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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-06-24
DisCOura gementS.

The one who has tried poultry as o
source of profit and failed during the
first year has made gain in one direc-
ton, even if having lost in another. 1t
requires a years experience to learn
where the mistakes are made, and If one
can learn how to avoid the mistakes one
half of the difficulty would have been
overcome. The greatest mistake is in
undertaking the business with too many
hens. The proper mode is to commence
with small flock, breed for the kinds
desire d, and gradually increase until the
desired number has heeD secured. A
breeder who had bnt little experience
when be began procured several hundred
hens with which to commence, but
nearly two-thirds of them died with dis
ease. He regards the disease as the
most fortunate thing that happened, as
be found out how to avoid mistakes that
he had made, and the result is that he
had made, and the result is that he has
since made his focks pay him well.
Drawbacks are discouraging, but they
are sometimes blessings in Disguise
Mirror & Farmer.
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Poultry Manure in Warm Weather

Poultry manure rapidly decomposes
during the warm weather and gives the
poultry house a very unpleasant odor.
This cannot all be avoided, even when
the house is daily cleaned, but it can be
treated so as not only to be of greater
value, but also to lessen the disagree
able Odor to a certain extent. The
roosts should, of course. be so arranged
that tho droppings will fall on the plat
form. Keep the platform we'll covered
with sifted dirt about one-half an inch
thick. To do this is first to scatter the
dirt aud then over the dirt scatter
handful of kainit German potash salts)
which will arrest the escape Of ammonia
when decomposition begins Two or
three times a We. k daily is better sweep
the pla' form with a broom and after it
is done sprinkle the platform and floor
with a soiutiOn of teaspooniul of car
bolic acid in a gallon of water, and then
scatter the dry dirt on the platform.
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ties, which, in my judgment, is best.
Some advise bill of fare equal to Del.
monico's. I should want it in print, for
fear OF making mistake, which might
cause complicated case of Indigestion,
and then, of course, the expense OF the
pen doctor, to say nothing about the
loss of sleep or neglect of other business.
e. S. Lyons, 10 Poultry Monthly.
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Not many business houses in these
United States can boast of fifty years
standing. The business Of J. G. Aver &
Co., Lowell, Mass, whose incompatible
Sarsaparilla is known and used every
where, has passed It's half-centennial
and was never so vigorous as at present
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How Hens Vary as Layers.

In regard to the number and size Of
eggs, remember two pullets that laid
much larger eggs than others of the
same age and breeding, and more than
the average number. One of the pull
lets was somewhat understood. There
were also two other pullets laying very
small eggs, and much more than the
average in her; blank days occurred
at long intervals. These observations
extended only during the few months in
Matching, no: for the entire season. So
ence to get the fewest eggs from hens
laying larger ones. From Houdans, lay
ing very large eggs. very satisfactory
numbers we're obtained. Leghorns gave
more of considerably smaller size, and
Hamburgs produced a much greater
number of very small eggs. The Hou-
dams, however, were confined most Of
the time, the Leghorns some of the time,
while the Hamburgs had almost unlim-
tied run most of the year. This was fif-
teen years ago, and I cannot now give
more specific records, for did not then
appreciate the Importance OF collecting
them. Later experience with Minorcas,
which laid very large eggs, was to the
effect that they are less prolific than the
Leghorns.
Eggs from nine Leghorn hens, laying
on the average for year 143 eggs, aver
aged $50 ounces each, while eggs from
average egg production was fraction
over 93 eggs, averaged 1.91 ounces
each. Two hens averaging ia eggs
each during their second year, produced
eggs that averaged 1893 ounces in
weight, and two other similar hens.
whose egg production was IS eggs each,
laid eggs averaging exactly the same
weight. A Cochin hen whose eggs
average 2.22 ounces in weight, laid
1872 eggs during the year. Individual
instances show such variation as indi-
cate no general relation between num-
Der and size Of eggs and enough data
is not available to justify conclusions
from the averages. [ have always
thought, however, that the hen laying
very large eggs as rule laid fewer than
the average.-Wm. P Wheeler, in Rural
New Yorker.
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The well known Douglas mixture, com
posed of one pound of copperas, two gal
Ions OF water and one ounce of sulphuric
acid, is also an excellent disinfectant and
a very cheap compound that can be used
freely. -Prarie Farmer.
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W.N HALDEMAN, President of the great Louis
vile COurier-JounGl, says:
DR.. WINTERsMIru--Sir: l waive rule have
edy prompting me to say it cured two cases OF
Chills in my family after many other remedies
had failed. I do not hesitate to express my be-
lief that your Chill Cure is a valuable specific,
and performs all that you promise for 1t.
Very respectfully, WIN. HA1DEMAN.
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Beware If Ointment for Catarrh hat Goa
tain ME- rcuYy,


