The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-29

hls hVe bales of cott0n with the momew
the fArmer makes With IN whenE. oats.
potatoes, males, horses and fruita And
now | know what it cosEs the uottou plan-
ter 70 grow = bale Of cottOa
The crops 0f potatoes, wheat and oats
are now safe, and much sent TO market.
and that the readers in the eott0a States
may know what are the pro6ss, | viii
give what | have seen, and most 0f your
readers can tell the amount OF lad that
can be farmed by one man IN wheat anl
Brother planters, this all eott0n il
suicidal Il Is nonsense. AMI oalv makes
and see If there is not more money, more
comfort and Independence in raising all
you need, and make cotton only n surplns
Home aad Farm: Ge0rgla planters are
now raising oats to feed their stock, and
their premium crop last year was los
bushels per acre Texas raised IIs bush-
els per acre, and there 10 no better food
than oatmeal for man or beast I see no
reason Why good crop Of wheat cannot
be raised
LIQUID MANURR
Prof J. r Page writes 70 the SonzGksvs
Planter that be believes liquid manure
may be used to great advantage, not snly
on gardens, but on many other planta-
tiOns. A good start 10 often the making
Of q crop; and this IL what u most readily
secured by the use Of liquid mAnures
But in applying liquid manure il Is very
necessary that It should be used IN . very
dilute state, and there is more danger Of
having it too strong than too weak Even
If IL 10 dilute enough 20 run OF clear il
may be of sufficient strength for all pur-
poses. For the best preparation and use
of liquid manureS proper cisterns should
be provided. The most convenient loca-
tIOn for these would be close Go the sta
bles or harm yards, the roof Of which
should be provided with cutters, in order
TO utilize the rain water The cOnstruc-
tion Of the tanks will be here the chief
consideration. These, where the means
are not ample, may be Of the rudest char
acter consistent with the ability TO hold
and retain water, but otherwise they
should be constructed with . view to per-
manence and economy of use The dis
tributiOn Of liquid manure may be made
by the use of water carts or barr0wa, OF
through pipes or open furrowA Il has
been claimed by those who have had
practical experience In ths use of LIQUID
manure that there is not only great econ
Omy In its use, but that such crops as fOd-
der-c0rn, clover, etc, may be quzdrupled
and the profits doubled Applied 10 such
vegetables as onions, cabbages, caulifOw-
ers, etc, IL has been found 10 excel all
other manures.
FALL sOwN Rye
Farmers Home Journal: Fall sown
rye makes the best early green food for
cattle. By sowing broadcast from two TO
four bushels To the acre IN September OF
October in the corn6eld, or where a Do
tato, cabbage or any other crop has been
gathered, and narrowing IL In, there viii
be q strong, succulent growth, fully three
feet high TO cut In April After cutting.
the stubble can be turned under IN time
to plant corn and garden vegetables, such
as beans, peas, ezbbagrs, melons and po-
tatOes, and especially sweet potatoes.
Within the last week or two, Prof W
n. Mcdonald has expressed 10 us his
thanks for having suggested 10 him this
plan of sowing rye in the fall Tor the ben
eft OF his cows in the spring, and be SAYS
that the rye feed in April asEOnished thea
all in the wonderful Increase Il batter
that il caused II produced at once a
large flow Of rich milk from esws that
previously were almost drv. This ex-
perience shows quite clearly how mach
the quality Of the milk Is Influenced by
the kind of food
GRAPES AND THETR TYPEA
RrGiT5e FdrDser- The continued and
increasingly widespread destruction OF
vines in the European vine districts bF
the phyll0xera, an insect said originally
20 have been imported from the United
States, Is causing year BY year more and
more attention to be paid 10 American
varieties suitable TO wine making here,
as well as To the expectation Of cuttings
and vines phylloxera proof These are
the LAbrusks type, of which the Concord
is q well known variety. and also the
COrdifOlia type, of which the Clinton i
as well known q variety.
The A-tivaliS type, . grape only suit
ed TO mere southern laritudes Il sad %
be especially Phylloxera proof, and Mr.
Husmann and Others, as well known for
their investigations IN this direcLlOn.
think these two latter will be the OnIv
hope Of the failing grape growers Of All
nstions. In fact. this has already proved
true, and ~ previously stated, vast
Quantities are nOW yearly exp0rted % va
FiOus parts Of EuFOpe principally throagh
the advice Of DR.. Riley, Chief of The
chronological D~partment Of the AZri-
cultural Bureau a. Washington-
On the other hand Wits sulpinA, Of
which the Scuppsrnoag Of ths So1Eh u >
repr sentative variety, u open 20 Its at
tacks, and Mr.. Husmann thinks the SOurh
will yet have 20 fan back on ss<ixaIis
and cOrdifOlia classes, which laas = the
riparia Of Engslmann- TIE illnstrzsions
this week show the Concord Of 1he Ia
bruska class, and the Clinton Of the c0rdi-
f0lia class Next week we shall illustrate
two more varieties, one @stivaiis and the
other the vulPinA