The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-15
AGRaCULTURE.

TYPHoTD FEvER.-CleanIiness is abso-
iutely necessary To prevent this terrible
| disease from which so few ever finally re-
cover. Gross neglect Of cleanliness Oi
the person or premises often produces the
greatest misfortune in the family. and
then it is laid to the country Know this,
that filthy, careless people will be sickly
in any country in the world.
CHEAP Corn means to the farmer cheap
meat, milk, butter, poultry and good Iiv-
ing, with small or no unpaid accounts at
the end of the year. How shall II be
made cheap? In this way: Plant always
plenty of il, work il with improved Ia
bor-saving machinery, which will enable
you to make great deal more To the
hand. Fertilize and improve the soil,
thereby producing much more to the
acre, and having made it preserve it in
good barns against rot and weevils.
ALL FAT HoGs.-CoinmOn sense and
good taste are slowly getting the hog
eating world away from the bad habit Of
breeding hogs to the largest yield Of lard, I,
first, because an everfat hog is not fit for
anybody TO eat, and second, because cot
ton seed, petroleum and other oils have
taken all the wind out of the sails Of
hogs lard.
MANY DAIRYMEN practice milking
their cows steadily without allowing the
anImaIs 10 go dry. They feed heavily on
corn meal and oil cake until the milk fails,
when the COW is replaced by fresh one.
A dairyman who keeps $50 cows saws
such practice is more profitable than TO
lose the time between their going dry and
coming in.
KINDNESS to man or beast will always
pay. 1t is also a. necessary To the one
as to the other. Among animals, kind
ness and gentleness soon wins their con-
6dence and enables the manager TO deal
with them with great deal less trouble
Is it not so also with men? The taciturn,
spiteful man dislikes his neighbors, and
his very cattle dislike him
Dr.. J. J. RIDGE, of Enfield, writing
to the London Duly Netcs, recommends
to prevent the torment inflicted by the
flies on horses, application to the latter,
before Harvesting, of a mixture of one
part crude carbolic acid with six or more
parts of olive oil. This should he rubbed
lightly all over the animal with rag and
applied more thickly to the interior Of the
ears and other parts most likely TO be at
tackled. This application may need To lie
repeated in the course Of the day, but
while any odor of the acid remains, the
flies decline TO settle, and the horse Is
completely free from their annoyan
CorroN AND GINNING. Ne need
scarcely remind farmers that much brush
ing up and repairing may he necessary
about the gin-h"uSe and cotton press but
il will not be arEiss 10 remind them that
the time is close at hand when gin-hO1se
fires begin. Leave no excuse for the IN
cendiary and be sure no carelessness de-
stroys your profits of the years labor.
PRoFITs 1T is said that the merchant :
profits are from 80 to 100 per cent, while
10 per cent on the farm is % wonderfully
good" Why is this? Who does the
merchant make it out of, and why Is he
entitled to higher profits than the farmer ?
Are his risks any greater, his labor more
deserving, or his occupation more honor
able? Why should he get rich any
sooner than the farmer? An, brother
farmer! it is your fault Why do you
let him make an hundred per cent on YOU
while You only make ten?
RoOTING PLANTS - Peter Henderson
says: The conditions required for PrOpa-
eating plants by cuttings or slips are
very nearly the same, as far as tempera-
ture and soil go, as are found TO give the
best results in raising from seeds In fact,
it makes but little difference what the sol
is for roofing cuttings, provided IL il %
rous.
A BUsHKL MoRk-YOu have an han
dred acres in corn or other grain, supposs
you had prepared the soil q little better
fertilized little more and made bnshs
more to the acre. There would haFI
been an hundred bushels more 20 u.
field. Apply this to the crop Of n.
country and tell Us the result in fgurss
KEowLEDGK-H ~kn0wledgs make'
farming practicable and profitable" =
every sensible farmer knows, what shal
be done 10 induce that large n0n-readin.
class to accept knowledge and PrO6f b
their labors Cau,t Ne gst mp bsnss
! olent society. endOw : good .grisullurz