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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-04-26
LEMON CULTURE FLORIDA.

The lemon industry is in its infancy
in Florida, says the Mirror of Com
merce, hat the encouraging progress
with improved varieties during the past
few years has given great hope for the
future. Continue our present rate of
improvement tor few years and Flori
da can proudly claim the pre-eminence
over the whole world as par excellence
the country for the choicest of choice
lemons. We know very little of the
origin of the rich, attractive golden ber-
ries known as citrus fruits. Civilized
mar has been acquainted with them for
only lew centuries. Central India be-
ing thought their home. Even the mean
ing oftheir name, citrus, has escaped the
researches of the philologers. Kitron,
however, was the Greek name of the
lemon, but in this genus Of plants it is
very difficult to determine what is
variety and what a species, the orange,
lemon, lime, pomelo, shaddock, citron,
etc., all seem to have common parent
age, and in general require somewhat
similar treatment, though some thrive
better in some locations than in others.
The main questions, however, are of
dollars and cents, of net profits and how
most surely to secure them. Lemons
usually bring good prices, and there is a
steadily increasing demand, more so
than for oranges. Realizing this fact
the Mediterranean orchardists have been
Transforming their orange groves into
lemon; some Florida growers have been
doing the same. The yield per tree is
perhaps not as great, but more trees can
be judiciously set per acre, which equal
ICES the difference, and, besides. the net
price per box is usually greater. 1t
costs no more, if as much, to fertilize
and care for lemon grove, hence the
lemon may be regarded as the more
profitable fruit in those parts of tt Flor
ida peninsula where it can be grown
successfully. Mirror of Commerce.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-04-26

them will meet with disappointment; his
crops will be small and Improbable and
his grove have starved unpromising
appearance.
OF course no one in this day of correct
information ever tries to make an or
ange grove without plenty Of fertilizer,
and the question should be, not how to
avoid the fertilizer bills, but how to fer
tilize jndiciously. 1t is money wasted to
apply an expensive element OF plant food
where there is sufficency6 of that ele.
ment already in the sod. The point
should be to determine what the trees
need, and in what element the soil is de-
ficient and to supply >itaen>
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-04-26

SPEAKING OF life preservers, the st.
Francis Facts says: at may seem strange to say
that life preservers grow in Florida yet such is
the case. They can be grown at the rate of 300
to 400 bushels to the acre, and almost everything
will eat them; we refer to that old and staple ar
ticle, the sweet potato. Everybody should have
an acre of life preservers in cultivation; they
come in at a good time, and when the life-boat is
almost out of reach, so to speak.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-04-26
CAN'T AVOID FERTILIZING.

"What shall we do to be saved from
the fertilizer bills?''i is acry that frequently
goes up from the orange growers. The
fact is they can't be saved from them,
and the grower who attempts to avoid
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-04-26
EDITORIAL CHAT.

THE Florida Legislature had no trouble
in electing a senator this year. Senator Pasco
was the unanimous choice of the Legislators,
and he will represent this State at Washington
another six years.
Xxx
HERMAN OHLsEN, a produce and COM
mission merchant of Al W all Street. requests us
to furnish him with addres ses of manufacturers
of moss Those interested might find it to their
advantage to correspond with him.
x**
INDIAN and Halifax River oranges
are now quoted in the New York market
at from SO to $3.50 per box; other varieties from
1926 to 2,75, and grape fruit at So to 81. Straw
berries 16 to 20 cents; asparagus $4 to Sc; beets
75c to 81; cabbage 81 to $685. ettuce75c. to $175
string beans SO to 81; tomatoes So to $2.75.
OUR readers will find much interest
ing matter in the proceedings of the State Horti-
cultural Society which now being published
in this paper. We will publish the proceedings
in serial form from week to week When the
rial is finished subscribers will have book
alone worth the price OF subscription.
We call attention to the advertisement
of Mr. E. L. Goodsell in which he calls
meeting of orange growers at Jacksonville
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-04-26

on May Sd. Mr. Goodsell mentions many
interesting subjects to be discussed, and our
enterprising orange growers will doubtless be
greatly benefited by attending the meeting.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-04-26

who are struggling along with an orange
grove, and have no application or refer
ence to those who are able to go North
or elsewhere to spend the summer and
their money.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-04-26
Compromising Manures.

