The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-05-14
FLoRIDIANA.

Moss roses are cultivation with success
in Mariana.
A Bear was lately killed in the Gulf
Hammock, weighing 600 lbs.
The Pine Apples on the Florida KEYS
are stated to be very fine this Season.
The Ocdld Banner has the largest local
information OF any paper in the State.
The Democratic State Convention will
be held at Pensacola on the 25th June.
Capt Fl. S. Williams, our old cores
pendent has good account of the Indian
River country in the San.
The Indian Rive, Sun of Rock Ledge.
Indian River, has made it's appearance
Edited by VIM. Burton Smith, it is neat
and newsy.
We hear that Governor Bloxham has
purchased the Burmese place, rs acres,
situated about one mile east of Taliahas-
see.-Economist
Mr.. Thos. w. Harris of the OcoIa Ban
ner was married last week to Miss. Alice
III. Stovall of Kentucky. We offer our
congratulations.
Congress has made the following An
preparations for Florida Caloosahat-
chez $4,000, Choctawhatchee $4,000,
Escambia $4,000, st. Johns 10000,
Suwannee $4,000, Volusia bar s., 1000,
Thus far, the outlook fora general good
crop is very fiattering. The truckers
''have done their do' and have come out
whole, and our cotton, sugar-cane and
cereal growers are in fine spirits,
although the cane is somewhat backward.
Spring,
/, $50 bushels to the acre j. w. Well
lington planted small plat OF ground in
Bermuda onions last fall. When the
crop ~matured he measured small area
of the ground and estimated the yield
upon that basis. 1t summed up $50
bushels to the acre.-Sanford Journal.
Mr. c. W. Hendry brought to our
Office last Saturday, a bunch of alfalfa
that was in bloom and about 30 inches
high. Such stocks, with good stand,
would make 3 to tons to the acre, and
it can be raised here like this sample
We think everybody ought to have
field of it.-Bdrt0w Informant.
j. S. Brand, of Terraceia Island, plant
ed half an acre i'll cucumbers, from
which he will realize net profit of five
the present time about two hundred
crates, some of which sold for two dollars
dozen, the remainder Melted him eight
dollars a crate. He still has about 100
crates to ship.-PrOgreSS.
The largest well in Palatka has Just
been finished. 1t is POI feet deep, and
passed thr eng the sa ct nd a aeedf
ols.c, X q a-sss sEo- ss.ssass-ss - =, ny,
and with such a pressure as to throw the
water 30 feet high. The size of the pipe
used is four and one-half inches. i'sIa
To show the difference between well
fertilized crops and those grown without
fertilization Charles Coleman, who has
garden one. block north of the reporter
office, made an experiment. with some
suuashes Some hills were we'll fertiliz-
ed with cotton seed meal, others received
no fertilizer at all The squashes from
the former were more than double the
size of those grown on the latter.-0r-
laRdo Reporter.
The following civil appointment have
been made by the Governor and duly
commissioned during the past week:
S, G.. Coe, S. Iarkin, to be County
Commissioners i'll and for the county of
Liberty.
+, j. Buchanan, to be Justice OF the
Peace in and for the county of Putnam.
Granville Beal, j. S. Geigor, to be
Notaries Public in and for the State at
large.
William Lesesne, to be Superintendent
of Schools in and for the county of
Baker.
George d. Marsh, to be Notary Public
in and for the county of Sumter
A. Maige, to be member Board of
Health for City of Apalachicola.
II. w. Johnson, to be Auctioneer in
and for the county of Franklin
FIoridian.