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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-01

"The market for broom corn, as that
for hops, fuctuates wildly in very few
months. The best time to go into the
culture of broom corn is when the price is
low, for then many thousands of acres,
before in broom corn, will be otherwise
devoted.
''SOuthern growers have disadvantage
OF three or four weeks earlier harvest
which enables them often to reap the ben
eft of high prices which follow a short
crop before Western growers can get
their crops into selling condition. An
other advantage is that q second crop
can often be secured after the first is cut
(standing) from the suckers, which spring
the joints, and which make good mate
rial for whisk and other small brooms. A
fair average yield of broom corn is 500
pounds of marketable brush per acre,
and five cents per pound or 500 ton is
about the average price"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-01
For The FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Matching at the Right Time.

matching dL Cue hlSuC 41me.
l see in recent number of the AGRI
CULTURIsT, February 18th, two articles
headed thus. ''They will not lay. >
eggs scarce" which prompt me to
write. | have had eight years expe
rience in raising chickens in Florida and
have made success, making my fl lck
net me an average of ISL so per hen for
five years past. There as no com
plant of "the hens are not laying"
| think one cause IF fl Cks Of fowls not
laying well is they are not Matched at
he proper season.
| have two seasons for Matching, Jan
uary and September. [ set four hens
at time giving two flocks to one hen
thus economizipg time and food. Chicks
Matched in the last of January or first OF
February should lay we'll during Sep
tember, October, November and Dec
ember. when eggs are in such good de-
mand and they will if properly fed. The
September chicks will lay during the
su INNER III. nths while the ether hens
are taking rest. Another great advan-
tage is the insects are not so trouble
some as in the spring and Summer
months, and the summer showers donot
cause extra care to protect the little
chicks from the wet. L have tried all
months of the year aud found these two
January and September the most salts
factory seasons of the year for Matching
chickens.
During July fed very light, letting
my hens get quite p or which helps
them to drop their feathers, then the
first of August [ fed reasonably heavy
with corn, oats and wheat bran. For
two dozen hens that have free range [
feed one and one half quarts of corn at
night and one and half quarts of oats one
morning and two quarts ofoats the next,
and when the mornings are cold they
are given warm mash. Always being
sure they have all the oyster shells and
gravel and broken crOckery they will
eat and when [ can get the meat scraps
from the butchers would feed them meat
three times a week. In the early fall [
think condition powders help the fowls to
grow their feathers and l nearly always
feed it during August once or twice
week.
There is nearly no time of the year in
Florida Int what there can he DlpntV of
green stuff grown for chickens to eat
The crab grass usually lasts until oats
and rye can be sown and in the spring
the sorrpl makes a good green food and
fowls seem to like it well. l have ted
cassava with good results as a substitute
for grass when had occasion to keep
my fowls in pens, not feeding too much
as it is quite fattening. But have found
nothing so good as the Southern rye, it
is much stronger than oats; the hens lay
better quality and quantity of eggs when
fed on rye than any other green food [
ever used. MRS. CHAS +. MAY.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-01

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tro Chemical Fluid. In order to prove
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-01
About Growing Broom Corn

