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Sheep Raising in Florida.
Editor Of The Florida Agricultm4st:

Editor Of The Florida AgricuturfSt:
Will you or any reader of the AG.
RICULTURIST, state:
LIST, What variety or varieties, of
sheep do best IN Florida, and who
has had success with any particular
breed =?
2nd, Will sheep ii running in
grove, bark the orange trees, or eat
the limbs SO as to seriously ipjure the
trees? M.
[Sheep do well in Florida when
taken care Of So far as tried mere,
little care has been devoted to them,
and the success attending shows that
there is profit in it. Two people in
this county have large. fockS
which ran CD the prairies and are
doing well, they are cross of the
Merino. In Sumter, Marion, and
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Removing Pine Stumps.
of The Florida Agricultatrist.

Editor Of The Florida AgTtcultaq'iSt:
The question of the successful re-
moyal OF the Florida pine stump by
machinery, is solved for our section
by the introduction and perfect and
rapid work Of a machine recently
brought to this point. 1t may now
be safely said that a Northern man
can make living from forty acres of
land, and not be made poor man by
bringing that much land under SUBJ
lection. The introduction and use
OF stump pullers, means that new
era opens tor Florida, with agricnl-
tural machinery taking the place OF
field hands. Let those who doubt,
come and see. &c.
Loaetey, Ela., June 2, 1882.
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THE FLORIDA RICULTURIST.

the fact that the interests of agricul-
ture are receiving new impetus,
and those who follow that calling are
being lifted in the scale of consider
alton, though the Importance and
weight due them has never been all
lowed. OF the fifty millions who
are so often on the lips Of dema.
gogues, fully one-half are farmers;
their vote is the largest polled.
Where are the men who represent
them? There is but one farmer in
the Senate of the United States, and
he was not allowed to serve on the
Agricultural Committee. 1t is little
better in the House, but the House
committee are endeavoring do their
duty. But it is uphill work, when
their measures must be discussed and
passed upon by body composed of
lawyers, bankers, stockholders and
preachers, who care for no harvest
save those of spoils and political Chi.
canerv. They will vote million dol.
lars to make a creek in New York
run up stream, under cover of river
and harbor improvement, but an app
preparation of one hundred thousand
dollars for the benefit of agriculture,
is a call upon their possible steals,
that shocks their sense OF useless ex.
penditure terribly. That would be
waste, because politicians could not
divide it between themselves to run
the next campaign not one of them
is willing TO throw away the money,
the farmer pays in taxes to benefit
that farmers taxable lands. There
fore, the Agricultural Committee in
the House, with the best intentions
has the hardest kind of work, with
the least appreciate result.
The honorable head OF the Agricul.
tural Department should not hnmbly
ask to be allowed one hundred thou.
sand dollars as boon, but he should
demand at the very least million,
and(the farmers of the country should
sta6d at his back, and by their vote
reDeat it at every election held. 1t
is preposterous that two-thirds of the
voters OF this country should in the
government, be represented by the
most Insignificant bureau it it; the
Pension Bureau is made of three
times its Importance; and yet it |
seems to us that the science OF raising
men should at least be considered as
equal with the art OF killing them.
Look at the incubus OF standing
'r,ngo and! and the semblance 1syaa navy
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ing to eat up our young corn, as they
are Matching out in great numbers.
Old corn is now worth 70 cents
per bushel, and parties are offering
60 cents for the crop now growing.
Do not suppose that wheat will be
worth over 80 cents per bushel if the
present crop is saved.
have been keeping memorials
dunn of the weather here and compar-
ing with your weather tables, it was
4 degrees warmer here than at De~
Land last week. ssHow is that for
high ?" J. A. L.
Jacksonville, ~, JuLy 5, 1882.
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est vero vartUs.

