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FUTURE BAYS.

WEEKS CO., Auctioneers.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE OF FURNITURE
AND EFFECTS CONTAINED IN
PREMISES 3l5 OUR AND
ONE-nALF STREET
SOUTHWEST
AT AUCTION FRIDAY, MARCH SEVENTH, Al
DOUBLE AND sIN IEH A BNsDsTEADs. POPLAR
D.DROOM SETS, " ARDhOBE, Coz = SPRINGS,
MATThksSE, OIL AND UTHkh STONES,
STOVE PIPE LOUNGES, TOILET SE1S,
TOILET RACKS. TABLES, &C, &c.
AIS,
NEARLY NEW LhhUE IRON SAFE, AWNING
AND FRAN, EXPRL,S WAGON, &C.
Terms cash Oh delivery.
WM T. BAILEY,
mist Assignee.
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MANICURE.

nj ADAM "a EaxrcuRr AND oHrnoroDrsr.
7o3 5th sG n-v- ovsr Tbompeons drug store
The only importer aud manuf1cturer q xxDe 49,
cure and Chise0odas6 Cioods south u NsU yoEk.
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WOOD AND COAL

WILLIAM L. HODGE,
w Dealer in all kinds Of
BEST DOMESTIC COAL AND WOOD.
COAL AND WOOD UNDkR COVER
FOLLOWING CASH Prices UNTIL FURTHER
WHITE ASH STOVE AT III. $3.50 PER Ton
. = NUr AT;;..;.r,......... go PEI Ton
LYKENs VALLEY STOVE Ar So. B. 80 FER Ton
RED Ash, LokBERRh AT 3. 40 PER TON
TON.
OFFICE, 1516 18TH ST. NV.
WHARF AND Mill. FOOT 10Th ST NV. f27-lms
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- ATCLiFFE, DARR !; CO. Auctioueers.
Ii AIT Galleries ana sales no ons,
o2J Pcunsy .NaEia ave. NV.
MpohlEEs SALE
CAT .IOGlEOF AN
EXQUISITE COLLECTION OF
ORIENTAL
RUGS,
CARPETS AND
HANGINGS,
By ORDER OF
HAuJI GAFFE UUSSIFN
% TEiERAN. PERSIA.
This c, llcc.O.l, which i, of tine choicest and
probably the ully selected its lind Cye
offered and sale tEis city, embraces
llany rare and liable specimens, both antique and
hoder from ali me principal rug centers IL the east,
The WHOLE COILkC ION To BE SLID
Al PUBLIC AUG ION
~ Our
NEW AND ElABOlAi L ART GALLERIES,
g.o PENNSYLVANIA AVE, NV,
FOR IHi DAYS ONLY,
THURSDAY, FhlDAE AND SATURDAY,
MARCh SIXTH, ShNENTH AND + GHTH,
MOkSlNGS At IL ENi1N ~, LICK:
AFTEkAOONS Ar HIRE O'CLOCK.
On
FEE EXuIBI ION
WE'D. ESDAl, MAI,CI. FIFTH,
AFTER NINE A. NJ AMI UNTIL Sc, EN- PM.
RADCLIFFE, DARR Il CO,
m1-6t Auctoneers.
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on WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH
INELFTE, 1890, AT THREE o CLOCK, in front OF
The premises, shall sell sub Lot 81 and l.
inches OF Lot Is ia square l59 90 !eet front by
average depth Uf "a feet ILches to .0-foot paved
alley and contains 0.S93 square feet The improve
ulents consist OF lhlee-sory Double Brick Resi-
cencC, containing 20 rooms, not including basement
which has u 70 rls. The House has every modern
convenience. having fine dancing salon and conserve
tory eIega and costly chandeliers, arr-nged tor
carriage entrance from street built ia ihe per-
cct manner. It, location cannot be passe and =
considered one OF the most thoroughly complete pri-
vtte residences III this city he stablng is comno-
nous and Perfect and fronts 9O-foCt alley. The
residence Will be open to inspection three days prior
and up TO the hour OF sale, from i to II IN.
lerln> $4,000 CASH, the residue in FIVE years or
longer If desired. bearing interest per per
alnunl, abIe systematically and BY deed
of trust on the property sold All conveyancing and
recording at purchasers cost 900 deposit will De
f2I-llt Auctioneer.
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VNHoMAS BOWLING. Auctioneer.
CATALOGUE SALE
OF AN UNRIvALED COLLECTION OF
JAPANESE
PoRCELAINs. BRoNzEs,
CURIos. SCREENS.
EMBRoIDERIEs.
ARTICLES OF vIRTU,
The whole forming Most Important Collection of
japanese Art,
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION
ART ROOMS.
18th st and Pennsylvania ave-,
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
MARCH FIFTH AND SIXTH, 1890,
At ELEVEN AN and Three PM EACH DAY.
The Collection will be on view Monday and Tuesday.
March and 4. from am. to 6pm.
f2S-4t THOMAS DOWNING, Auctioneer
THoMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.
IMPORTANT SALE
ELEGANT THREE-sToRY DOUBLE
BRICK RESIDENCE WITH FINE sTABLING,
No. 1876 n STREET NORTHWEST
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- ATCLiFFE, DARR :; CO. Auctioueers.
IL AIT Galleries AMI sales no o;ns,
9:1J Pcuusy .NaEia ave. Nv.
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National STOCK EXCHANGE,
~ 9l2 ST. ny
We buy sell stocks in 8 to 1000 share lots on
margin commission 1-l6. Out-of-,own orders solc-
Il
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-25
A VERY SIMPLE SILO.