tain ME- rcuTy,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
tions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do Is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu-
factred by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN. In buying H all's Catarrh Cure b
sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken
internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio,
by F. j, Cheney e. Co. Testimonials
free. Sold by Druggists, price 75c per
bottle. Halls Family Pills are the best.
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am thoroughly convinced OF two es
sentials to make poultry raising and
keeping a success. One is to keep the
fowls free from lice and vermin, and the
other is to have dry, well-ventilateG
building. Lice ard dampness cause
nine-tenths of all the trouble in raising
poultry, either for meat or eggs. Can
you at all times have dry house with
loan bottom? say 'no!' from expert
ence. In moist weather it will gathe,
dampness, even though not drop oil
water can enter at sides or roof. The
same with sand or gravel, and the same
with boards If they are covered with
dirt. Put on the driest dirt possible to
get, land if not properly ventilated, it soon
becomes damp, and dampness causes nc
end OF trouble. Better have few cracks
and fresh air than warm, poorly venti
lated rooms. I believe the tight build
ing idea is being carried too far, and is
already showing itself in many of our
focks, with poor, sick)y, unproductive,
Improbable fowls.
For feed room, scratching and roost-
ing room, thoroughly believe board
floor, covered about one inch deep with
dry pine sawdust, is the best possible to
have. Nothing equals sawdust as an
absorbent, and the pine odor is pleas
ant and health giving. II you ever by
accident have an inch of water settle on
floor (as I have), you bail out what
you can and then put on the dry saw
dust, and in few minutes you remove
the sawdust, water and all, and you
again have a dry floor. Just such an
occurrence as above led me to adopt it
as permanent covering, and nothing
that I have seen from it's use for the
past five years will induce me to aban-
don it. With this I use dry leaves,
sometimes straw and sometimes hay.
1t is not a good idea to use the latter, as
they will eat it,and must in consequence
consume more or less filth.
For bath I have used boxes in the
same room, but have discarded them
and have studied natures plan. Ii in
the same room, dust is all over every
thing; without it, room is at all times
neat and clean. My dust box or dirt
baths are small sheds, built on south Of
house and on the natural earth; they
are three feet nigh, roof covered with
boards and paper, have windows in front,
and are raised so that no water can get
in. No ashes nor artificial dust. Moth
ing pleases the hens better than mother
earth, and believe nothing is it's equal
for bath. Access to dust house is by q
small door oaly, ten by live inches
Now we come to the feeding. [ say
feed no egg foods for any kind sold as
such, either in liquid or powdered
form. 1t is money for the seller Ofsuch
and not for you. Use little common
sense; study the nature of the hens
wants and her natural habits in sum
mer, when favored with unlimited range,
and you can furnish feed suitable to pro
duce eggs, at less cost and in large guam
titles than in any other way. You have
no use for the patent hen-food man; you
are of benefit to him, and. OF course, he
has lots OF advice for vou-fr-e! Don't
think that because l do not advocate
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POULTRY DEP ARTMENT.

Address all communications to PoultryDe
partment, Box 900 DeLand, Fla,
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Why not use
Wintersmith's?
80 years. sue
cess. Tried and
true. Sells on
its merits, and
hever fails to
cure. Take no
substitute.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01
IN A PERH0US POSITION.
LifeSagers Fail to Rescue the Crew from
q Stranded Three Mdsted
Schooner.

