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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-22
Omposting Manusse.

Farm made manures are best prepared
for effective use by mposting-that is,
by thorough rotting process we'll
known to the practical farmer. To pre-
vent the loss of ammonia as the manure
is being accumulated, gypsum is
sprinkled over the weddings in the stable,
and it is also mingled with the manure
heap as we'll. The principle is that the
gypsum (sulphate of lime) gives up it's
sulphuric acid to the ammonia, thus
forming suiphate Of ammonia which is
stable and suffers little loss. If such
provision were not made, the ammonia
would suffer much loss from volatiliza
ton. There is one disadvantage in the
use of gypsum in this way; the phos-
pilates in the manure are apt to take
very insoluble and unavailable forms.
The carbonate Of lime formed by the
decomposition of the gypsum reacts with
any soluble phosphate present with the
formation Of tri.calcium phosphate
practically the same thing as untreated
South Carolina rock phosphate.
A better method of treating composts
and manure generally would be to use
sulphate of potash or kainit in the place
Of gypsum. The ammonia would be
preserved equally we'll, and the agricul-
tural value Of the phosphates suffer no
loss in fact, the phosphates would have
better form than before, If there was
any material difference. Phosphate of
potash is perhaps the best possible form
of these minerals for agricultural pur-
poses. and such reactions as could occur
with the use of potash salts must take
this form But this is not the only adj
vantage. Farm manures are universally
deficient in potash, as compared with
ammonia, not only in balancing the in
gradients, but also IN holding It's potash
and phosphoric acid in such formas to
be readily available in the soil.
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Coming Oange Crop Short.

Recent weather conditions in the
Southern California citrus belt have
been adverse to some Of the young or
chards, and regarding the prospect of
the coming crop the Riverside Press
says; "There can be no doubt that the
cold spell preceding the recent storm
had the effect to blast much of the new
growth on many of the smaller orange
trees, and that the next crop of Navels
may be somewhat reduced in conse-
quence, though possibly the increased
area of bearing groves may bring up the
total to normal figure"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-22
Tests for Impure Water.

The presence of organic impurity in
water can be detected by dissolving some
loaf sugar in it, and then, after putting
in tight stopper, allowing it to stand
in warm, well-lighted room, for few
days. If It becomes turbid, there are
organic impurities In 1t; if it remains
clear, it is pure and safe to drink. To
test the presence of earthly matters,
take litmus paper dipped in vinegar, and
if, on immersion, the paper returns to
it's true shade, the water does not con-
tain earthly matter or alkali. If few
drops of syrup be added to water con-
tanning an earthly matter, it will turn
green. To ascertain if the water con-
tains iron, boil little nut-gall and add
to the water. If it turns gray or slate
black, iron is present. Or dissolve lit
tie prussiate of potash, and if iron is
present, it will turn blue. The presence
Of carbonic acid may be ascerJained,
even in very small quantities, thus:
Take equal parts of water and clear lime
water. If combined or free carbonic
acid is present, precipitate is formed,
to which,lf few drops of muriatic acid
be added, an effervescence commences.
To detect magnesia, boil the water to a
twentieth part of It's weight, and then
drop a few grains of neutral carbonate
of ammonia into glass of it, and few
drops of phosphate of soda. Ifmagnesia
be present, it will fall to the bottom.
We can ascertain the presence of even a
very small quantity Of lime, if into a
glass of water we put two drops of oxslic
acid and blow upon it. If it gets milky,
lime is present. The presence of any
acid can be shown by dipping into the
water piece of litmus paper. If it
turns red, there must be acid. If it
precipitates on adding lime water, it is
carbonic acid. The unfailing test tor
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-22
Iron Filings as a Fertilizer.

The man who took the medal for the
best box of packed oranges at the late
California citrus fair has been expert
menting with iron filings in his young
orchard. Being Master Mechanic Of the
Santa Fee system in Southern California
at San Bernardino he knew more about
iron filings than he did about guano or
any other fertilizer, and, knowing that
a certain amount of iron in the soil was
essential to healty growth Of the tree
and the production of fruit, he put five
pounds Of this material around each
tree, and as result he has highly col
ored orange where before he had pale
colored fruit The cost is insignificant.
A thousand trees on ten acres will re-
quire 5000 pounds of filings, which
costs 81 per ton-S1O for the ten-acre or
chard. Of course, the application Of
iron is not intended to supersede all
other fertilizers, but simply to supple
ment them in order to give a good color
to the fruit and enable tie grower to
put an attractive orange on the market.
and incidentally to assist him occasionally
in winning a gold medal. The railroad
shops at San Bernardlno can furnish one
ton per day of this material, and other
shops can also assist in supplying the
demand Washington Post Almanac.
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day that they had last year one of the
finest crops he had ever seen and that
they had all made money in cotton.
81 don't know how it will be this year"
he continued. 1--WE are just putting in
our crop, but know that / have two or
three thousand bushels of corn on hand,
and hope to open up market here in
Tampa for OR people. Corn is worth
only 30 cents a bushel up there. It's so
here and we could lay down some good,
sound white corn in Tampa for less than
that and makes money"
Some idea Of the manner in which the
Jefferson county planters live may be
inferred from the fact that 500 pounds
Of butter were sold from the Turnbull
plantation last yea, and the county is
not considered much of a dalrying
country at that.
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Mulberries.

