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

The markets do not demand very
large fowl at any season. A bird weigh
ing about four or vepounds is more sal
able than one weighing eight or ten
pounds The fowl that brings the best
price is the fat, plump, fresh-looking one,
especially if dressed, dry picked and clean.
Live fowls should never be shipped as
they are affected by the cold of winter
and heat of summer, as well as from lack
of water and attention on the Journey.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04
Feeding in Troughs.

Unless soft food is being given, the
trough should never be used for holding
the food Grain should be scattered, so
that the hens will be compelled to hunt
for it. In that manner there will be no
opportunities for the domineering hens
to secure more than their share, and each
member of the flock will have an equal
chancea to secure a proportion, the hen
working the hardest being the most for
tunate. Such hens are usually the best
LAYERS.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04
Turkeys in Market.

Thesmall, fat turkeys are the ones that
sell best in market. The large weights
are salable, but the smaller sizes bring q
higher price per pound, as many buyers
do not desire turkey that is above me-
dunn weight They will be in demand
during January; afterwards prices will
gradually decline. Get them as fat as
possible before selling, and thereby add
to the price and quality.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04
EAOW,S This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by taking Halls Catarrh
Cure
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, 0.
We the undersigned, have known F.
]. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transaction, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West & Traux, Wholesale Druggist, To-
iedo, Ohio. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system.a Price,
IS cents per bottle. Sofa oy an D4us
gists.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04
Nux Vomica-Loss of Feathers.

j. F. NJ, Kaufman, Tex, writes: "Will
nux vomica, fed to chickens, kill hawks
or rats that eat the chickens? The feath-
ers come off the heads and necks OF my
chicks, and they have dirty, greasy APP
pearance Can you give a remedy?"
REPLY 1t has been claimed that nux
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04
EDITED BY e. w. AMSDEN,
How to Hatch SO Per Cent.


many poultry papers and journals have
read, (and they are not few that the
Poultry Keeper can score more points
than any two of them. 1t is at the head
Of the list. am tin-smith by trade,
and am also lover ofchickens, and have
watched the different ways of raising
them, and the different climates from the
Green Mountains of Vermont to the Col
orado line, and from the north shore of
Lake Superior to the southern part OF
Mississippi, and [ must say that | think
Kansas is at the head as far as climate is
concerned. Hens lay here all winter, and
havebut very little care, and very seldom
you see frosted comb. | have read SO
much about incubators that | thought
one, after the Poultry Keeper plan, in
No. of Jacobs books, Of the hot water
kind, and must say it is q grand success.
I think can hatch out at least SO per
cent. OF all fertile eggs put in it, AS l
have but few Wyandotte hens, and that
is the kind of eggs [ am Matching in the
incubator, it takes some time to save up
100 eggs, SO that | have kept them for
four weeks, and have got good healthy
chicks, and a good hatch each time. |
stand my eggs on the small end in bran,
and cover them with the same, and let
them alone until put them in the incu-
bator, and then | put 100 eggs in the
drawer, and three small cups with wet
sponges, and [ keep the sponges wet un
til the chicks are Matched, and have no
trouble about moisture. turn my eggs
every morning for the first week, and
morning and evening for the remainder
of the time, up to the nineteenth day,
when | shut the drawer and let it alone
until can hear the chicks peep pretty
plainly, before [ bother it again. My
tieth day think g. S. Green, Missouri
Valley, Iowa, must have used more care
lessness than hot water in his machine,
or he would have had better hatch. [
notice in this months Poultry Keeper,
on Impregnation, stating that experience
is a reliable teacher, but notice different
people have different experience on the
same thing Now | have been expert
menting little myself. [ took Brown
Leghorn hen from my pen, about six
weeks ago, and she had not been out for
two months before. In the pen were six
hens and one cock, all full bloods. The
hens had been laying about two weeks,
when / took her out of the pen. | put
her in the pen with my Wyandottes,
where have fine cock OF that breed,
and commenced with the third egg she
layed after being put in the pen, saved
five of them, and set them. They all
Matched out, and every one of the chicks
is most assuredly cross. have about
the same experience with a Wyandotte
hen and Black Bantam cock, also with
Dark Brahma hen and B. b. r. Game
Bantam cock, all this season. Ii you
think any of this worth putting in the
Poultry Keeper pick it out and put it in,
if not, throw it in the basket.-Poultry
Konnor
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04
FLORIDIANA.

