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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-28
EAST COAST GROVES.

The Daytona Journal in referring
to the orange groves of that section
says that little has been said about
our orange groves the past year be-
cause they were in such a state of
transition that little could be def
initely known or said as to their fu-
ture, but the work of repairing dam
ages and building up the trees has
been steadily going on with many of
the groves. Budding, pruning and
cultivatig has been steadily prosecut-
ed, and as a consequence many
groves are again assuming an en-
couraging outlook for future crops of
fruit. There will be small crop in
some groves this year, and if no mis-
fortune befalls, much more next
year, but we doubt if ever as many
acres will be planted in groves as
there were prior to the great disas-
ter in February, 1895. Much will,
however, depend upon the results of
the next two years. Should there be
no serious in Jury by frost and freeze,
people may be encouraged to again
embark extensively in orange grow
ing. During the interim much prog
ress will be made in growing peaches,
plums, grapes, Strawberries, etc.,
much to the advantage of the coun-
try.
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TOBACCO PRICES

Gadsden county has perhaps had
more experience in the growing and
selling of tobacco than any other
section of Florida, hence anything
coming from that section should be
given due credit.
Much has been said and written
about fancy prices for Florida grown
tabacco; of course there was much
exaggeration and we fear that many
growers were led to expect too much,
and as a consequence will be disap
pointed, even though the profit from
their crops is considerable.
The Gadsden New Era in DISCUSS
ing prices in a recent issue has this
to say:
It is more than doubtful if any crop
of tobacco ever raised in Florida sold
for anything like $1.25 per pound in
round lots. Thirty cents for crop
as prepared and boxed by the farmer
at the barn is considered above the
average price. Forty cents is an I'M
usual price and the farmer who gets
it is lucky indeed. All this talk about
81 a pound and upwards is the mer-
est moonshine. For a farmer to get
that he must have his tobacco carried
through the packing house, which
means that it must be properly
sweated, carefully sorted and baled
for the maket. This would entail an
expense and loss in weight which
will amount to fully one-fourth. Ar
irving at this stage the question as
to what he is to get for his tobacco
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it still an unsolved problem. True,
there are many instances where a
bale or two of fancy wrappers go Off
for anywhere from 81 to So, but get
buyer for the whole lot and what
will the grower be offered? Rarely
as much as so cents in an exception
al year like the present. Therefore
the conclusion which naturally fol-
lows, and it has been the experience
of Gadsden's farmers, is to sell to the
first buyer who will offer a fairly
good price. The New Era will say
right here that the farmers OF Gads-
den, who raise and sell more tobacco
than the balance of the state combin-
ed, are perfectly satisfied with 30
cents pound, as handled by them at
the barns, and it is our prediction
that with sales continued at this
price for the space of ten years Gads-
den will far outstrip any agriculture
al county in the state in the race for
riches.
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THE TREE GIRDLER

One of our subscribers wants to
know how he can trap the twig grid
Ter, that is so common in some sec
tons of Florida. The correspondent
in question says that he has a fine
pecan from which he has picked over
a peck of nuts but would have doub-
lie that amount but for the girdler.
We know no way to trap the in
genious fellow, and it will hardly pay
to go on a still hunt for colony of
them in a pecan orchard.
The girdler is yellowish gray
beetle, less than an inch long. The
female girdles the tree for the pur
pose of providing food for her young.
The eggs are placed on the twig
above the girdled point, and the grub
is thus provided with the green
wood first, which meets it's first de-
mands, then the sloyly dying and af-
ter it has obtained strength to con-
sumo it the perfectly hard and dry
wood.
The only way to keep the pest in
check is to cut off and burn the grid
led twigs, and to burn the girdled
ones that fall of their own accord.
The best plan is to gather these grid
led twigs before they fall and before
the larvae reaches maturity. If this
plan is persistently followed the pest
may be eradicate
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ssPERSININAON LEATHER,

What to do with the persimmon
has been question that has puzzled
many growers who had large crops
of this beautiful but worthless fruit.
The persimmon looks nice enough
to tempt anyone to eat it, but the
entire absence of acid makes it ex-
tremely disappointing, Tt was at
one time supposed that they could
be shipped north and marketed to
advantage, but this appears not to be
the case. Of course the fruit must
be shipped unripe, and it arrives at
it's destination in that condition. The
uninitiated who is tempted to buy
and eat an unripe persimmon, gener-
ally has no trouble in resisting the
temptation thereafter. It is unneces-
sary to say that the fruit dealers will
not store the fruit and wait until it
ripens before offering it for sale.
They would be too much in danger
of loss.
Speaking of variety of persim-
mon cultivated on the Pacific coast,
California publication says that spec
linens of the fruit of this variety.
dried in the shade without sugar,
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ficulties and expense attending it's
cultivation than the management of
a crop of corn. With twenty acres
of ramie, a Florida farmer would
have a certain and constant source of
income that should make him one of
the most independent of that class
who obtain their livelihood by agri-
cultural pursuits"
There are many other fibre plants
that have been treated at different
times in various articles in this pa
per, the sisal hemp and the ramie,
however, appear to give promise of
better results than any others.
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FLORIDA FIBER.

