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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-20
BOrerS.
Starke, Fla.

From an instructive paper on the
above subject, by Alexander Craw,
which was read at a recent meeting
of the California Fruit Growers Con-
vention we make the following selec-
tions:
Insects that burow under the bark,
or into the twigs, stems or roots of
trees and plants, either in the larvae
or perfect state, are usually the most
destructive in their attacks. AS soon
as the young hatch they burrow into
the bark, and working downward are
soon out of sight. The sapwood, the
vital part of the tree, is their favorite
food. Frequently where a number of
borers are at work on tree it will be
girdled In such condition it
is worthless as an orchard tree.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-20
Orange Grove at aBagain

Four and one-ha Az acre grove (seedling)2
years old. Good six (6) room house (paintf d..
with extra large barn and outbuiloings; l*wn 4Ox
$50 feet in front and back of house. About 5
acres of high pine land well timbered, 20 acres
cleared and under fence; ~ mile from station, so
this ear. 1t has been well cared for since tn
freeze. has had plenty of work. all trimmed out
and fertiiized. On the place there are Peach
and is very healthy place. Price $500 Address
POSTMASTER, Glen Ethel, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-20
FLORIDA!!
eggs.

We are now locating cnion>. north OF Lake
Hancock, Polk county, Florida, between Lake.
land al Auburndale, on the line OF the 'Plant
System"
This tract OF 10000 acres extends from The
railroad south to Lake Hancock, one OF the
m ost beautiful lakes in Florida, being about
mi es long and miles Understanding in
choicest fish and the paradise of duck hunters.
On each side of graud boulevard, 1871 feet
wide, from the depot 70 Lake Hancock are farm
of twenty acres each, and all the balance of the
tract forty acre farms.
These lands beautifully located. being
about zoo feet above the sea level, and sloping
gently south to the Lake. y he soil is lOamy, and
with such fertilizers one can obtain upon the
tract will raise any kind of fruits. grapes, nuts
vegetables, tobacco. berries as well as oranges
lemons and other semi tropical fruits. For pas
turage we have the finest & asses in the South.
Our Town Site lots are acre e8ch-S5O each.
Our land will be sold from $5 to $1O per acre.
according to location-A cash balance in l, 2
and years.
We also nave large tracts for sale for colony
purposes, timber and grazing, at reasonable
rates aud upon easy terms of payment.
For information. literature price lists OF lands,
etc write to
Florida Homestead Co.,
Box III, Orlando, Fla.
Hendry & Knight,
Tampa. Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-20

suspected Even those trees that have
been protected by whitewash, mound
ing up, or by galvanized wire screen
protectors, should not be overlooked
Another examination should be made
in May, and then the whitewash
should be put on, as the chrysalis de-
velop into moths about that time in
California and soon after lay their
eggs.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-20
Citrus Nursery Tees.

All the lie idng varieties at lowest prices. Car
ney, Parson Brown, Sanford, Medt Sweet, P. R.
ST. Michael, Perce's Ruby, Pineapple Maiorca
Cunningham, Homasassa and Jaffa, Satsuma
TangerIne King, PernambucO, Improved, Tri-
umph Walters. Everett and Marsh's Seedless
Grape Fruit. Kumquats. All fine one We buds
on fourand five year old sour orange. r. lem on
and pomelo stock. Will bud dormant to any
varieties parties may desire. Fine Kumquat bud
woodfor SALE Address c. w FOX, Villa LAX
Nurseries. Fruitand Park. Lake Co., Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-20

