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NHTILMIN6TCH AND NORTHERN RAIL.
Wv ROAD. Time table In effect Oct. 2eth
1894.
Trains leave wilmington, French street
station, for 3. & Q. junction, Montehanin,
Wtnterthur, Guyencourt, GfanoQue, Cossart.
ChRdda' Nord Junction. PoCOpson. West
Chester. kniDreeville, Mortonviile, Coates
Vile and intermediate stations, daily, EXCEPT
sunday, at % IA, y, 40 and 8 40 D no;
sunday only at s "a a nas ] 35 4b1pna
Fer WNynesparg Junction, Springfield and
intermediate stations daily, except Sunday,
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boMNkSS BRIGGS. Gen. Passenger Aesrt.
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Mortqaged All his Property.

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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10
THE EXPERIMENT STATION.

The agricultural editor of the Times
Union is anxious to reform the manage
ment of the experimental station. He
thinks it is hardly giving the station a
fair show to compel the director to be
also college president. He thinks that
the director of the station would have
his hands full without attending to the
necessarily exacting duties of college
president.
There seems much of solid sense in
this line of reasoning, but when we re-
view the history of the station and call to
mind It's directors of bygone days who
were directors only and not college
presidents, and compare the station and
it's management of today with the sta
ton and it's management of former
years, we hesitate before committing
ourselves to our contemporary plan.
The AGRICULTURIsT has had much to
say of the experiment station in the past,
and we think it has never said that it is
or was all that it should be. Quite the
contrary. The station is lacking in
many things, but chiefly in it's practical
experimental work-the actual expert
ments in garden, field and grove, which
if properly conducted and comprehen-
sively and clearly recorded, would prove
of inestimable value TO the people of
Florida. We do not say that no good
has come from the station. but we
positively assert that more should have
come.
The scientific work OF the STAFF is
excellent, and many instructive bulletins
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10
Value of Corn Fodder.
appointed

Prof. Henry of the experiment station
at Wisconsin tested the value of cutting
corn fodder by feeding one lot Of COWS
upon whole fodder, bright and sweet.
Another lot of equal milking qualities
had fodder from the same NOW cut into
pieces half inch long. He found that
he obtained as much milk from III
pounds ofcut fodder as from 1888 pounds
of uncut fodder. Two tons of cut would
be worth more than three tons uncut.
This agrees very closely with the results
of our own experience when feeding by
guess and not by weight. We could only
testify to the best of our belief, accord
ing to our judgment, but he can now
speak from positive knowledge gained
by daily weighing The richest and
most nutritious part of the cornstalk is
the coarser parts of the butt, which the
cattle reject when it is not cut for them
If any is wasted after cutting, it makes
good bedding. and afterwards Is a good
addition to the manure heap, but long
stalks in the manure heap add more to
the labor of handling it than would be
required in cutting it before feeding.
Major Alvord goes still further and
advocates grinding the corn fodder into
meal. We do not know of any mill that
would do this, but there are machines
that reduce it almost to chaff. The
gain from doing this must arise from
easier or more thorough digestion, as the
waste not eaten when cut to half inch
lengths is so small as to bescarcely ap-
preciable. Rural World.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10
Points on Melon Culture.

Colonel Reuben Jones, well known
grower of South Georgia, al conven-
ton of melon growers, gave an informal
address, part of which we give as found
in the Southern Farm.
| am going to tel you fact about
watermelon roots. They literally fill the
earth. They are confined to the imme.
diate surface. They are exceedingly
fine and tender, as much so as the vine
itself; and in fact they grow just as fast
and as far in the ground as the vine
grows on the surface. They keep up,
and that is the reason the manure ought
to be well scattered over the ground.
put about 200 pounds of commercial
fertilizer. When the vines begin to run
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10

have been issued from this department.
Still a record of field experiments, pub
lished in the form of bulletin, and
telling how to cultivate, how to harvest,
plant and fertilize some of the numerous
crops which can be grown in Florida,
but concerning which our people are yet
groping in darkness, would have been
worth a dozen bulletins from the ''scien-
tific department
But we are not carping; we have de-
cided to give the station d chance, and
to wait dozen years or so until 1t gets
into good working order, and collects
sufficient dal before criticizing it
The agricultural editor of the Times
Union at one time had the dictatorship
bee buzzing in his chapeau. Ii is said
the bee chased him, and not he the bee.
However, he had a rather novel idea as
to the best way of managing the station.
There were some objections to his plan.
but in the main it was good one. His
idea was to distribute the work Of the
experimental station among number of
intelligent and practical men In different
portions of the State, but chiefly in the
orange region, where there was much
need of studying the resources of the
country in the way of food production
His plan failed to meet the approval of
the trustees, who decided to consolidate
the offices o. college president and sta
tion director, and Mr.. Clute was
appointed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10
LARGE MELONS.

