The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-10-08
FLoR1DIANA.

ueStlneu 10 become one OF our most
invaluable fruit. ts,ts 70
Mr.. E. G. Hall showed us sample of
buckwheat that he has planted, which
was as vigorous and as fine specimen of
young wheat as we ever saw in illinois,
-1ldchua 1dUOcdte.
A really remarkable thing has hap
pened in fernando county. A large
pond went dry last week, and turtle are to
be seen now crawling off in all directions,
hunting for water. 1t is said to be a
most curious sight.-Gulf Coast Progress.
Up to Wednesday noon the artesian
well at Live Oak was down 220 feet and
still going down. The water asrisen to
within sixty feet of the top and is still
rising. AT this rate, by the time 400 feet
is reached, water will be pouring out at
the top of the we'll. aa
John Stout, of New York city publishes
IL card in the Volusia county papers de-
nouncing VIM. Matheson, who it seems
has been representing himself as John
Stout, member of the late firm of Acee
x Stout. William is evidently bad egg.
He put in a term in the Grange county
Jail for forging draft. He is a slick one,
and is well calculated to deceive-Or-
idndo Reporter.
Workers in ornamental wood now as
sert that yellow pine, SO plentiful in
Florida, hard finished in oil, is the rival
IN beauty OF any wood that grows, not
excepting the costliest of the hard species
it being susceptible of receiving and
maintaining as nigh degree of polish as
any known wood, while when impreg-
mated with oil, it is almost indestructible.
Tropical Paradise.
On Wednesday MIR. +. f. Joyce the
champion artesian well driller, com
menced operations at the grounds of
Col. Geo. L. Eastman on Orange street
to sink three inch well, on Monday
morning he struck water after going
down some 250 feet. Mr.. Joyce informs
us that there is eighteen inches of solid
flow, and is well pleased with the result.
81. .1gSastine Press.
Mr.. Houghton, late of Pennsylvania,
has been very successful with Cuba
tabacco in Leon county this year. He
has raised fifteen hundred pounds to the
acre, and says it will pay we'll at % cents
a pound He has Cuba tobacco which
he would not sell for SIPS apound. Mr..
Houghton believes that tobacco will be
the redemption of the hill country of
Middle Florida.--Floridia1e
Mr. Robert l.. Mcclure, of Sunday
Bluff, on the Ocklawaha river, has sent
us a sample of this new variety ofpeanut
which we have on exhibition in our Office
and call the attention of farmers to it.
The cost of gathering the old variety
makes them almost Improbable, but
with the bunch variety the gathering
costs very little. The clusters are large
and very few faulty nuts amoung them,
and the cultivation of the same must be
very profitable .--Ocala Banner.
If any man has doubts of the capacity.
ofFlorida soil to produce an abundance of
hay for all purposes OF domestic need,
he should come and examine the
specimen in our office, furnished us by
Mr.. j. w. Wellington. 1t is what is
commonly known as ''crab grass" and
was grown on Mr.. Wellington's place
mile south of Sanford. The specimen
before us, not selected, but taken at ran
dom, is five feet long, strong and vigor-
Gus. With such a grass as this, there is
no reason why Florida should not grow
all the hay she needs. Ignorance and
Incidence alone will prevent.-Sa9ford
Journal.
1t is with great pleasure that we notice
the developments of every new industry
in Florida Amoung the shipments re-
Gently made by the Mallory Line was
large quantity OF honey. Again, we
notice the arrival at Jacksonville of a
large quantity OF honey by the schooner
Dummett. Our readers would probably
be much surprised at the value of the
honey crop of the United States. The
honey crop of Florida, now confined to
home consumption for the most part, will
become valuable adjunct to our other
products. The whole State is adapted to
the support of bees, and our forests are
full of bee-trees, where the wild swarms
deposit their honey. AS a regular indus
try it is undoubtedly quite profitble, in
wolves little trouble or expense, and
brings in much aid to the family purse.
Mirror.
DIR. Clark, of the firm of Bronson &
Clark, Indian Springs, made the office a
pleasant call on Thursday. The railroad
from Eustis to Sanfordis fixed fact, the
only change in the programme is that
the six miles from Eustls to Indian
Springs is to be built forthwith, and in
side of six months the cars will be run
ming between these places. Indian
Springs is six and half miles east of
Eustis. The very large saw mills and
manufacturing industry of Bronson
x Clark is there located it is now being
mapped and laid off in town lots. The
Leesburg and Indian River Railroad has
turned over its maps, charts and SURVEYS
to this Co., so that practically they have
very little surveying to be done-only to
choose one OF the several SURVEYS already
made. Engineers have been over the
routes from Indian Springs to Sanford
II work will be pushed along the whole line
N The road will be broad guage and first
IA class, and one of the most important vet
~ undertaken in its influence on Eustis.-
m Fla. Ne@ Yorker.
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