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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

the shore cries were heard and two men
seen running frantically and waving and
gesticulating as if they were troubled
about something. The captain under
stood and muttering something soft and
gentle to himself, he turned the steamer
around and headed for the dock. One
of the party wanted to 60 up stream AMI
the other had small bundle to be de-
livered at place up the river, Captain,
here's a package for Jim. 1t hai'nt
marked, but you just put it off and hit
ill be all right" Talk about soulless
transportation lines, why this line has a
soul as large as ''all out DOORS and if
there is a good natured captain sailing
ON any waters it is the captain of the
City of Athens.
For number of miles the river is
wide, but after we passed the jetties IT,
became quite narrow and the banks
more abrupt and deep water close to
shore so that there was no need OF docks.
We passed numerous places where the
phosphate workers had dredged out
large piles of phosphate, but after
getting it out found it would cost too
much to get it to market, so let it lay.
Possibly some one in the future will
find these piles and wonder what freak
Of nature placed these huge mounds of
phosphate on The banks of the river.
Occasionally we would pass a clearing
where an orange grove had been set out
and land planted in different crops. We
passed one new clearing and were in
formed bv the captain thai the man and
his family, consisting of wife and five
daughters, had travelled all the way
from Tennessee in an oxcart and had
settled there. The clearing was being
we'll done, and showed that plenty of
hard work had been done, and it was
evident that some of the girls were TAX
ing the place of boys.
Imagine our surprise as our boat
turned sharp bend in the river to see
towering up above the forest trees huge
windmill, and beside it two elevated
tanks. There must be something un-
usual here, and so we found, for this
was our stopping place, known as
Caloosa, or Tobacco Plantation; but
what we saw here, and the wonderful
productiveness of the soil, we will tell
next week.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20
Beware of Ointments for Oatarrh That Con-
tain Mercury,
tain Mercury,

as mercury will surely DESTROY the sense
of smell and completely derange the sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from repu-
table physicians. as the damage they will
do is ten fold to the good you Can posi-
bly, derive from hem. Halls, Catarrh
Cure manufactured by F J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t is
taken internally, and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimo-
malls free.
GB Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per
bottle.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

(VORELL'S 4 UNKUH HORSE EXCHANGE.
" DeLand, Fla. Main Barn. Indiana Avenue.
Annex South east corner Boulevard and VoOrhis
Avenue Office between the Postof1ce and Bank.
At all times Horses and Mules for Sale and Ex-
change; all kinds and Prices. 81
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

A BARGAIN High, healthy location, eighty
N feet above surrounding lakes, no swamps
within miles, three.forth of mile from railroad
station. Seven room bungalow house, plastered
and papered throughout, completely carpeted
and furnished. 249 feet Of piazza. three open fire
house and y ard, bath room. brick and cement
cstern. Five lakes in sight of front door. Tene
ment house for help. Two ponies. cow. Good
rich combination blackboard, wagon. harness.
wear old orange trees, one and onefourth acres
sx-year old trees. one acre twO-year old trees.
Twenty-six acres of land Price $3.50. I'm.
provements and furniture cost $4,000, without
groves or land. Address S. A. CUNNINGHAM.
Altoona, Lake Co., Fla. until April 1st. II
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

orM0 for free circulars of EXCELSIOR SPRAY
OCNU ING OUTFITS, OF &c. for treaties on
spraying. VIM STALL, QUINCY, LII.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

