The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-05

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
atee Monroe and Dade
Corn is scarce and there will be
hundreds of poor mules next Fall
M0ntice2o Constitution.
The Savannah Weekly Neacs is
one of the best papers i'll the south,
and devotes liberal portion of its
space for Florida items.
The prospects OF the next cotton
crop are gloomy. From all parts Of
the State we see complaints of fail
ure in the seed vegetallng.
T. w. Hart went out hunting the
other morning and had not been
gore but a short while, when he re-
turned with two fine deer.-Broohs.
viNe Crescent.
The latest style of amusement tor
our young men is to tie tin can to
a pigs tail and start the pig down
the street. There is lots of fun in
this "racket"-for the boys.-Qui',cq
Herald
Mrs. p. Cone has succeeded re-
markably we'll with her silk worms,
and has some beautiful specimens OF
cocooDs. The next question Of i'm
portance is, can she dispose of them
toadvantage ?-Ee,notdima Express.
From all portions of the State we
learn Of the probable failure OF the
next peach crop. There are few
peaches to be seen upon the trees.
Until last year failure of This crop
was unknown here. Some cause at
present unexplained is the cause Of
the present poor prospect.-Lohe
City Reporter.
During the storm, on Thursday, a
bolt of lightning struck the residence
of B. Putnam Calhoun, Esq, The
fluid penetrated in half foot of the
lightning rod, tore large hole in the
root, knocked two holes in the cis-
tern thereby letting all the water
out, glanced clear across the street,
striking and splitting fence. post
wide open.-Paldtk0 Herald
Some immediate and radical change
is needed in the mail service on the
St. Johns river. The contractors
may be right in thinking one mail =
week sufficient, inasmuch as they are
on their last quarter of service, but
those receiving letters and papers do
not. Where is the special agent
Who is looking after the matter? Is
the Post Office Department asleep
-Orm,ge County Reporter.
We were presented ednesday
with four fine fresh oranges by A. f.
Patterson. They We're grown on his
daughters Mrs. Cameron) place
near Moseley Hail. and are the second
crop III twelve months. They are il
every respect just like other oranges
except the skin is a little rougher
We were also shown fine bunch o.
fifteen oranges taken from the same
tree -MadiSo5a Recorder.
1t is said that gray moss is excel
lent for growing irish potatoes
First, dig out your trenches as deer
as Won desire them, then put layer
of green moss, then put on your dirt
Though the season be extremely dry
the moss will keep moist sufficient t
give you a larger yield Of potatoes
than you ever had before, white anC
clean as If they had been freshly
washed in water, and the moss il
now thoroughly dried and killed, anC
by washing and beating tia little
YOU have nice lot of moss ready tol
mattress makiEg.-Satn"ter Co10,t2
.10V07ace.
1t is not likely that the orange crol
next tall will be as large as it has
been the past. The unusual warm
winter prevented the sap from going
down. The growth OF the orange
continued without lniermission al
through the season, which prevented
the tuil bloom OF the orange, which
usually comes on i'll February. This
spring, we noticed that the orange
frees about town had comparatively
but few blossoms. Groves IN the
vicinity were much the same. The
Young groves however, have had the
advantage OF an open warm winter
which has pushed them along amaz'
inely.-Pdtatho. Herold
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