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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-09-18
Condition of Ootto n Crop.

The Septem ber cotton report of the
department of agriculture shows de-
cline from the August condition of the
crop, which was II 8 to 7O8 per cent,
decline of IA points. This makes the
lowest September condition of the plant
since 1881 when it was reported at 70
per cent. The next lowest since 1881
was the condition Of 1893, when it stood
for the same month at 73.4.
Cotton suffered severely during the
month of August from the drought,
which characterized the early part of
the month, and the excessive rains which
succeeded it. The presence of boil
worms has worked great INJURY and
the crop has been injured by shed
ding and rust. The causes mentioned
by Texas correspondents for the deter
oration in that state are as follows
Drought, hot weather, floods, boil worms,
sharp shooters, Mexican weevil cater
pillars, army worms and weeds. There
is a striking unanimity in the pessimiStic
tone now adopted by correspondents
throughout all the cotton raising states.
The state averages are as follows: Vir-
ginia, "a; North Carolina. 70; South Caro-
lima, 81; Georgia, 81; Florida, 70; Ala
hama, "a; Mississippi, N; Louisiana, rs;
Texas, SO; Arkansas, 20; Tennessee, 20;
Kentucky, 85.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-09-18
For the Florida A9riculturist.
Some Products of South Florida.
CITRON OF COMMERCE..

~O~~N~-~~~'
But few industries in South Florida
offer more inducements to men of money
looking for safe and profitable enter
prise in which to engage than that of
raising and preparing the citron of COM
merce. Capt. Y. E. Eyer of Fort Myers
after eight years of experience, has sue
ceeded in procuring from Corsica cit
ron lemon that meets all the require
ments. He has not only succeeded in
getting a suitable citron, but has in the
meantime learned the curing process
and is able to manufacture an article
that fully meets the wants of commerce.
This, of course, is newly discovered
enterprise, but it is one in which the
writer has full confidence and predicts
for it bright and paying future:
THE CASTOR BEAN.
Any ordinary observer cannot help
but notice the thrift, vigor and pro-
ductiveness of the castor bean, or palma
Christia, as we Florida crackers call
them. 1t is no uncommon thing to see
stalks, or rather trees, which come up
and grow spontaneously about the prem
ises of the Florida settlers. 1t is diff
cult to destroy them, if once they get
fairly started around the premises and
horse lots, and sometimes grow to be
four or five years old, making a tree.
We admit, however, that such as we
here refer to are not the species gener-
ally grown for oil, but proves beyond
doubt that every species of the castor
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-09-18
Vol. XXI. No. 3O Whole No. 0S2
FOR THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Feeding Hogs Reply to Amateur.


The article in the AeRICULTURIsT
September 4, by Amateur was to me
very interesting and if he had only told
us what results he got from his way of
feeding hogs l would not need to write
this. My object in asking the question
what do the pigs need, was to find out
if hogs could be grown in this clim ate
at a profit.
My experience and observation would
seem to prove to me that they could
not but if Amateur and others have
made success and had told us how
much of success by giving weight at
one year old then we would be encour-
aged to try again. The advice given in
your editorial columns of same date is
excellent. If we can grow hogs that
at one year Old will dress 200 pounds,
1t will pay and pay we'll. IT was the
only one that was interested in this
question | would rot trouble you but |
know am not, others want to go into
The business ard would if they knew
large hog could be grown at a profit
In regard to my own experience l did
not spare labor; fed my hogs three times
a day, fed on rice meal, wheat bran, corn
and cassava both cooked and raw and
green feed once a day when it was pos
sible to get it, also give them salt and
charcoal. While the logs were perfectly
healthy they did not seem to have an
appetite for food and l could not force
them for they would not eat. Ny opin-
ion is that the hogs became stunted
before taken from the sow; as a general
thing l think the sows ha We very large
litters and in this warm climate Go not
have milk enough 10 properly feed the
pigs and when an animal once becomes
stunted every one knows who has had
experience, how hard it is to make it
grow. If am right then the remedy
would be to have the pigs come in the
winter months and to feed the sows
food that would make an abundance of
milk. That we Will yet overcome LneSe
difficulties firmly believe for no man
with any enterprise will be content to
grow 100-pound hogs.
In my other article said we had
much to learn. Perhaps my experience
with poultry may help some one who
is trying to make a living in Florida.
When came to the State I was told
that poultry must have an open house. l
built several Of that description but
found them very unsatisfactory; every
fall would lose some fowls by roup and
was troubled more or less all of the time
last winter l decided that with our cool
nights and constant winds 1t was wrong
and abandoned all of my hen houses
but two made them over, and built me
Ave new ones and made them tight
with board floors and now after being In
use nearly one year can pronounce
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-09-18
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, September 8, 1895.

