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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-03
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
This department is devoted to answering such
questions as may be asked by our subscribers
which may be OF general interest. Inquiries of O.
personal character that require answer by mail
should always have stamp enclosed.
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Editor Florida AgricuIturist:
L am out my oranges and perhaps the trees;
We may have the roots. [ have not read the last
two papers and do not know whether you saw
any thing about the value of roots or not and
Seeding trees. / have about seven and they are
starting out up three to seven feet 1 no not
know whether you say anything about whether
they will continue to come out. Such informa-
tion would be good for section of Florida.
Mount Dora, Fla. L.L.F.
Good roots will make a top much
quicker than where roots and top have
to be made. In three or four years. with
no mishaps, the tops will be as large as
those that took twice that length of time
to grow from transplanting. 1t is gener-
ally reported that seedlings are coming
out much better than budded.
Editor Florida Agriculturist:
I see an article in yours of the goth on a
Great Forage Plant" "ArundOs," taken from
California paper. Will you be good enough to
let me know where can obtain the stalks? The
forage question is perpexing one, though much
has been done to remedy the evil, as you state.
| am trying something like dozen things of diff
ferent sorts this year. l mean to keep on trying
till get better satisfied. If you can manage to
give me the desired inform alton shall be greatly
obliged. Yours very truly,
Tavares, Fla. II. j.
We are now trying to secure seed
stalks of the "Arundos" and as soon as
we learn where same can be had will let
our subscribers know.
Editor Florida AgriculturiSt:
We come to you to tell US through the FLOR
IDA AGRICULTURIsT, or otherwise, what is the
best treatment of our orange tire, s; trees that al
ways passed through all previous freezes almost
unframed situated on high pine knobs.
No. l. Some say do not cut away or disturb
your trees Have these advisers trees which a
brown fungus is working downward daily to-
the roots and seems to denote death in it's wake?
No. 2. Would we not have been better off if on
Feb 9th we had cut the tops off and all side
limbs, or girdled?
All our buds are killed; some seedlings may
live from the roots. j. s. d M. l.. p.
Lake Kerr, Fla.
If we were absolutely sure just what
was the best thing to do with our trees
we would gladly give the information.
We are cutting off the large branches
where dead, leaving only enough to tie
the sprouts to as they grow The red
fungus indicates that the bark is dead,
but does not imply that the whole limb
is dead. We find that often the bark on
one side of the limb is still green and
young shoots coming out, while on the
other side the bark is dead and covered
with fungus.
We cannot see how you would have
been better off by cutting off the trees on
Feb 9th, as you would not then have
known how far back your trees were
killed and you might have cut off wood
that is to-day sending out green shoots.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-03

This department is devoted to answering such
questions as may be asked by our subscribers
which may be of general interest. Inquiries of q
personal character that require answer by mail
should always have st amp enclosed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-03

u OR SALE Young pigs Poland China and
Il Jersey Red Grades, very fine. Wanted tn
exchange Chester White or Poland China SOW
for jersey Red boar for mich COW. d. R.
PILSBRY, Sanford, Fla. II
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CEED POTATOES FOR SALE "Florida
- Orange Yam" The best for table use Sweet,
delicious! Most prolific. Price $1.5O per bushel,
T. j. BEATTY, JR.. Peru la. Is
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DRICES REDUCED - Pure Brown Leghorn
Il eggs for Matching 13for 70 cents; rs for ST. %;
40 for $1.85; "a per 100. YOUNG G. LEE. st.
Petersburg Fla.
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WANTED to buy for cash, an Orange Grove
w about 10 acres. Send full particulars to
F. ~. JORDAN, 1922 Fairhill St., Philadelphia,
Pa, no pOstals. 16
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April Weather.

The following data, compiled from the
Weather Bureau records at Jacksonville,
Florida, cover the period given for the
month named, and should prove of value
and interest in anticipating the more
important meteorological elements, and
the range within which such variations
may be expected to keep for the coming
month of April.
Month April for twenty three years:
TEMPERATURE.
Mean or normal teM perature, SO. The
warmest month was that of 1898, with
an average of 70 degrees. The coolest
month was that of 1875, with an average
of sc degrees. The highest temperature
was 81 degrees on April % and 26, 1880.
The lowest emperature was 81 degrees
on April 6, 1891. Average date on which
first "killing" frost occurred in autumn
Dec. 4. Average date on which last
killing" frost occurred in spring. Feb
16.
PRECIPITATION (rain).
Average for the month, 2.S1 inches
Average number of days with .01 of an
inch or more, 7. The greatest monthly
precipitation was 7.S9 iuches in 1876
The least monthly precipitation was IL
inches in 1892, The greatest amount Of
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-03

