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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04

Sweet potato land should be we'll
plowed now, and ready to throw up into
beds when the ''slips' are ready to set
out. Do not make the beds, however,
until just before you are ready to plant ;
let the man who sets the plants follow i'm
mediately behind the pillow.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04

The orange cropof Florida OF 1S99-9O
was worth $4,8SO,5OO. If the sum had
been equally divided among the inhabi-
tants of the State it would have given
about SIT to every man, woman and
child in the State, or about $50 to every
family. No other State in the Union can
show such fattering returns, per capita,
from any single crop.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04

LAST week we received two specimens OF
the "Bessie" orange from Mr.. JAS. Mott
of Orlando. They were of medium size,
thin skinned; very juicy pulp, tender and
very sweet In fact too sweet to suit our
taste. AS we have never tasted "Bes-
sic" before as late as this we do not
know whether it is q characteristic of the
fruit or not. According to the new scale
the orange scored, size 10, appearance 8,
juiciness 10, thickness of peel 10, seed s,
absence of tissue 10, qualities of flavor
8, sweetness Is, bouquet 8; total, 80.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1890.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

NOTE SHEET OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ing Plants from Sun and Frost Four Acres
Enough Summer Cultivation OF Beans;
The Japan Pea; Preparation for the To
mato Crop; A Vermn and "Varmin"
PrOofCoop Plan of a New Conner; A Cheap
Mixing 34l
How to Make q Family Garden; Sweet
POtatOes-CastOr Beans for Fertilizer;
Cabbage on Pine Land A DrOuth Combat
tor: Confronting in the Orange Grove:
BY Experience Only Can We Learn. .......342
RESPONDENCE-French Treatment OF
the Phylloxera; An Important Question;
Wild Dewberres of Louisiana. 342
Grapes-Another Source of Wealth.. ....343-44
Different Varieties of the LOquat.
FLORAL-Editorial Notes; Palmetto Hats;
A Substitute for the Oak.....................345
EDITORIAI-Advicefo for June; The Process of
Making Beggar Weed Hay; Fertilizing in
Answers to COrrespOn dents.
HOUSEHOLD-(Yo Young Folks Number)-The
Two Visits; Some More ADJUSTMENTS for
the Young Folks; Letters from the Chill
dren Aunt Hopes Secret; Boys; "View
HallOO"; Distressing Alternative; A Lie:
POULTRY-How to Hatch 90 Per Cent; Nux
Vomica-Loss of Feathers; Leg Weakness;
Leghorn for Market; Board Floors in Win
ter; Large Fowls for Market; Feeding in
Troughs; Turkeys in Market..............S49
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
LITERARY STORY -"Allan Quatermain's
The Puzzle
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04

WE call the attention of our readers to
the advertisement of "Brigham's Soft
Ground Horse Shoe" in another column.
Those who have reclaimed land that is
yet too Doggy for a horse will find this
shoe great help, as it will enable the
animal to go where it would be impossi-
BILE were it not for this SHOE 1t comes to
us recommended by Prof. Kern, OF the
State Agricultural College who has used
it.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04

ped daily" Ii the enterprising Califor-
mans keep annihilating distance at this
rate we will soon have no advantage
over them by being nearer to the
markets.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04
BoUNTIFUL rains are now reported
from every section OF the State.

PRESIDENT Kern of the Agricultural
College has our thanks for an invitation
to attend the annual commencement ex-
ercises of that excellent institution on the
18th inst.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS,

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otherwise the publisher will not be responsible in
case of loss When personal checks are used ex-
change must be added Only1- and 2-centstamps
taken where change cannot he had.
B4y-To insure insertion, all advertisements Tor
this paper must be received by 10 O'Clock Monday
morning of each week
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04

The New York Tribune of May 18th
says "The orange crop of Southern
California for the coming season is esti-
mated by experts at 5000 carloads or
1900, 900 boxes Los Angeles County
alone will produce 100000 boxes. The
time of the fast fruit trains to Chicago
will soon bereduced from six days to four,
and when this changeis made fresh vege-
tables and perishable fruits will be ship
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04
Advice for June.