corn in Florida. Ihave always thought,
and still think, that this crop will prove q
profitable one, as side issue, if nothing
else. | would be pleased to have you tell
me something of the cultivation OfbrOOm
corn, harvesting and preparation OF the
straw, etc. Perhaps you could refer me
to some of your readers who have had
experience, or they might be doing q
kindness to myself and others by giving
us some pointers in your columns. II.
Marion County.
We have from time to time heard of
Florida farmers who claimed to have
made the cultivation OF broom corn pro-
ftable, but unfortunately We cannot now
call them to mind. However, we would
like for them to give 'H" and Others in
terested the benefit of their knowledge
aud experience in our columns.
Below will be found an article on cult
waiting and harvesting broom corn which
we find in the Southern Cultivator and
Dixie Farmer:
"Accordng to Chapman, the specific
name OF broom corn is sorghum sacchara-
tum, which also includes the several va
reties grown for syrup making-ChlnrSe,
Imphus, etc. The sorghum genus also
includes Durra corn, milo maize, Egyp-
tan corn and some Others The nOmen-
clature is rather confused, and bOtanists
differ somewhat in their classifcatiOns.
"The character and preparation ofsoil
time OF planting and general method of
culture that are suited for the ordinary
Chinese sugar cane are also adapted to
broom corn culture. SO far then as plant
ing and cultivation are concerned the
farmer who understands how to cultivate
the one will find no difficulty i'll growing
the other.
Very rich land is not Indispensable;
neither will poor land yield profitable
crop of broom corn or anything else.
Light, dry bottom land is excellent for
the purpose. Any land, however, that
will bring a good crop of Indian corn
will yield corresponding crop OF broom
corn. Land that has just grown q cot
ton or other hoed crop is best for broom
corn, as there will be less weeds and grass,
which seriously interfere with the young
plants. Prepare we'll and throw up beds
81 to feet apart. When the spring is
fully open, say between corn and cotton
planting time, is the right time to make
the first planting. Open very shallow
burrows, SOW seed by hand, two to three
quarts to the acre (if clean and soundD,
cover not more than one inch. 1t is very
desirable to have the surface Of the beds
freshly narrowed just ahead OF the l. liant
ing.
80 soon as the plants are we'll up cul-
tivatiOn should commence, us the little
stalks are delicate and easily choked by
GRASS. A harrow or cultivatOr is well suit
ed for this first working. When the plants
have attained height OF two or three
inches they should be reduced to u stand
of two to three plants every foot: or
twice as many at distances OF two feet.
The thickness OF the stand, or number of
plants eft to grow, should vary accord
ing to the strength of the soil. In the
West very little hand thinning is done,
= llf.r ri. mt Ht.IlI
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-01

he pay anything like as much for such dis
for that of q fine pea-green color. To
have it this nice green color the corn
must be cut when the bloom begins to
drop and before the seed commences to
form. Don't forget this.) Red corn is
worth not more than one-third as much
as the same corn would have brought il
cut at the right time and cured bright
green color. Commence by breaking two
rows across each other, about thirty in
ches high, so as to form sort of plat
form. The cutter with q sharp shoe
knife, cuts off the heads with eight inches
of stalk as near as he can Judge, and lays
it across the platform or table formed by
the stalks. AS fast as cut the brushes
should be hauled to the drying place,
where the first thing to be done is to
strip off the seeds and husks. Never
haul while the heads are wet with dew Or
rain, but wait until the latter has dried
off. Stripping the brush off the seed may
be done by a hand scraper, or by a ma
chine made expressly for the purpose and
run by power. For a small quantity
spikes driven close together in a board
or bench will answer; but for q crop of
several acres a machine threser, some
thing like the ordinary spike grain thresh-
err, costing from $25 to $50, according to
capacity, and run by hand, horse or team
power, is Indispensable.
"After threshing the brush should be
laid straight in racks, under shelter, from
sun and rain, the layers to be not more
than two or three inches in depth. In
broom corn districts regular dry houses
are built for the purpose. When the brush
is perfectly dry throughout stem and hull
it is laid regularly into bailing press,
stem ends outward and endwise the bale,
laping the brush ends in the middle as
may be necessary. The most approved
size of bale is three feet ten inches long
by two feet wide and deep, as may be
convenient, weighing from 300 to $50
pounds. Care should be used to make
the bales solid and secure so that they
will not go to pieces in handling. Steel
bale tie wire is prepared and sold in bun
dies cut to proper lengths. DO not mix
good and bad, green and red, straight
and crooked brush in the same bale, as
you would not mix good middling" and
"dOg-taiI" cotton in the same bale OfcOt-
ton. Most OF the large cities in the coun-
try now have broom factories or mer-
chants who handle the crop on commits
sion.
"A farmer about to engage in the cul-
ture of broom corn must not be over
sanguine in his expectations. Bear in
mind that the business ofgrOwing broom
corn is now conducted on q very large
scale and with the most approved imple-
ments in several of the Western States.
Competition is plenty and strong; care
less, slovenly culture, delayed harvesting
producing red brush), poorly cleaned
brush, mixing of good and bad together,
awkward, unsightly packages, etc, will
meet their merited reward-failure.
ut must not be expected that our
home factories will give as much for in
feriOr brush as the best because it is
homegrown or Southern grown. They
won't do any such thing. Not much
The herald., 1893-02-10
A HIGH-aANDnD OUTRAGE.
Editor Bush of Honolulu Denounc
Minister Stevens's Action.

