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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05
Editor Florida Agriculturist:

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
Will you kindly answer thefollowing questions
and greatly obge the undersigned? I may be
ignorant OF what is needed in your state but
artesian wells have done much for Dakota and
I DO not doubt but they would do much for
Florida. 1 do not believe the people of Florida
can ever become wealthy and depend on expen-
eive fertilizers. 1t would seem as If the heat of
that latitude with plenty OF water would produce
rank vegetation, and it would seem as if the
clovers to produce strong pasturage and their
fertilizing qualities with several cows and hogs,
muck, leaves etc., all the fertilizing necessary
might be obtained. l. Do you know of any
artesian wells in Florida? 2. II so where? 3. At
what depth are they? 4. What is their flow per
minute in gallons? s. What is their pressure per
square inch? 9. Do you know of Alfalfa or
other clover growing successfully in Volusa
county or Orange county? z. From your under
standing of the geography of Florida can an
artesian well be obtained in Volusia county that
would give good flow and pressure? E. A. B.
l. Yes, plenty of them. 2. All along
the east coast as far south as Eden and
the west coast as far as Manatee. There
may be wells farther south but we have
not noticed them. Artesian wells can
also be had along the St. Johns river
where the elevation is not too high. 3.
From 40 to 6OOfeet 4and S. This varies
with the size and location of the well.
Some wells just flow over while others
have head of from 10 to 80 feet. 6.
No. 7. Yes. There are hundreds of
them along the east coast and there are
two at Lake Beresford.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05
A Bearing Lemon Tree.

Mr.. @. f. Howes, who resides at Fair
view, is probably the only man in Or
ange county who has bearing lemon
tree.
1t came from the root of tree which
was frozen down, and now the sprout is
six or seven feet high with spread of
four or five feet. 1t Is now full of
blooms and fruit, the latter ranging
from the size of pea to that of hen s
egg.
This is the most advanced lemon tree
reported to this office.-Orlando Repor-
ter.
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A VALUABLE sPROUT.

correspondent of the Twin City In
dependent, writing about some of the won
derful things he saw in Florida says, I'm
year an orange sprout will grow ten feet
out of this sand. The same will produce
crop of sweet potatoes that will result in
fifty dollars an acre."
Does he mean the orange sprout will
produce the sweet potatoes that sell for
fifty dollars an acre? Must be new kind
of sprout.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05
Texas Big Hog.

Texas is not only the biggest state in
the Union, but lays claim to the biggest
hog ever raised in the United States.
The hog weighs 1,43O pounds, and is
eight feet three inches long. He meas
ures six feet around the neck, eight feet
around the body, and stands four feet
one inch high. His feet are as high as
those OF common OK and the leg bones
larger than that of the biggest steer.
He is Poland China and Red Jersey.
He eats corn like an OK, takes the whole
ear in his mouth at once and eats the
cob as we'll as the corn, eating from forty
to fifty ears at time. There seems to
be no surplus flesh on him, and physi-
clans who have examined the hog say he
can easily be made to reach {, ZOO pounds
The present owner, T. Ratigan, paid
$3.50 for the hog, and has been offered
ST., 500 for him. He has fire policy on
the animal for $4,000. No other hog, 1t
is said, ever reached such tremendous
proportions. We expect to learn soon
that he has been burned. Monticello
Press.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05

CMOOTH CAYENNE pineapple suckers from
y large fruiting plants now growing at our
Modello Park pinery. Ready for delivery in
July, by the 100, 1000 or 10000. Also fine
Abbaka and Golden Queen suckers. Write for
prices. ORLANDO GRAPE G FRUIT CON-
PANY. G. S. VanHouten, Orlando Fla.
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THIRTY THOUSAND TREES for SALE Seed
Il lings and Budded Grape Fruit. Valencia
and Harris Late Eureka Lemons. Dancy Tan
gerine and Pineapple buds. All buds ON grape
fruit stock four and One-half years old. Write
us before buying. BOWER & STEP HENS.
Lakeland, Fla. $685.
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Of bran, an ounce and half of middlings
thoroughly mixed and wet up to the
consistency of dough- with molasses
thinned by adding one-third it's volume
of water, would be all-sufficient for max
ing test of it's efficacy.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05