DOR 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. ID
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DOR SALE-Californa Orange Tree. of all
Il sorts, for this, seasons planting. Cheap for
cash. Address, G. B. REUSS, care Col. Philips,
Gainesville, Fla. Ia
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NOR CHANGE-ImprOved Kansas Farms,
II for orange property. For Particulars, ad-
iress MRS. S. T. DOUBLEDAY, Sherman
Heights, Tenn. 25
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ENANCY POULTRY-Albert Fries, st. Nicholas,
Il keeps fifteen varieties of pure bred fowls.
Eggs for Matching booked now a gent for the
HammOntOn Incubator and broOder.
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CHEAP COLUMN,

RATES-Twenty words, name and address one
week. 25 cts; three weeks so cts.
NENn For Catalogue of Metal Wagon
OA1NO Wheels. Empire Mfg. Co.. Quincy. ILL.,
~ GOD SIX -YEAR- OLD wagon and pillow
" horse for sale by IL. BATESON, Lake,Win-
Remissett, Fla, Is
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NITRUS TREES.-Fine stock; none better; low
Oprices. and square treatment. No black
numbers offered. Write for prices. Thirteen
years experience, Phoenix Nurseries. Braide-
own, Fla. 5 3d. '95.n
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NOLIC IN HORSES.-I have a sure cure and
~ will send postpaid enough for ten cases for
81. Easily given. F. WALDRON, Welaka, Fla.
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nor SALE.-Eggs from thorough bred Black
u Minorca fowls at 80 per setting of 13, I. O. b.
from best strains. A. A. MARSH, Box 2O2
Orlando. Fla. 80
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NORELL'S & UNRUH HORSE EXCHANGE,
~ DeLand, Fla. Main Barn, Indiana Avenue.
Annex South east corner Boulevard and Voorhs
Avenue. Office between the Postoffice and Bank.
At all times Horses and Mules for Sale and Ex-
change; all kinds and Prices. 81
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NTHITE.FACED BLACK SPANISH and In
w dian Games. speciality. Eggs. $l.25 for
10. j. M. D.. Nashua, Fla. IA
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21
Frank Leshe's Popular Monthly For
September.

Frank LesLie's Popular MontbI, for
september is out in new dress of tvno
winch, with the artistic cover and the
broad, handsome pages, gives the finest
possible setting to its numerous pictor
iai and literary features. These latter
are always OF timely and seasonabla
nature, and in the current numbar IN.
ciude; fascinating paper upon "Mis-
maps and Mysteries of the Sea u nv
Mary Titcomb, reviewing the worlds
great marine disasters, and sunerblv
illustrated with drawings by Overend
Davidson, Schell, Burns and Montbard.
the idylic diary Of"A Quiet summer
on Lake Maggiore," by Lena Pepner.
A Holiday Trip in Search Of Ola
China" by Mrs. NJ. E. Leicester Adds;
a charming sketch Of outdoor festivitv
W the South, entitled AL Fresco. u bv
Martha McCulloch-Williams; and inti-
mate study of 1.-THE 4actory Towns Of
England" by Edward POrrit "a Chat
nom Havana" !" with some timely pio.
tures' by Anna Cronbjelm Wallberr
The Romance of Early California .
oy J. M. scanland; 1.-THE Story Of
samovar," by w. s. Harwood and =
sketch of the career of the late Prof
huxley, accompanied with an excellent
portrait. The September number of
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21
Crimson Clover.

Thousands of acres in the middle
ana southern states are being seeded
10 crimson clover, which in Delaware
Is exerting as much excitement as
alfalfa has raised in the central west
"hlle experiments with crimson clover
are being made in New England and
also In the central and western states
A Delaware farmer tells in The Mem
england Homestead that crimson clover
Is one OF the best crops to use in con-
nectlon with Orcharding, trucking or
perry growing. 1t fills the rotation
exactly For instance, plant peas in
the spring and follow with tomatoes
lor tue cannery as soon as the peas are
on. When you lay tomatoes by. seed
WIN crimson clover. Thus the ground
is occupied with some crop all the time
ana In the following May, If soil and
season have been favorable, you will
nave crop Of clover two or three feet
nigh to cut for hay or eusilage. and a
good crop of stubble aud roots to turn
under to enrich the soil. Corn, nota,
toes or any other crop may follow.
4hls 10 only one Instance, Manv |
orchards are seeded with the clover
either to plow under as a fetiliser or 10
be cut for hay.
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21
spirited Bidding for Peaches.

