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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-10-26
Manuring Orchards.
IN COUNTRY Genflemdgi.

r. u. IN country Gentlemen
On page $50 you say that trees
top dressed in August showed
surprising improvement" of the fruit
in September. This is true doctrine,
and the reason it is not more general.
ly known is that manure is scarcely
ever applied then. 1t is known that
forced growth has tendency to
defeat truiting, yet when the crop is
already set, the case is different, as
then the push benefits the fruit more
than the wood, not that the growth
of the wood Is not also advanced, but
to a less extent, not sufficient to eff
feet the change OF fruit germs into
wood, which results when the growth
is forced early ID the season, lessen>
ing the succeeding years crop. One
OF my neighbors has row OF pear
trees on good ground. Some of the
trees are cultivated and enriched; the
rest are in sod, the grass cut and
removed, and no manure given.
These last are bending with fruit; the
others are barren; and III a season
unusually favorable for pears. Be-
fore the ground of the barren trees
was cultivated and enriched they
bore fruit. Now the wood growth
is immense. Root pruning would
probably be the remedy, ard it was
advised.
-. An increased growth of fruit can
be effected by pruning, though to
less extent than with manure. I had
case of this kind the present sea>
son, of an apple tree standing in the
field in sod. removed mere and
there a small branch, aud did some
other light clipping. in August, when
the truIt was perhaps two-thirds
grown. After while decided inns
provement followed in both fruit and
wood. OF course rash cutting is out
of the question, as an overdose of
manure might be. The same holds
good with the strawberry; manuring
at the poisoning time sustaining the |
growth, heavy set of fruit demand |
ing it. / have also been successful
with the Kittatinnv blackberry in
this way, manuring heavily i'll the
spring and keeping the ground cult
waited. This gave me an unusual
crop Of the largest, finest favored
berries, lasting through August up
to the middle OF September, with
some later shoots whose berries are
about half grown, vigorous and
healthy, and will probably ripen yet.
I there has been an unusual growth of
the bushes, with a corresponding
growth Of fruit, the later yield being
the best. Last year, with little MAJ
nnre the crop was unsatisfactory.
What effect the forced growth will
have upon the next years crop re
mains to be seen. Clay predomin-
ates in the soil, and irrigation was
practlced part OF the time, which
proved an immense aid in the great
heat and drouth.
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Orange Wine.

Take the juice from twelve sour
oranges; three lbs. Of Florida sugar,
(some prefer grannlated) to each gal.
Ion in the cask; put the juice ia the
cask, then dissolve the sugar in cold
water, put in the cask, and then ELL
up WITH water. Let it stand with
the bung out until 1t has worked, and
as this goes on, keep filing up with
sweetened water, in order to keep the
cask well filed; and after the scum
has worked off, replace the bung and
let it stand until it becomes clear.
After four months, rack off in bottles,
turning them neck down, and put in
some warm place next TO the roof
after giving the cork good coat of
pant. Always keep the cask in q
warm place.
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THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST.

IToday l have made a re-exami.
nation, and with still greater pains.
! did notice yesterday that the lt-
tie sspherical bodies, l have always
found with the mites and which |
naturally have called eggs were ap-
parently unaffected. l was looking
to day especially to see how it was
faring with these egg like bodies.
The field OF the microscope was strewn
thichly with the dead bodies of the
mite, and with he white shreds we
call the cast skins, but scarcely an
egg, if such it is, could / find. Instead
OF these I found several tiny young
mites. These little fellows, l feel
sure could not have crawled down
upon the oranges from the twigs and
leaves. l cannot help believing they
were Matched yesterday from those
gelatinous balls
To-day's examination modifes the
practical conclusion from the eXperi-
ment. II sulphur water is used to poi
son off the old mites we must be on
hand with it in few days to destroy
the new brood
Oranges infested with the rust mite, l
have successfully treated with several
baths, the most dangerous of which
and which recommend wholly to
avoid are kerosene and carbolic acid;
and the most satisfactory OF which
Are whale oil soap, milky lime waters
and settled or clarified lime and sul~
phur water. But the only bath / have
yet employed which called for no res
petition, is the simplest and cheap
est OF all. Milky lime water-a
handful of air Stacked lime in buck
ct of wafer.
70 hold the mite in check with
whale oil soap las have cel tainly
succeeded in doingl is too laborious
and expensive, as l have said before.
10 Whlten the oranges is an objec-
ton to the sun but a temporary
whitening is much better than per-
manent blackening. l shall experts
ment still further with the clear lime
and sulphur water.
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Alabama Correspondent.