LDanaersa6iISs est Vera vsrtaIs.
We are to have high school and
bank in the fall.
Dreka q Co.'s store will be closed on
July 4th, Independence Day.
Sabbath-school next Sunday afternoon
at o'clock, J. Y. Parce, SCperintend-
ent.
Mr.. o. F. Fish has completed the
erection of his house on New York ave-
nue. east.
THE FLORIDA AGR1cu1rURIsr is getting
subscribers in Scotland and ireland
pretty lively.
Just received at W. W. & ". s.
Cleaveland's a new lot of solid walnut
eight day clocks.
Mr.. Geo. Woodward has gone to Eng
land to visit relatives whom he has not
seen for twelve years.
Finest line Fans, Laces, Ties, Gloves,
Hosiery, ETC.. ETC., at Dreka & Co.'S.
The descriptive circular Of DeLand
has been greatly revised, Read it and
note the improvements.
Mr.. and NDs. John Lyons, of Ala
bama have arrived at DeLand and are
stopping With DR.. Mowers.
| we nay tried with success the emul-
sloI, Tor freeing orange trees of scale
! insect, advertised by Mr.. Rounetheau.
{ We regret to announce the death of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Harding's infant
son, and tender our sympathy to them.
! Parties wishing good reliable insur-
a, zee on stores, stocks, dwellings,, barns,
ano contents, call on @. W. Pearce, De
- Box 1O5. Stf
4 alb, 'criber wishes to know where he
con nrocn re plants of the Otaheite or
Dwarf Orane> =. Can any one tell him :?
1t grows from CT. O'ineS'
Mr. w w sto We, of Jacksonville.
Fla, reports great il 'pf1 1Eet II !he
sale of his fertilizer ana 'l"' ~ 10 giving
much satisfaction.
Beautiful line New Goodb JUST re,
ceived! Latest styles Lawns, L. ''Veu
Swiss, Siersuckers, Percalles, Prin.,7'
ETC., etc. etc., at Dreka & Co.'S. 4
The Brock House, at Enterprise, is
undergoing repairs and beng greatly
added to, and when completed will be
one of the finest hotels in South Florida.
Mr.. DeLand has been making q good
many sales of land in and around this
place to parties North during the past
few weeks.
Varied assortment OF elegant new
Notions at Dreka IL Co.'S.
Mr.. Airheart, of Selma, Ala, will
shortly erect a bakery on the lot he pur-
chased from DIR. Voorhis on the Boule>
ward south.
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Crows has nicss seeding grove and
fine place in aver respect. Five
miles from this t1wp is the cosy vil-
lage OF BellevieJ it IS situated on
high pine land. There are some
fine young groves here, store and
post office, and a fulpher spring near
by boils up about half a foot above
the surface, which is as clear as
crystal. Two miles from Belleview
is lake Dorr, beautiful sheet of wa
ter five miles long and two wide and
is 100 feet deep i'll the middle. Mr..
Christopher has splendid place; bis
house is situated on hill overlooking
the lake giving beautiful view.
There are houses all along the lake
shore, it has clear banks aud 80
marsh, 1t teens with fish OF all
kinds and on it are several splendid
hotel sites. 1t is about three miles
from the railroad and four from AL
toona. Land is selling at from Sc to
$40 an acre for good pine land.
BIC.
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Agricultural Societies.

Florida Fruit Growers AssocIation.-D
Redmond, pres; w. A, Sebring v1ce-pres.
ID. H. Elliot Sec; w. III Ashmead, ASH
Sec; C. A. Choate, cor. Sec; d. Greenleaf
treas. Executive Committee, Dr. G.. j.
Kenworthy, DR., j, j. Harris, o. P. Rocks,
and 2. Houston.
Norwalll, Fruit and Vine Club.-Col.
R5bt. Bard pres; DR.. Geo. Rogers, sec.
New Smyrna Agricultural and Fruit
Growers Society.-Mr. NJ. B. Rolfe pres,
w. 5. Hart, vice-pres. Mrs. NJ. B, Rolfe.
sec and treas,
Orange Ridge Agricultural and Immi
grafton Society--Dr, b. B. Bennett, pres.
John Canuon Sec; j. Y. Parce, cor sec
DeLand. Volusta Co. Weekly meetings
Orange Park Fruit and Vegetable Grow
ers' northumberland Knapp, Pres.
%. E. Sabin, Vice-Pres.; o. 4. Campbell
Cor. Sec; Rev. o. Taylor, Sec. and Treas,
correspondence in vited.
make George Fruit-Growers Assocla-
tiOA.-Judge A. B. Bartlett, pres, George,
town; w. w. Hawkins, E. Kirby, Mrs. L,
4. Mknville, vice-pres'ts. A. II. Manville,
Sec, lake GeorWgs~ r. o. Hammond, cor.
see. Fort Gates; George I'll. Thorn, treas,
GEORGETOWN. Monthly meetings every
econd Saturday of each month
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Green Manuring.-Let us have
More Light.
lCOntiaMed trona l1oQe 73.l