For many years Florida fibre bear
ing plants has been a subject that
has helped the newspaper writer out
of many tight place. When he had
nothing else to write of he could al
ways turn to the fibre plant.
We think that in the course of
time all Of this work will bear good
fruit and the newspaper man will
find reward for his efforts to develop
a very promising though sluggish in
dustry, in seeing the fibre producing
business of the state grow to great
proportions. We believe that a strong
company sometime ago was organ
lied for the purpose of cultivating
sisal on the east coast and that many
acres were planted. We have heard
nothing of the company for some
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER %, 1896
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FARM, GROVE AND GARDEN - South
FlOrida's Superior Sugar Cane; Florida
Celery Culture Make Hay ................... 7O2
To Exterminate Poison Oak; Feeding the
Orchard Tree; Fine Pinery. ............ 7O3
The Influence of Growing Plants upon Soil
Moisture. TOY
The Strawberry Propagating Bed ....... 7O5
Education in Farming; The Great SOFA
Bean; We Need a Vanderbilt ....... 706
FLORAL DEP ARTMENT-PiantiDg Seed;
Premiums Again; Culture of the Black
Gala; Art of Flower Decoration. ........... 707
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Leather; Florida
Eibres; The Tree Girdler East Coast
Groves .. .'.-. 'Vo
HOUSEHOLD DISCRIMINATION Kero-
sene Lamps: Satisfactory Sandwiches;
Head Rests Observation-Disclosures. HO
POULTRY DEPARTMENTS eering Turkeys
in France; Crop-Bound Fowls; Indian
Games as Brothers,; Oats for Poultry; Cash
in Advance; Preparing for Thanksgiving.. I'll
LITERARY-A Pot of Paint............... 7l2-7ls
PUZZLER. Observation-Disclosures. ................ u4
FLORIDIANA. ............... ........ III
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for the plant to obtain sufficient size
for cutting, the company may, fol
all we know, be in fourishing con
dition and only waiting for the plants
to get the proper size for cutting. Il
this should meet the eye of the man
ager of the company we would be
pleased to have him tell our readers
of the progress made by the plants
and the outlook for the industry.
Mr.. Chas. w. Parsons, author of the
interesting book entitled 'The Fibre
Bearing Plants of Florida" writes us
under a recent date, that he had just
finished uperintending the planting
of several acres of ramia in the vi
cinity of Seville, of Volusia county
Mr.. Parsons is great believer in ra-
mic for Florida. He says:
''The soil and climate of South
Florida is pre-eminently suited to the
successful cultivation of ramie. AS
has been previously stated, the re-
Quirements, to insure best results, be-
ing light sandy or alluvial soil. A
large proportion of the state may be
said to be a vast alluvial deposit, OF
great fertility, as is evidenced by the
magnificent crops of all descriptions
that are so easily produced. The vast
areas of saw grass, muck and low
flat-woods lands that can be easily
drained, would be the par excellence
of ramie lands. These lands are not
easily affected by drought, and the
growth of the plant would be contin-
uous, or nearly so, as there are only
short intervals that it's growth would
be retarded from any cause in the
southern half of Peninsula Florida.
The lands of Florida are easy Of cul-
tivation, one horse Or mule being
able to perform as much work as
three in many of the agricultural
districts of the country.
''The climate of Florida, as adapt
ed to the successful cultivation of ra-
mic, may be said to be equally as
propitious as the soil, being warm
and humid, with rare extremes of
cold, to do injury, south of the 28th
degree of north latitude. In this por-
ton of the state, three crops of ramie
would always be assured, and in a
ma ority of years, four crops would
be obtained. By reason of it's pecu-
liar maritime situation, the climate
of Peninsula Florida is naturally
moist, and prolonged visitations OF
drouth, as are frequent in the more
inland situations of the country, are
unknown. In probably no state OF
the union is the rainfall more evenly
distributed and regular than in Flor
floods or prolonged dry seasons, tt
cause injury to growing crops. From
the foregoing it may fairly be asum
ed that in no other part of the coun
| try where ramie has been cultivated
are the conditions more favorable fo7
success with it than in South Florida
''There is probably no crop tina
can be grown in Florida soil that cal
be made more remunerative, anC
with less cost of labor and anxiety
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SOUTH Is REJOICING
D. @. IMBODEN TALKS CONCERNING
REO6ET REDUCTIONS.

