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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29
The California Frost.

The Times-Union of Thursday says:
The news of the late frosts in Calfor-
MIA is to the effect that much damage
has been done to all the fruit trees The
orange growers in Florida can sympa-
thize with their California competitors,
for this season the Florida growers have
felt the full effect of the freeze of last
year.
The following telegram from San Fran
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cisco, last night, gives the latest news
from the California fruit-growing dis
tricts
''The frosts of the last ten days were
uncommonly severe. From all parts OF
the fruit sections have come reports that
the crops were much hurt, partly ruined
and wholly destroyed. The only crumb
of encouragement to be picked up by
the fruit men, SO far, is the fact that
predictions almost as bad have been
made in previous years and when the
harvest came in, proved to have been
greatly exaggerated.
The worst feature Of this untimely
visitation, however, exists in the belief,
on the part Of the leading com mission
dealers, that the reports from different
parts of the state have been moderated
rather than overdrawn.
''All the early fruit will be almost a
dead failure, and peaches, apricots,
prunes and grapes are sure to be less
IMAM u tUiIu vi CTOp. AL ScCllOHS SUI
fered alike. The almond crop, in all
parts Of the state, is almost total fail
ure."
If the news is true, the Florida growers
should be careful how they contract to
dispose of their oranges the coming sea-
son, for Florida oranges will be in de-
mand, and should bring good prices.
The prospects are good for fair crop
from Florida this season, and no doubt
as much money will be realized from the
few groves that will bear as from three
times the number before the freeze of
1898.
The dispatch quoted mentions the
damage to the peaches, apricots, prunes
and grapes. These fruits can be grown
In Florida, and now is the time to try
to do something in these lines.
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The Velvet Bean.