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to get the captain to say which was the
. best hotel, but he evaded the question,
so we concluded that it was like the oft
repeated hotel story that whichever one
you go TO you will wish youhad gone
to the other," SO we took up our abode
= at the myers Inn," so that we would
be sure to be sin its
After supper a stroll around town re-
: vealed the outline of orange trees with
Z their leaves on, and the perfume of the
: air told us that the orange blossoms were
opening and sending out their fragrance
as greeting to the frost bitten" repre-
sentatives of cup the State" We were
10th to leave the spot where this delicate
perfume was given out to us. There
were other days ahead of us and we
sought the hotel couch and dreamed of
blooming groves, beautiful fruit, big
prices and time when the dishonest
commission man did not trouble the Or
ange growers.
At the first peep of day Mr., Mace had
gone forth and returned like Noah's
dove, bearing sprig of green and re-
ported of what he had seen. A short
walk around town revealed the fact that
the orange trees were all right and that
they still held their old leaves, and to
! all appearances were none the worse for
{ the cold wave. The town, however,
presented almost as bad an appearance
secondary matter and tropical fruit is
such as mangoes, sapodillos, alligator
pears, ETC., largely predominated and
which had been cut back or killed by
the cold blast. Many had cut off their
mangoes to the large limbs and were
now "kicking" themselves for it, as in
most cases the trees were putting out
new leaves all along the branc hes.
Fort Myers is situated on the south
side of Caloosahatchee river or bay and
this large body of water furnished the
protection which enabled the citrus
family to pass through unhurt. AS
above stated, orange culture here is
secondary matter, as no care is taken of
the groves and they do not know what
fertilizer is except ''cowpenning, as
conse 1uence this fruit does not begin to
compare with that raised further north
Neither does the quantity taken from
tree begin to come up to what we have
been used to seeing. which is all due TO
lack of attention. Owing to the difficulty
in getting their fruit to market the re
turns have not been great and hence not
much inducement to care for and fertil-
ice the groves. We see no reason, how
ever, why the fruit of the Caloosahatchee
country can not be made just as good
and the trees bear just as heavily as
those further north, if they were given
the same care and attention
There were no groves OF any extent
near the town, but we were informed
that they were further up the river at
Alva. Fort Thompson, Twelve Mile Creek
and across the river. AS we were look
ing more particularly for orange groves
and learning that the river steamer,
'City of Athens" would go up that day,
we packed our grips and started for the
boat which we found, on arriving at the
dock was being loaded with freight. We
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20
FARMERS AND FANCY STOCKMEN,

etc, Howsleys Spaying Mixture. Special
Spayer Gip-Dogs( Bitches). 1t is safe. convenient
~ d absolutely certain. No knife so no NOR
tally. Full bottle with syringe complete So 90;
pie bottle 81 LOO; syringe SOC extra. Write
for testimonials and particulars Sold by all
druggists. Sole manufactures, The Hows1ey
Spaying 100, Kansas City. NO.. New Orleans, La.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

e6 FTER TIE FREEZE." Something for
N shade, 10 kinds of rare castor beans and
seeds of MI una pruriens, rapid and beautiful
growing vine with purple flowers. Packet of
each. post paid for 20 cents. G. III. STOKES.
Mohawk, Fla. II
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

OITRUS TREES.-Fine stock: none better; low
Oprices. and square treatment No ''back
numbers offered. Write for prices. Thirteen
years experience, Phoenix Nurseries. Brade-
own, Fla. 30 95.n
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

ANDBILLS for the sale of Grapefruit Copy
llrights-1OO, % cents; $780, 80 CENTS 1000 81 go,
post included. Can be ordered from AdOlph Rel
del, 1918 COllington Av., Baltimore, Md. Better
your returns; try it.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20
Dark
Cotton Seed
MeaI...
LOW PRICES.
PROMPT SHIPMENT

Cotton seed meal might almost be considered
the mule among fertilizers. it stands an
enormous amount of abuse and bad manage
meht and yet gives good results. 1t contains the
three important fertilizing elements, nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash 1t cannot be
washed out of the soil like soluble fertilizers. yet
it's fine mechanical condition enablesit to quickly
decompOse into such substances that the plant
can rapidly avail itself of its contents of plant
food."-DR. GEORGE F. PAYNE, in the Trades
man.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

