The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01
FARM AND GARDEN.

FARMERS WEIGHTS AND MEAsURRA
Measure 200 feet each side, and you viii
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square mile contains $40 acres. A mile
is $3.50 feet, or 1850 yards In length A
fathom is six feet A league Is three
miles. A Sabbath days journey is II5o
yards; this is Is yards less than q mile.
A days journey is 33 Is miles. A eubit
is two feet. A great cubit is IL feet.
A hand, horse measure, II four inches A
palm is three inches. A span is lOf
inches. A pace is three feet A barrel
of -four weighs l96 pounds A barrel Of
pork weighs 200 pounds A barrel of
rice weighs 600 pounds A barrel of
powder weighs 25 pounds A frkin Of
butter weighs IS pounds A tub of but
ter weighs 81 pounds The following
are sold by weight and bushel: Wheat,
beans and clover seed, 90 pounds per
bushel; corn, rye and faxseed, Sc pon nds
per bushel; buck wheat, ~ pounds per
bushel; barley, 4s pounds per bushel;
oats, 35 pounds per bushel; bran, Ss
pounds per busbel; timothy seed, As
pounds per bushel
POISONING COTTON WORMS
The cheapest and most general method
of applying poison To growing cotton Is
with water
When Paris green, arsenic or London
purple are used, it Is necessary To keep
the water continually agitated, as these
pOisons are not soluble in water, but only
held in suspension by It
From three quarters Of pound 70 one
pound of Paris green is required to the
acre. 1t should be put in barrels of water
and distributed over the acre of cotton, so
that every leaf would be wet
In using arsenic or London purple care
should be taken TO use smaller quantity
per acre to avoid "scalding the cotton
The most approved plan, for applying
the pOisons net is by the use Of fountain
pumps. Two men operate the pumps
from an ordinary two-hOrse wagon con-
taihing barrel of the poisonous mixture,
which is driven up and down the cotton
rows. The work is done very rapidly, and
nine rows of cotton are poisoned at each
passage Of the wagon.
Mr.. W. T. Daughtry, of Selma, Ala,
has invented . machine which viii vet
the under surface of the cotton leaves
This is = very important investment, as
the worms first appear on the lower sur
face Of the Gotten leaves, and IL IL some
time before they eat through the thick
ness Of the leaf.
The Texas cotton worm destroyer Il
largely used in Texas. Ii IL the arsin1se
of sodium, and has the advantage Of be
ing entirely soluble in water. II u highly
| approved in that section bat other Doi-
/ sons are preferred east of the MisaiswiDni
While at the Atlanta Exposition we
saw Capt Warner, of Austin, Texaa,
operate his cotton worm destroysr. Il
consisted OF . large India rubber hag
filled with the poison liquid and placed
on the back Of . horse. The operator
rode on the bag, and his weight forced
the liquid thr0ugh . nozzle, and thus dis-
tributed il up0n the cotton "a he rode I'd
and down the r0wA The dry method 0f
applying poisons, il BY mixing with 6our
or land plaster and distributing vita -
ters over the growing plants. Each plna
has its supporters, but il win BE foand
that all efforts to poison worms viii b
frustrated by continual raina Prof RiIey
has been very successful IN the uss q
pyrethrum, bat we have no experianos
whatever i'm its eject on cnteTpillnrR
A correspondent writes M begging
that "sOme planter, who has been saccess
full IN poisoning worms" viii inform hin
through these columns of kis plan q
operating.
We via gladly pablizh the Psrssnal 81
penence Of any q ear readD IN dsallnz
J with cotton w0rmA