r AIDES and gents to become members of class
- now forming for the purpose of teaching
landscape and portrait painting under new Ital-
ian method. The course is completed in series
of nine lessons by mail. Success guaranteed and
work furnished our graduates which eventually
gives you steady income.-UNITED ART
STUDIOS, Box 4S7. Lima. o.
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a GREAT BARGAIN in 5000 fine Tardiff buds.
"A to feet on roguh lemon stock. These trees
are staked and absolutely free from all insects,
Budwood from G. s. Burgess. Will close these
out at remarkably low prices, do not wish
to remain in the nursery business. ELOISE
FRUIT & VEGETABLE COMPANY, Winter
Haven, Fla. At
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05

IF YOU want the genuine Carney Parson Brown
Il buds, now is the time to order them Also
10. 900 dormant buds of G. p. Brown, Harris Tar
diff. Daucy Tangerine, Walter & Marsh Seed
less POmelO and Carney Sicily Lemon. Address
NJ. & J. TURNKEY, Excelsior Nursery, Lake
Weir, Fla.
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pUDWOOD.-Dr. D. o. Davies of Fernandina
ID offers budwOod from his Lake county grove
Fine oranges (Maiorca). Good shippers. S. 90
per 1000 at grove or by express; $3.50 per 900
by mail or express prepaid. Supply inexhausti-
BILE. Address J. J. SILVA, Lisbon, Fla.
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Editor Florida Agriculturist:

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
VIII you kindly inform me what insecticide to
use to prevent grasshoppers from destroying
young caulifowers? Also which seed is best to
SOW for shade and for fertilizer. COW peas or beg
gar weed? I have heard SO many contra
dieting statements about them getting among
the roots OF large orange trees. J.F.S.
Punta Gorda.
We publish an article in another col
umn under the head, arsenic TO" Hop
pers" that may help you. We greatly
prefer beggar weed, as it does not require
to be seeded every year. If you desire
to make hay it is mucn easier done and
more satisfactory to the stock.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05

NITRUS 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, Micheal, Maltese
Blood, Centennial and Nonpariel. Address A.
L. DUNCAN, Mgr, Milwaukee Grove and Nur.
series, Dunedin. Fla
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MICA CRYSTAL GRIT. Best substitute for
VA Hens teeth, only one dollar per sack of 100
pounds. E. w. AMSDEN, Ormond Fla. tt
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GMOOTH CAYENNE. Abbaka, Enville City
~ Golden Queen. Porto Rico, Egyptian Queen
and Sugar Loaf suckers and slips for sale; all
grown at my Indian River Pinery. Address.
CHAS. I'll. ROWLAND, 1882 Chapel st., New
haven, Conn. 81
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The merchants and other business
men, of Gainesville, are making ar
rangements for a midsummer carnival.
The question was agitated only short
time ago, but it is apparent that it has
met the approval of every business man
of Gainesville. The baseball park is to
be enlarged and bicycle race track
built around it. Large purses Will be of
Tered for the bicycle races, and an effort
will be made to get some of the best
riders in the state to come. In addition
to this, there will be trade display,
performances at the opera house, a
baseball carnival, and many other at
fractions.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05