ue climax as TO peach prices was
,t@cneu a,od IN Bridgeville Monday when
- 81 was paid for some choice Reevo..
SI'oO was paid for lI2 baskets OH.
sales were made at $l.2O to $18O and
no one sold fruit for less than 81 %
mere has never been such snirited
bidding for fruit and if a grower mado
any Kind of offer for his fruit if uos
quickly purchased. Although these
prices are very high, the buvers eov
tney know their business. The neonIo
III the city want good fruit and ara
wiling to pay fancy prices for the kind
lnat Is being shipped from BridOaviIIo
Inc city buyers say they never saw
such fine fruit.
The news has become widasnrood
that Bridgeville peaches are command
'ng very high prices at the station and
as result, peaches are being taken
there from Glendale. Georgatown
Denton, Seaford, and many other noints
on the Nanticoke river
AN old farmer living near George.
town brought load of peaches to
Town he seemed little backward in
Offering his fruit for sale. A kind.
hearted solicitor took interest in the
o!d man and had the fruit auctioned
u brought $l.2l a basket. The old
man was so surprised and ;ervous that
ne could scarcely endorse the check
"nen ne got it cashed a few minutes
He was profuse in bis
thanks to the solicitor
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21
Sam Small's Logical Cyclone.

Inc chief attraction at the Brandy.
wine Summit Camp was the Rev. Sam
w. Small, D. d., who made a temner.
ahce speech which is described as a
logical cyclone.
ne declared that intemperance is the
SIN OF the American people. Every
interest OF business, social and raliG-
lous life demands that it shall he de-
stroyed. His description of the evolu.
tIon OF wine from the fruit of vines
nnrtured by the devil and fertilized bv
'ne blood of the sheep, the monkey
Ine hon and the hog, was full Of witty
Sallles and sharp criticisms of existing
customs In social, political and relie-
lous circles. He made the hog the
iasI stage of the drunkard's develon-
ment' and said the devil has ALWAYS
ooen sending men to hell bv wav of
the hog pen.
- de met the charge that the w. G.
l. u is trying to get the LIQUOR cues.
tlon into politics by saying that it
always has been in politics. and the
women want to get it out because thew
nave no hand in politics. The trouble 10
Ine saloon is in politics and the church
IS out. Referring to the saloon oues-
'ion ne said it was when everv pulnit
ot the North had been turned into a
oarapet from which the church was
demanding upon the authority of tbs
w ora OF God and an enlightened con-
science that slavery must 60, that the
south realized its danger and appealed
rom the decision of reason and con-
clence to arms. When the pulpits all
Yer this land become parapets for
urling the hot shot of Gods condem.
alton and of mans righteous wrath.
ne rum power will be broken and the
reat white banner of prohibition will
ave over the land as the symbol Of
eace and righteousness.
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21
Seed Wheat.

We know now for a certainty that a
great deal of the wheat rust ia bronoht
on our farms through the seed. and the
spores of the rust are held over from
year to year in the seed. Seed that 10
taken from the field where the rust baa
been prevalent should always be sub
lect to the hot water test. The sood
we purchase from seedmen should also
De treated in this way, for we know
not how many rust spores NAV be in
the seed to begin growing when the
favorable conditions are given. The
not water test is the only sure wav ~
killing rust. If done properly. there is
no danger of injuring the vitality of
'he seeds, while all the spores of dis
ease will be thoroughly DESTROYED,
writes an american CuIticatOr corra.
spondent.
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21
SMYRNA, DEL. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST q 1895
You Never Can Tell.


lou never can tell when you send word
Like an arrow shot from bow
by an archer blind-be it cruel or kind
Just where it will chance to go.
II may pierce the breast of your dearest friend.
Tipped with its poison or balm;
10 strangers heart in life's great mart
1t may carry its pain or its calm.
lou never can tell when you do an act
Just what the result will be:
but with every deed you are sowing a seed
Ihough its harvest you may not see.
Each kindly act is an acorn dropped
In Gods productive soil;
Ihough you may not know yet the tree shall
grow
AND shelter the brOws that toll.
ou never can tell what your thought will do
In bringing you hate or love:
FOR thoughts are things. and their airy wings
Are swifter than carrier doves.
IheV follow the law of the universe
Eaeh thing must create its kind:
ana they speed DER the track to bring Won boop
Whatever went out from your mind.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21

