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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08

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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1890.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

NOTE SHEET COMMUNICATIONS-Ce Celery
and Asparagus; Sowing Winter Cabbage;
CassaVa in Peach Orchards Brace Bud
ding; Drill Irrigation; Uses OF the Palmet-
to Tree: Amateur EntOmOlOglst....... 56l
CORRESPONDENCE - Another Promising
Outlook for FlOrida--The Grape Industry;
Treatment OF Hollow Horn; Falacy OF
Green Manuring. 562
Inducements Wanted-Free State Lands
$or Settlers; Water Sprouts 5G3
Orange Culture in Mississippi; Foot Rot
and Die Rack............. 5G4
Necessity of Iumus on Sandy Land; The
MOcking Bird Trust; Wants q No Hog
SELECTED-A Practical Farm Gate.........56 3
Changing Bees from Box Hives to Frames.56f
Salt Boxes for Farm Stock. .565
The Root Knot Disease; Enemies to Stone
Fruits; Two Forms OF ClOd CruShGrS;
Garden Roller 56G
FLORAIl-Evergreen Vines; The Study of Bot
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Chat Emancipation
OF the Farmer: Some Advice to New-COm-
ers; How Blood Oranges are Made; Sub
Tropical Exposition
Answers to Correspondents. 500
Observation-Disclosures We May; A Dainty Des-
sert; II Ow to GetAlOng With Difficult PeO-
pie; What Ammonia Will Do; Paper Pill
low; Recipes; Group $40
Observation-Disclosures of q Poultry Raiser;
Cheap Fences for Poultry Yards......571
LITERARY-Story, "The Yellow Spring, ...572
FLORIDIANA..............
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08
SOME ADVICE TO NEWCOMERS

SOME ADVICE TO NEWCOMERS.
At this time, when he eyes OF thousands
in the great North and West are turned
towards Florida, when there are hundreds
of people making arrangements to come
South in search of homes and hundreds
of others who have bought homes On the
recommendation OF some one, and who
have never seen said homes themselves Ga
very bad practice by the way) are pre-
pairing to come to Florida to take up
their permanent habitatiOn here, few
words of advice will probably not be out
of place.
In the first place don't expect to see an
earthly paradise-expectto see something
terrestrial. Expect to see a country diff
ferent from any you have ever seen be-
fore, and one that will first strike you as
being anything but fertile and produc-
tive. Make up your mind to see these
things and the chances are you will not
be disappointed. .-..
AS you become better acquainted with
the country you will like it better, and
the longer you remain in it the stronger
will become your lOVe,fOr our wonderful
State.
After you have settled in your new
home do not proceed to call on your next
door neighbor and tell him how to Guilt
vate his orange grove, and we would ad-
wise you not to ignore the, advice OF the
aforesaid next neighbor in reference to
the cultivation of your own.
You may have been a good farmer in
| the North, but farming in the North and
making an orange grove in the South are
as different.as the respective climates OF
the two sections.
Listen to all of the advice offered you,
but by no means act upon it all. You
must keep your eyes as we'll as your ears
open, and from the avalanche of advice
which is sure to overwhelm you, you
must use your own judgment in selecting
the good from the bad, for the chances
are that you will receive more OF the lat
ter than of the former.
We are aware of the fact that the new
conner is placed at a great disadvantage
in this respect. How is he to distinguish
the good from the bad is the all import
ant question?
In reply we would say that the best
! plan is to see what results have been
achieved by the one who offers the ad-
vice. If a man tells you that by follow
ing a certain plan he has achieved sue
cess, let his work corr borate his words
look at his orange grove and you can
soon Judge as to the ACCESSIBILITY OF fol
lowing his advice.
| And last, but by no means the least, as
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08
EMANCIPATION OF THE FARMER

BY the word farmer is meant in this
connection that vast army OF men who
literally earn their bread by the sweat of
their brow from mother earth.
That their condition is pitiable is I'M
questioned; that it is going from bad to
worse and from worse to bad is generally
admitted. That they are staggering I'M
der loads OF debt and mortgage, which
grow larger and heavier with each sue
ceeding year is a statistical fact.
How shall they be emancipated from
this bondage OF oppression?
If we take the politician as authority,
our only salvation is in legislation, and
that legislation will only be enacted by
the party OF which the especial politician
is an exponent. Vain hope! 1t is not
legislation we need, and if we did
need it we would never get it. 1t lis
only the favored son of fortune with his
countless thousands who can afford to
lobby and to corrupt (the more's the
shame) who is ever benefited by legisla-
ton.
Then we must look to other means.
Assuming for ourselves no especial
power OF penetration and discernment,
and asking no undue bias for our ideas
on this account, we must say that the
farmer is his own worst enemy, and that
he is the greatest obstacle in the sunlight
of his own prosperity.
The great trouble is over-production,
or if not that at least the want of an ad-
equate market for our products. The
home market fallacy that has been dinned
into our laws. by designing politicians
for years is snare and a -delusion.;. AL
ready we produce more than the home
market can consume, and the agricult-
ural development of our country, as yet
is in itsinfancy. Already are wecompelled
to export our products to hostile for
eign market and compete with the ''pau-
per labor OF Europe and India,'' against
which labor the morefortunate manufac-
turers of our nation (who have cash to
influence legislatioh) are protected" at
the expense of the people.
AS before stated, it is useless to discuss
the subject of legislation-the farmers
will never get the benefits of it, for sew
eral reasons. Then we must look else:
where for relief.
Where?
To diversiication.
In days gone by when all of the indus
tries OF our country were in their swad!
ling clothes this agricultural depression
was not so noticeable, and although it
may seem "fogyish'' in these advanced
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08
EDITORIAL CHAT.

