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Profits in Vegetable Raising.

The question having been raised as to
what are the average profits from gar
dening In this part OF the state, and
having already published several articles
from growers on this subject, we sub
nit for the prospective settlers consid-
Grafton, and others, the following infor-
nation which is furnished us by Mr.. S..
K. Michael, OF Orchid:
He planted in all about two and a
half acres in tomatoes. eggplants,c ucum.
bers and beans, from which he shipped
about $50 crates, boxes and barrels of
the above vegetables. The fertilizer
cost him So 90 and the seed SO 90. He
sent us for Inspection some II account
sales, which he says are about the aver
age Of all his returns, which include 155
packages in all, as follows: Elephants,
seven barrels; tomatoes, 81 crates;
cucum bers, two crates; beans, 10 crates.
The met returns for these II shipments
amounted to 1864 81 This amount was
left t"r paying the commission for
selling 40 per cent? and the freight and
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express charges. The latter amounted to
$129.67.
AS these II shipments comprised less
than half Of Mr.. Michael's crop, and the
returns as given are fair average, it is
safe to say that he must have realized
over $500 off Of the two and half acres
of land that he had in cultivation. From
such sum must be deducated his labor
for producing the crop, cost of crates,
etc., and preparing the crop for ship
ment, also fertilizer and seed, which he
says, as above, amounted to S17,OO for
these two last items.
Most of these shipments were made
during March and April and the crop
must have been raised in say four months,
This will enable the northern reader to
satisfy his own mind whether farm
ing in Florida will pay when it is
followed in a good section, and still this
has been termed an exceptionally bad
year" for the farmer by some,-Titus-
vile Star.
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Profitable Cabbage.

An Ocala correspondent of the Times
Union writes:
Mr. G. Holly, of the Orange Lake
section, was in town yesterday. He
marketed sevenCy-five acres Of cabbages
AMI is now busy gathering tomatoes
from sixty acres. So far he has for
warded 1000 crates, and for half of them
received over $1,000 net He will for
ward two more cars this week, and if
it rains in few days, he will have
abundance Of them and expects to get a
great deal of money out of his crop.
Mr.. Holly is one of the farmers of Mar
ion county who always has his cribs
full of corn, and somehow scores a sue
cess on one or two vegetables each sea-
son.
Editor Florida Agriculturist:
What success did you have with that porous
cement pipe for sub.irrigation? Any informa-
tion on the subject would be highly appreciated.
M. G. MoHR.
St. Petersburg. Fla.
Sub-irrigation is not practical in sandy
soil whether with cement pipes or other
wise. On account of the expense con-
nected with it our experiment was
failure.
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As.
bark is hedged all about by the strong
bark which oftens nearly strangles it. 1t
is not uncommon to see such sprout
one-half inch in diameter which is only
one-fourth inch in diameter where it
goes through the bark.
The liability to be blown out by the
wind OF gratis and buds of the same
size is. about the same though the bud is
slightly weaker. The scion is inserted
under thick unbroken bark or wedge
is firmly inserted in tight cleft while a
bud Is simply stuck on the outside of the
wood and the bark over it split open.
But always bear In mind that neither
ever knits or heals to the old wood.
All that holds the bud in place is the
new growth and all that holds the scion
is the old wedge, old bark, and new
growth. Therefore the one that grows
the most rapidly will make the most
new wood and bark and soonest covers
the gaping wounds.
The reason that CRAFTS grow SO much
stronger than buds is that grating is
done while trees are dormant and we all
know that if tree IS cut down while
dormant it grows up again with much
more vigor thar when cut during active
growth. Indeed many trees will die out
right if cut down during active growth.
Budding cannot be done when trees
are dormant but we must wait till the
clark will slip" and consequently we
are obliged to cut them down ia the
growing season. This is severe shock
to their vitality and more feeble growth
is the result.
before spoke of the great difference
between the big stumps which grated
in 1885 and those which were budded
on sprouts. There was fully three years
difference in the result in favor of the
gratis. They bore heavy crops as any
trees OH my place and not one of them
ever showed the least weakness at the
point where grated. They were per-
1eCCly Satisfactory In every way. since
then l have been In the habit of graft
ing large citrus when ] wish to change
the variety.
much prefer this mode of changing
large trees to budding in the branches.
Done in February or late in January it
is much less trouble, makes a more
symmetrical tree and a more vigorous
growth.
Of course such a very strong growth
must be held up till the wood hardens
and becomes strong enough to stand
alone.
Grating the orange is not an expert
ment. DUDLEY W. ADAMS.
Tangerine. Fla.
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SMOOTH CAYENNE. Abbaka, Enville City.
and Sugar Loaf suckers and slips for sale: ali
grown at my Indian River Pinery Address,
CHAS. IL. ROWLAND, 1882 Chapel st.. New
haven, Conn. 9-l
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pUDWOOD-AlI leading varieties of Orange
ID Lemon and Pomelo. Write and state num-
Der and variety you wish. and get prices for
spring delivery. Sour Seedlings for sale. j. w.
6 F. D. WAITE, MAGNOLIA NURSERIES.
Belleview, Fla.
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DOWKERS ANIMAL MEAL, To make Hens
I'D Law and chicks grow. Our Title book the Egg
tells all about it. e. w. AMSDEN, Ormond Fla.
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sCTIGHT NIGHT sprig buds. Harris Tardif
n Dancy Tangerine and Jaffa, for use upon
shoots. Have fair results from their use. CYRUS
W. BUTLER, st. Petersburg, Fla. 26Ss
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II AFFIR CORN, Kafir corn. I will send you
IN prepaid enough choice Kafir seed corn to
plant Que acre for 81, two 81 75 four 49, eight Is
Every grain raised by my self and warranted gem
uine. VIM. L. ORANGE, Man aviIle, Fla,
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\ range.
range.

