The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-08-07
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manufacturers, law vers, &c., NC, get II ::
Gold, silver aud diamonds, iron, coppGT,
lead, &c, come from the mines, but they
would not be worth q cent without me$t
and bread to back them The fact is, tie
whole fabric of wealth, prosperity anal
happiness is based on meat and breasl,
and these come only from the farmer. Re
verse the fool apothcgm and it will colt.e
lit arer the truth All that is made, comes
from farming Ii the farmer fails
to get the benefit of his labor, that is hi7
lookout, and shows that there are sharper
people in the world than the farmers.
| MANURIN,; ORcHARps.-Dr Nichols, ot
the Jourual Of Chemistry, in Il recent lee
tnre, promising that nitrogcnous manur'-
are not required i'll orchards to any CON
siderable extent, the soil supplying
enough, recommended potash as the most
important element in securing a flourish
ing condition OF fruits That both tsit
potash, and he thought wood asi,,o
and bone The best while ne thought Grr
man kainit poisonous to soils. The D&c-
tor is right in the main about potash, anG
he ought to know that ashes and bo;it
dust cannot be furnished in >utiicicnt
quantity, ana he ought u look little
further into the kaint question
Hoes IN THE SOUTH This is the. w4v
Mr.. }. II. Moore, OF Arkansas. raises hogs
III the SOUTH and finds it more proiitall.
than cotton: The same labor that Will
make and gather six bales Of cotton vii
raise corn, peas, oats, and sorghum l."
feed fifty hogs, worth nOW each one r.
much clear money As can be got for ..
bale ot cotton. And [ find from inquiry
that the easiest way 10 handle hogs is To-
SOW a crop Of winter oats, wheat, and rye.
upon which the spring pigs can feed wher
ripe, then an early crop of >orghum-thi
Will keep them until the early peas are
ready to turn on-then a later crop OF
peas. BY this time corn will be ready
to feed, upon which they can be fed for
ten or fifteen days when they will be
ready to kill.
TnIsrLE>.- Much j. said about the
Canada . thistle up North, but down
| here We have the Scotch " thistle. both.
| doubtless about equally well entitled t.
their names aud regulations. Ours prob,
| ably never saw Scotland al,l theirs never
! emmigratcl from Canada. bat and i0.ii.,
genous to the soil al.d closely akin to the:
ms A"o"" ''ir,~. ""' ''"to'' "'v..l'
comes to stay As we'll aN It's canada rc!a i;
tive and spreads both from the root and
from the seeds, winch fly away oil the.
wings OF the "nd to establish Il new col
ony N some rich fence-corner, or under:
the "eil-to-do hedge, or finally, on some:
mellow HOVER bed, Uh'itr the unbra-*
geous shelter OF " gracefully bendIngt
| >Pirear, tiourishlnS roch-ro>e, or spread;
ing honeySucAle, but 1t can t stand alka.:s
ilcS very "ei'' ana VIII disappear IL thcst
are several 'llileS repeated j..
NE N"NfN DAM 1t l. not, 'hr
'n'"'''. ,'"P 'I0"''' 'e 'oiis'ueie" 'h's
i"iiiei otnA' II WIZ never :" pacN "'t
MN never suspend payment or diH"
count It's oiliS' 9uch an institution sho"lt
oe eS'ii'aleo "' us Nai"e III Is MIL:
'ilat VIII 40 10 work. anu can be WORKED
"i'ho"t lear oi exhaustion. Nature h@S
maze lneNhaoStioie materials Tor thIS
oaiA anu al 'he farmer mas TO do Is t@
S"Cher 'heh up ana make the deposits.
1EN"AN idcE'-ln the Mobile HegtSt'r
lfol. d. l. STEELE covered page with ceg
tlhcates OF the exceliencles OF the rica
nlShoP Marvin was SAID to have hr"ashteii
Win hi'n from 'he EasI. IL seems u ds
wen Us all upiand rice, more prohtablt'
ana whittier than our varieties, though ths
Professor says nothing about Its super
ority as lood' II 1t Is as good as rePr'
sented by those who tested 1t Prof. StelG4
dld a good work in distributing thrt I
bushels Of his own raising broadcaH3
among the farmers :
PINE-APPLEs.-In answer to inquiries
about growing pine-apples the Flori,Hx
-iyF'c1't"Ttsf says prefers pine land 70
plant them on mulched with muck. The
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