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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
THE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.

Our country is just now submerged, as it
were, in one of the most peculiar political
campaigns in its history Party lines, to
great extent, have been obliterated, and
the people are endeavoring to educate
themselves on the great issues of the con-
test, and it appears that they will cast their
votes when the desired education is COM
pleted as their conscience dictates, re-
CARELESS of party lines.
This is most promising sign, and it shows
that our people, though they have been ex-
ercising the right of franchise for over a
century, are still learning how the best re-
suits may be achieved by its proper use.
1t is not the province of the AGRIcUL-
TUR1sT to discuss the great political issues
it has other work of more Importance
but it would impress upon its readers the
necessity of keeping in mind the fact that
first and foremost they are American citi-
zens. If this fact is kept in view while
they are following the course Of the "edu.
cational campaign, we think it immaterial
whether they are populists, democrats or
republicans. If they are truly patriotic
they will vote for what they believe will be
the true interest of the republic, and the
result is sure to be what it should be, for
while parties and individuals are often
wrong, and the representatives of the PEG
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
THE LAND OF PROMISE.

Our esteemed contemporary. the South
ern Cultivator, of Atlanta. Ca, says that
the resources of the south are almost Him
table and her possibilities boundless.
The wide range of her productions and her
superb climatic condition gives her the
highest position as factor of prosperity.
With the development of her resources
will come an increase in her possibi tiles
The old system of agriculture, which left
our hills scanned and quilted and our soil
exhausted, has stood as barrier to devel
opment and as limit to our possibilities.
The general adoption of an enlightened
system that will increase the fertility of
our soils, and by thorough tillage bring
up the productive capacity of an acre
to the highest point reducing the cost
of production, will benefit the owner of the
soil as we'll as the soil itself. Rotation in
crops and diversifcation of agriculture
pursuits will enable the farmer to make
his home what it is designed to be-a home
indeed, and not mere resting place This
opens the way for more attention to the
rearing of hogs. cattle, sheep and poultry
of all kinds. 1t is noteworthy fact that
more attention is being paid today to the
rearing of fine horses than ever before.
So it is with hogs, cattle, fowls, turkeys,
geese and ducks. A decided interest is be-
ing manifested in all these lines.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
Glass in Hot Houses.

From experiments made at the Royal
Botanical Gardens, Kew. it has been
found that white colored glass conduces
to the growth of plants much better than
any other variety. Green colored glass
used to be considered best, but, in 1889,
the experiment was made at Kew of sub
stituting white for green in the east wing
of the tropical farmhouse. This was the
result of the observation Of the success
ul cultivation of ferns by Sir Trevor
Lawrence, with flu | exposure to the light
under white glass, at Burford, near Dork-
ing. The Improvement In the growth
of the plants was so rem arkable that it
has been resolved to abandon the use Of
green glass altogether. The efficacy Of
white glass is disputed by some horti
culturists, and Mr.. Villon recently made
some experiments on plants In similar
conditions of soil. but placed under nine
different cOlored glass shades, which
showed the following results: Putting
those obtained by culture under ordinary
glass, at 100, the growth under orange
colored glass gave $50, under violet the
same, under cobalt-blue 40, copper blue
100, silvered glass 60. uranium 49, gilded
glass 40, red Is, green 10. 1t appears
that the assimilation of carbon Is best
carried on and plants are stimulated to
their greatest power of development by
the light which contains the red, the
violet, and the calorific rays-the rays
which actually pass through manganese
violet glass.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19

pie are prone to go astray, the people
themselves are always right.
The AGRIcULTUR1sT has an abiding taitn
in the intelligence and patriotism OF our
people, and we believe that before the
time for casting their votes on the great
issues of the campaign shall have arrived.
many of the fallacies and heresies that
now confront and confuse them will be
dispelled into thin air, and their way will
be clear for casting their ballots in man.
ner to accomplish the greatest good to the
greatest numbers.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19

The Palmetto News reports the results
of 12.acre crop of tomatoes produced
near that place, as follows: From this
field were shipped 1888 crates of toma-
toes, giving net returns from the mar
kets of $4,87O.O5, and netting clear of
cost of making and shipping, So, 066.7O.
The two young men who raised the crop
lett Palmetto with the sum of 50 ,O33. 35,
or 81, O16 621A each, for their six months
work."
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
FARMING AND FARMING LANDS.