70 NANTASKET. Mass, Dec. 81. - The
life-saying crew this afternoon reported a
large three masted schooner anchored be-
tween Tuckernut Shoal and Cross Rip, fly
ing signal of distress, probably sinking.
The schooner was sighted at daybreak this
morning, but as. there was no telephone
communication. and the terrific sea pre-
vented the lifeboat going outside, nothing
could be done. About 10 O'clock the YES
sci hoisted:. signal Of distress, and. at
O'Clock this afternoon, no assistance hay
ing. come, the crew could be seen lashing
"a spar. in the. rigging whereon they could.
cling.if the vessel foundered. -
=" This roused the Muskegat crew to an ex-
treme effort and at the risk of their lives
they crossed to Nantucket, where. word
was telegraphed to various wrecking com
panies,. and tits. hoped that. tugs are on
their way. TO the crew S: assistance. AT
sunset the wind continues blowing a north;
west gale anda heavy: sea is running. : Z:
But little can be, definitely said tonight
as to5the fate of*the schooner. :: The>gessel
is only visible from Tdckernut Island. and
communication with that place in such. a.
gale as this is impossible; AS soon as the
weather nloderates tugs. will: start for her
from Vineyard.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01
SIGHTED OFF, TATOOSH,
The Safety of the Australian
Liner Miowera Is Now
~. Assured.
Was Seen by the George w. Watson's
p. Captain After Parting From
the Strathnevis.


: SEATTLE, WASH. Dec. 31.-Proof of the
safety of the. Canadian Pacific Company's S
Australian liner Miowera is accumulating.
~Valua bic information was cahled this after
noon from. this city. to the steamship Off
cials, having. been obtained to-day from
Captain Pillsbury of the steamship Nine
ola. The captain has a chart which he
procured from the master Of the schooner
George W. Watson showing the relative
positions of the vessels when, as claimed,
the Watson sighted the Miowera at 10
O'Clock in the morning ou Decem Der %.
At that time the Watson's position was
southeast .(magnetic) thirty-seven miles
from Tatoosh, which gives Destruction
Island bearing: east three-eighths north
(mag ghetto twenty miles, the Miowera being
then three or four miles to the northeast,
and, as supposed, searching for her lost
tow.
!: AS the Strathnevis did not anchor until
2 O'Clock IN the .morningof the oath. and
had been driving. broadside at the rate of
four miles an hour, she must have
been out of sight of the Miowera at
the time. The relative positions of the
vessels. place the Miowera nearer land
than the Strathnevis, and tend to show
that the former was searching for the dis
apled ship,
This news, and the sighting of what
certainly must have been the Miowera bv
the schooner Compeer later in the dav on
23d, southeast of Cape Flattery, proves
that the Miowera is safe almost beyond
question,
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01
CHAMPIONED BY PERKINS,
An Attempt to Be Made to In,
crease. the Tariff Duties: !
~. on Sugar. !. !:
His Interesting Resolution Showing
How the Industry Has Been
Crippled. =

WASHINGTON d. G., Dec. Ex-senator
Perkins OF California says he intends: to
make a strong effort to iEcrease tariff rIji-
ties on sugar, and TO this end he to-day.
Introduced resolution in the Senate.
Perkins will soon make a speech in which.
he will endeavor tc explain the rapid
growth of The beet-sugar industry under
the Mckinley tariff act. He is ir COIN
munication with California sugar-growerS,
and will assist them in every way possible.
His resolution to-day recites that: >. 81 :.
WHEREAS, Conditfonsof soil and climate
in the United States are so peculiarly
favorable to the growth of sugar beets and
sugar cane that the manufacture of sugar
should be the most important industry of
the country, and under the Operations of
the tariff Jaw of 1890 the sugar industry
was greatly encouraged and :promoted, To
the benefit not only of persons directly
interested but of all the, people of,[the
United States; and, whereas, the opera
tions Of such law were fast making tire
manufacture of sugar the most important
industry of the country, causing vast tracts
of land to be put under cultivation and
affording employment to many thousands
of persons 'in, the field and manufactory,
and the effect of changes made by :the
tariff law OF 1884 has been to stop the de.
yelopment OF this great industry, to.retard
It's progress, to hamper it in every way to
discourage planting OF large tracts of }and
by reducing the pTlce ofTaw material, to
take away the means of:liyeihood from
farmers and farm laborers, and to close
manufactures against laborers who< had
been employed, and =, !:
Whereas, without some further protee-
ton granted by Congress: for few years,
or until the industry becomes solidly:es-
tablished, it will not be possible to long
continue the cultivation of tie sug gar:beet,
or even, perhaps, of sugar cane. or to man
ufacture sugar in this country in cenipeti=
ton with foreign farmers and manufac-
turers who employ cheaper labor than can
be procured in the. United States, and there
is now pen ding before the Finance Com
mittee of the Senate bill: to increase the
revenue by laying additional duties. on a
large number OF articles, but not on sugar; /;
/ therefore, - -
'sR.solr6d That the Committee on FL
nance be and IS hereby instructed to re-
port an amend ment to said revenue bill
| providing Tor aa additional duty on raw
sugar equal 70 the proposed increase ON
other articles enumerated in said BILL 2.
The resolution was objected to by Berry
of Arkansas and went. over under :the
rules. The question will. be taken up by
! the Senate later.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01
Of DESPERADOES,
Six Escaped Conyicts Spend a
Night in Robbery and
r. .:...:. Murder.
A Heavily Armed Posse in Search of
!. the Band of Daring Cut. :.
IL. throats. -. !. -..s....

