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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01
PROFIT IN cApoNs.
Tia Advantages OF Capo0ixtng Fowls -
Reeounsed by American Cultivs&or.

TAs Advantages OF C2po0ixtng Fowls -
Reeounsed by American Cultivs4Or.
Raising capons is profitable business.
and they are now raised quite universally
throughout the country, although for q
long time philadelphia capons" were
the only ones that were supposed to
amount to much. This detusion. how
ever, no longer holds, for good capons
will be found in every large city. The
French poultrymen caponize all cockerels
designed for market, and the quality Of
meat there is always superior to that in
this country. With the progress of the
business here it will not be many years
before the same practice will prevail in
the states. If all cockerels were capon-
lied the meat would be better, and the
demand for it wpuld be more general.
Caponizing is very easily and safely per
formed now that such handy instruments
are prepared for tho work. A capon
must mature thoroughly before it can be
sent to market. The cost Of raising them
is no greater than for an ordinary cock
erel, and the additional weight and price
VIII always bring larger return to the
breeder.
But there are other advantages. Their
food does them moro good, and is not
wasted by the bird running around; they
are very quiet and steady. and never
fight the pullets and hens, and they are
seldom sick and ailing They make fine
nurses for small chickens, as one bird
will hover over brood Of twenty OF
thirty chickens, allowing the hens time
to lay and sit again There is little risk
attending this work at first, but after one
becomes skillful operator, he need not
lose single oockerel during the whole
year as the result Of the operation. The
best breeds for capons are the large Dork-
ings or Asiatics, although the smaller
ones may be improved or enlarged by the
work.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01
state Agricultural and Mechanical
College. Lake City. Fla.

This leading educational institution OF
the state closed it's most successful year
in June and will begin the eighth annual
session October 1st, 1891, under still
more favorable auspices. The faculty
ard equipment have been greatly in
creased and expenses are now lower than
thar. at any other first-class college.
The entire cost for year, including
uniform, need not exceed 1926, while
many students earn part or all Of their
expenses
Besides, high school or preparatory
department, four full collegiate courses
are sustained, giving advanced work in
Classics, English, Literature, Agriculture,
Mechanics, Mathematics, Science, Mill
tary, Civil Engineering and Business.
Cadets have skilled daily medical at
tendance free.
Write the president for catalogue con-
tanning full information
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01

During the epidemic Of fux in this
county last summer, had hard work to
keep supply of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and DiarrhGa Remedy on hand.
People often came ten or twelve miles in
the night to get a bottle Of the Remedy.
have been selling Patent medicines for
the last ten years and find that it has
given better satisfaction in cases of diar-
rh9a and flux, than any other medicine
| have ever handled.-J. H. BENHAM.
Druggist, Golconds, Pore Co., Ill. Over
five hundred bottles of this Remedy were
sold in that county during the epidemic
referred to. It was perfect success and
was the only remedy that did cure the
worst cases. Dozens of persons there
will certify that it saved their lives. In
four other epidemics of bowel complaint
this Remedy has been equally success sful.
IS and 80 cent bottles for sale by M.
Lively. Aug. lin
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01
HARVESTING BARLEY.