Do you know Mr.. Editor where l
can get a book or agricultural paper
devoted TO wine manufacturing and
the cultivation OF grapes, especially
the Scuppernong. Is the spring il
Florida not two wet for grape cul>
ture? l wish to put out 5 or 10
acres on st. J. and l. F. r. r., out 1
am afraid of the showery weather
when they are in bloom. How does
the Black Hamburg succeed in
Flonda? Couldn't you give your
readers fuller description Of grating
grapes, the best time OF year ETC.?
Is Mt 29th parallel too1tarsnorth to risk
many lemon trees? How can l get
Major Press articles on "Wine" and
"Manutacture of Wine?
Can't your Bureau, and Immigra>
ton Societies do anything TO lower
the fare from Mississippi to Florida?
Many OF my acquaintance would
like to visit FLORIDA, tor pleasure
or locating, but are prevented by
the high 1are. Some OF us would
like to come yearly, but it costs Us
more than il COSTS North Western
New Workers.
BY answering tie above questions
you will greatly oblige one who is
greatly Interested in the prosperity
Of Florida. l.. B. Folk.
The Black Hamburg does well for
the first three years but overbears
and dies out. The lall is the best time
Tor grating grape vines. We send. q
work with Col. Martins article on
Scuppernong grape. Ex Governor
Reed of Jacksonville may probably
have Major PRESS articles. The
Southern Rail Roads will do nothing
towards cheap fares or Excursion
tickets. EDITOR.
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Rusty Oranges-DestrOylng Mites,
Etc.

From the Union
have been making a new expert
ment with my rust mite. Il call him
mine because my fellow orange grow
ers seem to allow me TO monopolize
him) l have been bathing him in
lime and sulphur water. The sul~
phur bath, I am happy to see, does
not agree with him. This is what
happened, and the way of it. have
had standing for The past week or
fortnight, a malt barrel partly fill
ed with the sediments OF the lime and
sulphur wash, | have before mention
ed. The mixture bad settled clear
but with a yellow unge, and q de-
cide,y sulphurous smell. 1t occurred
to me 10 Try this liquor on distant
liltie orange tree which thus far had
.sca, ed treatment, but whose oranges
w.le now thickly covered with tLC
pow derry matter we have learned Il
call the trust mite" With a big til
GU ,.hlee tourths tu.l OF the saluraI ed
wafer, / dipped the oranges TO test
its poisonous effects. The next day
cxumlned the oranges with the MI
crUscope, aud found to my surprise
ana Joy that they were ali "stont
dead Here seemed to be an appli-
cation which is perfectly harmless
and does not leave even trace OF
its employment, and which is fatal
poison to the mite.
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Descriptive Circular
DELAND, FLORIDA.

The Village of DeLand Is Iocotad
i've miles east of our landing. on the ST.
Johns River. where all river steamboats,
pass: very nearly IN the Geooronb1ca1
Center north and south, OF Volusia
county, and almost exactly in the centre
of the
Great Orange Belt.
This place is about twenty-five miles
from the Atlantic Ocean, and is almost
constantly favored with tempered
Sea Breeze,
and from its elevation above the river, it's
ocat1on among the pines. and it's Isolation
from all standing water, 1t is peculiarly
adapted to the necessities OF lnvaI1ds.
This belt of land is about twenty miles
long, and averages about five miles wide
gently undulating, and. in our immedi-
ate vicinity. somewhat hilly. Ou1 lands are
Unsurpassed In n Fertility
by any pine region IN the State. In our
village. which is only four years old, W
have q fine
school Building,
used also for union Sunday School and
church services.
we have daily mails. three general mer-
chandlse stores one of the largest in South
Florida, drug store, millinery and no.
tion store, furniture store.
The Florida Agriculturist,
a large eight-page weekly paper, Is pubs
hshed here, and is valuable paper for
those desiring information from Florida.
railroad from our Landing via DeLapd TO
the Atlantic Coast Is chartered and work
commenced, also material on hand for
telephone to our landing. Our boarding
houses afford good fare at reasonable
prices Carriages run to meet the mail
boats daily to carry passengers to and
from the landin
For the information of lnvalids we vii
add that, several good physicians are SET
tied IN our midst, cultivatlng oranges as
business, but atfording excellent medica
aid when required. They report the fol-
loving
Remarkable Health Record
During the years 1878, 1879 and 1880 within
circle of miles diameter, DeLand being
tine centre, with a population aver
aging over 25O, many of whom came here
invalids, there have been but 4 deaths.
Two were infants under months, and
were men who came here sick
A Chain of Lakes
northwest of us afford protection from
frost so perfect that the extreme cold of
Dec. 80, 1880, die not injure our orange
trees or fruit.
We are offering these choice lands to
actual settlers, at from ten TO thirty
dollars per acre. Village lots and i'm
proved property for sale also. For fur-
ther particulars call on or address
j. Y. PARCE
DeLand, Yolusia Comfy. Fla
II. A. DELAND,
FairDort. Monroe Co., II. y.
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Reform Needed in the System
Of Cotton Planting.
sury " Grady, in Rdrpers AGgaEtne