amount Of forage, to yield an unusual
amount of peas, and to be eaten readily,
both forage and peas, by all stock. The
gentleman who reported this pea has no
name for it. Afterwards the same plant
was found in Lake City and in other
places in Florida, grown as an orna-
mental on trellises for shading piazzas,
under the name of the Velvet Bean.
Enough seed was secured from the first
reporter to plant about quarter of an
acre, on very poor soil. The soil was
prepared as for corn. The peas or beans
were planted in rows three feet apart,
and about one foot apart in the row.
No special cultivation was given it, just
kept free from weeds by the use of
cultivator and hoe until the plants
shaded the ground. 1t proved to be
rampant grower. The ground was COW
cred with close mass of vegetation. 1t
began to bloom in August, producing
long clusters or racemes of somewhat
large, purple flowers, which were quite
ornamental. The bloom was followed
by plump pods of rich, dark green, COW
cred with a close down, like velvet,
whence probably comes the name of
"velveC bean" Before frost in Novem-
Der, square rod of vines and pods gave
ninety-three pounds of green forage, or
16,680 pounds per acre. l did not cure
it into hay, but it would probably have
dried into between two and three tons
of hay to the acre. All stock readily
ate the green forage, including pods
with beans.
The pods are very thick and leathery;
do not crack open when ripe, and are
difficult to open by hand. The pods
contain from three to five large, plump,
fne-looking beans, irregularly colored
with purplish and brownish patches.
The foliage is much like that of other
beans. The vines grow from ten to
twenty feet in length. Left on the field,
they retain the leaves and pods. The
space planted to this bean has been
black with the leaves and pods ever
since the frosts killed the vines early in
December. The beans that were ripe
when frost came are apparently not in
jured by the winters exposure in the
fields.
Ihave not been able to learn the botan-
ical name of the plant. Probably it was
introduced as an ornamental climber.
1t may have come years ago from the
Patent Office, or more recently from the
Department of Agriculture. 1t seems
worthy of further trial. Those desiring
seed can procure it as mentioned below.
VALUE FOR STOCK.
An analysis Of the beans, not includ-
ing the shells or pods, made by Prof. A.
A. Persons gave the following results:
Analysis of the velvet bean:
Moisture. at 1000 C.............11 SO per cent.
Crude ash. ... ................ OF per cent.
Crude protein .................16 81 per cent.
AlbuminOid nitrogen ........, 81 per cent.
Crude fat (ether e4tract ...... 20 per cent.
Crude fber. -.... ....:......... 10 per cent.
Nitrogen Gree extract). .......53 so per cent.
The analysis is of an air-drled sample
Calculated to a water-free basis, and
compared with an analysis of the cow
pea under the same conditions, the fol-
loving figures expressed the relative
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planted them In Jno IurrOW as L went
along, and covered them with the next
furrow, then plowed four more burrows
and planted another row. There were
in all about sixty hills. Last Novem-
Der, just before frost, picked off the
beans, and much to my amazement,
found they produced six measured
bushels of beans in the pod. The vines
covered the earth deep for wide dis
lance When l feed them to my COWS
and horses they all ate them greedily.
| fed them few of the beans separately
and these, also, were eaten with greed.
figured that an acre of them, at that
rate, would produce valuable amount
of stock feed. They had no attention
whatever, and had a lively contest with
the crab grass for ascendency, but they
soon got away with the grass and COM
pletely overslaughed it. However, they
grew on land that had planted onions
on and had fertilized well, and SO might
not do quite so we'll on unfertilized land,
but feel sure they will produce far
more than any bean that l have seen
grown here, and bring an immense crop
Of forage or vines to turn under for fer
tilizer, and so are a great renovating
crop.
LAS this is not good grain raising
country, and, as a consequence,
we have to buy large amounts of oats,
bran, ETC., for our stock, 1t has struck
me thaG this bean furnishes a solution
of the feed question, and when ground
would furnish the best and cheapest food
for all kinds Of stock that we can pos
sibly find, fed IN connection with cassava
roots, artichokes, beggar weed, etc. l
have been casting about for some time
for something for this purpose, and am
planting cassava, artichokes, ETC., with
a view Of shutting off this great expense
for teed, and I would like to know now
it would do to grind up these beans with
the pods on, as we do corn in the cob in the
North and feed them to stock in that
condition? What do you think? If it
would do, it seems to me that the velvet
bean must be just the thing 70 fill the
place of imported grain, etc. [ am fill
ing all my land with beggar weed in ad-
dition to the above, and intend, if posi-
ble to shut out all outgo for stock feed.
I forget to say that these beans are very
difficult to shell, the pod being extremely
tough and leathery, and this makes it
very desirable to have them ground pod
and all, and so save great labor"
What Mr.. Newheart says above of the
value of this bean for planting in groves
to shade, mulch and fertilize the ground
is worthy of careful consideration. Il
groves can be kept in fine condition by
growing this bean, or some other plant
or plants, between the rows of trees,
very large sum of money can be saved
to the fruit growers of the State.
Mr.. Green's suggestions as to forage
and grain for stock are important. How
shall we keep at home the constant
stream of money that now goes out of
the State for hay and grain? This is
question that every thoughtful man
must have asked. Undoubtedly it can
be done. Perhaps this bean may be an
aid in doing it-Forida Experiment
Station Bulletin No. 35.
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dlgestible carbohydrates contained in it.

