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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-28
VIII yegetabIs o1lture Pay in

Editor of The Fsoridd .lturist.
For numbef d years we have
advocated the advantages to be de-
rived from raisitg Vegetables both
for home .consdmpiion and for the
Northern markdis not only as a
source of revenno to the planter
while making his grove, but as per-
manent occupation.
| The list of profitable varieties
which can be gro7En here is very
long, aud we viii only draw your
attention to few<cf the most i'm.
portant which we know ca&. be raised
at profit, provided one hS>s land
which has Deen sgbdued, an6<pses
the right Kind OF fertilizer:
Snap Beans. w plant during the,
month of February. in drills about
twenty inches apart using one and a
half bushels of seed to the acre. For
fertilizer we use super. phosphate,
and have picked and Shipped during
April and May, at the rate OF one
hundred bushels to the acre, netting
$500. The same lam was then plow.
ed and planted I'd sweet potatoes,
yielding at the rate a. IT'S bushels.
Sweet potatoes were os the Naase-
mond variety, and o8 be raised and
shipped North, (if q 1sS, fhen dry,)
at fair profit per ~
Tomatoes-We s {. raised by
planting seed durih sember and
January. OF the Ac6e I; ie plants set
in the open ground 5Ielarch, which
would fruit during y, June and
July. The earlier ii angs bringing
from 1925 to SO. 90 ii 7crate, net.
ss,,sssss s -, e
: $. { ? ,l,, k,1,yacf laroe
SUrsg c,,a nt;.,es .ss u cncnm i, II raised and
ssb;nnad ! d,,ri,,g ne arlv season.
,nhidh SJaIES hora no,a ralI khnf onr hest
W.. ma,SI has nato toap ,t 10, &c isb Potatoes
,b ,nbiob Nc hove rs;sad AZ the rate Of
ooo h,shels - tho acre Iapd sold for
90 M hnshaI net TbeAa we nlant,
ed dnr;nr the aarlu nart bf January.
Int bays had oood rdturns from
nlant;nos 40 late a AnriI Our plan
If nlani;ng i "a thorJughly plow
and harrow the oropndl and furrow
:, ont three taet anart1 Fertilize-
ns;na Forrester,s notalb at the rate
of eno bolf Ton ,a tha kcra or one
barral of tar,;Iizer to one barrel of
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-28
Cuba Tobacco.

S. in Gadsden Herald.
| notice in the last issue of your
paper a request that some one would
furnish an article on the culture OF
Cuba tobacco. Now, while l feel
incompetent to write very inter-
esting article, at the same time I
have several years. experience in
the culture of Cuba tobacco, and
may be able to give some informa-
tion to those of your readers wish
ing to engage In its culture, and it
may further excite the interest of
others more competent to furnish the
article desired.
Gadsden county is particularly
noted for the successful production
of tobacco. l believe that j itls the
general impression that nos better
tobacco can be raised In the South
than in Gadsden county as regards
quality and quantity.
For several years Immediately be~
fore the war, what was then known
as the Florida leaf, was very exten>
sively raised in this county, its pro-
portionate value was then greater
tue war It's Cost 81 pfodnofioa 50
acre on account Of the care required
in its culture, and the inefficient labor
it was entirely abandoned.
A LEADING INDUSTRY.
But now with all the obstacles in
the way, the culture of Cuba tobacs
co can and will be a leading industry
in this county, for several reasons.
The necessary outlay in houses is
not SO great, owing to its being
smaller plant than the old Florida
Leaf, and the product per acre being
much less though proportionately of
greater value. Another reason is
that any of our cleared lands, with
proper fertilizers will make good
crop of saleable tobacco. The man.
ufacturers want it mostly for filters,
the dark, heavy leaf being more priz-
ed on account of it's flavor which is
the desideratam in a good cigar.
At the same time it pays better on
fresh lands, if properly manured.
My own experience is that it don't
pay on any land without fertilizers.
MODE OF CULTURE.
My mode of management in the
culture of Cuba tobacco is nearly as
| follows Burn off the beds as soon
as the ground is free from ice, having
previously selected location (moist
but not sobbedl, upon which a lot OF
brush and logs have been piled.
Burn it on the bed to warm the land,
and destroy the seed of weed and
1 insects. The ground is then dug up
fine, the roots and turfs raked out
and the seeds sown broadcast, trod-
den down compactly, in order that
the seeds, which are small, may come
closely in contact with the earth
| When the plants are about the size
of silver dollar they are transplant'
ed in rows about three feet apart
and from two to three feet apart il
the drill. The ground is then kept
well hoed and pIowed. The frs
enemy, then, is the bud worm, whict
| if not at once taken off will greatl!
ipiure the whole stock. The mex
is the green worm, which will follow
up it's depredations even alter the to
bacco is cured in the barn. Whe
the blossoms begin to appear the
should be piuched off and all tn
suckers broken as fast as they appeal
l never prime Cuba tobacco, but 8
soon as it natures cut the Who'll
plant, and let it remain on th
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-28