MCNEIL Peas-By mail so cents per pint. Is
NA cents per quart; by express 60 cents per
quart; ten quarts and over so cents. II you want
them order early as the supply is limited. w.
II. MANN, Meanwhile, Fla. SO
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DOWKERS ANIMAL MEAL, To make Hens
I'D Law and chicks grow. Our little book the Egg
tells all about it. E. w. AMSDEN, Ormond, Fla.
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GHELLS WAN TED: river CLAIMS or river mus
~ sci shells from South Florida and Georgia
lakes and streams. Write for prices paid and
N. Y.
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WANTED five to fifty pounds fresh well ma
w tured camphor seeds, also ten pounds citrus
trifoliata seeds. Address C. W. FOX ,Fruitland
Park Lake county, Fla.
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II and curing in the house. Facilities furnished
buyer to handle it. Address POSTMASTER,
Glen Ethel, Fla.
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ACKNOWLEDGING, Parson Brown, Boone,
~ King, Ruby, Pineapple, Marsh's Seedless and
Triumph Grapefruit. Write for prices. stating
quantity wanted.-GEO. e. SNOW, Eastlake. Fla.
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hK AXE me bid on 2h acres finest Havana
AVA leaf; will furnish house to cure it. Now
ready to cut. POSTMASTER, Glen Ethel Fla.
80
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in orange grove work
w or garden. Have q family and prefer to
work on place. References given. Address F. A.
LYNCH Jaffrey. Fla
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Pure Italian Queens.

Hyou want bees thatwi just roll in the honey
then try one of my young queens. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Tested queens $1O6 each, six for
SIS 90, twelve for $500.
WILLARD ROCKS:
Fruitidnd Park, Fla.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
This department is devoted to answering such
questions as may be asked by our subscribers
which may be of general interest. Inquiries of a
personal character that require answer by mail
should always have stamp enclosed.
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Editor Florida Agriculturist:
Can you give the name of any one in your Sec
tion who has canaigre planted? Also reliable
man from whom L could purchase grapefruit
trees? H.B.
Rock Land Farm, Fla
Mr.. M. Gore, of Orlando, has charge
Of about 40 acres of canaigre. See our
advertising columns.
Editor Florida Agriculturist:
wish to know if any one can give me informa-
tion in regard to raising asparagus Can it be
cultivated successfully in Florida? Are there
any white Grape myrtles in the state? Please re-
ply to these questions in your valuable paper
J.C.C.
Electra, Fla.
AS a money crop asparagus is not a
success. 1t can be grown, but only those
who can afford luxuries should attempt
it. We have seen white Grape myrtle at
various places In the state.
Editor Florida Agriculturist:
Enclosed is P. o. money order $1.0O, for which
please send me the FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT six
months. I am something of a gardener. horti-
culturist and florist in the north, but know
nothing about the management OF Floridafruits,
etc. would like to know the proper time to
plant lettuce radishes beets ETC., in your section,
and what kind of fruits are raised about your
section. The distance from the coast and from
Sanford. Please state in your issue when Con-
venient. DIG.
hartford, Wis.
You can begin to plant lettuce, rad
ishes and beets in October, and plant
them every month if you choose, up to
April. A few oranges, peaches, pears,
plums, persimmons, grapes and few
guavas. We are thirty miles from the
coast and seventeen from Sanford.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05

This department is devoted to answering such
questions as may be asked by our subscribers
which may be Of general interest. Inquiries of q
personal character that require answer by mail
should always have stamp enclosed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05

NOR SALE-1. 500 Carney Sicily lemon trees, 81
feet. M. G Y. III. TURNBY, Lake Weir, Fla. 80
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NOR SALE.-Tangerine Budwood at $40 per
y 1000 Address, o. BIELBY, DeLand, Fla.
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PUDWOOD-Fift thousand fine well matured
~ Riverside navel buds from bearing trees. G
W. FOX. Fruitland Park. Fla.
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HOUSES TO RENT at Lake Helen, Fla. Also
N cottages ON Coronado Beach. SAMUEL
CURRIER.
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| PEGGARW Fed seed for sale, price Is cents per
~ peck, or $3.50 per bushel. t. o. b. Fl Huntington.
Benjamin N. Bradt. Huntington. Fla.
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WIRE NETTING. best goods for the least
w money. Write for latest price list. E. w.
AMSDEN, Ormond, Fla. tt
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CHEAP COLUMN.

