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The only official competitive tcs
 of National character, from which consumers can obtain the actual facts as to the relative values of all the principal brands of baking pow ders of the country, is that made by the Agricultural Department at Washington, D. C. It so happens that this was conducted by the same eminent chemist who acted as Judge O Awards on baking powders at the Chicago Columbian Fair As has already been published, at this sexam- ination the Royal Baking Powder was found to be the superior powder and highest in leavening strength.
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'The Feast of Reconciliation was areligious festival, established by Queen Mary, to be held Jan. 25, 1555. to eel ebrate the return of the Church of Eng land to the sec of Rome.
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La Gascogne Safe.

The French steamer, La Gas cogne, which has been overdue at New York for eight days, which was believed to be lost with all on board, arrived safely in that port last even inU
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 Tomorrow Night.

Don't fail to take in thefne concert at the Institute tomorrow night.
 The Arion Ladies Quartetto is q popular Quartette and there should be large audience to greet them.
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HELP FOR THE VANISHING.
from Jefferson County to the Suffer
 ing Farmers of Nebraska.

seer load of corn contributed
 Jnerous-hearted farmers of )N son county to relieve the sui ! les Of their brethren in Nebraska AsNof ted to arrive in this city this
 taAu, and it will be forwarded
 heAre to its destination. 'arh st will go in a through in a
 ed by the Missouri Pa RENad, free of charge.
 : the generous contributors eaEcorn were the Mill & Elevator ! 5lnpany and Emma Oil Mill, of this city. Other parties who desire to corn, and who have not yet done so, will please notify Judge ]. W. Bocage, at the County Expo sition building.
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Minor Wallace, in his "Prentis and Grady is the best utterance of any Southern man since the war. In my judgment it will, in the end, give him a national reputation.-Col. NJ. l.. DeMahler, staff correspondent Of the Gazette. Mr. Wallace will lecture at Merrill Institute Thursday nighi.
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COTTON MARKET.

The following are the quotations of the cotton, grain and provision markets at the closing hour Satur- day:
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HINLEY-In Pine Bluff, Ark, at 12:30 D. m., February 12, 1895, Mrs. MARY JANE FINLEY, aged "A years.
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BARRETT-At Sherrill, Ark, Feb ruary 10, 1895, EUGENE, the 9-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. Il. NJ. Barrett.
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BORN.

To Mr. and Mrs. !. Y. Saunders. February II, 1895, a son.
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Monte Key. Spanish viceroy. had his name given to the California town in 1908.
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Parties living on the opposite side of the river are having q hard time these days to reach Pine Bluff, on account of the ice, which prevents the operation of the ferries.
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MEMBERSHIP.

Sec. 3. No fees or dues shall De required for membership, but the plan of support shall be by volun- tary contributions from those favor ing the objects of the League, and all such are cordially invited to join but those failing to contribute to the support of. the League shall not be en- titled to vote on a proposition to expend money.
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OFFICERS,

Sec. 1, The officers of this League shall be a President, First and Sec ond Vice-President, Secretary and a Treasurer, and an Executive Com mittce of not less than seven mem bers, and such number Of Directors as the League shall determine to choose at any regular election of officers.
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Senator J. W. Adams, who was a formidable candidate for President of the Senate, occupied President Witt's chair for awhile yesterday and dem- onstrated that he was an excellent parliamentarian. He wasprompt in his decisions and transacted business with dispatch.-Little Rock Gazette.
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DIED.

LEDBETTER-At Sherrill, Arkansas, February II, 1895, Mir. J. B. LEDBET- TER.
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Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder World s Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

Sec. 5. The officers provided for in sec ction 4 shall be chosen annually on the first Monday in January by such manner as the League may at the time determine, but no member shali be entitled to vote in said elec- tion who has failed to contribute towards the support of the League.
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Valentine Tea.

The ladies of Episcopal Church will serve tea at the residence oi Mrs. Boone, on west Second avenue, from 4 to 10 o'clock p. m., next Thursday, St. Valentines Day. Ad- mission 25 cents, and all are in vited. 211d2t
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DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