heavy loads. Finish this road like the
last: but as the channel below it may
be partly choked up during a storm
whereby the water is liable to rise
high, the road should be high and
the ballast heavy. If earth is dump
ed in the water on both sides of the
road it is all the better; it will make
it more solid and give birth to aquat-
ic plants, whose roots will bind the
earth together. Bermuda and blank
ct grass should be planted on the
road, and the water hyacinth, which
is so troublesome in St. Johns river,
may prove of benefit if planted in the
water along side.
Sufficient way for the water should,
of course, be left across the road. AS
at times the current may be strong,
it is necessary to reinforce the road
at the bridge abutments to prevent
washing. Stakes driven firmly and
close together on both upstream and
downstream side is the best protec-
ton.
Sometimes it is necessary to build
a road across a piece of tide marsh or
slough without corduroying, from
scarcity of poles. Drive a line OF
stakes on each side of the projected
road Their distance apart must de
pend upon the material for lining
If planks can be set against them tC
retain the loose earth, six feet apart
will do. In this case nail one end oil
strip or pole to each stake, above
the plank. Drop the other end on the
ground inside the stakes. When these
strips are buried in the road bed they
will, by holding back the stakes, pre-
vent them from leaning toward the
outside. But if brush or grass is use(
the stakes must be much nearer to
gether. Mix the earth with grass
while spreading it out between thu
two rows of stakes, it acts like hail
in plaster. Let the earth dumped
along the sides be as turfy as pOssi
BILE, and see that enough retaining
material is interposed to keep it from
sliding out between the stakes. See
that the material carts are carried
along all parts of the road, thereby
packing it down and pointing ou1
soft places. When the road is higl
enough, take a crOWbar, drive i
down in the middle of the road al
short intervals, and by milling il
around make funnel-shaped hollows
Fill these hollows with sand, wei
tramped down, and pound down the
outsides well. The latter is best
done by dropping a heavy axe, hello
by the end of the handle. The dur
ability of such road is vastly in
creased by encouring the growth OF
grass along it's sides.
HI. e. Lagergren.
Starke, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-20

are dJ WOTh IL 10 usually lhulSoOOo ny
| the presence of gummy matter that
eNudes from the burrow or by the
sawdust-like behring's. When this is
removed and the location of the borer
is ascertained by probing with fiex-
ible wire, it should be carefully cut
out, the part allowed to dry slightly
and a coating of rubber paint or
grating wax to prevent decay until
the bark grows over the wound. An
application of pine tar is now used by
orchardists in the infected district
and appears to be satisfactory. AS
soon as the paint of pine tar is dry,
some clean river sand should be plac-
ed about the trunk; it having but lit
tie organic matter, is less liable to
produce decay.
Every possible assistance should be
resorted to to restore the injured tree
to it's former vigor by judicious prun-
ing in winter and a heavy thinning,
or entire removal of the fruit the fol
lowing year. Such trees have a ten
dency to overbear, and the fruit re-
duces the vitality to such an extent
that it generally proves disastrous.
But the leaves are the organs of the
tree that elaborate the sap, building
up the branches and trunk with new
| tissue and an enlarged root system
for the next seasons crop.
Notwithstanding the destruction
of the peach root borer," where II
has indisputable sway, it can be more
easily guarded against than most
pests that attack fruit trees. A great
many methods have been suggested
and tried with varying results, the pre-
ponderance of opinion being in favor
of some application to the base of thu
| tree, thereby preventing the mott
from depositing her eggs on such pro
tected trees.
| The preparation that has given the
| greatest satisfaction as a repellen1
| has been a thick solution of fresh
lime and sulphur applied with brush
| to the base of the tree. \ little OF
| the soil next to the trunk should be
removed so that it will be more eff
fectively protected. AS soon as the
whitewash is dry the soil can be re-
| placed. A foot above the surface will
be sufficient on which to apply tle
mixture A little can also be put In
the principal crotches, as the moth
Lometimes deposits an egg in such To-
| cations where there is frequently
more or less moisture.
When worming the trees, be certain
| that all the small borers are removed
before the lime and sulphur mixture
| is applied. If this is not properly done
! the small borers will go on destroy
| ing the inner bark, and at the end OF
| the season the orchardist will discov
er some large borers and condemn the
| lime and sulphur as worthless.
would here caution orchardists
against the use of carbolic acid,
| "dedrolene'' and similar preparations
to be applied to trees in our Warm.
dry climate. as a number Of instances
can be cited where their application
has nrOyed DISASTROUS Lime and sui
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-20
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Road Making.-No. III.