He Declares That the Santa Fe has at Last
Considered its Interests and Believes II
VIII Maintain the New Rate Given and
Other Roads VIII be Forced to Meet the
Reduction and in the End Kansas and
the South VIII be United-what Ship
pers should Watch Against-Grain is
Wanted.
Since the cut in rates made by the
Santa Fe on Wednesday the great bulk
of shipment of grain has been to the
south, notwithstanding the fact that
an equal reduction was made to Chi
cago
Galveston Export company is greatly
rejoiced over the reduction and in writ
ing TO the Export company in this city
D. c. Imboden has the following to say:
We are much gratified at the action
of the Santa Fe in their new tariff.
effective today, a copy Of which we re-
ceived this morning from the general
Office.
This evidences in our mind that the
Santa Fe has concluded to stay with
Galveston and the west, and we hope
the other roads will fall in line, and
which we suppose they will.
Heretofore in all the rates from Kan
sas, Galveston was confined to Inn
sted territory; that Is, the differentials
were In our favor only IL small area
In this new tariff, it enables US prac-
tica1ly TO cover the entire state, giving
all the state alike the benefits OF their
nearest port, which We feel the Kansas
people will appreciate. and which Gal
weston cetainly does.
We feel now justified in going ahead
and making future sales and securing
ocean tonnage to fit; that Is, sales Tor
delivery in late months. Heretofore
that Is, the past two months. we have
repeatedly refused allowing our Eu-
ropean agents TO make sales for de-
ferred shipments, feeling SO uncertain
as TO the rail rates.
At the prevailing low prices on corn,
there Will be very large demand from
Europe, which, in connection with
wheat, we feel will enable US TO handle
a large volume of business from Kansas;
and we feel that you can now settle
yourself down for some good, active
work.
Please caution all the shippers that
they ship nothing that is not in absolute
perfect condition; and that if they ship
only such grain, that is, that which
IS perfectly dry, they need have no
apprehension as to the condition here.
We think now the Santa Fe has done
her part in her present tariff, and we
trust that the other Gulf lines viii fall
IN, and that the people of Kansas viii
join heartily with us and these roads to
work a large business between US to-
the mutual good of all We will GER
tainly do all we can to encourage
same.
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Train No. S, for Clearwater. Con-
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Belle PLANE and Winfeld....... TBS a. m.
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PERSONAL REGULARITY BILLS

Some of the ou-er Things STATE Les,s,n.
tors Rave to Deal With
There are always good many queer
bills introduced IN state legislatures
and some very ridiculous ones. In some
eases bills which seen very .aueer to-
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Elegant free reclining chair cars on all
trains and Pullman Palace sleepers from
Wichita to Chicago and Kansas City
without change. also sleepeIs on all
trains TO Fort Worth. Houston San An
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baggage checked to all points north,
south. east and west. Steamship tickets
sold to all European points at lowest
rates. Passenger station corner Doug
las ard Meade avenues. Telephone 100.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, HAL S. RAY,
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my mRy DOT 0ecm SOsU Hu years nom
now. An instance OF this Is furnished
by the ''theatee hat law" Il Yves
laughed out Of several legislatures ol
far western states within few years,
yet it Is q statute IN the great common
wealth of Ohio to-day.
One Of the queerest bilis sver intro.
dnced in Legislature was that Of q
Kansas member. who wanted to make
every male citizen Of tho state give Q
bond In the sum q 81 eco that be would
not beat his wife. Still anoehsr ouA
wanted to make every resident furnisa
a bond, which WIS to be forfeited in
case Of suicide.
In another state q representative Of
fered a bill providing that women
should not wear long hair. Almoat al
states have had bilis offered providing
against the use d cigarettes, end Iowa
has al last law against their manu-
fscture end sale. Ano<bse fa<orite pro-
posed law aims at the ~treating habit
and fixes the penalty for the purchase
OF an Intoxicating drink for q friend.
A farmer statezman who evidently
did not wish to be troubled With follow
ing the custom Of his city brethreu
introduced bill In the Georgia legis
lature making ii against the law to
wear collars and cufA Stin snothes
legislator In q southern state wanted
20 r1ske IL misde1neanor TO wear rub.
Der shoes of any kind. As he explained
afterward, he had been heid up one
night by highwayman. who was en-
abled to creep silently on his prey be.
cause he wore rubber overshoes.-Phlai
deiphia Press.
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wnere Death Never Comes.


The island of Miyajima is one Of the
three wonders of japan. It is strangs
little village, where no wheel ever turns,
where no fields are titled and where the
religious rules of so many centuries
have forbidden deaths or births to 90.
cur, many a soul entering and leaving
the world in the boat that hurriedly
tiny village of Ono, in a crevice of the
opposite Ah hills, shows from the island
its cremation temple and graveyard,
where generations of Miyajiuaa people
have been laid away, and the little
tbatched dwellings where Miyajima
mothers remain until their infants are
30 days old, when they may be taken
back with rejoicings for their first cere-
monial visit to the great temple.-Cen.
tuY.
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