All work and no play makes Jack a
very dull boy and is conducive to neither
| the health nor happiness of our people,
therefore we would advise the to
SO arrange matters that the greaterpart
of their heavy summer work may be done
during this month, and that they take a
vacation during July. Those situated
within easy reach of either Gulf or Allan
tic coasts, will be greatly benefited and
have good time visiting those sections.
In the meantime there is plenty of work
to do in the grove and garden, and the
sooner it is done the better, for now, as
the rains have commenced in earnest,
crab grass will grow SO fast that it's mo-
tons will almost be visible. 1t is much
easier to eradicate It now when it is
young and tender than when it gets more
abundant and has larger spread ofroot
and top.
Although, as a rule, it is difficult mat
ter to grow vegetables satisfactorily dur
ing the summer months, we think it ad-
visable to give them at least q fair trial
rains, and make some arrangements for
shading from the scorching sun by a device
similar to the one suggested by Sherman
Adams in another column, we are in
clined to think would more than pay for
itself, and we may succeed beyond our ex-
pectations.
In the meantime we should give the
vegetables that are now growing in the
garden all they need in the way of cult
walton, SO that their lives may be pro-
longed as much as possible. With this
object in view beans, cucumbers, squash
Okra, etc., should never be allowed to
ripen fruit on the plants. AS soon as the
plants have ripen fruit they appear to
think CD that they have filled their mis-
sion in life, and die. Therefore we should
see tot that that Emission" is prolonged
to an indefinite day.
This is a good time to apply the sum-
mer dose of fertilizer to the orange
grove, so far as the weather isconcerned,
but in view of the fact that, owing to the
winter and spring drouth, but little of
tho plant food applied during January
and February was utilized by the trees,
and if not dispelled by the elements is
still in the soil, we would advise the post
ponement of this operation until next
month or at least the latter part of this
month. The best time to apply the fer
tilizer is on damp day, and if possible
just before a rain. The fertilizer should
be well narrowed or hoed into the soil.
OF course it is more than waste of time
and space to advance any advise as to
the cultivation of the grove. Every
grove owner has his "ideas," and the
probability is that he is so firmly we'd
ded to them that nothing we could say
would 'wean him from his folly" How
ever, we take the privilege of suggesting
to our orange growers to try the mulch
ing plan that was so popular several
years ago. The mulch should be put
around the trees just after a heavy rain,
and it will prevent the all important
moisture from being evapOrated by the
sun.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04
The Process of Making Beggar Weed
Hay