Every Florida farmstead ought to
have half dozen or more mulberry
trees. The mulberry is very prolific, a
sure bearer, rapid grower, healthy and
hardy. Even if for no other purpose,
mulberries ought to be raised to feed the
birds and thereby protect other and finer
fruits. The birds are satisfied with the
arrangement, and will let other fruit
alone as long as the mulberries last,
which will be month or more, If diff
ferent varieties are planted.-Florida
Citizen.
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Planting and Oultivatlng Orchards

GldQUluS duu OAOAuAu0'
Nearly everyone plants peach orchards
in this country TOO far apart says IL. B.
Hillyear in the Texas Horticultural
Grower. Plant your trees for peaches
sixteen feet apart. for plums twelve feet
apart Train them close to the ground,
branching not higher than twelve inches
Don't grow too many limbs; cut back
each season and keep the fruit as near
to the ground as possible. Cultivate
with one horse Planet, Jr. harrow.
Plow as shallow as possible, not over
TWO inches deep. Now down all weeds
near the trunks and you will have fine
healthy orchards, good crops, good fruit
and long lived trees, try it.
Mt long since went into fine young
orchard and the man told me he had
given the ground a splendid blowing
with two big fine mules and turning
pillow, and had torn up the ground six to
eightinches deep. 1t was in the spring.
took up clod and brokei it and showed
him he had destroyed myriads Of fbrous
roots, and nearly ruined his trees-llter
ally cutting off their feed supply, and
starved them. Such orchards are poor
bearers and short lived. Don't do it.
A large per cent. Of plant food is ex-
hailed into the air by decaying vegetable
matter and all forms of decom position
and combustion. This is during the
dampness of the night. Air settles upon
the earth at night and is absorbed by the
soil as we'll as by growing plants. Gases
are also carried out Of the air by rains,
and those stimulating gases and other
forms Of plant food that SO wildly dis
play their existence after spring show
ers. Now fresh plowed ground absorbs
all these far more than other unstirred
land. If you will, go into your garden.
take few rows Of peas and with a rake
stir the surface soil about dark every
evening for week and note it's effects.
With Planet, Jr. cultlvator cutting
three and half feet at row you can,
with a good fast walking horse, pillow
out ten or twelve acres of orchard day,
and pillow crosswise next day. Try this
every two weeks from April l., to July l,
and note it's effects.
Weeds growing near the trees do no
great amount Of damage, for the feeders
of the trees are off towards the ends of
the roots, but no weeds ought to be al
lowed to go to seed in an orchard. They
should be moved down and let decay
on the soil.
Don't ever put double team in an
orchard.
Don't plant anything in an orchard
after it is three years old. If the trees
are not worth the use of the land cut
them down for fire wood. Do your duty
by your trees and they will fully repay
you.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-22
Fertilizer for Cotton

