The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-03-13

are very apt TO do mischief, even with great
care to do the right thing. Air and moisture
arc as essential a. the soil the plants are 70 grow
in. Bni both these may Be used 10 destroy the
teuder plants The hest from the feFmentiag
manure In the hct-bed will destroy the plants if
the air h, not let In properly, though that heat
was necessary 10 promote gcrmtnation. But
now the plants are above ground that under
heat ought 10 modify, which should have
been considered in determining the quantity Of
manure used in the bed The ann heat also
comes in for consideration and b equally neces-
saFy and destructive, hence the necessity OF air
to drive away the surplus heat Thcse arc aided
BY moisture, and the whole are tempercd To-
geiher Sprinkle the surface ~ offen ~ II ap-
pears to be dry, but slightly lest too mach water
proper condition.
How TO BUnD--Tbe way to build up your
own home Interests is to work for everybody else
a. well a. yoarself-this puts everybody else 10
working for you. and 20. you see. you have help.
Put your house and farm In thorough order, but
don't neglect your neighbors. Perhaps you can
do them good little service-doit II BY all means
-don't put it of, you may lose the opportunity.
But to prosper, you must have q good market
and now you look to your town. There is mcre
work. big work. Build up your town II pds
sible Your thrift reputation and consequence
abroad will depend 10 large measure upon thai,
A thorough, gs-ahead town. full OF intelligent.
enterprissng, noble hearted people, is power
anywhere. When you 60 abroad it will do yoh
good to be congratulated upon the enlightened
energy and influence your town has impressed
upon other communities, and TO feel that yon
were one of the spirits who did that work. :l
BURNING THE WOODS. Many do this to giyty;
new grass 10 q few poor cows, and the poor olf
cows nearly starve before the new grass comes.
They would have Jared better browsing IN titei
rough woods on the buds of the undergrowtik;
destroyed by the fire. Besides this, burning The:
woods checks natures process Of fertilizng The
lands with decaying vegetable matter. Whieb
of you cannot point out a tract of pine land aF
poor to-day as it was twenty years ago, merely
because it was burnt over every year for ttit
cows" But that poor lot you fenced and prta-
tected from fire has become hammock land, now,
covered with oak, hickory, dog wood, ash. sassa
fras, cherry, &c, &C., and though you paid pit !:
haps from $25 to $500 for the lot you now ask:
from $500 to IS 1000 for the same. Did it pay II:
take care of that landp =,
The complete immigration statistics for Chi.
year 1882, published by the Treasury DepaFt;
ment quite recently, show the total immigratEon:
for the year 10 have been rs, ,542 This is mag
ni6cent showing, but the increase over 1881 f.
only per cent. OF the whole number Of as;!E
rivals, New York received Az, ,93S, or considefS:
ably more than one-half. Three times as maiIs
came from Germany as from any other count II:
THE REAL BoND-The North and SoStafs
never could like each other until each found aut.
that it would pay to be friendly. Politics ers-!
ated jealousy and kept up mutual hatred for:
forty years. But now the North has found dSi.
that the South is the richest country in she:
world, and the latter has discovered that 1aIh:
iv"'.- :" -. market This has brougiiS
about reai UNION 'nat contipue Il, vrosy 81
III tney VIII DC 80 knit tcgrffscr y
more reconstruction" All over the SnetSS
capital and labor from both sections are conceA-
trating and opening truck farms TO feed ihf,
mighty swell of population in the North. Ard:
that food tide OF human beings in a very tsF;
years more will burst over Mason and DixoSss'
line" and flow in this direction. Let the faitlai
ers be prepared for it. Get you a home wLse>
they are cheap--oruament. beautify and enr.eiEf
it. Let every passer-by say "'tis the home oS =,
true Southern gentleman" t3s
Tow CRoPs IN YEAR.-h is very imBsT
tani, says Daniel Bennett, that small farmers
having but little land and weak teams, sitle
help and short forage. 10 make the most that can
be made from their land in a single season. Rbs
minding them Of the necessity of feeding ven
the land that is TO make two crops, he continues
Plant an acre OF Irish potatoes early on &eis
land, and harvest crop OF 15o to 200 bushels III
June. Then SOW two bushels Of speckled UssS
and bushel Of corn on the same acre, and REF
$50 20 $50 worth Of forage In September or Ottps
Der. Sow IN acre ofspeckled peas in April, gasAss
the crop in June, and then SOW four bushels nd
the acre on the poorest land on the place, Md
plow the vines in. II win be Of equal value with
heavy dressing ofstable manure for the next cfsp.
Sow two bushels Of peas on IN acre of rich keis
early in April, harvest the crop in June. thed
SOW German millet, and harvest crop Of fnK9ge
II cut when in bloom, or forty to sixty bushe5sof
seed II cut when the seeds are ripe The iW4
crops will be worth $780, and win justify spttts.
ing $40 to go for fertilixess II . farsnef
has horse and a mich COW that be uisbs
es TO feed on green food In the summerltnt
with scythe daily, SOW half bushei IL
peas and peck Of corn 70 the quarter acre every
two weeks, four sowings. and nse the crop|Ioe
greensoiling when the peas are in bloom. al M
ter. twill save quantities OF corn or oats, and
prove healshfnl and aopEishing food M
Hu1fua 1T ID well said that the rial vaiae of
humus seems not to be underwood, or If unjfsfl
stood, not properly appreciated BY the avetitec
farmer in preparing his fertilisera Il Is III 3fes
siduum or remains Of decayed vegetable masscss
and may be called tho bass II III fertilisinx,uS
the farm. Without il lime Il worthless nv.
actually injurious. aud whatever else = pg:s III
the soil - fertilizer must nnd humus thsfl -.
fore any good result can Be expected. Ns$urs
furnishes Il through the yegetable ne,iom ,nn
wherever her richest lauds ~ found. thete Il
viii also Be found she has depuslted muati nj
mus TO enrich land, thersfbs iArqiers slsula
study how 70 creaie d 10 soil tie nloas hulsu
remembering that the mineral ieftiI1es MI u
increased on the land only ii proporsicn y tAe
quantity of humus 4 contains. r. VII; u.
OUR PMS I.kNrS AS esldence cf nhst III
pine lands II Douthesn CeotxiA and lG.&
Florida Nlhich ~ 1bont ihs sarDs in quali1S5 ~,
he Hawkthssills, O., No. iays III.
of thas c6dnty. ~ ye6f c4liitat1 Atly ii1si
On eighssn aeses n nalle Z i III q Nh
toni t1A I'm tyeniy- ~ sct "a =