The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-06-06

to show improvement from plentiful, rich
food. Try it and you viii see.
MIssINe PLAcxs-H you set Q young
apple tree in the missing place Of the
orchard where an old one has died out,
you viii be apt to find that it does not
prosper. The reason is that the old tree
exhausted the soil, or collected its enc
mics there to prey upon the young tree.
Another fruit tree could thrive there, but
if it must be an apple, dig out clean al
the old roots, open deep, broad hole, and
fill in with soil from another point.
ONIoNs-A Massachusetts, man last
year raised nearly 700 bushels of onions
to the acre, but he .fertilized that land,
and whoever would raise such crops
must find out what onions need and put
it on without stint.
| , MARKET.-It is almost as important to
study the market as it is to study how to
cultivate crops. In studying the markets,
you find out what to plant for the most
profit. 1t is as great folly to raise expen-
sive crops you know not how to market,
as it is to raise articles for which there is
no demand.
| Our DEFICIT.-Should not the South
be ashamed of this? aThe South does
not grow enough provisions for home use,
despite the advance made in that direc-
tion. So far this season she has drawn on
the North for wheat to the value Of $55,-
0OO, 900; corn $50, ,0O0, 900, and provisions,
$72, 900, 900. Total, el77, ,OOO, 900. -
Northern paper.
The value of all farms in the United
States is estimated at go, ,196, 800, ,645 !;
value of farm implements ct $4O6, sic, ,9O2;
live stock, 81, 500, 49,, ,ls7; fertilizers pur-
chased and used in 1879, t27, ,59s, ,s59 !:
fences, cost of building and repairing in
1879, $77, 7,7e5,72S.
| Roo1ING SLIPs.-A Northern florist at
tributes his great success in roofing slips
Of all kinds Of tender plants to the stim-
illus of layer of oats which he places
under the layer of sand where the plants
are to be rooted. Other grain, perhaps.
would do as well, but oats are cheap.
FISH CULTURE-In some of the States
fish culture is increasing with great rapid
idy, and bids fair to receive the attention
due to 80 important branch of the food
supply. 1t will soon be possible to OBJ
tain . mess OF fresh perch, trout, carp or
other fish, at any time, in any interior
village or neighborhood market.
| AN English mechanic has invented q
horseshoe composed of three thicknesses
of cowhide compressed into steel mould
and subjected to a chemical preparation.
1t will last longer than the common shoe,
weighs only one-fourth as much, does not
split the hoofs, requires no calks and is
very elastic.
| GooD tools are essential to the execu-
tion of good work. They also economic
labor, save the wear and tear of muscle
and increase the profits. If they cost q
little more than bad tools the balance is
struck in their favor by superior results
| WHOEVER places much dependence on
the strainer for securing clean milk will
never make gilt-edged butter. Allowing
dirt to get into the milk, and then de-
pending on the strainer to get it out, is .
poor apology for cleanliness More or
less of the dirt, especially everything of q
soluble nature, and some that is not, will
find its way through the meshes of the
strainer.
SEEDS.-The same reason which IN
duces the stock-raiser to save only the
best specimens of his cattle for breeding
purposes, should induce the farmer to
save only the best developed plants to
bear seeds for his crops. The rule be-
longs as much to plants as animals.
A DAIRY farmer in England, celebrated
for the splendid quality of his butter.
which has repeatedly been awarded high
est prizes at the Royal Show, was asked
by correspondent of the London Lige
Stock Journal to state the reason for his
exceptional success, and made the laconie
reply: " Plenty of hot water, sir"
EGG PRoDUcTIoN.-Farmers generally
think hens can lay only at certain seasons,
but the truth is that their laying depends
upon the condition of the fowls They
can be kept laying all the time by proper
feed and management. This is very i'm
portant for poultry raisers to consider,
and the proper management is not diff
cult to learn.
| The value of pure shorthorn cattle is
still very great. At recent sale in Chi
cago the fourth Duchess of Airdrie
brought Q: 100; the second Marchioness
of Kirklivington, $S,525 the ninth Ouch
ess of Hillhurst, $500; the .enth Ouch
ess of Hillhurst, s7,loo; the eleventh
Duchess of Hillhurst, s4,7OO; the eighth
Duke of Hillhurst, $S,o25.