CONTINUED from page 73.)
the cultivation of his corn a new cror
of lice plants spring up, and in two
months after the corn is removed he
has splendid crop of green stuff to
turn under. In the winter when he
plows for corn this rotten mass is
thoroughly mixed with the soil
Thus at an annual expense of one ad
ditional blowing, say $1.50 per acre
he fertilizes his corn crop and his soil
is constantly increasing in fertility
The DesnaOdiu7a, according to chem.
zeal analysis, rates about ten per cent.
better than red clover in its constit
uents, which used as food produce
heat and fat, and in those which give
it value as flesh former or for az
tording nitrogen to g succeeding crop,
when plowed in, about thirty per
cent. No, no, gentlemen of the
North and West, located on rich
lands, who may see so much adver
Using of manures in our State papers,
do not think that the improvement
OF our poor land has to be made en-.
tirely with purchased fertilizers. AT.
ter soil is improved to certain ex.
tent here crop of oats may always
be grown during winter when we
don't need the land for cropping, to
be plowed under for corn in the
spring. With climate which will
allow for two green crops tor man>
ure and corn crop for profit being
raised In each year what is not posi-
BILE with these soils. But when one
is trying to improve a soil by green
manure, that won't raise the green
crop to any fair amount its like trv-
ing to lift oneself by his boot straps.
Crab>grass consider a good thing
for an orange grove. 1t starts rather
late in the spring but it strikes me
that with it and Yellow, California
or Burr clover or Yellow Medick
one might very readily fertilize
grove. The Medick should be planted
or sown In early fall. 1t is said to
grow all winter in Georgia, and afford
good pasture. Then when a portion
of the seed is ripe in late spring plow
1t uuder and ifyour soil has the crab.
grass seed in it, up it will come.
After it has covered the ground turn
it under rather carelessly SO that
little will stick out here and There
and Soonthe soil will again be Clothed
with rich verdure. When itldies in
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10 the People Of Florida.

The Board Of Education OF East
Florida Seminary Desires to call your
attention to this Instltution, which
in its characterof State School APP
peals to the State pride and patriots
ism Of every reside nt OF Florida.
AS now organGsd and equipped,
s-ssst Florida a 90 ~ offers to the
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Vilmorin Andrieux & Coy, Paris,
general list Of seeds. Among those
out of the ordinary run OF seeds Of
fered by American seedmeh, we fnd
the following suitable br Florida .
Cinchona (quinine tYfteen species;
Liberian coffee Eucalyptus, eighty
species; Pistachia Put and quite va.
riety of others.
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forage plants is not limited Flor-
ida Is behind none Of her sister States
IN this matter, aud needs no silo, for
her fields are ever green. There is
something we do need, and that is
capital rightly applied; not invested
III lands waiting tor a rise, bat with
energy and perseverance,, these will
tell, aud will nowhere bring a better
return. There is class who come
here expecting TO pick oranges by
the wayside, and other things accord
ingly; they go away disappointed,
and accuse Florida OF not being what
she is represented to be. Now, where
they got their information, l am un-
able TO say, but common sense,
(Which sometimes is not so common
after all) ought to teach people that
Gigs don't grow on thlstles, or grapes
on thornes," and that If we have these
things, money or labor which is
equivalent, must purchase them.
They that have to be told this, had
better stay where they are, for l
don't think they have brains enough
to make the orange grow.
NORTHERNER.
Mayacood Farm, Altoona. Tia. q,
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The suoscrsptscss ~asee 70 The
Florida Agrlc<StatriSt, IN the West
indies, ana CSiaer DriSsS1Ts possessions,
ss II slsilaiasgs per 0nnuns, posture
!1sg. z q esdtfHtS 2, IN retain ne ssos g
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Works Received.