| VOUCO COuoluCIdUI0 SDCCG W UIlC UCSSoCbI
weed, believing that in it the people Of
Florida would find something for which
they had long looked-a forage plant of
almost spontaneous growth and heavy
yield, and at the same time an improver
and enricher of the soil. A very great in
terest has been awakened, and questions
concerning it have poured in upon us, to
many of which we confess we were unable
to make satisfactory answers, and have
depended to very great extent upon
those of our readers who had had practi-
cal experience with the weed.
Mr.. w. j. Borden, of Oxford, appears
| to know as much about the beggar weed
ae any one, and in a recent issue of the
Free Press he giveshis plan producing
the plant and making the hay.
Mr.. Borden says that when the land is
once seeded with the beggar weed and not
continue to propagate itself. About one
half bushel or eight pounds of seed are re-
quired to plant an acre. In planting
them they should be mixed with an equal
quantity of sand and thoroughly rubbed
together with the hands in order to separ-
ate them. When this is done there will
be no difficulty in sowing them evenly.
In planting for seed, which are rather
difficult to save, Mr.. Borden says he lays
off the land to be sown with small pillow
in burrows about six feet apart and then
in these burrows about three feet apart
drop few seeds and cover lightly with the
foot. To do this evenly let the dropper
take up between the thumb and fOretinger
small pinch of seed, and about every
two short steps throw this into the fur
row and cover very lightly with the foot
A little practice will enable the dropper
to put about ten or dozen seeds in a
place. Some do not cover the seeds at
all, and this is all right if a rain soon fol
lows, but if no prospects for an early rain
it is safest to put little dust over the
seed. At this rate one and nehalf
pounds are sufficient seed for an acre. The
first year these will produce sufficient
quantity OF seed to SOW the land thickly,
and the winds will scatter them so that the
second year they will appear evenly all
over the land.
In making hay the weed should be cut
just as soon as it begins to bloom on
ordinary land it will be two or three feet
high at this time. 1t can be cut with
either mower or blade. If this cutting
is made in September the stubble will put
out a good crop of sprouts, which will
furnish an abundant crop of seed. In cut
ting the weed it should be commenced in
the morning after the dew is off and con-
tinued until noon In the afternoon COM
mence in the same order in which it was
cut and haul it into the barn and spread
evenly over the floor. The next day pur-
sue the same course, spreading the cut
ting of each succeeding day evenly on the
top of the preceding day.
Mr.. Borden says that notwithstanding
| the fact that it is putup SO green it never
| moulds. Ii the weed is allowed to remain
too long in the sun it will dropits leaves.
The amount of hay per acre, says Mr..
F., Borden, will run from two tofour tons on
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ADVERTISING RATES.
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by letter or in person.
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Entered at the postof1ce at DeTIand, Florida as
Second Class matter.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-19
nouncs in favor of the white faced cat
THE IOWA SITUATION

The Failure of Corn Crops Cuts Down the
Demand for Feeders.
The unusual dulIness of the market for
stockers and feeders for the past two
months has been the cause OF many in
ouiries emanating from shippers as to
the future outlook. The Tribune does
not wish to be placed upon record as a
prophet, but it feels safe in saying that
the outlook for the present Is not very
encouraging. In the immediate vicinity
the corn and feed crop is excellent, but
there is a large scope of country IN Ne
braska that IN former years has depended
on Sioux CITY for Its supply OF stock cat
tie where the crops of both corn and
nav are almost an entire failure,
and instead of taking cattle from
us this fall, farmers will be compelled to
dispose of large part of what they now
have. One of the largest dealers in that
section was here yesterday to make ar
rangements for wintering a good share
of his stock, as the feed cannot be had
at home. It is possible that after the
scare of high priced corn has worked off
q little that the demand for stockers and
feeders may improve, but at present
BUYERS are few and far between. AT the
present time there is no demand what
ever for stockers and feeders unless of
very prime quality, and then at ridicu-
lously low figures. 1t would be wise, at
least, to hold on little longer. As soon
as there is any improvement the Tribune
will mention it in big letters Il Sioux
City Tribune,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-19
ROUND.UPS.
The Government Could Do Much To-
wards Helping the Cattle
Situation.
Herefords the Best Flooded Cattle for Texas
Cattle and Crops in the PaluIy Country.
General Stock Items.

