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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-27
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1898
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FARM, GROVE AND GARDEN-FCreign
Shipments Discussed Fruit Exchange Cir
Electricity in Agriculture ime Water Tor
Smut and White Fly; Adjustable Garden
Growing Fruit for PrOtit..................6ll-6l2
Turning Under Cow Peas; Thinning Fruit. .6l2
September Weather ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Keep a Level Head; Applying Manure......6 Oh
FLORAL-Ruses for Cemetery in the South;
Some Pretty Vines; Our Flower Yard: Sur
imam CherrleS.....
EDITORIAL-Our Lost Opportunity; Com
pulsory Cooperation; Louisiana to the
Front; Preserving the AGRICULTURIST;
Florida Lemons; Sorghum for Forage....GlG
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
pass and Fruit Larceny
HOUSEH OLD-The Sunshiny Door; Suitable
Flower Holders; Chopped Cabbage Unferment-
ed Grape Juice; Always Cover Jelly;
Woman OF the World ..........................6l S
POULTRY-Heavy Feeders; A Test With
Laying Hens; Roup and Dampness Males
for Producing Brothers, Observation-Disclosures. .6l9
OUR HOME CIRCLE-RObert Macaire,. ...620-62l
The Puzzer ........... .G62
FL IDIANA............. ............623
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OUR LOST OPPORTUNITY.

The Jackson question at the Word s
Fair will not down, the people and the
papers insist on discussing Mr.. jackson
and his "FlOrida Exhibit
The AGRICULTURIST has too often eX-
pressed its ideas on this subject to be
misunderstood or to call for repetition,
and we only refer to the matter at this
time tor the purpose Of calling the at
tention of our people to the fine opportu-
nifty they have missed for advertising
the State
1t is pretty generally admitted that
Mr.. jackson S exhibit is a poor one and
in no ways representative Of the State
and its grand resources, but nOthWith-
standing this the old fort and the dis
plays, or booths, OF Florida curiositics,
are attracting perhaps as much atton-
ton at the Worlds Fair as any
other State exhibit. We are informed
that the Florida building is crowded all
the time, in fact great portion Of the
time there is liam, and when a spec
tatOr enters the portals Of the old fort
he must follow the stream of sight seers
or be crushed-lilke a pOStOffice file there
is no turning back, you take your place
in line at the entrance and inch along
with the crowd until the round is made
and you reach the exit.
l.
crowd our people can very easily i'm
agine what a complete display Of our
products would have done and how it
would have redOunded to their profit
They can also estimate the injury an in
complete exhibit is doing the State.
TO nearly everyone Florida possesses a
peculiar charm and fascination. People
are anxious to see the State, and if they
cannot see it they will do the next best
thing and see something from the "Land
of Flowers ''-some product of the great
Southern peninsula.
If what they see is creditable to the
State, of course a good impression is
made: and per contra if the articles
viewd are not creditab
The Florida Legislature made IL great
mistake in refusing to make an appro-
priatiOn for Florida exhibit OF course
it will do no good to talk about it now,
except that it may impress upon our
representatives the necessity Of a differ
ent course when they next have occasion
to act upon such matters.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-27