Most of these nuts went to Eng
land as dnnpSge or packing between
sugar hogsneads, and lately as top
cargoes in vessels carrying asphalt.
They are shipped as entire nuts, the
husks being utilized in the manufac-
ture of fibres for upholstering Mats
tresses mauS ~ith cocoanut fibres in
stead of horse-halI and cotton do not
harbor vermin These mattresses
formerly brought higher prices than
those made of horse hair, but since
large quantities of cocoanut fibres
have been produced prices have fal-
len. AS no cocoanut fibre works are
vet established in the United States,
very few nuts, (ess than 500, ,00OJl
1..:,s from Trlnidad ta,lA e,N.l
YorlS and Fhiiadeipfita' suu ~ piie
shippers who have sent entire nuts
from that island in the early part OF
the present year have lost money
The husking of cocoanuts is done
there at from 81 to $l.2O per 1000,
while the Trinidad exporters were
CHARGED in New York SO per 900.
No entire nuts, on this account, will
henceforth be sent by them to the
United States. The correspondent
saws "There are still thousands OF
cocoanuts rotting on the east coast
of Trinidad for want of shipping.
They sell there at from So to $40 per
1000. Husking there costs Sl.2O. so
that the entire cost to the buyer
does not exceed $l2 per 1000. Cap
tains of small schooners (say of 100
to 100 register) could bring Ameri-
can provisions to Port Of Spain, and
then start for the east coast, fill their
vessels with 10000 or 100000 peal.
ed nuts, return to Port of Spain, and
clear out for the United States.
They could save the price of drough-
ing 3trom Sc to 81 per thousand,) and
the transhipment from the island
droughers to ships in Port of Spain.
Vessels under every flag can load at
any port of the Island for an outward
port. OF late years several new
locals have been started IN Trinidad.
The trees are planted in squares OF
from twenty>four to tbirty>three feet.
Experience shows that the greater
distance is preferable, and that forty
trees per acre yield as much as sixty
trees planted on the same space. 10
oct a revenue from a local takes at
least twelve years from the time OF
planting. Some trees begin TO bear
at seven years, when the expenses OF
keeping the land clean diminish
from the tweltth;year the net income
over expense increases up 10 the
twenty~fitth year, then it remains
about stationary for about twenty-five
years, when the yield begins to di-
minish. The average on a planta-
tion or local lot from 5000 to 2O,OOC
trees) in full bearing can be stated at
eighty nuts per tree per annum
Cocoanut trees are liable to blight
and also destruction by lightning
To keep up plantation young trees
have to be supplied continually, but
it can safely be calculated that one,
half of the crop pays for all expen
ses. In Port of Spain entire cocoa
nuts sell at from eighteen to twenty
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-28
A California Tree.

