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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-25
THE ENGLISH MARKET.

4 Ilc cApcIlHlcHI Ol shipping oranges u
England by the regular lines of steamers
plying between New York and Liverpool
has so far proven a great success and the
indications are that the Florida orange
will gradually work its way into the good
graces of the English people who are
appreciative and know good thing when
they see it (or taste it),
OF course there can be no question of
the superiority of the Florida orange over
those with which the English market has
heretofore been supplied, the only diff
Guilty in the past has been to convince
the English people of this and to get the
fruit into their market in a good con-
dition.
When we shall have established mar
ket in England the cover production
howler'' will be compelled to take a back
seat for a season, at least, as England
with it's millions can easily consume Il
quarter of the crop of Florida oranges
and we believe she will do it in time and
be willing to pay good prices for them,
too
The arrangements made for transport
ing the fruit across the water are as per-
feet as could be wished. The oranges
are shipped to New York where they are
loaded on the fast steamers which make
the voyage in about six days. In the Sc
steamers are specially ventilated COM
partments designed for transporting the
apple crop of the North, and it is in these
are placed and carried across. That they
arrive in good condition and sell for good
prices is sufficient evidence that the
transportation facilities are about as
good as could be desired.
Some growers may be deferred from
exporting by fears of excessive charges
but we assure them their fears are ground
less as the total expense of placing box
of oranges on sale in London, and selling
it is only $1.15. This includes freight
from Jacksonville to New York, from
New York to London, wharfage and com
mission on sale. If our growers will dc
little figuring they will see that this is
not very much more than it costs to sci
box of oranges in Boston or New York
The freight to these points from Jack
sonville is 40 cents, the commission or
the highest sale reported from Liver
pool (S3.93) would be 80 cents = a
total of 70 cents. only thirty-six Genus
less than it costs to sell the fruit in Lon
don or Liverpool.
In our last issue we referred to the sale
of the first shipment of the Fruit Elk
change to England, which averaged So q
per box. Under date Of October 8th We
received from Messrs. L. Connolly & Co.
of Liverpool the following communica
ton.
We confirm our best respects and now have the
pleasure to advise you that at yesterday 8 auction
we offered the first arrival this season of Florida
oranges, consisting of 264 boxes of Brights e1
"Tuntonic" from New York; and sold asfollows
1905 and 1885,. 70 to D.
ZOUs ana 10 5.4'
252s ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Average of lot 1888
Theparcels showed up in splendid order though
rather pale in color and some of the samples were
spotted with green.
The competition among our buyers was very
yuhi FOr Inf o1c 4
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-25
EDITORIAL CHAT.

WE have received the annual catalogue
of the reliable Glen st. Mary Nursery at Glen st.
Mary, Fla, G. L. Taber proprietor. We would
advise our readers to send for copy as it con-
tains much valuable Information.
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The Manufacturers Record OF Balti-

The Manufacturers Record OF Balti-
more publishes list OF 5O2 industrial concerns
established in the South since the LIST of July,
sho wing that business was affected very little by
the panic below Mason and DixOns Zine This
list is made up largely of cotton mills canning
factories, foundries and woodworking establish
ments During the first half Of the year some
1890 new enterprises of this kind were started in
the South
The New York Times Of a recent date
anent the apple crop says; Until the severe wind
storms of several weeks ago devastated the or
chards of the NJ ddle Hudsou district it looked g
if the apple crop would average about so pc
ce t. OF the phenomenal crop OF last year, but
specul tors and apple growers now agree that
the yield is not One-eight that OF last year
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01
POULTRY PICkfNGS.

FEED the flock both fowls and chicks
early in the morning.
ONCE a week parch a little cracked
corn quite brown and feed to chicks.
They Will relish it and it will do them
good
BARN floor sweepings will afford ex-
ercise and much good food to flock of
chicks penned in small run or brooder
house.
A FENCE of plastering lath made in
the ordinary way is an eyesore and a
nuisance. Better use wire netting with
Dashboard at the bottom.
AS THE weather grows warmer see
that fowls have source of water sup
ply that cannot be contaminated
Nothing is more important for them.
PERSIAN insect powder, which is an
other name for pyrethrum, is harmless
to poultry and may be applied freely to
the plumage of young or old and be
sprinkled also in the nests.
HENS having free range at this sea-
son should have some good sound grain
night and morning. Much of their
picked-up food is decidedly succulent
and filling, but is lacking in nutri-
ment.
The simple operation of throwing
out grain to a flock of poultry may be
done in a wrong manner. The whole
flock should be given ''fair play" by
scratching the grain widely and on
clean ground.
CHICKS that are stupid and drowsy
and continually cry are probably lousy.
Examine their heads by lamp light at
night Moisten the down on their
heads and throats slightly with
kerosene and put back under the hen
THE law does not allow a poultry
keeper to shoot worthless, half-fed
ours that run about disturbing the
fiocks, but few eggs can be doctored
with red pepper and kept in the nests
for such providers Empty the shell of
its contents and fill with a paste of red
pepper and lard.-Farm Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01
STARTING ANIMALS.
The Importance of Measuring Up to Theil
Full Capacity.