1t is most gratifying to note the hopeful
ness of our people and the wonderful pro
gress they have made in the matter of de-
veloping the productive resources of the
country during the past year. We do not
claim that they have yet reached the acme,
but they have at least convinced them
selves, and many other doubling Thomases,
that Florida sand, if we'll treated will yield
abundant crops.
One great mistake made by the men who
have heretofore devoted their entire time
to orange culture is in the presumption
that pine land was pine land and that
there was no difference in its quality and
productive powers. The experience of
those who have attempted to grow farm
crops on pine land since the freeze has
proven the fallacy of this idea There is
very great difference in pine land, and it
such land as is suitable for his crops even
if it is not so conveniently located as other
of less desirable quality.
The pine lands of Florida are easily
cultivated, and we believe that man and
horse can cultivate three times the acreage
in Florida that he could in other sections
of the south. We are certain that this is
true of cotton, a crop that must be given
the highest possible culture and kept abso-
lutely clean. We do not wish to advise, in
this connection the planting of larger
area than can be successfully handled. but
if the land is new we believe that three
acres can be cultivated in Florida by the
same force and outlay that one acre re-
quires in other sections.
In selecting your land for almost any of
the standard farm crops that can be grown
in this section it is best to choose low land,
as this, as rule. is more fertile and more
retentive o. moisture. In the care of the
crops bear in mind that frequent stirring
of the soil is the best substitute for an irri-
cation plant.
These, and many other important points,
will be impressed upon our people as they
gain knowledge by experience. The first
few years will, of course, be the most try
ing, but after the experimental period is
past it will be plain sailing and our con-
dition will be much improved over the
time when we waited for the orange har-
vest. harvested the oranges and waited
again.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
FOREST PRESERVATION.

The inhabitants of new country never
appreciate the Importance of forest preser-
walton, and not until the great conserva-
tors of fertility, moisture, and consequently
productiveness, have been destroyed, do
they fully understand their mistake. In
Florida there is still greater incentive for
the preservation of our forests We are
engaged in the cultivation of product ex-
tremely sensitive to the effects of cold. and
it has long been conceded that the natural
timber growth of the state was our greatest
safeguard certainly as the years have ad-
vanced and the growth has been destroyed
our climate has been subject to more
severe changes and the result, as proven
disastrous.
In most European countries. and even
in some states of this comparatively new
republic, it has been found advisable. if
not necessary, to offer legislative encour-
agement for forest cultivation, in addition
to the enacting of stringent laws looking to
the preservation of the forest that still re-
mains.
The timber of Florida is melting away
like the snow in the spring. and our legis-
lators have never considered the matter of
sufficient Importance to even appoint
committee on investigation. In fact the
people of the southern and central portion
of the state, who would be largely bene-
flied by such legislation, are not only ig-
nored in this matter, but in many others
of like character. The fruit growing Sec
ton of the state has received practically
no legislative encouragement, and while
the people of this section do not ask for
class legislation or special favors. Mey de-
mand the same recognition and protection
given to other sections.
| This is just the time for our people to
open their eyes to the existing conditions,
and they can apply a remedy if they will
take the matter in their own hands and 60
about the work in the right way. At this
time the conventions of all parties are be-
ing held. and if the people will make the
proper nominations for assemblymen and
senators to the legislature the defects can
be remedied. Of course if they do not do
this they will have only themselves to
blame.
| Touching on the matter of forest protec.
} ton the American Cultivator says that we
may never expect proper forest protection
in the United States until public sentiment
is sufficiently aroused in the matter of for
estry and in the peculiar value which
should attach to growing timber. It is not
the loss alone of the trees themselves, but
} it is also the loss which must be appreci
ated in every community of the raw mate
rial which would enter into the varied
forms of manufacture, and thus furnish
employment to the villagers. The loss oil
2 pine forest 100 years old is something
that cannot be duplicated like the loss o.
an ordinary farm building or workshop
, which can be erected anew in 90 days.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19

