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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-18
For THE POULTRY DEPARTMENT.
Il L go ''..tEInbreeding. II

1t seems to be a very common idea
with amateur poultry Breeders and fan
ciers that it is necessary to procure male
birds not akin to- their own stock each
season. Now this is not only an unnec-
essary expense, but often times is an in
jury to the flock, especially if they are OF
a choice strain. If fresh blood is obtained
once in two or three years it is all
that is necessary in order to keep up
the stamina of the flock 1T is better to
obtain fresh, blood by obtaining female
birds and mate these witha cockerel from
the home flock and from the chicks of
this mating select yourcockerels to mate
with your entire flock the next season, or
anOthergood wayis to procure cockerels OF
the breeder of whom you gotyOur original
stock, for If he is a careful breeder he will
obtain fresh blood as often as his stock
requires it, and in getting stock from him
every few years you get fresh blood in
fused into your own stock and are not i'll
danger of injuring your flock by the in
PRODUCTION OF new blood.
L know Of a very successful Light Brah-
ma breeder in the North who has bred
them nearly twenty years, and has never
obtained fresh blood only through the
yards of the breeder of whom he got his
original stock, and visit to this gentle
mans yards is a sight never to be for
gotten.
I.would never-bhy stock of a man who
adYertises that he mates up his penseach
year with ~cockerelss not akin. Any one
who has had experience in breeding choice
stock OF any kind knows how hazardous
it is to breed in that way, and nc. onecan
expect to be successful as a breeder of
choice stock of-any kind who follows that
plan. a. -
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MINORCAS, JAVAS, GAMES.

Andalusians, White Wyandottes, Silver Wyan-
dottes. Golden Seabrghts Black Red Game BaE-
tams, Georgia Shawl Neck and Cuban Pit Games,
White and Blue Barred Plymouth Rocks, Fl Ou-
dams, Javas, Red Caps, Buff Cochins, Partridge
Cochins, Langshans W. c. Black and Silver
Spangled Polands. Light Brahmas, Black Min
orcas, White Minorcas, Brown Leghorns, White
LeghOrns, White Guineas, Blue Guineas. Eggs of
above, 81 per 49, ROuen and Pekin Duck Eggs,
81 perS Bronze Turkey Eggs, 81 per s. Booted
White Cuban Pigeons. 81 per pair.
A. j. ADAMS, Manatee, Fla.
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ing his or her home thereon, under the
homestead or presumption laws, prior to
the first of May, ammo Domini eighteen
hundred and ninety, shall have the right
upon complying with the further require
ments of the law in other respects, to
complete such homestead or prevention
entry and receive patent for the land
so entered, occupied aud improved, not
withstanding discovery olphosphate
deposit upon or under the surface OF any
of said lands after. such entry was made.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-18

do not wish any one to think that |
advocate inbreeding year after year,
but do claim it is not necessary to
infusc fresh blood into your stock each
season. The most successful breeders of
any. kind OF choice stock inbred to
certain extent. The fastest and most en-
during trotting horse is almost invari-
ably produced by careful inbreeding, as
we'll as the COW having the highest milk
or butter record Therefore do not be
misled and think that in order to get
good results your breeding stock must
not be akin. G. C. PAINE.
Federal Point, Fla.
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Homeopathy for Chickens, Etc.