AS a InsLter If accOmm0d ttlrn We
have made arrangements with a large Florida
pecan grower whereby we can supply our sub
scr!bers with thin shell pecan nuts for planting
at one cent each, p'us postage. One year old
trees we can procure for them (six to twelve in
ches high at five cents each or $40 per thousand.
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one time it looked as if the White Cap
bulls would effect their purpose.
We quote this fact, which, while not
especially alarming, for it only shows
the outcropping of lawless, selfshness
and viciousness that at irregular pc
RODS has shown itself in one form or
another since the world began, is interest
ing to the students Of the events of the
world as showing to what straIghts the
agriculturists of the country have come.
By their lawless action the White
Caps admit, what the thinking ecOnO-
mist has known and preached for ages
that only by united action can any peo
pie or class Of people protect themselves
from their stronger foes. The White
Caps attempted to force a pool or COM
bination. They attempted to make the
cotton planters hold their cotton until
the price had reached a point they con-
sidered profitable. This object could, or
should have been accomplished by moral
suasion rather than by force. The OBJ
iect, Of course, is a desirable one, and
the White Cap ''revolutionsts' have
admitted it's importance by trying COM
pulsion.
Florida orange growers, we presume,
are perfectly aware of the necessity and
advantage Of establishing a price for
their productivity dOubtlessly see the
necessity Of acting together so as to re-
alize fair price for their product, but
like the Mississippi White Gaps they APP
parently Go not know how to go about it.
If every orange grower would agree not
to consign box Of oranges and not to
sell box for less than a stated price
graduated according to the quality of
the fruit, of cOurse) the result could be
nothing but satisfactory. In case no
purchaser would pay the price asked
the grower could ship through an agency
organized for the purpose. This agency,
for instance, could have sub-agencies in
the different cities Of the country at
which the fruit would be offered for
sale at a stated price-nOt put on the
market helter-Skelter and sold for what
ever price the purchaser world offer. We
do not think that this desirable end can
be brought about by White Capism but
it must be brought about by some means
before we will prosper as we should.
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from Indian River over both railways, as
follows: j.. St. A & 1. r. Ry, 15.5O7 crates. j..
Y. & X. w Ry 1890. Total shipment. 9.OO7
crates.
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EDITORIAL CHAT.

IT is t ) he hoped thai our transporta-
ton companies taking time by the forelock
and making arrangements'for moving the orange
crops carefully and expeditiously.
~
October 9th has been set apart as
Florida Day at the Worlds Fair and extra
effort is to be made to get up credtable exhibit
for the occasion.
%*x
THE average cost of picking, wrapping
and packing box oforanges-includng the box,
is about fifty cents. If the crop of this year
reaches 4, 100000 boxes the aggregate expense Of
preparing the fruit for market will be $4,000, 900,
and the largest item of expense in dissemination
is for labor
x*x
IT ia estimated that the value of farm
products OF the United States this year will rep
resent value of 81 OCO OOO 900 for hay, corn COM
ing next with value of 1925, 100000, followed
by wheat at $500 600 900. Cotton will bring $3.50,
900 OOO oats will be worth $1S5OOO.OOO and pota-
toes 1926, 100000.
We have been endeavOrng, says the
Titusve Advocate to get at the number of
crates OF pineapples that have been shipped from
Indian River and Lake Worth this season, and
up to July 18th find that the total shipped
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The herald., 1893-11-14
Animal EerfiIizers.

A dead animal of any kind, fish, fowl
or beast, buried near the roots of fruit
or other tree, will cause wonderful
growth. The animal su distance does not
pass into the vegetable, but being nat
ural and powerful generator of cleo
tricity increases the current that passes
from the atmosphere to the earth,
and thereby a larger quantity of sup
port is drawn from the atmosphere.
You can grow a good crop of potatoes on
brick pavement if moisture is retained
and the potato vines are connected with
moist earth by copper wires.
Commercial fertilizers do not enrich
the soil-do not add anything to it that
is of value. The object sought in these
fertilizers is to put the soil into condi-
ton that will enable it to conduct cleo
tricity. The electrical current passes
into the vegetable through its leaves,
carrying with it the gross matter that
goes to build up the vegetable cells, and
after that matter is deposited in the veg
etable the electric current must have
conductor through which to pass to the
earth.
Wornout soils are poor conductors,
and the acids used in the commercial fer
tilizers, which are little more than acids
and sand, pulverize the dead soil and en-
liven it for short t:Ine.-Foster's Wealth
er Bureau,
The herald., 1893-11-14
A Monster Owl Killed In the CatskiIIs.

Henry e. Mckenzie of Port Even
came up the U. and D. railroad as far as
Olive Branch for the purpose of shoot
ing game. While out in the woods near
Browns Station large bird few over
his head. Mckenzie fred and succeeded
in injuring one of his wings, causing it
to drop in woods near by. He quickly
ran to where it fell for the purpose of
securing it. When he reached the spot,
he made an attempt to get it, but it
sprang at him in such furious manner
as to cause him some alarm and great
deal Of anxiety as to his personal safety.
With the aid Of his companion, Ed
ward Davis of Olive, and a long pole
they succeeded in turning the bird on
its back and tying its feet with piece
of rope, thus rendering it helpless and
safe to carry. 1t turned out to be great
owl, bird rarely seen outside of British
America, its natural habitation. Its
wing measurement is feet, it stands
nearly % feet high and has head about
10 inches In circumference, surmounted
in two large horns. The only injury
done the bird was slight wound about
the left wing, and it was taken to Port
Even by Mr.. Mckenzie, where he has it
on exhibition. Many people who have
visited Central park and seen the many
curious owls there say that nothing like
it, either as to size or resemblance, Is on
exhibition.-Pine Hill Sentinel.
The herald., 1893-11-14
A Brave Soldier.