The American Silk and Fruit Cul
turist. new magazine published by
Campbell g Pepper, 1928 Chestnut
St., Philadelphia. "A monthly at 81
per annum, we'll got up.
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We return thanks to the Departs
ment of Agriculture at Washington,
for the Proceedings of the Conven~
ton of Agriculturists" held at the De.
partment of Agriculture in January
last. 1t is very interesting.
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The Report of the Consuls of the
u. S., is another useful work we have
received from the Department at
Washington.
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Thanks to our Representative a
Washington for favors received.
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SCI. u Main street III Efiiiteff- ID 0oiin,
Z - Y = So. Is 1891
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-16
RUBBER Boots, just received at
q. Koch,
Com'l ave., bet. 9th and 9th SITS.
Fresh Oysters
at DeBaun's, SO Ohio levee
APopular Tonic
FOR WEAK LUNGS AND CONSUMPTION

FOR WEAK LUNGS AND CONSUMPTION.
No preparation ever introduced to the
American public, for the relief and cure of
Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Debilitated
Constitutions, Weakness of the Lungs or
Consumption in the incipient or advanced
stages of the disease, has ever met with the
Endorsements of physicians or patients as
the celebrated "Tolu, Rock and Rye" The
repeated and continued sales of the article
everywhere are the best evidence of its real
merits. Letters and Testimonials from every
quarter of the country, attestiug the slim
ulating, tonic and healing effects, are in
possession of the proprietors, and can be
adduced to convince the most skeptical
reader of its intrinsic virtues. Further
commentator is unnecessary and super
fluous, as trial of this article, having. a
pleasant taste and agreeable flavor, will
satisfy all those who are afflicted or pining
away with pulmonary weakness of the re-
lief to be secured by the use ofTolu, Rock
and Rye Chicago Times.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-16
NEWS FROM LARAMIA CITY.

LARAyIA CRY, W. T. March 10th, 1882.
Editor Bulleth:
have been watching with interest the
reports Of Cairo and the floods. ! ain glad
she has been so lucky aud hope the worst
is past-wish we had some of the great
deal you could spare here. / have not seen
any rain since | left Cairo, there has been
none in Denver since Sept. last, | don't
know when they had any here. / left Den
yer nine days ago to accept situation here
with the u. p. r. Il. and if Hike the place
will stay. Lqramiais j79 miles westof Oma-
ha $50 you see am getting pretty near Salt
Lake City.) We have two daily papers
each of them issue a weekly, and we have
another weekly besides. Population not
quite 4000 We have two Lodges OF |. o.
0. F and the Encampmcnt, a Masonic
Lodge, n X, Of P. with one hundred mem.
bors, a good Templer Lodge, A. b. of
Locomotive Eggs anG Firemen.
must tell you the name of the leading
paper and how it got the name. Bill Nye,
one Of the comic writers Of the far west,
has his home here and edits the paper.
When Bill was prospecting in the noun
tains he had an mule called Boomerang"
which. for amusement, lie would shout at
when lonely. Boomerang" wandered away
from camp one night aud Bill went after
him with his gun and saw what he thought
to be"Boomerang" and took square shot Al
him. Thinking he killed his long legged
companion, he got up early next day to bury
the brute, but TO his surprise in the morn
ing, he found "Boomerang' making the
best Of time in hunting up anything he
could get to eat, with nothing the matter
After this Bill stuck to Boomerang.
Wrote large book called Boomerang,
then started a paper Il send You 4 copy Of
called "B5omerang." Now, Laramia has
the boomerang" paper, the Boomerang
base ball club the Boomerang hat, and
many other things called "Boomenug."
The weather was gre7t deal colder here
than in Denver yesterday, had q little snow
| met Cairo boy (wbo was boy when !
went there first but now a mani G. E. Car.
penter. He is prac,cing law here.
1t looks like business 10 sec these large
trains pass east and west with 10 coaches
and two engines. MORGAN.
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4 MAN KILLED.

