The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-21

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upon which u practical operations Of hrming
depend Al an Nj. ID tells wAak - Do; a.
science, Il explains the reasons for what b done
CAzrALouPEa-The bess locality for these =
Q sunny hillside Of poor land. Cheek OF 81 o.
eight feet and use In the hills half spadeful Of
I good horse-lot or cow-pen manure, mixed Il Tie
SOIL The vines must not be too luxurinnt or
crank" There must be the least possible shade
about the fruit TO keep OF the worms Keep
the patch clean Of grass, and turn over the young
| csntaloupes II they begin 70 show sunbum. or
cover them with leaf or turf They may safely
be buried In the loose earth If you have time
They may be planted every two weeks until
May.
TENT CATxRPrLLARs-Everybo knows this
/ pest from the great lakes TO the Gulf Of Mexico
| They delight 10 spread their white tents in our
Southern persimmon, crap-appIe, plum. peach
and apple trees but in default Of these viii take
| anything else except the pine and cedar TAis
is now the very season they begin 70 appear
If their eggs have escaped you watch for the first
| appearance Of the little white webb, which will
be as large as your observation-disclosures in few
days. Go for them with fire and corn-shucks on
| pole, If out Of reach of the hand.
IRON or steel immersed in q solution Of car
| Donate OF potash or soda for few minutes, viii
not rust for years. not even when exposed 20
| damp atmosphere
Moss RosEs-NothiBg Is thought to equal the
exquisite half opening Of the moss-rose. on its
native moss-fringed stem They are all hardy
in the South, but need half shady situation in
deep, rich soil. If planted under q tree, the
roots Of the tree must not be permitted 10 enter
the soil designed for the rose This may bepre-
vented by spading deep around the outer circle
of the bed first made for the rose
BEES IN FONDA" The Land Of Flowers"
is the home of bees There is no great labor in
Bookkeeping, and less in Florida than in any
other spot in North America II is work of
both profit and pleasure, that may be success
| fully pursued by women. In the sunny land of
| flowers, they neither freeze up in winter nor
have to be fed. Florida can produce the cheapest
and best honey in the United States
Coop BUTTER-"Gilt-edge is not more from
color than from the conditions of good butter.
1t is firm with little working. tenacious and
waxy, capable of being drawn out to considera-
BILE length without breaking. In this State il Is
easily moulded. and has a rich nutty flavor.
JERSEY Cowa-These are the best mixers
known-by far the best of the fine breeds for the
South Yellow crumpled horns tipped with
black are distinguishing marks Of first choice
SCRUB 6TOCK.-Can you afford 10 keep scrub
stockf OF course not, when they cost you just
as much as fine stock would. But you have the
scrubs already and no money to buy better All.
that Is the trouble. Well now here is the way
out of that. Sell all the scrubs and invest in a
few good animals-if not in full blOods, then in
high grades until you can climb higher. 1t viii
surely pay the best
CLEANING Foul SrovE-PREs-An exchange
says that piece of zinc placed upon the live
Goals in q hot stove will effectuaily clean out
stove-pipe, the vapor produced carrying OF the
SCOT by chemical decomposition. While we
doubt its efficacy, we give the remedy for what
IL is worth.
NEARLY or quite ten millions of dollars are in
vested in orange culture in the State Of Florida
total annual consumption of this fruit in the
United States.
FARMERS are often at q loss how TO clean an
old pork barrel, making it fresh and sweet. We
have seen the following plan recommended: 1t
is simply to I'LL the tainted cask or barrel with
fresh earth; let il stand q couple Of days, when
this should be emptied and more earth put in
After two or three days empty this out, and 10
make assurance doubly sure, invert The barrel
and burn under it some bits of cloth saturated
with solutions of sulphur or birthstone.
PRUNMG.-Fruit and ornamental trees to be
trained, must have the pruning commence when
they are young. and followed up every year
Then there will be no large arms TO take of and
no unsightly scars They can be made to take
the very identical graceful repose and symmetry
you desire. Don't you know, as the twig is
bent the trees inclinedf
TuRKRYa-h is not well to commence breed
ing from one year old turkeys. They are not
grown until two years old, and gobblers grow
three or four years That is the reason you fail
now to see the enormously big, Eat and long
bearded old gobblers of long ago. We devour
them now before they get grown
JADRD HoRsE.-If your horse has had hard |
drive and is jaded and covered with sweat, don't
leave him to cool of in the cold wind Put him |
in good stable out of the wind or else rub him |
until he is dry. An old piece of bagging IS good |
for the purpose. Such neglect and exposure has |
cost the life of many 9 valuable horse.
HIN houses are not, usually, cheerful places /
to work in in hot weather, so the wise owner |
will prepare for hot weather by cleaning house
thoroughly before it comes. Whitewash makes /
q hennery smell sweet, but nothing is so sure to /
make il disagreeable to lice as kerosene. II used
frequently in Winter or Spring. and up to the |
time when hot weather begins, very little viii be
needed afterwards. But work enough to keep q |
house free of fermenting filth should be done in |
all weathers.
Stove BLACKING.-The most lasting polish is |
obtained by first brushing the stove with /
syrupy mixture of lampblack and soluble glass,
and letting it dry for tweniy-four hours Then /
apply q syrupy mixture Of black-lead and muci- |
lsge, and polish by brushing before the last coat
dries.
THE HoUDANs-The Houdan fowls resulted /
from q cross between the English Dorking, q |
large aeshed, sluggish, poor layer, and the White
Polish small delicate friskv good LAYERS The L