In the spring of the year, thousands
of colts, calves, lambs pigs and
chickens begin an existence on the
farm that, in far too many cases, does
| not prove at all profitable to the own
ers. All young farm animals are capable
of a certain amount of growth and de-
velopment; but, in order to measure up
| to their full capacity, they must have a
good start in growth. and then be kept
growing continuously. There is no
profit in raising young animals under
any other conditions.
If calf or chicken is neglected for
only a few days, a lessening of the "a
ton or an exposure to a storm, per
haps, though the best of care and feed
be afterward given, the young animal
will never fully come to the develop
ment that it would have reached had
the conditions been unremittingly
propitious. A little reflection ought to
convince anyone that this is true, both
in the animal and vegetable kingdom.
The plant that droops in the garden
does not produce in full measure at har-
vest time-every gardener has realized
this-while the stunted calf pig or
chicken, though il may have an excellent
appetite and be apparently in good
neaIIn, Is universally known 70 De OF
small profit to raise.
A large percentage of the young ami
mails on many farms are not treated so
that they fall into this category, but are
neglected sufficiently and deprived of
just enough necessary nourishment to
turn the scale from profit to loss, or at
best from profit to an even balance be-
tween cost and selling price. The mar
gin of profit in raising animals on the
farm is small enough under the best
conditions, and it requires the best of
care and unremitting attention as to
feed to secure these conditions. The
same kind of food is suitable for almost
every kind of growing animal upon the
farm, and this should be, in great meas
ure. heterogeneous OF this nature are milk.
crushed oats, bran, middlings and
clover, the latter, chopped fine and
steamed, being an especially valuable
food TO go with the more concentrated
cereals. Corn is more likely to injure
growing animal than benefit 1t, all
things considered. Use growth-produc-
ing food In abundance and with regu-
larity.-American Agriculturist-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01
MANAGEMENT OF BEES.
Best Time for Transferring La
Trees Are In bloom.

Best Tir1e for Transferring La When
Trees Are In Bloom
If success in bee culture is the object,
then there is no use keeping bees in q
log gum, as it excludes all attempts at
management. The bees and combs
must be transferred to q fame hive, so
that each comb is open for inspection at
any time the weather permits, or when
inspection is necessary in the estimation
of the bee-keeper. The best time for
transferring is when fruit trees are in
bloom, for then combs can be handled
with safety, brood is not yet too plenti-
full, which would be injured more or less
according to the skin of the operator, and
fruit bloom furnishes supplies enough
for the bees to repair their combs in a
very short time An experienced hand
can transfer colony of bees from q
box hive or log gum at almost any
time of the year, but during the sum-
mer months brood is so plentiful and
combs are so soft that beginner
should keep his hands of.
Bees locate their entrance and for
miles made Decline for home, writes
correspondent of the Indiana Farmer.
When transferring is to be begun. move
your log gum to one side and set the
brood chamber of the frame hive in its
place, the entrance facing in the same
direction as that of the log gum. Put
a cover on the brood chamber for the
entering bees to cluster under. a few
whiffs ofsmolSe blown into your log gum
makes your bees fill their sacks with
honey, which brings peace to their
minds and makes them easily handled
Split the gum open with an ak and cut
out a comb or two at time with casa
knife Place them on a table, frame
over each one and cut along inside of
the comb to make the comb fit Fasten
1t in some manner. Cotton Irvine
doubled is all / want for fastening
combs in frames when transferring.
Pieces of comb as big as ones hand and
smaller can be fitted together to fill up
frame. Each frame with comb is
hung in the new hive as soon as fast
ened. The combs containing brood are
hung together, those containing honey
on each side: next to them the empty
combs or frames containing comb
foundations. AS the bees are inclined
to cluster under some object. a box of
some kind should be placed over those
bees decamping from the box hive or
log gun to cluster under, so that they
may be shaken in front OF the new hive,
or on the frames after the combs are
transferred Care must be taken that
the queen is not injured and is placed
safely in the new hive, when the bees
will find their way in gradually but
surely. Bees being inclined to crawl
upward and many having fallen on the
ground during the time of transferring,
board placed from the ground to the
entrance of the hive is quite an accom-
mediation to the stragglers- If the
weather is warm and fruit bloom favor
able, the hive should be opened again
day or two afterwards and all the twines
and clasps removed, as all the combs are
patched up and fastened by that time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01

