The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-04-25

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gene c. Gordon, Presidsns of - 0sseEfs
fneife Raflroad hm bazzxh6 BeQesg scres
ef Minsi~ippi lsnA kpeNz - eFernpytd
la4dA for eight esnts sn ecre, yhich kives
him q pro&t of sso,boo. 1he EaRiish
company intends 20 reclxiEA tks lzn1h NJ
oaoe, a1a coio1iss o. e1sivats then
s.s WHAT WIZ xaxx Hnus fArf
Sostxsvn Roussy Josv.af: Put two o.
more quarts Of wztsr n kettle. xnd Ons
large sss1 pspper' or swo srhall e0e4 then
puE tAez kestis esar tha 6res VIA the
water boil, -sziE N aoa<ss Indian msHl
until txep hsEssAt t4iek a4sA 1t n ocsk
snd ho1r or %. Feed noG Horse raosh
chopped Hne and stirred into muzhns Pse-
Yarea In ths sbs<s diSssd0aA sad fos -
sslta ws s<e gssti1g frem fvs - - sggs
par day whereas, pesvio1s % fseding.
We had no eggs for long time To saeh
We would wxrnly recommend cooked
food, fed A0t Besled apple skins, seasoned
With rod psppsr; o. Hsilsa pssaioes sez-
sosed wifh hoEse rndi4h ars 9oed for fesd,
much better theu uncooksd f0od Corn.
when fed to hens by itself, has tendency
to fatten hens rather than producing more
profitable egg laying. A spoonful Of sal
phur stirred with their feed oocasionAlly
viii nd them Of vernin and tone ap their
systems. 1t is especially good for yOuag
chickens or turkeyA Out of flock Of
ten hatched hast November, we have lost
bus one. They have bees fed cooked
food mostly, and growing finely.
rAR ToUR SEED coH.
An old farmer IN the Souzhez LSos
Stock Journal says: "A corn planting
time 10 at hand, / viii give y0u ny expe-
rience - to tarring corn, to prevent bud
worms depredating on II In the spring,
as in some localities It Is almost impossi-
bic TO get . stand.
Take half pint Of pine tree TAR % the
bashel of corn Put the corn m 3 barrel
and pour the tar on It, roll until al the
corn is covered, then put In dry sand
enough to separate the grain, 80 Il can
be handled
This viii protect it against the depreda-
ticns of bud-worms. pigs, rats, rabbits,
birds, and also prevent It from rotting, If
the weather is cold and vet after planting.
SILK WORMS EsR-
For many years lively trade has been
kept up In silk worms eggs from Japan
for the Italian market Some years ago
an Italian In New Orleans made several
Thousand dollars on silk worms and mnI-
barry trees in the Crescent City We
once visited his place and witnessed his
operations There is no doubt that unch
money could be made IN these States pro
dncing silk worms eggs for the Earopean
market We clip the following para
graph from m exchange:
Silk worms eggs from Japan are now
shipped to Italy by way Of San Francisco,
the Pacific railroads and New York, IN
stead of via India, Snez Canal and the
Mediterranean. Three car loads Of eggs,
containing $500, ,0O0, 900 eggs, valued Il
$3.50, 900, came through IN one day re-
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COIN AGAIxsT COTTON
Land that ID rich enough 70 make q bale
Of cotton to the acre VIII produce IS
bushels Of corn and half thai amount Of
clay peas, or SO bushels Of corn and peas
These viii usually bring about 81 .
bushel If msn pl2nts and cultiSAtes
al the corn and peas be can save, and an
other on the same kind Of land plants and
cultivates all the Gotten he can make and /
save, which crop viii bring the most clear
money after all expenses IN sending 70
market ere p@id
The corn, peaA. pea hay, and enrirhing
the land BY the pea crop, viii certainly
give these decided advantage over cot
ton.
There are plenty Of farmers IN the West
who do not make more than % bushels
Of corn to the acre. and sell cern - Is
cents bushel, eqnal TO el2-50 an-acre-
A good farmer on most any Land IN the
South, properly ferrihzed with peaxInes
and other heme fersiIizerz, should make
20 20 Is b1shels Of corn %. the zcze, and
. pea crop besides, the wh0le worth $50
to $40 m acre. Why, then, VIII nOt The
cern crop in the South Payf Besides, home
made corn sold 20 Bon-prodncers IN The
South prevents % much mopey frv@ lezs-
ing ths eeantry, while Western eon takes
money from the South % return no a.0re:
then the corn in the West that = made
into whisky which 10 sent into tie South
takes the balsnce Of the proeeeds q the
cotton crop and Of all other crops 70 the
West, and to the extent of tens Of mai
hans Of dollars yearly.
CANNING GWKE ROTxrOER-
A correspondent Of tAs Ra~uI Word
states that less than year AGO comp4ny
wss formed in Lswrenes, Kansas, for can
ming fruits and EsgetabieA Thsy puE-
chased IN cid Pork-houss bailding, ~ less
than half It's cost, then remodeled Il into
. frst-class estsblishment for eanning
purposes, and it i now the equal Of many
Of the old canning estabEishmenss In Bal
timore. The company co@msnesd Opsrs-
tions At the ipening Of the frst sws-s
corn, and closed with the close Of the
sweet potato season Altogether, they
have put up over hzh million cznA The
6nilhing touch was ths puszing up of
sixty 70 seventy fhounsna cans q swsek
pokzloes-s hrsnch ef khs huzissss thzt
: entirely new. but yoz how i i jass
ike Kansas plnck and entsrprise 20 bs
xke4d ID any undertaking Hhe hctory
paid ore dolls< psf haskd for al The
swset poeaGses tAsy eoul1 - -
81 81 sA DW1Ax WIZ EEA
: zzs Esssskn1 Hass9, p4hliahsd = CharL /
lotte, ~. G, sayz The grss1ssl gDod thzs
can come 70 the South mnst cume thr1ngh
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