=. BIRMINGHAM,- ALA. Dec 31.-Bart
Thrasher, the.notorious Bibb County out
law who with six other. conviets recently
broke out. of Pratt Mines Penitentiary, and
.oyerpowering the guards escaped, turned
up at.Horse Greek last night with an un-
known pal and had night.o robbing and
numbering. H. + ~:
Ben Adair and. a farmer. named Jones,
while returning home, were held up by
Thrasher and ibis pa1,. who wore. masks
and carried pistols. -. -. :.
Jones threw up his hands. when com
manded to do so, but Adair resisted, when
Thrasher shot him dead. The living and
dead were then robbed: j.. -: -: :
An hour Later the outlaws held up
Waterman Dave ~ the Ivay mines, and
secured A.o.uasn 4 al watch. ~
Later on they :robbed two miners near
the Victor mines, and concluded by rob-
bing two others at.tAe May Ellen mines.
The watch man saw Thrasher reno ye the
mask from his face and recognized him.
strong posse, heavily armed, is searching
for the desperadoes.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01
INDICTMENT OF KEEPERS.
Systematic Cru sade on the Chicago Bucket
" - SHoDs,s.

Systematic Cru Sdue on the Chicago Batchet
r: -. - " -. shops,
|. :. CHICAGO, I'll, Dec: ..31.-The Grand
Jury to.day:voted indictments. against. the
following proprietors of bucket. shops: !:
Joseph Ulfman%La Sale street; c. c. Wall
& Co, La Sale street; George Sinner, Tre-
mont House :; - go Long, Clifton: House;
Frank Wakem, OWNS building; q: F. Van
Wrinkle, Traders, building; B. Valentine,
La Sale street; Arbogast& Co., Traders
building. and w: Wright, Rookery
building. 81: ~ r. = .-':.
I: The: evidence was secured by a. commit
tee appointed by the Grand: Jury. The
work has: been carried on quietly, the
members visiting the. various places
and. buying :: stocks and grain The
receipts for the. money were used.
as: docume ntary evidence, and it was
upon these. the :. indictments were
voted. Five minutes before the directors
of the Board of. Trade: were to- have met
thus afternoon for the purpose of deciding
if H; M. Greene:of H. NJ: Greene e. CO., was
guilty of bucket-shop practices and passing.
with=a writ restraining them from taking
any:action Which:would debar Mr. Greene
from the privileges of membership.
The writ was made returnable the
first Monday in February, but it is the in
tention of the board to bring the case into
court ina few days on a motion to dissolve
the Injunction The directors at once ad--
journed for a week.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01
The Fugitive Has the Deeds to
Her Property, as Well as
Her Money.
WERE Welded IN SANTA CRUZ,
She Learned When Too Late That She
Had Married Joliet Ex.
Convict.