bean can be grown to absolute perfec-
tion on almost any soil or in any locality
in South Florida with double the yield
to that of almost any other part of the
United States; for the reason that In
most of southern Florida they would
have nine months in which to grow and
mature and sometimp rs whole year.
There is just this about it; if it can
be grown to profit anywhere in the
United States, it can be grown with
greater profit in South Florida. But
this, like all other enterprises, should be
run for all there is in it-with proper
care and management, good and judi
cious cultivation, etc, etc. This, like
many others, is awaiting men who know
something of the business to go into the
enterprise with vim and energy.
sIsAL HEMP, JUTE, ETC.
According to commercial reports, the
people of the United States are sleeping
over their rights and privileges. Cal
cutta and other foreign countries are
i'm porting millions of dollars worth of
fibre into the United States which
money could as easily gointo the pock-
cts of our own people. When we think
of so much capital loaned at from to
per cent, many waiting for something
to turn up in order to invest it more
or 1fitably, while down in South Florida
both sisal hemp and iute grow to per-
fection. No doubt there are thousands
of men who know nothing of these oppor-
tunitieS but if they did would at once
engage in these grand enterprises.
Decorticating machines can now be
obtained at reasonable figures, and it
does seem to US that it would be worth
the while for men who wish TO embark
in paying enterprises to hunt out just
such as we here present We met a Mr.
S. Prosky of Park Row, n. Y, few
years ago at Wildwood, Fla, in search
of fibrous plants and who had succeeded
in getting up quite variety, with all of
which he seemed we'll pleased.
PALMETTO.
Just what to say of this we are at
loss. If one half that is claimed for it
be true, there are fortunes to be made
of it, for paper, mattresses, brushes
etc., ETC., and the supply absolutely in
exhaustible to supply the world for all
time to come, as neither fire nor water
nor anything else will kill the palmetto.
1t can be cut green and baled, and will
cure without rot or mold, and can be
cut annually without injury to the
plant. The tannic acid in the roots is
of great value. 1t is destined to become
one of Florida's sources for great reve-
nue., as it grows in great profusion all
over South Florida.
TOBACCO.
The weed has become OF such uniYer-
sal use In the United States that the de-
mand so far is commensurate with the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-09-18

The weed has become OF such uniyer'
sal use In the United States that the de-
mand so far is commensurate with the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-18
MoRcAN's SILVER VIEWS
FAvORS AMENDMENT OF BLAND
ICON A Hr

FAVORS AMENDMENT OF BLAND
ALLISON ACT.
Senator d. F. Morgan this morning in
reply to question by Penny Press"
reporter. said that he was not personally
informed Of any movement for calling a
convention of the silver advocates for
Minnesota. He had seen Gov Days in
terview but knew nothing further.
i have thought" continued Mr.. Nor
gan, that the Republican party would
discover its opportunity, and that there
would be some sort of financial legisla-
ton the coming session for the relief Of
the people have great faith in my par
ty, and we are now confronted with such
complicated financial condition that it
must be apparent to all that some posi-
tive action must be taken. We have been
blessed by nature and providence with an
abundant harvest, yet prices are so low
that agriculture is not adequately reward
ed. Congress at its coming session should
act at once to relieve the present situa-
ton. The provision of law whereby the
silver dollar is made legal tender, ex-
cept where otherwise provided in the con-
tract, gives to any citizen of the country
loaning money the power to discredit one
of the money metals as legal tender, and
practically deprives the debtor of his
right to pay in either coin. This Of course
results in making gold contracts exclu-
sively. SO long as it is the avowed policy
Of our government to keep silver on a
parity with gold no Individual should be
permitted to discredit it. BY a simple
amendment of the BlandAllison act,
which congress might pass in an hour,
the power of any citizen to discredit one
half the metal money of the country
would be taken away. In my judgment
such an amendment would be long step
in the direction of restoring silver to its
rightful place in the finances of the re-
public"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-18
CHAMBERS ENCYCLOPEDIA.