Editor Florida AgT1culturist:
Inreply to your questions as to the silo,
| have nothing to add to what | said at
DeLand. 1t was short story and all
told. The grass was withered enough
to remove all outside moisture, cut and
evenly pressed in tight hogshead. A
jack-screw was used to force it down.
The grass was as ripe as | should wish it
to be were cutting hay. 1t kept well.
Stock relish it, and [ have no doubt
but it is to be the coming method of saw
ing forage in this State, i. e.: some form
OF silo. Experience only will teach us how
to build them, and when to cut, and
when to put in the ensilage.
Personally, have built barns to cure
and keep twenty tons or more Of hay,
and expect to use them for the present.
My animals have always kept well on my
own grown forage. Crab grass is now
beginning to head and I propose to COM
mence feeding it next week green, not
turning the animals out, but cutting it
as needed for them. The growth OF the
grass the last two weeks has been
phenomenal. There was plenty OF potash,
phosphoric acid and ammonia in the land,
and as soon as therains came, the plants
made as much growth in one week
as they usually did in two.
1 am glad to report that I now look
forward to fair crop of oranges for
1890 and 81 on my own grove.
LYMAN PHELPS.
Sanford, Fla.
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MR.. WHETsTON's PLAN.

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
l will state that my silo is simply
frame to keep the ensilage in some regu-
lar shape. I take Aka scantling, place
them about two feet in the ground and
tack them together at the top. Then
cover the bottom with trough edge"
timber, also board up the sides and ends.
usually leave one end open at which to
fill in. The silo can be made either OBJ
long or square, but l think square the
best. 1t will not do to put up too
coarse ensilage uncut, as it will not pack
close enough to exclude air. tried corn,
but it was too large and consequently
failed. also tried sorghum cane, which
was pronounced by many to be very fine
and was very much relished by the stock.
This sorghum had small stems and was
about five or six feet long; was put
up uncut, but was laid straight in the
si1o and we'll packed. generally use as
a weight to press it down about foot
of dirt all over the top. 1t has been
thought by some that the weight is use
less, but have not yet tried it without
it. would suggest weight that
could be removed so that you can put in
a second lot. The Lake City Expert
ment Station put up an open air silo but
| have not heard from it. There is no
doubt in my mind as to the success of
the open air silo. The next point in
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SILOS AND ENSILAGE.
Sanford, Fla.

