The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-09-21
FLORIDIAN A d.
r4eograohical Divisions of Florida.

W.
WEST F1ORIDA-Isc 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, Frankiln
Leon, Wakulla. Jefferson, Madison. Iaylor'
Lafayette and Hamilton.
SOUTH FLORIDA-Is composed OF the
COMMITTEES of fernando, Sumter. orange
Volnsia, Brevard, Polk, Hillsborough' Man
aztec, Monroe and Dade
The Tallahassee Economist of the
3rd is full of good things.
Mr.. J. E. Pace has sold the lemons
of the Speer grove to Mr.. T. Bean
of San Mateo, for $3.50 a crate. They
are to be shipped immediately'-Ha''
ford Journal.
DR.. 3ouknight is having a new
steamer built to run on the Ockla'
waha river, which he expects to have
ready for the winter trade. 1t will
accommodate thirty passengers.
Putnam County Journal.
The cotton crop which is being
gathered in the north end of this
county is said to be better than ever
was known before. If a fair price is
realized for this fine staple the present
year, there can be expected for next
year larger area planted.-.South
FLORIDA Times.
Mr.. G. Z. Sawyer, county commits.
sioner informs US that the assess
ment roll OF Orange county, for 1881,
as audited by the Commissioners at
their meeting this week, foots up 81,
7O0,000,an increase of about $4,000 600
over that of last year. The assess
ment books of. M. Owens. Assessor,
were found to be very correct.-Sdn.
tord J0aUWdI.
Any person who wants paper
devoted to Florida Agriculture
should send $500 to the AGRICUL>
rUREsT, Deland Fla, and subscribe
for one year. 1t is brimful of good
reading matter, just what the new
conner will want. Brother Codring-
ton deserves the support and the
thanks of Floridians for the neat and
descriptive paper he is giving them.
Key West Democrat.
The question has been asked fire.
qreallyswhether or not the LeConte
pelr would bear in this latitude.
The question has been satisfactorily
solved by Mr.. Edgar Harrison, of
Paola, some seven miles west of
Sanford. He has three trees that
have been planted out two years, be
ing two years old Iwhen planted.
One OF his trees has we'll developed
pear on it, which is beginning TO
ripen. We have never doubted for
moment that the LeConte pear
would do well here, for trees that
grow and flourish as they do, must
perform their functions as fruits
bearers.-Sn1Jord journal.
A riend a few days since mention.
ed to US that he was lately at the
house of widow lady in Jackson
county, when she received from
Columbus, Ga, a check for little less
than $4,000 the price OF wool sold
at that place at, we believe, % cents
per pound. Now, we are prepared
to wager a cigar that the production
of her wool cost her less per pound
than did the production OF their
cotton crop by any Of her neishbors.
They received about cents per
pound for their last cotton crop, she
four times as much for her wool crop.
Tallahassee Economist.
William Trap, eX.member of the
Legislature, living in the Jonesville
neighborhood, about fourteen miles
West OF GAINESVILLE. brought into our
Office, On Saturday, sample of high
land rice, which is noticeable in seve raj
particulars The finely developed
stalks are heavily headed with the
grain several heads measuring nearly
a foot each last year he planted
about half an acre, or which stock
wintered. His present crop is
quarter an acre of the stubble
worked and rattooned. His ex>
uerience with rice as forage crop
is corrohorated by other farmers, one
now havii g fine crop OF The third
years raitooning, alter successive use
fer feeding stock. With such actual
demonstrations that rice can be
made staple crop, we are not sur
rr,sed that the practically convinced
saw that they would not exchange
their ice tor corn crops for farm use.
-A,uciu0 14dCOcate.
We nay not make the claim for
AlorLna which is made from some
other counties that it is the natl We
home of the orange tree, but for all