We print upon another page Of this
paper an advertisement of Chambers
Encyclopedia. When the matter was
first brought to our attention it seemed
to us so impossible that thirty volumes
of an Encyclopedia, as famous as Cham
bers' great work, containing over twelve
thousand pages, could be sold for $3.50
that we ordered a set sent to us at Hast
ings, expecting to find some sort of
fake" like the man who advertised
"fine steel engraving of George Washing
tom for $1.00, and when the dollar came,
sent a postage stamp! We have three
encyclopedias in our library; one of them
cost us $3.50 and another something
more; and thirty volumes of Chambers
work at $3.50 seemed so improbable as
to be absurd. But to our great astonish-
ment along came the books, great pile
of them. We opened the package and
found the thirty volumes, each the size
of an ordinary novel, bound in paper,
covering the whole field of human
knowledge, and exhaustive in character.
Such work at such a price is one of
the triumphs of modern civilization; and
we feel we are serving our friends by
introducing it into their houses. 1t
would not have been possible 100 years
ago to have published such work for
less than $25O.0O per set; instead of $3.50;
but many new inventions have been used
to achieve such surprising result. No
royalty is paid; the copy is, we believe,
transferred to plates by some photo
graphic process; and this once made the
only cost then is the press-work, (made
by great steam presses, running day and
night, and the paper. And yet it would
seem as if the mere paper in these 80
volumes would cost more than $3.50.
Send in your orders. The work is
library in itself, and wherever you have
a family growing up they should have
the advantage of access to it. The man
who could read those thirty volumes
through and remember it all, would be
the most learned man in the United
States.
See our advertisement as to terms and
conditions, in another column. Old SUBJ
scribers can get them as we'll as new
Ed Rep.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-18
ISPHEMINc STRIKE
BELIEF THAT A SETTLEMENT WILL

BELIEF THAT A SETTLEMENT WILL
SOON BE MADE.
Ishpeming, Mich, Sept. 1.-THE COM
mittees selected at yesterdays meeting
of the striking miners and laborers called
upon the different mining companies yes
terday afternoon. In Ishpeming they
simply asked if the companies had any
propositions to offer and were told 1t had
been presented seven weeks ago. Asked
If the strikers had anything to offer the
latter said they had not and retired. It
was most unbusinesslike effort. At
Negaunee the strikers presented new
scale that was 10c per day lower than the
original demand. 1t was not agreed to
by any of the companies. The steam
users desired the troops removed before
they started work, but one crew at Sal
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-18