A bolster Spring that will make a farm
wagon ride as early as buggy. Garry your
fruit to market without bruisng andt save the
price of a set of springs the first days hauling.
Each coil is six feet long and automatically adj
tusts itself to heavy and light loads. In Orcer-
ing give width OF. between stakes and widtht.of
the face of stake.
Carrying Capacity.
Price price per set H. SSOS To- Zoo sSSo ID
For so cents additional we will deliver set Of
springs to any railway station in Florida.
Agents wanted. FOr.particulars address,
E.~w. AMSDEN, Ormond, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

THO MAKE HENS LAY-There is nothing like
Il Bowker's Animal Meal. Hundreds of testi
monials. 40 tons sold in Florida last season
For particulars write E. W. AMSDEN, Ormond-
Fla 3m
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

NOR CHANGE-Improved Kansas Farms,
II for orange property. For Particulars, ad-
iress MRS. s. T. DOUBLEDAY. Sherman
Heights Tenn. Is
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

NOR SALE-Californa Orange Tree, of all
II sorts, for thislseason's planting. Cheap for
cash. Address, G. B.. .REUSS, care Col. Philips.
Gainesville, Fla. IA
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

CHEAP COLUMN.
RATES-Twenty words, name and address one
week. IS cts: three weeks. so cts.
SNNn For Catalogue OF Metal Wagon
O1NO Wheels. Empire Mfg. Co., Quincy, Ill.
wv HITE.FACED BLACK SPANISH and In
w dian Gaines, q speciality. Eggs, $l25 Tor
ID. j. M D.. Nashua, Fla. IA
NOLIC IN HORSES.-I have q sure cure and
~ will send postpaid enough for ten cases for
81. Easily given. F. WALDRON, Welaka, Fla.
TOR sALE-Black Langshang. Brown Leg
dozen or hundred. MRS. F. HASKINS. Mann
vile, Fla.
FOR SALE.-Eggs from thorough bred Black
n MinOrca fowls at 80 per setting OF 13, I. O. b.
from best strains. A. A. MARSH, Box 202
Orlando. Fla 30
LHOR SALE-Five thousand feet Cassava seed
II cane, one cent per foot. Good time to plant
till middle of April. GEO. w. LEONARD.
Lowell, Fla.
DRICES REDUCED - Pure Brown Leghorn
l. eggs for Matching 13for 70 cen ts; rs for 81 rs;
40 for $1.s5: - per 100. YOUNG G. LEE. st.
Petersburg. Fla
TVOR acknowledgements Kansas Farms,
for MRs grange ad
Heights. Tenn. 25
NOR SALE-Californa Orange Tree, of all
Il sorts, for thislseason's planting. Cheap for
cash. Address, G. B.. sREUSS, care Col. Philips,
Gainesville, Fla. IA
WANTED-Trio Poland China Pigs, pair
w AngOra Goats, ten Colonies Bees. Describe
fully and quote prices, delivered at Stuart. Fla.
j. E. FULTZ, Sprucebuf, Fla
NANCY POULTRY-Albert Fries st. Nicholas,
Il keeps fifteen varieties Of pure bred fowls.
Eggs for Matching booked now. Agent for the
Hammonton Incubator and brooder.
rU~O MAKE HENS LAY-There is nothing like
Il Bowker's Animal Meal. Hundreds of testi
moniaIs. 40 tons sold in Florida last season
For particulars write E. W. AMSDEN, OrmOnd-
Fla. BIN
OITRUS TREES-Fine stock: none BETTER low
Oprices, and square treatment. No black
years experience, Phoenix Nurseries. Braide-
own Fla. 5 30, '95.n
LIANDBILLS for the sale of Grapefruit Copy
lIrights-1OO % cents; 500, 80 cents, ,O00 81 co.
post included. Can be ordered from AdOlph Rel
your returns; try it.
IS FTER TIE FREEZE" Something for
N sha de, 10 kinds of rare castor beans and
seeds of MI una pruriens, q rapid and beautiful
growing vine with purple flowers. Packet of
each. post paid for 20 cents. G. III. STOKES.
M OhaWk, Fla. IL
IVORELL'S & UNKUH HORSE EXCHANGE.
" DeLand, Fla. Main Barn, Indiana Avenue.
Annex South east corner Boulevard and voorh1s
At all times Horses and Mules for Sale and EX-
change; all kinds and Prices 81
A BARGAIN! High. healthy location, eighty
~ foot h0v surrounding I0koA.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

