The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-09-27
DeLand, Volusia County, Florida,

good Berkshires in the nen and N.
same number of good cows. oivino
ten or fifteen quarts apiece in the
pasture, would satisfy most ,aonie
ana they would feel that there was
something to depend on when mo-
VISIONS were high and the purse low
NO we don't want to be our no;ob.
oor s STOCK keeper, and il we are not
@ aule 10 fence all our land, which is
seldom the case, we do not want #
IreSpaSsed upon by their cattle. for
the grass is valuable to us as a fertil.
lzef; we only ask them to take care
oa ol oI Inelr own and this Is reasonable,
as every one will say, especially after
Sney nave lost enough by them to
Keep several head the year round as
mas often been the case. With tho
present fence law we are always liz.
Die to be trespassed upon, in the field |
ana out, and II The rowing stock are
Injured by getting over or through
our barb Wire, we must pay the dam.
age according to the injury done the
SCock. It they have ruined our cron
ana spoilt all our summers labor
mat Is our look out, we should have
seen to things better. This seems
1aru, And is it right If not, make i
u right. We ask it not for the ben> |
ent OF individual cases, but pro bono i
0ubtSco. - 'O''0
Have often heard it said that it was q
90 hot to raise chickens here in the s
ummer months but we set seven hens v
n1rough the months of July and Aug, +,
iave eighty OF the chicks all doine Il
Eell; Keep tn Ialst sprinkled with II Il
lIphur andAfH.S fASSStowe's oyonnd :,
le soil. yTeen vegetable matS6f :
lrned intolsoil has the opposite ef- i
,ct, it decreases the disastrous effects .
f a drouth. 10
STRAWBERRY Es. (,
Wehad some Cressentsi in the spring Ii
f'S1 and not being just where we n
,anted them we removed them to the "
pot chosen for a strawberry bed, 4
lst as they were putting on fine Il
rowth of new runners in July. W
his brought them TO decided L
tandstill, and all the combined coax c.
lg that wife and l could do wouldn't G.
lduce them to reconsider their wick b
d ways. On Nov. Is we procured a
ONE small plants, by mail, of - s.
'ell I haven't yet been able to decide 81
that they are, though I used to have y
varieties under cultivation 9
nc thought L knew something Of a
trawberry culture. We planted them "
ear the poor Cressents that the lat n
er might have their blossoms im- a
regnated by the pollen from the o
ew plantation, but majority of the G
ew plants proved to be destitute Of Il
,rtile blossoms. Still the small pro, p
ortion of hermaphrodite plants we
ad were all we needed. AT planting Ii
re gave them each teaspoonful of o
Iapes' manure and a month later, t.
hen they showed that they had re' p
overed from the transplanting, we d
ave them liquid manure for we were p
aving a decided dry time, and Fl
lough. they were only about three b
et above the water line of our lake a.
ct they were suffering for moisture. b
y January 25 we had plants in b
loom and on March 1 we picked our
rst ripe berry. By March IL we W
ad our third picking, and we con- k
nued to have ripe berries as "treat" t.
II June 6. The Cressents bore o
lemselves nearly to death, some Of ii
lem having what would be consid> A
-ed fine show OF fruit even in the A
vored berry growing localities at Ii
le North. BY May lst runners had 4
arted on all plants which had not 81
illed themselves by fruit production. a
[y conclusion Is that one needs to b
1T out a new bed of young vigor> n
us plants each fall, and l shall here it
lter choose October tor the setting.
jhoose moist location and do not be t,
traid OF getting the soil too rich and ii
on can have berries four months of b
ne year plentifully, and possibly for p
wo months more in limited quantity, tt
TO be continued.) C