There was recently felled in Sono.
ma county, California, tree which
cut up as follows. The Petulama
ArgoSs says that the details can be
relied upon, The standing height
of the tree was 247 feet, and its
diameter near the ground was IA feet.
In falling the top was broken off 200
feet distant from the stump, and up
to the point of breaking the tree was
perfectly sound. From the tree saw
logs were cut of the following lengths
and diameters 1st, IA feet long, 8
feet diameter I'd, IL feet long, 8
feet diameter; Sd, IL feet long, Z
feet inches diameter 4th, IA feet
long, 7-.feet 6 inches diameter; 5th,
16 feet long, Z feet diameter F.; 9th 16
feet long, 6 feet 10 inches diameter;
7th, 16 feet long, 6 feet 6 inches di-
ameter; 9th 16 feet long, 6 feet A
inches diameter 9th, 16.:ieet long, 6
feet 8 inches diameter; 10th, 16
feet long, 6 feet diameter; 11th, II
feet long, feet 10 inches diameter !;
18th, 18 feet long, feet 6 inches di.
ameter. 1t will thus be seen that
180 feet OF this remarkable tree was
converted into saw-logs.
Il
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-28

A Philadelphia paper denies that
William Penn sold rum TO the In
dians. It was brandy William sold
them; the denial should.have wide
circnlation.-No7TiStosC7s Herald
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08
Local News.

Mrs. Lottie Fletcher. Mrs. James Nor
ton and Mrs. ID. w. Adams are reported
on the sick list.
The district stewards of the Burling-
ton district will meet in the NJ. f..
Church of Rutland on Tuesday, June II.
The ministers of the Burlington dis
trict will hold a preachers'mecting in the
NJ. T.. Church of Rutland OH June II and
13.
Mr.. +. W. Fletcher. it is understood.
is to occupy the old Fletcher homestead
in Bridport and carry on the farm next
season.
Mr.. NJ. ID. Brooks, the Boston mana
ger of the Cutter Marble company, is il
town. lie arrived from Boston Wednes
day afternoon.
There will be an eXecutive-committeC
meeting of the w. G.. Il. L., at Mrs
Clinton Smiths, on Saturday afternoon
at three o'clock.
Mr.. j. Il. Newell, who was graduated
from this college about 1876, has gonc
into journalism. His paper is the Cedar
vile (Kansas) Telephone, and the frs
issue bears date of May II.
Mrs. Knowles of Boston, and not Mrs
King, as stated, is the soprano engaged
by the senior class of the college to sin.
at their concert on Wednesday evening
of commencement week.
The McGibeny family, who appeared
at Academy hall on Friday evening last
gave IA very satisfactory entertainment
The audience was large and accorde,
frequent applause to the performers,
MI. T.. Kendall of Middlebury sheare,
his two-year-old Atwood ram, Rancho,
the other day, taking off "A fleece tina
weighed 30 pounds and two ounces.
was of II days over II years growth.
Two lake trout of extraordinary siz
were captured in Lake Dunmore, las
Saturday, by j. Hitchcock and Il. kelse.
of Salisbury. One fish weighed sevel
pounds II on. and the other nine pound
IL OF.
A game of base ball was played on tn
college grounds, last Saturday afternoon
between a club from East Middlebur
and a nine belonging in the village, tn
result of which was that the village boy
got badly beaten, the score standing 3
to IL. This makes The second victor
for the East Middlebury nine over thei
village opponents this season.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08
Graded. SchOoi-ClOsing Exercises.

