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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-02

pine land like a noxious weed in the
border of a manure heap, but it goes
without saying that the sand must
first be made rich.
In ninety days from date of set
ting, the plants had reached matur
ity, having an average height of four
feet, and the leaves being brittle,
crimped and richly mottled.
My knowledge of tobacco growing
was exceedingly meagre, never hav-
ing seen but two or three patches,
and much stress having been placed
upon the dangers attending the cur
ing process by some who assumed to
know, I determined the experiment
should not fail for want of prepara
tion And so, [ built barn in a cor
ner of the patch, 20x24 feet, two
stories high. In lieu of windows
nineteen ventilators, 2x5 feet were
put in, beside a front and side door,
and a 3x12 foot opening in center of
lower floor, the upper floor being
made Of 1x4 boards placed an inch
apart. The walls were closed in with
novelty siding, and cheese cloth tack
ed over ventilators to guard against
dashing rains. Cutting began on July
9Th, and proceeded as rapidly as
ripening and rains permitted. So
frequent were the showers that most
of it was carried directly to the barn,
though ample space was given so
long as room permitted, and by the
time crowding became necessary the
rains abated. The building was
barely sufficient to contain the crop,
and had all ripened at once it would
have been inadequate.
The curing process went on with
out interruption, and is just as sim
pie. certain and safe as the curing
of corn fodder.
[ might have had two succor crops
from the stubble, and the same build
ing would have suficed, but the
demonstration for which [ started
was complete, and so the stubble
was plowed up, July 25th, and cow
peas sowed with the hope of demon
strating the practicability of grow
ing and curing crop of fodder for
winter feed.
Twenty days after cutting the
plants, the leaves were cured to an
even light brown color, the leaf
stems being brown and wrinkled,
and though not ready for bulking
down stripping was begun in order
to utilize the damp weather. How
ever, it was not made into hands,
but was divided into two qualities
and tied into small loose bundles
with twine and placed on an extern
porized platform for further curing.
In view of the great bulk it was
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-02
81 per Annum, in advance

bushy tops composed of leaves and
ripened pods, and no runners at all.
This makes harvesting and handling
easy, and coming after the rainy sea-
son is over all difficulties and dan
gers are eliminated
A part of my field was set to crab
grass, and this came up thickly be-
tween the plants and was held up
right by them, and it served as bands
with which the crop was tied into
small loose bundles, late of after
moons, and spread about in the to-
bacco barn where they cured SO per-
fectly and sweetly that the sight of
one makes a cow laugh.
If our productive capacity were
limited to this crop alone it would
still afford ample reason why, our
cheap lands now lying idle should be
utilized for stock raising. That the
possibilities of this business remain
hidden, or openly ignored, is in line
with the perversity that burns our
forests over annually for the skinny
bit of wire grass it affords in spring
time, when the same land, with little
labor might be made to produce
thousand fold more and better feed,
beside increasing instead of decreas-
ing it's fertility.
No land is too poor for this crop,
and with the cow pea and the cow
every agricultural possibility is with
in our reach.
In proof of this assertion look at
my little winter garden. Turnip seed
sowed two months ago now have
leaf-spread of five feet, and some tur-
nips are already four inches in diam
eter, and may be eight in thirty days
more; and bunches of white mustard
large enough to fill a market basket
and make a mess of green's, winter
onions already large enough to eat,
strawberry plants in full bloom, let
tuce just replanted, each bunch of
which will fill water pail thirty
days hence, and all due to cow peas
and COW. That men will face bliz-
yards and defy drouth while such
land, in such a climate, with such
possibilities goes begging at two dol
lars, or five dollars, or ten dollars per
acre, makes one marvel why the fool
killer loiters so.
After cutting my peas the land was
sown to rye in order to store up fer
tility arising from the decomposition
of humus, and incidentally to fur
nish green feed for winter and early
springtime. Late in March most of
it will be sown to peas again, the rye
being turned under, and the coming
crop will furnish green feed until
the middle of July, when most of
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-02