|
From Bulletin No. 80 of the Florida
Experiment Station on cotton. it's culture
and fertilization, we extract the follow
ing on fertilizer for cotton
1t is we'll understood that phosphoric
acid is the most important element of
plant food to be applied in cotton fer
tilizer; nitrogen ranks next to impor-
lance, while potash is required in smaller
quantities than either of the other two.
The required proportions of each of the
ingredients are about as follows: p parts
of phosphoric acid to one part of nj
trogen ard three-fourths part of potash.
With these proportions as basis, the
following would prove an excellent fer
tilizer to be applied, per acre, on a COM
paratively fertile soil:
100 lbs Acid phosphate, Containing at
least IA Per cent Of available
phosphOric acio).
100 lbs. Upland (brighD cotton seed
meal.
| so lbs. Kainit.
This application should serve to pro-
duce good yield, while at the same
time, the fertility of the soil will be
maintained.
If a nitrogen-gathering crop, such as
the pea, bean, or clover has been grown
upon the land the previous year, one-half
of the quantity of cotton seed meal, rec
commended above, can be safely dis
pensed with, but if no such crop has
been grown, then complete fertilizer,
proportional as above, will be found
most satisfactory. 1t is best, on the
average Florida upland, to apply the
quantity of fertilizer recommended
above, in the drill. If larger quantity
is used, (Which may be often necessary
on very poor upland, sandy soiD it
should be broadcasted over the open
burrows before bedding, as has been
previously intimated. On such lands
the quantity Of each constituent should
be increased from so per cent to 100 per
cent-according to the degree Of impov-
erishment. A large proportion of the
soils of Florida employed in growing
cotton are known to be deficient in or
ganic matter (humus), which, of course,
greatly detracts from their productive
capacity. Muck is known to be an ex-
ceilent material for supplying this de-
fciency, as is also stable manure. Be-
fore employing the former, however, it
should first be dug out of the beds and
piled into heaps to undergo the "weath-
ering" process, which will require at
| least several weeks. Afterwards, it can
be composted with stable manure, half
and half, and the two subsequently ap-
piled together Zone or two tons per acre)
broadcast over the soil preparatory to
bedding. When this compost is en-
ployed-which should always be the
case where thin, upland, sandy land is
being cultivated-the quantity of fertil-
izer recommended above can, of course,
be proportionately reduced.
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hard or soft water is to take little good
soap and dissolve it in alcohol. A few
drops of this in vessel of water will
turn it quite milky, if 1t is hard; if it is
soft, it will rem ain clear.
The record-union., 1896-03-30
SMASHING THE BLUEROCKS.
Yesterdays Opening Tournament by the
Capital City Club.
Clay Pigeons GO Down in Fragments
Before Expert Knights of
the Trigger.

The initial tournament of the Capital
City Bluerock Club, held yesterday at
the Kimball & Upson grounds near the
American River, was decided success.
The day was a delightful one, albeit a
fresh breeze from the north prevailed
most of the time and occasionally en-
abled a bluerock to escape unbroken. A
great many of them escaped, in fact, but
this result was not all due to the breezes
that blew. The electric traps worked
to perfection and were well handled.
The shooting was by squads, and quite
rapid, and some of the scores were ex-
cellent. The best work of the day was
done by Tanning of San Francisco,
Tucker of Parker Gun Company fame
Stelling and Feudner of Dixon and
burst of Wheatland. These are all ex-
perts and men who are capable of hold
ing their own in any class of shooters.
Several of the Sacramento men also
did effective work, notably Nicolaus, as
the scores show Webb of the San
Francisco Olympic Club had an off day,
though he was well up in some of the
events.
Six events comprised the programme
The first was at 10 birds (bluerocks),
entrance 81, divided into so, 80 and 20
per cent, as were all the pools The
result of the first match was: Tanning
9, Nicolaus 9, Feudner s, Steigler s,
Thomas 8, Webb Z, Ruhstaller, Jr., 6,
HoXie 8, Mohr 6, york 5, Stelling D.
Woods 3.
Second event-Fifteen birds, known
traps, unknown angles, entrance 81 so.
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VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions From the Newspapers O
Interior California.

Interior California.
Healdsburg Tribune: Free traders
and gold bugs and silver bugs may con-
tinue to wall over it, but protection"
will lead the procession in the battle of
1896 The people demand that, and the
party that fails to respond will make
lis gravest blunder.
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS.
San Bernardino Sun: No surprise
was created by the stand taken by the
New York Republican Convention on
the coinage question. 1t was a foregone
conclusion that it would hardly even at
tempt to "stfa ddle" the issue. Opposi-
ton to the white metal is but thinly dis
guised under a lot of empty platitudes
about making one dollar as good as
every other dollar" and condemning
"debased currency" The phrase ''un-
til there is a prospect of international
agreement as to silver coinage is no
concession at all to silver. and the Re
publican monometallists of the Empire
State can safely indulge in such empty
expressions so long as the financial
management of the Government is in
the hands of those who will avoid such
a conference as studiously as a China
man lodges civilization. But the poll
The record-union., 1896-03-30
MILITARY SCORES.


