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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14
THE WAITING GAME.

There is very little for our orange
growers to do now but wait and see. 1t
seems to be pretty generally admitted
| that if the coming winter is mild one
If there is not sufficient cold to kill
down the luxuriant shoots of this sum-
mer's growth, that fairly good crop of
oranges can be expected from the larger
trees in about three years. OF course the
crop will be small as compared to that
of the few seasons just passed, but it
will be worth very much more, orange for
orange and box for box than ever before.
The shoots of this summers growth
are OF course very tender and the grow
ers are looking forward with dread to
the coming winter, but they can do moth
ing but wait and trust for the best.
With good seasons for few years the
orange growers of the State will be bet
ter off than they thought While the
crops will not be large at the end of that
time, that very fact Will be their saliva
ton, for as the supply will be limited
very limited-the price will be high,
and we are inclined to think that the
grower with hundred boxes within
three years will realize more cash from
them than he did for three or four times
that number last year and the year be-
fore. Of course this is but speculation,
but it certainly seems reasonable.
The growers, however, should not
make the mistake of thinking that their
groves will remake themselves; that the
work expended on them during the past
ten or twelve years will suffice for the
next three or four. This would be a fatal
error. Even at it's best the orange tree
responds quickly and profitably to kind
treatment, and when the tree is An inva-
lid, as it now is, it would certainly be
foolish to neglect it. While nothing
much can be done to the grove at this
time it will need the very best of atten-
ton when 1T has passed the critica point
the winter months. Then it will be
necessary to give them the very best pos
sible attention in the matter of cultiva-
ton and fertilizer, push them. This
plan will pay. On the other hand to let
the trees shift for themselves will be
ruinOuS.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14
WEDN ESDAY, AUGUST IA. 1895.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FARM, GROVE AND GARDEN - The Peo-
pies Faults; More Promising Future
for Farmers. 513
Sorghum as Fodder; Canning Factory, 514
Banana Culture; An Effective Implement
Cabbage w orms; Beet Sugar and Beet
culture OLD
Tomato Culture in Florida; Butter Max
ing. ...................... OLD
Botanical classification; Freight 81 per
Cent; Successful Southern Trucking; The
SuhhoWer OH
The Electric Weed Killer; Organizations
of Vegetable Growers and Farmers ...... 519
FLORAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Glories.
(pOetryC IpOmGas or Moon1owers;
Front Door Yard ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ........ $40
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. Editorial
Chat Necessity of Agricultural Papers;
Fertilizer for Pear Trees; The Waiting
Game; Sacrificing Groves ................. 500
Olives in Florida; Celery in Florida. $500. 521
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT - Msman-
agement; Three Wishes; Summer Cookery;
Camping Out clubs; Graham Gridde
Cakes and Cream OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 522
POULTRY DEPARTMENT - When and
How to Feed; Chickens Dead in the Shell;
Eggs and Interest. ............... 523
LITERATURE - Fossilzed Trees: Must
Know the Stream Red-Hot Haymaking 524
PUZZLER... 52t
FLORIDIANA ................ ............ 52l
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14

Our Florida newspapers can do no
harm by hammering away for local option no
fence law for the next two years. From expe-
rience we are inclined to thint they will do no
good. as the Florida legislature appears to be
welded to the stock raising interest of the State.
This. by the way, is q great interest in Florida
and no one is so unwise as to advocate general
no fence law. Such q law would operate as a
check to the growth of the interests in some Sec
tions OF the State given over almost entirely to
stock raising. But these are sections where
stock raising cuts very small figure. and it is
from these sections that the cry for no fence
law comes IA local option no fence law-one that
will apply only to the sections where 1T 10 needed
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products. Fruit growing requires as
much scientific study as grain growing
or cattle breeding. and the sooner this is
generally recognized the better it Will be
for the industry.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14
FERTILIZER FOR PEAR TREES.