matter of surprise to find that the
weight was barely four hundred
pounds, though it remains to be stat
ed that as we wanted only the best,
the sandy leaves were stripped off
and left in the field.
Doubtless the coarser kinds would
afford greater output at less outlay,
since a worm hole in plug tobacco
only counts for what is consumed,
but costly wrappers are at once re-
duced to filters.
The texture of the little vuelta
abajo, and Sumatra tobacco is very
fine, and their weight is in keeping
Herewith.
spell brought it again in case, and it
was further assorted, made into
hands and cased down for month
when it was firmly packed into new
cypress boxes, to await a purchaser.
probable cost. But what it cost me,
with hired help working at it's own
sweet will, is no criterion. Indeed,
labor by proxy rarely affords a prof
it, but the possibility Of its produc-
ton being established, ways to re-
duce the cost will not long be lack
ing.
NV belief is, that one energetic
man and trusty boy may easily
plant, cultivate and harvest an acre,
and only be pushed during the five
or six weeks in which worms are
bad. And this supposes that the
crop is to be looked daily, for eggs
rather than worms, in which case
the product should be very fine, and
certainly sell for dollar per pound.
X
Cow Feed.-Last year we paid
more than a hundred dollars for cow
feed, and this in a land that will pro-
duce more feed and better feed than
the locality from whence it came.
The wide world does not produce
better cow feed than the cow pea.
1t is hay and corn in one. But the
problem has been chow to cure it?''
And this all hinges upon the time OF
planting. If sown in early spring
time, as is the custom, the vines con-
tinue tender and succulent until. late
in October, before which time the
leaves have mostly fallen and the
stems become coarse and woody. But
if planted about the middle of July,
they seem to realize that their time
is short and strike out for business
at once. And instead of the long
gangling vines that twist and quirl
the crop into one compact mass and
give cause for profanity, the plants
will be erect, two feet high, with
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-11-27
TWO USEFUL MEN.

The Baltimore in~rirdn speaks editor
tally, rs follows. of two useful men whose
deaths were announced on Monday:
Many BaltimOrean> will regard the death
of DR.. Philip G. Will inns rs personal
loss. For nearl v half Il century he has
gone in and out among the people, not
only as healer of bodily ills, but as one
ever ready to do all in his power to ad-
vance practical Christianity, and to aid
his fellows in striving for higher life
He attained distinction rs a physician
hut he was equally well-known and be
loved as Il worker in the cause of temper
ance and purity. To young men he was
an invaluable gLide and counsellor, and
the influence he wrought upon the rising
generation of Baltimore through his active
connection with the Young Mems Chris
tian Association is beyond estimate. He
was an eloquent and impressive speaker,
but his life was his most eloquent sermon"
Mr.. Frank H. Stockett, who died Sun
day at Annapolis, was something more
than an able and conscientious lawyer. In
all the relations of life he was true to the
ideal conceived by him on the threshold
of his career, and his ideal was Il high one
Southern Maryland kind, will be pleasant
ly remembered by thousands who have
had occasion to visit the capital of the
state on pleasure or business during the
past fifty years, and with it the geniality
and sincere courtesy which were parts of
the man. He was frank and fearless in
the expression of his views, and he had
views. and strong ones, upon all matters
of Importance; but he rarely gave offense
and made very few enemies. He was one
of the original Republicans of MARYLAND
in county where nine-tenths of his
friends and associates were of the oppo-
site way of thinking, and yet the latter,
when embarrassed or in trouble, always
went to him for counsel or advice. The
community and the state are the better for
the lives of such men,"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-11-27
THE CONDITION OF AGRI.
CULTURE.

Secretary Morton has made his fourth
annual report in which he shows that with
$3.50, 900 which may be saved from the ap-
preparations for the current fiscal yea
there will have been rceoveradback intol t
treasury since March :, 1893. over So ,00u.
600 out of total appropriations of $l1, l19,
455.45. That this great economy was eff
fected without any loss of efficiency he at
tributes in a large degree to the improve
ment in the personnel of the force under
civilservice rules, which he declared to
be absolutely indispensable to the main
tenance of an economic and efficient adj
ministration of the public service
OF live meat arriving in Great Britain
during the first six months of 1896 the
United States supplied - per cent. of the
cattle and IS per cent. of the sheep. The
testimony of the department representa-
tives abroad is that cattle from the United
States arrive in English ports in excellent
condition. The Glasgow market is espec-
tally commended to American shippers
The report shows "A steadily increasing de-
mand in England for American horses.
During the first nine months of the present
year more of these animals were shipped
to that country than for any previous en-
tire year.
Reviewing the work of the weather bu-
reau special stress is laid upon the value
of the many timely storm warnings which
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-11-27
THE PACIFIC CABLE.