Editor Bush of Honolulu Denounces
Minister stevens's Action.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 9.-Among the
passengers on the Australia. from Homo
lulu, was J. E. Bush, editor of a native
paper called The Voice of the People.
Editor Bush, who is native Hawaiian,
was more outspoken than Mr.. Neu-
mann. He said the action OF Minister
Stevens and Captain Wiltse in landing
armed sailors from the Boston was en-
tirely unwarranted. They were not
needed, and the natives bitterly resented
it. The trouble was that the natives
wanted to govern their own country,
and were opposed by lot of foreigners
who were afraid that their interests
would be imperiled. There was no such
danger, for the native Hawaiians are
civilized people and respect the rights of
Others.
"Tbe action Of Minister Stevens in
raising the United States flag and de-
claring protectorate," continued Bush,
twas a high-hsnded outrage and is 80
regarded by our people. We are per-
fectly willing to hold closer relations
with the United States, but we want to
have voice as to what those relations
shall be and how they shall be brought
about"
The herald., 1893-02-10
NOT A CONSPIRACY.
Commissioner Thurston Makes q Reply

Commissioner Thurston Makes q Reply
to Colburn's Letter.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.--This evening
Commissioner Thurston, with the con-
sent of his colleagues, made statement
in reply to the letter from J. T. Colburn,
ex-minister of the interior of Hawaii.
In it he says the charge that the whole
movement was preconceived con-
spiracy In favor Of annexation had al
ready been denied by the commission
ers, but as Colburn reiterstes it he
thinks more specific denial should be
made. The uprising, he said, took
place at the express request OF the cabi-
net of which Colburn is q member, In
response to call from the cabinet to
the citizens to support them with arms
against the demands of the queen,
which demands she was prepared to
enforce with the entire military
and police force of the kingdom, and
after she had threatened the lives of the
members of the cabinet themselves. II
there was any conspiracy to precipitste
matters in the interest of annexation,
then the queen and her cabinet were
the principal members of the conspiracy,
lor tno queen IL bne one VINO lnltlateu
the action, and her cabinet the ones
who first requested the people to take
up arms against the queen.
Thurston proceeds at length to give
further facts to disprove the conspiracy
theory, and says there was no public
acknowledgment OF the provisional
government by the American minister
until after the abdication of the queen
and the surrender of the barracks and
police station, together with all the
forces and munitions OF war located
therein.
"As to the further action of the pro-
visional government requesting pro-
tectorate and the United States minis-
ter acting in compliance Herewith and
establishing such protectorate pending
the negotiations in Washington, would
say, having every confidence in the men
composing the provisional government,
do not believe they would have taken
this action unless they deemed it neces-
sary for the preservation OF life and
property. The protectorate in no man
ner interferes with the regular progress
OIL public business under the provisional
government, nor with the negotiations
with the United States government"
The herald., 1893-02-10

