The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-12-10
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FLoRIDIANA.

Leap Year is closing very badly here.
Five ex-girls have already put their tru-
&nt lovers under bonds to appear at the
fall term of the Circuit Court.-Key
Hest NeWs.
The largest pomegranate of the sea-
SON was raised by Mr.. j. Nj. Landon, of
Oklahoma 1t measured eighteen inches
in circumference, and weighed two and
ahalf pounds. Jacksonville Times Union
The passenger travel on the Mallory
Steamship Line from the North is I'M
precedented this year. For the past six
weeks all the ships have come crowded
to their utmost capacity. The San d,a-
tonic this week brought out $50 cabin
passengers. FerRdadinG Mirror
Nearly one hundred delegates to the
Baptist State Convention to be held here
on the 18th to 14th of December have
sent on their names as intending to be
here at the meetings. The committee of
arrangements will next week call on cit
liens to find who can help entertain
them. These names come not only from
Florida, but from Georgia, the Carolinas,
Tennessee and Kentucky.-OrldndO Re
porter.
We were shown last week, by Mr..
ture in the shape of double orange, in
which each single orange could be plain
ly seen, though they both grew on one
stem. Something like third and small
er orange can be seen between the two,
and seems to be the link that binds to-
gether these Siamese twins of the vege-
table world. The tree that bore this
fruit was of the wild or sour VARIETY
Fort Dade Messenger.
In 1880 the population of fernando
county was 3,24S The registration books
completed ten days before the last cleo
ton, showed there were $50 registered
voters i'll the county. 1t is estimated
that there is one voter to every five in
habitants OF a country. Multiplying $50
by five and we have S, 400, which is not
far from the present population of the
county. This shows marked increase,
but the Crescent anticipates that it will
be more marked in the next four years.
Tropical Paradise
In few DAYS more new daily line
from Jacksonville to this city will be in
operation. The class of steamers Will
be equal if not superior to those of last
season. The river has many charms for
the travelling public. The journey is
short, and the Accommodations good. So
YOU need not think that the old time
travel is going TO actively forsake the
river. People who travel from the north
and northwest by rail to Jacksonville
will avail themselves of a quiet rest on
the magnificent st. Johns River to Pa
latka, and they will, no doubt, find it
pleasant to return by rail, for there is
nothing so captivating as variety.-Pa-
IdtkG Herald.
The four-story grain elevator of Col.
j. f. Hart and the wood and grist mill
operated by q. A. DeCottes but owned
by IL. u. Bonetheau, all situated on the
river bank, at the foot of Liberty street,
were destroyed by fire YESTERDAY morn
ing about daylight. The origin of the
fire, which first took hold of the elevator
building. is unknown. The loss to Col
Hart in buildings and machinery is esti-
mated at about $50 600; in flour, grain,
etc, at about $4,000. Insurance, about
$4,000. The other property was valued
at about $4,000, about half covered by
insurance. 1t was with difficulty that
several steamers and vessels moored at
the wharves and on the ways were
saved from destruction The loss will
be generally felt.-Tropical Paradise.
From Mr.. A. Miranda we learned that
new market has been found in Boston
for lines, which are simply picked in
sea water before shipping. Mr.. Miranda
has sent 5000; Mr.. Strada, $500; w. p
Neeld, $500; realizing for the last ship
ment fifty cents perghundred At this
rate, or even Is cents per hundred, lines
are more profitable than oranges, espec-
tally those grown on the Point, as i do
not consider this location as desirable
for the orange; first, because they do
not do so well, and secondly, tropical
fruits may be made more profitable.
/ The process of picking lines in sea
water or any corresponding solution
made with salt, is very simple one,
that is, the water is changed two or three
times. At time of shipping in barrels,
they should be put in fresh sea Tor salt)
/ water, when they will go nicely to their
observation-disclosures Tribune.
Mr.. George w. Bailey, of Lowell,
Mass, settled at San Mateo and solved
| the problem by keeping chickens, others
by raising cabbages or tomatoes or Gu
cumbers, or by mixture of ALL When
Mr.. Bailey began to make his grove he
saw what the soil needed, and he en-
! closed five acres set in trees with a
tight fence. Then one of his colored
neighbors sold him stolen hen for fifty
1 cents and he soon had stock in trade.
lie has kept a regular debit and credit
account with his poultry and he now
/ finds that without taking into account
/ the increase, or what has been used by
his family, he has made forty-four dol
lars profit besides the benefit to his
trees. Judge Wigg's experience is still
more favorable and others could be mem
toned who have succeeded equally as
| well. This shows that Florida is not
y dependent on any one crop, and all will
n do well to realize that diversified crops
is the first rule in scientific farming with
Us as elsewhere PnLntEn Nens