A letter from Honolulu (per steamer
City of Peking) says: The matter of the
Pacific cable franchise, which has been
laid before the executive several times by
John W. Foster, was brought to focus
on the l4th inst, when it was discussed
before the President and the cabinet by a
number of influential citizens.
President Dole stated that a new ar
rangement had been purposed by Colonel
Spaulding and his colleagues, and before
taking definite action the government had
deemed it advisable to consult with the
business men of the city.
At the President suggestion Attorney
General Smith read the outline of new
contract proposed by the Pacific Cable
Company, which organization includes
such prominent and wealthy men as D. O..
Mills. eN Mayor Hewitt, of New York,
and Mr.. Hill, of the Great Northern Rail
way. This company proposes that con-
tract be made with than by which they
are to have two years in which to obtain
concession from the Japanese government
and from the governments of the Aus
trailian colonies relative to the laying of
cables from Hawaii to Japan and from
Hawaii to Australia. The company Of
fers to purchase $315, 900 of the new four
per cent. government bonds, presumably
at par and to forfeit $l25.OOO in case an
intersland cable is not laid within year
If the desired concessions from either
or both Japan and Australia are obtained
within two years, the company will for
felt x125.0O0 in each case if it falls to co n
struct the cable within three years there
after. On three lines they ask twenty
years exclusive franchise
After general discussion the decision
was unanimous against granting the fran
chiSe.
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs W.
O. Smith yesterday notified John w.
Foster, attorney for Col. Il. s. Spaulding,
that after due and careful consideration
on his request for AN extension of con
cessions already granted Colonel Spauld-
ing the government had decided that it is
not advisable ut this time to extend any
of the franchises or privileges he may
now have regarding the laying of a cable
from the United States to Hawaii so AS to
include an exclusive franchise for cable
line between Hawaii and Aust ALA or ia
pan or both. While the government re-
GREETED that it was unable to comply with
the request, the executive wished to ex-
press hopes for Colonel Spaulding's sue
cess in building the line originally propos-
ed between the United States and Hawaii
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-11-27
THINKS THE DINGLEY BILL
WILL PASS,

Representative Smith, of Illinois, said
Monday that, in spite of the opposition of
the silver republican Senators in the last
session to all tariff legislation, he consid-
cred it highly probable that the Dingey
bill, with notifications, would pass the
body. The absolute need of increased
revenues" he said, makes it the part of
patriotism to permit the passage of some
bill that will help the government. Ihave
heard great deal of talk about the proba-
blllty OF an extra session of the next Con-
grcss, but cannot see what can be done
by the next Congress that cannot AS well
be accomplished by this If the silver re-
publicans are determined to pursue the
same policy in the next Congress that they
followed in this and oppose tariff legisla-
ton, in my opinion it will be impossible
to pass general tariff bill. OF conrse |
have no more information about the Sen
ate than any one else, and am merely iudg-
ing from surface indications. However
l consider the talk of an extra session pre-
mature and unlikely of realization.
"lf the Dingley bill can pass the Senate
at the coming session, | think it should
and in that case there will be no immedi
ate need for revenue legislation On the
other hand, II the silver republicans OPP.
pose the Dinglcy bill and prevent its pass
age, they will probably do the same thing
in the next Congress, and tariff legislation
will be just as impossible as it is now: II
would not be good policy. IN my opinion
to call an extra session unless there are
positive assurances that IA tariff bill can
pass. 1t would subject us to adverse criti
cismS and do more harm than good to the
country"
MIR. Smith says he is already receiving
letters from constituents who propose to
apply for Offices under Mr. Mckinley, and
he anticipates the pressure for Office will
be even greater than il was eight years
ago, when the republicans elected Mr.
Harrison
Mr. Bryan, in statement printed in the
Kansas City Times, urges the formation
of clubs to continue the fight for free
silver during the next four years. To
avoid jealousies that might arise he sug-
gests that such clubs refrain from namin 9
themselves for him THE cause" he says
lis greater than any man and will travel
upon its own merits
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-11-27
Eeurry Rule.

ORDERED this ?3rd day of November
" 1896, by the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges county. that the following he IA d
is hereby adopted AS one of the Equity
Rules Of said Court:
All receivers, committees of lunatics or
idiots, trustees, or other officers who have
been or may be appointed by this Court
shall file with the Clerk at least once in
every year report or statement under
oath of their guardianship or other trust
specifying the kind. character and nature
of each investment held, and the amount
of cash on hand, remaining uninvested
At the time of filing the report or state
ment hereinbefore required the receivers,
committees, trustees or other person, shall
produce before the Clerk the bonds, stocks,
securities and other evidences of invest
ment held by him and certificate of the
same date from the bank or other place of
deposit, i'm which said cash is kebt. of the
amount of money on deposit to the credit
or order of said fiduciary. The Clerk who
shall enter the appointment of said re-
ccivers, committees trustees or other Off
GERS shall furnish them at the time of their
appointment with copy of this rule
And the Clerk shall lay the said report or
statement before one of the Judges with a
certific ate of the several securities, pro
duced before him, or the nom Production
of the same, as the case may be.
JOHN P. BRISCOE, c. J.
JOHN B. BROOKE, A. ].
JPARRAN CRANE. A. J.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-11-27
WHAT WAR WOULD MEAN.