IltbS COInpIeCCu Uu0 IOCdCllS Vi u Hit IIOHl
Pemberton's Ferry to Floral City.
The surplus strawberry crop is being
utilized for making vinegar at the fac
tory located at ainesville.-Pensacol
News.
county promises to be at least one third
larger tn is year than last, and farmers
are correspondiDgIy happy.
The deb of Leon county has been re-
duced since 1882 from $S5, 500 to $42,-
372.47, showinga reduction Of rs, 3O9.94
per annum, or q total of $43, 1878 in
eight years.
Two well known Alliance men will soon
start the largest sheep ranch on North
and West bay ever started in Washing
ton county. They are to start with 1, 900
head.-Floridian
The increased appropriation for the
Jacksonville public building has passed
both houses ofcOngress, aud our metrOp-
oils is to have $275, 200 building in
stead of $3.50, 900, as at first contempla
ted
The rails OF the Osceola & Lake Jesup
Railroad have now been laid as far as
Gabrielle, and the work of surfacing the
road is going rapidly forward Trains
will probably be running in two or three
weeks
From present indications there will be
at least $4,000 pineapple slips planted
at Averill this season. 1t is now demon
strated that Averill is frost proof and her
soil particularly adapted to pineapples
and egetables.-Averill Cor, Titusville
Star.
A conductor on one of the street car
lines in Jacksonville refused to take a
ten cent piece dated 1888 from a passen-
ger, alleging that it was too old and out
of date. The coin proved to be a very
rare one, and quoted for $40 by coin
collectors.
Cucumbers, squashes, snap beans, but
terbeans, watermelons, muskmelon, and
other garden productions are looking
especially well, and now that the back
bone of the dry spell is about broken, we
may look for good results from the gar
dens in and around st. Francis.-Florida
Facts.
Capt. d. J. Wright Of Oxford tells us
that he has had great success the past
winter with his cabbage and beets, hav-
ing cleared over $500 from two acres of
ground. He has done this, he says, in
spite of the drouth, and the secret of it
is hehas ploughed theground every eight
disqualification Blade.
An exchange says: A truck farmer at
Interlachen shipped one box OF beans to
Cincinnati, and the box was sold for
$3.50 The freight was $1.25 and the
commission Is cents, leaving balance
in favor of the grower of 10 cents. 1t is
very evident that the hOg-killing town
of Cincinnati is not good bean market.
Another royal palm grove, says an ex.
change, has been discovered in Lee county.
The one nearly southeast OF Naples was
supposed to be the only one in Florida,
but there is a still larger grove, supposed
to be about fifteen miles long and vary
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-04
MINORCAS, JAVAS, GAMES.

Andausians, White Wyandottes, Silver Wyan-
dottes. Golden Seabrights, Black Red Game Ban
tams, Georgia Shawl Neck and Cuban Pit Games,
White and Blue Barred Plymouth Rocks, Hou-
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 10. Rouen and Pekin Duck Eggs,
81 per s. Bronze Turkey Eggs, 81 per Booted
White Cuban Pigeons, 81 per pair.
A. j. ADAMS, Manatee, Fla.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-02

the other attendants. The wages are but
81 or IS week, but the pnD1iar attendant
collects more than double that amount
IN fees from the bathers. Now,
the popular attendant is not tue
handsome one or t.. most refined and in
teliigent, but the O. powerful in appear
auce, the most vigorous in rubbing; aud
that, too, Is one of the reasons why delicate
looking women are never seen among the
attendants. Superintendents VIII not hire
them, as bathers refuse to be served by the n
When the last patient mas been rubbed and
pounded and laid away in the hot sheets,
then the girls have a hilarious kind Of bath
all by themselves. One scrubs another
until they cry mercy; they all stand
under the cold showers and swim in the
cool pool until they are entirely sure every
infnitesimal pore is closed; then they dress
slowly aud walk home, where they usually
lie down for an hour, eat hearty, whole
some meal, and every vestIge OF WEAKNESS
vanishes. They rarely know a sick day,
never take cold, seldom contract disease,
no matter how prevalent, and seem to grow
stronger with each additional years work.
During the recent epidemic none of the at
tendants in one bath were afflicted with it,
and in another they had it SO lightly that
they were on duty every day. the super
intendent was much more seriously i'll than
any Of the women VINO stood on the wet
floors, in the steam-heated apartments, in
their little, damp thin dresses.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-02
GEORGIA POLITICS.

In this day, says the Rome Tribune, when
the south stands in need of her best men,
why is it that Augusta will allow her able
statesman, pious patriot and silver-tongued
orator. j. c. c. Black, to remain in retire
ment?
Brunswick Times: Maj J. F. Hanson OF
Macon, it is said, will run against Hon. j.
Fl. Blount for congress. Maj. Hanson is a
high tariff man. He is possessed of strong
mental powers, and would make reputation
in congress.
McDonough Weekly: Hon. Hoke Smith
is whooping things up for gubernatorial
candidates. He does not want any Of the
pie himself, but he wants to know what the
pie is made of by helping to make it. If
Hon. Hoke will buy an infant mule that a
certain Georgia editor is offering for sale,
and forty acres of land, and proceed at
once TO tread the wine of the farmer, we
see no reason why he would not make a
good-siZed piece OF gubernatorial timber in
'93. None but farmers need apply.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-02
GEORGIA FARMS.