| Inc nuJrlC1Ve ratio or The COW pea is
about l.3. 1t is i'm possible to assign a
definite nutritive ratio to the velvet
bean, for the reason that, so far as I am
aware, its percentage of digestibility
has never been determined. The only
manner Of accom- plishing this is by
means of practical feeding experiments
with stock. 1t is hoped that this may
be done IN the near future.
Assuming the digestibiIity of this vel
vet bean to be equal to that of the cow
pea, it will be found thai it compares
quite favorabIy with the latter, and
since it grows luxuriantly in different
sections of the State, and since stock are
known to feed upon it with great relish,
it may perhaps play a prominent part as
forage crop in Florida in the future.
1t is to be classed among those feed
stuffs which are especially rich in nitro
gen (protein substances). A feeding
stuff so rich in nitrogen should not be
fed alone, but in conjunction with some
coarse fodder containing much larger
proportion of carbohydrates Starch,
etc. J, suck, for example as corn fodder.
Mr. A. P. NEwHEART's EXPERIENCE.
Mr.. A. P Newheart, of Ocoee, Fla, of
whom I obtained the seed planted at the
station at Lake City, calls the plant
pea. He writes as follows:
"Your letter is at hand. At your
request will state that know nothing
of the origin of the pea, and can find no
one among the old settlers that has the
least knowledge where the pea came
from. 1t has been planted here some
twenty years, solely as coverings for
trellises and unsightly places. My first
experience with it was to shade pinerv
I planted about quart at the posts of
the frame, which were ten by sixteen
feet apart. They grew so luxuriantly,
and so completely shaded the pines,
that I was compelled to cut and tear
away the vines in places to let in the air
and sunshine
1.-The abundance of foliage and vine.
so completely covering the ground after
the frost, suggested the idea of plant
ing them in the orange grove as m an
ure, instead of buying commercial
fertilizer The result was so satisfactory
that I was induced to extend my ex-
perience to another grove. [ think can
Safely say that no one could show up
finer growth for the age of the trees
than mine at the time of the last freeze.
My land is high pine soil, light sand.
My opinion is that the pea will do best
on dry land if planted in March or
April. My method is to plant at the
first blowing, and to drop the seed every
fourth or fifth furrow, from three to five
peas in place one foot apart, and cover
with the following furrow. Nothing
more was done until the pea vine COM
menced running. About this time the
grass was three to four inches high.
The cultivator was then used, but only
once After they get good start it will
require about one day to throw the
vines back from the trees of five acre
grove.
II think it will easily average eighteen
bushels of peas to the acre. But place
much more value on the vines for the
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The nutritive ratio Of a ration ex-
presses the ratio of digestible protein to
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The analysis is of an air-dried sample.
Calculated to a water-free basis, and
compared with an analysis of the COW
pea under the same conditions, the fol-
loving figures expressed the relative
composition of the two:
VELVET BEAN.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-04
An Immutable Law OF Demand.

1t is not merely the women who like
to buy things cheaply. No one cares to
pay anything more for an article than
he can help. Men who work for wages
or on salaries naturally desire that their
income shall go as far as possible in
the satisfaction of their wants. Farm
ers, too, in behalf of whom the plea for
high prices is most frequently made,
are not overfond of paying big prices
for the things they buy. And they are
buyers as well as sellers. The whole
tendency of civilization is toward lower
prices and higher wages.
Talk about making an UNLIMITED
demand for silver" by free coinage at
sixteen to one is folly. The amount of
silver money which can be forced into
circulation is strictly limited by the
needs of business. Free silver or no free
silver, the people will not use more of
the heavy and bulky silver dollars than
they do now.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-04
"The Free Coinage Problem, ;,


"The Free Coinage Problem is the
title of penny magazine or pamphlet,
by Lewis N. Lembitz, of Louisville,
Ky. 1t contains one of the fairest and
best discussions of the money question
to be had at any price. It contains in
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as much of the early history of money,
especially in this country. as is neces-
sary to understand the present situa-
ton. 1t discusses in a logical, unbiased
and impartial manner the probable ef-
fects of the proposed free coinage legis-
lation upon all classes, and especially
Upon farmers and wage-earners. Itpre-
sents vivid picture Of the present hard
lot of many farmers and shows what
kind of money will be for their best in
terests.
This little 4s-page magazine contains
more of monetary history and facts,
and more Of sound argument, than
many books which cost 100 times its
price. 1t makes it possible for any in.
telligent laborer or farmer who can
spare one cent to become we'll informed
on the money question before he casts
his vote. Ten or fifteen copies can be
ordered at once for ten or fifteen per-
sons. Otherwise it will cost two cents
to send one cent. Address Present Prob
lens Publishing company, 81 Park
place, New York city.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-04
Lowell.

Born, Aug. 31st, to Chas. Mckinney
and wife, son.
| Miss Carrie Rothley, of GAINESVILLE, is
spending her vacation with her parents
at this place.
Mrs DR.. Phillips and daughter have
returned from six weeks visit with
friends at Chillicothe and Columbus.
The Sunday Schools of the differen3
churches held union picnic in Reany's
Grove Wednesday. A good time is re.
ported.
w. M. Buchanan and wife left re-
Gently for an extended visit with rela-
tives at Newark and Massillon.
Miss Laura Wendell went to Mari
eta Thursday to remain for some time
and receive instructions on the piano.
Jno. Williamson, of Massillon, spent
several days of last week with old
friends here.
About 20 young people enjoyed a pie
social at the home of Henry Spies last
Wednesday evening in honor of the
18th birthday of his daughter, Miss
Nettie.
Miss Essie Mason is spending a num-
Der of weeks with her mother at Philo
The new /. o. o. F. hall will be ready
for dedication about the last of Sep
tember. The occasion promises to be
one of the most enjoyable in the hist
ory of the town.
Mrs. Herman Becker returned to
Marietta recently accompanied by Mrs.
Jacob Becker, who is suffering with
felon on her hand.
Miss Myrtle Kile has returned from
Belpre, where she spent the summer
A goodly number of our townspeople
are in attendance at the County Fair
this week.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-04
Co al Run.

