setting out lis grove, and, we under
stand, has the lumber on the ground for
| a dwelling. The hospital and ever genial
Capt. Baker has just erected new
sugar mill and will commence making
syrup shortly.
The Experiment Grounds of the Rw-
ral NesO Yorker produced $50 bushels
of shelled corn per acre of Blount's corn
and over 800 bushels of ears per acre Of
| the Chester County Mammoth. This
was done without farm manure, and
with but small amount OF chemical
fertilizers. The yield was exami ned by
many distinguished farmers and was
duly certified to. A full account is
given in the Corn Special of the Rur0I
New Yorker Ga Park Row, New York;
for which our readers may send if they
desire to increase their, corn crops.