The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-06-27
Horticultural and Horticultural
DEPARTMENT.
w. H. LAWRENCE, Editor.
Lake View Farm, 6 Miles North Tallahassee

absence. on account of Legislative
matters crowding these columns we
commence where we left off, advo-
eating mixed crops, small farms,
more tobacco growing, stock raising,
hay cultivation, more hard work and
q system ofdiversified farming in
general.
Let no one thing 60 to waste on
the farm.
Soil irrigated with perspiration
shows good returns.
knowledge in farming is essential.
Steer clear of the mortgage by
living frugal.
Prepare 10 save your crops.
Utilize everything you grow.
1t occurs to us that the Gold Leaf
plan of curing tobacco is rather ex-
pensive for us one-acre fellows, there
fore we suggest the propriety of our
state experimental station making
the test and reporting the results,
also the Wisconsin self-ventilating
shed plan. What do you say, Bro.
DePass?
Reader! Doubtless every now
and then some newspaper tells you
that Mr.. So and-So got 90, 40 or 80
cents a pound for his last years
crop. OF course it looks big to you,
but did you ever pause and consider
the matter. 1t is more than prob
able that these crops had to be as
sorted into four qualities or kinds.
Probably they were graded after this
style: First class and second class
wrappers, binders, filters, and per-
haps trash, then the higher priced
tobacco sold was quoted, but the
filters and so on remained silent so
far as newspaper quotations were
concerned.
A ton Of tomatoes, as they come
from the field, it is estimated, will fill
from 400 to $50 cans.
Instead Of paying thirty to forty
per cent, margin for credit for bacon
or corn, raise your bacon and corn,
and be independent of the
merchant and the western farmer.
The Spanish pinder is a very
early one, indeed the earliest; but
when ripe they must be dug at once
or they will sprout in the bed.
Every market report teaches that
good blood must be used instead OF
scrub. We'll bred live stock judi
ciously purchased and properly
handled should be found upon every
farm in Middle Florida.
If YOU have more than some Of
your neighbors, you can still make
your home more comfortable and at
tractive by setting out some useful
as well as ornamental trees.
Tapioca is made OF cassava by a
very simple process, aud is far more
healthtul as a diet in this VAIN eli
mate than grits or cornbread.
1t is in accordance with all exper-
fence that farmers put largely in grass
and upon which good stock is kept
are constantly growing richer.
In Middle Florida there are many
farms so deterioated thai few years
more of the same management as has
been pursued will put them in such g
rendition that l; will be impossible
to support a family on them without
a radical change III the plan Of man
agemcnt.
No nation can be permanently
great or powerful, no government
can be successful whose wealth AM
strength and power Of endurance arr
not primarily deep rooted in tn
soil.
The most useless OF all practices i
that of quarrelIing with fate; tn
man OF success accepts the situation
whatever it may be, and tightens tn
armor for furi her conflict. This yea
for instance culture OF the tree mean
taking care OF it in summer as we
as in winter, and not forcing it q
anv time so that it will beco!n
weakened. Culture means keepin
the summer blight from it, and tn
insect pets and various other distu
barces which only tend to reduce il
vitality. A good mulch is a ntce
sity both to protect it from the hes
and cold. 1t is the proper cloihin
which the tee seems to demand.
We have worked too niue, al!
thought too little. In the past, mu
Gle haas been the prime factor in pr
duction In the future it must |
skill, clear thinking, and wise plan
ming, i! the scales are to indicate
balance on the side OF profit, al
they will il We do the right kind
thinking.
Thorough work in growing tt
crops and in feeding out is necessar
in order to realize the best profit.
requires work of the head as we'll