A writer in the National Horticultu-
rist says that no fruit responds so read
lily to good fertilizing as pears, and
where old varieties seem to be running
out new lease of life is given to them
by applying ground bone and potash.
Without doubt these are the two essen
tial constituents of the soil that the
pear trees exhaust, and when they can
no longer draw them from their sur
roundings they refuse to produce sala-
BILE fruits. After many years of expe-
rience l can safely say that all of the
pear trees Of an old orchard can be re-
vived almost beyond recognition by the
annual application ofpotash and ground
bone. The process | have found the
most serviceable is to apply about 400
pounds of muriate of potash with 800
pounds of ground bone per acre each
year. One half of this mixture is ap-
piled in the fall and the other half in the
spring at blowing time. Crimson clo-
yer seed is sown with the fertilizer in
order to give the necessary nitrogen.
This repeated years in succession brings
the orchard up to a condition where ex-
cellent crops of pears can be depended
upon every season.
Lately many of our standard pears
have been degenerating, and even upon
0ood coil thou foil to nro6uco tho oouino
crops that they should. The fruits are
small, tasteless, and apt to he knotty and
poor generally. Our fall fruits are unu-
sually poor and inslpid, and if better
pears could be produced at this time of
the year there would be better general
demand. Our fall and winter pears are
susceptible of higher and more delicious
flavors if we only give them the right
cultivation and fertilization. The COM
parative difference between the fruits
of the same variety of pears taken from
vince one of the truth of this remark.
Not a few are so poor, that one can
hardly believe that they came from the
same stock as the other delicious speci-
mems plucked from trees that have been
fertilized for several years. Herein lies
the difference.
1t is crying need of the times that
orchardists should get out of the old
ruts, and educate the public up to a
love for better fruits. In this way the
consumption will increase We can
only do this by abandoning the idea that
apple, pear and other orchard trees will
take care of themselves. They will not,
and never did, properly. They need
cultivation and fertilization just as truly
as do the vegetable, grain or other farm
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14
NECESSITY OF AGRICULTURAL PA
PERS.
PIERS

The old-fashion plan of sneering at the
book farmer has fallen into disuse of
late years for the reason that the so
called book farmer has shown to the
word that he knows what he is doing.
Of course book farmer is not neces-
sarily successful one, but nine tenths
of the successful farmers of the day are
what were known at one time as "book
farmers"
To look back to the time when people
laughed at the man who attempted to
keep himself abreast with the time by
reading from books and papers, we can
hardly realize that such was the case
it seems so preposterous. But such was
the case, and at one time in the not very
long ago, a too sensitive man would read
his agricultural papers and books in sc
cret, or at least he would not admit to
his neighbor that he followed the teach
ings of those who wrote books on farm
ing or printed agricultural papers. But
the agricultural press has worked a rev.
olution, and the man who is not a reader
of it, as we'll as of other literature
pertaining to his business, is a mighty
poor farmer, and is more apt to be a
complete failure.
One of the earlyday objections to ag-
ricultural papers was that the editors
were not practical farmers, "that they
would not know hoe handle from a
corn cob" We doubt if this statement
was ever true, certainly it is not now.
The majority of the agricultural editors
of today either are, or have been practi-
Cal farmers, and besides this many of
the best agricultural papers of the coun-
try own and operate experimental
grounds, and the knowledge the editors
obtain from practical work and expert
ments on these grounds is given to the
readers of their papers.
Aside from this it must be remem-
bered that the editor does but small
proportion of the writing for the papers
one of his principal duties is to select
from the writings of others, and it is
reasonable to suppose that he knows
enough to select the good from the bad
The best and most advanced farmers oil
the times, appre Chatting the good of the
agricultural press, and being in meas
ure anxious to benefit others give the
world through the columns of the papers
their experiences; they tell of Their
failures and how to avoid them; they tel
of their successes and how to achieve
them they give TO those in search Of
knowledge the benefit of experiments
and Investigations. This is where the
real value of the agricultural papers
comes; it is the exchange of ideas; the &C
emulation of the experience of Others
condensed and presented to the readers
weekly that has made such change Of
feeling in reference to book farmers
People have been compelled to acknowl-
edge the benefits they receive from this
source.
| There is, however, one point that the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14

was 6.4S inches. The precipitation for the month
of July just past was 11.2l inches.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14
ADVERTISING RATES.

Rates for advertising furnished on application
by letter or in person.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14

WE have had more of an old-time
rainy season this summer than for several years.
During July the precipitation was nearly six
inches above the mean. The average precpita-
ton for July during the past twenty-five years
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14
EDITORIAL CHAT.

The freight on fruit from Atlanta to
Eastern points is at the rate of 10 cents per car
load per mile. while the California rate is only IL
cents per carload per mile. the snug little differ
ence of 81 per cent.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14

The Floridian who buys hay from
the North, or elsewhere. during the next twelve
months deserves to be poor and hard up" and
he probably will be, too.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14