Cn0 state HOrGlCulCural Society, was
not little surprised to notice that the
impression prevailed to considerable
extent that grating the orange is a new
thing; that when grating (nstead of
budding) is done, especially on large
stumps, it is in the nature of an expert
ment and the result is In doubt.
What some very intelligent men have
since published leads me to believe that
such impressions are more general than
l thought possible.
The grating of the orange is not q
new thing. 1t is not at all an expert
ment. 1t is not the adams way" 1t
has been practiced for ages 1t has been
practiced in limited, but wholly sue
cessful way for manv years in Florida.
About Ocala it has been very consldera-
BILE done with satisfactory results.
About 1879 or 1880 while the lamented
Mr.. Bidwell had a nursery at Arlington,
near Jacksonville, got some trees of
him, and cut up the tops for buds.
Many OF my trees would not peel
readily Gin February so 1 cut the obsti-
nate ones down and grated them. They
grew quite as well, and made quite as
good trees as those budded; though of
course the thriftiest trees had been
budded and only those not starting
thriftily remained to be grated.
In 1886 had many lemon trees killed
Some of these cut into the ground and
grated, while others were allowed to
sprout and the sprouts budded. In 1895
when killed again, the grated trees
were double the size OF those budded in
the sprout, and were nearly as large as
those which had not been killed down at
all.
Doubt has been expressed about the
propriety of uniting young cions to the
old wood of stump. No one need be
uneasy about that. 1t is an impossible
ity to graft young wood on to old wood.
1t can't be done. Grating can only be
done on the outside of stump ad]oining
the bark, and everybody knows that at
that point the wood of the stump is no
older than the young scion we insert.
But young or old scion or bud never
unites with the wood of the stock.
If the cambium layers of scion and
stock are in close contact, circulation of
sap continues and a new layer of wood
is formed outside the cut wood of scion
or bud and encloses it. But it never
heals. 1t never knits. The little wedge
of the scion and the little slab of the bud
will remain there inside the tree abso-
lutely uuhealed. Not even the cut edges
of the bark unite-but new layers of
bark are formed inside the bark of the
scion or bud and stock and the old cuts of
the barks are crowded out " .rd till dis
posed of in natures good time, as all old
effete bark is
Crafts are more liable to be blown
down while young than buds, because
they make much more vigorous and
larger top than the buds do, and expose
a much larger surface to the wind.
We all know that our best, largest and
most vigorous buds are more apt to be
blown out than the feeble ones.
Liability to be blown down in youth is
not a sign of weakness but is an evi.
dence Of vigor.
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Il and lemon buds in variety now ready for de-
livery, all the leading varieties and true name.
GEO Ell. WRIGHT, Orlando, Fla,
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WANTED five to fifty pounds fresh well ma
w tured camphor seeds, also ten pounds citrus
trifoliata seeds. Address G. W. FOX. Fruitland
Park, Lake county, Fla.
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PUDWOOD-Fifty thousand fine well matured
O Riverside navel buds from bearing trees. G
w. FOX. Fruitland Park, Fla.
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acknowledgements Old VIM. Magnum
~ Ponum. None better. so cents per 100 Bud
ding done by contract only $2.OOa Gay. or one
cent each. Fifteen years experience ROBERT
G.. BIDWELL; Orlando, Fla. Is
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PUDWOOD-Hart's Tardiff, Jaffa. Dancy tan.
- gerine, Mediterranean Sweet, Malta Blood
and Leonardy pomelo. From nine year old
trees. No white 1v red scale in this locality
CYRUS w. BUTLER, st. Petersburg, Fla. St
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DIGEONS AND PEA FOWLS for SALE Fan
n tails and Tumbler pigeons variety of color.
81 per pair. Pea fowls 81 per pair. Address
G. G. JONES, Manager. Person. Fla.
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GIANT BEGGAR WEED. Extra Cleaned
"a Graded eed. 40 cents per pound, by mail
post paid. Prices per Mound I. o. b. as follows:
10 to 200 pound lots. 25 cents 100 pound lots and
over, 20 cents. Cash with order. EXCELSIOR
SEED FARM, Edgar. Putnam Co., Fla
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T HAVE about 1900 choice King orange buds
l. for sale. Now ready for delivery, price 81 per
100, also general assortment OF orange buds.
GEO III. WRIGHT, Orlando, Fla.
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DOR SALE-Eggs from thoroughbred Black
L Minorca fowls. from the best strains. at
$3.50 per sitting OF S. delivered at Express Office
A. A. MARSH, Box 202, Orlando, Fla. 8-l6
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WIRE NETTING. best goods for the least
w money. Write for latest price list. f. w.
AMSDEN, OrmOnd, Fla. TT
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OITRUs NURSERY TREES and BUDwOOD.
~ -Satsuma. Parson Brown Stark's Seedless,
Homosassa, Jaffa. Tangerines, King, Tardiff,
Grape Fruit Villa Franco Lemon and other va
rieties such as Maiorca. st, Micbeal. Maltese
Blood Centennial and Eonpariel Address A.
L. DUNCAN, Mgr, Milwaukee Grove and Nur.
SERIES Dunedin. Fla.
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IF YOU want the genuine Carney Parson Brown
Il buds, now is the time to order them. Also
10000 dormant buds OF G. p. Brown, Harris Tar
diff. Dancy Tangerine, Walter G Marsh Seed.
less Pomelo and Carney Sicily Lemon. Address
NJ. g J. TURNKEY, Excelsior Nursery. Lake
Weir Fla.
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SHELLS WAN D: river clans or river mus
~ sci shells from South Florida and Georgia
lakes and streams. Write for prices paid and
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Wanted An Idea r.! r. :s$ 81 . ss3as