RATES-Twenty words, name and address one
week, 20 cts: three weeks, so cts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-20
A Labor Paper to Laboring Men.

A leading labor paper in Chi
cago, Tile Eight Hour Herald, does
not believe that the interests of the
laboring man will be benefited by
free silver, but that on the con-
trary that his expenses would be
increased much more than his
wages, and that he would thereby
be a great loser. Here is what it
says:
For our own part we are free
to confess that we are wholly uu-
equal to the task of figuring out
how the man who works for wages
is to be benefited by the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio named.
Let us lay aside the political
prejudices surrounding the ques-
ton for a moment and see where
we stand. The workingman is
buyer exclusively. He is in the
market as a buyer every day in the
year. Individually his purchases
may not amount to much, but COL
lectively they are enormous Sure
ly no sane man will claim that
buyer with fixed limited income
will be benefited by an advance in
the price Of all commodities, unless
the raise in prices is attended
by compromising circumstances.
What circumstances would serve
as compensation in a case of this
kind? 1t may be argued that the
Workingman is seller as we'll as
buyer, in SO far as he disposes of
his labor to the best advantage to
himself This is true; but every
man of experience knows that an
advance in the price of commodi-
ties is never attended by cores
ponding advance in wages. No
matter what the conditions, no
matter what the cost of living,
every proposition to raise wages
will be stubbornly contested to the
end.
There are interests which may
be benefited by the free and un-
limited coinage of silver, but we
fail to see why the industrial in
terests should be included in the
list"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-20
Villas AND THE APPORTION-
MENT SUIT.

Senator Villas and Attorney Burr
w. Jones, of Madison, have an
nounced that they will not longer
participate in the case to test the
last Legislative apportionment. Mr..
Peck, chairman of the Democratic
State Central committee, was on
yesterday notified of the with
drawal of these attorneys from the
suit.
1t is fair to presume, in justice
to the lawyers themselves, that
they took this step because they
had concluded that there was
nothing in the case-no reasonable
hope that the Supreme court would
decide that the apportionment was
unfair and unconstitutional, In
deed, it has been from the begin
ming confidently predicted by those
who were proposing to defend the
law that the attack upon it would
come to naught
It is rather surprising, however,
that the local Democratic organ,
which is at present at least more
Of an organ of Senator Villas and
of the gold standard people than
it is of Wall and the free silver
men, should assert that Villas and
Jones withdrew from the case be-
cause they did not wish to help
the silver Democrats of Wiscon-
sin to win a United States senator.
That sounds childish. Can it be
possible that Mr.. Villas and his
Democratic brethren went into
that contest to overthrow a Re-
publican apportionment, not to
Vindicate a great principle and
establish justice, but to gain a
mere partisan advantage?
There is no prospect of silver
senator, Or any kind of a Popocrat
or Democrat senator, being elected
in Wisconsin by the coming legis-
lature, with or without the present
apportionment. Nobody knows
that better than Mr.. Villas. He
took up the apportionment case,
doubtless, because his party friends
urged him to do SO. He has con-
Guided that the prospects for Win
ming the case were poor. Hence
his withdrawal. If the free silver
Democrats think otherwise they
should push the case. If they do
not it will be evidence that they
accept Mr.. Villas manifest conclu-
sions. Sentinel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-20
Sound Sense About Sound Money.

No matter how sound our
money may be, it will not con-
duce to our prosperity so long as
its principal mission is to pay the
foreign manufacturer for goods
that ought to have been manu-
featured in our country; SO long
as the chief avenue of its expendi-
ture points away from instead of
home. Four years ago our money
was also active. 1t paid to
American workingmen the highest
average wage they had ever re-
ceived; it kept our industries busy
turning out the largest production
they had ever known; it moved
the wheels of commerce in all
directions, caused the largest
known consumption of the pro-
ducts of our farms and, in short,
brought to every legitimate in
terest in the United States degree
of prosperity without previous
parallel. Thu, it did because it
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-20
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-20