Sec. 6. The President, and in his absence the Vice President, in their order, shall call all meetings of the League and preside thereat, and shall countersign all drafts drawn on the Treasurer. and generally shall perform all duties pertaining to his office.
 The Secretary shall keep a rec ord of all meetings of the League and of the Executive Committee, and shall conduct all correspondence oi the League and draw all drafts on the Treasurer.
 The Treasurer shall receive and receipt in duplicate for all moneys coming into his hands as such, and pay out the same on the draft of the Secretary only, countersigned by the President or a President.
 The Executive Committee shall appoint Finance Committee and shall also provide all necessary lit erature and stationery and postage, and shall fix the salary of the Secre- tary and in its judgment secure an office for his use. It shall fill all vacancies that may occur in any oi the offices, the appointees to serve until the next ensuing election, and in general, it shall have management of all details, and it may appoint such committees as it may deem necessary to secure the best results.
 The Finance Committee shall at once take up subscriptions, payable monthly, for one year, and sha ! col lect the same monthly thereafter and pay over all sums collected to the Treasurer, taking his.receipt in duplicate therefor, one of which shall be filed with the Secretary,
 AMENDMENTS.
 These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed by a majority
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RESOLUTIONS

vote at any regular meeting of the League.
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NAME.
MEETINGS.

be known as the Manufactures League.
 MEETINGS. Sec. 2 Meetings shall be held at such places and times as the Presi- dent shall designate by published call.
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AMENDMENTS

These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed by majority
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-12
WEDNESDAY, JUNE -, 1895.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FARM, GROVE AND GARDEN-Expanson
of the Jute Culture: The Diversifer will
Find it Easier NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1863
What Constitutes Good Farming or Gar
den1ng OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 31O
Natural History Notes; Sleepy Grass; A
Coming Industry NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 371
Farm Rollers; Bermuda Grass for the
South; Large VS.. Small Hives. ........... 372
Camphor; Corn Culture-Sowing Seed;
To Grow the Largest Melon; Worming OF
Tobacco. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5(5
Liver Fluke and Leeches in the Liver; A
Common Sense View. Observation-Disclosures. 374
FLORAL observation-disclosures in Flor
ida; The Date Palm Tree (continued).... T5
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. Editorial
Chat; Canning Tomatoes; BETTER Re-
Ports Coming In; Hay Crop ......... 376
Northsw orthy va. Neeld; Death to Co
piers; Answers to Cores pondents.. 49,. BIT
HOUSEHOLD Observation-Disclosures
Advice to a Daughter; How to Avoid
Nervous Prostitution; Squash Patites;
Frozen Dainties; A Good Screen Door;
Valuable Prize OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 37e
POULTRY DEPARTMENT. Feeding Young
Chicks; Chicken Cholera and Its Proven
LJTERATURE-A Summers Filtration $50 $50
PJJZZLER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1882
FLORIDIANA ....... ......... 3S9
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A HAY CROP.

It has been suggested that the orange
growers will have an excellent opportu-
nifty this summer of harvesting an I'M
usually large hay crop and we see no
reason why the opportunity offered
should not be taken advantage Of.
In order to obtain a good crop
of grass for hay it is only neces-
sary to plow or harrow the land
before the beginning of the rainy
season, and nature will do the rest Of
course when nature has produced the
crop man will have to harvest it, and as
it would otherwise be waste product,
what he can make from it over and
above the expense of cutting and curing
will be clear profit.
The Southern Cultivator and Indus
trial Journal speaking along this line
advises the planters in the Southern
States to give the crab grass fair trial on
land where other crops have failed, or on
land not otherwise used. He says:
You have always spent time, labor
and money killing crab grass. You
have seen what it would do in spite of
all opposition. Have you ever cultivated
any so as to see what it would do with
help? II you have not, suppose you try
the experiment.
With the same expense it will require
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"BETTER REPORTS COMING IN"