Hrotect your ideas; they may bring you wealth.
Write JOHN WEDDERBURN & CO., Patent Attor.
neys washington d. G.. for their 91 800 prize offer
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THIRTY THOUSAND TREES for sale. Seed
L lings and Budded Grape Fruit. Valencia
and Harris Late Eureka Lemons. Dancy Tan
gerine and Pineapple buds. All buds ON Crane
fruit stock four and one-haH years old. Write
us before buying BOWER & STEFHENS.
Lakeland, Fla. S97Q6
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JAMAICA SORREL Substitute for cranber-
~ ries. makes excellent sauce and the finest of
jelly. Plant now. Six. 80 CENTS twelve, so cents
post paid. TROPICAL NURSERY. Avon Park.
Fla.
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MICA CRYSTAL GRIT. Best substitute for
4v1 Hens teeth, only one dollar per sack of 100
pounds. E. W. AMSDEN. Ormond. Fla tt
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| WANTED-A few Nansemond or Jersey Sweet
| w Potatoes for seed. Address stating pr ce.
A. +. LANE, Huntington, Fla.
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FOR SALT-Enterprise seedless, Tangerine
Il and Mandarin budwood, now ready. Ad-
dress q. T. BIELBY, DeLand, Fla.
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PEGGARW Fed seed for sale, price Is cents per
- peck, or So so per bushel. I. o. b. Hunting ton.
Benjamin N. Bradt. Huntington. Fla.
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HOUSES TO RENT at Lake Helen, Fla Also
A cottages on Coronado Beach. SAMUEL
CURRIER.
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CHEAP COLUMN.