The incoming Illinois Central passenger
train, at about twelve O'clock yesterday,
brought tde news that the body Of white
man had been found on the track short
distance below the three mile post CDro-
ner r. Fitzgerald was notified, and he Sc
lected 4 jury and went by special train to
the scene Of the tragedy.
When the body was found by the officers
OF the train aforesaid the trunk WAS on the
outer side Of the track and the hoad on the
inside, between the rails, the wheels having
severed the head from the
trunk seemingly without coming
in contact with the mans shirt collar The
train officers had drawn the body and head
aside near the track, where the coroner and
jury found them Arter the jury had ex.
amined the premises and the body thor
oughly, the latter was taken aboard Of the
special train and brought to the Illinois
Central round house, where the
inquest was continued until late
last night, as the jury had to wait for the
arrival of the engineer of the outgoing
train which, it was supposed, ran over the
man.
The circumstances surrounding the case
pointed somewat to suicide. The man had
been in the city but short time and had
been seen by several, not over an hour be-
fore the outgoing Illinois Central train
started, left here, going up the track. He
was accosted by one gentleman, but con-
tinucd on his way without making reply.
lie was well dressed from head to foot and
had nm intelligent expression OF face. Ly-
ing in great disorder about the body were
number Of private papers, some OF them
bearing signs Of having been violently
crunchcd and torn. From these, which
were all written in a good German
hand. it was ascertained that the
mans name was Carl Gasah, q
German, that he was well educ9ted, having
attended and graduated from German
academy; butgaye no evidence Of the rea-
son of his presence here, or any clue to his
violent death A pocket-book was also
found upon the body, but it contained nc
money, nor were there any other vaIuablcs
| found. The trunk was not bruised, but the
head bore deep cash across the top near
the front, another on the right side and
another back Of the left ear. 1t is stated
by those who saw the man a little before
he was killed, that he was not under the
influence of liquor, and if he had been, thai
would be no positive proof TINT he was nc
cidcntally killed. for it would seem mex
to impossible that man could be strucb
by a engine in such n manner that ht
would fall as this man was found, and tina
he did not fall from the train IL
sufficiently proven by the scattered papers
The mans behavior when last seen alive
the position Of the body, the scattered pa
pers, the empty pockot-book and scvcra
other less important circumstances, secm tt
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THE MISSISSIPPI.
BILLS AGREED ON.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-The sub-com.
mttee of the Mississippi leyee and i'm
provemcnt committee carefully examined
to-day all the bills before them relating 10
the Mississippi river and agreed to report
without amendment the two bills intro
duced into the house by Gibson and Rob-
ertsen Gibson's bill concisely formulates
the recommendations of the Mississippi
river commission as to the appropriations
and makes an appropriation of two and
half millions for building and repairing
levees and closing gaps in levees which is
m excess of sl,400,OOO over the amount
asked by the river commission for work on
levees. The levees clause will, it is be-
Iievcd, be changed by the full committee
daily as TO its phraseology.
Robertson's bill, agreed to by the sub-
committee, has the full Endorsement
of the Mississippi river commission,
and is regarded by them as very
important TO facilitate the commissions
work. II defines tho powers and
jurisdiction Of the commission, and author.
ICES the appropriation of the land and ma
terial for the improvement of the Missis.
sippi and tributaries prescribes the method
of assessing damages, and provides penal
ties for injury to the improvements.
II is the intention of this committee 20
report the Gibson bill to the house and ask
for its passage, but the friends of the Mis-
sissippi are not all agreed that il would not
be wiser to merely report the bill and move
that it be referred to the commerce COM
mittee! The latter would then incorporate
il in the river and harbor bill, and the con-
nict Of jurisdiction between the commerce
and levee committees would be avoided.
The commerce committee to day inserted
in the river and harbor bill an sppropria-
ton Of 100000 for the Mississippi river
from the mouth of the Ohio TO the mouth OF
the Illinois.