The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-09-22

Clay. st. Johns, Putnam and Marion.
WEsT FrIoRIDA-Is composed of the coun-
tles of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Washington.
Walton. Holmes, Jackson and Calhoun.
MIDDLE FLoRIDA-Is composed of the
counties of Gadsden, Liberty, Franklin.
Leon. Wakulla, Jefferson, Madison, Taylor,
Lafayette and Hamilton.
SOUTH FLoRIDA-Is composed of the |
counties of Hernandez, Sumter, Orange, |
Volnsia ,Brevard, Polk, Hillsborough, Man |
aztec, Monroe and Dade
Mr. f. L. Blanchard, for some |
time foreman of our Office, has be-
come publisher of the South Florida |
Citizen. He is an amiable, good,
young man and we sincerely wish
him success.
1t is thought that the cotton was
injured 25 per cent. by the late
storm. The sugar.cane was blown
down, and the orange crop some.
what damaged by the fruit being
thorned.-Idnapo Tribune.
Captain W. f. White, census
enumerator for the western end of
the county, reports $4,000 non bear
ing orange trees in groves and
. 5000 bearing in the Clear Water
section from Anclote to Point Pinel-
las. Over 100000 OF oranges were
shipped from that section last sea
son.-Ia'np0 ZTiba0ae.
Mr. w. A. Lovell's hammock
grove, at Hawkinsville, IN this county
yielded him in 1873, At, 900 oranges;
in 1879, $4,000, and this year it
will probably produce 100000 or
more. We mention this as critic
rion of the wonderful increase of this
one crop in this county in the three
seasons including that of $780,
Apook0 Citizen.
Mr.. William Sinclair reached
Ocala direct from England some
weeks ago, and has since purchased
property and been joined by his
family. We hope that this is the
beginning Of large English ilnmi>
grafton. Mr.. Sinclair, as soon as
purchasing home, went over to the
Clerks Office and filed his declara-
ton of citizenship Ocalo Banner.
The orange groves planted during
the past two or three seasons are
looking thrifty and have grown be-
You'd anticipation. This is without
doubt an excellent soil for the orange.
When planted they grow off vigo-
rously instead Of barely surviving
for year as they do in some locali-
ties of the noted orange belt.-Lahe
CITY Reporter.
There was sent to the office of
the San and Press, yesterday, by
Mrs. NJ E. Murphy, OF the Forsyth
House, small lobster, about six
inches long, that had just been taken
out OF the s.. Johns river by one of
Mr.. William I'll. Tate's fishermen. 1t
was the first, we presume, ever taken
from these waters; perfect in shape,
/ except that one of its claws was
four times as big as the other, and,
to us decided curiosity.-Sap and
Press.
Some two years ago, the Reporter
astonished its readers by stating that
four pound trout Tell at the feet of
Captain d. f. Shutes, while that
gentleman was standing in his gar
den, and OF course it was put down
as one OF the "whoppers" Of the
season. Being accused OF fertile
imagination" we RETAINED from Civ
ing the history of the occurrence in
the next issue, as we had proposed
to do. Our sensitiveness having
just rallied from that stroke at our
veracity, we now tell just how it oc-
CURED. Captain Shute was standing
in bis garden by his barn. when he
discovered flying toward him, grasp
ing something of size in its talons,
fish hawk. He picked up a stick
and as the hawk came directly over,
he gave with all his might and main
a blow upon the barn door well cal
culated to trighten a stouter heart
than Is worn in the breast of fish
hawk; the bird dropped its prey,
which was four pound trout, still
''alive and kicking" The Captain
PAoheo uP Ine trout, kuot however
without sharp battle with the
hawk, and had him cooked for his
dinner. Now, you see, gentlemen,
1t was an actual occurrence. 1T is
hard on an editor when he gives the
truth TO be cheated out Of it in the
manner we have. If we have not
heaped Goals Of fire on the heads Of