Our people are wearing general
broad grin at the news from Vermont
and the knowing ones are saying II
told you so". And now let the good
work go on. The good sense of the
American people can always be relied
on when any material issue is fairly
brought to their notice.
The coal operators here report fair
trade.
Farmers are all busy gathering their
corn crops into shock and preparing to
SOW wheat.
The water melon crop, which usually
brings good deal of money, is total
failure on account of the very heavy
rain during the summer.
Robert Gray is quite sick at his home
with his sister, Mrs. Patterson.
Mrs. Wood Wilson is convalescent
after long siege of typhoid fever.
Attorney Ralph Startling has been at
tending court at McConnelsville this
week.
The oil well on the farm of Charles
Tayler one mile north of this rlace,
was drilled to the Berea sand on We'd
nesday night. A small amount of oil
was found but not in paying quantities
and the we'll will be abandoned j.
w. Sprague, of Lowell, was the con-
tractor and the money was chiefly put
up by Marietta parties. The we'll was
close to the pipe line leading from Corn
ing to Elba and was generally thought
to be favorably located. Further de-
velopments are contemplated.
Beautiful peaches are being peddled
on our streets by George Carp, of Nor
gan county, for 40 cents per bushel and
good full measure at that.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-04

The venerable Senator Morrill, of Ver-
mont, who understands the subject of
finance and currency as well as any
other man in this country, has written
a short letter to the farmers of western
New York, which should be read and
thought about by that class Of citizens
in all of the states. It is as follows:
Plain farmers must be able to see that
they have nothing to gain by accepting
q cheap dollar for all they have to sell.
They will realize less, much less, as
none OF their products will increase in
nominal value to the same extent as the
fall in value Of silver. The silver stan.
dard would force our people to live on
the lower scale of comforts and civiliza.
tion of other silver standard countries,
or as they do in Mexico and Japan, and
then pay for all our tea and coffee and
for the greater part of our sugar and all
merchandise from Europe in gold
Farmers and wageearners will not be
slow to find out all this.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-04

The contemplated fusion of Demo
Gratis and Populists was accomplished
at the convention in this city Thurs
day and the voters of the county are
treated to the spectacle of an old time
Populist heading the Democratic
county ticket as we'll as the national
ticket The Pops were given two
places to pay them for not nominating
a ticket, ]. d. Payne being nominated
for Probate Judge and W. G. Miller for
Recorder. The balance of the ticket is
supposed to be Democratic, consisting
of John Farson for Sheriff, Samuel
Bess for Auditor, Thos. Cleary for Com
missioner and Thomas Pegg for Infirm-
airy Director.
The temporary organization, COM
mittees, permanent organization and
the general work of the convention
were ably handled by b. j. Mckinney,
of the Times, and w. f. Mason, of Co,
lumbus.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-04
Secretary, I. J. Cutter, Marietta.
Treasurer, j. w. Brabham, Lowell.