Bright Harper of Perry has contracted
for the sale of the watermelon crop from
fifty acres of land, at s45 per carload.
w. L. Ellis, of near CordeIe, has raised
and sold this year from a quarter Of an
acre about S125 worth of turnips, besides
giving away a vast quantity.
Hon. j. w. Beck, state lecturer OF the
farmers alliance, addressed the allancemen
of Worth county at Isabella on Tuesday
last, and will speak in Albany ON alliance
day at the Chautauqua, which will be on
March &c.
A Mr.. Williamson Of Ohio has purchased
a ninety acre LeConts pear farm from
Can't. j. A. Houser. just opposite the cor
porats limits Of Fort Valley, giving there
for IS, 100. He viii move 70 Fort Valley to
live. and he says Others from OHIO will 10
cate in that section OF Georgia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-02
THIS WELL KNOWN ESTABLISHMENT HAS A
Lithographing and Engraving Department

which is complete the largest
the KIND in the South It thoroughly equipped having
five nresses and all mechanical appliances
fha art the OF artists and the most Sk1fu thOg
rapherS all under the management OF an experienced
superintendent .
aouinned printing binding house. provided with
thing necessary TO handle orders promptly carefully and
economically.
chants and other business who about placing
orders are solicited give this opportunity
figure on their work. When sufficient
nitude warrant it, special agent win be sent to make
aGsimateR
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-02
three wears

Rochelle Register: n. c. Conner and R.
II. Vaughn have sold their large saw-mili
near this place to Msssrs. L. j. Jackson and
w. A. Rogers Of this place for 81, 500.
Messrs. Jackson & Rogers will run tram
roads from here throughout The county to
convey the stock to their mill and from the
mill to the railroad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-02

CusroxrR--Isn't that pretty big price for
new.laid eggsY They're very small
Gandum-Y essum, but I've noticed inst new
laid egzs are allera small .-aHeTfcaA Grocer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-02

At the last regular meeting of the Cordele
Mutual Building and Loan Association
eighteen shares were Cancelled, the money
selling for IS aud 90 per cent At the pres
emit rate all the shares will have ueen can
celed and the association wind up in about
three years
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
kEE0sENE FOR KILLING HUGS AND
WORMS.

The kerosene emulsion is tile cheap
est, safest and best of all insecticides. Ii
VIII Kill any insect or caterpillar that 1t
touches. The emulsion Is made as fol-
low: Dissolve three-quarters of a pound of
hard soap in one gallon of boiling soft
water aud add one gallon of kerosene.
our the whole into an old fashioned
dash chnrn or something OF the kind and
ohurn violently for fifteen minutes. When
coo the emulsion will form a white jelIg
not at all oily. In this condition it will
keep for any length of time. When want
cd for use dilute the jelly, using nine parts
by measure OF soft water and one part
jelly. The diluted liquid must be sprayed
or dashed upon the infested plants With
a broom or aisp of twigs. It is harmless
to the plants. Flies on the ceilings of
rooms may be killed by sweeping them
of at night with a broom wet in this
liquid. Dogs and other animals may be
relived OF fieas and lice by bathing then
with it. Every one who grows field OF
garden plants should keep on hand a sup
ply of the jelly and use it freely upon
plants, lice. caterpillars and other oxiou
inseets.-Gerald lie CarthH, ". c. Erperi,
meht Station.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
pUT YOURSELF IN HER PLACE.

We often wonder how many men have
ever really tried to put themselves In a
woman's place. Fancy a man brought to
trial before a court composed entirely of
women! Fancy a mar going. year after
veal, TO pay his taxes when he was denied
representation, Fancy him bearing, year
after year, the burden of work for the
churches with no voice in their councils
Fancy him sitting quietly listening TO the
average Fourth of July speech, declaring
this to be 3 government of the people,
when he knew half of the people were dis
franchisedi Can any one imagine a man
in such a situation holding his peace, and
would any one respect him for a moment
il he did? Yet he has no more at stake Ia
government than woman has. 1t involves
his dearest interests, but SO it does hers.
She is equal amenable with him TO every
law. Who is more concerned than women
in every law affecting the home, property,
marriage and divorce. and who has a
greater stake in war? In short, though
woman cannot lift her finger to change
the law, she is not therefore exempt. The
law does not let her alone. 1t interferes
in all her affairs in every step from the
cradle to the grave Moments Standard.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
TO KEEP CUT EEss FRESH.

