The Florida agriculturist., 1885-04-22
FLoRID1ANA.

weighing 56s4 pounds.
Daytona is live place: It has now
subscribed $4,000 for the Congregational
nA-IoVernor BloXham has been an
pointed by the President as Minister res
luenC and Consul General for Bolivia
Salary, $4,000 per annum.
The carp that were placed in the pond
near the Baptist Church few wears ago
nave now grown to be as large as a four
year Old chlld.-Ocala Banner
orange county has such a large area
that J. I. Beeks, the superintendent of
schools, has to ride one thousand miles
IN buggy, in order to visit the different
schools. Orlando Reporter.
The Ddytoea Messenger saws: 'sW. T..
Ballough has a rose bush that has no
less than ~ distinct kinds of roses. No
less than from II to Is different colored
roses can be seen at any time"
DR.. Orr has on his counter pineapple
raised by the Gillett Bros, South Lake
Weir. 1t will weigh about four pounds.
we have seen some raised by them that
would weigh six pounds, and finely fla
yored.-Ocala Item.
Capt. j. G. Wright presented us this
week with the finest cucumbers of the
season. Mr.. Wright is now making
daily shipments to New York at paying
prices. Our county presents unequaled
advantages to market gardeners, as well
as the orange growers.-BdrtOw Express
While out fishing last Monday, Messrs.
Simon Bell and Burr Cosby caught gi-
gantic saw-fsh, which is the biggest thing
OF the kind ever caught in this bay, as
tar as we know. twas sixteen feet three
inches long, SIX feet wide and weighed
500 pounds. The saw was more than
four feet long.-TdnpG Tribune.
The Episcopal churches of Orlando and
Maitland, have extended a call to Rev. G..
ID. Barbour, of Plymouth, Mass, at sal
ary of 81 200 Mr.. Barbour officiated at
st. Luke's on Sunday, and service will
be held next Sunday at 10: 80 A. NJ, at
which it is expected that Mr.. Barbour
will officiate.- Orlando Sentinel.
A gentleman who is we'll versed in
regard to cattle, says that after the sap
rises in the spring, cattle driven from
north to south distance of thirty miles
or more are sure to die, and those driven
south to north will not die, but the cat
tie they come in contact with will die.
Driving them east and west has no effect
upon them.--FlorididR.
The places of interest around Tallahas-
see are Lake Jackson, beautiful body
of water seventeen miles long and five
miles distant; Wakulla Spring, sixteen
miles, one of the most wonderful of the
famous springs OF the world; the Boiling
Spring, four miles, on the Branch estate !
the Sulphur Springs, at Newport, sixteen !
miles; and the Natural Bridge, across
the st. Marks River, twenty miles dis
tant.-FOrididn.
From an interview with Mr.. w. B. |
Henderson, who returned from the cattle |
range last week, we learn that more cat
tie have died this winter than in any pre-
vious year. In many sections of Mana
tee county the stencil became so great
that the people had to burn the carcass
es. Mr.. Ziba King, one of the largest
cattle owners, estimates his loss at 1000
head Pneumonia seems to have been
the disease that played such wholesale
havoc .--Tdmpa Tribune
Much discussion has been indulged in
relative to the best way to dispose of
saw palmetto roots after they have been
grubbed out OF the soil 1t has been full
ly demonstrated that they are best for
fertilizing if unburned. Somebody should
construct cutter to chop them into
small pieces, and then compost them
with muck and sulphate of potash. Cut
into stove or fireplace lengths no better
fuel can be found in Florida, if we'll sea-
soned and mixed with small amount of
wood.--O1dndo Reporter.