those big vases" he ventured, looking
away from his mother towards the man
tel ornaments above her head. ITO my
certain knowledge, those pampas
plumes have been there six months.
Things look sort Of dun-colored, don't
they, mother?"
At this direct question, Mrs. Lorimer's
eyes travelled slowly from the dingy
mantel ornaments to Dicks dissatisfied
face:
'"There are no flowers in the garden
| none in bloom, that is. Moreover, I
don't believe in assumption Of any sort.
| She is not coming here for a visit. She
is coming to stay. She may as well see
us at first as she is to see US for all
time"
''Then we had better whistle in the
dogs and get out of these white shirts, 81
said Lorimer, with disarrning laugh.
Lorrie was the only one Of the tribe
who ever ventured to comment on their
mothers dicta or to turn her into gen
tie ridicule. But she was not to be
jested with to-day, even by her first
born:
Don't be disrespectful, Lorimer. 1t
was not by my orders that you banished
the dOgS. Rapnael seemed TO think
they might shock Mrs. John Lorimer's
city nerves. consider that what is
good enough for me shou be good
enough for Johns wife"
Dick Lorimer had a habit of per
tinaciously sticking to his text: Gun
questionably, hummer; and what made
me think about flowers was remember
ing how you told US about the fine do
ings and the gorgeous decorations when
father brought you here BRIDE
The faintest possible flush mounted
into Mrs. Lorimer's sallow cheeks; her
eyes flashed, and her square jaw be-
came, if possible, still more square.
THAT was different. Times were
different. Everything was different.
It was my sisters who did it. John has
no sisters. Moreover, your father never
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01
The Feed for Ewes

Many make the mistake of feeding
breeding ewes corn. A slight ration of
corn once day, with clover hay and
good scope of exercise, may not prove
injurious, but a full ration continued
for any period of time during CESSATION
is sure to be disastrous to the lambs.
Oats or barley, with a small portion OF
shelled corn or corn meal, is best adapt
ed to the wants of the flock. and strong,
vigorous lambs will be the result.
After lambing. or even before, little
oil cake meal may be added to the "a
ton with advantage. as it will increase
the flow of milk and add tone and vigor
to the system
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01

with wintry smile, as she passed her
disengaged hand over his ruddy cheek
In Aeeting caress. But the dark mood
was not to be so easily dispelled. The
frown came back as she said, in an I'M
compromising voice:
81 cannot put it too strong, Lorimer.
It is impossible. You boys only guess
at few things. Imeant when the last
one of you came of age to have told you
all about it. I was waiting for Dennis
to be twenty-one. Then I meant to
parcel up the land between you all, and
to tell you the truth about Glenburnie %
Dennis was twenty-one two years
ago, mother. But hastily. as she
raised imploring eyes to hlm-s'don't let
night"
''Thank you, dear" 1t was said
almost timidly. Then she added: seBe
patient little while longer, my dear %
Lorimer looked away from his
Of the rose-tree that grew close enough
TO the dining-room window for its roses
to be plucked. when there were any in
bloom. He was consciously suffering a
great wrong. But how was a man to
go about righting wrong put upon
him by woman, and that woman his
mother?
s'Lorrie, where is Duke?" Mrs. Lor-
inner asked, abruptly.
''Out there with the rest of the dogs,
suppose
Il think I would rather have him in
here. He is getting old, you know"
Duke was Dennis favorite setter,
and Dennis was among the missing
members of the White Cliffs circle. AS
Lorimer opened the door to admit Duke,
the sound of wheels crunching the
gravel on the drive, quite close at hand,
met his ears. An eager light came into
his eyes. He seized his hat and hurried
towards the spot where Dick and Rafe
were already stationed.
The mistress of White Cliffs laid her
ball of gray wool. all bristling with
shining needles, aside with slow DELHI
Grafton. Her face was CHASTITY in its
pallor. She stood up in her place, but
made no forward motion. They must
come to her. A fretful outcry, as of a
sleepy child Weakened against its will,
smote on her ears. She started at the
sound. Had John, so young, so mex
perienced, mated with widow?
Could he have made such fool of him
self? The door was standing wide
open. It sounded to her as if fifty
pairs of feet were shutting about on
the resonant marble pavement. A for
ign voice rebuked the fretting child.
The boys, her boys, John among them.
were all laughing and talking at once.
They had forgotten her. She had been
standing there 'hours." She was al.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
FOR WASHING SHEEP.