A hundred years ago the unfortunate
people who came into the hands of the
surgeons, generally soldiers or sailors
who had been hurt in action, were forced
to undergo the operations necessary to
the prolongation of life without taking
ether or chloroform, as is now admins
tered to make the patient unconscious,
and so free from pain attendant upon
the operation. To secure quiet, often
the subject had to be bound by ropes, SO
that much as he might desire to vince
he was utterly unable to do so.
Occasionally patients would show re-
markable fortitude at the crisis of their
troubles, but none ever showed more
than soldier who, ON the morning after
the battle of Yorktown, Oct. 10, 1871,
was brought into the hospital, having
been shot in the knee. 1t was found
necessary to amputate the limb, and tho
surgeon ordered the nurses to bind the
man fast preparatory to the operation.
"Never!" protested the soldier. 'You
may tear my heart from my breast, but
you shall not bind me. Can you get me
fiddler"
His request was complied with, and he
proceeded to tune the instrument, after
which he said, $50, doctor, now you can
begin" And he played during the whole
of the operation, which lasted 40 min
utes, without uttering a single false note
or disturbing his features in the slight
est.-Harper's Young People.
The herald., 1893-11-14
The CHEMISTRY OF TODAY.
How the Art of the Early Ages Has DcveI-
oped Into Science.


oped Into a Science.
Chemistry as an art dates back from
the very dawn of civilization itself. AS a
science it is barely couple of centuries
old. To the alchemist its pursuit was in
the main but the pursuit Of wealth.
Now and again we find men among them
like Thomas Aquinas, Basil Valentine,
Libavius and GIauber, who were i'm
PEELED by higher motive than the love
of gold to seek for the hidden meaning
of things, but the mystical tendencies of
the middle ages were as scales to their
eyes, and such devious cropping for the
light as they were able to make too fire.
quently ended in utter darkness.
Even in the therapeutic crudities of
Paracelsus, who was sufficiently sincere
il his profession as a thaumaturgist to
affirm that magic was the eliminating
point of all human knowledge, what
there was of science was summed up in
the aphorism, which in fact passed as an
axiom among his disciples: Man is
chemical compound. His ailments are
due to some alteration in his composition
and can only be cured by the influence
of other chemical compounds. 1t may
be questioned indeed whether modern
therapeutics has advanced much beyond
this position.
In strict truth, it is only within the
present century that men have seriously
set themselves to search for the causes
and conditions of chemical change.
Phlogistonism, it is true, had in it the
semblance of philosophical doctrine,
but it was founded on an utterly false
basis, and ultimately fell and was crushed
by the weight of its own absurdities.
The recognition of the real nature of
combustion, itself manifestation of
chemical union, paved the way toward
clearer conception of the essential ma
ture of chemical combination, and this
conception acquired beauty order and
harmony until then unknown to chem
ical teaching by the application of the
atomic hypothesis as an explanation of
the fundamental facts of chemical af-
fnity. Indeed it has become truism
to say that this conception, the fruit of
patient and sustained induction, is to
chemistry what the theory of universal
gravitation lis to astronomy.
For the first time in its history chem
istry was illumined and vivified by
single consistent theory, founded on
quantitative relations and making use
of definite mathematical expression, and
it was at length recognized that the
science must ultimately be referred to
mathematical laws similar to those
which had been established in regard to
the mechanical properties of matter
Fortnightly Review.
The herald., 1893-11-14
LONG BEACH.