The following homeopathic remedies
are good-for [ have tried them, and
any one can use them:
Sponga will cure the roup in chickens
almost every time.
Aconite, or il it fails, euphrasia will
cure sore eyes in hens.
Ipecac (the homeopathic form) is the
principal remedy for diarrh9a in flows,
or, if the trouble be known to be the re-
suit of faulty feeding, give arsenicum.
Should these fail resort to chamomilla.
In head distemper, when hens lose their
bright looks, crouch about in corners
and die readily one after another, close
examination will show the skin around
the anus to be colored high-red with
black spots. This maIady is contagious,
and has character similar to infamma-
ton OF the spleen This plague is mostly
observed during hot weather. Separate
the sick and give them nuX vOmica,
homeopathic form. In white comb,
the comb, becomes slowly covered with
whitish dust, which SEXES the waffle
and then passes into the skin of the neck,
the feathers of which die off. Give sui
phur for day or two and then change
to staphisagria, which is the main
remedy.
In itch the body is covered with itch
like eruptions. Administer sulphur for
three days, then foIlowwith staphisagria.
For pip, led on soft food and give
spongia.
For gapes, try spongia, and if it fails
give corallium rubrum. The dOse twelve
pellets of medicine in the drinking water.
A gentleman saw our note of the use of
coralIium rubrum (trit.) for asthma of
canary birds and gave dose of it to his
canary which, while not afflicted with
asthma had not sung for two years.
Shortly after taking the remedy the
birds vOicereturned to it and it has sung
merrily since.
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for heating .broifer, houses. It is worth
the, price of the whole years .subscrip-
ton.
s4..t,...s.fG $50. ~ ~ wx*4
IT u.s. too late to hatch. chicks in Flori-
da; our summer weather is TOO warm for
their: comfort They, get over; heated,
which causes bowel complaint; and the
Leghorn. and all early feathering chicks,
unless unusually strong, will hardly have
strength enough to get their first growth
of feathers.
The latest chicken craze is the Indian
Game. We will illustrate it by and by
from cuts of imported stock, ., -.
y:
The American Poultry Association has
been invited to meet at Charleston, S. c.,
next winter. Let Florida be represented
if they accept, and it looks now as if it
would.
For lice or mites use sulphur and car
bolic acid-ten pounds of the former to
two fluid drains of the latter-wel. mixed.
If well busted in the feathers you will not
: be troubled with either Be cautious
about using it on half-grown fowls; their
skin is tender, and il too strong of acid it
may cause irritation. A very little will
do the work.
The first spring ducks in New York
market April Goth sold for 80 cents per
pound May 9TH, % cents; at eight and
ten pounds, per pair, three months old,
they were worth from $1.25 $1,4O each.
Who says ducks don't pay?
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MAKE Your Own FERTTLIzER.-Sendf for
sample, price, etc, of our kilncured, dis
ntegrated, screened IIumus for compost
ing with chemicals, cotton seed meal,
ashes, or stable manure. Address, Hicks
& CLARK, Fort Mason, Fla.
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FLORIDIANA.

Tampa kicks on it's fire alarm system.
Ocala collects annually a $4,000 tax;
Orlando 1919, 900. s.. .&
The Episcopal church at Palatka is to
have a. fine pipe organ.
\ teachers institute will convene at
Chipley on the oath inst
Madison has raised afund Of -, 900 to
put down an artesian well.
The Seventh annual convention OF the
State Dental Association convened at st.
Augustine last week. .
The cut-worm liz now busily at work in
the cotton fields around Vernon and is de-
stroying the plants entirely. In many
localities the farmers have been compelled
to pillow and plant a second crop.
The Leader says Kissmmee has one of
the finest driving beaches in the State.
Onecan leave the city and drive to South
port the entire way on the beach, a dis
tance of about twenty miles, in a mean
dering course.
Col Bradford, of Tallahassee, State
Engineer, who has been inspecting the
saw-grass lands in Orange and Lake
counties recently, reports them to be bet
ter drained and in much better condition
than was expected. Metropolis.
Messrs. Doss & Diddle, of Astor Park,
have finished shipping cabbage. They
Melted $643on two and half acres. The
land on which they were grown is drained
hammock, newly cleared, and only $1S
were spent for fertilizers.-Exchange.
The Chatham Investment Company,
now mining phosphate near Dunnellon,
has made heavy sales at Savannah at
SILL per ton. The cost of mining, load
ing on the car and transportation from
their beds to Savannah is about IS per
ton. Their sales have been largely if not
entirely made for foreign Shipment
tow Informant.
There is an old lady living in Polk
county who is worth d COW pen full of or
binary men. She writes poetry and sets
it to music; hunts phosphate and analy-
yes it; plants trees and waters them in
dry weather; clears land, works an or
ange grove, knits dresses, makes shoes,
plats palmetto into hats and makes flow
ers out of shucks. Who is the man who
said that Florida women were listless,
lazy and shiftless?-E
"Senator Pasco has our thanks for val
liable documents" says the DeLand AG-
R'CULTURIsT. We will wager our office
cat that Editor Painter has not looked
into the "valuable Documents" but is
waiting for cold weather that he might
enjoy winters necessity.-Palatka
Herald. Oh yes we have Charlie! You
must remember that the life of all agri-
cultural editor is hard one, and in or
der to he able to inform our readers
about the quality of horse radishes to
feed their horses, when TO plant silo and,
etc, etc, it is necessary to read the very
interesting dOcumentssent us from head
quarters
The following is the full text of Senat Or
Pasco's Senate bill for the protection of
settlers upon government land upon
which phosphate deposits exist: A bill
for the protection of actual settlers who
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-18
;nITED By f. .M..AMsDEN,
FLORIDA.
Poultry Votes.