A few years ago the practice of buy
ing separately the different elements
needed in a perfect manure, an com
unding them at nome, was much
more prevalent than it is to-day, taking
the country as a whole. In some local
tiles it is still followed up more than in
others A late issue of the Rural New
Yorker tells us that while his home
compromising would appear to possess
grea advantages as seen in theory, it
must be admitted by all deep-thinking
persons that the commercial fertil-
izers compounded at the factory present
through the old methods of home
mixing. Their rapidly increasing pur-
chase and use is undoubtedly a step in
the right direction. E ,ch sack exh bits
a guaranteed analysis, hence the pnr-
chaser knows exactly what he is getting
in the way of plant food elements, meas
ured ont to him with a degree of ac-
curacv that he could not arrive at were
he attempting to do his own measuring
or weighing with a view to correctly
making a home prepared compound.
He may be able to measure all right
or weigh al right, but being no chem
list he is unable to ascertain the exact
value of the articles he is manipulating.
The fertilizer factory is supposed to be
working under the test OF competent
chemists, and therefore can make no
mistakes as to the values of all mate
rails used in the factory compounds. In
deed it would not do to make mistakes
there, for such mistakes would soon get
the legal authorities hold of the man
ufacturer, for his goods are analysed by
capacity, to demonstrate that they are
fully up to everything claimed for them.
This being the case, it cannot be other
wise than reasonably safe to suppose
that q 200 pound sack of a manufactured
"guano," as it IS commonly called, con-
tains in full the proportions Of potash
phospho1ic acid, nitrogen and so on, as
represented by the label it carries.
We we'll know that official corruption
is often charged, and that farmers, on
this account ARE more or less suspicious.
They fear that the label is misrepre-
sentation, for it has been limited to them
that the State chemist, though sworn TO
be correct, does not hesitate to accept
"tip" now and then from the manu-
facturer. AT first, though it might seem
that such thing was entirely within
the pales of possibility, but little re
Election will put quite a different color
ing on the idea. If there was but one
chemist the idea of possible corruption
might be left standing, but it must be
remembered that chemists are now very
numerous and that not few Of them
are out of a 10, and would much like to
have the position Of the fellow analyz-
ing the fertile 9rs. AS consequence,
they are constantly watching his per-
formances and making private tests OF
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-04-26
HOW TO SPEND THE SUMMER.

The dull season-the long hot summer
is rapidly approaching and our people
should commence to think of how and
where they will spend the summer. OF
course many of our people will attend the
Worlds Fair this year, but those who
cannot afford this should by all means
solay their plans that they can take a few
weeks recreation during the hottest pal
OF the years.
The practice Of going North to spend
the summer is one that is becoming more
prevalent each year, We are sorry to say.
OF course to those who have the means
to do this and can afford to spend the
great many people in the State who are
carrying a very heavy burden in the
form of a young orange grove, which
needs about all they can get, and the
man OF moderate means who has fam
lily and young orange grove does an in
Justice to the latter by using his money
to send his family North. OF course if it
was essential to the health and happi-
ness OF his family it would be all right,
but in most cases it is not.
Many people have an idea that they
cannot live comfortably in Florida dur
ing the summer months, and that if they
need change the only one that will be
at all beneficial will be from Florida to
the North. We have known instances
where a man who had worked hard for
years to make an orange grove mort
gagged the same to raise money to send
his family on visit to the North. The
consequence of this was that he was never
able to raise the mortgage, and after
paying interest on it for several years, it
passed into the hands of the accommo-
dating gentleman who advanced the
money. Thus the unfortunate man, to
crafty a within, lost that for which he
had labored for year.
Many people have all idea that the
State will be greatly enriched by the in
lux Oh VISIGOIS duu GOufISIS IfOIl tut
North during the winter, but this will
not be the case if we spend the money
they leave with us by returning the
VISIT during the summer.
During the past few years the coast
sections of Florida have been growing in
popularity as resort for the people Of
the State who live in the interior. The
coast is of easy access to nearly every
part of Florida, and a few weeks sojourn
there during the heated term answers all
the requirements of a change. The ex-
pense of such a trip is small and the
benefits are great. Almost any one in
Florida can afford a Journey of this kind
without puttinga patch on the grove and
mOrtgaging the future. Many of those
who live in the interior have erected in
expensive cottages on the beach and
spend month or more there with their
families each summer. Others rent cot
tages or rooms, and still Others camp in
tents. Without exception they appear
to enjoy themselves greatly. and are in
vigOrated and much improved in health
upon their return.
OF course our emarks in this connec
tion only refer to those of limited means
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-04-26
WEDN ESDAY, APRIL &c, 1898.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FLORIDA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Mr. Jackson's Address, Grapes......... ..259
rigs; zoe
FARM, GROVE AND GARDEN-Grove and
Garden ..259
Commi ssioner WombwelPs Report. 260-26l
Annual Weather Bulletin.
Monthly Weather Bulletin; A Grape Grow
err u
Compromising Manures ......"...".....".."264
FLORAL DEPARTMENT-Flora Chat No.
An Aquatic Garden: Pansies, sweet Pan
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT-How to Pack
q Trunk; Our American Girls; The Doggie
that didn't mind; Mulberry Short Cake ...2G6
EDITORIAL-HOw to Spend the Summer
Lemon Culture in Florida; This is encour-
"
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second Glass matter.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-21