1t is, perhaps. safe to say that some OF
our politicians have not considered fully
the financial results of war, should the
United States for good reasons decide to
declare war upon any power. There
would of course, on the first declaration
of war be a severe disturbance of business
with a decline of values, but that would
have been expected. There would be also
a very heavy increase of taxes if Congress
should decide in favor of tie sensible pol
icy of meeting the military expenses OF
each year out Of the revenue of that year
Such a policy, however, it is to be feared
would have few advocates, the plan of
shifting the burden to the next generation
being almost always preferred by legisla-
tors. This means heavy issue of bonds
to the amount-for starter-of some
$500, OOO, 900, the yearly interest on which
under the circumstances would hardly be
less than So, 100000.
Army and navy would of course be very
much inceased. We should well plrpose
lM,O 600 men might be required, and for
operations in the field as many more sol
would be needad. Forts, guns, ships, con
tracts-Spending on vast scale would be
imperative. If the power we were about
to fight were a naval power, our exports
=
rested, with the result of glutted home
market and low prices. Soldiers in the
army would be unable to consume much
more than they did at home, and our
home factories have never been able to
work up more than fraction of our cot
ton crop. The cessation of exports of
grain, cotton, &c, would mean diminished
business for our railroads, diminished net
earnings and bankruptcy for most of them.
Other dependent interests would suffer
with them, the only active industries be-
ing those which directly served the army
and navy.
But the most interesting result would be
the effect of the permanent increase of
bond holders, soldiers, sailors and pen
sioners upon politicians and politics. A
very large class of citizens object to any
increase of the public debt because it
strengthens the bondholding element and
will tend to perpetuate the national banks
In their view Il man who lends his money
to the government when it says it needs
it, is an odiOus man and it is against public
policy to borrow, especially if the lender
expects to be paid his interest in gold
Opponents of 1.-The money power" bond
holders and bankers-could hardly see
without dismay a new lease of life given
to that power. They would hardly vote
for war if they foresaw that it meant a
permanent burden of 5000, 900 IA year,
payable in gold" and the perpetuation
OF their greatest grievances.-E baltimore Sun
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-11-27
THE VENEZUELAN COMMITS.
SION.

Justice, Brewer. president of the
cneZuelan commission, called on Sec
rotary Olney at the State Department
Wednesday. and later had talk with
Secretary Lamont The call on Mr..
Olney was for the purpose of going
over the eneZuclan question, with a
view of determining what nature of re-
port the Venezuelan commits sion will
make to the President. The act crea-
ting the body contemplates report to
the President in time for his report to
Congress when it reassembles next
month. The recent international agree
ment for arbitration raises Il question
as to whether the report should go into
the subject matter of the dispute in
view of the amicablc arrangement made
Mr.. Olney explained the terms of
the agreement and its hearing on the
work of the commission. 1t was left
open. however. rs to whether the re-
port of the commission should 90 into
the merits of the controversy. That
will he determined largely by the man
ner in which the agreement is received
by Venezuela. Both the United States
and Great Britain have accepted it.
but the position of Venezuela is yet to
he made known. and Minister Andrade
accompanied by Mr.. J. J. Storrow, one
OF the Venezuelan counsel. is now at
Caracas awaiting a final decision by
that government.
1t can he stated positively that Il e
'mmisSion is prepared to submit Il
full report, including the subject mat
ter, and Il final ruling as between Great
Britain and cneZuela. if the President
and Mr. Olncy desire it to be done.
Some Of the more material facts of the
case have been put in final shape and
are now in the form of proof sheets.
If. however. the agreement proves to
be acceptable TO all parties and final in
its character then the report of the
United States commission will be mere
" formal, so as to come within the re-
ulirementS of the law
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To MY FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC
GENERALITY:

CkAn 0iA worth of General Merchan-
OCVV.UV disc will be sold at private
sale at 10 per cent. commission. This
stock of goods will consist of general
line of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS
and, SHOES, HARDWARE, DRUGS.
CROCKERYWARE. GLASS A RE,
WOODENWARE, HORSE-BLANKETS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING, and gen
eral stock Of GROCERIES, also full
line of CHRISTMAS GOODS Now is
the time to save money in buying your
winter supply, as times are hard, and it
will be to your interest to call and exam
inc my stock and get my prices before
buying elsewhere, as am confident can
please you III quality and price of goods.
This sale will begin
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ri so Ladies' button or lace boot, good
wearing ...............:.. 49,. Use
~ Fine dress shoe in lace or button. 81 ~
x125 Chil6rens school Shoes. 800. zoe
All calf boot, warranted to wear, can
be used as dress boot, worth 81. F265
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