The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-09-26
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! | have never failed to obtain Z
. gool crop Of oats if the seed Were
properly put into the ground during
September. | have had the grain 60
through the severest winter without
mat erial damage or loss.
| do not claim that my plan is the
best, but | do not know anything
better.
As soon as the fall rains begin !
break the ground thoroughly with a
two-horse plnw, and sow the oats
and scatter the manure on top; and
thoroughly harrow the surface. Ii
the oats, because of warm winter,
promise TOO rapid advance, | put
light stock on them and graze them
down. Small areas pull in early in
his way, with the ground well
broken and deeply pulveriz d will
pay far better than large areas badly
"scootered " in during the early
r~prlng.
Our farmers take cat sowing too
much by "Spnrts" O,,s should be-
come one of the standard crops on
very farm. They are easily grow
and not expensive. They make fne
10 I'd for stock, and Give an abunI-
tnce OF fair f"ra5- and litter for ma
uure Failures from bad manage.
ment should not discourage the cuI
iva,ion. Farmers >houId "a her
N Ike the best conditions in selecting
good land, proper preparation and
ni'ablr and sufficient manuring.
& ,vtrnor Northern, in S uihern Cul
ivatur.
Save every pound of hrv you can.
Build up your Iand-it You don't 10
one else will.
Put back to mother earth this fall
he fertility You took aw*v this sum
mrr. Rrmrmbrr that YOU Eave not
he richest >olI in the world and ii
will pay You back three-toIl if it is
we'll manur"d.
The farmers Of Middle Florida
have to" any "nn good tenants
that don't know the first meaning OF
sncce -.
Every week we will eXhort our
farm readers, in season and out OF
season, to he up and doing
Manure from heaven means in our
>"n-e sowing COW peas on the worn
out land.
Better Ian Is and better tools,
Fewer hands and fewer mu es:
Fewer debts and NOR money
Will help Farmer Jo"nny.
Study your own profession,
Take pride in your CALI &;
You'll feel less depression,
Though the prices keep falling.
j B. Hunnicutt, in Dixie Farmer.
There is plenty of room sup
higher" in agrcull ure and horticul-
'ure, as We'll as in the trades and
professions, and trains will tell
there as in other walks in life Men
who sit around corner groceries or
saloons and growl at the railroads
and spectators, the middlem"n and
the times, are not the successful M n
Of the day in any Cal ing. All agri-
cultural products have increased IL
the past fifty years. All manufar-
turrd articles h We declined in price,
and the railroads and the monster
Tariff have been factors in bringing
,bput the result; and few moe
railroads int Florida and liuIle
more intensive trucking and frui'
growing will give cheaper vegetables
and fruits FIR noth+rn markets and
more money in the pockets of the
producers. But our state immigra
ton ia not increased or capital en-
Iarged by denouncing railroads, mid
dl-men and intensive farming. A
,ttle OF the California methods
would be more Suc,.essful.-Geo. w.
Hastings, in Dixie Farmer.
Two-thirds at the farmers of Geor.
yia, in the past five years, had made
money, and farm property in Geor-
gia had increased forty millions Of
dollars in value IN that time, says
G. w. Hastings. Not week passes
but what we urge our farmers to
farm like they do in Georgia.
Sow more oats this fall than you
ever did before.
We want more and more hard.
headed successful. fagmers, ms cad Of
spelling the few we havesby trotsing
them off to grand offices and putting
them into ve'v-t chairs, locust back
shirts and stiff collars.
1t is wonderful how aome men coin
money on liule tracts OF land. The
trouble generally ia that the farmer
; overdoes the thing and fails. H.
tries to make on ten acres what he
ought to produce on two, conse-
! qn-ntly he often sees no reward for
; his work.
The man who expects paradise
, in Florida ia a candidate for disap-