The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-04-14
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Sabbath School next Sunday morning
at $50 o'clock, Mr.. J. Y Parce. Super
intendent.
A good blacksmith would fiud plenty
of work here.
Thanks returned to Hon. N. A. Hull
for Congressional Records.
John Rich is having land cleared and
intends planting out two more groves.
A pleasant time may be anticipated at
Daytona on the 9th and 2Sth.
Mrs. J. G. Owen will shortly leave on
a visit to her family in Kentucky.
Read the new advertisement of
Messrs. Ashmead Bros. A most relia-
bic firm.
There will be a number of grass
bachelors on hapd.-They should get
up club.
Major and Mrs. Norris, and Mr.. F.
w. Lyman, of Spring Garden, left for
the West on Sunday.
Support home industry and give W.
w Stowe some orders. Read his ad-
vertisement.
We return thanks to some of our sub
scribers who kindly furnished us with
the numbers wanted.
Captain Kirk is putting up a ware
house for G. P. Wilcox, on the lot he
recently purchased.
Any one can act as our correspondent;
only write us as you would talk to a
friend or neighbor.
DR.. Gillen has lemon tree that will
produce over one bushel of fruit this
year, and of excellent quality.
Remember that the third volume of
the new series commences May 18th.
If you want to get full files remit in
time.
A wash of whale oil soap will rid the
orange trees of aphides. Syring the
tree we'll with it.
Mr. Finical has gone to Crescent City
to erect house for Mr.. Benham, of
Jacksonville, on the property he owns
at the former place.
New Britain has palmetto factory
and they are about erecting starch
factory. Smart set of Yanks down
there, from the Nutmeg State.
Some homesteaders, who have just
proved up, offer some big bargains in
ten and twenty-acre lots, on choice
lands for orange groves.
Plenty of land can still be purchased
around US at SIS to Sc per acre, we'll
adapted to orange groves and vegeta-
BILE raising.
Stockbridge fertilizers are being used
here with marked effect on the orange
trees. Two pounds to each tree of
bone meal makes them Jump.
The coming Mediterranean orange
crop is announced as failure. From
different causes. This will give our
orange growers boom.
1t is good evidence of the prosperity
of Volusia county when the taxes have
been so readily paid up as they have
been this year,
j. 81. Anderson, Esq, and DR.. B. B.
Bennett, have purchased eighty acres
from Captain Baker, on which there is
ten acre grove, recently put out.
Professor Stone has just planted out
10000 nursery stock at Spring Garden,
to furnish trees for the numerous groves
that he will have to plant out for North
ern people.
We have large and excellent lot of
prints which we shall take pleasure in
showing to the patriots of 1880. Make
your selection early for thu Calico Leap
Year Party, which, like an 1880. we
don't have every day. G. A. Dreka $50.
Who would like to attend the picnic
on the 1st of May, at Indian river?
Give US your names and we will make
arrangements for transportation.
Messrs. Wallace and Cashen, of
Jacksonville, are now opening up Deep
creek, that enters into Spring Garden
lake, for the purpose of getting out logs
for their mills in that city. They find
timber getting scarce near home and
have made engagements for the pur.
chase of a fine lot in this county.