Henry " Grady, in HGzpers Magazine
The South must prepare to raise
her own provisions, compost her fer-
tilizers, cure her own hay, and breed
her own stock. Leaving credit and
usury out of the question, no man
can pay seventy five cents a bushel
for corn, thirty dollars ton for hay,
twenty dollars barrel for pork, sixty
cents tor oats, and raise cotton for
eight cents per pound. The tar>
merS who prosper at the South are
the corn raisers," 4. e., the men who
raise their own supplies, and make
cotton their surplus crop a gentle.
man who recorded 800 mortgages last
year testified that not one was placed
on the farm OF a man awho raised
bis own bread and meat. The
shrewd farmers who always have a
bit of money on hand with which to
buy any good place that Is to be sold
under mortgage are the corn rals>
ers," and the moment they get pos
session they rule out the all-cot~
ton plan, and plant corn, and the
grasses. That the plan of farming
only needs revision to make the
South rich beyond measure, is proven
by constant example. A cornsraiser
bought place of $40 acres for $1,000.
He at once put six tenants on 1t, and
limited their cotton acreage TO one
third of what they had under Guilt
walton. Each one of the six made
more clear money than the former
owner had made, and The rents for
the FIRST year were $1126. The man
who bought this farm lives in Ogle>
thorpe, Georgia, and has fifteen farms
all run on he same plan.
The details OF the management OF
what may be the typical planting
neighborhood of the South in the
future are furnished me by the mana
ger ct the Capeheart estate, North
Carolina. This estate is divided into
farms OF fifteen acres each, and rents
ed TO tenants. These tenants are
bound TO plant fifteen acres in cotton,
twelve acres in corn, eight in small
crops, and let fifteen lie in grass.
They pay one.third of the crop as
rent, or one-half if the proprietor
furnishes horses and mules. They
have comfortable quarters, and are
entitled to the u~e Of surplus herring !
and the dressings OF the herring |
caught in the fisheries annexed to the |
place. In the center OF the estate is |
a general store managed by the
at which the tenants have
such line of credit as they are enc
titled to, OF course paying pretty
percentage Of profit on the goods
they buy. They are universally
and in some cases, where
by skill and industry they have Sc
cureu 100 acres, are laying up mon
ely. The profits to DR.. Capeheart are
large, and show the margin there is
in buying land that is loosely tarmed,
and putting it under, intelligent super
vision. OF the $4,000 worth OF
land added to his estate last year, at |
valuation OF twenty-five dollars
per acre, he will realize i'll rental nine |
dollars per acre for every acre cultl>,
waited, and calculates that i'll five
years at the most the rentals OF the
land will have paid back what he
gave for it.
4. a H
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An Anti-Malarial Plant.
From an Exchange.