EVERY newcomer who fails, through
carelessness or false idea of economy, to sub
scribe for the AGRIcULTURIsT does an injustice to
himself, his family and his country.
OUR California exchanges announce
that the orange crop this year will not come up
to expectations and estimates, that 1T will be only
ten per cent. larger than the crop of last year.
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THE attention of those who are in any
way interested in the poultry business is directed
to the article in the Poultry Department by Mr..
j. Kennard which will be found to be both in
structive and interesting
Xxx
WE return thanks to Mr.. M. W. Davis,
of Lake City, for bundle of 300 Noisett straw
berry plants. They were the finest plants we
have seen this season, and arrived in splendid
condition. They have been planted in our exper
mental garden.
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ONE of our correspondents in this issue
favors the plan adopted by some of the South
American Republics of encouraging immigration
by Offering inducements in the way of free land by
the State to actual settlers. Unquestionably such
a course would tend to increase the immigration
to Florida
~
Mr.. J. b. STETsON has make acOntract
with Mr.. RUDE Marsh for penning 500 head of
cattle thirteen weeks on his home place grove The
experiment will be costly one for him, and there
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mo- CORRESPONDENTS.

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THIs week we were.. C ompelled to reject
IT should cost but little if any more TIC

IT should cost but little il any more to
grow rice in Florida than in Louisiana on land
suited to it, and there is an abundance of such
land in the State. The Jennings Q4a.) Reporter
records the fact that Mr.. o. p. Jenkins, of that
section, has Just threshed and shipped 13O barrels
of rice from eight acres For it he received $3.50
per barrel-$500.50 Expense of raising, rs per
acre-$64; expense of shipping and selling, $75
total expense. $129 Net profit 1861 80 or $45
per acre.
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suits will be eagerly watched for. Mr. Stetson is
doing a good work fol-. the orange growers, and
we trust he may be amply rewarded for his
tro ube and expense.
Xxx
The San Francisco Chronicle says that
the packing of California fruit this year
is attracting the attention of Eastern fruit grow
ers and shippers. 1t has taken Californians a
number of years to learn that half the battle is
won when they pack fruit in tasteful STYLE but they
appear now to have thoroughly learned thelesson:
THIS week we We're compelled to reject
at least two-thirds of the Note Sheet Communica-
tions sent in on account of their length. sheet
of note paper is not sheet OF letter
is it asheet offoolseap or legal-eap-it s'nothnS
more or less than sheet OF note paper, and cor
respondents should govern themselves accord
ingly.
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Second Class matter.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-11-21
|DAYITT TO PARHELL.
He Asks for the Retirement
of the Irish Leader.
THE NAT1oNAL1sTs ALL LOYAL.
Thy Meet in Convention and Pass a
Vote of Conf lence.

