The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-23

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one party Hay-making is becoming as
prominent an industry in the river coun-
ties as in the prairies of Mississippi.
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1t is said that Mr.. Havermeyer, of New
Jersey has just opened a silo that has
been filed with ensiIage for seven years,
and found the feed in first-rate condition.
The American Garden says that the
people of many localities have a way of
claiming the pink form of the pond lily as
particularly their own. 1t has been called
the Boston Lily, and Cape Cod has claimed
il for itself, but it has been found wild on
the coast of Maine, at Lakefield, Canada,
and in many of the lakes OF the northern
counties of Ontario, particularly in the
Muskoka district. Sweden and other
European countries also produce forms
of it, And it grows in great abundance
along the line OF the Florida Railway and
Navigation Company between this city
and Tallahassee. R.
''The old heathenish axiom," says w.
d. Howells, 'of art for arts sake, is as
dead as great Pan himself, and the best
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sake" The word cart" as used above,
has avague and varying Specification ;
but if we apply it, as we fairly may, to
the reclamation, profitable culture and
Identification of the earth's surfacc-the
business of agriculture, horticulture and
landscape gardening-we claim for it a
higher consideration as cart for humani-
ty's sake than we are willing to accord
to "paintin'" and "sculpin'." The land
artist-he who turns the pathless jun
gle and the noisome and pestilential
swamp into a grain field, orchard, vine
yard or orange grove, he is q true knight
OF labor-a useful and beneficent artist,
whom we reverence and admire.
PAMPAs PLUMEs IN CALIFoRNIA.-The
Santa Barbara Herald says: "The indi-
cations are that this years yield will be
up to the average, and at the prices Of
fered in advancewe should say that those
having pampas are happy. A few years
ago the crop sold at five cents, and one
rancher in the GOleta Valley informed us
that his profit from half acre amounted
to over $500. Over $4,000 will be real
lied by growers in the Goleta Valley this
season while in the vicinity of this city
HuICC 6tS IIluCu ulOIO VIII SOIHUO UuG pOCh-
cts of the fortunate owners of plumes."
HOUSEKEEPING AND HOME-M AKING.-I
Good housekeeping is more common than
good home-making, although of far less
Importance Many things in our homes
are done with "an eye single" to our
neighbors, rather than for the real com
fort of the inmates; a certain amount of
drudgery must be gone through with
daily, but let the amount be as small as
possible. Luxury and beauty are very de-
sirable surroundings, but they are not SO
valuable as peace OF mind and rest of
body, nor is thermoral influence as great
asthat of cheerful woman.
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FIRES WITHOUT and coal
are SO scarce and dear III California that
poor people have TO resort to sham fires,
as will be seen by the following advertise
ment from Redlands (Cal. )paper: Fire
logs for fireplaces are furnished which
simulate the logs we used to burn back
East Address r. G. Shepherd, Redlands,
forinformation regarding size and prices.
Think OF sitting by simulated log in
q cold fireplace some autumnal or winter
night, when the bowling blasts come
sweeping down from the snOw-clad Sier-
rasl We should start for back East or
back South by the first train.
TITANIC IRRIGATION.-An undertaking
truly American in it's vastness and at the
co mo +inoo T,poniaino IN he Of immense