From an EGchdn0e.
In lectures OH medicine by DIR.
Thomas Watson, delivered in 1S47,
speaking of malaria, he says: DR.. St.
Cartwright, OF Matches, asserts that
the Jussieua gra'sdiRora, or floating
plant of the bayous and lakes flow
err Louisiana, has the power of pre-
venting the development of malaria,
in regions particularly adapted to its
generation. lie afirms that it puri-
fies all stagnent water in which it
grows; that the lakes and bayous in
habited by it, being as pure to sight,
taste and smell as if it had just fallen
from the clouds. He ascribes the
presence OF and peculiar hygienic OF
or health preserving properties of
this plant the remarkable exemption
of the inhabitants of lower Louisiana
from malarious'or miasmatlc diseases.
The fact, he remarks, that the region
OF country in which this aquatic plant
abounds in exceedingly healthy, can
be established beyond cavil or doubt
II nevertheless contains more stag
naht water and swamps than any
other part OF tie United States.
One OF our Icaders who has land
in the malarial dis.-ict ofthe San Joa~
quin valley asks as what is now known
concerning this aut which was put
forth as malaria liller in l847, and
whether the ois.vation given above
Is sustained by CTS. The best we
can DO is to apPesl TO those acquaint-
cd with The botany aud health OF
Louisiana TO Inform us. II there be
such a sovereign remedy tor malarIal
country, itshouid be generally known.
Who will tell us about the JuSSieua
grdaQJjOraI
:, Exhaustive diseases that lead to insan-
lty'consnmIption, and premature grave,
are quickly cured by using Browns Iron
EA E
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~ Silk Culture.
E. B. in Country Gentlemen.


Please say to your correspond
ent who asked some time since for in.
formation in regard to silk culture,
that by writing to the Commissioner
CT Agriculture at Washington D. c.,
tor Special Report No. IL, he can
probably be furnished with Prot. Ri
ley's Manual OF Instructions upon
the silf worm. He can doubtless
obt ~ OF L. S. Crozier, at Ba-
70 ;, La, who is an experienced
sill over; of E. v Boissiere, at
" lsburg, Kas. or OF E. Fasnach,
Raleigh, n. G. The eggs keep best
in cool, dry place, well ventilated,
and protected from the ravages o.
rats and mice.
The temperature should never rise
above 40 dogs. F., but may sink be-
low freezing point without harm.
By many authorities the leaves of
the white mulberry (Morus dI6o)
are preferred for food. The black
(M aigra) has tough, coarse leaves
that yield an inferior quality of silk.
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Mr.. Chas. B. Wayman, Erie, Pa,
writes: ''My physicians had given me
up to die, They told me my lungs and
liver were all decayed and gone. | was
very weak, pale and emaciated. By
chance saw Browns Iron Bitters ad-
vertised. I Immediately realized that
without iron in the blood, life could not
exist. With trembling anxiety 1 sent a
servant, who procured for me a bottle.
1 must have taken it with great faith.
for almost Immediately felt it's benef-
cial effect. Soon all dyspeptic symp-
toms disappeared, my lungs grew strong,
pains in the region of the heart vanishd,
my urine became free of sediment, and
in word l have perfect health. Now
feel aole to thrash thu doctor that
attended me, and really believe ought
to do Ito
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Made from Harmless Materials,

and adapted to the needs Of fading and
falling hair, Parker's Hair Balsam has
taken the first rank as an elegant and
reliable hair restorative.
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N wise Deacon,

deacon Wilder, want you to tell me
how you kept yourself and family well
the past season, when all the rest of us
have been sick so much and have had
the doctors visiting us so often"
"Bro. Taylor, the answer is very easy.
[ used Hop Bitters i'll time; kept nv
family well anu saved the doctor bills.
Three dollars worth OF it kept us we'll
and able work all the time. in warrant
IL has cost you and Che neighbors one
TO two hundred dollars apiece to keep
sick tho same time
Deacon, Ill use. your medicine hero
after"
a prize show Of parrots was held in
the north Of England. After many
others had been brought forward in
front OF, the judges, one bird, on having
its cover removed, won the prize by &C.
clamation. Looking around on the
company 10 which 1t had been so sud-
denly introduced, it exclaimed "By
Jove! what a lot of parrots!"
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OCTOBER o6.
Mothers. mosher.. motners.,.

