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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-09-24

clean, bright steel knife blade is the most
satisfactory "tryer" for large cake. 1t
makes sharp, slender cut that closes in
stantly. If it's shining surface be in the
least dimmed, the cake is not dry enough
and should remain a moment longer. A
too frequent opening of the oven door
often spoils cake, when it would other
wise be a success, so it is just as we'll to
let certain time elapse before gratifying
ones desire for lust a peep" always
keeping the oven at an even temperature
Ii these precautions are taken-and sure
~ if any thing is worth doing at all it is
worth doing well-a beautiful golden
hemisphere will add browning charm,
when placed upon the dainty, white nap
kin, or sliced shows it's heart of a lighter
gold, and is almost feathery in weight.
DELICATE SPONGE CAKE.
Ten eggs, one pound of powdered SUI
gar, half a pound offlour and piece of lone
small lemon with a little of the grated
rind.
Beat the yolks of the eggs to a cream,
then add the sugar, beating in little at
the time, until all used Beat in alter
nately a spoonful of fOur-to which
should be added one teaspoonful of ba-
king powder before baking-and small
portion OF the we'll beaten whites, making
the last heaping portion of the frothy
whites. Add the lemon Juice, stained,
and the rind. Have y our pan prepared,
creased with lard, not butter, and pa
pered, us have recommended, and, first
trying the oven, put the cake in as quick
ly as possible.
An hour will he found sufficient to bake
this size cake thoroughly. By using the
same recipe and baking in layer cake
pans, the famous "RObert e. Lee" Jelly
cake is made. The delicious icing that
goes between the cakes, of which there
should be eight, from the above receipt, is
made as follows:
One pound of powdered sugar added
slowly to the we'll beaten VIII ties of two
eggs. The juice and grated rind of an
orange and the juice of small lemon, or
half OF large one. This compound re-
tains all the delicate orange flavor, just
touched and permeated with the lem
on's acid and when spread evenly be-
tween the thin layers OF delicate
cake, makes all addition to a we'll served
luncheon or tea table, or to serve with
any light refreshments, that almost de-
serves to be honOred with the name of
our most illustriOus chieftain.
Spanish cream will, no doubt, suggest
many desserts known by the same cog
nOmen, but have never seen any so uni
formly successful. or that gives such
satisfaction as the following, which has
the additional advantage of being mex
pensive:
One quart of milk, one-half box Mel
sons geatine, four eggs, four tablespoon
fuls of granulated sugar. Soak the gela-
tine in One-half tumbler OF cold water un
til quite soft, which will be in about
twenty minutes during that time beat
the yOlks of the eggs and sugar together
Have the milk ready to boil in a porce-
lain lined saucepan or something that
will by no fatality scorch. When the gel
Atino is Ouito soft nom. If into tho hOiI-
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Jesus, lover of my soul,

Jesus, lover Of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the pillows near me roll,
While the tempest still is high;
Hide me, o my Saviour, hide,
TILL the storm of life be past,
Safe into the haven guide,
o receive my soul at last.
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GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.
One of the Great Needs of Many Portions
of the South.

One of the Great Needs of Many Portions
of the South.
An exchange discusses the need of
good country roads in a forcible and in
teresting manner, bringing out few of
the many advantages to be had where
toe highways are given proper atten-
tion, and noting the fact that college
professors, civil engineers and maga-
zine writer's are directing public atten-
ton to the subject of country highways,
and the Vanderbilt University, in Ten
nessee, has gone so far as to provide for
the free instruction in road en-
gineering of one person from each
county in that State. The Balti-
more Sun, which is agitating the ques-
tion in Maryland, points out that the
power required to draw wagon weigh
ing, with its load, one ton on a level,
macadamized road of broken stone is
sixty-fve pounds, which is increased to
two hundred pounds on common dirt
road. Prof. Ely, of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, estimates that poor roads cost
the farmer, on an average, of SIS per
horse, and Prof jerks, Of Knox Col
lege, Illinois, argues that with good
permanent roads freight could be
hauled ten miles on wagons cheaper
than it could be taken one mile5on a
dirt road to a railroad station, unload
ed, put on the cars, and carried to its
destination. OF the social influences of
good roads, he says that "a large part of
the mental inspiration of farmer de-
pends on their ability to attend church,
lectures, concerts, and social gather
ings at distance; and really good
roads, by enabling them to go so much
more easily would likely raise the whole
intellectual tone of the farming COM
munity, besides keeping in the health
full influence of the farm many who are
now forced into the towns. "-Arkansas
Democrat.
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COTTON CULTIVATION.
Timely Suggestion for an Interchange of
Ideas and Experience.