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 31.-Mrs. Frances
S. Bourne of San Francisco is in this city
in search OF her husband, who deserted
her two months ago. She arrived here
last Sunday, in answer to letter from a
private detective, who desired her pres
ence here to drive the fugitive from his
lair. After Bourne fed from San Fran
cisco, Mrs. Bourne placed her affairs in
the hands of a detective, who commune
Gated with professional brother in this
city, whittier Bourne is supposed to have
come.
Mrs Bourne is not so anxious to regain
possession of her recreant lord as she is to
compel him to disgorge $12, COO of which,
she claims, he robbed her just prior to his
fight. The stolen property is alleged to
consist of an absolute deed to $4,000 worth
of improved property in San Diego, an in
dorsed certificate of deposit in the Bank of
California for $500 issued in her name,
and S2500 in ready cash.
Mrs. Bourne, whose maiden name was
Lillas, first met Bourne in Santa Cruz,
Cal, in the summer of 1894, where she was
visiting with several Eastern friends.
Bourne, who is almost seven years her
senior, represented himself as belonging
W III OdTTOItOD, MO-
He had a quite distinguished air and man.
ner. He and Miss Lillas were married
just one year ago to-day in San Rafael,
CAL
Bourne turned out to be a fortune
hunter, and a few months later she discov-
cred that he had deceived her as to his
family and himself. He represented to
the confding wife that he had an opportu-
nifty to engage in q business enterprise
that would yield enormous profits. All he
wanted was $4,000. Mrs. Bourne, ignor-
ing her husbands first deception, became
plant victim to his rascalitv. Without
investigating the status of the new bust
ness venture, the confding wife transferred
San Diego property and a certificate for
$500 to Bourne. Two days later she re-
ceived So, 500 on account OF her share in an
estate, which Bourne also. succeeded in
wheedling out OF her for the same "busi-
ness" enterprise. The following week he}
stated that he would have 10 visit. III
sound on business connected with lis vent
ture, promising to return in ten days. But
Bourne never came back.
Mrs. Bourne has discovered that
Bourne's right name is Howard Calligan,
and that he is an expert forger, who had
been released from the Joliet prison only
six months before she met him. The wife
Is determined to return him to prison.
Bourne is believed to be III hiding some-
where in this city and the detectives are
confident he cannot elude them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01
Indignation of the People Should
Be Let Off at a Big Mass
Meeting. s. :. !.
RIDIcUIED BY THE SULTAN.
Meanwhile the Massacres Continue in
: :. Armenia and the Powers Do :.
5: :. IS: -. Nothing. : 1885.


LONDON ENG; Dec. .31.-The morning
papers will tomorrow print another*letter
from eK-Prime Minister Rosebery, of SIM
liar tenor to: the letter from the same
source published Monday informing, in
which. Lord Roseberry took the Govern
nlent: severely to task for It's action: or
rather its non-action, in regard to.
Turkish affairs. In his last letter: Lord
Rosebery advocates: the holding of mass
meetings, TO express the public opinion on
the subject. :: =: :.
!, Same safety valve, . he says, ''must be
found for the pent=up, irrepressible indig-
nation: OF the people," He. adds: .iTo
build THE mightest navy in the world and
give absolute power to the Ministry in.
order to: see: our every effort baffled and
ridieuledb by aSultan-and such Sultan
is enough to make every gorge in the coun-
try rise:t.f. :: +. >. 4.
" .C0NSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY, Dec: 81. -
The army reserves. at .Moosh, Sardis.
Alleshgord and Bitlis. have been called
:out - r.. ....-..'. @.:.
BERLIN GERMANY, Dec. .31:-The
Cologne Gazette has dispatch from Con-
stantinople that the, Armenian bishop at
Erzeroum was arrested Monday and sent
to Constantinople. He: is accused of tax
ing: a leading part in the agitation against
the. Government. His arrest has caused
much excitement in -Erzeroum, ard the
officials there: have taken measures TO pre-
vent disorder. Fad 1T not been for the.
precautions TIA ken there would uudoubt-
edly have been an3outbreak. b.
NEW YORK, N w.: Dec. .31.-Stephen
,Karoghlani, a young man from Malatia,
Armenia, now. living in this city, said to-
day concerning Armenian matters:-
7. 81 have just received" letters from my
native city of Malatia reporting the horri-
bic massacre Of Armenians there. Malatia
is: city. seventeen hours distant from.
Harpoot:as the carayans go. The city has
some 100 Oo0 inhabitants. Twelve thou
sand are Armenians, and. Of these fully
5000. were .~massacred during the last
month. l had sent some money to my
family, composed of twenty two members.
To-day my money is returned to me by
one of our neighbors saying that not one
O. CUR eAtife family is lett. - .~:.