The following is the programme of the
closing exercises of the Graded school
on Wednesday afternoon, June 10:
Music Polonaise Eb Minor. chopin
Miss Hattie Bond.
Melvina Trudcau.
What | Love Best,
George Shea, Nellie Daniels, Payson Doug
las. Flora Cl,rk, Willie Hayes
dettc, Gcrtie Ladue.
BERTHE Marshall, Viola Brainerd, Josie Peck,
Bertha Adams, Nickie Powers. Flora
Lovett, Charlie Monroe.
Ernest Bird, Charlie Steele. Locke seely,
Allie Calhoun, Parker Williamson.
Music Thou art like a Flower, UouenhduPt
Miss Emma Hamlin'
In the Summer Time,
Bertha Brainerd.
Puzzled,
Earl Cushman.
The Two Portals,
Lena Smith.
Neutrality-suspicious. TO the Old Oak Tree
overcome Morning." Ogenbdch
The Game of Life,
Howard Dorsey.
Art is Pitiless,
Mamie Stow,
The Lepcr,
Edna Brown.
Music-Lovely May,
Antiphonal Chorus.
Norbert EelS.
The Children's Prayer,
Carrie Steele.
King John of Canterbury,
Fannie Knapp.
Music Part song-'PushO on the Boat" Hayden
Evening Song, .Schumann
Misses Dorsey, Ford, Alice and Emma IIamlin.
Caesar and Columbus,
John Fletcher.
Revenge of Hamish,
. Ford Langworthy.
Music-Piano solo,
Miss Sutton.
Magnanimity to the South,
George Knapp.
The Soldiers Monument,
Dennis McHugh.
Music-Song,
Miss Topper.
The Last Hours of the Rebellion,
Horace Tracy.
Muscles Courriers, r.. Ritter
Miss Powers.
Cicero,
George Wales.
Music-Life on the Ocean Wave Henry Russell
Mrs. F0ote.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08
Local Notices.

Silver ware at Wales
Ice cream at Manney's-
All binds Of toho.oo ,t Monnav,s
Milk pans Zoe and upwards. nj Wales,
Iounrs OK ,arts ror dovar % Mornav,s
n"n ~ por '' "' DNn' %,
CnS,a'o"ei' I'll" I" ""' IN
~" ,
DO not 1ml 10 see wha' Dodge mas Ior cur
"'aoi
canvas SHOES ior men, boys anu youths
AT Sheldon " COS.
Those in need OF II basket can buy al
cost NJ "A. calhoun :.
A large stock of ladies' button Newports.
ties and slippers, at Beckwith n Co.'S
Everything found at a first class drug
store for sale at the Case Il Rider store.
Corr or,d;,o4or worr,n+od euro anna
for onIa ~ ,ho oId Go e. R,dor dr,g stnre
g. Mon.hau,a fna.h a4a,L ~ b,nL hooLa
onJ s1adion"rY A hia liz -, amualoves
Wv 9'"'o', "t ~ o"'''oP'9'
To IET-,Fair-sized dwelling house in
sJRPii ntnn 'No0"' Apply !"
Buy the best OH stove made-.the ADAMS
~ Westlake NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sale 10y
Earl ~ Barnum.
A line lot OF center tables, marble, cloth
ana wood tops. at Chapman's. Gail ana see
Swlney VIII show you.
The New York Life Insurance company
had cash assets of over fifty million dol.
lars. January ]. 1883.
w Goo osso 81 no,u,or,s
lou W. hna" 81 iad;as, WSnnrt, aud
sII;"r,ers of Shaldon o. ""'" "''
SippeI'' U.S.
ii. b. Dodge can sell you the Buckey,e
an3tt"tenji aun,aR BE Seapet' nu',aru vi "'"-
Sc. 'e'"e VI DAY H'a'e VI i"Ne,
WANTED-A girl to do. general house
work, IN tins village. STEADY work and fan
pay VIII be gwen. M. V. b. BRONSON.
Purchasers of boots and shoes will find
it for their interest TO examine the stock of
Beckwith X Co. before making their pur-
chases.
See the adv. of the New York Life
Insurance ompan in another column
one of the oldest. strongest and safest life
companies in the world.
now stock If Iapooa,s nrenared cline
mt M IN IN cans raadvv fdmr nSa nv 4
and you will not be without it.
EARL g. BARNUM.
We still cont;nua to INV On to 32c for fine
and edinm nnwasbad wool Rece;ved
on MONDAYS nj EarI & Rsrnum's. on SAT.
nrdays nj +. Everest's in V-erpennes.
II r.. TwITGTrII& Son
-.
Joe Lahock wants 10 puy poultry at M
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08