A gentleman who has been in the
fruit and produce business in one of the
Western cities for nearly quarter Of a
century, and who during that time has
melons, informs us that the great mis-
take made by growers is the shipping of
small and inferior melons.
About twenty-five thousand pounds
are loaded in car, which contains from
eight hundred to eighteen hundred mel
ons, according to size. OF course the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10

freight on the car is the same whether
the melons are large or small, but eight
HUNDRED large melons filling Car Will
sell for lust four times as much as the
fifteen or eighteen hundred small ones.
Not only do the small melons fail to re-
turn the grower the same per centage OF
profit as the large ones, but they have
tendency to depress the market. Com
peting with the better fruit they pull
the price down.
The moral of this is obvious-grow
only large melons if you can, but if you
have small ones do not ship.
A grower at Macon, Ca, evidently APP
preciates the force Of these facts, as he
writes the following to the Fruit Trade
Journal, of New York:
AS watermelon planting is about to be-
gin and circulars calling for solicitors,
cOnsignments, ETC., are already beng
received, let us ask that our Northern
and Western friends include in their re-
marks to their shippers the necessity of
loading and shipping only choice mel
ons, TO average nothing under twenty
pounds. 1t is and has been our opinion,
that there would be no glut Of Georgia
melons if our growers would load only
such stock as the trade wants. that is, a
smooth ripe melon averaging from
twenty pounds up. 1t is hard for us to
do all the preaching here, but if receiv-
"rs In sending their circulars o solicitors
and shippers, would state positively that
they did not care to handle any but such
stock as mentioned above, there could
be no doubt as to the result being most
favorab BILE. Another evil which we re-
greet we must admit Of, is tie false load
ing of cars, which is practiced by some
Of our growers. This, too. we think
could be curtalled somewhat by mer-
chants stating that they would report
through the fruit papers such shippers
as they find make practice of this
method of loading which is most init
rious to the industry.
Watermelons are grown on a very
small margin of profit. The Georgia
grower is satisfied if he nets ten dollars
per acre after paying for cultivation, fer
tilizer, freight, commission, etc. the
freight rate on Car of melons is in the
neighborhood of $40 and the selling
price not very much over 800 for the
average melon. Three acres of land
usually produce a Car load.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10
WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 10, 1895.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FARM, GROVE AND GARDEN-Some
Questions and few Answers Thereto;
Manufacturing in the South ............. 225
Nitrate OF Soda for Tomatoes; Upland
Rice on New Land ............ ...... 226
Japanese Golden Russell Pear; Potato
Starvation; Plant Cane. 227
General Notes. rs
Governor Mitchell's Message; Starting
Tomato Plants. NORTHUMBERLAND. 229
Let's Live at Home; Dairying in the
United States and Canada. ............. 23O
FLORAL Experimentation Notes No.
3; Talks on Flowers Observation-Disclosures. 231
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. Editorial
Chat; Reforming the Hog; Large Melons;
The Experiment Station .............. .. 232
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENTAL His
Mother Used To Do (poetry); Living at
Our Best; Splendid Opportunities; Cook
School Recipes. ............. ...........".. 234
POULTRY DEF ARTMENT-Talk on Mat
ng Sunfower Seed for Fowls; Market
LITERATURE-He Wasn't Engaged. .... 236
PUZZL LEN. z5o
FLORIDIANA. ................ ............ 239
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10
REFORMING THE HOG.

The hog that roams the wild-woods
and m axes free and easy with the pota-
toes, pindars and whatnot of the per-
spring and long-suffering soil-til.er is an
enemy that should be, but apparently
cannot be, conquered.
There is no denying the fact that the
hog, like everything else in nature, is
useful in its proper place. The razor
back is not pretty-he has none of those
fine qualities of docility and affection
that would cause us to overlook his
faults. He is an untamed child of
nature-a genuine hog with no respect
for the rights OF others. He can and
often does destroy in an hour more than
he is worth ten or twenty times over.
This probably is not the hogs fault He
has never been educated up to the
responsible duties of hog-ship. He has
been neglected, kicked, cu1fed, cussed
and abused by dogs until he considers
all bipeds his natural enemy and their
property his legitimate spoils.
In some sections OF the State where
suppression of the raZorback has been
found impossible by old time methods,
another plan for his reformation has
been adopted. He is kept in razor
baCk-tight-lot and fed in the same man
ner as other domestic ami Nals. AS a
means to the end-the reform alton Of
the "tEing"-the owner plants chufas,
artichokes, cassava ana other crops the
hog especially likes, and it is said that
the results are astonishing. When given
free range in these fields made especially
for him he shows his gratitude bv act
ing as other hogs; he gets fat, his ver-
zebra disappears under the more slightly
fat, the length of the head is not so
noticeable and he gets to be very we'll
behaved and affectionate quadruped.
When hog-killing time finally comes he is
Joy to the owner, who is we'll repaid in
sausage, backbone, spare ribs and 'clea1
bellies" for all his pains and trouble.
The hog as at present managed is a
nuisance-there is no gainsaying it-but
give him a chance and he will reform
and pay you we'll for your trouble and
his education.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10
EDITORIAL CHAT.