Pleasant Reunion at Mr.. Henry Sto-
vaips-shipping Products.
LONG BEACH, Nov. 13.-Saturday a
pleasant reunion took place at Florence,
the home of Mr.. Henry Stovall, son OF
Thomas Stovall, Esq, of this place, it
being the anniversary of the birthday
and wedding day OF Henry Stovall and
also the birthday anniversary OF his
son Thomas Frederic. The guests pres
ent were Thomas Stovall and wife of
Long Beach, Mrs. j. Hitch and son,
Los Angeles, and Charles Serratt, wife
and two sons OF Florence.
We are now shipping sweet and Irish
potatoes, green peas and beans, grown
on land that less than one year ago was
barley field. Mr.. Humphrey Taylor
has large crop of peas on his place
which will be in the market from this
time until after January. and from
which good prices are realized.
Mr.. Miles has picked 300 boxes OF ap-
pies from 500 trees on his place, at Sig
nal Hill, this season.
Mr.. Fred Taylor, now in England. has
purchased through his brother Hum
phrey Taylor 20 acres on the Alamitos,
partly set to fruit. Mr.. Taylor expects
to be with US in May.
Rev. E. A. Healy occupied his pulpit
at the tabernacle Sunday, after vaca-
ton OF four weeks. A regular summer
audience listened to his powerful SER
mon.
Mr.. McCracken OF the Excelsior
bakery has just added handsome set
of sideboard shelves, which are work
of art and add greatly to his we'll ap-
pointed salesroom.
Dick Mcknight, Este Hopperstead,
George A. Vanderbeck and Harry
Leland were down duck hunting last
week.
The herald., 1893-11-14
The ScOundrel.

A man who had just finished COM
Portable meal at a restaurant the other
day suddenly rose from his chair,
grabbed his hat and umbrella that stood
against the wall and rushed out of the
building.
''Stop him" exclaimed the cashier.
"That fellow went away without pay
ingr'
'I'll stop him." said a determined look
ing man who rose up hastily from table
near where the other had sat. ''He took
my gold handled umbrella I'll stop
him, and I'll bring him back with po-
liceman. The scoundrelp'
Without moments pause he dashed
out of the house in hot pursuit of the
conscienceless villain, And the cashier,
a cold, hard, unsympathetic kind of
man, has begun to suspect that neither
of them will come back.-London Tit
Bits.
The herald., 1893-11-14
ALHAMBRA
Narrow Escape From q Train Col
liston-Notas.

Narrow Escape From Train Col
-lision-Notes.
ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 13.-The praise SER
vice held at the M. f. church last Sun
day evening WAS largely attended. The
splendid music and singing was very
pleasant. 1t is proposed to make sing
ing the principle feature of one Sunday
evening every month. The first was
certainly grand success.
The Athletic club continues to PROS
per. A field paw is announced for the
second week in December.
Trimming the pepper trees now seems
to be the proper caper. Orchardists are
beginning to understand that a fruit
tree will not thrive in the Immediate
vicinity OF a large tree, such as the
pepper or blue gum.
Owing 10 the fact that freight and
passenger train very near collided near
Shorb's last week, the Ramona agent.
the Alhambra agents. assistant, and the
conductor have each received Is davs'
lay-of
Mr.. E. Stanton gave his friends here a
thorough surprise. On November 4th
he Went quietly to Los Angeles and
there married Mics Hagerman.
Mr.. Draper has had little work done
in his store which makes deal of room
and an attractive appearance.
MIR. Cohn has large stock OF carriages
and farm implements on hand in the
Simpson block.
The herald., 1893-11-14
SANTA MON ICA,

A Burglar Who Was Captured in This
City-PersonaIs.
SANTA MONICA, Nov. 13.-We are hav-
ing the finest weather OF the year, and
the early tourists appreciate the fact.
A young man who calls himself W. H.
Sheldon broke into Eckert & Hopf's
pavilion early yesterday morning, steal
ing two razors, lot OF psdlocks and
other things, besides a lot of brass
faucets, fittings, ETC., from the Arcadia,
which he shipped to Los Angeles. Mr..
Victor Hopf swore to complaint before
Justice Twichell, whereupon warrant
his man in Los Angeles, bringing him
down on the / 10 p. m. train. When
he was arrsigned before the justice the
examination was set for Wednesday,
bail being fixed at $1,000. All the stolen
property was secured by the vigilant
constable.
w. Perry Garvin is spending a week
here, a guest of the Jackson.
Among the recent arrivals at the Jack
son were: John Wilson, Peoria. Ill. !;
kins, A. Pendleton, F. d. Rice, DIR. and
niins LIE W. Voins ~. al. OLui1L, minn
Jane A. Goodwin, Mr.. and Mrs. R. L.
Purcell, J. W. Campbell, d. D., George
w. Brodbeck, Los Angeles; John Gra-
ham, San Francisco; A. Steinberg. Oak
land.
Thomas H. James. the engineer, is
making a map for street numbering pur-
poses, which will be OF great convenience
otherwise.
Some one is creating a nuisance by
dumping garbage over the bluff at Mon
tana avenue, which is making an un-
savory odor at that locality. 1t should
be stopped.
Capt. 8. B. Randall has left for San
Francisco.
Mr.. and Mrs. James d. Downs OF st.
Louis are visiting tho beach.
The herald., 1893-11-14
SAN GABRIEL.
Another Case OF Typhoid Fever-LocaI
Affairs.