A Progressive AgrtcnlturistSs Opinions On
THIS Subject
m harvesting wheat and oats all wa
have TO do is to get them dry. II they do
not start to grow rain does not hurt them:
but this is not the case with barley. IF
the crop is stained" the buyers cut
down the p13ce FIVE, ten or fifteen cents
bushel And unfortunately barley is
easily stained or dtscolored In old times.
when barley was cut With scythe or
cradle, we cured it as We do hay, BY
turning it in the swath, and as snou as
dry it Was made INTO cocks II RAIN fell
while it was IN the swath. it had to be
turned again as soon as the rain was over.
In catching weather" barley caused
more anxiety than any other crop we
harvested. and many a farmer has vowed
be would never bother with the stuff
again. Even when once safe IN cock the
danger is not o7e1-a heavy rain will
soak into al ordinary cock and dtacolor
the barley. The dtscoloration comes
principally from the straw. The wet OF
damp straw and green weeds stain the
grain
But now that we have reapers and
binders, says Joseph Harris in The Ameri-
can Agriculturist, good crop Of barley
can be harvested with far less danger Of
injury than formerly. Now we can wait
until all trace Of sap has disappeared
from the kernel and the straw shows
signs Of drying up. Then as soou as the
dew Is off start the machine. Do not
make the bundles too large or tie them
too tight We want them to dry out
under the band The sheaves should be
stuck up IN shocks as fast as the reaper
throws them off. At any rate, keep SO
close to the machine that there win be
no risk Of being caught with sheaVes on
the ground by sudden shower. Recnl-
lect that If the barley Is dfscotuzetl it will
often make q difference Of ten cents a
bushei in the price, and this will pay
well for little promptness and fore
thought 1t will pay Also to take each
sheaf IN ones aSms and straighteo up
the heads Of grain. The ordinary way
Is for man to take two bundles, one in
each hand, and stand them up opposite
each other IN the shock, leaving a
space between them at the bottom ON
the ground OF about foot with the
heads close together at the top. With
barley there should be two men to
shock. ono ou'each side, and they should
straighten up the heads Of grain and
bring the straw just beneath the beads
tight together 50 that the rain will be ex-
ciuded and the greater portion Of the
heads will be outsidn
II one is short Of barn room and must
put more or less grain IN stack, Let it
be wheat or oats rather than barley.
When the barley is safe IN the barn Let
it stay there until it is through sweating
and is thoroughly dry. In fact, the bet
ter plan is not to thrash it until ready to
sell 1t will keep better in the straw
than anywhere else, and will come out
bright and fresh If one must stack the
harley the stack should be thatched or
covered with canvas Some farmers put
grain IN a stack for few days and then
thrash it This is poor plan Better
thrash it direct from the shock, says the
authority quoted.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01

81 expect to do better in the future,
as am still in the prime of life, and
expect to learn q great deal from the
experience and observations of my
neighbors and Others"
Fibrous roots are the ones that need
manure. When applying manur-
ing keep it all away from the trunk
of the tree shrub or vine.
Already our farmers have en-
countered many ifs in tobocco grow
ing.
The feeding Of stock is the great
est drain on the southern farmers re-
sources. And this will continue un-
til we learn how much cheaper grass
is than corn or fodder.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01

How Ohio Farmers Cultivate Corn.
T. B Terry writing in The Farm
Journal says:
I had the pleasure OF attending two
or three farmers institutes IN ono Of the
finest corn sections Of Ohio last wintr.
One farmer told Of good rain just as
his wheat was ready to cut Question
Should he cut the wheat and Let q crust
form on the corn field, or cultivate corn
and Let the wheat get too ripe2 He did
the latter, lost but trif1e by the she'll
ing of the wheat, comparatively, and as
q drought set in after that shower, was
satisfied that he gained 800 by stopping
the evaporation in the corn field all he
could at the earliest possible moment.
Tho cultivation was not over two inches
deep.
Another TREND told Of working his
corn deeply after this same shower, and
diminishing his crop at least one half.
Numerous statements cOrrUbrated both
Of these statements
One farmer told how he was taught by
his father forty years before to cultivate
corn deeply, having the plows clogged
with roots when be got to the end of
row. This raised good crops becanse,
as he thinks now, the land was new and
very rich. and the corn could stand most
any abuse in this line and do fairly well
Late years experience and common sense
have taught him to never cultivate after
the first time more than two inches
deep, and that the hast time one inch
deep is enough He beats father now,
in yield PET acre, although
the land is Of cour4 poorer after so
many years Of cropping.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01
Buck wheat q Good CroD,

Bnckwheat is a good crop for a good
farmer. Notwithstanding all the meju-
dices which exist against it It is good
to grow, good to eat and good to feed
Treated fairly it gives fair returns, and
good culture will be generously repaid
A clover sod, cut early, may be turned
down, buckwheat sown tho last week in
June or first week IN July and second
profitable crop be taken this year, seed
ing to grass again, with oats in the
spring It answers promptly, and with
q round full voice, 10 snperphosphate of
lime. says the Philadelphia Farm Jour
nal
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01