it's own bottom pending the negotiation
with this country, had opposed this.
Thurston and his associates said the
whites who made the trouble to which
the Honolulu Advertiser referred corr
prised what was known as the opium
gang of politicians and their associates
who would be known in this country at
ward-strikers or "heelefs."
Mr.. Kinney of Salt Lake City, who &C
companied the commission in the ca
pacity of counsel, said the most Higniti-
cant item of news in the dispatches
from Honolulu was that there had been
indications of dissensions existing
among the members Of The executive
council.
"This," he said, "betrays the greatest
danger which now threatens the govern
ment. The members of the council are
men who have been clothed with au-
thority without any previous experience
in the exercise of it, and without the re-
straining force Of protectorate, they
would inevitably have divided into fac
tionB and worked at cross purposes."
The news of the action of Minister
Stevens became a subject Of general
comment in the house after the excite
ment over the silver bill had passed
away. 1t net with the approval of the
Republican, eide OF the house, and q
mixed reception on the Democratic side,
the prevailing sentiment on that side,
however, being one Of antagonism to the
committal of this government to annex
alton or to protectorate, or to the COM
initial of congress by the executive
branch of the government. There were
some members who severely criticised
Minister stevens, and thought his con-
duct unwarranted.
There appears to be very general
feeling of satisfaction that the affair has
taken its present shape.
This afternoon the Hawaiian commits
sioners received a telegram from Charles
M. Cook, announcing his arrival at San
Francisco with dispatches for them from
the provisional government.
Late tonight Secretary of State Foster
received the following dispatch from
Minister Stevens:
HONOLULU, Feb. l.
"Provisional government gaining
power and respect. Everything quiet
Annexation sentiment increasing. Dead
monarchy and opposition annexation
sentiment supported chiefly by lottery
and opium ring. Today at Ga. M, il
accordance with request of provisional
government, placed government under
United States protection during negotia-
tions, not interfering with the execution
of public affairs"
Secretary Foster says Stevens' action
was without instructions from the state
department; in fact the movement for 6
change in government was not expected
and had not been anticipated by in
structions from Washington. Stevens
was therefore compelled to act on his
own judgment as the emergencies have
arisen.
The herald., 1893-02-10
CLEvELAND's CABINET.

Gresham Said to Have Accepted the
State Portfolio.
DALLAS, Tex, Feb. GA private tele-
gram received here tonight from Con-
gressman Springer of Illinois, from
Washington, says: "Judge Walter @.
Gresham of Illinois has been rendered
the Office of secretary OF state by Presi-
dent-elect Cleveland and accepted
CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-The Evening jour-
nal says positively that Judge Walter
@. Gresham will be President Cleve-
lands secretary of state. The question
was put to him by representative Of
that paper and he refused to deny it.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Feb. 9.-F. W.
Faulkes, editor of the Evening Gazette,
this city, has received letter from a
prominent editor of one of the New
York dailies saying one of Cleveland's
intimate friends, congressman from
New York, said in his presence that
since Governor Bois had declined the
position of secretary of agriculture
Cleveland had decided to tender it to
Hon. w. /. Buchanan of Iowa, now
chief of the worlds fair department of
agriculture. Cleveland was led to this
conclusion by the surprising excellence
of Buchanan's organization of his de-
Dnrtmeut
The herald., 1893-02-10
TEE QUEENS PROPOSITION.
She Wants a Consideration for the Alb
rogatfon of Her Office.

She Wants Consideration for the Alb
rogatfon of Her Ofice.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.-The CORE
spondent of the Call at Honolulu sends
the following in regard to the visit to
this country Of Paul Eeumann and
Prince Kawananaka, commissioners the
ex.Queen Lilinoukalina who arrived
here on the steamer Australia early this
morning: Facts relating to the object
OF the visit Of the ex-queen's commits
sion to Washington have been obtainsd
from the very best authority and are
briefly as follows: A royal power Of
attorney, If 1t may be go called, or
authority, has been prepared and
signed in triplicate in which her late
majesty agrees to relinquiah and quit
claim all of her right, title and interest,
together with any claim she believes
she still has in the abrogated monarchy
OF Hawaii, forever, provided her COM
mission can prevail upon the United
States government to give her good
and valuable consideration for Buch
relinquishment. This document has
been drawn by one of the best
lawyers in Honolulu who is at the
same time q ataunch supporter of
the provisional government. It 10 fur
ther understood that her late majesty
holds one Of these documents, her COM
missioners another, and the United
States minister third. Mr.. Neumann
refuses to be interviewed as to the facts
of the case, but as the members of the
present government are in the secret
there is little or no doubt as to the gen
eral provisions OF the document.
The herald., 1893-02-10
Tashi<G's fszuorita