Timely Suggestion for an Interchange of
Ideas and Experience.
AS the time advances for the cultiva-
ton of cotton, let US have some little
correspondence relative to it. Last
season we had very instructive letter
from our old-time friend, Geo. Walling,
on this subject. This letter covered
about every point, but to keep it fresh
in the minds of our young farming fra
ternity, and also to suit those who cul-
tiyate different soils, as we'll as to
lend encouragement to 1.-The many" re-
ferred to by w. w. Larkins and his
friends who are intimidated by ''bone
labor, = we should have few ideas from
some of our leaders in the great agri-
cultural districts each season.
have been noticing for the last six
or eight years, Notwithstanding the
scarcity of labor, impoverished condi-
tion of both the soil and the farmer,
that our cotton crop is improving in this
State as to the yield per acre. The last
report for the ten years up to the crop
of 1889 and 1890 shows that three
eighths of bale per acre was the aver
age OF the South. | am satisfied that
our State will exceed that, especially N
the ten years to come Now that we
have the improved varieties of seed,
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
KING COTTON.
A Process for Turning Cotton Stalks Into
Good Bagging.


A Process for Turning Cotton Stalks Into
Good Bagging.
Few fights have been more bitter
than that waged by the Southern cotton
planters, individually and as Alliance
men, on the Jute Bagging Trust. Rather
than use the jute article, planters have
sent cotton to Augusta, Ga, the second
largest inland market of the country,
covered with sheeting and pine-straw
bagging at net loss of over dollar a
bale. Pine straw, bear grass, palmetto
and Spanish bayonet fibers have been
turned to, but found Objectionable in one
way or another. William E. jackson,
young lawyer of Augusta, began
about six years ago expert
menting with stalk fiber. He
secured machine patented to develop
South American fibers and began run
ming cotton stalks through. He re-
moves pulp and skin from the stalks by
heavy pressure and slow-rolling proc
ess, water carrying off the foul residue.
He ran the fiber through cording ma
chimes and secured an article of about
the same tenacity and color as iute.
Still keeping his labors secret, he
worked at the stalks until he had bale,
shipped it to himself, and left for New
York Atthe jute bagging factory of ].
c. Todd, Paterson, n. j., he was three
days getting his lint in shape for weav-
iAg. Mr.. Todd, an experienced man in
the bagging business, pronounced the
cotton stalk article all that could be
asked by the trade.
Mr.. Jackson has just returned from
New York, and Georgia cotton circles
are jubilant. He has his process COW
cred by letters patent in this country,
Canada, Mexico, India, South America
| and all the European countries. He can
pay 81 ton for the stalk delivered at
railroad stations, and manufacture at
~ cents yard, price he defies the
jute people to undersell at a profit. By
using what has been a nuisance-the
stalk-for which the farmer will now
find market, it is estimated that S.
900, 900 that went for jute bagging will
be kept in the country. Robbing the
industry of its sentiment, Mr.. jackson
makes good business showing. BY trial
it is shown to be less inflammable than
its jute brother. 1t weighs about ~
pounds a yard. On an average z
yards are required for bale. Mr.
j. j. Doughty, a cotton exporter, says
not one man in thousand who handles
cotton every day could detect at first
glance difference in cotton stalk and
jute bagging. The local article is
somewhat softer and shade darker,
but it will not stain and takes marking
legibly. Gotten circles are delighted,
as the planters opposition to jute has
been sore trial to merchants. The
annual stalk field will bale three year
ly crops of cotton. A prominent jute
dealer saw the new bagging and was
reticent. He did not care to be inter
viewed. Mr.. jackson has no schedule
yet, but said headquarters for his mills
and offices will be in Augusta, though he
may have to go over to Tennessee or
Alabama iron fields to locate his ma
chine shops St Louis Globe-Democrat
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A MoHAMMEDAN WEDDING.
Some of the Peculiarities of the NIoslem
Marriage System.

