The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-12-27
FLORIDIANA.
Geographical Divisions of Florida.

Levy, Baker, Nassau, Duval, Bradford
Clay. st. Johns, Putnam and Marion.
WEST FLORIDA-Isc composed of the coun
ties OF Escambia, Santa Rosa, Washing ton
Walton. Holmes, Jackson and Calhoun.
MIDDLE FLORIDA-Is composed of the
counties of Gadsden, Liberty, Franklin
Leon, Wakulla, Jefferson, Madison, Taylor
Lafayette and Hamilton.
SOUTH FLORIDA-Is composed of the
counties of fernando, Sumter Orange.
Volnsia, Brevard, Polk, Hillsborough, Man
aztec Monroe and D9de.
S. III. McCallum made a shipment
of Tangerines this week. These or
anges are bringing from $40 to
$3.50 per crate this year.-Oyange
Growers Gazette.
Our people still talk OF big cocoa
nut groves, even larger than has ever
been planted, and if some of US live
ten years longer, we will see tremen-
dous fields stretching from here TO
the Mainland covered with this SYM
metrical and beautiful tree.-Key
Vest Democrat.
The managers of the Jacksonville
and st. Augustine Railroad report
everything working most satisfactory
ly, and express their determination to
complete the work by the 18th of
January, even if they have to put on
a force OF men by night and day
st. augustine Press.
A tract of land belonging to the
estate of the late John D. Branch,
lying ten or twelve miles north OF
Tallahassee was sold last Monday by
order of the Probate Judge. 1t con-
sisted OF 1900 acres of about the best
land in the county and brought $40
per acre. Governor Walker being the
purchaser.-Spect0tor.
We have spotted several so-caled
citizens in this town who instead of
lending helping hand to the inter.
ests OF the place, do everything in
their power to talk against it. Such
people should receive severe crit.
cism from the press and the intelIi,.
gent class of citizens. We have them
spotted, and will take occasion to
give their names to the public if it is
not stopped Ocol0 Banner. We
have them too in DeLand.-[Ed.
The yield oforanges off the deBary
grove a mile east Of here has amount
ed to over fifteen hundred boxes
This is nearly as great as that of last
year though only half crop was ex-
pected at first. Few split and few
dropped. II these oranges were of
ordinary size they would number near
ly quarter OF a million, but some of
them are so large that one hundred,
eighty, seventy oranges filled box,
and in some fitty-tour sufficed That
is there were three in row across the
box or nine in each layer in one CON-
partment--EpterpriSe Herald.
Mr.. John Jay Ferguson, who lost
an arm during the war, is making a
success OF banana planting upon one
Of the islands OF the group known as
the Ten Thousand Islands, on the
Florida Gulf coast, between Char
Icttes Harbor ard Key West. The
island contains only about thirty acres,
tour Of which are planted in bananas,
known as the French dwarf variety.
He realizes from the fruit at the rate
of $3.50 per acre, and is not obliged
to replant. Mr.. Ferguson says this
is the only locality he has ever found
where man eau go and make self
sustaining home in a year, with cap,
ital of $500 cash and a hoe and ak
tor tools - Union.
All thoughts of delinquent subscrb.
ers were driven from the mind of our
Manager, on one day OF this week,
by The startling apparition OF fierce
opossum, which suddenly appeared
before him while he was engaged
about some rubbish in the rear of our
office. The animal, however, did not
offer battle, being rolled up in
quantity OF straw, where it was pros
badly meditating further iorages up-
on the coops OF cur neighbors. A
few well directed blows put an end
to the existence of Mr.. 'Possum, and
taught him, when too late, that inn
pudence may be carried to an ex-
treme which leads to DISASTER
Spring.
We publish in to>daY's Bee some
very timely suggestions from the
Fernandina Mi9T0r to the next Leg
islature as to the disposition of the
Agricultural College Fund now ly-
ing idle at Tallahassee. That journ.
al thinks the best way to utilize the
fund, which is too small 10 suffice for
the establishment OF an Agricultural
College, is to divide it equally be-