The following article, written by Henry
Talcott for the Home and Farm, refers
principally to the silo in Ohio, still it con
tains much valuable information and
many excellent points applicable to Flor
ida:
Your writer's, although legion, do not
pay sufficient attention to the grandest
opportunity of the agricultural POSSIBLE
tiles of the great South. You have the
soil and climate in fairperfection to raise
immense crops of your Southern white
corn. If, in addition to this, you would
build cheap wooden silos, out of narrow
boards one inch thick, and none of them
over four inches wide, say from two and
one-half to four inches, planed and
matched ceiling, having the pits of fair
size, according to the number of cattle
you desire to keep. [ have four such pits
in my farm barn here, fifteen feet square
inside measure, and as deep as I could
build them inside of my barn, and have
them reach the roof plate.
This size pit does best to have thirty or
forty head of cattle eat from it both
night and morning-it is altogether to
large for ten head-and much OF the en-
silage would spoil after the pit was
opened, and we began to feed if did not
have fully thirty head OF cattle to eat it
up. Every feed night and morning it
should be raked off the top of the pit
and keep the ensilage level in the pit all
the time and not stir it up at all until
you are ready for the feed. 1t always
warns them and is eaten very greedily by
cattle, and, in fact, horses, mules, sheep
and hogs will dive for it and leave most
any other kind of feed but grain. The
corn that is grown for ensilage should be
planted throws and the stalks far enough
apart so that each stalk will have one or
more ears of corn on it, and the
ground needs good deep blowing and
thorough tillage. The better you do the
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undertook to FILL Mine will hold enough
to feed twenty head of stock for seven
months at least Here in Florida it
will not do to have the silos too large, for
the ensilage will spoil after it is opened
and exposed. Have small ones and more
of them. When one is opened you can
feed from all over the top every day, and
then none of it will be left exposed long
enough to spoil.
If should ever build another silo [
would build it underground; haveitround
from twelve TO twenty feet deep, accord
ing to the number of stock I had to feed.
Select place where the clay is near the
surface. Run brick wall from twelve to
eighteen feet below the top of the ground
to two feet above, and the dirt coming
out of the hole will fill up and make
mound around that part OF the wall com
ing above the ground. Then cement thor
oughly all over the sides and bottom, so
that it will hold water. When this is
done no one need have any fear about the
ensilage not keeping. A silo built this
way would not cost One-fourth as much
as one built like mine, and it will last ten
times as long-in fact if the work is prop
erly done it will last forever.
But silo should be made small, and in
accordance with the number OF stock one
has to feed. One four feet across will be
large enough for three or four head of
stock, and one six feet large enough for
twenty head. It is not necessary to fill
the silo all at once; two or three weeks
may be taken to do the work, and none
need be put in for two or three days at a
time. / have cut and packed it. in green
and wet, and it kept we'll, but [ would
prefer to have the ensilage partially cured,
for the less water you have the better it
keeps.
Although my experiments with the silo
have cost me considerable, shall feel
amply repaid if the information [ have
given in this letter will prove of ben
eft to any of the people OF Florida. Now
that | have tried the silo, and know it's
benefits, feel as if could not, or would
not, live in Florida without one. When [
get my corn in the silo the rats, crows,
mice, birds and weevil all have to stop,
and it is the only way can keep them
from it. JAMES L. GARRISON.
GAINESVILLE, Pasco County, Fla.
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question is how to make it merchantable
after it is made; this is something to
work out. have a plan on this line,
but have not experimental sufficiently
to give it, but l am sure this can be done
in small way. G.. w. WHETsToN.
Meikesvie. Fla,
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HANDLING UNCUT ENsILAGE.