THE June number Of theaP oultry Keep
er'fully illustrates the hot water system
forheating .broiler, houses. IT is worth
the, price of the whole years .subscrip-
ton.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21

quarter of one per cent to one-half of one
per cent on every dollar that is landed on
these comparatively prosperous shores.
According to the present rates OF exchange,
the bankers make about $4,000 on every
81, 900, 900 worth OF the precious metal which
is shipped to this city. This, too, is upon
the mere rates of exchange. Besides they
make very com Portable sort OF profit on
the loan OF this money to those who are IN
need of it. In the first place, when the
rates of exchange are very low on this side,
as they are at present, the banker sends
word to his correspondent on the other side
to ship him so many hundreds of thousands
of dollars worth of gold. just as wholesale
importer of silk would request his agent on
the other side to ship him a hundred pieces
of Lyons silk. The visit on this order is
taken to Threadneedle street by the cor
respondent, and the requisite amount of the
precious metal is ordered either by drafts or
upon the presentation of Bank OF England
bills for the amount.
WEIGHING ENGLISH sovEREIGNs.
If the gold can be secured in either fine
gold bars or in American double eagles, the
transaction, so far as the bank is concerned,
is done. But il the bank declines to part
with anv OF these, then the demand is made
for the payment o! the order or bills in SOW
ereigns. 1t is here that some of the COM
plication of details comes in. For, notwith-
standing the general impression that En-
glish soVereigns are always new and beauti-
full. many OF those in the great vaults which
are available for shipment are neither, for
circulation wears the English coin quite as
much as it does ours. So instead of receiv-
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mercial community OF this city has been de-
manding gold, but because of elements of
uncertainty in trade in England and on the
Continent, our bankers could not get su :
icient quantity to supply the demand.
Though great efforts were made to obtain
from England a large amount, such were
the drains upon the Bank of England on ac-
count of the embarrassment of the Barings
and the anxiety which prevailed because of
it that that great arbiter of finance declined
to permit any of its fine bars or the Ameri-
can double eagles which it constantly keeps
in store to pass from its possession.
With an additional supply from the Bank
of France, however, there became available
the more or less worn sovereigns in the Bank
of England's vaults, and at once number
of foreign bankers in this city began to Sc
cure them for shipment to this city. The
result is that the big steamship Majestic,
which sailed from the other side Wednes-
day, December 10, is a yeritab bic treasure ship,
laden with millions OF gold, to ease the fear
of our merchants that there will be not
enough current money to accommodate the
exigencies of trade. OF course these ship
ments on the Majestic are exceptional. But
they illustrate how promptly great guam
tity of treasure may be accumulated in case
of necessity. For it must be remembered
that these millions were pledged within not
more than two or three business days-the
first amount. (S25O, ,O0O) being secured Satur-
day, December 6. by the Messrs. Seligman.
THEY DON'T IMPORT FOR FUN.
Bankers. while wonderfully good fellows.
are not in business merely as philanthropists.
They don't bring gold over here simply be-
cause you or may want to buy Christmas
presents. They do it all to make money,
and for no other purpose under the sun. So
when you hear of great shi ipment OF gold
from the other side, depend upon it that
someone is making all the way from one
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m the table in little piles are the useful