Mr. John Carpenter, of Goodland, Ind,
says: 81 tried Chamberlain Collie
Cholera ard DiarrhGa Remedy, for diar-
rh9a and severe cramps, and pains in IL e
stomach and bowels with the best res ults.
In the worst cases I never had to give
more than the third dose 10 effect cure
In most cases one dose will do Besides
it's other good qualities it is pleasant to
take" IS and so cent bottles for sale by
NJ. Lively. Aug. lin
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01


The average weight of Aeece has dou-
bled in tns United States in the last
thirteen years.
The Central California Fruit cosnpanv
has been incorporated, with a capital
stock of $98, 900.
A law has been drafted in Peunsyl-
vania forbidding the docking of horses
tails under fine and Imprisonment.
1t is reported that a combination of
California cauneries has resulted in an
organization known az the California
Fruit Canneries company.
The Australian farmer is atreas1v en-
gagged IN turning his attention to the cul-
tvatioo Of cotton, and every assistance
d being given him by the colonial an
thoeittes.
ah and Farm says: Fue glase crous
plant tho corn or sorghum tn dri1ls, 20
that 1t can be cultivated. The broaanast
msehod Of growing fodder mups 8 mo-
duc4ye Of bad quality Of fodder, -.
ing In nutr1ttCus elementA
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01

Professor Maynard advises: To destroy
the potato beetle and the blight and rot,
apply the Bordeaux mixture and Paris
green at intervals Of about two weeks.
Should heavy rains follow the applica-
ton 1t must be repeated. as Is the case
with the use Of Paris green and plaster
on water.
Should mono Of the potato beetles or
their Larvae appear, use only the Bor-
deaux mixture.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01

Strike ut the fountain-head, the source
of all evil. Ii it worms that has de.
stroyed the health OF your chiidf Give
Shriner's Indian Vermifnge before IL IN
too lats.t Only TWENTY-FIVE ,ssnts . bot
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01

For CoSns, warts and Bunions
use only Abbott's East Indian Corn
Paint, ~-s IT,,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01

For Malaria, Liver Trouble, or
Indigestion, use BROWNS
IRON BITTERS.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-06

That 'Decayed Chestnut" reference
to the old soldier by J. B. Hompe, in
the State Senate, is creating a clatter
throughout the west. This is the first
time in years that any man has been
hard-hearted enough to refer to the
old soldier in such terms. There may
be many who think the old soldier is
getting too much attention. AS one
of the old soldiers the writer does not
feel that way, although we do think
national favors should be more right
eously distributed. But to say that
the welfare of the thinning ranks of
gray-haired veterans, who tramped to
the music of grand patriotism and
to the cries of the suffering, is ode
cayed chestnut is trife too heart
less for this generation. It's influence
on the rising generation is bad. We
always believed Mr.. Hompe to be a
political demagogue, and think his
record shows it; but certainly his heart
forgot it's cunning when these terrible
words dropped from his lips.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-06
1t Tells the Story,

The following resolutions of the
Executive Committee speak for them
selves. The Daily Fraud said ofthem:
"The following were submitted and
advocated by Mr.. Donnelly." Oh, yes,
but they were passed by the unani-
nous vote excepting Eva Mcdonald,
and then the young lady, acting for
the press committee SUPPRESSED THEM.
Here they are:
Whereas, The St. P aul Daily News,
while claiming to represent the
Farmers Alliance of Minnesota is con-
stantly engaged in III aking attacks up
on the President Of the Alliance; and
Whereas, Such act ion is taken in the
interest of the mon oplies and rings of
this State, and wit h a view to impair
the usefulness of Alliance; therefore
Resolved, That we caution the men,
bers of the State Farmers Alliance
against said paper and advise them
not to subscribe for the same.
Resolved, That we urge the members
OF the Alliance throy,ghou the State to
sustain any of those papers that hon
estly maintain their principles and up
hold those who are battling for their
rights.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-06
VERY IMPORTANT.
THE FEBRUARY ESD CON-
VENTION POSTPONED.

