The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-08-04

ties OF EScamDla, 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,
Volnsia, Brevard, Polk, Hillsborough, Man
atee Monroe and Dsde-
Suwannee county has Z 300 inhabi-
tants, and the town of Live Oak con.
tains population Of AGO.
"The horn of the hunter" was heard
on the hill to some purpose Tuesday.
Several of our nimrods made a short
drive and brought two fine bucks
Crescent
Corn and fodder is beginning to
make its appearance i'll the market.
Cotton, cane, rice and potatoes all
look well ard promise a good yield
--CaeScent.
Grapes, figs, pine-apples, bananas,
etc, are plentiful; apples are being re-
ceived III large quantities, but water
melons are scarce and inferior in
quality.-Breeze.
Let us organize an orange growers
association and put out an avenue Of
trees on every street in Orlando. 1t
would add 100 per cent to the cash
value OF real estate, and much
larger per centage TO the attractions
of the Orlando Reporter
We learn that telegram has been
received from New York announc-
ing the shipment to this port on the
21st OF 800 tons OF railroad iron tor
the extension of the Peninsular rail-
road to Ocala. This quantity will
lay six miles Of neutrality-suspicious..
Old settlers are predicting an un.
usually cold winter next winter.
There is a probability that we may
have a frost or two; but from pre-
sent indications it is difficult to un-
derstand what the old settlers base
their predictions upon Orlando Re
porter.
The census OF Pensacola is as fol-
lows: Ward LASS inhabitants,
white and colored; Ward 2-1,048
white, 7S7 colored; Ward 3--S55
d; SM5;zE |
white, s72 colored; Total popula-
ton of the city, white and colored,
9,T40.
The report Of the census enumera-
tors OF this city and county are very
unsatisfactory. We have generally
estimated the population of Fernan-
dina, at least 5000, but find by the
census returns that the population is
only 2,O26. The entire population OF
the county is 6,654.-Fermd''di'o
Eapress.
The census book for Hamilton
county shows up to this time the fol-
lowing results of the year 1850:
Total number OF children between
the age of four and twenty one
1880; of this number there is l,Ol6
male, against 864 females. 1897
whites; 6S3 colored, S92 cannot
read 1924 who cannot write, four
deaf mutes; thirty.two orphans, and
261 halt orphans.
b. An ear of sweet corn, raised by Mr..
Z. A. Lindsey, near this city, and
exhibited at the office of Gould d Go.
on Bay street, attracted much atten.
ton. 1t was large, and sound, and
entirely clear of worms. Mr.. l.. says
that he has tried to raise sweet corn
for four years, and never succeeded
before. This year he used Gould ~
Co.'S fertilizers, and no worms pest
cred it Commercial Reporter.
According to the report OF The
Commissioner OF Agriculture Tor
1879, the average value OF cleared
lands in Florida was $9.4S per acre;
the average value of timbered lands
5000 per acre, and the increase in
value in one year of both CLASSES %
per cent being the greatest Increase
shown in any one of the United
States. This may be fairly set down
to the Government with general
increase of prosperity.-Mi'TOr.
Captain Il. A. Hardee, of Brevard
county, has purchased in this city, an
entire assortment Of general goods
Tor store to be located on Lake
Winder, St. Johns River, being at
the present head of navigation. He
saws that he has done better here than
if he had gone to Northern markets.
About $4,000 are paid out in his
neighborhood annually for beef cattle.
Our young fellow citizen, MIR. Ed. H.