of the Rifiemen.
A pretty lively north wind blew
across the ranges of the military
sharpshooters yesterday and interfered
materially with the flight of the bullets.
Following are the scores:
Company E-Private Webb 81, Ser
geant Gunter Al, Private Hardness Al,
Corporals w. c. Measure 81, Nutting
40 Sergeant McMartin sc, Privates
Thompson SO, Whittier 80, Groenveld
40, Gardner Il. Cutting Al, Lieutenant
Hughes 43, Privates Benjamin 81, Joe
Fleckenstein 80, Corporal Perkins 43,
Privates Connor SO, Jack Fleckenstein
Al, Sergeant Wamble 40,i Corporal How
erton A.
observation-disclosures 40, Roman
81, Hughes A, Wallace 43. Platt 81,
Enright SO, Peek Sc, Whittier sc, Nc
Martin 40, Connors Al, Perkins 43,
Wackford 81, Jack Fleckenstein 40,
Elliott &c.
Company G-Captain A. E. Stearns
AZ, Lieutenant J. Zittinger 80, Sergeant
Klein 42, Sergeant Guth Al, Sergeant
Kellogg 39 Corporal Blair 43, Corporal
Liebling SO, Privates Mcmillan 43, Peck
40, Sheehan SO, Elliott SO, Petitdier SO,
Cook 81, Milliken 81, Boles "a, league
"a, Cippea 26, Ruhstaller 33.
Pool-shooting-J. A. McMartin 40, w.
I. Wallace 43, j. A. Klein 43, A. Nc
MILAN 43, w. F. Sheehan A., ]. Zit-
finger 42, J. A. Blair ~, A. ]. Petitidier
Al, J. L. Guth 40 c. A. Elliott 40, S.
Leibling 80, P. Cook 81, E. Peek 81,
J. L. Latta 81, E. Nicholas 50, c. F.
Cotter 81. F. Daringer 81, ]. Cippa 26,
F. Banetti 2, r. Enright sc, A. P. Burns
50, A. Meister AZ, M. Wamer %, ]. 1.
Gage 27.
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JOSEPH CAMP RUNS AMUCK.
A Bad Man With a Gun Meets With
Disaster;
He Impersonates an Officer, Attempts
to Commit Murder, and Fin
ally Shoots Himself

Joe Camp, a painter employed by A.
H. Anderson at Seventh and streets,
ran all amuck yesterday afternoon.
After he had succeeded in getting
drunk, he became impressed with the
idea that he was a member of the police
force, and insisted at the police station
in having a peddler named Wolff Lum-
ley locked up, though he was not clear
as to what the charge should be.
Sergeant McManus invited him to re-
turn this morning, when his wrongs
would be righted This satisfied Camp
apparently and he drifted out.
But he was heard from shortly after
ward. Fred Townsend reported to the
police that Camp had attempted to
shoot him. According to Townsend S
story he barely escaped with his life,
having knocked away Camps pistol in
time to allow the shot to whistle
harmlessly over his head.
Townsends story was only just told
when John Riley called up the police
headquarters by telephone, stating that
a man had shot himself on Tenth
street, between c and D.
The ambulance was dispatched to the
spot and the wounded man was brought
in He proved to be Camp, who, while
swinging his gun wildly about, put a
shot through his right foot. The wound
was dressed by the City Physician, and
while it is painful, it is thought Camp
will pull through all right.
After Camps foot had been dressed he
modified his story by stating that
Townsend had done the shooting.
Townsend, when he appeared later,
stated that he had forcibly taken, not
one gun, but two, away from Camp, and
that gun number two had exploded, and
it had probably been that shot which
landed in Camps foot. He asked for a
permit from Chief Drew to carry pis-
tol, which was promptly refused.
In the meantime Camp had sworn out
a warrant charging him with assault
with intent to commit murder. Town
send was locked up accordingly. He
was a roommate of L L. Callendine at
the time the latter shot and killed Jack
Harris.
Camp was allowed to go on his own
recognizance and to enable him to give
the proper attention to his injured foot.
The record-union., 1896-03-30