y, d.
of the Rock Island detective force, passed
here with a posse yesterday claiming to
have the trail of the Santa Fee train rob-
bers. He says Bill Doolin is the leader Of
the gang and that they crossed the Rock
Island railroad just Dorth of Hennessey
about noon yesterday.
Sioux Falls S. D.-The worst electrical
storm for years burst here early yester-
day morning. Lightning struck in doz-
en- places in the city. The worst damage
was done to Venep's dry goods store The
building and stock were burned. Loss,
S., 900.
Constantinople-An Armenian named
Muradian, naturalized citizen of the
United States, was arrested here upon his
arrival on suspicion of being connected
with revolutionary movement. Mr.
Alexander w. Terrell, United States min
lister to Turkey, demanded and has OBJ
tanned the release Of Muradian upon the
condition that the latter consent to be
expelled from Turkey.
San Francisco, Cal.-Now that the rail-
road commission has made reduction of
per cent in grain rates and has passed
a rate providing for an average reduction
of 25 cent in all other freight rates. the
Southern Pacific is preparing to contest
the legality of the commissions action as
soon as it attempts to enforce the rates
so reduced.
Austin, Texas-The four American oars
men selected by Gaudaur who have been
selected to go against the English quar-
tet at the regatta here are j. ]. Gaudaur
and his brother Charles, and John TEEN
er and E. Rogers. One of the English
oarsmen who intends rowing during the
regatta offers to put up $1,000 they can
beat Gauduar in single race. The
Americans will probably take him UP.
Par1s-The Seicle says that the United
States has received complete explana-
ton from the French authorities of the
case of ex-Consul Waller, who is impris-
oned under sentence of 20 years for hav-
ing been, as alleged in correspondence
with the enemies of France in Madagas-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-18
CAUSED A SENSATION
PLAIN WORDS BEFORE THE PRISON
CONGRESS.


Denver, Col, Sept. ia sensation was
created in the prison congress by paper
on Politics and Crime" written by Amos
G. Warner, professor of economy and So
cial science in the Leland Stanford Uni
versity of California, and read by John
N. Dryden, of Kearney, Neb.
eff the state itself is under the inf1u-
ence Of criminals" said the doctor, bold
ly plunging into his subject, how can it
hope to reform criminals? Setting g.
thief to catch a thief was an old-time
doctrine, but the plan of setting a thief
to reform thief has never yet been de-
Tended. The representatives of the state
with which criminals are most frequently
brought into contact are policemen, po-
lice justices, sheriffs, sheriffs' deputies
and jailkeepers-only a shade, If at all,
better than the criminals themselves
The hope of cure of criminals largely lies
in the curative treatment in the early
stages. Petty offenders and those on the
verge of criminality in the large cities
seldom or never get beyond this line of
guards and live more or less in their
presence. The police to them represent
the state"
The professor illustrated his meaning by
giving details Of the treatment of tramps,
gamblers, prostitutes and the criminal
classes generally. The paper started a
warm discussion and brought out num-
Der Of protests.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-18

Pierre, S. D.-Land Commissioner
Lockhart has returned from a trip over
the state valuing property turned over to
the state by Taylor. He reports only six
counties visited yet and % more to look
after. The work has not yet progressed
far enough to secure any thing definite
as to the value of the property turned in,
but it will be lower than the list, as some
of 1t is mortgaged.
st. Cloud, Minn.-Lloyd Bruckart and
Grant Getchell have been missing from
their homes since Thurcday. Bruckart is
a son of Mayor Bruckart. The reason
why they left was because one of them
failed to get what he thought was proper
grading at school. The mother of one
of the boys is in Minneapolis looking for
her son. 1t was thought that they had
gone to Superior, but the police there
know nothing about them.
Alexandria, Minn.-A convention of the
General Congregational Association of
Minnesota begins here today. Over 240
congregations have reported delegates,
and there are over 40 yet to hear FROM
Al the same time and as a part of the
association meetings, will be held bust
ness meetings of the Minnesota Women's
Home Missionary Union. The convention
will continue until the goth.
Wlnona, Minn.-Chas. Robinson. the
alleged London Times correspondent.
Who has been working some of the Wis
sonsin towns near Winona, was arrested
at Mondovi for the larceny of a wheel at
Racine, which he pawned at Mondoyi
for $40. He was taken to Racine by the
sheriff. He claims to be the son of
wealthy parents, and says the whole mat
ter is Misunderstanding "A Winoaa
golf club has been organized. It's mem
bers will wear the Scottish plaid and kilt.
Grounds are to be leased in the West End
and games played twice q week during
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-18

isbury mine worked last night under mill
tary protection. 1t is said that two other
crews will resume tonight Present indi-
cations point to an early settlement of the
strike. The committee will report at the
meeting this afternoon.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-18

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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-03-01
Healing Properties in Ashes.

