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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-09-04
For the Florida AgYiculturiSt.
Hay Making.
DeLand, September 2, 1895

To make dairying profitable it is neces-
sary to have plenty Of substantial food
for the cattle in the winter. There is
now blessed abundance of grass every
where. If the Florida dairy farmers
would only store up largely of this hay,
they would find out that there is plenty
of mon in the dairy business. By
keeping the COWS in high condition
during the winter, they give fully 25 per
cent more of milk during the summer.
When there is no nutritious grass graw-
ing in winter, the stock should be fed
in the barn.
To carry on the business in this way,
we will have to wake up little, take
hold of the scythe and cut ton of hay
daily. 1t will come in very handy in
the winter.
There are several ways to cure hay,
but the method of just drying the grass
is the most general and is also scien-
tif1cally profitable, for nothing but the
water IN it is thus lost. When storing the
nay little salt mixed with it will make
it keep better. 1t is important to get the
hay stored in large mass, so that as
little air as possible can get into it.
When the hay is we'll cured, it has a
sweet smell and sweet taste and is
brown in color.
The Hollanders take very good care
of their hay. The object in writing
this is to urge the Flordisns to take up
haymaking as one of the most important
things to be done. l am making some
hay every day and would be glad to show
anyone else how to do the same and
thus help all to secure good winter feed
ing for their stock. Why not the Agri-
cultural College give this industry a
pushH N. X BERG.
Tallahassee. Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-09-04
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, September 4, 1896

query, as his article seems to warrant,
viz: What do pigs need to make them
of profit to their growers? think ex-
perience will demonstrate that they
need the very products the turning to
profit of which seems to be problem
that M any are unable to solve.
The intelligence of the American peo-
pie is such that suggestion only enables
them to develop and apply the idea. ac-
cording to conditions and circumstances
In the way Of suggestion, do not kn,W
hat / can do better than give the prac
tice Of pork-grower in the state of
New York, whose pork not only COM
manded a high price, but gave large
profit, having been made to quite an
extent from what is too often considered
absolute waste. Each day fallen fruit,
togethe- with waste leaves and parings
Of vegetables and the water in which
they had been cooked, table waste and
the rinsings FROM table ware or culinary
utensils, were thr own into huge ket
tie, which at night was filled up with
vegetables most plentiful and conven-
lent, and the mass was we'll cooked for
the next days feed. Milk was given at
noon with freshly dug potatoes. Corn,
corn meal or shorts were given at night
with the cooked feed. the quantity be-
ing increased as slaughter Gay ap
preached. Troughs were cleaned and
cold water given each day. Charcoal
was thrown in the pens about once
month. For cooked feed, potatoes, cab
oages, chopped beets, cauliflower,
pumpkins, squash and carrots were
used. Scarcely any vegetable was re
jected, except turnips, which were con-
sidered worse than useless for hogs, but
which nevertheless contributed to the
income AMI the meat supply in the form
of mutton-in this way they were quite
as profitable as the producing vege-
tables Peas yield bountifully here, and
excel corn for hogs. Corn fodder, when
young and tender is a good feed, sweet
corn being superior to field corn. Too
many hogs should not be kept, as 500
pounds of meat made from two is worth
more than that amount from five. Meat
grown in one year is worth much more
than that grown in five, beside saving
interest on the investment. Let him
who despises not the day of small things
apply these suggestions in the manage
ment of one pig, adding to the mum Der
as conditions warrant, and I predict that
soon pens will be seen upon his prem
ises, with tramway connecting them
with steam box or dumping boiler, each
pen having it's two occupants of sleek,
sleepy, lazy Porkers 1t is argued that
this takes time and labor. The market
ing of vegetables not only takes time and
more expensive labor, but involves an
outlay. / am aware that this arti Gle
may provoke criticism, but should that
result in discussion which will make the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-09-04

producer master and beneficiary of his
products I will not complain, but only
make the request that, being an anna
teur in the way of correspondence, your
readers will please be lenient in their
criticisms. AMATEUR.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-09-04
For the Florida AgTiculturist:
Penning and Feeding Hogs.