Mr. and Mrs J. H. Heitman gave
their daughter Alma a reception yester-
day afternoon, according to the custom
of the German Lutheran Church, In
honor of her confirmation in the church,
at their residence, 1926 Eighth street.
The house was beautifully decorated
with flowers and plants, Miss Alma
receiving some very beautiful bouquets,
in addition to a number of very hano-
some presents from relatives ana
friends. There were a large number
present at the reception Among them
were: Mrs. Merrill, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Noack, Mrs. Rave, Mrs. Klune, Mrs.
DR.. Glow Mrs. Strobel, Mrs. Mier, Miss
NJ. Heilbron, Miss L. Ebel, Misses A.
and H Grau, Miss Labs, Miss A.
Schwartz Miss H. Biewener, MiAs d.
Stephenson, Misses L. and E. Hebron,
Miss Hulda Stauffer, Miss Louise
Drescher, Miss Agnes O'Brien, Miss b.
Stephenson, Miss Helena Biewener, Miss
NJ Katzenstein, Miss E. King, Miss
Helen Peterson, Miss Lillian Steinman,
Miss K. Hoehn, Miss P. Johnson, Miss
Minnie Ruhstaller, Miss Ethel Hall,
Miss Ruth SeadIer, Miss Meckfessel,
Miss F. McLennan, Miss B. Howe, Miss
F. Meister, Miss Hattie Pike, Master
Clarence Willis, Miss G.. Grau, Master
Fritz Grau, Mrs. Grau, Mrs. Biewener,
Mrs DR.. Voeller, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs.
Gattman, Mrs. Ebel, Mrs. Knauer, Mrs.
Stauffer, Mrs. Labs, Mrs. Hall, Mrs.
Harris, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Oehler,
Mrs. Seadler, Mrs. Yoerk, Mrs. Gets,
Mrs Geiser. Mrs. Heitman was as
sisted in receiving the guests by Miss
Della Grau and Miss Agnes O'Brien,
and the occasion was a most enjoyable
one.
The Florida Times Union" of the
Goth contains the following paragraph
concerning a Sacramento young lady
now visiting friends at Daytona, in
that State:
Mrs. Washington Van Hamm (for-
merly Mary Wolf and Miss Lulu A.
Nichols of Sacramento, Cal, gave a de-
lightful sailing party on board their
yacht Sunshine Wednesday. A party
The record-union., 1896-03-30
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS.
Those for March Very Disappointing
to Treasury Officials.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-With
two days of March left, the Government
receipts for the month have only
reached $24,000,000. They are not like
ly to exceed $26,000,000 for the entire
month The low receipts have been
very disappointing to treasury officials,
who have been trying to persuade them
selves that business, which is re-
f1ected in Government receipts, was ma
terially improving. TIE deficit for the
year to date is $18,0000OO. In April
heavy interest payments come due. AT
the present ratio Of receipts the deficit
at the end of the fiscal year may ap-
proximate $27, 100000. Secretary Car
isles estimate was S17,000,000.
The treasury gold reserve at the close
CT business to-day stood at $12S, 49,
527. The Withdrawals for the day
were S37. 900.
The record-union., 1896-03-30
OPPOSI TICN TO CRISP

Now Menaces the Very Existence IF
the Cabinet,
NEW YORK, March 2S.-A special
cable dispatch to the Herald" from
Rome says:
Signor Crispi's opposition has already
become formidable, and now menaces
the very existence of the Cabinet The
only hope left for the Government is to
carry out a policy that will draw off
fifty votes from the present opposition.
On its success or failure in doing this
depends the fate of the Ministry.
However, the Marquis di Rudini still
holds one trump card-the dissolution of
Parliament. The King has accorded
him the necessary decree for this pur-
pose, and the allegation to the contrary
published by the Tribune is untrue.
The record-union., 1896-03-30
FAIR OAKS FIRST CRIME.
4 Japanese Laborer Slain by One Of
His Own Race.
The Latter Then Quietly Started a
Grave Yard in the New
Colony Tract.

The new colony of Fair Oaks, on the
north side of the American River, some
eighteen miles from this city. has had
it's baptismal of blood.
Last Tuesday night a homicide-or
perhaps a murder-was committed in
that peaceful new settlement, but
somehow the fact did not become public
until yesterday. This was probably
because the perpetrator of the tragedy
quietly dug grave, buried his victim,
went on saving wood and said nothing.
At a late hour last night japanese
named K. Sakabe appeared at the police
station with one Of his countrymen'
named Lakauye, whom he surrendered
to Sergeant Plunkett, saying that the
prisoner had murdered another Japan
ese at Fair Oaks.
Lakauye was locked up for future
use. because he admitted the killing,
though he claimed it was a case OF self
defense. He says that on Tuesday last
he and the other Jap quarreled, ana
that night the latter came to his cabin
or room-whichever it was-and at
tempted to murder him with an ak.
He succeeded only in cutting Lakauye
on the leg, when the latter got the ak
away from his assailant and turned the
tables on the latter by killing him. he
then buried him, and not a sound was
heard, not funeral note. during the
latter proceeding.
When Sergeant Plunkett had care
fully bottled up the prisoner he in
formed Coroner Clark Of the affair, ana
the latter will to-day relieve the Fair
Oaks cemetery Of its only occupant.
The record-union., 1896-03-30
PERSONAL MENTION.

D. A Lindley returned yesterday
from a two weeks trip to Arizona.
Lon Eckhardt of Folsom has gone to
Victoria, B. c., to stay all summer and
perhaps permanently.
Jay r. Brown, the lawyer, who ac-
companied his father, c. c. Brown, to
New Orleans to look after the estate Of
the latter's sister, who recently died
there, has returned. He says there is
little fear but that his father will be
awarded the estate.