Some of the best known physicians
In Russia are strongly advocating the
adoption in the government hospitals
of an old CoSSack custom Of treating
cuts and wounds with ashes, says the
New York Sun. The Cossack peas
antry have treated cases in this fash
ion from time immemorlal, and DR..
Pashkoff, a Russian physician who
has been studying the treatment, re-
Gently said in an interview in Russian
medical journal II strongly recon-
mend the treating of severe cuts and
wounds with ashes. Experiment has
convinced me of the thorough eff
cheney of the treatment, and, in addi
ton, it is cheap, takes little time to
arrange, and does away with bulky
bandages, which have always been the
banc Of nurses and physicians. The
best ashes are those resulting from the
burning Of some cotton stuff or linen,
and only very thin layer should be
applied. If the wound has been made
by some dirty instrument and there
is danger of blood poisoning, it should
be first washed thoroughly with a To-
ton. The ashes with the blood forms
O hard substance, under which the
most severe cuts heal with remarkable
rapidity." DR.. Pashkoff has expert
mented with ashes on twenty-eight
cases Of cuts, and only two Of the en-
tire numebr failed to result success
fully. These cases would have been
cured, too, had not the nurses failed
to apply prescribed lotions to the
wounds before the physicians took
them in charge. 1t is extremely prob
able that the ashes treatment will be
adopted in the st. Petersburg hospitals
before long.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-03-01
HOW AN AK Is MADE.
Heated Five Times and Handled b.
Forty WOrkmen.

Heated Five Times and Handled by
Forty Workmen.
On entering the main workshop, the
first step In the operation which is seen
Is the formation Of the axhead without
the blade. The glowing fiat iron bars
are withdrawn from the furnace and
are taken to powerful and somewhat
complicated machine, which performs
upon them four distinct operations,
shaping the metal to form the upper
and lower parts Of the OK, then the eye,
and finally doubling the piece over so
that the whole can be welded together
Next the iron is put In powerful nat
ural gas furnace and heated 30 n white
heat. Taken out 1t goes under till
hammer and is welded IN second. This
done, one blow from the drop and
the poll of the ak is completed and firm
ly welded. Two crews Of men are doing
this class Of work, and each crew con
make 1900 axes In day.
When the ak leaves the drop there IS
some superfuous metal still adhe.ing
to the edges and forming what is tech
nically known as "fin." To get rid Of
the fin the ak Is again heated in fur
mace, and then taken in hand by saw
yer, who trims the ends and edges. The
operator has q glass In front Of him.
to protect his eyes from the SPARKS
which fly off by hundreds as the hot
metal is pressed against the rapidly re-
volving saw. The iron part Of the av
Is now complete. The steel for the
blade, after being heated, Is cut by
machinery and shaped 1t Is then ready
for the welding department. A groove
is cut into the edge of the iron, the steel
Of the blade inserted, and the whole
firmly welded by machine hammers.
Next comes the operation Of tcmperlng.
The steel portion Of the Ak Is heated by
being inserted in pots Of molten lead,
the blade only being immersed. 1t Is
then cooled by dipping in water, and
goes to the hands Of the inspector. An
ak is subject to rigid tests before 1t Is
pronounced perfect The stec' must DC
of the required temper, the weight OF
all axes of the same size mist be uni
form, all must be ground alike, and in
various other ways conform to an cs-
tablished standard. The inspecto: who
tests the quality Of steel does SO by
hammering the blade and striking the
edge to ascertain whether it he too brit
tie or not. An AK that breaks during
the test is thrown aside to be made
over.
Before the material Of the Ak Is in the
proper shape it has been heated live
times, including the tempcrinS pro-
cess and the ak, when completed, has
passed through the hands Of about for-'
ty workmen, each Of whom has done
something toward perfecting it. After
passing inspection the axes go to the
grinding department and from that to
the polishers, who finish them upon EN-
cry wheels.