Some of the Peculiarities of the Ioslem
Marriage System.
An English marriage in high life"
without either bride, bridesmaids or other
palpitating ladies on view, would smack
strongly of Hamlet with the character
role omitted. What, too, could the as.
sembled gentlemen do, deprived, as they
would be, of those pleasant feminine
criticisms of the guests and dresses
which obtain on such occasions? There
are some masculine cynics who consider
weddings rather melancholy affairs, even
under the best circumstances, but they
would be infinitely more SO without the
presence of lovely woman. That is,
from the European standpoint. Moham-
medans of good position take precisely
the opposite view. The Calcutta native
papers lately gave long and graphic
account of the marriages of two young
men, the sons of local magnate
Matches, illuminations, flags, furniture
and decorations are described in the
most minute details. But no mention is
made of the brides, nor does single
feminine name appear in tho lengthy
list of guests who attended. Fifteen
hundred turned up, including mahara-
jahs, nawabs, mirzahs and syuds galore,
and the affair went off beautifully in
every way. But poor Nourmahal did
not even get peep at it, unless surrep-
titiously through some chink in the
zenana. 1t is further stated that all the
guests made a point of offering felicita.
tions to the bridegrooms, but no good
wishes did they bring for the brides.
Yet, odd to say, all seem to have en-
ioyed themselves greatly, or the festivi-
ties would not have been prolonged un-
til far into the night. Unless, therefore,
we assume that Asiatic human nature is
altogether different from European,
some advantage might possibly accrue
to English society from experimenting
with the Moslem marriage system. Lon.
don Globe
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suitable TO every section Of the Se.4.
and different soils, the thorough cplt;r.
tion of these soils at the right time. ana
in the right manner, must come new
Some of our most successful cotton.gron.
ers contend that the ground can /.
cultivated too strongly for this plart
but l assert that where one man dooe
this, there are nine hundred and ninaty
nine who do not give the necesso.,.
amount of cultivation. One Of nv a.
quaintances told me he had given 4,
whole crop eight civilizations, and roda
over to see it, finding that his rronn5
was full of cocoa grass and was not =
we'll worked as mine was after one go.
ing over.
An old farmer friend of mine told NJ.
that he had not grown too old to Learn
something new each year in the cultiva-
tion of cotton, and if there are tbesa
new things to learn let us be up and q
it." Let those lazy, shiftless farmers
who are afraid Of getting a corn on their
hands and sweat on their brows skin ont
20 some S5untry where they win not
"'crowd out" the antelope.
Dick Majors article on "Hog and Cot
ton" is upabo the times surely, but Dick
must not ttigurei in the feeding of the hoo
so as to leave out corn, or he is left
This one point is all wherein beg leave
to differ with him. He slRuldn't be Al
green as that Georgia man to believe
that cotton seed roasted is equal to corn
for making pork.-Texas Farm and
Ranch.
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HERE AND THERE.