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with the excruciating pain of cutting teeth? IL
so, go ut once and get bottle of MRS. WIN
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upon it there is no mistake abont There ia
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VIII not tell you at once that it will regulate
me bowels, and give restto the mother and re.
ne1 and health to the child, operating like
magic. 1t is perfectly safe to use in ali cases.
ana pleasant to the taste, and is the perscrip..
t!on OF one of the oldest and best female ply
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A Cough Cold or Sore Tbroa,

should be stopped. Neglect lreouen+Iv results
Is an lncurable Lung Disease or ConsnnantiOn.
if u Bronchial TrOches are certain
70 10 give feIef in Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs.
G1aILrn, Consumptive and Throat Diseases
For tnlrty years the Troches have been recon-.
1 mel i by physicians, and always give per
i iect stllsIactlon. They are not new oTuntried
ptlI nave been tested by wide and Constant
use TOR nearly an entire generation thew have
a atItI well merited rank among the few
eta3i re remedies OF the age. Public speakers
ne fso voice Sold at % centsa box everywhere
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Exhaustive diseases that lead to insan-
lty'consIImIption, and premature grave,
are quickly cured by using Browns Iron
Dit'ers: 1t strengthens every part OF
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HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
land Office as

Gainesville, Fla, Sep. Is, 1881
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol.
lowing named settler has fled notice e
her intention to make final proof in sur
port Of her claim, and that said proo1 viii
Circuit Court, at Enterprise, Fla, on
Friday, October 2Sth, 1881, viz: Mary
f. Jamison, Homestead No. S,729 for the
northwest of northwest section z,
township 10 south, range 30 east. She
names the following witnesses to PROV
her continuous residence upon, and cult
walton of, SAID land, VIZ; Benz. Cook of
DeLand, Fla RUFUS F. Dougherty, Lewis
7. Cook, VIM. NJ. Hamilton, all OF Beres-
ford. Fla. l.. A BARNES.
l1o $50 Register,
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The Village of DeLand Is located
i've miles east of our landing. on the ST.
johns River. where all river steamboats,
pass very nearly III the Geographical
Center, north and south, OF Volusia
county. and almost exactly in the centre
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-27
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS,
Extra Session.---Senafe.

MONDAY, April 18 The deadlock continues. The
discussion to-day developed new points. Consid-
cradle time was consumed in roll call and various
dilatory motions. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, April 19.-Blair offered resolution de-
clarng that in the judgment of the senate public in
terests require that congress be convened in public
session immediately. Logan took the floor and re-
futed charge that he was in sympathy with the
belion in its inception. After number of roll calls
on dilatory motions the senate adjourned
WEDNESDAY, April 20.-The vice president laid be-
fore the senate unfinished business, the resolution
for the election of officers, and debate Immediately
began, Messrs Dawes, Jonas, Brown and Frye par
ticipating therein. Fryes remarks which were in
tensely bitter in regard to election outrages in the
SOUTH provoked much comment. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, April 2.-The vice president laid be-
fore the senate unfinished business the resolution
for the election of officers. By unanimous consent
the papers the files of the senate relating to the
subject of bankruptcy referred to the commit
tee judiciary. After the usual coloquial discus
sion the senate adjourned till tomorrow.
FRIDAY, April 22.-The day spent in debate on
matters pertaining to the deadlock. The senate ad-
journed till tuesday, as the Farragut statue is to be
unveiled Monday
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Railroad Disasters.

An appalling calamity happened to passen-
ger train on the Denver and Rio Grande rail-
road on the afternoon of the 22d inst. When
about two miles east of Rock Tunnel, Colorado.
passenger coach containing fourteen passen-
gers jumped the track and rolled down an en-
bankment one hundred and fifty feet. Five
men and one woman were killed outright, and
six wounded, three seriously. No other cars
eft the track.
A train on the Rock Island division of the G..
NJ. & st. Paul road, went down with 100 feet of
trestle work into the Meriadosia river. near it's
confiunce with the Mississippi one mile from
Albany, Ill. The engine, tender, baggage car
and passenger car fell into the river, the
sleeper going partly over ard hanging at all
acute angle. VIM West. engineer, fireman,
name unknown, and six passengers were drown
ed. The passenger coach tioated down stream
and lodged against an island.
A passenger train on a branch of the c. B. &
q. road, jumped the rails near Quitman, Mo-,
on the goth inst. Conductor Headuk was feri-
ousIy injured, Brakeman Owen MORALLY hurt,
and passenger. name unknown, badly injured.