The President of the Minnesota
State Alliance, under instruction of
the Executive Committee, wrote to
Hon. John III. Rice, of Fort Scott,
Kansas, suggesting postponement
of the February 23rd convention, and
has received the following reply:
RTScoTr, Kansas, Jan. 3Oth, 1891.
Hon. IGNATIUs DoNNELLY,
MY DEAR SIR:-Your favor of recent
date, relative to the call for political
conference at Cincinnati Feb. 23rd,
received.
Each state organization is entitled
to send delegate for each senator and
representative; each district and
county organization is entitled to
send just as many delegates as they
please, no limit. This was to make
large convention and have the repre-
sentation as near the people as posi-
BILE. hope you will appoint delegates
and urge their appointment from all
over the state from all the Industrial
organizations.
The conference will not be held Feb.
23rd; we all realize that that date was
premature, but it will be held most
probably from the 10th to the 25th
of May next, possibly not until Sept.
Appoint the delegates; the date will be
fixed on soon. am,
Very respectfully yours,
JOHN H. RICE.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-06

The following was the report of tn
Pioneer Press of the Alliance Executive
Committee meeting last Friday:
'The executive committee of the
state Farmers Alliance held business
meeting at the Clarendon yesterday
afternoon, all the members except Mr..
Boxhall being present. The principal
business of the meeting was the con-
sideration of a report by Mr.. Thomas
Brennan, the expert who was appoint
ed some time ago to examine the
books of the two Alliance insurance
companies. Business Agent Loucks
was also present and made report
as to the practicability Of the Alliance
purchasing binding Irvine of certain
company. 1t was given out that there
was nothing of public interest in the
transactions"
Let us see: The meeting was held at
the Merchants, and not at the Claren-
don.
Mr.. "Boxhall'' was not absent, but
Mr.. Bohall was.
The matter OF the Insurance Com
panies took up but small portion of
the time.
Mr.. Loucks was not present, and did
not make any address.
No proposition was therefore made
by him as to purchasing Irvine of one
firm.
The Globe, however, as usual, got
the whole business, and twisted it
around to suit itself After indulging
in several harmless lies about the
GREAT WEST it actually published
some OF the resolutions adopted 1t
is always noted that the Globe is fur
nished with the work of the commit
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-06

Senator LaDue. gave the Oil In
spection Office a lively dose last week.
The following is he healthy preamble
and robust resolution offered and
adopted:
Whereas, 1t appears from the state
ments of reliable persons that a
deplorable state of affair exists in the
conduct OF the Office of the state oil
Inspector, SO far as the inspection of
oil in st. Paul and Minneapolis is con-
cerned; that for nearly or quite a year
there has been no inspection of oil at
these points, the stencil brand of the
chief inspector and his deputies being
IN the possession of the employees of
the various oil companies, who brand
the barrels and send out the oil with
out any actual inspection as provided
by law: that the oil inspector is now
receiving a salary of $3.50 a month
from the Standard Oil company, in
lieu of all fees which might arise from
inspection of the oil sold by said COM
pany; that the deputy for Ramsey
and Hennepin counties is receiving a
salary of 500 a month from the In
dependent, Excelsior and Chester Oil
companies in lieu of all fees for the in
spection of the oil sold by said COM
panies; and
Whereas, Such lack of inspection as
provided by law is constant menace
to the lives and property interests of
the consumers of oil,
Therefore be it resolved, That the
standing committee on illuminating
oils be, and is hereby instructed to
thoroughly investigate the conduct of
said office of oil inspector during the
term OF office of the present incum-
bent. Said committee is hereby given
authority to send for persons and
papers, and to administer oaths.
Mr. Curriers' bill to make the Rail-
way Commission elective was report
ed favorably by the Railroad Com
mittee of the House. But 10, and be-
hold! No. sooner did it stalk into the
presence of the legislators than Searles
moved that it be recommitted to the
Judiciary committee! So there it goes,
probably to be choked to DEATH
We trust Mr.. Currier will see that at
the resurrection this bill is the first
one up.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-06

Everyone thought that the execu-
tive committee would have smooth
sailing and harmonious work after
the state convention. But that has
all been upset by Eva Mcdonald.
She fights right and Left until she has
scarcely an ally left. She is now not
only badgering Mr. Donnelly until his
life is woe, but she has crossed
swords fiercely with Geo. Muller. The
most amusing thing is her statement
that if she had endorsed Mr.. Donnelly
at Omaha he would have been presi-
dent of the National Alliance! Pity
Mr.. D. had not known Eva 80 years
ago.-or perhaps in Shakespeare's
time.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-06
Was Ingalls, Wrong?