or causewaying-p logs and
poles across it for firm foundation
for the ballast Small trees usually
being plentiful where such a road is
needed, if pains are taken corduroy
road can be made both pleasant, dur
able and safe. It should not be less
than one foot higher than the high
est rise of water. Make it while the
swamp is dry, if possible. Level Off
all tussocks, knees and stumps 50
that the poles will lie steadily on the
ground After the first course of
poles is laid-butts out-fully twenty
feet wide, cover it with an even layer
of mud or muck and tramp it well in
between the poles Next cover this
foundation with another course of
poles,s GAS straight as can be had. Gov
er, as before, with mud or muck or
clay Sand is not good for the sub
merged part as it lacks cohesion and
is soon washed out. If the fOunda-
ton is still so low as to be submerg-
ed at times, add another course.
When sufficiently high, cover it's en-
tire surface with pine tops or boughs.
With a Ratchet break off all projec-
tons and tramp down the brush till
it lies close and steady. Now rake
up lot of litter and sprinkle it over
the boughs to prevent the ballast
from sitting down between them in
stead of lying on the tops of the
boughs and weighing them down.
Heavy, tough turf is best for ballast;
it should be laid close, with the gras-
sy side up, to delay decay. Ii it can
not be had. coarse muck is next the
best. Finish with sand in any case
Remember that the poles have a ten
dency to float when submerged, for
which reason the dry part of the cor
durOy should be heavy enough to
keep the lower part steady, so that
''swashing" of the structure, by
which the earth is soon washed out
from between the poles, is prevented.
And bear in mind, also, that a road
should be safe for fast travel as we'll
as slow. TO this end see that every
inch of it is solid and no place left
where a dangerous hole can form.
Leave sufficient bridged water way
across the road to keep the water at
the same level on both sides; other
wise the water Oh the higher side will
force itself between the poles and
wash away the intervening soil. Fin
ish by putting light banisters Of
peeled poles that might be distin-
guished in the dark, and cut away all
underground near the road to furn
ish more light during the dark hours.
Sometimes a road must be carried
across a swamp formed by the rami-
fications of perennial water course.
In such a case it is wisest to first pro-
vide an ample channel for the water
below the causeway, partly to make
it's construction easier, but principal
ly to prevent the high rising of the
water above the road to the destruc-
ton of the latter. Such causeway
must be finished foot by foot to al
low carts with materials to come
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23
The Telephone Line Completed.

The telephone line between Ely
and Eureka is completed and the
first message from Eureka was sent
over the wire last Monday afternoon.
instruments have been placed in
the Express Office and in the Rail
road Office in Eureka and in the
Postoffice at Hamilton. The i'm
portance of this line to the people
of this section can hardly be over
estimated; it connects at Eureka
with the Western Union Telegraph
system which extends to all parts
of the country. 1t will not only
facilitate business but with its sin
gle strand of wire destroys our con-
dition of isolation and puts us into
closer touch with the world outside.
The thanks of the community are
due to Supt. Bliss and the Chain
man Co. for the promptness and
energy which they displayed in pro-
viding this much needed improve
White Pine News.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23
away with Melancholy,

And bid dull care avaunt." sounds very well
in verse. but If you have case of the blues"
caused by indigo stion, with biliousness added
on as an extra horror, you cannot say hey!
presto! and thus insure the departure of those
abominable twins. The proper caper" when
thus troubled. is to seek the aid of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. Thereafter you will speedily
digest with ease and eat with appetite. and
your liver will reassert its right to regularity.
Not only this, you can retire without a horrible
dread that the Washington monument will
in dreams-impose itself upon the pit of your
stomach. If you feel premonitory symptoms
of chills and fever. kidney trouble. or rheuma-
tism. summon the Bitters to the rescue with
out delay, lest a worse thing befall you"
feeble condition of the system is more speedily
changed to a vigorous one by this fine tonic
than by any other medicinal agent in existence.
wineglsssfui three times a day.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23
The Mill Running.

The Peck plant at the Douglass
mill started up Wednesday night
and is still running on tailings
from the Rock Point reservoir. 1t
will take but few more days to
clean up these tailings, it is under
stood. The Pecks, and others in
terested in the Como deal, are ex-
pected here any day now, and it
will probably soon be known
whether the Logan and Hully
property changes hands or not. 1t
is sincerely to be hoped that the
deal will be carried through, as it
means new life to Dayton for some
years to come.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23
Cutting Scrape.