In filing my silo l find that if 1 pla ce
the stalks lengthwise OF the pit, and the
middle is kept from a foot to eighteen
inches higher than the sides (if care is
taken not to have any stalks scattered
crosswise, only just enough next the walls
at the end to fill the vacant spaces) it
will press against the sides and all keep
we'll. 1t is not necessary to lay the butts
all one way. but simply not to have any
stalks lying crosswise to tie the mass to-
gether and thus pull it from the sides as
the middle settles, and any one who has
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Plans of Silos and Methods of Cur
ing Ensilage.
A PAsCO COUNTY sILO.

nv experience with the sllO IN FlOrlua'
would say:
In the spring of 1887 [ built silo
1920 feet and 16 feet deep. went four
feet in the ground and made the bottom
of the silo withtwo-inch heart pine boards
and then built brick wall four feet high.
Studding 2x6 inches and 16 feet high was
then set on the wall thus built and celled
inside and out with inch boards. The
space between these ceilings was filled
with sawdust, and in addition to this the
inside of thesilo was lathed and plastered
with cement. Thefoor was first covered
with good lime mortar one and hall
inches thick and then with an inch OF
good cement. dn this condition the sllo
would hold water siXt feet up. then
put in four partitions, making the COM
partments about 6x15 feet each. Two OF
these compartments were filed with corn
and pea vines, we'll cut before they were
put in the silo. The corn was put in when
in the roasting ear state. [ packed this
in we'll, and when had the compartment
full I covered with boards cut six feet
long. so as to 6t loosely. l placed on
one layer of these boards and on top OF
them layer of proof paper. One
more layer OF boards was then placed on
top of the paper, put on so as to break
the Joints OF the first layer. 1t was then
covered with wood for weight.
When l opened these compartments, l
found the ensilage was keeping finely, and
it was good up to the top. [ uncovered
only about four feet at IA time and fed my
stock-cows and horses-until [ got to
the bottom OF the silO. In the meantime
the wall of ensilage which was exposed
had spoiled to depth OF about eighteen
inches. This, however, will not spoil in
three or four days, but will spoil if ex-
posed too long, as in my case 1T was
two or three weeks, consequently should
think that l lost about one-fourth OF my
ensilage from these compartments.
The next year cut the rooms up into
three each, making them about 4ax6 feet
each. [ filed seven of these last year,
but was not as particular as L should
have been to pack them we'll into the cor
ners of those small rooms, and for that
reason I lost some last year, but none
from being exposed after it was opened.
commenced feeding from the silo about
the first of November and have fed twen-
ty-five head of cattle and three horses,
and it has lasted to the first of the pres
ent month. 1t is good feed, and all stock
like it, and / have as good butter and
milk as ever had in theNorth. 1t is just
splendid, and cannot be beat anywhere.
Ny silo is very expensive one, as are
all silos built on top of the ground. The
partitions in mine are wood, with stud
dings PKG, ceiled on both sides and filed
in with sawdust, but not plastered, as is
the main body of the house. If the silo is
built out OF the round entirely, the stud
ding should be not less than 2x1O inches,
and not more than eighteen inches apart,
as the plaster on the walls is very heavy
and is apt to spring them.
Corn makes the best feed. Pea vines
are very good, and have also put in lots
of weeds, and the cattle eat them all.
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glazed hard, or the cOrnstalks begin to
dry up or wither, the fodder is then in its
best and sweetest condition. 1t should
then be cut perfectly green and run
through some kind OF a power foddercut-
ter and packedr right into the silo. Them
silage, when cut, will have fully three to
fourquarts of grain in each bushel basket
ofensilage, and is asufficient grain ration
for almost any animal. A good, fair sized
cow o. OK will eat from one and one-half
to two baskets OF ensilage twice a day.
One acre ofgood ground here in Ohio will
grow as much feed as one animal can eat
in a whole year, and it does not cost us
$20per acre to do heentire work. When
your Southern farmers supply themselves
with silos and ensilage, and will feed their
farm stock liberallyin July or August, as
soon as the dry, hot weather strikes
them, then feed and never let the stock
shrink in flesh a particle, they can beat
the world in raising cattle or any kind of
farm stock cheaply.
They must feed every day in the year
when needed, and the dairy business for
both cheese and butter can be better done
there than in the North. have made
just as good butter for three years onmy
Tennessee farm as / ever made here in
Ohio. (That was in McMinnville, War
rem county, Tennessee.) do know it is
possible for the South to beat the world
in stock raising if they will only do thor
ough work and feed when needed.
1t has been the common practice in
Tennessee to let stock run at large and
get in fair order when the grass is green
and good, but never get them up when
the summer pasture is gone and feed to
keep the growth and flesh, SO they shrink
up and often die of starvation. 1t is this
great neglect that ruins the stock indus
try in the South, so far as my observa-
tion goes. The silos and ensilage can re-
form this great mistake.
[ advise the using ofonly one thickness
of inch ceiling, because as soon as victor
damp ensilage is putinto the pit it swells
up the ceiling both air and water Tight
and remains so until emptied, when the
lumber then dries out evenly and quickly
and never rots. If two thicknesses are
used, with paper between them, or with
out paper; it then holds moisture longer
and the boards will rot in spite of all
your wishes in the matter; besides, it does
no earthly good, for when the pit is air
and water tight that is all that is needed,
and a dozen thicknesses more wouldFdo
no earthly good, while it would waste
much money. have used my pits for
years, so do know that what | advisein
the matter is perfectly correct. None OF
you need to hesitate. By using ensilage
the corn needs no husking, neither doyou
have to waste time in taking it to the
mill; the grain keeps soft and good all
the time, because it is warm, moist ensi-
lage and every particle OF it makes good,
digestible feed. ! am now feeding it to
dairy COWS with grand results. They give
almost as much milk in winter as they
do on the best OF summer pasture.
HANDLING UNCUT ENSILAGE.
In filing my silo l find that if | place
the stalks 1enpthwiSe Of the nit and the
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-06
The SHIP OF THE LINZ VERMONT.