on the table in little piles are the useful
presents.
"The children form in line about the tree,
the Oldest first, carrying the baby, and last
of all the little one just walking. At the
piano sits the mother, who strikes chord,
and the oldest then goes slowly round the
table to discover which Of the gifts is hers.
If she pauses before the heap intended lor
the music is very soft and slow; then as she
gradually nears it there comes great crash
OF sound and the excitement is intense.
This goes on until each in turn have dlscov-
cred their presents, when the flther calls
them to him and taking ou his knee one
child at time has them repeat the little
verse or sing the song prepared for this oc-
oasion. Before goodnight is said the chill
dren cluster round the mother at the piano
and join their voices with her own.
"On Christmas Day there is roast goose
or venison for dinner and plum pudding Tor
dessert, with big slices of cake made by the
bakers only at this season. These cakes
baked in squares, nearly three feet long, and
plentifully stuffed with raisins, currants
and citrnn, do not resemble the, dark fruit
cake OF England and America. The stuthng
OF the goose is prepared in the same manner
as mince meat, and is quite sweet Around
the rim of the dish are placed boiled chest
nuts, which, in Germany, are served as
vegetable" Miss GRUNDY, JR.
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KALAKAUA AT A BANQUET.
When the Vino Sparkled He Didn't Care
Whether school Kept or Not.

When the Vino Sparkled He Didn't Care
Whether school Kept or Not.
st. Louis Globe-Deinocrat
The arrival OF King Kalakaua in San
Francisco recalls an incident which
occurred in Jefferson City at the time his
dusky Highness was travelling through the
United States several years ago. The good
people up at the capital decided to give
Kalakaua royal reception, and it certainly
was one OF the most hospitaDle accorded the
monarch during his tour. Wine flowed
like water and, as a matter of course,
good part of it wandered down tine royal
throat. The more the King drank the more
satisfied he became with the general con-
ditinn of mundane affairs, and, was fast COM
ing to the conclusion that Jefferson City was
the best place in the world to live in.
But his stay at the capital was limited
by cold, hard railroad time table. A few
minutes be ore the train was due the master
of ceremonies, well-known Democratic
politician, approached Kalakaua and in
formed him that the train was about due,
and "the committee, it such were his royal
pleasure, would now escort him to the
depot" The monarch stared at the speaker
and remarked in very good English; cash
monies was embarrassed, but still he per-
sisted. "S'more champagneH commanded
the King in his most majestic tone. just
then the train whistled. In despair the
master of ceremonies seized Kalakaua
by the collar. "Darn it, King, the trains
comm and you'll get left" he said, and the
committee gathered about the tottering
monarch, carried him to the depot and
started him toward st, Louis.
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ing the number of sovereIgns in sovereigns
that the demand is made for the old sover-
eigns are dumped into o big scale and
weighed like so much sugar. Then when
the amount in what Mr.. Swinburne calls
''the rudy red gold" is measured out the
correspondent puts himself in communica-
tion with the New York banker and says
that so much gold at such and such price
is held subject to his instructions. 1t doesn't
take long ior cablegram to get across to
order a prompt shipment, and over the
specie comes on the next big mail steamer.
Here again the similarity of shipment to
that of ordinary merchandise is evident.
The gold is taken from the bank in canvas
bags to the brokers' or bankers Office and
repacked in small iron bound kegs. A visit
is made then to an. insurance company's
office, and the contents of the little kegs is
insured nt rate OF about one-eighth OF 1
per cent. A couple of bills of iading are
secured, and one of these is shipped with
the gold, and the duplicate is put in an
envelope with the insurance policy and sent
across by mail steamship which sails about
the same time.
PRECAUTIONS UPON PRECAUTIONS.
OF course, there is big object in doing
this. because if by some mishsp the steamer
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Pure Gold.

The angels were weaving crowns
Golden crowns for the heads Of men,
Last night when tapped at the door
In my wonderful dream. And when
asked them crown for you.
Brother mine, for your golden year,
They sang: "Only they who have sown
Seeds of gold have a crown waiting here"
"Looki here all the caskets lie.
Little sisters. their clasps cannot part
Till one who has known him can speak
The word that would open his heart
For out of life's golden grain
The key of the heart doth grow,
And if in full fifty years
No one may the talisman know,
Then better the heart and the crown
Be left in their caskeJs, alone. .. ..
For worthless alike to man
Are crowLs of or hearts OF stone."
Amazed, helpless, hopeless. 1 heard,
For what all alone could do?
And PROSTATE fell in depair.
And cried out in anguish for you,
Il need thee, my brother, come, help"
When 10! something touched my hand.
AL angel the brightest and best
In all of that olittering band;
And quickly she gave me thy crown,
And sweetiy She said: with good cheer
And long live thy brother to SOW
Golden grain for tnis many year." T.,
With rapture bring it to thee
All set with rich apples of gold,
The tears thou hast stayed its pearls,
Its pattern thy souls mystic mold,
All proudly wish thee long life
And JOY beyond measure-and yet-and yet
Through my gladness comes stealing anon,
One little false chord of regret,
Why other than mine the power
Those heaven-land caskets to parti
Why other than mine the hand
That held the gold KEY of thy heart?
Mrs. WdIkeT, in Inter Ocean.
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THE RATS WON THE DAY.
ssory of Pioneer Times Which Gave Sheet
of Water Name.