E. Rosi, who is travelling for a
San Francisco clothing house, had
trouble with Mike Fognarelli, one
of the partners in the old Depaoli
ranch on the Carson river below
Dayton, yesterday afternoon. The
trouble was all over dollar which
Rosi said Fognarelli's nephew owed
him, and which Fognarelli claimed
had been paid. There was short
war of words when Fognarelli drew
a knife and showed it into the right
side of Rosi's back. The cut is not
a bad one, as vest buckle kept
the knife from going in very deep.
The deputy Sheriff went down to
the ranch as sooE as he heard of
the trouble, to arrest Fognarelli,
but up to the time we went to press
had not succeeded in finding him.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23

J. A. Doll, the San Francisco hide
and wool merchant, returned to Eu-
reka from his trip to Nye and Lam
der counties last week. He reports
having contracted for over 1000
horse hides in these two counties.
Governor Sadler and Mr.. Doll met
in Eureka last Tuesday, and before
parting the Governor entered into
a contract to deliver to Mr.. Doll 500
horse hides at 81 so each, the tails
and names at three cents per pound,
and the bones of the animals at SIS
per ton.-Eurekd Sentinel.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23
Coax.

Some sticklers on spelling have
called our attention to the way we
spell coax. They contend that it
should be spelled coke. We do not
know as it makes much difference
how the word is spelled so long as
the meaning of its use is made clear.
But if anybody is interested enough
in the matter they will find, by
looking in Webster's unabridged
dictionary, page 244, the word and
definition as follows: "CoAK-Min-
eral coal deprived of its volatile
matter by heat" That is the stuff
we were writing about, but those
who prefer to spell it coke can do
SO and still be correct; or, if you
lave German strain in you, you
can spell the word, koke and bet
money you have spelled it correctly.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23
Burning Lime,

W. D. Davidson fired up one of
his lime kilns Monday of this week
and about 25 tons OF lime are now
nearly burned ready for use. To
burn this quantity of lime it takes
nearly fifteen cords of wood, and
river wood is preferred to nut pine.
The lime made from the Eldorado
quarry is the finest that can de OBJ
tanned on the coast, both for use in
cyanide and teaching plants and
for building purposes. Nearly
every hard-fnished house in Vir-
ginia City is platered with material
made from lime made from this
same quarry in early days. Dick
Randall will haul the first ship
ment from the quarry the first of
next week, and it will go to the
Blood cyanide plant in Sixmile
Canyon. In our last issue an er-
ror was made in stating the price
of lime 1t will be worth nearer
$1S than SIG per ton.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23

The greatest game of baseball
ever played in the West between
amateur clubs took place at Mime
apolis, Minnesota, on September Is.
In twenty three inning game the
Monte Carlos defeated the Quick
steps by a score of 2 to 1. Neither
team scored until the twenty first
inning. Lyberg pitched for the
Monte Carlos and Rolander for the
Quicksteps. The game was played
for purse of 5000 and the cham
pionship of Minnesota.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23
Not True.

A strike of great Importance has
been made in the Hayward mine
in Silver City, New, and the inhab-
itants of that town are wild with
delight. Ore has been found in
crosscut at the bottom of a Wine
sunk from the main tunnel of the
mine. The ledge is eight feet wide
and assays $3.50 to the ton. The
Hayward has produced over $780,
600, and its owners have been offer
ed $4,000 for the property since
the strike.-EG.
The above item has been publish
ed in number of papers in this
State and California. 1t is not true
in one instance, and we do not see
where it could have originated.
Some weeks ago the TIMES reported
the strike. The ledge is about 8
feet wide, but the ore is nowhere as
rich as above reported. Some of it
will 60 $3.50 per ton, and the great
est part of it only $50; but this is
pretty good. Further, the Hayward
has produced over a million dollars
in ore, instead of one hundred
thousand.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23