NANCY POULTRY-Albert Fries, st. Nicholas,
l. keeps fifteen varieties Of pure bred fowls.
Eggs for Matching booked now agent for the
HammOntOn Incubator and brOOder.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

DRICES REDUCED - Pure Brown Leghorn
l. eggs for Matching. Ii for 75 cents; rs for ST. 49,
40 for $1.s5: - per 100. YOUNG G. LEE. ST.
Petersburg, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

XK7ANTED-Trio Poland China Pigs, pair
Wv Angora Goats, ten Colonies Bees. Describe
fully and quote prices, delivered at Stuart. Fla.
j E. FULrZ, Sprucebluff, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

| EIOR SALE-Five thousand feet Cassava seed
II cane one cent per foot Good time to plant
| till middle of April GEO. w. LEONARD,
Lowell, Fla. IA
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-20

ENOR SALE.-Eggs from thorough bred Blacl
II Minorca fowls at 50 per setting of 49, I. o.
from best strains. A. A. MARSH, Box 20;
Orlando. Fla. 80
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-11-02
Notes.


When the ground is cold but not
too hard to work is an excellent
time to pillow if cut-worms are nu-
merous in the soil, Exposure to
dampness and severe cold above
ground will destroy them.
A farmer Of Albany, Ore, is ex-
hibiting bunch Of forty-two stalks
of wheat, with 924 meshes and about
$500 grains, which grew from a sin
gle kernel, Another farmer, in &C.
dar Rapids, Neb., has a cucumber
5 feet long.
Any refuse in the barn yard that
is not added to the manure heap is
breeding place for fees and other
pests. A thorough raking and
cleaning of the places where refuse
material, such as straw, leaves, chat
ETC., will lessen the number of in
sects next season.
When pine forest is cleared
oaks at once spring up in their
place, and vice versa; and when a
gap occurs in a hedge it is useless
to attempt to refill it with a plant
of the same species, but some other
kind must be used. In the theory
of rotation Of crops the farmer only
follows nature.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-11-02
ounce Growing Profitable.

One who has had much exper-
fence, Mr.. John Baird, writes re-
garding ounce culture as follows:
The ounce is in such great demand
in large cities that it should stimu-
late farmers and fruit growers to
greater efforts to succeed with the
trees they set out. Ounces do best
in deep, cool soil, though in dryish
places they will do fairly well if
mulched. To have the roots cool
is great step towards success. II
by themselves in rows, they can be
planted about IL feet apart. There
need be no fear of overlooking the
ounce. They like plenty of rich
food, Kitchen washings and ma
terials like this they delight to get,
and when well fed in this way and
rich food is spread around the sur
face of the ground the borer is not
at all troublesome to them. When
the ounce is suited in this way,
and grows as it should do, it be-
gins to bear in three years, and
afterwards it never fails a crop,
and Is to 100 ounces can be had
from full grown trees. But few
persons prune ounces, yet it is an
important thing to do. There must
be young wood or there will be no
flowers and no fruit, yet how often
do we see large bushes with moth
ing but old, stumpy-looking branch
es on them IF your trees are like
this, cut them back, to get a good
stock of young wood.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-11-02

in a reprint of an article on the
choice of feeding stuffs, points out
the necessity of a liberal diet, il
feeding of stock is to be made
profitable.
Every animal, whether growing
or in milk, requires certain we'll
ascertained quantity of food simply
to keep it alive, and it may be pos
sible SO to regulate the feeding Of,
say bullock, that it should Meth
er gain nor lose in weight for a long
period. During that time the very
considerable quantity of which il
would have consumed would be,
from the economical beef-producing
point of view, entirely wasted; and
it does not require much consider
alton to understand that it is only
when food in excess of the guam
tity required for bare subsistence is
given, that a profitable return can
be obtained. From this it may be
said, without any fear of contra
diction, that true economy in feed
ing lies the shortening and fatten-
ing operations, or, in other words
that early maturity is the passport
to success"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-11-02