6uuluS duu I06uIuS 4USSs
Your paper of August 7, has an article
entitled, "What do pigs need ?" in which
the sentiment is expressed, that hogs
cannot be grown in pen with profit,
while many claim that to be only way
in which they can be so grown. My
views conceded with the writer's until
proven false by actual experiments. In
one of these two barrows were taken, as
nearly equal in weight and condition as
possible. One was penned and the other
allowed a favorable range. Although
told by an experienced grower "tEat the
hog would run off more fat than the feed
would put on'', could not see the WIS
dom of letting feed waste which he
could pick up. Both hogs were fed the
same amount and kind Of food. When
the penned one was in good form for
butcherlng and the other still lean, my
theory was demonstrated to be unmis-
takeably wrong. Upon asking the grower
referred to the cause of such result,
he said, "Work makes muscle, laziness
makes fat. Iwant all the laziness about
my farm right in my pig pens." Brit
tleness of bone must have resulted from
the lack of proper bone making ingredi-
ents in the feed and not from the pen
ming. Of course there is right and a
wrong way to pen as there is in every
E thing else.
From a perusal of your valuable pa
per and others, the idea presents itself,
that perhaps as yet, only one, of series
Z of lessons which the severe cold may
teach, has been learned. Much has been
learned regarding the wealth and variety
yield in this favored climate. The next
lesson to be learned is how to make these
products most valuable to the grower in
the maintenance of the home. After
this has been achieved, the final lesson
to be learned will be how to make the sur
plus return for the grower the greatest
amount of profit and render him inde-
pendent of transportation companies
The only way to prevent extortion is
to free ones self from the power of the
extortioner. If this profusion of garden
products which, at best is marketed with
small profit, can be made to supply deep
meated hams and bacon for the family
with lard for household purpose, then
will the grower have reserved for his
own pocket the cost of exporting his
products and importing his supplies.
Not only this but also the charges for
handling both exports and imports. If
the surplus of these products can be
made to supply home demand, still the
grower retains export charges and COM
mission.
The reader may very properly ask:
EsWhat has this to do with the ques-
lion, What do pigs need?" Liberty
has been taken to extend the writer's
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teur in the way of correspondence, your
readers will please be lenient in their
criticisms. AMATEUR.
For the Florida Agricuturist.
Baker County Nurseries Cultivation Of
the Satsuma.
Having spent part of week at the
PomonA nursery, in MacClenny, owned
by Mr.. w. D. Griffing, and that of Mr..
G.. L, Tabdf, in Glen st. Mary, the fol-
lowing facts obtained may be of interest
TO some of your readers The Pomona
nursery is the largest of the kind in this
State The leading stock consists Of
peach, plum, pear, m ulberry, apple and
fig trees, about in the order named; also
roses and other ornamental plants. At
this writing all are as healthy and fine
as one can wish to see. Mr.. Griffing not
only owns and manages this nursery, but
has added hundreds Of acres to his estate
by recent purchase for the propagation
Oviedo peach, because OF it's superior
qualities, has brought him larger prices
than any other variety he has shipped
this summer, in home and distant mar
kets, although ripening when Georgia
peaches are in the market. This variety
thrives we'll and seems to be at home in
Nj oi GriH ic
young man, and knew nothing of his
business ten years ago, yet he is emin-
emily successful. His nursery being
more than mile from the MacClennv
railroad station, he intends to build this
autumn j, tram road at his own expense
between these two points, for the ad-
vantages it will give him in getting his
immense nursery stock to the cars. He
says he can afford to build it. His pres
ent pay roll is Al: He has a supply store
in connection with his office, pays his
help every evening, the medium being
mostly in circular checks of his own
production, promising the bearer the
store. His men seem we'll pleased with
this method, and supply their own and
the needs of their families from this
store.
Although MacClenny, the county-seat
of Baker county, has retrograded since
it's yellow fever experience in 1883, W.
D. Griffing is rising man, and we pre-
dict for him a marked success.
Mr.. G. L. Tabor, of the Glen St. Mary
nurseries, is too well known to our
pomologists to need any introduction as
a producer of excellent stock, and it's
dissem ination by honest methods. Of
his success with the Satsuma orange as
q money producer, the public will know
more in the near future. In his nursery
we saw nearly five thousand trees of this
variety, from two to four feet in height,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27