Orange and Sumter, show slight decreases in
population in FIVE years. All the others show
large increases.
*
X X
HE current number of the Bulletin
issued monthly by the state department of agri-
culture, gives the following general average OF
the condition and prospective yield of Florida
field crops and fruits.
Condition-Upland cotton, 81; sea island cot
ton, &c. corn, OIL; sugar cane, 95; rice, 90; sweet
potatoes, 96: field peas.92: eggplants 81; peanuts
SO; hay, 96; guavas. 96: bananas, 81 orange trees
Jos; lemon trees, 1903; lime trees 1O5: grape fruit
trees. los; tobacco, 81; tomatoes. 80; pears, IA
peaches, 81; wauermelons. 81 pineapples. 100:
grapes. 81.
Prospective Yield-Tobacco, 80; tomatoes, 81;
pears, Y; peaches, Sc; watermelons. 81: pine.
apples. 144 grapes, 81.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 10, 1896
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FARM GROVE AND GARDEN-Prices Here
and Elsewhere; Staggers in orses. SAL
Intelligent Farming; A Successful Irriga-
ton Plant; The Asparagus Beetle; a New
Soil Ferments Important in Agriculture,
No. o43
Palmetto Fibre; Tomatoes for Cabbage
Worms; How to Measure Hay.....".... 545
Preserving Grape Juice; Treatment of
Sunstroke Condition OF COtton....... ..... SAG
FLORAL Observation-Disclosures in Flor
ida Our Premium Offer. ..................... 547
EDITORIAL-Editorial Chat; The Educa-
tional Campaign; Farming and Farming
Lands; The Land of Promise; crest
Preserv alton. 548
Somewhat PERSONAL; The Water Hya-
cinth; Tie Southern Climate; Did He do
it? Vegetable Matter in Dead Soils; On
Motifs Collar: Answer to Correspondents;
Glass in Hot Houses. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $40
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENTAL Hint of
Life; Days Washing; CLAIMS and Crabs;
Art in DISTINGUISHING. ........... ............ $50
POULTRY DEPARTMENT - Diseases of
Chickens; Eggs Pay in Summer; The
LITERATURE-Saving our Claim..... ~ 55f
PUZZLER ..................." ................ S.
FLORIDIANA ............. ............. 55
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THE state census for 1895 shows popu-
laton of AGA ,6S9, including 80 Indians The white
population is 271.56l an increase OF As. $50 over
1890. The colored population is 19S, O39, an in
ere ase of 29,78O. Six OF the forty five counties.
namely, Columbia, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake,
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FEW days outing at the coast will do
both yourself and your family good during these
hot days. If you cannot afford to stop at hotel
you can take a cottage or if you wish to do the
act still cheaper you can camp and drive across
with your own teams. thus reducing the expense
to q minimum.
X
* X
THE tobacco crop throughout the United
States is reported to be in an unsatisfactory
condition, according to the report OF the Depart.
ment OF Agriculture. This fact will give the
tobacco growers of Florida a chance to realize
better prices on their product.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
Dairy Dots.