Tashisss's .1favoyits
fad, centers in that famous, fascina-
ting game--lawn tennis.
: But hero are women who cannot
engage in osay pastirae. They arc
delicate, feeble and easily exhausted.
They arc sufferers from weaknesses
and disorders peculiar to females,
which arc accompanied by sallow
compilations, expressionless eyes and
haggard looks.
For overworked, "worn out"
"run down." debilitasel teachers,
milliners, dressma1ers, scamstrcsses,
" "shop-girls," housckcepers, nursing
mothers, and feeble women gem
orally, DIR. Picrce's Favorite Pre-
scription is the greatest earthly
boon, being unoqualcd as an appe-
tizing cordial and restorative tonic.
It's the only medicine for women,
sold by druggists, uadzer a positive
guarantee from the makers, of sat-
isfaction in every case, or xlonoy re-
funded. This guarantee has been
faithfully carried cut for years. q
The herald., 1893-02-10

provided that the companies shall be
armed and equipped in the same man.
ner as similar corps in the United States
army. All company officers are elected
by the votes Of the members of the
company, subject to the approval Of the
executive council. It is provided that
all officers and privates shall subscribe
to the oath to support the provisional
government and defend the laws.
On January S1st three volunteer COM
panies were organized and elected Of
ficers in conformity with the act.
On January 30th Col. John H. Loper
issued the following order: ''All citi-
zens are required to report to these
headquarters within three days from
date all arms in their possessiod or un-
der their CONTROL"
William George Ashley resigned jan
uary Oath from the advisory council and
was appointed marshal of the islands.
Cecil Brown was elected member Of the
advisory council, vice Ashley.
The herald., 1893-02-10
CREMATEEDD IN IN THEIR THEIR CELLS, CELLS
An Asylum Horror at Dover,
New Hampshire.
Forty-four Inmates of Madhouse
Burned to Death.
Only -Four Of the Patients Escaped
Allvo-The AdjoiniDg Poor House
Baved-Mapy Paupers
Badly Burned.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Dover, N. H., Feb. 9.--The county in
asne asylum, four miles from here,
burned tonight and A lives were lost.
When the watchman made his 10 o'clock
rounds he found fire coming out OF
cell occupied by A. Lafani-
tame, woman, and gave the
alarm. Keeper DriHcoll, with
his family, lived in the building and he
at once broke the locks off the cells and
tried to get the inmates out. OF 4S in
mates, only four escaped, however.
They were William Twombly, Rose
Sanderson, William Daley and Frank
johnson. The latter walked two miles
in binding snow storm, with only his
shirt on, to VIM. Harness house where
he WAS cared Tor.
Those burned were: Robert Drone,
Mary Fountain. Frank Nutter, William
Chesley, Mrs. Roberts, her child, Les-
ter Jones, Owen Mailer, Michael Casey,
Frank Rowe, Charles Linley, Frank
Page, William Files, Frank Sprig-
Keil, Mrs. Mary Sebine, Mrs.
Ma[Y MCOllubOCh, MuBGio W AAsos AaA
Carr, Mary Nutter, Mary Maloney, Lena
Ellis, Mary Wilson, Maria Twindall,
Caroline Raft, Mrs. Ann Rothweli,
Lizzie Ellis, Catherine Heley, Eliza
Pickering, Mary Coguey, Sarah Sweet,
Sarah Hutchings: Kate Dufee.
Sarah McClintock, Fannie 6latterry,
Ann McDermott, Addie Otis and six
others whose names could not be
learned, the books of the keeper being
burned with the building.
The structure was of wood, 135x36
feet, and waE two stories high.
1t was built 20 years ago. The
building, used as poor house, in which
were over 100 inmates, caught fire, but
was saved by the efforts of the paupers,
who carried pals of water and extin-
guished the flames. A number of them
were painfully burned.
The Dover fire department was sum-
moned, but the distance and bad condi-
ton OF the roads was such that the ap-
paratus arrived too late to be OF any SER
vice.
In the smoking ruins can be seen the
charred remains OF number of the un-
fortunate victims still lying on their
beds. How the fire started is mystery.