Cattlemen in the Indian country are
not feeling any too good over tho out
look. and there is no doubt unless there
are some measures for their relief they
Will suffer great loss on account of the
order for them to vacate the Territory
with their herds by the time fixed by the
president In his proclamation. 1t Is not
only the Territory cattlemen who are
suffering now, and who will suffer If the
vacating order ia insisted on, but all
cattlemen, whether range or feeders, are
feeling the bad effects of 1t. The stock
men in the Territory desiring to obey the
law have been endeavoring to get their
cattle out to the best advantage, and
have been slipping as fast as cattle were
fit for market, but the great drouth has
cut short the ran 70 to such an extent
that cattle are about at q standstlll,
and to put them on the market then as
they are in flesh, means nothing else but
sacrifice. On top Of this, the
feeders in Kansas and other states
seeing that the corn crop is failure,
and recognizing the fact that they can
not carry their herds through the winter,
are preparing to force them on the mar
kets. These, with the Territory herds,
have run the market down and will keep
it down unless one or the other is kept
off and the only way this can be done is
for the government to extend the time
for the cattlemen of the Territory to get
out. 1t is absolutely impossible for the
feeding states where the corn crops have
failed to carry the large stock of feeders
there through the winter-they must go
to the market. If the government,
though, should extend the time to the
Territory men until next spring, they
could easily winter their herds and by so
doing the markets would cease to be
overstocked to the extent that they have
been, and relief would in this way be
given.
There is another feature OF this mat
ter that is quite imL ortant. Water in the
Territory is remarkably scarce, and it
is almost impossible to drive the cattle
from q range where there is water to a
railroad station or anywhere else.
herd might be started and driven an en-
tire day without finding wa ter, and it is
useless to tell any one the trouble that
would be encountered in such an at
tempt. Hundreds of cattle deprived of
water during such weather as now pre-
walls would die on the trail, and those
that did get through would be unfit for
market. The cattlemen are between
two bad fires. To keep their cattle in the
Territory will be q violation of law, and
to drive them out during the prevalent
drouth means ruin. The only relief that
can be gwen is in the hands of the gov
eminent, and by giving 1t both range
cattl emen and the feeders IN the states
and the livestock markets will be great
ly benefited and no one will be injured
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-19
FROM soMERyELL COUNTY.
Cattle and Crop Prospects in the Valley o
the POIuxy

Cattle and Crop Prospects in the Valley OF
the POIuxy.
MIR. Walter Gardner, a well known
has been doing considerable feeding this
year, brought in bunch of forty-eight
fat steers and COWS yesterday. They are
as pretty beef cattle as have been on the
Fort Worth market for a long time, and
should command high prices here. They
were wintered on cotton seed, and have
had fine range all summer. Speaking
of cattle and crops in Somervell
county Mr.. Gardner stated to GAZETTE
reporter that both were in pretty good
shape.
''Fat cattle. - he said, "are not in
such great abundance there now, but
they are all in good condition. Next
month the county will be full of what
term good fat beeves. The grass has
been, and is yet good with US, and our
crops are better than you will find in
most parts of the state. There is plenty
of corn that will make fifty bushels
to the acre, and there is q
great deal planted. Cotton also
looks well, and there are
valley fields that will make bale to the
acre. There is one party named Milan
who has in 200 acres of cotton who will
make not less than 100 bales, and this
without irrigation, but where the crops
have been irrigated the yield in many
cases will go to a bale. -
''Is there much land irrigated in Som
ervell?''
Considerable, from artesian wells,
which are thick in the county, some of
them flowing like mountain creeks, and
where they are used for irrigating the
crops are splendid. -
''Wlll there be many cattle fed In
your county next winter?'
mot many on corn, but number of
people will feed a great many cotton
seed, among the lot. The failure of
crops generally will make what corn is
raised in favored localities too high to
feed to cattle, but cotton seed will be
fed freely
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-19
WHITE FACES VS.. SHORT HORNS.

What an Experienced Breeder Thinks OF
the Two Breeds of Cattle.
Col. b. c. Rome, the well known
Hereford and Durham breeder, was met
by GAZETTE reporter yesterday, and
engaged in conversation on livestock
matters generally.
"My cattle, ''said Col. Rhome. care
getting along very nicely. but the coun-
try IN my section is needing rain very
badly. L don t think that 1 ever saw
my Herefords look better, and intend
to nave fine herd for the San Antonio
ana Dallas fairs. My partner Mr.. Pow
ell Is now IN the North, and will ship
out quite number Of thoroughbreds in
short time.''
"How has the calf crop been this
year?''
Every good, and the calves are all
doing we'll. -
"You prefer the Herefords to the
short horns, do you not?''
Eyes, sir, though 1 breed both. T
have been raising both for q number of
years and have made careful study of
the merits of the two, and for range
cattle there Is no doubt, in this country.
that the Herefords are the best. There
are no better beef cattle in the world, all
things being equal, than the Durham
but in this warm climate they require too
much nursing. They are all right If you
care for them as you would child, but
let them run and give them no more at
tention than you do Hereford and tbey
will not do near SO we'll. This is the con-
clusion l have arrived at after years of
experience, and I do not hesitate to pro-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-19
Rather Blue.