Enthusiastic Remarks by Justin Mccarthy
and Mr.. Healy-Fifty Priests Attend a
Galway Meeting and Listen to Words
of Praise for the Irish Statesman-A
Government Surprise Coming.
LONDON, Nov. 21.-Mr. Davitt's advice
in the Labor World to Mr.. Parnell is at
tracing more attention than similar ut
terances on this subject, owing to Davitt's
undoubted freedom from prejudice and
his great reputation for fairness in such
discussions.
Mr.. Davitt maintains that those who
argue that the control of the Irish party
is the sole affair of the Irish people, and
that nothing will be involved or jeopar-
died if they do not repudiate Parne1rs
leadership, unconsciously play into the
hands of the enemies of home rule.
"Others," he continues, "with surpass-
ing, extraordinary ignorance of the neces-
stiles of this political crisis, say that Par
nell, as a Protestant, is not morally
responsible to the Catholics. Those who
advance the latter argument are shaking
the very foundations upon which home
rule stands in England.
"Mr. Parnell is asked" says Mr..
Davitt, ''to make small sacrifice in re-
turn for the sacrifices that confiding
cud generous people have made for him.
He must not consider his own political
future in this crisis, but what is the best
course to adopt in the interest of home
rule in England. He must remember
that he defied Irish popular sentiment
when he rode rough-shod over the feel
ings and opinions of his own party when in
1885, in the presence of another serious
80. ~ I,oo 81
OF Galway. The wounds thereby inflicted
uLon the minds of his ablcst followers
are yet unhealed. Loyalty to the union
fidelity to the cause, compelled his col
leagues to gulp down their indignation
v i'll Mr.. Parnell now ask similar sacri
flee from his home rule friends in Eng
land? He should retire.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-11-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The National Grange will meet in
Springfield, Ohio, next year.
Tony Miller, n Respondent Polander, cut
his throat in Elmira, N. Y. He will prob
ably die.
The case against Ira Pennimau, the al
legged abductor of Mamie Turlton, was
dismissed at Concord, Mass.
An insane man, supposed to have been
Abram Polmater, of Long Eddy, N. Y,
drowned himself at Elmira.
Charles Jacob, Jr., & Co., pork and beef
packers at Cincinnati, o., have assigned.
Liabilitis, 100000; assets, $4,000.
A conscience contribution of $40 from
Pittsburg, sent through Catholic priest.
wa received at the Treasury Departments
in Washington.
Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago was
unanimously elected president of the
Board of Lady Managers of the Worlds
Columbian Exposition.
A syndicate of Boston capitalists will
erect ID cottages and casino near Eas-
toms Point, Newport, r. l. Ground will
be broken next week.
Peter Stern. a 60-y" ar-old farmer, living
near Peterville, Pa, hanged himself in
his family's absence. He is believed to
have been temporarily insane.
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, United States
Minister to France, accompanied by Mrs.
Reid, left Paris last night, for a two
months tour of Turkey and Egypt.
An inventory of the embarrassed Car
abassett Pulp Company at Skowhegan,
Me-, filed with the Insolvency Court shows
assets of 100000 and liabilities sos, 17S.
Martha Davis, colored, was sentenced at
Philadelphia to ten years in the peniten-
tiary for an attempt to poison Anthony
h &c
| in coffee.
who murdered Peter Burbeck for alleged
criminal intimacy with his wife, was &C
quilted at Susquehanna, Pa, on the
| ground of self-defence.
Robert NJ, only son of Congressman
| Scranton of Scranton, Pa, was married at
| Hartford, Conn, last night, to Miss
| Helen Sperry, a lady well known in
| Washington society. About 1000 invi-
| tations were issued.
A block of nine houses including Har-
ney's hotel in Nanticoke, Pa, were de-
stroyed by fire. The loss on buildings
and furniture will reach about $4,000;
partly insured. Many of the families are
rendered homeless.
Six children have died in quick sue
cession in Pittsburg, Pa. from diphtheria.
| lucy dOCcuOeu Guo 1WelUy-SoV6nGn Waru
school. There are great fears of an cpl
demic, as many others are ill of the
same disease.
William Kelly, steamf1tter of Kear-
ney, N. j., cut his throat with broken
tin cup in a cell at the Second Precinct
Station, Newark, last night, and then
tore the wound open with his hands,
severing the windpipe. He will die He
| was crazed with drink
The jury in the famous case at Findlay,
Ohio, of Mrs. Josephine Wertz against
the Toledo, Columbus & Cincinnati Rail
way, in which the plaintiff sued for
$40, 900 for the accidental death of her
husband on the road named, last Feb
ruary, brought in verdict of $4,000 for
plaintiff.
The strike of the Granite cutters al
Concord, N. H., is in fair way to be
speedily adjusted. President Patterson
has practically accepted the proposition
for arbitration submitted to him by
the men, and a conference of the Other
manufacturers to select one arbitrator is
now in progress.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-11-21
Miss Drenol's convent Life.

A pleasant-faced, gentle, refined nun,
who is introduced as Sister Katherine,
and whose face is suffused with faint
tinge of color as she is introduced, calls
to mind a scene last winter, when, in
the chapel of the Mercy Convent, the
lovely robe of white satin was, with the
name of Miss Katie Drexel, discarded
for the black robe and the name of Sis
ter Katherine. Sister Katherine is now
Engaged in teaching some of the three
hundred little folks who call St PauPs
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum their
home. Her school is composed of the
primary pupils of the vast establish
ment, and tenderly and lovingly she
governs them and teaches them the
rudiments of an education. Other
rooms and departments are under con-
troll of other sisters, and the reverend
father in charge of the institution says
that "a child of any religion or nation
ality is received and taken care of in
our home. While we are distinctly q
Roman Catholic institution, yet charity
does not draw the lines very closely,
and We have a number of Protestant
children in the home now."-Pittsburgb
Dispatch.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-11-21
The Man He was Looking For.