COTTAGE AND CAsTLE.-The Conn
tess Sohimmelmann, formerly lady
ln'walting at the court of Berlin ad.
dressed the workingmen of Copenhagen
the other day, and announced that she
intended to sell her large villa near the
Danish capital and devote the proceeds
10 the poor. She had lived, she said.
In the palace of an Emperor and in the
nuts OF fishermen, and she had become
g that the poor are happier
than the millionaires,
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21

My little boy when two wears of so.
was taken very i'll with bloody hux, /
was ADVISED to use Chamberlain q
Conc, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy.
ana luckily procured part of q bottle
carefully read the directions and gave
lt accordingly. He was very low. but
slowly and surely he began to lIIysiIIENe
gradually recovered, and is now az stons
ana strong as ever. l feel sure il saved
hls life. never can praise the remedy
naiI its worth. am sorry every one
~ the world does not know how good
u Is, as do.-Mrs. Lima s. Hinton.
Grahamsville, Marion Co. Florida
Eor sale by Clifton & Raymond.
Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21
Highest of all in Leavenng Power 1.tot y CO.,
@:a!!lI! g! Rs%aRsgz RRakiRg
ABSOLUTELY PURE
.6SO1OTEM PURE

FrGnk LeSlie8 PopuIar Monthlv con-
'ains the opening installment of new
serial story, "The Magnet Stone - bv
FRANCES Swami Williams, which bids
ialr to prove the best work yet offered
Oy this rising young Virginian novelist
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21

A dog was advertised to play on a
piano In a circus. When the time came
Tor the dog to perform, he got on the
seat and began playing. S1ddenIv 4
wag IN the crowd shouted aRats -,
Upon which the dog bounded of The
seat But the piano kept on plavinc
-Minnes0la Free Raptisf. e.
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21

OA0 bCN
trader, some years
since retired, ,7s years
OF age. A little sore
broke out on my an
kle, and after some
effort to cure it, grew
considerably worse.
Home doctors failed
and different medi-
c1nes and ointments
did not give ma anv
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21

Judge-The evidence that roa calied
TINS gentleman donkey Is OverwheIm-
ing. Hadn't you better admit the
Accused-Maybe had. The longer
look at the prosecuting witness' face
kAe more probable 1t seems to me that I
did call him donkey.
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21

The little house on the bridge is
empty now, for Tregarthen has its own
again. love to linger by the river
ana fancy that see Miss Pembarthy' 's
snadow on the blind; but she has gone
from out my daily life, and 1 am left
upon the threshold of the great mys.
terry of love until my lover comes to
claim me for bis own, When my poor
heart is full of doubt and fear, / think
upon these autumn lovers and grow
strong. Shall not be faithful also
and endure with patience to the end ?
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21
Blood Poisoned
a Running Sore on the Ankle

'e'oS TO the Blood Purifying Pow.
ers OF Hoods sarsapariIIa.
II want to tell what Hood,s s.-.
AAiA mas done for me. I am an ola r..
Smyrna times., 1895-08-21
WHOLE NO. 2.lO8.
Reducing Her Fat.

uuH,Sele u,Se was young lady in Lynn
mo was fat and wished 10 be tb,,r,,
80 She got her a wheel
ore.., ana has lost a good deal
"'Sh through an everyday spynn.
-BOstOR COnTier
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-02
AMONG THE INDIANS.
Rev. W. ]. Cleveland Returns from the
Annual Oonvocation at Lower
Brule Agency.