consisted Of . sailing frigates, sailing sloops,
l screw frigate, , screw sloops al the first
class. : screw sloOps of the second class ,
screw sloops Of the third class and 3 sids
wheel steamers There were also available,
with soma repairs, is sniing vessels, , screw
frgates, | screw sloop and side wheel steam
ers A few days after Fort Sumter was
fred upon, the government Of the United
States became uneasy as % the fate Of the
navy yard at Norfolk, Va, which was really
within the Confederate lines. Although there
had been several chances 20 move away TIE
ships or 70 protect the yard. yet 1t was dc
stroyod with all the ships of war gathered
thero. except the sloop of war Cumberland
which was taken out Of the yard 10 a place
Of safety It was a great calamity 10 the
United states, this destruction Of old histor .
icni ships.
When tho navy yard was destroyed the
ConfedeTates rushed in and saved what they
could Among the salvage were 200 can
non, which the Confederates used with great
destruction against tho United States for
more than a year afterward. This tided
them over the present need and gave them a
chance 10 send 70 foreign countries for further
armament But the most important salvage
was tue NtlIGLltE lASfl. WtAIu lhl bctl
launched so proudly at Charlestown only six
years before. The hull was found 10 be in
such good shape that the vessel was raised
and a year taken in reconstructing her and
arming her with four inches Of iron plating.
The appearance Of the Me''rimac when com
pleted was q surprise 70 the frigate Congress
and the sloop Of war Cumberland in Hamp-
ton Roads, off Fortress Monroe, on the eth Of
March, 1882
IL the Monitor bad not appeared upon
the following day every vessel in the
United States navy might have been de-
stroyed in turn; Washington and the great
cities Of the north might have been laid un-
der contribution to the Confederate cause.
and the story of the war would have been
quite different from what II is. Thus the
gloTies Of the old wooden navy, that vas IN
its prime between the years 1850 and 1858,
was closed by the destruction az Norfolk
navy yard in April, 1861, and by the crash
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-06