STRAwBERR IEs in large quantities are
now going forward from the sections of country
surrounding Lakeland. Plant City, Dade City,
Starke, Lawtey and many other points Fairly
good prices are being realized. and the growers
are cheerful and hopeful
Ky
The Elmshurst, Pa.) Signal says:
The people of many states in the Union can
learn lesson of pluck and perseverance from
the residents of Florida. In the face of utter
ruin and widespread desolation, they are yet
determined to succeed in life. AS they looked
out upon the black and dreary waste before
them, they were enthused by words of encourage
ment coming from the lips of brave man, and
this has given them hope for the future. We ad-
mire the determination shown by the residents
of Florida. They beg for no help, but with a
self reliance that is commendable help them
selves.
*
GOVERNOR MITCHELL in his message
to the legislature recommends that an act for
the relief of tax payers be passed. That is, that
taxes which by statute became delinquent on
April l. be extended to August l. This is pro-
posed for the benefit of the fruit growers
of the State who have met with such severe
loss by the freezes. 1t is thought that
by August they win be in better financial condi-
tions, az vegetable and farm crops planted since
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10

the freeze will have been marketed. Senator
Chipley of Escambia county, has introduced a
bill in the legislature carrying out the provisions
of the governors recommendations.
x*.
NEW YORK dealers are quoting Florida
Strawberries, fair to good, at IS cents to 81 a
quart. and fancy strawberries, at $1.25 to $50 a
quart. Fancy Florida tomatoes are selling there
at $3 to 81 per crate, while hesmaller ones bring
Is cents to $1.25. Florida beans are selling at
$12 to SIS per box aud cabbage at SO to 81 per
crate.
Xxx
Col. A. K MCCLURE, of the Phidel-
adeiphia Times. says IL hope Florida will make
earnest and united effort to aid the Atlanta
Exposition 1t should be a landmark in the his
tory of Southern progress, and every State south
of the Potomac should make a common cause to
aid in the great work. Great has been the ad-
vancement of the Southern States during the
last dozen years. You have hardly reached the
beginning of Southern development and the At
lanta Exposition should be made the most sue
cessful illustra tion of Industrial possibilities and
achievements in it's reconstructed state.'
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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1895-07-27