No, she wouldn't do il. The very ideal
Would she sacrifice her womanly digni-
ty? Could she lock the door of her pleas
ant home and go forth on such a mission
with the prattle Of her innocent babes
sounding in her ears? No, a thousand
times no.. She could die easier. She
never could bring herself down OIL the
level of a vile man and go to the polls
aid vote. Her bonnet and gloves are
tossed in a corner, and as she retires to the
back yard to split the wood for the NOR
rows fire she's heard cheerfully hum
ming. What Is Home Without a Moth
erf"-Buffalo Express.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-21

Pigge and !. We're dining with the Fen.
dermakers zone of the II principal COM
p~anies), | noticed that he was watching
me. He saw that I did not really under
stand that soup. However, I am not
afraid that Thomas Pgge will ever dare
to reproach me for this. He also has his
weak point, and, as he is aware. I know
it. He is quite unorthodox on the sub
ject of sauce hollandaise. He has q the
DRY as to the correct preparation Of it
which can only be characterized as dan
gerous and revolutionary.
But l must pause. hear the gong,
waking gently and sleeping as gently
again. Blessed sound! Blessed. blessed
dinner! write nc more! go!-Henry
Pain in London Illustrated News.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-21
Recognition.

Van Dyke-As the boat left the docl
1 waved my handkerchief, and then
curious thing happened.
F'orney-What vas it:
Van Dyke-The ocean waved back
Truth.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-21
Marked.

Marked.
Husband-Well, my dear. there's one
advantage in being poor.
Wife-Td like to know what it Is.
Husband-We don't have to pay So.
600 a year for house rent.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-21

The search for the golden fleece had
not for its sole object the conquest of =
mine. or II precious fleece. or to rob the
reasure SO carefully heaped by the ava
ricious Aetes.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-21
The Boy, the Dog and the Bicycle.

A boy riding a bicycle around Gar.
field place n day attracted consider
able attention by the companion he had
on the machine. He had hung a small
platform in front of him just back of
the handles, and on it sat a small black
and tan dog. The animal sat quietly,
without any fear of falling.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-21
Accounted For.

Accounted For.
"We're about five minutes late this
morning" said the passenger.
No. SIR said the conductor. You
forget that you are on the last car Of .
very long traln."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-21
just the Man.

just the Man.
Tailor ito applicant for a job)-We
want a good cutter. Have you had much
experience in tailoring?
Applicant with a confident smile)-I
never had a suit of clothes ready when !
said l would since I have been in the
business.
Tailor-You'll do. You must b. an
old hand.-Tit-Bits.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-02
eta GoopLAx,

Some question as % the constitution
Atty q the inheritance tax law has
been nised IL Is claimed that being a
specine tar the procce,is must be paid
into the primary school fund and to pay
ing the interest on the different eiucs-
fional funds. whereas the inheritance
Law provides fiat tases raised under II
shall De- paid into the treasury 81 the
state for state purposes.
IL i urged that this provision being
II distinct conflict with the provisions
~ the constitutions Il will inyalisiaie the
law po-aibly an inconsequential tech.
nicalsty n this character may defeat the
salient purposes - the law. bat IL is
doubtful The constitution u the states
q Nes York and Michigan arc essen
ialiy ahke Ia al particulars The M
hsrifance tar iaw ~ each state IL the
same. The ouust o; appeals ~ the state
= New York has decided that the in
bcritance tar law = constitutional. The
snprene court q Michigan would be
governed ~ that decision because the
qge=t'ous which si,l arise. II any. will
b. foua6ssi rpon the same relative Law
aod ccrstitusion.
Anothcs fssiure n tl1e laS. however.
has spparenay escaped observation.
VII u compel payment - tsses on
moneys paid OVER b Tho estate % decd
euts or - their henescisries under poll
cies - lie insrrance9 just AZ the mo
ment The text Il the law Is not available.
bat IN viex u the fact that this phase
q Il has not been discussed. IL
would sem To be pertinent question.
II the law viii reach insurauce moneys
In the hands q henesciaries. its consti-
totiouslity MAJ BE- the subject for test
eass on q different issue than the one
presented IN The New York csee.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-02