Nothing has pleased us more than
the defeat of Ingalls,, OF Kansas, for
the U. S. Senate. He is now part
OF the past-and his work for the
Wall Street plutocrats is finished, for
time at least.
One OF the most remarkable events
in his remarkable career, was con-
fession as to the nature of politics.
1t has been universally condemned,
and Justly so; because it betrays the
absolute want of conscience upon his
own part.
The statement was made in an in
terview, and has since been toned
down and modified as follows:
"The publication of politics is an
iridiscent dream. Government is force.
Politics is battle for supremacy.
Parties are the armies. The deca-
logue and the golden rule have no
places in apolitical campaign, The
object is success. To defeat the an
tagonist and expel the party in power
u
deceive the adversary, to hire He's
slams, to purchase mercenarles, to mu-
tilate, to kill, to destroy The com
mander who lost the battle through
the activity of his moral nature would
be the derision and jest of history.
This modern cant about the corruD-
ton of politics is fatiguing in the ex-
IRENE. 1t proceeds from the tea Gus
tard and syllabub dilettanteism ofepi-
Genes"
After you have read the above lay
down the paper and think the matter
over. Recall all that you know Of
politics now. Do not 60 back to the
days of Clay, Webster, Lincoln OF
Sumner. Do not recall Jas. Otis OF
Patrick Henry. Simply draw a picture
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-06

The question as to whether Miss
Mcdonald is a member of the Execu-
tive Committee or not comes to us In
several letters this week. OF course
We are now compelled to state facts IN
the case, even though they are not
agreeable. No matter whom it strikes
the fact remains that the constitution
read as follows:
ART. II, Sec. 2O.-sNo person shall
be eligible to any Office in the State
Alliance or any county Alliance UNI
less he is a member in good standing
In some subordinate Alliance in this
state"
Miss Med. was not member, nor
could be, of any Alliance. She was
and is, a salaried reporter OF the
Daily Globe, is author of extremely
offensive and partisan reports-and
went down to the Omaha meeting last
week as a paid reporter, and there
figured as delegate from the
Minnesota Alliance. This was after
the State Convention almost unani-
mously declined to send delegates ow-
ing to the actions OF Ashby. We give
nothing but the facts in this matter
and ask for no Judgment. The facts
are given solely and only because the
daily papers, which are sustaining Miss
Med. in her voluble warfare in the Ex-
ecutive Committee, have made such
an ado over the matter We believe
that the State Alliance will act level
headed in this matter.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-06

Everything now points to the or
ganization of powerful Alliance po-
litical party this year. 1t is feared
that Minnesota will be behind some
other states if internal dissensions
continue. Every effort is now being
made by all earnest alliance men in
this state to get every energy harnessed
to the car of reform. Appeals come
to us from other states to get thor
oughly into line. To further this great
object the Cincinnati Convention is
postponed until May.
1t is unnecessary to urge the Min
nesota Alliances to the work. We are
all awake. If the factions still con-
tinue they must continue as personal
matters. The waters ofthe great deep
are stirred up and there is a gulf
stream across the continent which
bears humanity up to higher plane.
Let every energy be bent for this pur-
pose. We will aid by every possible
agency the harmonizing of the reform
elements. Let every man come to the
front and aid with time and money.
Now is the time to be liberal Now is
the time to take the measure of S.,
$50 or hundred dollars Now is the
time to drop all notions, whims, an
tagonisms. hatreds, or other disin-
tegrating elements.
The Executive Committee is very
nearly a unit in the work. The dis
turbing element is not influential, and
with a few exceptions every member
is in thorough sympathy and accord
with the Farmers movement.
Come up to the help of the Lord
against the mighty, and let plutocracy
know that there is God in Israel.