The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-07-11

product, and exists only where there ms
been . decomposition Of vegetable matter.
NovigorOus growth Of planss en- be hmd,
particularly in farm and garden productn,
where the soil contains no humuA
practical agricuIturists have for ages
learned that their heaviest crops grow on
land, other things being equal, in which
there Is the greatest amount OF finely
pulverized vegetable matter Hence, too,
the best farmers delight in spreading
upon field and garden the manure from
stables, the henroOsts and barnyard;
hence We find these men 90 increase their
pile, bedding their cattle on dried muck,
and scattering it under the rOOst I"
Leaf mould has ever been the favorite
prescription for the florist, when extra
choice flowers are required But leaf
mould differs but very little from muck
In its constituent parts both are composed
of the leaves and small stems OF plants.
" All vegetation placed in the soil,
within the reach Of the suns heat, rains
and dews, viii be converted into humns,
and thus fitted for plant food And
then through the medium Of humas the
plants receive the minerals required for
the formation of wood, leaves and fruits
They receive them almost entirely from
this source.
"The tobacco growers Of Virginia ex-
hausted the soil because they did not
apply to it vegetable matter, even where
they did use guano and other prepared
fertilizers; while those Of the Connecticut
valley and other sections kept their to-
bacco lands in heart, and have greatly
increased the Produetiyeness Of their soil
and crops by liberal use OF vegetable
matter"
Milk Is said TO be an excellent remedy
for typhoid fever. Either sweet milk or
buttermilk may be used, but the latter
is considered the best. Surgeon General
Barnes is said 10 have applied II success
fully in the United States Army, and be
was induced to use Il by an allOpafhic
Virginia physician, who claimed that he
never failed of success in the manage
ment of typhoid fever under the milk
| treatment
German milIet j. not only valuable on
account of its seed, aud as a forage crop,
but when plowed in as a fertilizer, IL l.
of great value. It's best results are sell
dom seen On account of the little atten-
tiOn it gets. On rich lands, thoroughly
plOwed and narrowed, an acre Of miIlet i
/ as valuable as four acres of oats.
PRIMARY FARMING SCHOOLS N MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi has an Agricultural and Ne
chanical College at Starkville, which Ne
think will do a great work IN building np
the best interests Of the State II viii
put agriculture on = higher plane with a
better and more hopeful outlook than II
has ever had before IN the State. II viii
teach many of the boys and young men
of the State thousands Of golden truths
which they could never learn at either
schools or colleges, or AZ home II nav
In time cost the State hundreds Of thOn-
sands, but the benefits which the State
will receive from II In quarter Of = cen
tury will be reckoned In millions
But Mississippi has multltudes OF farm
i er's bows who can never reach that college
She has multitudes OF farmers boys whose
fathers are their only TEACHERS Of agricul-
ture. While many Of the farmers Of Mis-
sissippi are intelligent and well informed,
there are multitudes who have little edu-
cation and poor knowledge Of farming,
and cling TO errors IN theory that keep
them poor, and viii make their children
poor after them, as they arrive TO man
hood and become farmers
Agriculture should be tackled 10 cur
common schools n I has - successfully
been done In Ireland The Stzrkville A
and NJ. College should be 10 Mississippi
what the Albert Agricultural University
at Dublin is to Ireland II should send
out teachers as well A. well-informed far
mers 10 all parts Of the State 20 EItaIIze
agriculture aud instruct the youth Of the
State In standard facts about farming.
If we want thorough regenerzriun Of
agriculture In the state we must oom-
mence teaching the bows truths they MI
never forgei-stsndard truths and bot
tom facts. They must be- Taught how ID
make poor lands rich, and r1ch lands
richer-how 10 plant, cultivate and save
all crops that may - proftably cultivz1ed
on Mississippi farms-how 10 have rich
pastures and rich meadOws-h0w % get
the most out Of lands by proper succes-
sion Of crops. and by resting and fer1IliE-
ing lands through the Pea erops, and other
green crops PlOwed In-the naLure Of ma
nures, and how 10 make the largest and
cheapest and best compost he4p~-ho~ 10
raise cattle, sheep and hogs. and furnish
them with an abandance &C food the YEAR
rOund-hOw 10 MANAGE miIk c0ws I'M
order 20 secure the largest 1n0uz1 Of
milk and butter posslble-tAe ImT.orla1oe
Of greensoiling n the ahsenoe q rich 49,
tures-how 20 rlznt and czltirate or-
ehards, and vineyards. and gzn3ens, ard
thousands Of other facts Ehich 81 sk7lIssd
farmers adopt zadare gzided bF-
They may learn Lhess thinxs - \
school, n boys inaended for merrzmxSle
pursuits study book-ksePing befsre they