Frank Angel tells the Globe Democrat:
l always have a nice, fresh bouquet, some
times the same one for several days, in a
vase in front of the mirror. Agreat many
people ask mo how we keep the flowers so
nice and fresh. | can tell them how, but
| don't understand just why it is that the
flowers are kept so fresh by this means.
In the first place | put a little salt, a
tablespoonful or more, i'll the bottom ofthe
vase. Then | fill the vase with ice broken
INTO pieces the size of a walnut. On this
put the bouquet, the same as you put the
stems into a glass of water. | never put
any water in the vase, however. Enough
comes from the melting ice aud salt. |
don't know just where | irstheard of this.
1t is one of those things that seems so old
that one cannot remember just how long
he has known it.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
POLISH YOUR FLAT IRONS

On the knife board with powdered bath
brick, and have a flannel buster To polish
up the fire while the ironing is going on,
rake the rcd hot Goals from the back to
the front Of the range crate and add the
fresh coal at the back, SO that the irons
will not become smoky from the new coal.
Iron lace under a bit Of flannel, having
every point laid in place first. The bottle
receipt for drying lace always leaves it too
stiff and not soft enough. 1t improves the
look of the lace to hang it in front of the
fire after it has been ironed, in order to
take all stiffness ont OF it.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
OF INIEREsTTo WOMEN.

To perfume the drawers of a chif1nief
or bureau sprinkle a sheet Of wadding
with a liberal supply of the powder and
put it into a case Of cheese-cloth, with an
outer cover of silk or satin if you choose,
though an extra cover of the cheese. cloth,
tufted with bright worsted, is as useful, If
not quite SO handsome. The loose meshes
of the cheese cloth allow the perfume to
escape freely, and all the laces and ribbons
placed in this drawer will have their share
of this delicate, s~pring-like fragrance.
Small sachet bags Of the powder should
also be thrown about in various places and
occasionally shaken, "a should the Innings
also be, To facilitate the escape of tie
odors. \ bit of perfume waddlng, a trifle
of ribbon, silk. or even cheese-cloth, is
easily made up in a saehet bag, and these
may be placed wherever there are things
to be sweetened, taking care not to make
the fragrance too common. For the box,
desk, or drawer where stationery is kept
there should be a liberal allowance of the
P1liAtlE. ~ uNlHtAbCi9 SoS6tcttd lettSf
always gives an added pleasure to the
recipient. But again we say, be careful
not to oyerdo the matter. Strong perfumes
are offensive and out of taste.
Fragrance is directly opposed TO disor-
der, u~neleanliness and ill-temper. Most
of the delightful odors which cling SO per-
sistently yet family to the gloves, laces,
handkerchiefs, and stationery of the lady
of fashion are produced by the free use of
sachet bags or cushions. Closets, cabi-
nets and receptaeles of all sorts are lined
with perfumed cushions and loose eases Of
various sorts, and scents are scattered
everywhere among her possessions.
The odor of finely powdered orris root is
almost precisely the same as that of the
double English v~iolets, which are sold at
large prices. Twenty-Five cents worth of
orrls-or less than that if your druggist
is at all liberals sufficient to impart a
delightful fragrance to all your posses
sions to which fragrance should be applied.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
BEDS.

The practice of having the beds made
early in the morning, almost as soon as
its occupants are up, is a very bad prac-
tice indeed. All the exhalations from
the skin during the night are shut in be-
meath the sheets, and are breathed in again
when the little ones are once more put TO
bed. Let the beds be thoroughly aired
each day. Do not heap on great leads Of
comforts in the winter, as the weight
of them sometimes weakens the
sleepers. myself have gotten up from
such a bed feeling sore in every limb jnst
from the weight oftheeovers; yet l couldn't
nave gone without a single one. II | had,
freezing would have been the cost. Use
blankets. Two light wool blankets,
though apparently tkin, will contain more
warmth than three or four heavy .'com-
forts wadded with cotton batting but as
we are at this season trying to keep cool,
this may not seem quite apropos, so l viii
more anon.-Erclaags.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
THE TRUE AND THE FALSE.

Two men went up to the polls to vote,
the one a deacon and the other a drunk
ard. The deacon said within himself
thus: Il am glad that / am not as other
men are, liars, thieves, cerrnptionists, or
even as this drunkard. | go regularly
TO church aud to prayer meeting. | help
to pay the preacher, l send money to
convert the heather, | have no appetite
for drink, and the saloon is no temptation
unto me SO | can cast a ballot for It's per-
petuation and it will bring no danger to
me, hut will make me solid with the men
who trade at my store" And the drunk
ard stood afar off while the deacon
voted, for he WAS ashamed 10 be seen of
him in his rags and filth.
But when the deacon was gone he slip
ped up to the ballot box and said within
himself; Lord, be merciful to me In my
helplessness and to my family in their
misery, and l will at least cast my vote
for my deliverance, and do thou, Lord.
hasten the day when the deacons and the
church members shall have mercy IN me,
too" Think you not that the drunkaid
went back to his home justified in the
sight of God rather than the dsaeon9-
Neqe Era.