fortunate that himself and his team es-
capped so well.
A new timetable took effect last Mon
day. 1t was not received sufficiently
early last week, however, to be noticed in
our last edition. The time of trains at
Middlebury station is given at the head
of this column. The passenger train for
the north, leaving here at s :05 a.. m,
reaches Burlington at Q 80; and return
ing leaves Burlington at 3 20, thus giving
considerable time in the city. The express
south passing here at IL ~ a. m. stops at
coming from north of Burlington; and
the same rule applies to the evening
train south and the 8 20 p. IN. express
north.
Wednesday afternoon an individual.
who was evidently very heavily loaded
with rot-gut. was the observed of all
Observers in Middlebury. He drove
through the streets of the village for
some time and came near tipping over,
and running into other teams several
times. but. with the assistance of the
toper's luck, escaped all danger. Final
ly his coat caught fire in some way and
a big swath was burned out of it before
he succeeded in putting out the fire,
which he at last accomplished with the
help of a friend. 1t is said that this
enterprising individual belongs in Crown
Point, N. Y, and at any rate he is Il
stranger in Middlebury.
The fair and festival which was held
under the auspices of the ladies of the
Catholic church of Middlebury came to
an end last Thursday night, having been
thoroughly successful in every particu-
lar. The weather for the first two nights
was quite unfavorable. but in spite of
that large numbers of our citizens attend
ed each evening, and all denominations
were we'll represented. Music of a very
acceptable kind was furnished by our
new band, which has already become a
credit to the town. Dialogues, tableauX,
etc. were rendered every evening. and
the young people who took part in them
are to be congratulated on the excellent
way in which they played their parts.
Several valuable and handsome articles
were drawn, among which may be men
toned a china tea set, drawn by Samuel
f. Meekin; an easy chair. drawn by DR..
W. III. Sheldon, and the most valuable
of all, the black-walnut marble-trimmed
chamber suit. drawn by Thomas
Mcclure. The intention now is to de-
vote the proceeds of the fair, which will
reach SING little sum, to making some
! needed repairs upon the church ediice.
The Florida agriculturist., 1883-04-11

/. IS ,-,ro l;ict Hnat i ~ n6autiia ST. 9
for a town, and prdsto Changed it is
transformed. First began the erec-
tion OF a large saw>lnsll, and naturally
cottages for the workhands followed.
Settlers began to your in. The cot~
tages were soon filed. Others had
to be built. Fhea to supply the rap
idly growing iitswn, Mr.. Warner
erected fine stcfre. For weeks be-
fore it was opeudl, we heard OF moth
ing else. We feasted, in imagination,
while listening t. tho accounts of the
stock of groceries constantly arriving,
and when the grand opening day
came, no one was disappointed. Ev>
erything was on mammoth scale.
But alasl for human hopes. In a few
days the news flew through the coun
try that Warner had burned out, and
everything was lost. 1t was only too
true. The store and wharf on which
it stood had burned to the waters
edge. Things uninjured by the fire
were destroyed by the water into
which they dropped. A new engine
desUined for the saw.mill, and which
was in the warehouse, was also de.
stroyed. No insurance. But fearful
as the loss was, Palma Sola never
tlinched. Warburton Warner does
not know the meaning Of the word
fail. In less than month new
stock arrived and was put into a
temporary building, Then, like the
tabled Phoenix, a new store rose from
the ashes of the old one. If possible,
better stock than the first one was
put into this new venture. So much
for the founding of the tiny city
'yclept Palma Sola. AS for location,
'like jewel on maiden's breast"
lies Palma Sola on the bank OF the
Manatee. Only two miles from the
mouth of the river, it is plainly to be
seen from Tampa Bay, and more
beautiful picture was never painted.
In the background, the "forest pri-
meval," the stately pine trees OF the
South. On a neck OF land extending
into the river is the mill. From the
mill an immense steamboat wharf
extends out into the river, and on
the end OF this wharf is the store,
postoffice and warehouse. Back of
the mill lies Palma Sola, collection
of pretty little cottages, some gothic,
Others simply box houses, so popular
in California and Florida. All are
The Florida agriculturist., 1883-04-11