Under the above caption the editor
of the Fruit Grower gives, in the
last issue, several instances of where
groves were being worked and taken
care of where at first it was thought
they would be abandoned. This is very
good news but he wonders in the con-
Guiding paragraph as follows; (the italics
are ours:)
''Of course there are instances where
very substantial men have lost faith in
the orange industry and are offering
their groves at sacrifice. These men
are usually non-residents, and the freeze
was only the elimination of series of
happenings Which generally serve to
convince acute business men, sooner or
later, that the cultivation of the soil at
long range is seldom profitable in any
branch or in any country. The freeze
has helped to cure one Of the greatest
ez,izs Of the State, namely, absemteelsns.
Is absenteeism one of the greatest"
evils of the State? A few seconds of
thought ought to convince anyone that
it is not, for we take it that the editor
refers to property owned by non-resi-
dents or those who can only be here a
little while in the winter. If he had
been more familiar with the ownership
of orange groves he would have known
that from one-half to three quarters of
the grove property, in different sections
of the State. are owned by people who
only visit Florida during the winter and
a good many are owned by people who
never saw the State. Absentees have
been the great factor that has built up
the orange business to what it is (was).
The "absenteelsm" is what has kept the
stream of money pouring this way for
ten or a dozen years, that has made 1t
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the marketing of the goods During
this spring canned tomatoes have sold
at very low figure in California, and
therefore it is good season on which
to base estimates, as the price is not
likely to ever be lower. The wholesale
houses have been selling good brand
at 81. so a case. If the farmer could dis
pose of his product direct to the retailer
his receipts would figure $12, $50, and a
net profit Of 81, 7OO But he could hardly
hope to market so large an amount
among retailers, and he would have to
look to the wholesalers. The usual mar
gin on which canned goods are handled
in the wholesale trade is 10 per cent.
But the farmer would probably meet
goods were unknown, and therefore only
salable at low figure. The usual dis
count to the trade would be Is cents
case, but suppose further discount of
10 cents is made, the farmer would re-
ceive S1.25 case for his goods. These
prices would net him $40, 1875, and as he
would probably want spot cash, there
would be discount of per cent, and
the net sum would be $40, 1862. so, and the
net Profit for the canning season $2,412
so. He must also reckon that in the
cost estimate he has been drawing SAL
airy of $3.50 per day and getting 20
cents a bushel for the tomatoes, there
fore he must add this sum to the profit
of the canning factory to see what that
twenty.acre patch has put into his
pocket. Salary and cost of tomatoes
amount to $3.50, which added to the
profit, makes the neat sum of 81 ,662.50
out of which to support his family, pay
taxes and the help required in cultiva-
ting the tomato patch. If he has used
due precaution the goods sold will give
good satisfaction, and the next season
there will be no kick" as to the goods
being of unknown brand, and better
price received.
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of Sanford This tannery is now in successful
operation, and the Sanford Chronicle says that
the new thirty horse power boiler was placed in
position last week and is now in permanent use
About fifteen cords, many tons of saw pal
metto roots are used every week, and the refuse
after the tanic acid s extracted. is used along
with one cord of wood per week, in keeping up
the res under the boiler. The residue is large
amount of ashes per week valuable for it's large
percentage of potash, making an excellent fer
figure. Fully one hundred hides per day are
converted into leather, chiefly of three varieties,
lace harness and uppers. for all of which there is
a ready sale at fair prices. T Q whole establish
ment, fitted up with all the necessary accesso-
ries, is moving along in the most prosperous
manner.
-
FLORIDIANs should bear in mind the
fact that it will not do at this time to relax
their efforts to increase the population of the
state New blood and new capital is what is need
ed at this time. Every chance that offers an OPP
portunity of obtaining settlers should be taken
advantage o.. The work of the immigration
agent-and the agent of the right kinds
needed now il it ever was. There should be con
certed action by the people of the State in this
direction. We have opportunity Of Demon
strating to the world during the next few years
that we are not dependent on a single crop and
that we can live and prosper with or without Or
anges. When we succeed in convincing the peo-
pie of this fact we will have less difficulty in OBJ
tanning settlers than when we had nothing but
oranges to offer them.
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CANNING TOMATOES.