Mrs. H. s. Hale and sons, Mr.. Henry
and Master Theodore left Wednesday
morning for visit to their old home
at Mayfield.
Mr. Will. P. Hudson, jr., left We'd
nesday for Estill Springs to spend a
week with his family, who are sum-
mering there. ~
Misses Nora Ringo and Carrie
Martin, of Ashland, have been visit
ing Miss Josie Hughes on Second
street this week.
Mr.. Ike T. Williams, of Louisville,
came up Tuesday to attend the fami-
ly gathering at his fathers, MIR. Ike
Williams, near this city
Mrs. Jos. H. Lewis entertained
Tuesday evening in honor of the
Misses Lewis, of Glasgow, and Master
Wickliffe, of Louisville.
Misses Annie Wood, Fannie and
Bessie Lewis, of Woodlake, this
county, leave next week for Old
Point Comfort, Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Berry and
Mrs. @. Bush were registered
at the Cataract House, Niagara
Falls, N. Y, on July 10th.
Mr.. Jno. T. Crutcher, of Boise City,
Idaho, who has been the guest of his
brother, Mr.. D. Q. Crutcher and fam
lily, left Wednesday for home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Brand and
daughter, Miss Laura, of Louisville,
have been the guests this week Of
Mr.. Jno. w. Rodman and wife.
Mrs. Jas. T. Williams and daughter,
Miss Bessie, Of Louisville, are the
guests of Mrs. l.. G. Kendall and
Mrs. X. G. Berry, on Main street.
Hon. Jerre c. South, of Baxter
county, Arkansas, who has been
visiting relatives in this city and
county, left Wednesday for home.
Mrs. ]. w. R. Williams, Misses
Mary Morris. Maggie May Thomson,
Annie Belle and Lizzie Hunt Chinn,
returned Wednesday from their trip
to Chicago.
Misses Fannie and Mary Burton. of
Shelbyville, who have been the
guests of Mrs. j. @. A. Stewart, at the
Stewart Home this county, returned
home. Saturday.
Miss Margaret A. Daniel ia visiting
friends at Munfordville, Hart county,
where she has secured a position to
teach in the school the coming fall
and winter term.
Mrs. w. T. Reading entertained
number of young people Thursday
evening in honor of her guests, the
Misses McElroy, of Kansas, and Miss
Marshall, of Madison, Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buford Hendrick and
children, Mrs. Chapman Coleman,
Miss Broomfield, Miss Hendrick, Mrs.
Mary Hendrick and maid, left Wed
nesday for Warm Springs, Virginia.
Miss Clara Buckley gave an elegant
dancing party at her home on the
corner of Second and Main streets
Thursday evening in honor of her
guest, Miss Guy Robinson, of Cincin-
natl.
Misses Josie and Florence Salender
entertained at cards Tuesday evening
in honor Of their guest, Miss Nicholas,
of Cincinnati. The ladies' prize
was won by Mrs. j. G. Schweers and
Mr.. Tom Newman captured the
gentleman's prize.
Mr.. James B. Wilkerson, of Grand
View, Texas, is visiting relatives
in this county. For many years he
was a prominent farmer in the Wood
lake neighborhood, but removed to
Texas in 1863, and this is his first visit
to his old home since then.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1895-07-27
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Jno. E. Miles left Monday for
Norfolk, Va.
Miss Holmes, of Danville, is visit.
ing friends in this city.
Mrs. Jno. B. Lindsey returned Sun.
day from North Carolina.
Mr.. Harry O'Donnell returned Mon
day from Tatem Springs.
Mr.. Edward Hines is at the Cata-
ract House, Niagara Falls.
Mrs. George Donaldson is visiting
her mother in greensboro.
Mr.. Pat Farnsworth, of Lexington,
spent Monday in this city.
Mrs. ". Hite and children have
gone to visit relatives in Indians.
Miss Guy Robinson, of Cincinnati,
is the guest Of Miss Clara Buckley.
Mrs. James A. Violet has returned
from visit to relatives at Bagdad.
Mr.. Jas. R. Banta is at home from
Louisville for visit to his parents.
Mr.. Pen Morris, of Louisville, spent
this week in this city with relatives.
Mr.. Percy Headley, of Louisville,
spent Sunday with his parents here.
Miss Annie :Gorman, of Louisville,
is the guest of Mrs. Pat. H. Newman,
Sr.
Mrs. Patsey Ware and daughter,
Miss Lutte, are visiting relatives in
Paris. .
Mr.. Chapman Coleman sailed on
Tuesday on the steamer Spree for
Bremen.
Mrs. Thos. B. Rodman left Monday
morning to visit relatives in Mt
Sterling.
Miss Mary Brent, Of Paris. has been
spending the past week with Miss
Lutte Ware.
Mr.. G. w. Safell and wife spent
Saturday and Sunday in Nicholasville
with relatives.
Miss Hannah Sullivan. Of Coving-
ton, is the guest of Mrs. Pat O'Brian
in this county.
Mrs. G. w. Daniel left Monday for
visit to her sister at Farmers,
Rowan county.
Mr.. Logan Mckee, of Cincinnati,
spent Saturday and Sunday with rela-
tives in this city.
Mrs. Blanche Shelley and children,
of Louisville, spent Sunday with Mrs.
P. H. Newman, jr.
Mrs. N. j. Sawyer entertained at
cards at her home on Broadway
Tuesday evening.
Master Dan Gober and sister, Miss
Stella, are visiting relatives at Mt.
Eagle, Tennessee.
Miss - Bowling, of Lawrence
burg, has been visiting Miss Julia
Hardie, on the West Side.
Mr.. Will A. Lewis returned Satur.
day evening from two weeks visit
to relatives in Richmond, Virginia.
Mrs. Thos. D. Herndon and chill
dred, of Alton, are visiting her sister,
Mrs. R. l. Crutcher, on Shelby street.
Mr.. Henry K. Lindsey, Of Coving-
ton, spent Sunday in this city, the
guest of his nephew, Gen. d. w.
Lindsey.
Mr.. f. j. Coleman and wife, of
Louisville, who have been visiting
relatives in this city, returned home
Monday.
Prof. George Robbins returned Sat-
urday morning from Chicago where
he attended the National Association
of Manual Training Teachers. He
was elected Vice President of the
Association.