Keep out of the law. 1t is Just as
well to forgive a claim against your
neighbor as to have fight, win the
suit, and give the Judgment to a lawyer.
Farming should not be one Of the
poorest-paying businesses, says an ex-
change. No, and will not be either
when the Beef Combine and a few other
iniquities are throttled.
Let the calf suck for few days
The milk is good for nothing else, and
the milk does the calf good and the
sucking does the COW good, especially #
the udder is at all inhamed.
1t is barbarous to cut the sheep to
pieces while removing the fleece and
the shearer who does it does not know
his business or is criminally reckless,
and should be bounced.
BE as kind to your animals as you
are to your children, though the rule
would insure degree of cruelty to ami
mails in some cases that would draw the
fire of the humane societies.
Cultivate the young orchard. We
do not plant corn and leave the crop to
take care of itself. Nor can we treat
the orchard that way and achieve sue
cess with it.
The bugs and the worms are watch-
ing for you. They are all hungry, and
if they are permitted to satisfy their
appetites, the garden and field must
suffer. Declare war from the beginning.
The market is hungry for lean pork
of the right kind. Who will produce its
1t can not be produced by feeding the
animal all the corn it will eat all its
life.
The unprincipled seed dealers who
make it practice to buy up old WORTH
less seed, are now. engaged in laying
the foundation for great deal OF wicked
talk through the country.
Try keeping the tomato vines up Of
the ground this summer, and see what
difference there is in the fruit Some
people prune tomato vines to make inc
fruit larger.
Did you ever see two farmers sitting
on a dry-goods box in town quarreiing
over politics? They never settled tho
question in dispute or helped the grow
ing crops at home either, did they?
The ram should have good form
and good fleece, even if he is not o
large as one might wish. mother Woras'
a small ram of good form and fleece z
better than a large ram without tneso
| characteristics.
We insist that if you have a hei's,
calf from a good COW, even If she Is .
common COW and it is uncertain that sao
will transmit her excellence to her o.,
spring, it is good policy to raise the cAA
and wait developments.
The pig and the boy are born VIZ w,
an inclination to stir up the soil. y Z
a pretty good thing to let botn hass
their way in the matter, if the cona.
tions are favorable But the boy can y
given a garden and told to sail In 70 ~
advantage ).
Give the horses some Spring Me-
cine" The charcoal powders are gOe-
It would have been better if the VIII.
management had been Of suen ens'gs q
ter that spring medicine would noe 9
necessary, but it has not been u ll-'a
cases.
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Brood mares, says the American Cul.
tivator, should have extra care from
now until the time of foaling. Moderate
exercise upon the road will be much bet.
ter for them than standing in stall
Feed upon the best of hay and sound.
clean, sweet oats. Musty hay and in.
jured oats are liable to cause slipping Of
foals. 1t is better for both mare and
foal that the former does not take on
too much flesh. AS a rule foals from
very fat mares are much more puny al
birth than those from strong, hearty
ones in only fair condition.
Moderate exercise upon the road Or
farm is much better for brood mares in
New England than standing in stalls
day after day. Such as are not exer.
cised by work of some kind should have
few hours run in an open yard when
the weather is suitable. 1t will be nec-
essary to look after them some then.
for many pregnant mares are inclined
to stand still when out of doors.
There are few things which those
who have the care Of brood mares should
be careful to avoid. One is permitting
them to drink too heartily of cold water.
When salt is kept constantly in their
hangers, and they are watered three
times day, there is not much danger,
When they are salted only once week,
and perhaps not so often, the danger is
increased. Probably there are more
foals killed prematureay in the North
during the winter months by their dams
drinking cold water to excess than from
any other single cause. Very few farm
ers are aware of this fact, however,.
American Cultivator.
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FIRsslDE FRAGMENTS.

