The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-11-17
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Geographical Divisions of Florida.

Geographical Divisions of Florida.
EASTERN FLoRIDA-Is composed of the
counties of Suwannee, Columbia. Alachua,
Levy. Baker, Nassau, Duval. Bradford.
Clay, st. Johns, Putnam and Marion.
WEST FLoRIDA--Is composed of the coun-
ties 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 fernando, Sumter, Orange.
Volusia, Brevard, Polk, Hillsboropgh, Man
aztec. Monroe and Dade.
The shipping in the port of Fer
nandlna is now. quite Numerous, and
is on the increase. Fernandina is
rapidly growing in Importance as a
seaport town.-Ecoress.
Our Postmaster has received let
ter containing ticket to Coup's
Grand Show" and addressed to the
prettiest young lady in Jacksonville.
Sealed bids will be received this
week by Mr.. Jay.-iSu,e and Press.
Sportsmen inform us that small
game such as ducks, squirrels, birds,
etc, are more plentiful in this vicinity
this year than ever before. Birds
are so numerous around the planta-
tons that one soon tires of shooting
them.-FZ0rSdsdaa.
A great many ladies who save
everything else waste their rose
leaves. Dried they make the most
delightful filling for sofa pillows, pin.
cushions, etc, retaining their fra
GRANGE great length of time
Quincy Herald.
Mr.. E. Il. Otis brought us in
magnificent bunch of oranges the
other day. There is but ore opinion
about our Middle Florida oranges,
and that is that they are larger, and
at the same time of finer flavor thar
those OF any portien of the State. 1t
will not be long before the volume
OF our orange crop will be sufficient
TO amply prove this to the public at
large.-F2orSdidas.
A monster stalk of Florida sugar
cane-the largest we have ever seen
is on exhibition at the drug store of
Mr.. w. A. A'Alemberte. 1t is eleven
feet long, has thirty -one joints, and is
six aud one-eight inch in circumfer~
encc. 1t was raised in Apalachicola,
by the tather-inlaw Of Mr.. Geo
Stephens, a young gentleman Of this
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Montgomery for exhibition at the
! Alabama State Fair Gazette.
Two young men formed partner.
ship last season to plant vegetables
near Gainesville. They were late
getting ready, and the season seemed
unpromising, so much SO that one sold
out his interest to the other and quit.
The remaining partner determines
to go through with it, and although
two-thirds OF his land produced no
crop he made nearly $1,000 fro m
tour acres. Good pluck and good
WORK Tells In truck 1arming.-Mtr =
| rOr.
Judge King, of Alachua, has a
half acre lot in Micanopy where
there are some orange trees about
twenty-five years old. There are
twelve of these trees, and from one
of them he has gathered between, 4
900 and 5000 oranges twice. Last
year the twelve trees nette1 him
$3.50. He has another lot, on which
there are a few young bearing trees,
he rented out the house and gave
the tenant the fruit. His tenant
paid his rent out of the fruit and
had balance in hand, so that he
has rent free with a profit on the oc>
cupation.-Miror.