RATES-Twenty words, name and address one
week, 20 cts. three weeks, so cts.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-28

An ugly little artist had an ugly little dream
OF an ugly little world built on an ugly little
scheme
He took up his little pencil ssa incontinently
To make ugly little pic'urcs Of that world 50
ugihed.
He drew ugly litt.e flglres just like evil lits.
imps,
with ugly little bodies Of the hue OF parboiled
shrimp-.
With ugly lutte faces Of a subterhuman so..,
Each a dark Gehenna phantom or unnatural
Stygian sport
He iimned ugly little mannkins as pale ss
tall w dip@.
And ugly unsei ed women with protub. amt
uEler iiPs,
With ugly scarlet trcsses, or with sable por.
tiers knots,
And with noses like satyr's, and with ey 81
like inky blots.
He daubed ugly little backgrounds, all a.
meaninglcss as mud,
And ugly little sunsets all suggesting fire and
blyoa,
And ugly little arabesques which little seemed
10 mean,
Yet were commonly suggestive of the crue
ana unclean.
Then that ugly little artist kicked up ugly lit
tie hes IL,
And INDUCED in grin grimaces and in grew
some little squDals,
And he cried "Eourayl On LONELINESS shall
man no longer feast,
have proved that arts true subject is moi
Beauty, but-the Beastl'
Punch
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-28
June Cold and Hay Fever Cured.

WI. benedict a. Co., Bedding. Mich
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-28
For Defaced Walls.

If the walls are papercd and the paper Is
torn and defaced, cover such places with
scraps of the paper, matching, If possible
to the figures. If you have no pieces of
the paper, "a Japanese scroll, or cheap
plaque, or even IA bunch of dry grasses tied
with bow of ribbon, will cover the place
and add beauty 10 the room. One lady
covered pieces of pastebodrri with colored
satin and fastened the punches of grass to
them, and they were very ornamental.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-28
The Morning Star.

The morning star, an iron ball studded
with spikes and fastened by means of I,
chain 10 "A short handle, was much used in
medieval times as military weapon. 1t
was exceedingly formidable, for when
thrown IL could not easily be- avoided or
lodged, the chain permitting il to curys
around the arm or over the shield 1t was
eonfessedly modelled after common cactus
which grows in every part Of Italy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-28
He LIKES CHICAGO.
Would Rather lie In Jail There Than
without Money In MEXICO.

81 would rather be in jail In Chicago
than without money in Mexico " remarked
Christopher A. Larrabee, with smile.
Larrabee. who is a nephew Of OK Governor
Larrabee of Iowa, was taken at his word
and lodged in the Cook county jail Elm.
bezzlement is the charge against him. 1t
Is asserted that, while acting as book keeper
and cashier for Boyd, Stickney a. Co.,
wholesale dealers In coal Larrabee appro-
priated SIS, 900 TO his own use When his
populations were discovered, a little over a
year ago, no He'd, going to Mexico
"A man who has mover lived among
greasers can have no conception Of how
contemptible they are, continued LARA
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-28
Her Conundrum.

When Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger first
went To Idlesse, the rather isolated country
place on Long Island where she spends her
summers, a friend from Oyster Bay, which
is just across the bay from the Cruger place
and rather prides itself on its society and
general interestingness, asked her: why
do you plant yourself off there? 1t is SO
far away" The author Of "A Diplomat
Diary smiled blandly. From wheref"
she asked And there seemed To be no
appropriate reply.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-28

bee. "They treat man like dog when
his money ia gone. He is all right as long
as he has money. My money soon disap-
peared, and had to stay among the greas-
ers. 1t was either that or walk. Walking
In Mexico Is not pleasant pastime. One
can walk 40 miles without seeing house,
and when you do reach habitation you
are liable to encounter greaser who will
rob you IL you have anything he can steal.
am more than satisfied TO be In Chicago
again. In fact, / would rather go to the
Joliet penitentiary than remain another
year in Mexico.
1t is well for Larrabee that he takes the
situation philosopbically, for Joliet Is hi,
destination.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-28

