The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-12-24

Xmas Cards. cts to $500 at Fishers
! Drug Store
Those Christmas goods at the Star Store
are the things to buy.
Great reduction in prices on Xmas goods
at Excelsior Drug Store.
We told you So That the best ladies and
gents furnishing goods can be had at the
Star Store.
Weswill ship specimen boxes of oranges 10
any place in the United States at $3.50 per
box, but the parties ordering must pay the
freight.
Visit c. II. Stockton's and buy some of his
new canned goods California pears. peach
es, egg pums white cherries. etc, etc, for
Christmas.
A beautiful specimen of the Crab-Claw
Cactus, budded on the Night Blooming Ce-
reus, can be seen in full bloom at the prem
Uses of our editor.
Col. Geo. W. McLaurne Is selling some
valuable pieces of land and he always has
some. new man in his handsome vehicle,
showing the country.
Put specimen boxes of fruit to all parts of
the United States SO low that people may be
able to know what Florida orange is and
they will eat no other. Make q market for
thefuture.
We have been growing the pink and white
West Indian Sorrel in Florida for years until
So Mr.. George Butler of Orlando did not IN
troduce them.
W. w. Parce d Co. are agent for Listers
Standard Fertilizers. They invite COM
parison of groves in their charge with any
and all others. AZ
Clothing men and boys must have, and
they should examine the stock at the Star
Store before they purchase, as they can there
obtain a good bargain for cash.
Il M. On. a..
land, 10 acres hammock; 3acres ofhammock
cleared and about 100 orange trees set out
c. r. Stockton, Real Estate Agent.
GA. Dreka & Co. still represent Mess. J.
f. Tygert Il Co. in their popular Star Brand
Fertilizers. They ask fair trial of their
goods in competition with other brands; they
have invariably given universal satisfaction.
Mr.. c. r. Stockton has been doing some
valuable work for the place in disposing of
property to desirable parties. His success
in locating partiesis due to his fairness in
dealing with everyone.
Let every Northern man in the State of
Florida make up his mind to open new mar
kets in the State that he came from, for his
fruit, and he will not have TO put up with
the treatment that he is getting from agents.
Mr.. John Albright of this place purchased
some oranges from us last month and sent
them to his nephew in Minnesota. and al
him in good order and were pronounced de
licious and much superior to the so-called
Florida oranges that had been selling there.
The Tolono, Illinois, Herald says: ''The
/ FLORIDA AGRIcULTURIsT is model Southern
/ agricultural paper. published at DeLand,
Florida. In editorial ability and mechani-
i cal appearance it ranks with any paper in
the North, published in town Of twice the
! population"
i One of our citizens shipped six boxes of
Navel oranges to New York averaging SO to
112 to the box, and got 81 65 per box from
! Hill Brothers. DR. Davis, of Jacksonville. at
same time shipped Navel oranges to Boston,
averaging $50 or more to the box, and got
over 50 per box.
Christmas exercises at the Winnemissett
Sunday School will commence, on Thursday,
at = p NJ. The programme will be as fol
lows l. Recitations and singing by the
children. >. Address by Rev. j. w. Bohan-
non. g. Santa Claus. 1. Distribution of
gifts from the Christmas tree. 5. Singing
by the School. All are invited.
Paint your houses. Having received a
large stock of paints we have reduced prices
as follows: White lead 8 cts. per h.; lin
seed oil IS and so cents per gallon; Turpen-
tine. 60 cents per gallon; yellow ochre,
cents per lb. Prepared paint, S1.60 to s1.90
per gal. In large quantities our figures are
as low as in New York, with freight added.
Geo. w. Fisher, December "a, 1885.
That Chicago beef can beraised in Florida,
has been demonstrated by Mr.. II. A. Tanner.
He fed a native Florida steer, from a calf to
eighteen months, and it reached nett weight
of 46S pounds offender, fat, fine favored beef
Guinea grass. cotton seed meal, and bran
and an occasional feed Of cassava root were
used.
The fertilizers of j. A. Baker d Bro. are
not merely stimuants, but. possess intrinsic
and lasting value, and are of permanent
benefit to the land They are less in cost
than stable manure, if the manure has to be
hauled any distance For prices apply to
p. McQuaid Jacksonville, and H. A. Tam
ner. DeLand.
For late fertilizing of trees, coming INTO
bearing, use Mapes' Fruit and Vine Manure.
composed of pure ground bone meal. with
Peruvian guano, dissolved in sulphuric acid,
DRIED animal matter. ammonia and potash;
NO DOOR. Price at Wellman $ wharf 81 80.
JOHN w. CANNON. Ag't.