Capt. S. B. Burnett of the 6666 ranch
was in the city Sund ay, having just re-
turned from Colorado, and yesterday
morning left for his Panhandle and Ter
ritory ranches. He stated TO GAZETTE
reporter that he had not been shipping
any cattle lately, but would start train
load in short time.
'There is no encouragement to ship, ~
he said, "but we have to get out of the
Territory, and am trying to get out as
easily as possible. On account of the
dry weather cattle are not picking up
very fast now, and unless something
turns up soon, there will be lot of poor
cattle on the market IN the fall. Kansas
is burned out and has no corn, and the
cattle from there will have to go too. If
we only had until next spring to put out,
and could hold our cattle back until
then and let the feeding states send
theirs to market, all hands would be
much better off. If we have to get out
this fall, though, things look rather
blue. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-19
Cr-.ticisina a Young Lady

''she would be pretty girl but for
one thing
whats that?'' asked Charley.
George" face is always covered
with purple and red blotches.
Charley-"Oh, that's easily enough
disposed of. Used to be the same way
myself, but caught on to the trouble
one day and got rid of it in no time
George What was it?''
Charley Simply blood eruptions.
Took short course of P. P. P. 1 tell
you, it's the boss blood corrector. The
governor had rheumatism so bad that
you could hear him boiler clear across
the county every time he moved. He
tried it, and you know what an athletic
old gent he is now. If somebody would
give Miss Daisy q pointer, she would
thank them afterwards. All the drug
stores sell it, Sold by L. II. Whits lit
& Co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-19
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
FREE ADS

an persons seeking employment or desfr-
ing help Of any character are TINTED to use
This column free of charge, such advertise
ments not to exceed three lines.
Notices OF articles lost aud found IN thts
column not exceeding three lines toiH also 6s
Inserted free.
Ills the desire OF Tbs Gazetts to facilitate
the search Of persons for employment and
The recovery OF lost properly, and all ar
cordially inuited to use thls column for such
purposes.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-19
The livestock Census.

Prior to the census of the present year
no enumeration of animals not on farms
has ever been made. There are of these
not less than 2 800 900 horses alone. and
as they include all horses owned and
used in cities, town and villages, in rae
ing studs, on stock farms, in trade and
transportation, those used for luxury
and show, and each of these of more
value than the average farm horse, one
can hardly foretelI the increase in the
national wealth that these hitherto
sighted animals will bring. A similar
addition will be made by other animals,
cattle, swine, sheep, etc., which now
for the first time enter into the census
returns.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-19
The Netr Discorer,,,

You have heard your friends and neighbors
talking about it. You may yourself be one OF
the many who know from personal experience
just how good thing it is. If you have ever
tried it, you are one of its staurch friends be-
cause the wonderful thing about it is, that when
once given trial. DR.. King New Discovery
ever after holds a place in the house. If you
have never used it and should be afflicted with a
cough, cola or any Throat, Lung or Chest trou-
Bile. secure a bottle at once and give it q fair
trial. 1t is guaranteed every time, or money
refunded. Trial bottles free at N. E. Gram
mer's drug store.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-19
Hold the Poor Cattle.

"Tell the boys,'' said an old cattle
salesman at the Pittsburgh stock yards,
''that they had better keep their poor
cattle in the country, even if grass is
getting scarce, than to pay freight,
commission and other charges and then
sell them to men who have no more grass
than they have. This drouth is as bad
in the East as 1t is in the West, and stock
and feeding cattle are not wanted any
where -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-19

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Aug. 1s.-The
annual session of the American associ-
ton of science will continue in the city
ten days. beginning this evening. Many
prominent scientists from all over the
United States and Canada are already
here. The ASSOCIATION has 1900 MEM
bers, and II ia estimated that one half
would be here. The association came to
Indiana for the purpose of Investigating
natural gas. The Waldron upheaval is
to receive special investigation.