The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-11-13

True Enterprise John, show this
gentleman the door," said the lady of the
house. "Thanks, john" said the book
agent cordially, /" but you needn't trouble
yourself saw the door as | came in.
NV this work is" The lady bought
the book -Hoyer's Bozor.
"A Paris firm has produced porous
glass for window panes, to assist ventla-
ton. Porous plaSters are said to be good
for bodily pains, but whether porous glass
is good for window panes remains to be
determined. NoriSto,rn UeraM
TO cure pear blight, Wick recon-
mends cutting away all blight parts and
burning them; then getting a barrel of
salt and scattering it as far as the roots
extend, say eight or ten feet, at least one
half peck to the tree
The failure Of cabbage to head is
more often due to lack Of plant food than
anything else. Water diluted with phos
pilates will often transform mass Of
loose cabbage leaves, fit only for feeding,
into a solid, salcable head
The RurM World believes that the
general farmer with 200 acres Of land
should keep fifty sheep for utility's sake
alone. Such men can afford to estimate
the value OF sheep from the standpoint of
meat, fertility and the general advantage
to the farm, regardless of the market price
of wool
-Cowpeas are very general crop in
Leon county. a ID while their chief use is
to pillow under as a fertilizer, still they
will stand picking first, and yield about
10 to II bushels per acre dwarf or bush
varieties more), and are worth s. per
bushel. The pea vine cures well, and no
better winter forage can be had for stock
cattle, as they eat up the vines clean,
and fatten readily On them. \ new va
rety recently introduced called the
"Conch will produce and mature three
crops on the same ground in one season.
Sweet Potatoes are in Leon county
farm economy what beans are in the army
"a sort of standby. Everything eats
them, and fattens on them. They can be
planted any time, from April till August,
and whenever there is nothing else to do
on farm, slap in more potatoes" The
cost of making them is very insignificant
anu VIC EltIQ - dDpUI DOO DtSIlclS per
acre as an averagc-often 500 One of
the best farmers in Leon was heard to re-
mark that he "could make money here
producing sweet potatoes at 10 cents per
bushel."
-MMANs.-Stir to cream One-quarter
pound of butter with one-quarter pound
of sugar, add the yolks of two eggs, stir
into this oGe.quarter pound Of sfted flour
and two tablespoonfuls of white wine.
Work it quickly into a smooth dough-
Place in a cool place, on ice if possible, for
an hour, then roll it out to one-quarter of
an inch in thickness, cut into fancy shapes,
brush them over with beaten up eggs, and
bake in m moderately hot oven. The cake
remains fresh for long time, if kept in a
dry, cool place.-Z"dianapolis Sentinel
The FLoRIDIAN, one of the best
weeklies in the State, has increased it's
size from folio to quarto, and in
stead Of increasing the subscription price,
it just cut it down to half the original
price, which was 81, making it 81. Long
live the FLoRIDIAN.
VNo ~o0s0x> why. Ackcr's Blood
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