kRev. W. j. Cleveland, pastor of Grace
church, returned Wednesday evening
from Lower Brule Indian agency where,
in the absence Of the Bishop, he acted in
the capacity Of dean of convocation, the
gathering representing the work Of the
church in the Indian field. Tine convo-
cation proper consisted Of Is clergymen,
most of whom were natives, As catechists
and helpers, and 1913 lay delegates, repre-
~senting 60 congregations. The general
attendance numbered about 2,OOO.XTwo
natives, Joseph Marshall and John
Wahoyapi, were ordained deacons, the
ordination, however, taking place at
Vermillion where the candidates were
met by the Bishop who was unable to
attend the convocation. The business
Of the convocation psrtook largely of
matters Of an educational character, and
steps were taken toward making st,
Paul's school at Yankton agency q divin.
ity school, while st. Mary's, at Rosebud
agency, will be enlarged and an effort
made to endow it. st. Mary's school
was established through the instru.
mentality of Rev. Mr.. Cleveland and be
naturally feels great interest in it's vel
fare. At the morning service Of the
convocation 200 partook Of the Holy
Communion. A touching incident is re-
lated by Rev. Mr.. Cleveland wherein ar
aged Indian from Standing Rock agency
set out to attend the c~onvocation, feel
ing certain that death wal near at heud
but expressed a wish to, live uLtil he
could reach his destination and see the
annual gathering of the clergy and
church people. His desire was gratitied
but he died Don after reaching the con
vocation grounds and his burial took
place there. This is certainly II striking
instance Of the sincerity Of the native
red man in his religion. Rev. Mr.
Cleveland reports the agency Indians
reasonably prosperous in their business
affairs. Crops are of little consequence
owing to drouth, but the Indians are
generally engaged in stock raising
which thrives despite the dry weather
The convocatisn for 1895 will be held a
Standing Rock agency.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-02
THE CHILDREN GET THE GRAVY

But the Father of the Family Gets tho Fr1n
Of Giving 1t to Them.
"You know" said the father of q
family, lit makes me laugh whenever
I think of the children's absolute nerve
about the gravy. What I mean is that
when we have q steak, or roast bosf, or
anything that has gravy with it, the
children take it all, down to the last
drop without leaving a speck for their
father and mother. And they're perfect
" sound hearted, wholesome children,
too. who would do anything they could
for their parents. But about some things
they haved . selfishness that appears to
be perfectly natural to children. and
that I suppose is bred in indulgence.
They have all their lives been accus
toned to having everything that their
parents could give them, and SO they
come to expect it.
"But I smile again as I recall the fact
that when ! was a boy I got all the
gravy. Time and again l have seen my
father tip the dish SO that he might get
for me the last drop, while he had none
for himself. He was very fond Of
gravy, too, but he never said SO. With
grave courtesy he gave it all to me, as
though I were entitled to it. When l
grew q little older, l reproached myself
sometimes for having taken it all.
When ! grew older still and came to
know how gentle and affectionate and
~forbearing and generous he was, I came
to know that he wouldn't for the world
have marred my pleasure by SO much as
. word-that the simple fact was that
1t was a far greater pleasure to him to
give me the gravy than it would have
been to eat it himself.
"And now when the children pass
their plates ] gravely dish out the gravy
down to the last drop, and I say nothing
for fear that they will rob me of the
selfish pleasure Of giving it all to them.
But ! smile to myself once more as /
think Of what will happen when they
come to have children of their own. ]
know what they'll do then. They'll give
IL all to the children, down to the last,
last drop. New York Sun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-02
CITY COUNCIL.
The Regular Monthly Grind of Madison's
Municipal Papas-Lawn Oranks Get
Their Water Service Reduced
to an Hour and q Half
a Day.

The city council with the exception OF
Alderman Kundert, met in regular ses-
sion last evening aud the reports Of
street commissioner, superintendent Of
waterworks and health officer were read
and ordered placed on file. Report Of
city treasurer was referred back for cor.
r~ection.
The petition of J. w. Abrams, Peter
Marquart ct al. calling for a sidewalk on
the east side of block Is, was referred to
street committee.
The bill of the electric light company
of 500 for lighting the streets for two
months was referred to the street COM
mittee.
The petition Of A. E. Fuller ct al. for
extension of waterworks mains along
Maple street was referred to water
works committee.
Crist Rensch asked for an improve
ment Of the practice requiring the city
plumber to deposit So in cash when he
puts in a water service on the short side
OF the street and requires him to take a
$3 city warrant in return when he puts
in service on long side.
A proposition was made by the Hart.
ford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insur-
ance company to insure the city engines
for $4,000 for three years for 800 or one
year for $50 and inspect the same two or
more times a year.. Referred.
Names drawn to fill up county jury
list: 9. W. Wood, H. B. Williamson, G.
F. Tuttle, VIM. Stewart, f. w. johnson,
VIM. Hewlett, Geo. Beck, VIM. Lee.
II was moved and carried that lawn
service be granted from 6 to 1880 p. m.
only, and that water be furnished tt
farmers and others at 5 cents per barre
or Is cents per tank Of not more than II
barrels, same to be obtained at power
house.
The letting Of city printing was laiG
over. until next month.
Adjourned.