Winter calves make as good cows as
spring calves.
Set aside your old dash churn and
buy barrel swing or box churn.
waiting COW is a worrying cow; re-
member this and feed regularly.
Do not mix nights and mornings
milk unless both are thoroughly cooled.
Working undlssolved salt into butter
will soon cut or grind all semblance to
grain out of it.
So far as possible, the food for the
dairy COW must be as nearly uniform
In quality and quantity as possible.
The average yearly consumption OF
whole milk per inha bitant of the United
States is said to be 251a gallons, and Of
butter nearly 20 pounds.
1t has been pretty well determined
that the influence of the sire In a dairy
herd is greater than the dam in deter
mining the character OF the future herd.
The COW that leaks milk may be
helped by touching the end of the leaky
teat with collodion each time after
milking. This dries quickly and draws
the orifice tightly together.
One advantage In using parchment
paper in which to wrap the butter is
that 1t does not stick to the butter,
while protecting 1t from the air. 1t Is
air-proof and waterproof, tasteless and
odorless-
Rye gives a peculiarly rich color to
butter, but 1t also gives 1t a rye flavor;
which Is quite dlsagreeable to some.
This can be avoided by not allowing the
cows to run on the rye longer than two
hours in the morning, just after being
MIXED. and feeding hay and grain in
the stable
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
The Apiary.

If case of robbing occurs look at
once for the queen. Ii she Is missing,
supply new queen at once.
Frames of honey that are intende !
for fall use In wlntering the bees may
be left In the upper stories.
1t win be good plan to continue to
raise a few queens, so that all the poor
ones may be superseded in the fall.
1t Is a mistake to rob the bees Of
honey so closely that feeding must be
resorted to in order to keep them from
starving In winter.
At the close of the honey season the
queen will stop depositing eggs to a
great extent, but a fresh quantity OF
brood will be kept up.
Bees, when building comb. plumb
their work, and If the frame Is not in
inc with their vertical frame building
it will not stick to the bottom of the
frame.
Bees varnlsh everything in the hive
towards fall All sealed combs are
vanished to prevent moisture from EN-
tering the pores Of Gaping and dllut-
ing the honey; which causes fermenta-
tion by the heat in the hive.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30

San Francisco, Sept. 25.-The cham.
Der of commerce does not approve Of
the state taxing ships engaged in for.
eign trade. Certain sections of the
constitution of the United States, it ia
claimed, expressly provide that taxa
tion of foreign trading ships be regu.
lated by congress In this harbor ships
are taxed in the same manner as other
property, and for that reason many of
the owners register at the other ports,
where there is little or no taxation. In
most of the Atlantic states all taxation
of this GLASS is withheld. The cham.
her of commerce intends to do away
with the present system If possible,
and to that end it will endeavor to get
the matter before the United States
courts.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
Sweet Corn and Beans.

Both corn and beans were grown by
the American Indians. and the combs
nation OF both In the form of succotasii
was a dish which the aboriglnes taught
their white neighbors to like. 1t is \
curious fact that seed of beans and OF
the early varieties of sweet corn plant
ed on the same day will be sufficiently
advanced to cook together at the same
time The two foods also admirably
supplement each other, the beans sup
plying the heterogeneous or strengths Civ
ing nutrition in which the corn is def
cient. There are few who do not like
succotash, and the fact that the food is
healthy and nutritious as well as palat.
able will not detraet from its deserved
popularity.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30