Secretary, L. j. Cutter, Marietta.
Treasurer, j. w. Brabham, Lowell.
Chaplain, Rev. VIM. Pierce, Marietta
1t was decided to hold the next re
union at Stockport in 1897, the exacV
date to be fixed by the Executive Com
mittee. An invitation was extended tc
the e2d o. v. !. and Washington Coun.
ty Association of Union Ex-Pris
oners of War to join with the nth next
year.
An Executive Committee was ap
pointed, consisting of John w. Dobbins
and Samuel ]. Henry, of Stockport
]. C. Goldsmith, of Marietta; j. W.
rabham, of Lowell, and John Morris,
of Watertown.
The following resolution was read by
the Secretary and unanimously
adopted, telegraphic copy being sent
to Major Mckinley:
To CoMRADE WIN. MCKINLEY:
For the first time in the history OF
our country volunteer soldier who
served in the ranks as a private during
the late war has been nominated for
President of the United States, and
realizing that you should be the stand
ard bearer for every loyal citizen and
veteran soldier,
RESOLVED, that the nth o. V. v. l.
assembled in reunion in Marietta, send
you greeting as Comrades, always feel
ing an interest in seeing Comrades NOM
mated to high places.
Col. A. w. MCCORMICK, President.
L. j. CUTTER, Secretary.
The meeting then adjourned to 6:45
p. M, when the Comrades reassembled
at the Hall and marched to the Hotel
Yale, where sumptuous banquet was
served by Mine Host Grafton. After
the banquet an enjoyable open camp
fire was held, all ex-soldiers being made
welcome. The evening was spent in
interesting "reminiscences and short ad-
dresses and the Comrades adjourned,
all pronouncing the reunion one of the
most successful in the associations
history.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-04
WHAT The oovERNMENTcA CAN DO
Ex-Presidehs fssfrison on the Powers Of
Govern ment.

Ex-Presidehs Harrison ON the Powers Of
Government
1 will tell you what this government
can do alone 1t can fix its money unit.
IT can declare by law what shall be the
relative value of an ounce Of gold and
an ounce of silver, but it cannot make
that last declaration good. It's unques-
tionably fully within the power of this
government to bring this country to a,
silver basis by coming silver dollars and
making them legal tender. They can do
that. This government can say you shall
take one of those dollars in discharge of
any debt owing to you for one dollar,
notwithstanding you may have loaned
gold dollars; but it cannot say, and en-
force its decree, if you should call out,
the regular army and navy and muster
all our great modern ships and add the
militia, and put William J. Bryan in
command of them--it cannot enforce
the decree that one ounce of gold is the;
equivalent of sixteen ounces of silver.
Not only that, not France and England
and Germany can do that unless the
markets respond. Why? You may
make me take a silver dollar for debt,
but if have bought my goods at gold
prices you cannot make me give as many
yards of cloth for q silver dollar as I
have been in the habit of giving for
gold one.
If / have gold dollar in this hand
and silver one in that, and you declare
they are equal, and can take that gold
dollar to bullion broker and get two
dollars for it, l know it Is lie. If
have nothing but a gold dollar, and
sugar is 20 pounds for one dollar, will
not give that gold dollar for 20 pounds
of sugar. will take it around to a
broker and get two silver dollars for it
and get the 20 pounds of sugar and have
one silver dollar left. So it is, my
friends. We can Of ourselves, of our
own wisdom, declare the unit Of value.
We can coin silver freely, but we can
not make sixteen ounces of silver equal
to one ounce of gold unless tits. And it
is not unless the merchants take it at
that rate. That is where all this thing
comes in. 1t is trade, it is the merchant,
it is the man who exchanges and deals
in these things that fixes the relative
value, and If you do not take the value
he fixes the gold dollar will go back to
the gold vault and the gold will go out.
of circulation.-Ex-Pre Harrison,
in His New York Speech.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-04

WHO has not read of the Mckinley
spider so much written about these
days?
The Leader saw one yesterday in the
back yard of Mr.. j. E. VanDervoort.
The insect was big black spider on
whose backs were spots of gold, and
he was contentedly summing himself in
his dainty house. Across the web in
strong relief was woven what could be
read with little Imagination, will
liam Mckinley" This is a true story
of genuine spider, and it demon
strates that pretty much all nature is
alive with McKinley's name, and keep
ing it to the front.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-04

If the millionaire mine owners of the
United States are so terribly anxious
to have each 81 cents worth of their
product coined into silver dollar, why
do they not take it to that land of
milk and honey-Mexico? They will
stamp it dollar down there.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-04
BuckIen's Arm en- saIve.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, CRapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money re.
funded. Price rs cents per box.
For sale by w. II. Styer.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-04
The Republican Party stands
for honest money and the chance
to earn it by honest toll.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.

SENATOR FAULKNER attaches no sig
cribing the result to the mere fact that
the Democrats didn't do anything"
We should say they didn't.