In another column we publish some
advice from the Arkansas Experiment Station
in reference to curing pea vine hay. The advice
may be useful to some of our people who are
layin G In a supply of this excellent forage.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25

the resolution and adjourn on Monday.
and then spread on the journal mo-
| uon TO reconsider.
Representative Dashlell--Mr. Speaker.
motion to reconsider may sound disa-
greeable to our fee bill friends.
Speaker Smith, shall impose n fine
OF s. on any man who mentions the
fee bill during debate in future.
daughter and loud applause)
Representatives Martin OF Coryell
and Jennings gave notice that they
would stampede" Saturday. no matter
what the house did on the question or
final adjournment.
The ayes and noes were called on
Owsley's motion TO postpone considera-
ton of concurrent resolution and
amendment until Saturday. BY a vote
OF 90 TO 40 the Owsley motion prevailed.
Recess till 3 p. m.
The veto message of the governor of
the Texas and New orleans Consolida-
tion bill was made the special order
Ward. The indications are that the
house will sustain the veto.
McCombs' bill to protect fish and
game was laid before the house on
third reading.
on motion of Robbins the bill was
made the special order for Thursday
morning.
Goods bill to transfer San Augustine,
Sabine, Newton and Jasper counties
from the community system, was
adopted.
Mcbride called up the bill for the
relief OF the heirs of Gen. Thomas j.
Chambers. BY vote of 81 ayes to SO
nays the house refused to suspend the
rules and the bill for the relief of the
Chambers heirs is dead.
Stokes bill providing that after the
stock law has been adopted by a coun-
~ or subdivision thereof an election
can be held to vote II off again II not
satisfactory was called up, hut its au-
thor gave way TO the Greer bill to au-
thorize and require the commissioners
court OF any county upon the petition
of fifty freeholders In each precinct
of n majority of the Justices precincts
of said county to order an election in
said county TO determine by n vote
of the freeholders, qualified voters
thereof whether or not cattle. horses,
mules and asses shall be permitted 10
run at large. Evans, Brlgance and
Davis fought the bill because It dis
franchlsed tenants; and Greer, Cough
and Williams defended II.
The previous question was ordered,
and the enemies of the bill moved n
call of the house. After the call, on
motion Of Cough the ahsentees were
excused and the bill placed on final
passage. by n vote Of 5S 10 80 Greer's
bill was killed and the friends OF the
tenants applauded vigorously.
Stokes called up his bill again. on
third reading and II was ordered en-
crossed.
Moore Of Morris. bill, providing that
no person In this state under the age
OF twenty-one years or over the age
Of forty-flve years shall be required to
work upon the public roads OF this
state or upon the streets and alleys of
any city or town of this state. was
passed.
Drew called up his bin to fix the
salaries of the clerks of the higher
courts. motion TO adjourn until Q
o'clock tomorrow morning prevailed
and the Drew bill was sldetracked.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25
rnE puRANT CASE.
More Testimony duplicating the Young
Man

san Francisco, Cal. April 2i--Du-
rant passed n qule i.ght, and when he
entered court this morning ne appear
ed. and was as composed as ever. He
converaed with his attorneys earnestly.
Mrs. Voight testified that Miss VIII
Hams came to her home the afternoon
OF the murder and remained until
about s o'clock She identified the
clothes worn by the dead girl when
she left the house and which were
found on the murdered girl.
Adolph Hobs OF Oakland testified
that he had seen Duran; at the ferry
April 10 In company with n young
lady She wore a cape.
Mr.. Gibson, the next witness. had
seen Durnnt Good Friday night ut Mrs.
NoghtB Mt $3.50. Durant remained un-
III the party broke up. Witness had
seen Durnnt alone IN the belfry Of the
church March 2l. Witness waa at tho
church on the morning that the body
OF Miss Williams was found. He heard
voice in the church, but did not In
Vestigutc. He saw Miss Williams for
the last time TO his certain knowledge
March g. In the Sunday-school room.
when she told him she was going away
and bid him goodbye,
a now witness Is Dennis Welsh. an
Alomeda policeman, who said he saw
Durnnt and Miss Williams together
in Alemcda on several occasions about
two weclts prior to the discovery OF tho
young lady's body In the church.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25
7odayis Our Greatest
Hosiery Occasion

Hosiery with us is a study,
Our stock in the range of
nrices and quality has no
superior east or west. If
there are any good hosiery
On earth we have it Today
,be prices are &c, SIC, loc,
lssc, l5c, l9c, 25c, 35o, 4Sc,
zoo, Csc Zoe, S5c upwards
Come and see what we are
showing.
During our stay in Fort
Worth we have noticed at
this season of the year, after
the spring showers are over,
we are bothered terribly by
the musquito This season
We have bought very largely
of the screen cloth and mos.
quito netting, thus enabling
us to give you a good screen
cloth for l24c and l5c yard.
Mosquito netting at 35c,
45c, soc and 60c. Best that's
made
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25
HEAR THE BRITISH LION ROAR.
CONSUL HATCHS EXPULSION
RoUsEs ENGLAND's IRE.
HATCH WOULD HAVE BEEN RE
CALLED SOON HAD THE NICAR-
AGuANs LET HIM ALONE.
THREE WAR VESSELS ORDERED
TO CoRINTo.