Mrx Ava kitchsa died a I O'Clock
this morning under circumstances that
are regarded - suspicious. she lived
sf No b Aoaroe street above fowle's
ART store. IN Foon4s scross the hall
from The old Press club rooms. She
vss taken sack about I o'clock yesfer-
day afteFnoon. aud DIR. Pen~ssdsn wss
called. lie remained four hours, bat
she continued ~ grow worse and sank
into = eomatose condition DIR. Pstter-
son vas called in. and Afterwards DIR.
Kelly. but the woman steadily
sank until l o'clock. when she died.
DIR. PxtterDpn stated that her symptoms
we're suggestive II morphine poisoning.
and that 10 seemed probable shc had
ssallosed the drug. In the afternoon
DIR. PEW arden gave her . grain u moi
phins. but the doctor did not believe this
could have produced the symptoms.
Another tenens in the block stated that
NrA Kitchen swallowed . pin about ten
days ego. and suggested that this
might have caused her death,
but DIR. Patterson did not see IL that
way. The deceased Mas q progressing
woman about - or = years old. She
lived with her husband In the
rooma and the neighbors have nevel
noticed any signs 81 domestic trouble
Kitchen could give no additional infor-
nation concerning his wifes iilness
The circumstances were 30 peculiar thai
Coroner Lochef Vas notified.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-02

Discnssed by the Aldermen Last
Nighe-.Thclr Views.

The common council committees did
little last night except 20 listen "a APP
p~ais from assessment roics The COM
mittee on licenses held . short session.
and viii have . report for Monday
night. In tho absence Of business the
aldermen TAXED Of tho matter Of open
ing West Fulton street on the north line
Of John Ball Park. Alderman Schmit
OF the ninth ward said be was working
for his constituents The spring cleo
ton turned in the ninth ward almost
wholly on the matter OF opening that
street. He said il would not make a
bad cut with 8 per cent grade. and
would land people from the street cars
at the top OF the hill about where the
geological garden now standa lie had
no faith in the other schemes proposed
To run the road up one Of the valleys or
Of running it to the gate Of the park.
Alderman Hansen said he would pre-
Ter Ia see the street opened Ia the east
line Of the park 90 that the cars could
run 10 the park entrance. II the street
could not be opened 10 the park without
extending il 10 the city limits he was in
favor Of making the cut through the
hill. He believed some means Of getting
the cars nearer to the park should be
made possible. Alderman Tcachout
was opposed 70 making tho cut for a
half dozen reasons. lie said such cut
would spoil the approach 10 the park.
Now person enters the park by agrace-
fully winding drive. He passes the
pretty little grotto with its sparkling
stream Of limpid water and is at once in
the prettiest spot in the whole park. He
would sooner walk from the big ditch
the rest Of his natural life than TO see
the cut made.
Alderman Campbell said he under
stood Turner & Carroll had offered 10
give a right Of way for a street in the
first valley leading through tho hills
north Of Fulton street.
One OF the aldermen suggested the adj
visibility Of opening the street 10 the
east park line. then along the east park
line To Butterworth avenue. so that the
Shawmut avenue and Butterworth ave
nue. lines could both run 10 the park
forming q sort Of loop line. This plan
seemed to strike most Of the aldermen
favorable. Many of them will visit the
park and look over the ground before
any action is taken. At present there
are but eight aldermen who favor the
cutting OF the street on the line Of Full.
ton street 10 the city limits.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-02

DIT Briggs IL hereto For years he
has fought against what seemed TO be a
fare-oraained and pre-destin4fed end;
hut the inexorabse decree u Calvanism
has been pronounced. and he is to-day
xlthoat the pale ot the church whose
doctrines ~ assaiiei BY questioning the
verify II textuai scripture.
The deeikioE Of the general assembly
sustaining the appeal fron the vertietof
sss New York presbytery aequirting DIR.
Bflggs GA charge u heresy is prac-
teal reversal q tie rule % law which
protects man frou being twice placed
in jeopardy for the same ofense. The
ias q tie presbyterian church was ac-
eepted by Dr.. Briggs. however and be
courted the climax now reached by s,ms
thing very hke "a what would be called
ot-;inary in al unchurchly man. Upon
TIE vote sustaining the appeal an onicr
Il expulsion from the church was formu-
lated. and Or Briggs l. an outcsst in the
religious world
His humiliation viii awaken syrnpa-
thy Ia the hearts % the thousands 10
whom his teachings have been the es-
seucc n truth lie has attracted To
him a legion % admirers outside % the
church who will inveigh against what
they will be pleased 10 term the intoler-
ance and bigctry 81 his church But
DIR. Briggs has no just reason To com
plain he invited the trial Of his in.
srrancy doctrines in the court Of last
resort. That court has decided they are
subversiye % the teachings Of the
church; cut OF harmony with the ac-
cepted standards Of il faith and cal
crlatet 10 weaken and destroy faith in
the rectituds II prcsbyteriauism-
The high character. the learning and
the piety ot his trial jurors must eonsti-
fute sufficient bulwark against the
charge Il intolerance. DIR. Briggs was
gwen opportunity 10 modify his ex-
pressed opinions 10 save him from inev-
i,sbie expulsion. but he declined The
world will have its opinion of the whole
matter and the world will ADJUST itself
with little regard for Hereto Briggs or
the Jury that condemned him