Stoughton Hub, Rep: Scores
of good Republicans in Stoughton
alone make the declaration, and
make it openly, that their votes
next November will not be cast
for Mr.. Scoheld. Not one word is
heard in criticism of Mr.. Scofeld'S
personality, but there is we'll
defined and widespread sentiment
that Mr.. LaFoll,-tte's defeat was
comprised by the illegitimate use
of money-that it is an other VIC
tory for the machine that the
nominee is but another product OF
a corrupt and INSCRIPTIONS gang,
and that he will do its bidding as
servilely and crIngingly as has
Gov. Upham during: the past year
and a half. Mr.. LaFolle; tie stood
for the very opposite.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-20

Pursuant 10 The following notice from the
secretary OF State, notice is hereby given that at
the general election to be held in the several
towns, wards and villages in Wood County, Wis
Monday, being the 3rd day of November, A. D.
1896, the following officers are TO be elected:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-20
EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT,
AND CHRONIC DISEASE
SPECIALIST.

Will visit Grand Rapids. at the Witter
House, Saturday, August 22nd, from Il.
m. until 2 p. m.
Dr. Rea has been connected with the
largest hospitals in the country and has
no superior in diagnosing and treating
diseases, deformities, etc. He will give
$50 for any case where he cannot tell
the disease and where located in five
minutes.
ACUTE AND CHRONIC CATARRH.
FIssURE, FIsTULA, or Ulcers cured by
our electrical treatment.
Structure of the Urethra one or two
treatments by electricity; no pain or
soreness. Polypus tumors Of the nose,
ear or Rectum removed.
Irritation OF bladder and kidneys, one
treatment also Female Diseases, such
as Falling Of the WOMB, DIsPLACEMENTs,
forward or backward, replaced, perma-
nently cured.
STERILITY. There are a great many
women suffering from this, Whites or
LeuCOrrhea or some other diseases
which can be relieved and cured.
Ladies having "Superfuous hair" on
their face, we remove them permanent
ly by one treatment. BlOtches, MOles,
etc, likewise Cancers, Tumors, Warts,
cured by from two to five treatments.
Varicocele, Hydrocele cured. Rupture
cured. YOUNG MEN suffering from
errors cured in one or two treatments.
Deafness. There are many cases that
can be easily restored. Deformities,
Club Feet, Curvature Spine, all prop
erly treated.
Lung Trouble. Many cases are cura-
BILE that have not gone too far. Will
say to physicians Of your city and
county: If you have patient or rela-
tive you wish examined bring them as
be has no secrets in his practice, and
will be pleased to explain every mode
of treatment necessary. Will show
them improvement in advanced surgery
and medicine.
DR.. Rea will undertake no incurable
case, and he will tell you what chances,
if any, to be cured.
Remember the date. Send this to
your sick neighbor. Each patient can
see the Doctor privately. Call as early
as possible, as his room will be crowded.
Consultation free.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-20

We have no means of knowing
whether or not our friends, the
enemy, believe in a future life.
Certain it is that they cannot be-
lieve in day of reckoning, if we
may judge from the character OF
their statements in regard to the
Protective Tariff. But they must
believe in a resurrection. 1t is but
yesterday that they were vocifer-
ously shouting: "McKinleyism is
dead"-so vociferously, in fact,
that we were inclined to think that
they were trying to make them
selves believe it as we'll as others.
However that may be, Mckinley
ism is more thriving and vigorous
than ever before and, daily, crowds
pay homage to Mckinley as the
advance agent of prosperity"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-20

Six weeks ago l suffered with very
severe cold; was almost unable to speak.
My friends all advised me to consult
physician. Noticing Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy advertised in the St.
Paul Nolks Zeitung procured bottle,
and after taking it a short while was
entirely well. I now most heartily
recommend this remedy to anyone
suffering with a cold. WM. KEEL, 67S
Selby Ave, st. Paul, Mimi. For sale
by F. L. Steib & Co. August.