The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24


the hull, when heated in the pepper
like popcorn, bursts open just like
the latter, and not only has the flavor
of real popcorn, but is crisper and
much more delicious to the taste.
The work of the progressive far
mer is never done. Not the least
important Of his work at this season
may be talking with other success
ful farmers, attending institutes,
visiting the nearest nurseries with
his family and reading current farm
literature.
Ny tarm-wagon and harness have
been in use fifty years-thirty-six by
my father and fourteen by myself.
They have always been kept under
shelter, we'll oiled and repaired, and
used with care. They are good for
ten years yet.-D. B. Myers.
Ofthe dozen or more highly pros
porous agricultural journals of to-day
not one could live a twelvemonth
after changing from the simple terse
language which they and their con-
tributors employ to the heavy, scien-
tific language found in the majority
of experiment station bulletins
Our Country Home.
Give the "kicking COW" kick the
first thing; then tell her to "stand
round, you old rip - Then yell, $50
there!' Then when she kicks-as
she should-take the stool and pound
her, using explosives. You will get
little milk but, as Bunyan expresses
is you will crafty your doggish ma
ture.-Tennessee Farmer.
Many farmers have too much bulk
and not enough ballast about their
farm operations. They had better
fill up with oats instead of straw
that is, they had better work into
intensive farming and increase the
average from each acre and animal.
Rural New Yorker.
An agent with fluent tongue and
highly illustrated catalogue Of fruits
and flowers. Grapes pictured par
ticularly fine, punches over foot
long. The plants were priced at 81
each, or six for s.. Two brothers
invested $40. Theplants were care
fully tended, and grew vigorously.
In due season they bore a crop Of
Concords of the usual size and
quality.
There was man upon time, who
decided that farming didn't pay"
His experiment was just nine months
long! 1t is not possible to know all
the resources, the capabilities, the
advantages OF any piece of land, or
any neighborhood in that brief inter
val. What is true on general prin-
pies of every other business must be
true of farming. "The mills of the
gods grind slow, but they grind ex
ceeding fine" The mill of time and |
patience is preferred by the honest
farmer.
The pleasing writer of "Garden
Notes" in The Hartford Times
saw a cow under the burning sun Of
an August noon in shadeless pas
ture trying to shield her spine in the
narrow shadow made by telegraph
pole. "Such faithful creatures, like |
the ever-plodding horse, stand in
mute obedience many fortunes, in
flicted by human (but not humane)
souls"
Farmers must clear and manure
their land better and raise more on
less ground. With the best tools
several times more can be accom-
plished than with the old implements.
I value the former highly, as they |
enable me to fit my land better, keep |
the crops cleaner, and the land in
better condition, and by their aid |
can get better returns with less man
ual labor than formerly, and, in fact,
with less hired help. My crops are
better and the returns are better
Rural New Yorker.
1t is not generally known that |
William X. Vanderbilt is practical
farmer. At one time he was so
with farming that be re-
NAMED out OF town for months at a
time.
He was located on farm owned |
by his father near Islip, L. I: There
the young millionaire learned how
to plant potatoes, raise cabbages and
look after COWS and horses.
He often says jokingly that he
made 80 good a reputation as far
mer that any Long Island land
owner would give him a job if he
needed one.
Our farmers, who work hard for
small pay at best, it seems are to get
nothing for their cotton again this
year. Let this be a warning, and
ro%bon x,la.A