The general superintendent of a great
railroad was sitting in his Office when a
well-dresssd man entered, and the fol-
lowing conversation ensued:
SIS this the superintendent"
Yes"
''Glad to see you, sir. My name is
Bakers, and want job"
want a position as conductor of
passenger train?"
YES"
"Do you understand your businessP"
Try me once"
81 suppose you would turn in every
cent that belonged to the companyP'
mo, sir; but I'd whack up"
''HNw much would you take per dayP"
lowing to business"
You'd always make it a point to
bring in some little money, wouldn't
you9'
"Well, I'd help myself first. and
then"
Hold on, want you. You have told
me the first truth that have heard for
years. Can you start right in?"-Texas
Siftings.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-11-21
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A school teacher at Berneville, Pa,
is but thirteen years of age.
The Chinese Government has re-
Gently indemnifed the Presbyterian
board to the extent of over 81, 900 for
property destroyed by a mob in 1885, in
the province of Kwong Sal, China.
AT Colby University this year marks
the beginning of the coordinate system
and the abolition of the co-education
system. This is considered to be a wise
move. A large annex for the ladies has
been added to the college buildings.
Steps have been taken by colored
ministers and officers of the Southern
Presbyterian church in Alabama to or
ganize colored presbytery in that
State. Similar measures are contem-
plated in Mississippi, Louisiana, Geor-
gis. and the two Carolinas.-Boston
Journal.
The Baptist General Association OF
West Virginia closed its twenty-hfth
annual session at Parkersburg recently.
The various reports showed that 49, 6S
had been received for home missions,
fifty churches are being constructed,
and that the number of Churches is 500,
with a membership of 40, 000
The board of publication of the
Cumberland church, located at Nash
vile, is prospecting in its work far be-
yond any thing previously known in its
history. Its periodicals are largely
patronized; many books of high order
have recently been issued, and build
ing is being erected for its use in the
heart of the city at cost of $50, 900.
The English Methodists will observe
an interesting centennial next year.
They will then commemorate the CEN
tenary of the death of their founder.
Among other things fund of ga, 900 is
10 be raised for the restoration of the
City-road Chapel, the old headquarters
of Methodism in London, in the house
adjoining which John Wesley breathed
his last. This house is to be restored,
and will be converted into kind of
| Wesley museum.-The Ensign.
Church service is now supplied to
the public by telephone in Birmingham,
England. Transmitters are set up in
the church, so that subscribers to the
telephone can hear the service and the
! sermon at their private residence, If de-
sired. At the end of the choir stalls, on
the top of the lectern and the reading
desk of the pulpit the small metallic
cased transmitters are placed, and they
are so regulated that the sound is gath
cred in without requiring the voice to
be directed especially to them.-N. Y.
Sun.
-Wellesley's whole number of stu.
dents this year is seven hundred, and
the utmost limits of accommodation are
reached by that number; otherwise more
| might have been registered at the OPEN
ing of this term. The small size of the
chapel is great inconvenience, and all
the STUDENTS and friends look forward to
a new one, the funds for which are being
raised. Two new courses have been
added to the curriculum of comparative
philosophy under the direction of DIR.
Helen L. Webster; and of domestic
science under the administration of
Miss Marion Talbot, who is graduate
of Boston University.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-11-21
Terrible Neglect.

little stream If W ter was seen one day
trickllug through one of the great Holland dikes
which in that co Tntry keep the sea,wlth its level
many feet above the ground, from inundating
the cities. The small leak remained unheeded,
as something too small for not &c. The stream
gradually enlarged and finally became a torrent,
the dixie was undermined, until in fatal mo-
ment the vast embankment gave way and the
great food of waters overwhelmed the city.
Careless neglect thus sacrificed thousands of
lives
by n similar needless neglect myriads Of lives
are sacrificed every year. Nervous Prostra-
tlon, Insanity, Paralysis, Heart Failure,
Consumption, Fatal Kidney Disease and
Premature Deaih in all cases follow neglect
of the first symptoms The sufferer becomes
weak, tired, languid, run down and work be-
comes an effort, There is nervous, restless and
depressed feeling, with more less sleepless
nights and tired waking mornings, with bad
taste in the mouth, dull head and general lack of
Vim and vigor. The appetite becomes capricious,
there may be headaches or pain in side or back,
possibly attended by palpitatiSn, numbness
trembling, with strange sensations and weari-
ness of the limbs. Altogether there is feeling Of
both nervous and physical exhaustion, with loss
of energy, life and ambition.
These symptoms and feelings show that the
health is undo rmined, and hat just surely as
they are neglected. the strength and vitality of
nerve and body Will give way and fatal disease
result.
There is but one plain course for the sufferer
to pursue, and that is to use Immediately that
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