For dyspepsia and liver complaint you have
a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh's
Vitalizer 1t never fails to cure. For sale by
w. l. Benedict IL Co
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-28

The abatis was doubtless suggested TO
early military engineers by the natural de-
Tense on the back OF the hedgehog
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-28

Henry VIII. was the first English
King TO wear pair OF silk stockings.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
GEMS.


When a man combines in himself cash
and character, he is practically invincible.
1t is the way in which we employ the
odd minutes that counts for or against us
in the end.
If a man could run out of debt as easily
as he can run into it, times would not be
so hard.
Man argues that I'M cannot be
trusted too far; woman feels that man
cannot be trusted too near.
A little early success has spoiled a
great many good men; and a little early
failure has crushed myriads of imbeeiles.
The soldier who executes his captains
commands is no less valuable than the
commander.
II you wish success in life make persev-
erance your wise counsellor, caution
your elder brother, and hope your guar
dian genius.
The misfortune is, that the stimu.
liant used to attract at first must be not
only continued but heightened to keep up
the attraction.
He who recognizes no higher logic than
Of the dollars may become a very rich
man, and yet remain very poor creature.
Assert your own freedom if you will,
but assert it modestly and quietly, res
pecting others as you wish to be respect
ed yourself.
just laws are not restraint upon the
freedom of the good, for a good man de-
sires nothing which a just law will inter
fere with.
To suffer and be silent, that is a divine
art. There is weakness in the excessive
craving for sympathy. You think that
you are having a harder time than your
%neighbor, from whose lips no complaint
ever escapes; but, if You know what his
lot is, you might deem yourself fortunate
in comparison with him.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
Putting Away Winter Clothing.

In putting awaySwfnter clothing, whet-
her it be in the form of personal apparel
or household furnishings, such as heavy
curtains or bedding, it is necessary for
n to exercise the utmost care in order
to guard against great loss from the ra-
wages of moths. No trouble, no matter
how laborious, should be spared, there
being much at stake, and the consequent
ces being quite too serious to be trihed
with in the very least. Heavy curtains,
which are used only in the winter time as
a protection, and all superfuous bedding,
such as blankets and quilts, should be
exposed to the SUI and air for a few
hours; the curtains being well beaten and
freed from all dust and the blankets care
fully washed. Then they should be neatly
folded. wrapped in large cotton sheets
and laid away in the linen press or store
room, upon substantial shelves, which
are clean and dry, accompanied by a
goodly supply of camphor.
All heavy articles of apparel, such as
gowns, coats or wraps of any kind, should
be taken out of doors and hung upon the
line to air; after which they should be
thoroughly shaken and brushed until all
dust and dirt of any kind have been re.
moved, the smallest atom affording food
in which moths thrive and revel. This
having been accomplished, the garments
should be put away in cotton bags, made
expressly for the purpose, large boxes or
trunks that are not in use, it being quite
immaterial SC long as all air is entirely
excluded.
Ali wooden underwear should be care.
fully washed and dried, then rolled up
and put into clean paper sacks, or old
cotton pillow cases-oare being taken to
see that there are no holes in them
with a generous quantity of pure camphor,
the latter possessing the great advantage
over the former of being much less ex-
pensive, although the odor is perhaps not
quite SO agreeable.
Bags of all sizes and descriptions are
valuable at such a time of year for hold
ing articles that are to be put away until
the cold season has rolled round again.
These could be made OF any short mater
ial, and if desired, could be adorned with
the owners initials, which should be
embroidered in white or colored Roman
floss.
Furs should be packed away in their
W boxes, with plenty of moth camphor,
after all dust has been beaten out of them.
Felt or velvet hats should be carefully
cleansed by means of a soft hat brush,
then wrapped in tissue paper and put
away in their respective band boxes.
Each box, package. bag or trunk should,
for convenience sake, contain a label
upon which is legibly written a list of the
contents. This will prove a great saving
of time and trouble.