The successful stock breeder and
feeder is the liberal feeder, who
feeds for immediate results and
early maturity. He is not content
for his stock to be holding its own;
that is wasting feed and time. He
provides liberal feed to develop the
desired growth and improve the
condition. Such stock when well
bred, will invariably pay a pre-
MUM on the feed and care, while
if the same amount had been ex-
tended over another year less profit
would result, as the feed of main
tenance must be provided before
any gain in fat or growth can re-
suit, and the younger the animal
the more gain given amount of
feed, From an English exchange
we learn:
"Mr, Alfred Smetham, consult
ing analytical chemist to the Roy
al Lancashire Agricultural Society,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-11-02
Oars and CORN

Compared with corn, there is
more protein in oats and less of the
carbohydrates than in corn. Oats
contain about 9.25 per cent Of pro-
tein and corn about 100, while
corn contains about 81 per cent of
carbo-h ydrates and oats AS per
cent. Thus, for fattening purposes,
corn is superior to oats, but for ami
mails that produce milk or are
growing oats should be fed. Corn
is usually cheaper than oats, which
brings it into more general use, but
it is more economical to feed oats
to work horses, growing stock, COWS
giving milk, and laying hens than
to use corn.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-11-02
FarnQ Notes.


as necessary with bees as with any
other stock.
A cell properly developed and Of
full size is sure to produce we'll
developed queen.
Care must be taken in storing
away comb honey, as it is very
easily damaged.
The life of the bee depends upon
the work it does. When it labors
its life is shortest.
Drone laying queens are worth
less in every respect, for the drones
they produce are deficient
A young queen that has defective
wings so that she cannot fly should
be destroyed. She will be drone
layer
Bees will destroy an old worn-out
queen, but never except when the
conditions are favorable for raising
new queen.
To place honey upon the market
in the best psssible shape it should
be taken from the hives before it is
spoiled by the bees.
Extracted honey needs about the
same care as molassess. 1t should
be ripened before storing, and then
it can be stored in bulk.
A strong colony is always proof
against robbers. See that all have
good laying queens and young
broods in the hives. Care in this
respect in good season will avoid
much loss.
Worker bees being undeveloped
females, may be now and then suf-
ficiently developed to lay eggs, but
as they are incapable of meeting
the drones and becoming fully fer
tilted their eggs will produce only
drones.
Whenever the beekeeper has been
so careless as to leave his bees des-
titute either of brood or queen for
ten days or two weeks you may be
pretty sure to find the evidence of
fertile workers in the shape of eggs
scattered about.
A moderate flow Of honey during
the fall months puts the bees in
good condition to withstand the
Winter; brood rearing is kept up
and good supply Of bees is pro-
duced which will be more apt to
go through the Winter successfully.
To avoid cracks in cakes of wax
do not allow the outside to cool too
rapidly Put a cloth and board
over the dish while cooling, or let
it stand in a stove oven while the
fire dies out over night. Care in
this respect will add to the appear
ance of the wax at least.
Usually beeswax is dark because
Of the impurities mixed with it,
such as particles Of pollen propolis,
or cocoons. These remain mixed
with the wax because the wax cools
too rapidly to allow them to settle
to the bottom The secret of get
ting wax of a bright yellow color is
to allow it to cool slowly.
There is nothing more valuable
in an apiary than empty combs,
and at this season they should be
looked after, If left in the apiary
unprotected BY the bees, the moths
will reach them. 1t is much better
to leave them in the hives in the
upper stories where the bees will
protect them. Frames Of empty
combs can be best taken care OF by
placing them in ordinary hives, al
lowing them to hang in position;
spacing them so that no frame will
touch another