The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-15

It should be, and contrary to natures
Teaching The birds of the air rear their
! young in <the old nest, and all the wild
:owls lingar there until young have gained
strength to undergo the fatigue of fight
or travel The young need to be hovered
and warmed by the parent, and furnished
with very scant rations for two or three
! davs. !
THERf are many INQUIRIES about the
value of salt as fertilizer. Properlv
speaking salt is rarely Of any use as fer
tlizer proper. The elements Of which it
IL composed are found in most soils in
sufficient amounts for all except for such
| plants IA asparagus, whose natural home
- by the seaside. But salt is found in
practice to have much more value than
would b@ supposed. It's effect is best on
lands rich in vegetable matter, which the
salt, in t he small amounts usually applied,
helps to decompose. In larger quantities
salt is preservatiye from decomposition
but no farmer would think of applying
enough TO put his farm in pickle.
Mr.. A. J. DOWNING says: "The straw.
berry is, perhaps, the most wholesome of
all fruits, being very easy of digestion
and neys;r growing acid by fermentation,
as most ather fruit does. The oft1uoted
Instance; Of the great Linn@us curing
h;mself If gout by taking freely of straw
t@rrles-:a proof of its great wholesome
H''SS-ls 20 ivttor IS .~nAit which this
tempting fruit has long enjoyed. Ripe,
Flushing: strawberries, eaten fresh from
the vine,: or served with sugar and cream,
are certainly Arcadian dainties, with a
t,ue par.1isiacal flavor, and fortunately
they are so easily grown that the poorest
oavner Of few feet of ground may have
tnem in abundance"
The complete shading of the soil rap
iaiy enrihhes it, even without the applica-
t.on Of manure. 1t may be that shading
causes a deposit of nitrogen from the air;
but be That as it may, every farmer
bnows that wherever a stack of hay or
straw has stood for several months the
ground underneath is not only. enriched
but grows much darker in color. ANY
taae may try an experiment, as follows:
Select tsse poorest spot of ground on the
fsrm, anl lay over a strip of any length,
blt yard wide, few inches of straw,
&hd cover with board, or, if preferred,
i3y only:a board on the ground. If the
place is then seeded to something the dit
ference in growth between that portion
shaded and that not shaded will be very
marked
: MIxEIs FARMING.-This means variety
Q! crops with hogs, cows, horses and
lamltry. Intelligent farmers gradually
mix farming as they observe its advanta-
.es, and: are generally the most thrifty.
s|here tie lands are properly fertilized,
Hividetl ':ff and good pastures maintained,
sfe rcvqn que i'll the owners pocket from
bus cattF<. often exceeds the other pro-
.;sicts OF the farm, and render the business
/ huch more interesting. To these he will
+f*o notwithstanding because he discovers
ii. to be another important source of rev.
erue, AMI necessary to the health of his
tamily. I'm fact he delights in putting
tie climh.e and soil to the test of their
highest capacity.
9SQUAsti BUGs.-Pine-tar water is said
70 be eaectual against the squash and
T!elon bags, some varieties of beetles and
many lice and other insects of the vege-
table garden. An old tar barrel with q
few qua}ts of tar left at the bottom may
! b.' tiledIwith water to stand few days.
Sprinklei well occasionally. Coal tar will
aaswer, :but pine tar is considered the
hest
PLANfING JurE. The agricultural ed
i.or OF Che New Orleans Picayune re-
! Gently took trip among the farmers OF
trts sectipn to see what they were doing.
/ of jute :he writes awe lately visited
the Mer}elas plantation, near Brookhaven,
! Miss, and learned from Mr.. Menelas'
hrothor :and nephew that they intend to
/ plant fifty acres of jute this season, and
! carry it:tbrough every stage between the
| growing crop and the warehouse, cutting
ahd passing it through the mill green in
tae field, water-rottiRg the fibre in pond
OF tank, drying, baling, complet. for the
! market: Captain Stone, of Stoneville,
/ Mss, and Mr.. w. A. Pollock, of Green
vile, prnpose to plant 100 acres of jute.
i Several .jute machines will be tested next
i sammer and fall in competition with Mr..
7. Albee: Smiths. The inventors and the
fsrmers appear to be in earnest in regard
- the jhte business, and with men like
Ar. Menelas, Major Wall, Captain Stone
| and 9th ers to press on and guide the
I naovement we may reasonably hope for
| good results"
! How MANY ONIoNs.-In the prize ee-
says published by d. Landreth q Sons,
il is stated that $50 bushels of onions per
xcre frcr the seed, is considered . fair
average: in some sections, but how far
these figures may be exceeded under IA
vprable conditions the following extract
/ from the first prize essay, dated at Pleas