The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-09
Safety Line for Oranges Grass,
HHY praS ard RRsns

Hay, Peas and Beans.
The safesy lire for oranges il FtIaa.
Is about as indetin te and my'i IT,. = til
frust line. and t-tn may Ia. .,yt r.t,tr
tue ,amt- lOCl.itn. The uraU- tree &, 10
native on the torler. il no. within lila
tropics. and other things htIus equal.
grows better in tropical rSgg Is than IN
the warn temperate enc. Within the
tropic the trees bloom and bctr fruit al
most constantly in the tempe rate they
become annual bearers. trur. the TIT
Is as broad leafed Is if il were dt cs!uouS.
so are vast majority If the tropical
trees. hut that GceS not Prov dat frv>t,
however slight. Is not injurious 70 Is
healthful growth. and. if Iujugiuy>. the
safety line must lie where trusts Wi. mt
Kill those leaves. Cold may Pat It T.
sleep, 81 will drought. hut that does ~
prove that sleep i necessary T. the
hcalthful condition IF the the Tie
orange trees If jamaica ant BAIL su
not sleep from cold. and NCt tho, are
I Thrifty and fruitful i'm excess ri those
where frusts come YEARLY. a. IN the
Northern counties Of Fior.da. Tile tres
of IIiIshoroush county are larger. NOR.
thrifty and rrcduc,. larger yrrr> of fruit
than those Cf Nassau. even ID ush liz.
. truNtS an. Res >eV,tr. Men can carry
plants htyuLd the ~ joss adopted hy
climate To- tltt'r me- ,a"", stu. grnath.
and they may maintain >irbly exist
Cnce IN that region tut. that duys mo-
prove they are growing whrr,' il Is per
fectiy safe fOf them II the grange trees
Of the Northeast cuuDrIr, escaped
from twenty dpGItes ot cold IN January
last, II dupS not prove that twenty de-
grees Is a line of safety for them under
other conditions. Tie nearer the eli
matte conditions Of their nntlv, land rJn
he found the greater must bc the fsoha
bility of their success al growth; hence
the farther south in l',uriia suitable land
can be found for the -rowth, the nearer
is that place g. the line Of perfect safety.
The recommendation of L. T.. l.. in the
Asricultui iSt of the 2S,h of April, to de.
vote a portion If every farm IT. the
growth Of grass for hay, oa which the
stock may bttcl during winter, cannot
ue too strongly impressed upon the minds
os Florida farmers. There can scared, he
question that the cost ut the hay inn
ported into floridl h,.s exceeded IN value
the amount received for the orange crop
for the same period. All Of this may
have been saved from Crtlr gta,, hay.
Such hay wei cured and kept Is us M.
trl,iouS and rs grt,dil, eaten by stock.
a. the stuff imported FROM Nurhtrn
states. Such meadow can be prepared
hy thoroughly plowing and smoothing,
any old teli nwhirh the grass IS already
seeded Fertilizers with bone m,al,
potash and land plaster will greatly IN.
crease the li,ll If hay. Two cuttings.
each equal to the Yield Of a meadow IN
New York state may he had in Il year;
and il the ,tubble W. TUNED under AMI
oat, suwn IN October ur Noyrmtcr, fine
winter pasture may hr secured, or a tine
crop of DAT hay made. before the grounds is
to b. prepared for the crab grass meadow
of the next year. The bales of imported
hav on the wharvcs III Florida have
bad effect upon the mind, of persons
coming into the State, and i often af.
fords a text for the abuse OF the Islander.
erS and scribbl,rs against our produces.
By converting what has h,cn generally
considered a nuisance into thinco profit
will close the moAths u these chfoajr
grumblers.
Peas and hcan,, ar rs the Is bic calls
them, pulse, were grown hy the kg.p-
tafs and made into ppttag" for human
food, before Joseph WAS carried To ia"
court of Pharaoh and they have been
grown ON the banks OF the Nile. from
that lay To- the present, Now it SO hap.
pens that Egypt has Il hotter climate than
Florida; and everything is grown there
by irrigation. the moisture Of the soil
must b. equal to- that OF the wctt">t sea
son Of Florida. The question may there.
fore well be- asked: why shall not these
plants he also grown in Florida during
the summer months: Cow peas wnch
are hut "A variety ut beans, thrive hest
during the 81 u'N9r months. beans can
be traced back historically 10 even trop-
zeal regions: and 1t seems hut natural
that they may DO roadl' reacclimatrd.
to climate like Florida. II is also fully
established, that the lima ur batter beans
thrive and produce enormou, crops in
this State. 1t therefore seems aS If thos'
having gardens from which the truck
has been removed, may safely make the
experiment Of planting those grounds
with beans. The limaS would he a safe
crop on fertll2,d lands, and they bring
high prices. both as green shells, and
dried beans. Other varieties may also
be found. that will command prices, pay
ing better than cotton or corn on the
same land. Certainly must pay better
than any crop Of weeds that will grow
theron. j. & X, in Jacksonville Week
ly Times.