The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-12-18

More About florida TOBACCO.
Preparing the belSinl sowing tobacco seed,
in Florida should be zone in this and the mouth
of January
For one acre IT Ian he seel BEL sAoli be
by "a feet in siza. Pi bo,rd frame around
this; then spade. Altr sp,ling, cover the b,l
about four OF five iuclrs deep with well-ro'tcd
stable manure mixed Sith oak ashes, then spade
again, about seven incl deep Cover the frame
with Old b,gning or cbth, after the first frost, To
protect The bed from CPL l. Two teaspoontnl Of
see! are enough 10 pant such bed. lmmr-
diaiely after planting he seed they should be
well Walered tn IN, dler three bourS take n
b Yard or plank anil SLAP all over The bed, thereby
driving lnc see,l mo he SOL. Cover the seed
bed ever" evening Ivy sln'!owp, to protect from
frost. Cncavcr again IN The morning, it the
weather be- ,tir, hul ii niGlnr keep covered. BY
following this system })u vii gel plenty of sure
and strong plants
In my article IN the FLoRIDI\S OF November
20 ii, giving marks O! ltbaccn etc, Il m stake oc-
CURED; the type making IN" say: \ 1872 \ 293,
\ 394 ETC Ii should aivr b .rn \ and :, A
ami 3 ETC. through eacl letter at HE marks
| also notice in The F.oHIDI>N of December
an cxtr .c from The JHtcd .Stths TJ}tcc) .Jour
nj, wherein they comnen nnon one of my ar-
Ucle- on Fin'l la tpb tc:r, anI say: We are,
therefore, 50 much t;t more ii~aDnoinlcd ~
find HE writer mi>nlnrn "a concerning the duty
on ore'gn at. The PRESENT Gu'v is no, -
cents 4 pound Oh Slinltta Al CUDt lob lcc,
Ii is 35 ccnls a pound and only - cents in Ger
tain contingencies II he ;,:ce referred to
wrote IS follows: Ii he duty on s I'M IRA and
Cuba t"b tcc0 Is goiug L rem Ua AT IS cents per
pound have imported rom lm,ier,lam and
Rpttcrinm several packages at Suma'rA anl
Java 'obacco. and knhv tDti i: there are more
~, 10, ! 4
but if les Than 100 leaves Tie duty is 81 cents Il
pound 81 mach for the sc ,nrngeucj's
The 1otacc0 Journa{ asO says: " We d. not
think that the Florila oblcc, would average,
for the present al Least % cents u pound
say ve> 1t viii BRING ,uc', p. zee, if the ic.
baccp is property cured. assorted. packed and
sampled in Snmaira s'Nr. This | can insure
bought from Leon county farmer his this
years cop ct lob eco o. one AID a qunrter
acres of land he a's",l 200 pounds 81 ,"b4ccn,
which was properly curs,i, iu not assorted rs
TO color, quality, etc. hi, 200 pounds OF To-
bacco IS worth, on an average, not less lhlr 6Sf
cents pound TO any cigar m1"ufic'urcr be-
cause: Out Of 'h;s 200 pounds is Ass red
three packages of 80 pounds cach-45)
pounds in full, Sl25 per pound.
and the balance is cheap a 81 crn'S 4 pound Il
around, making al ave"a-e OF $50 Gems per
pound, and there never was better II ,vnna
or Cnba wrapper, Offered on the lnrrHct All of
which go'S To shnW that Flurdi ram supply re
whole icmrDl of The United >tle~ tor he
cigar wrappers nni NIL 20 il il tac farmers
follow my a,'vire to forming ca operative
comPanl's ipr rai>ing an selling tob eco, cic
My experience Is "A p1' k r. a~Srritr and ,lnulci
% SGma'rA and Java tobacco, ~ Ans cldinanl
tp tc'd"m aso, for mo:e thnn twenty years, a
ms reliant or dealer IN leaf tobacco, and as IN n
NJ ciurrr OF hand mad cigars and smoking to-
bacc" enables me L. say -.
WI send samples VI the WrtDprIs glDlrn in
Fa"rht", 10 any cigar tnnnut.c urcr or dealer in
l'a' tobacco, : no means Business, # they will
Wr't" - ne Tor them
| m nov m1nai tr'l'in-t iine bt"} ma lie
81 ar> - Tali.hasscr, rom r',Di! "a ,rt, VIII Gu
are IL fac IN color ana ,aiar "a, >u.n,,r~, ami
We Qua in II vor :" The inppricj Itv II or
{ -bt Cigars.
|, HE ~s.rSen II 1899 I$n .,,.. II ,r,'l
NNmaiia ana CUBE lo;atcos. Nll lnn r,..
- 'vc h" For /, l. at To i'c all He 81 I'M TOR it,
Ti- i 10 humot", but business ! } METZ
s's;snas r~i'''- asaaoi.ay 9s"2axsn-.
'n"J May ,u.nbcr ot this ma. zine, c.1n ~
II '''''r- = ho!.'aN~, vr'v :.rorer'y aud , as
lnt'y dcNoes SOM Of - page, rCrri,tm, ,c,ue>,
stories and poems Be.innlr- with 4 bc,n,ifu
poem by g. y. Davis, entitled " II der the Mistlc-
zoe, ". d. llS7, we have discussions OF the Sig
niIcahce OF Cnrstma~, " Chri-tmt~ Gus 0;ns and
c>t'tIlr>, " Christians S'rc Music" AMI
10 CAii>.ina> AZ M"unt Vernon, pocn. By Eta W.
'irTr'-. There We a!sr an .l:fic!c, " From b l. H.,
en- II CliVars. with fur in.l-pa-c pciurcs Of
J. 't"a secn II the HoH .'ii from +. cent n'u,io
graphs, 4 very tcrcetnc article on " Tie Lrstt d
u TIE II nv trNl, lud tu>tic one nu he .rin
1t Push x Pau hy ar. fhm 'gr. IN alltioA l.
M SPECIAL b"liiar rcldl1- there are ntn.r good
lrIlcles. - ihc !. tsj of she i'ine," hv " H. BL
on, is Well writicl aud Iliu,trttej. AM Irwin
i an n'ricstiIi sketch uf the career f A. finou,