Trains and run daily.
Train runs Mon avs, Wednesdays and
Fridays
Train runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays
Passenger trains make close connection at
Mound House with express trains OF virginia
and Tru kee Railroad, which connect at Reno
with east. and west bound trains of the Cen
trail Pasifc Railroad.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
Al Wabuska with daily stage for Yerington
and Wellington.
At Hawthorne with daily stage for Bodie
and Bridgeport,
AT Luning with stage leaving Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday for Downieville and lone,
At SodAville with stage leaving Fridays for
Glove -dsie san Antonio and Belmont
Al Candelaria with stage leaving Mondays
for Columbus. Silver Peak. MonteZuma, Aida
Valley and cold Mountain,
At Keeler with stage leaving Tuesday, Thurs
day and saturday for Cerro Gordo. Darwin
and Panamint.
H. NJ. YERINGTON
General superintendent.
K. j. LAWS,
Assistant superintendent.
E. YERINGTON.
General Freight and Passenger Agent.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ], CHENEY Il CO, Toledo. o
We, the undersigned. have known F. J. Che
ney for the last Is years. and believe him per-
fsctly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
lions made by their firm
WEST & TRAux. Wholesale Druggists Toledo,
o.
wALDINe, KINNAN h MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23
Something to Know.

1t may be worth something to
know that the very best medicine
for restoring the tired out nervous
system to a healthy vigor is Electric
Bitters. This medicine is purely
vegetable, acts by giving tone to
the nerve centres in the stomach,
gently stimulates the Liver and
Kidneys, and aids these organs in
throwing off impurities in the blood.
Electric Bitters improves the appe-
tite, aids digestion, and is pro-
nounced by those who have tried it
as the very best blood purifier and
nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for SOC
or LOO per bottle at T. J. A. Flaws.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23

A week or two ago, when Capt.
Davis, Ruel Lothrop, and Arthur
Herivel went down the river hunt
ing tailings they took along their
shotguns and rifles so that in case
they encountered any game they
would be prepared to slaughter it.
They are all good marksmen but
Capt. did a little the best shooting
on the trip. There is little joke
about the affair, but don't tell any
body who gave it away and we will
tell you about it. While on the road
down to the Carson Sink the Capt
spied rabbit sitting up by the road
side few rods off. He had with
him rifle at the time, and he blazed
away at the jack. Apparently he
did not hit him for the jack remain
ed in the same sitting position. Not
daunted, the Capt. blazed away
again, with the same result, and
after emptying his Winchester the
rabbit finally fell over. When pick
ed up it was found that the rabbit
was actually cut in two by the bull
lets the Capt. had pumped into it,
and the joke being too good to keep,
the boys finally explained that the
rabbit was one they had killed be-
fore, as they passed down the road,
and had propped up in a lifelike
position to fool the Capt. Davis
has one consolation and that is that
every shot he fired struck the car
cass of the rabbit, showing that he
is a pretty good marksman.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23
Barnum on Advertising.

+. I. Barnum once said: "If you
have $40 to put to good use, pnt 81
for the article and the other SO for
advertising. l can outtalk any man
but a printer. The man that can
stick type and the next morning
talk to thousand people while l
am talking to one man is the man
| am afraid of and | want to be his
friend"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23
Painting Contract to Let.

A contract to paint the Odd Eel
lows Hall, at Dayton, will be let to
lowest bidder. Painters are invited
to make estimates and bid on same.
For further particulars inquire of
c. c. Braun, Dayton. Lodge re-
serves right to reject any and all
bids.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23
Painted the Town.

G. d. Rhodes and Jas. Cahrell,
the whitewashers who painted Day
ton this week, will go to Mason
Valley soon. They do good work
at reasonable rates, and can squirt
more whitewash on a building in a
day than you can put on with a
brush in a week. Try them.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-10-23
For Over Fif,y Years.

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been used
for over fifty years by millions of mothers for
cess 1t soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain cures wind collie, and is the best
remedy for Diarrhpa. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately Sold by Druggists
in every part of the world. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle Be sure and ask for MRS Winslow s
Soothing syrup" and ts Se no ether kind.