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

you ride mile to your feld late in the
morning, and then have 70 take your
horse out Of harness and ride back home
after . bolt, screw or leather string, how
far win you plow before noonf And
| Jet, that 10 the way some people farm
NEw TH1xes-Nsvsr throw away old
and rely on neg varieties for crop until
the latter has besn wsll tested. not By
your friend or nsighbor, bot BY yourself
Possibly your land may AOt be adapted
to il, or you have not yss learned 70 cal
tixate the new variety. Stick 70 the old
until you hare proceed the new. Bat yOa
should BY no means ignore or neglect the
new. Try everything presented to your
notice, carefully, intelHgently, Peradven-
ture it is great Improvements On the old
"WEr FEEr."-Applisd to crOPs this
means that the water is 80 close to the
surface as to injure the growing croPA-
If the roots 60 down and fnd excess
of water the growth of the plants viii be
stunted and sickly. The same applies TO
fruit trees, vineyards, &c. Many q field
and orchard, perhaps, produce meAgre
crops from this cause alone. The remedy
Is good draining.
BRrTTLE HooFs.-When horses hoofs
become dry, hard and brittle from any
cause, it is recommended 10 wash them
out well and apply with . good, stiff
brush, ointment composed of equal parts
of fish oil and pine tar. In the absence
of fish oil, use sweet, castor, hnseed or
hogs lard.
IMPROVING SEKD.-There is one thing
certain about good crops, they must come
from good seeds. A big crop Of nub-
bins" in the corn field is rather poor
affair, and q proud farmer ought to be
ashamed of it All the grains viii de-
generate if the seeds planted are not con-
stantly selected under close discriminating
observation. Learn, therefore, what seeds
to select. It is time, labor and money
saved
OvKRDoNG.-It is of prime necessity
to have an orchard, vineyard, dc, but IL
is equally important to have no more
trees and vines than you viii properly Il
tend to. Over-planting in the orchard or
vineyard is as mischieyous rs In the crops
Too big job is apt TO discourage and
create neglect or careless, hasty work
Make Q choice selection and cultivate
well, if you wish to know the real advAn-
tage of such things
GLUcosE-Sugar raising in the South
has battle to fight with glucose The
latter can be produced st about One-f0urth
the csst Of sugar, and the increase Of
glucose manufactures and the pr0neness
of very large class to buy the cheap
articles without regard to comparative
worth, indicates . severe contest in spite
of the tariff on sugar. The danger =
that glucose may rule the market and
sugar settle down rs q rare and costly sr-
ticle. Let the wise heads set tc q srk for
a remedy.
Hoe WALLow.-h il night 20 Ief the
hogs wallow in the mud? Well, as we
don't see any convenient way Of prevent
ing it, we suppose they must be let What
do they wallow in the mud for? Why,
for two purposes At least, one to cool on
the body and the other TO get nd Of ver-
min Well-fed, clean hogs. with plenty
of fresh water don't care about mud, but
in warm weather they wonderfully enjoy
9 cool bath, and ought 10 have Il every
day.
The HARRow.-A great majority Of
Southern farmers are almost strangers GO
the harrow, and yet rs work il Of the
highest importance Those who have
never used it do not know It's value, but
we venture to say that no farmer once
using it would be willing sfterwzrd 60
dispense with It Corrugated rough sur-
faces suffer soonest from drought, and
then, how can the turf and clods Of rich
surface soil be useful to plants while they
remain in that states The harrow pul-
verizes, mixes, and levels the surfaes 20
the greatest advantage, both for the crop
and for the sickle
RoBBzNe THE FARMs- This occurs
when you take away more than you -
turn Every time you do this the farm :
left poorer. L. 1t any wonder then that
some farms, once good, are nov 30 poorthzx
they will no longer support the fznIIyg
But how soon they can be brought back
TO fertility. A little persistent inseIligenf
work, green manuring, = few vel kept
sheep and other fat stock, compost heape,
and judicious draining, win have . Won
derful effect.
DrsH CLorH.-Mosquito netting folded
several times and securely basted, = sid
to make the perfect 8 dish r.g," porsus
like sponge, easily washed clean, and
efficient In use
Youxe CzrCx&-Dont try 20 mzks ths
little chicks ess and drink before theya-s
two hours old Twenfy-four hours xrs
said 70 Be sooa enouEh, and yst so@s peo-
pie VIII open their mouths and crzm
bread into them and thea szru 10 shs
chick and stick iEn biu ID % ghe eveu =