@F@HsffaNf ThlAi
The foreign Office today authorized
the Associated Press to state that the
news sent out from Corlnto, Nicaragua,
yesterday, us 10 the arrival OF three
British warships there. the Royal Ar
thur, Satellite and Wnd Swan, for the
purpose OF prosecuting the claim Of
Great Britain for indemnity from Nj
caragua for the expulsion OF Mr.
Hatch, the consul agent, etc.. was COR
rect II Is added that Instructions to
the admiral on the station We're sent
some time ago to insist On Nicaragua's
compliance with tho terms OF Great
Brltaln' or falling in such compli-
anoe, to blockade the port OF Corlnto
ana seize the customs offices within
Two days after, and thus enforce salts
faction from Nicaragua under the ul-
umatum of Great Britain.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25

largely relied upon by counsel for the
government In the present cases to sus-
tam the contention. Chief Justice Full
Ter says: 1T is conceded that all these
cases from that of Hilton to that or
springer. that taxes on land are direct
taxes and in none OF them is II de-
.ermlncd that taxes on rents are not
taxes ON land"
Summing up he says among other
The requirement OF the constitution
is that no direct tax shall be laid other
tlan by ELECTROMAGNETIC the prohi-
pltlon cannot be urged against direct
taxes on land from which the impli-
cation is sought to be drawn that in
dlrect tnNea on land would be constltu-
uonal, but II is against all direct taxes.
tax.
Unless. therefore. n tax upon rents
or income issuing out OF lands Is so
uliterent from tax on the land II be-
longs TO II Is widely different class OF
tax.
The name of the tax is unlmport-
amt. The real question iH. is there any
OASIS upon which TO support tho con-
tention that real estate belongs to one
or the two classes. II the taxes and
rent which Ia Incident OF It belongs TO
the other we are unable to preceiVp
any grounds for the alleged distinction.
An annual tax upon the annual value
or annual use OF real estate appears the
same In substance as an annual tax on
rel estate which would be paid out OF
the income. This law taxes the income
received from land and the growth or
products of the land.
We are OF the opinion that the law
so far as 1t leyies n tax on the rents
or Incomes is In violation OF the con-
stitution is invalid"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25

washington, April 2i.-One OF the
principal missions with Which Mr.. Dc
lone. tho new minister OF Spain TO the
investigation OF tho complaint mad0
by Captain CroFsman Of the Alllnncia
that Spanish gunboat had hailed him
and fred ncross his bow. Partly for the
purpose Of investigating the affair the
new minister proceeded TO Hnva'N In
stead OF coming direct to this country.
and II IL presumed that HIS report In
eminent.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25
FHE PARKER LOVE
DRY GOODS co. II

financial question In the interval that
the coming Democratic conventions,
both national and state. win be able 10
form such platforms as will enable all
good Democrats TO find common ground
on which to stand.
The resolutions were adopted and tho
caucus adjourned sine die
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25

Austin, Tex. April 24-1lon. ]. s..
slaydon and Il strong lobby Is here
with another bill TO amend the city
charter Of San Antonio The proposed
amendment gives the city the right
TO issue 100000 OF bonds to pay OF ita
present floating indebtedness, Three
bills TO amend the charter of San An
tonic are pending and the lawmakers
are becoming befuddled.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25

Washington. April 2i.--Today's state
ment OF the treasury show: Available
cash balance. sisi,il0,ls5; gold reserve,
gO.76s,sS9
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
THE SENATE HAS a REPORT ON
THE ANrI-TRUsT LAW.
THE MAJORITY FAVORABLE TO 1T
AFTER cERAIN AMEND
MENTs ARE MADE.

THE HOUSE AT WORK ON SEW.
ERAL BILLS-THE GOVERNOR
SIGNS THE ARBITRATIoN ACT.
JUDGE RBAGAN's ANNOUNCE
MENr-coNFERENc,ao N APPRo-
PRLATIoNS. o.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25
TnunsnaY. April as, 1895.

Today italy celebrates the ter-cen,
tenary. Of her great epic poet. and aus
thor of Jerusalem Delivered" Torqia,s
70 Tasso, In Rome with grand fest.vi,
ties, while the Physical Education
Congress assemblies In New York City
end school girls Will participate In
elaborate drills.
In Fort Worth a congress of buyers
VIII discuss our stock of Wash Goods.
An entirely new line just received. M
prettier goods shown anywhere than
You viii find displayed on our counters.
Everything from the cheapest Lnwns
to French organdies. No one will meet
our prices on these goods.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25

New York, April 2i.-rhe annual report
OF tho Standard oil company shows q paid
in capital stock OF Sf.0O0,O0O debts less
than Is, 900 900 and $4,000, 600 nascts.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25

Jackson, Miss, April 2I.|phe Clarion
Leayer Today interviewed the ~ members
y he Democratic executive committee on
.ne nhaneial position and found Is for free
s sro, unlimited coinage of silver and i've