~-Slmmerlng at $50 degrees Is pre-
ferable in cooking meats, to boiling at
212 degrees. Much heat is wasted in
raising water to needlessly high tenn
peratures in cooking.
In bottling catsup or pickles boil
the corks, and while hot. you can press
them into the bottles, and when cold
they are tightly sealed. Use the tin.
foil from compressed yeast to cover the
corks.
"A good way to prepare sweet, ten
der beef or mutton for invalids is to
slice thin, spread it on plate, salt it to
the taste, and let it stand several hours.
Coffee made of rice, nicely Drowned, is
an excellent remedy for sickness of the
stomach, cholera morbus or diarrhna.
old Homestead.
-Savory Eggs: Hard-boil four eggs
and cut them in two; remove the yelks
and fill the whites with a mixture of
pounded olives, tongue. anchovy, lit
tie beetroot and capers; season each
with few drops of salad oil, or squeeze
of lemon, and CRATE over each the yelks
of the eggs; serve on crisp dry toast.
Sometimes in the morning one has
no Goals good for broiling over an open
fire. Take a sheet-iron saucepan and
heat very hot; lay the steak fiat on 1t,
and in half or three-quarters of a minute
turn over. In four or five minutes it is
cooked done. Place the steak on a
heated platter, and sprinkle with salt
and pepper. Pour over it tablespoon
full of melted (but not hot) butter
Country Gentleman.
Nodded Rice: Three cups cold water,
one-half cup sweet milk or cream, one
cup rice. Start the rice in cold water
and cook forty to fifty minutes or until
tender. When about done heat the milk
to almost boiling and stir it in gently,
breaking the grains as little as possible.
Cook few minutes longer, then turn
the rice into cups and set it away to
! cool. Serve with cream and sugar.
Western Rural.
Rich Potatoe Cakes: Bake dozen
of very fine potatoes, remove the peels
and cut away all the dark spots; weigh
off three-fourths pound, and pound into
it one-fourth pound of butter; then add
one-fourth pound of pulveriZed sugar,
two ounces of dry and sifted -four, the
yelks of two eggs and pinch of salt.
Form it into rather soft paste, then
-four the board, roll it out nice and sleek,
stamp or cut into any shape preferred,
place them on creased baking-sheet,
egg them over, and bake in moderate
oven. Bake rather crisp. These can
be favored with essence, if approved
Bread Sauce for Game: Roll pint
of dry bread crumbs and pass half of
them through seive. Put small onion
into pint of milk and when it boils re-
move the onion and thicken the milk
with a half pint of sifted crumbs. Take
| it from the fire, stir in a heaping tea
spoonful of butter, grating of nutmeg,
pepper and salt. Put little butter in
a frying pan and when hot throw in the
| half pint of coarse crumbs remaining in
the seive, put IN a pinch of cayenne pep
| per and stir them over the fire until
they assume light brown color, taking
care that they do not burn. For serving
put plump roast quail on plate, pour
over it tablespoonful of the crumbs.
The sauceboat, plate of crumbs and cur
rant jelly should be passed one after the
other.-Indianapolis Sentinel.
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Economy in the Kitchen.

A wise economy is a splendid quality
in cook. Without it even the highest
culinary genius may come rather over.
expensive. But it must be intelligent
economy. What is generally known as
attempted cheese-paring, writes "An
Old Bohemian, . is truly naught but ex.
travagance of the worst possible kind,
and in the most openly foolish disguise.
Never go in for that sort of seeming
saving which consists in the use of
cheap materials-such, for instance, as
rancid butter or mutton-fat for pastry
and frying, or inferior miscalled cheap
meat, fish, poultry, vegetables, fruit,
etc. You viii always find the best
articles the cheapest in the end. Let
your economy be antitatiye, not quas
itative. Take it for granted that liz
tie of what is really good will go a
longer way than great deal of inferior
trash. Shun cheap fats in pastry, but
always use good butter. If you must
employ a substitute, take pure lard.
The avoidance of waste in every depart
ment of the kitchen, the larder and
pantry, is the only true oconomy. N
Z. Ledger
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DR. Scanes Spicer read a paper at tho
last meeting of the Chronological So
ciety upon Nasal Obstruction and
Mouth Breathing as Factors in the
Etiology Disorders of the Teeth" In
the course of his remarks he said he had
been struck With the frequency with
which carious teeth were associated
with obstruction to the pharynx and en-
targed tonsils; so much so that he made
it routine practice to examine the
teeth in all cases of nasal obstruction,
and he believed that there existed
relation between them. Normally, we
should breathe through the nose, so as
to warm and filter the air respired. All
animals, savage races, and young in
fants do so; but large number of adults
of civilized nations breathe through the
mouth, because they have some OBJ
struction of the nasal passages. Mouth
breathing, he said, as a predisposing
cause of carries of the teeth, came into
action in various ways. For one thing,
the teeth were exposed to a current of
air OF much lower temperature than
that OF the body, which would tend to
cause inflammation of the periosteum
and pulp Of q tooth.-Glasgow Herald.
In whatever pursuit he is engaged,
the young man will profit by being
thorough. He will thus do good work
to begin with. but he will also make for
himself character that viii always be
capable and Trustworthy. United Pres
bEterian.
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EIGHTH DISTRICT.

MONDAY, at Andrew Crandell's
Store, in the Swamp, TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY,
at Friendship.