Brains In business rank above the
capital invested, and capable men re-
celve large salaries. Farming is a
business, and should be conducted on
business basis.
Wire fences have been productive of
great benefit to farms, as they do not
abound In fence corners, as in the case
with rail fences. AS the rail fences
vanish there are fewer propagating
places for weeds.
Thirty tons of roots may be grown
on any good acre of land by the right
cultivation. This will feed thirty sheep
for two hundred days, or two hundred
for month. This will supply two
thirds of the feeding.
When a farmer has a theory 1t indi-
Gates that he Is thinker and is willing
to advance in his system of farming.
1t Is right to test all theories. but 1t
should be done In a limited manner.
Every farmer should have an expert
menting plot for testing fruits and
vegetables, as those adapted for one
farm may not be suitable for the next.
II given the chance horse. COW.
or a hog Will lick up the ashes in n
burnt-up district of forest; something
In the ashes satisfies natural craving
of animals. Mixed with charcoal and
little salt 1t should be constantly
kept near swine. There Is, therefore.
more than one useful purpose to which
wood ashes can be put on the farm.
Sometimes there is more to do than
to turn out our cows to pasture In the
summer and then milk them twice n
day. Unless the pasture is ample II
will pay to feed also little grain. Even
with a full pasture this is sometimes
advisable The more succulent food
requires more salt, too; and above all
things, see that there is pure water In
plenty.
The farmer, in making war on in
sects, should learn TO distinguish
friends from foes. Many insects are
destroyed when engaged in the work
of preying on the kinds that damage
crops Birds should also be protected,
especially wrens, which will build their
nests and multiply on the farm If suit
able boxes are provided for them with
openings too small for the entrance into
the boxes OF sparrows.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OFiNTEREST TOFARM-
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
The Best Varieties of Wheat-Haud-
ling Hogs In Hot Weather Improv-
ing Rented Land-Fruit Sells by Its
Looks-General Farm Notes.

Are Wheat Varieties Degenerating,
The general failure of the wheat crop
In Ohio this year has caused many
farmers to think that their wheat is
running out" and the desire to change
seed is more general than II has been
for some years past, judging from let.
tiers received at the experiment station.
While there is undoubtedly great
difference In the vigor of different va
rieties of wheat and their adaptation
to various soils and climates, the tests
made at the experiment station encour-
age the belief that variety adapted to
the soil and conditions of q given To-
cality will tend to improve, rather than
degenerate, If proper care be exercised
In selecting seed from year to year. To
illustrate: the two varieties of wheat
which head the list at the Ohio station
In ten-year test, Valley, which has
given the largest yield per acre, and
Penquite's Velvet Chaff, which has Civ
en- the heaviest average weight per
bushel, are both varieties which origi-
mated or were first distributed from
southwestern Ohio, Is to 80 years ago.
These varieties are not proof against
all unfavorable conditions, and every
season they are excelled in yield by
some other sorts, but no one sort has
yet been able to overtop either of them
In the points mentioned, in the average
of long continued test.-Ohio Expert
ment Station Bulletin.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
THE GOLD MOVEMENT.
Including Amounts Engaged or ON Il

Including Amounts Engaged or on the
Ocean.
Washington, Sept. 24.-All informa.
tion received of late at the treasury de.
partment in regard to gold imports in
dictate that the movement is likely to
continue for some weeks to come. I'm
portations at Boston have begun, and
altogether the outlook is regarded by
the government officials as quite favor
able. Already the gold engaged, or on
the ocean, if added to that now in the
treasury, wonld make the reserve ag.
gregate approximately $122, 900, 600.
The total importation since the present
movement begun is about $8S, 600, 900.
and it is fully expected that this sum
will be increased to $50, 900, 600 OF
more
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
EMMA WAS DERANGED.
Not Responsible when She Tried to
XIII Lucky" Baldwin.

Not Responsible when She Tried to
XIII Lucky" Baldwin.
San Francisco, Sept. 25.--It took
just two minutes for a jury to decide
today that Miss Emma Ashley was in
sane when she fired shot at Il. J.
Baldwin in Judge Slack's court few
months ago. Miss Ashley's sister,
Lillian, sued Baldwin for damages for
seduction, and the trial of that case
was in progress when the shooting oc
Cured. Emma Ashley sat behind
Baldwin, and, holding pistol close to
his head, fired. The bullet grazed the
scalp of the lucky man, but did no fur
Their damage. Miss Ashley was seized,
and in the excitement that followed
there came near being another shoot
ing affray between Baldwin manager,
Unruh, and Attorney Crittenden. The
testimony in the trial of Emma Ashley
showed that she had become deranged
through worry over her sisters case,
and because of insufficient nourish-
ment.