The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-11-21

eack snd the wi%s, man knows how tc
mskl ths one bssst the Other.
Unews.s--sA lsarned agsicaltura news
paptftr man declares that there is,a good
deak Of traAh in The statement of his
brother agrioultnrist Of the New York
isssss tha, while hs*ks and owls keep
doHp the rAts and mice for the farmer,
tho brow prefers grabs, cut-worms and
cafrion 10 any otllet kind of food, and
thate!vhile shey viii pull up d littIs corn
aadEEaob anlpccaaional birds nest, they do
tIyasand acts of kindess for the farmer.
Consnmmata wisdom, that.
RnADiSa Men. The intelligent nien
of Sour community, whether farmers,
blacksmiths or cowboys " are your read
ing jsnen. Deny that if You darei The
manFwho does not read is not Intelligent
and lpever will be. Now prove this is not
traeAnd we will set up free school and
teacA in it for the rest of our natural life.
TFs Croekes Ratyon, Texas, warns warns lie
readers that It will rot do 70 turn hungry
cattt upon the stubble or sorghum cane.
A VERY small portion of the second
growth will kill them, it says. A neigh
borisg farmer has lately had. experience
OF the matter in the loss of two cows. and
several others were extremely sick bat
recovered. 1t is not thesquantity eaten
thatg kills, bat the feed seems to be ex-
trenply poisonous. A COW with full
stomach, however, says our Texas contem-
poraEy, may be turned on It with impu-
nityl
TBs Laasing College Spec,ll,sns, after
citing gsome Instances where single branch
ed OF Portions of plants have been thrown
into fstive growth by the local applica-
t'on warmth, mentions case where the
soutk window of Professor McEwan's
hou4s was left open few inches for sew
eral weeks early in spring, so that warm
air kss constantly pouring out against a
Virginia creeper which covered the side
of tpe house. This portion of the plant
waslhlled into early activity, and fringe
OF aFen leaves bordered the window
soma weeks before the rest of the plant
leayfd out. The incident opens an inter
estihg field for study and experiment.
WAY and terrace cultare is an illustration.
1t is suggested that board placed behind
a peach, pear or bunch of grapes, for col
lectfg the sums heat, may produce early
and diaore perfect ripening. ee4
FsdD VARrErY.-Carrots, turnips and
refufepotatoss make very agreeable and
health variation of diet for horses, hogs.
cow, sheep and even poultry. Every far
mera!houh endeavor to have such variety,
following nature who multiplied food ar
ticle4s for that very purpose. Animals do
not hrlve on one or two articles no more
thar does man. Even the grasses are
giveh in immense variety and single an
imaps may feed with advantage on the
whole Of the p,.
L1ND PLASTER OR GYPSUM is sulphate
of liAe. One hundred pounds of common
gyp4im consists of 48 pounds of sulphu-
ric a1id, as pounds Of lime and 2f pounds
of water II is ground fine and thus ap-
pliec TO land or crops. When it is heated
to resiness the water is driven off and the
residue is easily reduced to . very fine
powder, and is known as the plaster of
paris used by masops. The theory of the
benefcisl action Of land plaster upon
crops has long been and still is . subject of
dispute. That it supplies lime and sui
phurse acid to plants to some extent is
probably true, but it is now generally ad-
mittsa, we believe, that gypsum is chief
ly useful by its power of solidifying and
retaining the ammoniacal gases Of the
eartEs and air. For wheat and corn it has
not proved satisfactory, but on clover,
sanfdin and luguminous plants generally
its useful effects are not Questioned
Raifle Farmer.
M QUEsnoN ABOUT THAT. About
whatp Why, that" food makes the man,
Sure enough, there is no question about
that j food also makes the animal. If
you rant a inilk-sop of boy, feed him
duriI all bis boyhood on milk and hon.
iny, lrjce oripotatoes; and if you want
him &b be . New Zealsnder or FiiiIn-
dian; feed him on meat Do not the
fiercd lcarniverous animals live on flesh
Man Possesses all their natures combined.
becasie he eats all the known foods while
they Hat butia few Does anybody sx-
pect wire-grass colt ever to be . fine
bloodbd nag2 How are you raising that
beauslful little girl of yours-we mean,
how Ire you feeding hers On peas, po-
tatod corn-dodgers, fried bacon and tur-
nip 4eens 2 Then You don't want her to
grov1np beautiful.
So'RaHUM- BUcKwaEAT.--An advocate
OF fIsofghum says, not one person in . mil
lion buld tell the flour made from sor-
ghu1 seed from that made from buck
wheaA and that the former makes blamed
slghfbetterl griddle cakes. because they
don' give b fellow an iusatiable desire
to Vi er out the back OF. his shirt against
the eite post.
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