Another Case OF Typhoid Fever-Looal
Affairs.
SAN GABRIEL, Nov. 13.-The water
ditch supplying the mission with water
is in very bad condition, as it has not
been cleaned for a long time. Last
Wednesday the bank gave way near the
head OF the ditch, causing considerable
trouble to repair it.
Another family has case of typhoid
fever to take care of. This is the fourth
family in East San Gabriel attacked by
the disease. which seems to travel from
house to house. At the present rate.
unless proper quarantine is Established,
it will soon be necessary to close the
public school, to the disadvantage of
the hundred and more scholars.
The East San Gabriel hotel has been
leased by Mr.. Stricken OF Ontario for one
year, and will be opened on the 10Th
inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ID. Mcdonald and
children arrived from the east last
Thursday.
Friends of Miss Hartley will regret
very much to learn that sbe is at Quincy,
ILL.,, suffering from sprained ankle.
Victor Ward was down from Pasadena
last Wednesday.
The herald., 1893-11-14
ATTACKED BY A COUGAR.
The Ferocious Brute Finally Trampled to
Death by Horse.


Death by Horse.
J. p. Jones, who lives near Perhama,
Crook county, had rather startling ad-
venture with cougar. He was speak
ing Iof his experience to some friends and
said:
81 mounted horse and went on a
hunting expedition to a place about 20
miles from Perhama, taking with me an
Irish staghound and an English pointer.
] brought down a deer and brown
bear, which left at farmhouse, and
bagged . number of wild pigeons and
other fowl. While returning home
about 10 o'clock at night along lonely
road about five miles from Perhama, l
noticed what seemed to be two balls of
fire in tree but yard ahead of me,
and which stood but foot or two from
the road. At the same instant my horse,
which is what is known in the Cow
counties as an original herder,' drew
up with startled neigh, almost throw
ing me from the saddle. took close
look at the thing in the tree and saw that
it was cougar crouched for spring.
''As tried to unstrap my rifle the an
imal sprang, but missed its mark and
passed just over the horses neck and
about two inches from me. 1t rolled in
the road, but recovered and sprang again,
this time ut the horses throat The
horse bucked and threw me to the
ground, half stunning me. The cougar
then rushed upon me, but the stag
hound, which had been standing by, bay
ing furiously, corralled it. There was a
brief but terrific fight, and the dog lay
dead not five feet from me. The pointer
had disappeared, while the horse stood
trembling in every limb. The panther
again sprang at him, landing upon his
back, and away the horse went.
81 recovered my feet in few minutes,
unstrapped my rifle and started in pur-
suit. Five hundred yards from the scene
of the encounter found the horse stand
ing still and the cougar lying dead at
his feet. The horse bore marks of the
cougars claws upon his back, and his
flesh was torn in several places. The
cougars head was smashed, presumably
by the horses heels. / cannot account
for the result of the strange encounter
except by the theory that limb of
large oak tree, hanging low and directly
over the road, struck the cougar and
swept it off the horses back, and the
horse took advantage of the opportunity
to trample him to death. The horse is
vicious, as all original herders' are.
These horses have been known to fight
for hours until one or the other fell, but
this is the first time have heard of one
fighting cougar. have the animals
skin and will keep it as a memento of
the encounter. The horse was not badly
injured and will soon be ready for serv-
ice again. n."-Portland Oregonian.