diseases caused By excessive abuses
of the elements designed by a wise
Creator to benefitmnn
/ The incredulous may doubt-the
fool may scoff, yet the march of sci
ence is onward and Upward. tending
to the blessing Of mankind, and to
the amelloratlon Of Misery and dis>
ease.
He was a benefact6r of the human
race who discovered that, by the use
OF quinine. one sbsSla not be COM
PEELED to swallow Rlf pint of Pc.
ruvian bark to 4 Stke effect of a
five-grain dose of qlinine. And the
skill which COMPRISES the essence
of five pounds of beef finto one, is to
be, admired by all who do not think
the alimentary canah should be made
a sever for otfal. So this discovery
Of Prof HumistonsW prove. When
such men as the Professor of Chem.
istry in Yale, Prof Tgndall and ten
Others of equal celebrity attest the
value of this acguisition to hygienic
knowledge and comnercial advanta.
ges to our country ne may rest as>
sured that there il merit in it, and
that the world is teaGe benefited by
the discovery.
THoSsD, WRIGHT.
DeL01ad Eycs.l S
The Florida agriculturist., 1883-04-11

-1ls5S stSs< CT ( e,
blood will nullify the germs OF 2yyfmo-'
tic disease. Which one of the 1872
plants known to BE antiseptic and
good flesh preservers, we are not in
formed is used in this process; but
certain it is that it has thus far proved
successful.
At this feast. meats were used that
had been antiseptically treated. We
copy from the report OF
PROF. JOHNSON:
On January 81 eight joints and cuts of
beef. mutton, pork and veal, seven fowls
and birds, two white fish, one dozen cells
and one gallon of oysters had been treat
ed in his presence by Prof Humiston.
who had placed them in solutions In which
thew remained immersed for twenty-four
honrs. They were then hung up in his
laboratory, where they remained fully
exnosed to air and light for twentv-four
ho1rs. In one case a steak had been
barely dipped in the solution, and
then was wrapped in q towel saturated
with the same fuld. On the same DAY
samnles of cream and fresh milk had been
+reafed in the same way. The temnera-
tnre Of the room in which the meats had
heen kept varied from 80 to 120 degrees
Fahrenheit. The average would be about
so degrees. All the articles had remained
perfectly sound with the exception OF the
steak folded in towel and one of the
Joints of beef, which showed very slight
musty odOr. But this was instant Y re-
moved bv dipping again in the solution,
which restored the meat, and that meat
had been eaten here Tonight. so far as
the question of preservation OF freshness
was concerned. Prof. johnson conc udeal
:, -,,,cr H.of hn aNnariFnnnfS had been
to him perfectly satisfactory.
Prof. johnson was questioned OY Vafl-
ous gentlemen as to the effect of the mold
on the beef or other meat, and answered
that he could not see that, after being re-
moved. il affected the taste or quality in
the least.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Prof. Humiston then remarked that a
great advantage for families was their
ability to purchase a supply for week or
longer. Ex-Gov. Rice, OF Massachusetts,
had cut pieces from a quarter OF beef for
two weeks. and found the meat not mere
ly good, but perfectly luscious. The effect
of keeping the beef III warm atmosphere
was that the fibre became exceedingly
tender while it remained sweet and good,
Preservation by ice on the other hand did
not affect the quality of the beef. The
use of the antiseptic makes the beef III
every way more desireable, more tender,
more palatable, and he thought, too, more
nutritious, Though he would not advance
the latter rs n claim.
To question put by Mr.. Sperry as to
what the cost of the antiseptIc was. he
SAID that it would not exceed One-tenth
of a cent per pound for treating meats.
He felt asnred that the fact that the meat
was more moist and palatable made it
more healthful. Families could buy meat
by the carcass with the use of this pre-
Servative, and keep it in excellent order.
He had once treated a carcass in New
York abattoir, and used about 100 pounds