Some cf thc phrases uscrl IN drcssrnaking
ar perfect Greek q the unkuowiug. so add
= shurt list Of the words and their meanings
A. apron Is any sort 0f a draped s1ir,: a
tabder Is Gat undrape,. skirt front; a full
boc. means q straight back 20 tie skirt gath
ercI On two or moro rows at tbc tor. a panel
Is O ,traight pierre for thc front OF sides. set
In between trimming % some k4ud 20 CON
vev .le i'c1 of la inlay, q Spanish fognce IS
ofo rea~tic.. frar1 tae kaces down, and gath
errl 20 form 4n Greet ruclc. Knito pla,ts
a~c very narrow siIe p.a.ts. and accordion
olalt. arr s.il narrower md pressed in
shaoo fnv machinery klt piai,s are
taos, turned one wav. and box pioits
have q fold to t1s right &de 1-1 one p Tia
lelt. d1uale AM triple buK rlaits have two
or three foiis ou eitler side. ki.t7 means
a s-lrt cnt.r-.yof k.l- p.aits a drop skirt
IS one ot tnc dress material made up iade-
pendent 81, the Inning ena thaa hung OF
drorned over t from tha same belt a bor-
der IS ony trimming put ou tae edge or .ast
ah1ve i- Arugre sI.s hss bird s-eyr Cr
dierrr weave fal.e Francoiz has -ost
rrrd. ua.rs las wetcr waves over its surface
.rlcctrine is e2r7etir1ee caaei armaro r.-ah
r-cm ia anes e birI's-ers weaving. sarah
aas almost i1viSl1le cords and is very seft-
ADDE'S lforna Journal
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-06

THE CONSTITUTION t'oLD mONSIDEs0.
dates FROM the wear Isl when SIX irlgates
were built. Three Of them had - guns-the
Constitution, the President and the United
States. Three had 81 guns the Chesapeake
the Constellation and the Congress. Other
frigates and smaller vessels were built down
10 the year 1901, when streak Of economy
crossed the government, aud all bat thirteen
frigstes were sold Among the thirteen were
tie sx named above 4 few smaller vessels
were built, but the United States had a naval
force OF only twenty IN all when the war Of
1872 broke out
The mos: famous Of the old frigates was
the Constitution. famiiiarly known as "Old
Irousdos' Her capture Of the Guerriere,
Jne q the best frigatcs in the British navy,
or the 10Th of August, lsl2, was the first sur
render OK an English vessel 70 the Americans
since the Revolutionary war. None of the
fresh water vessels used on the Great Lakes
and Lake Champiaiu survived moro than ten
years after tho war. but some Of tho earlier
salt water ships are in existence today,
although they have not been seen upon the
wafer for many years The old Constitution
lies in q shelterlng house at the Charleston
navy ward in Boston, Mass, while one OF the
original prows OF the same may be seen in
the yard itself
In 1919 tho frigate Constellation. after cap
turing several French vessels. disappeared
and was never heard or But the navy Of a
generation ago hod friyate Constellation in
place Of the original one The Saratoga, Of
sixteen guns. was lost in the same way in 1907
But there has been at least one other Sara
tosa since that date. Ia 1914 the sloop Of
war Wasp left Portsmouth, y. H, captured
several British vessels end disappeared Tho
most remarkable instance Of loss since the
war Of 1919 was that Of the Hornet, well
known factor IN that war, that is supposed
to have fcundered in the Gulf OF Mexico
about the year 1880. II is no uncommon
thing for vessels in oil navies TO disappear,
leaving no trace OF their fate. So when they
have attractive or appropriate names, the
practice is to give their names 70 newly built
vessels
The victories Of the American navy in the
war of 1912 led 10 a great increase in its
number Of sail; so that, for many years, the
United States had a navy 10 be proud Of.