DIR. J. F. Myers. who has been
acting as Jail physician since Sheriff
Hemenway took control, has been
given permanent appointment. 1t
seems that the fight in the medical
profession over the health commits
sionership has waxed SO warm that
one of the factions determined on n
coup-d' etat. which was nothing more
nor less than parceling ont the Offices
of Jail physician and city physician in
order TO ..cinch" the most important
position. Accordingly two petitions
were drawn up-one addressed to
Sheriff Hemenwav, urging the APP
pointment of DR.. j. f. Assay as Jail
physician. and the other to Mayor
elect Knox, asking for the appoint
ment of DIR. b. F. Hall as city phvsi-
clan. Sheriff Hemenway. however,
refused to recognize the prayer of
the petitioners. retaining DIR. Myers.
much TO their disgust. Whether DR..
Halls petition meets with more IA
vorable consideration remains to be
seen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27

John Fox, farmer who resided
near Illinois City and who moved to
Missouri six or eight years ago, has
got into trouble. He was accused of
poisoning a girl a short time ago,
and skipped the country and came
back to his old haunts in the lower
end Of this county. Officers traced
him to Muscatine several days ago,
and arrested him near Illinois CITY
and took him in custody. but John
gave the Missouri officers the slip.
and concealed himself i'm the neigh
boring woods. Along in the night
he went to barn in the neigh bor-
hood. and the officers coming upon
the trail corraled him second time
and started to take him to Rock Isl
and. when he again made good hi.
escape from their clutches. and the
foiled and chagrined officers are once
more on the hunt for the fugitive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27

the best. They are prepared to do
work promptly and at the lowest
prices consistent with best work
manship. Shop. 1910 Second avenue.
The county board adjourned yes
terday afternoon. Before adjourn
ing, however. the building commit
tee saw fit to report the mission OF
its recent st. Louis trip, which was.
as detailed in THE ARGUS at the
time, for the purpose of inspecting
brick, marble, iron work, ETC.
Information received from F. j.
O'Brien, who was called to the dying
bedside of his brother at Sterling
yesterday, is to the effect that his
brother is still unconscious. and
scarcely any hope for his recovery.
His serious condition is due to being
overcome by gas at hotel Thursday
night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27

Ed. Murrin was fined s. and costs
this morning for keeping his saloou
open Sunday The complainant,
Mrs. W. b. Ferguson. Immediately
began proceeding against Mr.. Murrin
for selling liquor to minors. Mr..
Murrin this afternoon filed the neces-
sary bond appealing the case to the
circuit court
Luke Watson was arrested this
morning on a charge of burglary.
after serving q sentence for carry
ing concealed weapons. He was
suspected of having robbed Chin
Joe's laundry. but sufficient evidence
70 convict h m could not be ascer-
tanned until n few evenings ago.
when the plumber was found in Lou
Bishops disreputable house. the
woman identifying Watson as the
person who left it there. He was
accordingly rearrested this morning.
and bound over to the circuit court
by Magistrate Schroeder for burg
larry with bonds of $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27

And now il is given out tina;
Mayor-elect Knox has determined to
slightly alter the slate determined
upon at the aidermanic conference.
1t Is said-he will present the name
of Ezra Wilcher for waterworks SUI
dig. aud that if Wilcher is not con-
firmed he will allow Superintendent
Murrin To remain on duty until such
sime as the council shall signify its
willingness to acquiesce in hischoice.
Meanwhile. disappointed applicants
for the other positions are wonder
ing why they cannot he provided
for if there is going to be any change
at all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27