- ---~~-
ofWater Name.
Lewiston Journal]
The question is frequently asked. whence
the name of Thomson Pond, sheet of water
in Western Maine, extending through four
towns and lying partly in three counties.
Tradition saws it was named from the first
settler, Joe Thomson. During his sojourn
be was seriously troubled by rats. He first
provided himself with a stout leather bag Of
the capacity of four bushels. He then
placed an empty hogshead in his log hovei
leaving the bunghole open. through which
he dropped small quantity Of meat scraps
and'crumbs of bread.
Bag in hand he retired outside to watch
proceedings, peeking through small ere
vice between the logs: Presently he espied
an old gray veteran approaching the bung-
hole. He takes q peep, then shifts, looks
cautiously about and then enters. He soon
emerges from the hogshead and quickly dis
appears. In a trice he returns followed by
a drove amounting to hundreds, which, one
by one, disappear through the bung-hole.
"Now," chuckled Joe, sis my fun, )" as he
skipped nimbly through the door and ad-
justed the open mouth of the bag to the
small aperture, at the same time rapplng
the h0gSnead WIN Lne toe OF MS DOOC, WHICH
produced loud ringing sound. With loud
squeals and fierce struggles the frightened
rats began to scramble through the bung-
hole, all landing in the bottom of the bag.
His first thought was to drown them by
sinking the bag in the pond. but being in a
rather gamesome mood, as was often the
case, he concluded to put the bag in his
boat, and after rowing to a good distance
from the shore, then release them, and
with his ox-goad have good time knocking
them in the head.
Rowing out several rods from the shore.
and being in high glee at the thought of
wreaking vengeance on the "varmints"
which had given so much trouble, he, with
out hesitation, united the bag expecting to
see the frightened creatures at once leap
into the water, but ne quickly found him
self mistaken.
Instead OF fleeing, or even retreating, the
rats charged in body, and with teeth
and claws SO severely lacerated his face,
neck and hands, as to cause him to leap
from the boat and swim for the shore, leav-
ing the craft in the possession OF his one
time victims.
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With q Rusty Sword.
Lewiston Journal.l >t
The first appearance Of q railway train in
the city of Portland was a source of great
wonderment to most of the country people
who used to visit the place for the purpose
of marketing their produce. Large crowds
used to gather about the time Tor the incom.
ing train. Among those who used to lounge
about the depot was an elderly man who for
several years had been an inmate of the
poorhouse.
His tall, manly form, erect carriage and
finely cut face, plainly indicated good in
tellect originally, and a man who had seen
better days. 1t was said that he once held
an Office of high rank in the State militia,
but insanity had brought him to grief and
want. He used to travel the city through
out, each day, arrayed in his regimentals,
with dilapdated cooked hat, a pair of
rusty epaulettes and high topped boots,
armed with long rusty sword and waving
a tattered flag. For many years he was
known as General Warren"
One day an uncommonly great crowd
stood in and about the depot awaiting the
morning train. Soon the rattle of the cars
was heard in the, distance. The General
was seen to dart from among the crowd and
rush along the track waving his flag and
gesticulating violently with his sword at the
same time in loud and peremptory tone
ordering a halt The engineer thinking
some obstruction was on the track, whistled
down brakes, and quickly, as if in obe-
dieuce to the Generals order, came to
stop.
The General stood his ground without
utterihg word.
"What's the matter?" inquired the engi-
neer, as soon as he came within hailing dis
tance.
"Why," coolly replied the General, 'I
have fought and vanquished lions, bears,
tigers. Yea. men. Do you suppose am
going to turn back for a cook stove on
trucks?''