A correspondent of a California ex-
change figures that there is more profit
in raising tomatoes at 20 cents per
bushel and canning them, than in many
other things undertaken by the farmer
and gardener. He contends that the
Maryland gardeners make money by
raising tomatoes and selling them at 20
cents per bushel, as the average yield is
somewhere in the neighborhood of 500
bushels per acre. Many of these tomato
raisers, however, have found out that
there is more money in canning the
vegetables at home than in selling them
10 thu canneries, and consequently
many canneries have been established
in that State.
We know Florida cannot raise toma-
toes as cheaply as Maryland, but it has
this advantage: 1t can sell the early
product at good price in the northern
markets and when the price falls below
profitable point the fruit might be
canned to good advantage. providing, of
course, there was cannery in the State,
but, so far as we know, there is not TO-
m alto cannery in the State of Florida.
We have frequently published esti-
mates of the cost of these small can
neries. Almost any one, or at least any
company of growers. can afford to es-
Ia blish cannery that would meet their
needs.
AS to the profits of the business the
California correspondent refers to the
business as conducted in Maryland as
follows:
The great expense In canning is for
the can, but even this item of expense
has been materially reduced during the
past two years, so that good quality OF
can is to be had for $3.50 thousand.
Then the cost of raw material. cans, Ia
bells, cases, ETC., is as follows:
1000 three-pound cans. ....................$ 5000
100 bushels OF tomatoes. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. NOC
Labor in packing. .......... ............ 1OoU
Labor. solder. etc 400
Eighty-three cases capacity tWenCy-1our
cans to the easel Observation-Disclosures. 500
Total $775
This $77 50 is what it will cost to run
1000 three pound can plant each day.
and as twenty acre plot of tomatoes
should yield 10000 bushels, the plant
must be in operation 100 DAYS, and
would in that time have turned out
$500 cases of twentY-four cans each.
The cost has been $3.50, Now comes
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possible for those who live here the year
round, and who possessed but little of
this worlds goods, to make grove of
| their own and live we'll besides.
Who are the owners of the largest
groves In the State? Absentees. They
furnished the money to make them
while living In another state. The evil
is the abuse of these same absentees by
incompetent and unscrupulous grove
tenders and contractors who have con-
tinuously spent the absentee's money
without giving just return. The I'M
fortu nate man finding aftvr lapse of a
decade that he has but little more than
piece of land set with orange trees and
no possible income, gets dlsheartened
and quits the business with no f1attering
words for Florida and her chief industry.
There are other absentees who have been
more fortunate, and the care of their
groves has been in hands that were
loyal to their trusts, and the groves they
made were to the perfect satisfaction OF
the absentees. Who are the men that
will furnish the ''sinews of war" to re-
make the groves the editor speaks of ex-
cept these same absentees? He mentions
the Florida Milwaukee Company. With
one exception all of the company are
practicing "absenteelsm. Their affairs
are in che hands of manager and a
most worthy one too, but they reside in
the North. Mr.. J. B. Stetson is another
absentee as he only spends about three
months of the year here, yet he has
spent over $1,000 in various enter
prises and has done much to advance
the orange industry in this county. In
fact il the absentee groves of Volusia
county were taken out there would be
less than one-third left.
We do not doubt but that if each one
of these absentees could make Florida
their home that the population would
be larger, that more business would be
done but that is utterly out of the ques-
ton. Mr.. Stetson would not spend the
whole year in the State because he has
larger interests elsewhere. In the COM
munity in which he owns his hundreds
of acres OF groves he is considered a
blessing" instead of an evil.
If brother Powers will strike off all the
absentee subscribers from his subscrip-
ton list he will see how this removal
would affect the orange industry and
he would think they are not such an evil
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WATERMELON shipments have COM
menced in earnest from South Florida points and
the Juicy berries are going north daily by the car
load. AS the Florida growers will get their pro-
duce in market several weeks ahead of their
Georgia competitors they will probably realize
good prices and handsome profts-at least the
early birds will. After the melons will come the
grapes.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Rates for advertising furnished on application
by letter or in person.
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EDITORIAL CHAT.

WE are in receipt of handsome lith-
ograph invitation to the commencement exer-
cises of the State Agricultural College at Lake
City from June 9th to 18th.
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STATE treasurer Collins is a far

STATE treasurer Collins is farmer as
we'll as fnancier. Mr.. Collins believes it to be
the duty of every man, it matters not what his
condition in life. to add to the material wealth
or products of his State, and operating on this
line he planted large patch OF Irish potatoes
and was rather surprised at the yield. From
every barrel OF seed planted he harvested twenty
barrels of tubers, and his returns we're equally
surprising and gratifying, he is reported to
have sold his crop at 81 per barrel.
THE tanning industry, which for some
anaccountable reason has been sadly neglected
{: Florida. is at last being developed on some
what extensive scale. The latest establishment
this character is the tannerS OF zaph ROhrer
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TERMS

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-13
Wattcrson's BANQUET Spcech.

1 heard an interesting story of one of
Henry Watterson's banquet speeches in At
lanta the other day. 1t was during the
war, when half the daily papers of the
south were published in Atlanta-the
Memphis, Chattanooga and Knoxville dali
lies Tho Courier-Journal of Louisville
also moved here, but was here only for a
short time. 1t is said that the bright
minds OF journalism located in Atlanta at
that time conceived the idea of a banquet.
To have a banquet, wine was necessary.
The wine was secured through gentle
man who is now a prominent banker 1t
came in during the morning. Wine was
very scarce then, and the editors did not
wait for the banquet to begin on it. When
the banquet hour came, half the editors
were hardly in u condition to be present.
The banquet was not the great success that
it might have been.
The next morning all of the editors woke
up to find their speeches reported at length
in the Memphis paper. They were all
amazed. Watterson met Colonel Duprc,
the editor. Colonel" he said, did l
make that speech?" The colonel assured
him that he did "Well," said the famous
editor, Il must say that's darned good
wine, Atlanta Constitution.