Convenient Arrangement for Doing the
Work at Home.
Where water is found in sufficient
quantities Tor the farmer to wash his
sheep at home. we believe it to be the
only safeguard against contagious dis
eases. A convenient arrangement for
washing sheep at home may be con-
structed as follows:
Take an ordinary store-box, four feet
by four feet will do. Stop all leaks by
the use of cloth and pitch, and place
the box in such position as to receive
the water from trough or pipe Make
a floating lid nearly the size of the box.
and bore in it a number of half-inch
holes, thus allowing the water to pass
readily through the floating platform
To the middle of the opposite sides of
the box nail two scantling in an up
right position. extending about four
feet above the box. To the top of the
scantling attach a windlaSs with crank.
Join the floating platform to the wind
lass with two ropes. as seen in the illus
tration, and you have a rude elevator.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01

I WAS LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER
at that moment My querulousness,
my grumbling, seemed so woefully pet
ty, SO selfish, when contrasted with the
| simple generosity of this little daughter
of the gutter.
81 beg your pardon" said to her, in
very earnest apology.
She stared at me in establishment. I
could see that she was very eager to be
off and make her little purchases, but
that sense of politene SIS to an unex-
pected friend refrained her impatience.
So asked her where her mother lived.
She told me. 1t was a dismal place
enough, IN the purlieus of Westminster.
/ gravely promised that would go and
see her mother and make Bobby's &C
quaintance-I am glad to think that 1
kept my promise, but that is neither
here nor there-and then Ilet the little
maid go her ways. She went speeding
away up the street, once more bright
ly-colored dancing imp, and L paced
slowly back to my lodging.
There" 1 said to myself, lis
a lesson for You, and a lucky
one. For it was a mere chance
or was it a mere chance?-that made
you run up against that dingy little
fairy. If that child had been, as she
very well might have been, selfish
little beast, occupied only by the thought
OF what she could do for herself out of
her little takings. you would have been
confirmed in your own squalid. sordid
thoughts; you would have felt convinced
that the world was evil, all grasping,
all greedy, and that the kindlier
emotions, the soft charities and loves
were but the sick fancies of the penny
philosopher. Well, If it was only q
chance, am grateful for it with all my
heart. Do not recall certain words:
''Out of the mouths of babes and suck
lings?"
When got home am proud to say
that put the catalogue into the waste
paper basket without a sigh.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01

took me anywhere as a bride. I brought
him here. White Cliffs was my fathers
wedding gift to me. And-and-" she
turned her eyes wistfully upon Lor-
liners handsome face, while I meant
to do the right thing by all of you
boys, I wanted Tsorimer's wife to be
the one to take the reins when am
gone.''
Lorimer put out soothing hand. 1t
stayed the fast-fying knitting-needles
for brief while.
''White Cliffs will need no new mis-
tress for long years to come yet,
mother. You are worth any two of us
to-day"
Say dozen of u.s." said Dick, lib
orally. "But to return. Don't you
think, all of you, that a few camellias
would set the old room off handsome
ly3"
There's bushels of them in bloom
over at Glenburnie." This from Rafe.
''Glenburnie!''
Lorimer turned warning glance
upon Rafe. Mrs. Lorimer slowly repeat
ed the word in a thick voice:
''Glenburniei''
She had folded her trembling hands
in her lap and turned wondering eyes
on the daring suggester of this plan for
identifying the White Cliffs sitting
room.
Rafe stood his ground with outward
composure:
"Yes'm, at Glenburnie. I rode past
there yesterday, and the japonica
bushes were loaded down with bios
sons"
''They sell the flowers" said Richard.
combatively, land we are as free to buy
them as anybody"
''She sells the f1owersv' Scorn, sur
prise and disgust struggled for the mas
terry in Mrs. Lorimer's voice.
Eyes, ma'am. Why not?"
The frown on the mistress forehead
deepened. Lorimer looked beseeching-
~ at the boys. Did they not know as
well as he did how hard their mother
had struggled for the stoicism she
would need for this coming ordeal?
And was it not pity to have it shat
tered by dragging Glenburnie into such
unnecessary prominence? There was
an ominous silence.
Dick got up, and, after moving aim
lessly about the room for a second, NUT
tered something about reporting prog
ess," and made his escape. Rafe, going
over to the window that gave him the
best view of the White Cliffs flower
garden, tried to whistle down his dis
comfort, but only succeeded in increas-
ing his consciousness of it, until in
spired to say: ST see few lantanas and
one chrysanthemum out yonder. I'll
pull them, and put them in a tumbler
In her room" Then he, too. disap-
peared. Mrs. LoriIner's trembling voice
broke the silence after awhile:
''And they knew that would sooner
see White Cliffs draped in Grape from
garnet to cellar than made gay with a
flower that grew at Glenburnie.'
sis not that putting it rather strong.
mother?'' said Lorimer, stopping to re-
cover the ball of worsted which had
fallen from her lap. He kneeled to re-
place it in the tremulo.ls hand she
stretched out for it There was some
thing very pitiful to the strong man in
that repressed agitation He pressed
his lips to his mothers withered white
palm with caressing tenderness.
She rewarded the kaightly gesture