Fire was discovered in the rear Of
the residence of Mrs. Johanna Splain,
425 Niteneenth street, about O'Clock
this afternoon. The department ar
rived in time to avert any serious
damage. The hook and ladder team
responding to the still alarm, at
tempted to run away, dashing down
Nineteenth street from Fifth to First
avenue. where il was brought to a
halt. Driver Gus Geiger. who was
in charge of the team temporarily.
displayed his cool-headedness. and
with the assistance of Wheelman
DOYLE. avoided collisions with sew
eral vehicles. The team was turned
at First avenue and driven to the
fire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lay
eiive; e.iectuaily cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession. because it acts on the Kid
neys, yer and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but i. is man
lfactured by TIE California Fig Syrup
60. only, whose name Is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, You will not
sccept any Substitute if offered
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27

WANTED - Two INTELLIGENT BOYS.
W having idea OF drawing. Rock Island At
Stained Glass company. William A. Fiscf er,
manager, 2l9 Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27
YOUNG L McCOMB.
Special for Saturday Only.

The celebrated II. & H. soap fol
cleaning carpets and rugs. Zoe
Wall paper and kalsomining clean
err, per box 25c.
Best cocoa soap. cake &c.
Carpet heaters. unbreakable. NAL
leable iron handles. l2c.
Ice picks. Sc
Curtain pulls. each 1c.
Children's garden sets, steel hoe
rake and shovel. handles % inche.
long. worth 25c. per set l0c.
Dress findings. S6-inch silesia, sc
Best lining camhrics, SIC.
Best sewing silk. PC
Best sewing twist 1c-
Best patent hook and eyes, &c.
Hosiery from Sc per pair up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27

y mission with sXpcns.s pain Z, right party,
permanent place: give age. Luke Bros. Co,
Nurserymen, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27

VVANTED-Re sPECTABLE MIDDLE-AGED
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place for the right Per.oa. Address a" ARGUS
Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27

puzzle
laugh whole Of fun 10 Midway
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27
yNHY DO PEOPLE COMPLAIN OF HARD
N fimns u hon Mnr1an o make

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from SIS 20 $40 day easily. AL have heard of the
wonderful success OF the Climax Dish Washer;
YET mary apt 10 think they can't make money
selling il: but anyone can make icy. because
everv family wants one. One agent has made
${.s SO in The a-t three nonths. after paving all
exp nse- and attending regular business be-
sides. lcu cont have 70 canvass: soon
people knoS you have IL for sale they send for a
dish washer. Address the Climax Mfg. Co., IS
starr ave-, CJlGmbHs, Ohio, for particulars.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-08-01

"We believe that the rank and file
of the Democratic party should at
once assert themselves in the Dem
ocratic party on record in favor of
the immediate restoration of the
free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at the present legal ratio
OF 1G to 1, as such coinage existed
prior to 1873, without waiting for
the aid or consent of any other ma
ton; such gold and silver coin to be
full legal tender for all debts pub
lie and private.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-08-01
Eat and Be Happy

Nobody who has dyspepsia can do
this, Even light meal, eaten with
relish, mAicts more or less torture
upon the wretched victim of indi.
gestion. But why allow ones self
to be thus victimized when succor,
in the shape of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, can be summonedY If you
are going to any locallty-a remote
country farm house, or new settle.
ment, FOR instance, where II is not
readily procurablc, provide yourself
iu advance with an adequate sup,
Ply An unaccust0med diet Is very
apt to produce dyspeptic qualms; 50
Is bracklsh water aboard ship and
the eating of acid fruits, Forestall
further cneroachment of the com.
plant with this superp aud genial
corrective and preventive Heart
burn, sour eruetations, blliousnesa,
constipation, malaria, rheumatism
and kidney trouble promptly sue.
cumb to the onsets of this van
quisher of bodily ailments and re.
storative OF vigor
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-08-01
DODDRIDGE.
A Rising Railroad City in
Sulphur Township.

The Texarkana & Shreveport
Railway is now running to Dod-
bridge, in Sulphur township, 28
miles south of Texarkana,
Already a depot has been con-
structed, and the town surveyed of
into business and residence lots and
there is not particle Of doubt as
to it becoming a commercial place
of considerable Importance. Sui
phur township raises from six to
eight thousand bales of cotton, we
are told, and nearly all Of it will be
marketed at this new railroad town.
This, together with other products
of the soil, fine timber lands, etc,
will insure its making a live town.
For some time to come Doddridge
will be the southern terminus of the
Texarkana & Shreveport railroad
Town is well located, on a high,
sandy plateau, four miles east Of
Bright Star and three miles west of
Spring Bank; Kelly bayou, near by,
will receive the drainage and ofTal
of the place,
Work of opening out the streets
will begin at once Opposite the
depot is "Fouke Place, a wide plat
of ground, upon which will front
the business houses, to be built at
first; then there are the following
avenues, running east and west:
Collins, Slay, Bryant, and others.
Several merchants are arranging
to locate there right away, and ere
another two weeks elapse, a half
dozen or more new store houses will
be in course of construction. One
or more saw mills are expected to
start up soon.
1t is estimated that not less than
4, 900 bales Of cotton will be brought
to the new town this fall.
Now is the time to get in on the
"ground floor" as lots are going
cheap, The first stores will reap a
rich harvest,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-08-01
For Over Fifty YonrD

AN OLD AND WELL-TRTm REMEDY
Mrs, Winslow's Sooth1g Syrup
has been used for over .ity years
by millions of mother or their
childred while tee ling, with per-
fect success. 1t oooches The child,
softens the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind colo and is the best
remedy fol diarrhma 1t is pleas
ant to the taste. Soldby druggists
in every part Of theworld, Twe0ty-
five cents a bottle, It's value is In
calculable, BE sure and ask for
Mrs, Wms)ow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind, 6-5s93rly
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-08-01

Prof. Froncois, a French econo-
mist agrees in the main with Prof
Mulhall, the English statistician,
and gives the wealth of the United
States at 342, 100000 francs,
which is equivalent TO about $62,
600, 100000, and he states that the
values Of all The propertyin England
incuding money in circulation is 265,
600, 10000 francs, 4S,OOO,O 900, 600
less than this country's wealth,
The third place is given to France
with 225, 600, 600, 600, and the fourth
to Germany with its l6l, 900, 100000
francs, The combined wealth of
Italy, Spain Russia and Austria Hun
gary is only a little larger than
that Of the United Stntss, Dallas
News.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-08-01
Where Do You TradeY

Do you want to build up your city
institutions, or do you want to tear
them down? If the latter, give
your orders to so-caled travelling
men, who profess to give you a tai
lor made suit at half price Now,
if you want to keep up your town,
call on me and leave your order,
and get a custom made pair OF pants
for 1926 and a full suit for Sl2.5O;
or, if you want a guaranteed tit,
tailor made suit, see me
and get a pair Of trous,
ers for 500 and up, or a full suit
for $25. 90 and up. Try me on pric-
es before going elsewhere.
Respectfully,
E, GREENRoOs,
The Tailor.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-08-01
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Low Rate to Dalby Springs.

TIC. Ry-, and Simington & Pryor,
(who run a daily hack line from De-
Kalb to Dalby Springs have made
the extraordinary low rate of $2,75
for the round trip, from Texarkana
to Dalby Springs and return. Call
for round trip tickets. Hacks meet
all trains at DeKalb GA
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-08-01

The largest plantation in the
United States, and perhaps in the
world, is in southwest Louisiana, on
the Southercn Pacific railroad, A
syndicate of uorthen men purchas'
ed large tract Of land there and
will ingage IN farming on large
scale, The land was under water,
but has been reclaimed by scientific
draining. It will be made to pro-
duce rice and sugar, The tract is
100 miles north and 25 miles east
and west The fencing cost $50, 900,
The plowing is done with steam
plows, Thirty acres areplowed in a
day with the labor of only three men.
Horsesare only used by the cowboys,
who herd the 10000 cattle on the
place Pine Bluff Commercial,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-08-01
Summer ExcnrglOn TiOkets.

The Texas & Pacific Railway Co..
have now on sale summer excursion
tickets to all summer resorts in the
north, east and southeast at great
ly reduced rates, limited for return
to October 3lst, 1895. For tickets
or otherinformation, call on or adj
dress your nearest ticket agent.
GAsroN MEsLIER,
GenL Pass and Ticket Agt9
Dallas, Texas.