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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-14
81 per Annum, ii Advance

season and the peas not later than the
10th of June they will, at most, be in
each others way but very little and
consequently very nearly, Or quite, a
full crop of each can be grown. In
the fall proper measures should be
adopted for turning under the corn
stalks and pea vines.
The corn of course will have to be
properly 1ertilized. All of the avail
able stable manure on the farm should
be utilized for this purpose. 1t must
be remembered though that stable
manure while an excellent fertilizer is
not properly balanced. By this we
mean that the three essential fertil1-
zer ingredients, nitrogen, phosphoric
acid and potash are not present in the
proper proportions; there is too much
nitrogen as compared with the phos-
phoric acid and potash. This, how
ever, can be remedied so as to make
splendid fertilizer by applying in ad-
dition to the stable manure about 300
pounds acid phosphate and 300 pounds
kainit to the acre. Another point to
be mentioned in this connection is
that stable manures when not proper
ly taken care of become heated and
during the process of fermentation
the ammonia escapes in the form of a
gas, which of course greatly lessons
the value of the pile. This escape of
the ammonia can be prevented by
sprinkling kainit over the heap. The
idea would be to get about two or
three pounds of kainit for the ma
nure of each grown horse or cow per
day. In this way the ammonia is saw
ed and the value Of the manure heap
enhanced by reason of the potash add
ed in the kainit.
The improvement of the soil should
be the objective point of the farmer.
No farming amounts to anything un-
less each succeeding crop leave the
land in better condition than it found
it. Kainit and acid phosphate added
as aforesaid, will increase the value
of the manure immensely and conse-
quently the plant can safely be relied
on as basis for future improvements.
To Turn Pea Vines.-Secure, prefer
ably by clasping, portion of scythe
blade to either side of a plow beam,
the right side believed to be the best
The blade should stand backward
slightly; the point should crook for
ward and extend into the ground suf-
iciently to gather the vines. If more
convenient the blade may be con-
structed of steel and confined as afore-
said. 1t is necessary to slant it back
ward ito prevent the from slip
ping up to the bear and choking.
Vines, however res ~, growth, can
iS readilr3 en4 Iurned. The
u. rb .. tested.
NTyson.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-14
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Soil Fertilitv.

Soil Fertility.
To maintain and increase the fertil-
ity of his soil ought to be the aim of
and objectof every progressive farmer,
fruit grower and trucker in the land,
and the best way to do this must be
governed by the many surroundings
and circumstances of every individual
soil owner. 1t has been said agricul-
ture is science as well as an art. The
science part of it lies in the knowl-
edge of the why and wherefore of
plant growth. The art part of it con-
sists in the know-how to cultivate the
soil and get the most out of it to the
best advantage and at least expense,
but at the same time maintaining and
even improving the fertility of the
soil in hand. One often wonders why
agriculture as a science is progressing
so slowly, but the lack of knowledge
of other sciences, which seems as side
issues for the farmer, is to blame for
this; the most of these side matters
are of recent origin, so to speak. Take
chemical science for instance, and un-
til few years ago it was never con-
sidered as having anything at all to
do with thfarming, and yet it is the most
powerful factor known as a help to
agriculture in enabling the farmer to
know the various effects of various
combinations of plant food on the res
pective crops under consideration. If
we are to be successful in any line of
business we must study it thoroughly,
this holds as true of agricultural pur-
suits as of any other business. Far
mers are far too conservative and
slow to take hold of anv new ideas,
hence the reason of the hard times
the most Of them are experiencing,
and the study of the increasing of the
fertility of his soil don't trouble him
much as a rule. The experiment sta
tiOns of the various states are work
ing hard and earnestly to help the
farmers in every possible way by in
S sructing them along the different
lines of crop growing, improving their
soil, telling the best kinds of fertiliz-
ers to use, and in every possible way
trying to help them. was very
much impressed with this lately while
on visit to the North Carolina EX-
perimental Farm at Sothern Pines, in
that state. Their mode of procedure
on that farm is to give an object les
son to the farmers of the state of
wnat can be done by Judicious and
systematic fertilizing. The land on
that farm is of the poorest qualitJ (at
least it was so in it's virgin state) but
the manipulation of the various COM
binations of nitrogen, phosphoric acid
and potash to suit the crops or fruit
trees (as the case might be), conclu-
sively proves that where little sci
ence is applied to agriculture the re-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-14
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, July IA, 1897.

suits are astonishing. This expert
mental farm work shows cOnclusively
what l have all along advocated, that
the farming class does not use enough
of potash salts in their farming oper-
at1ons. 1t is curious fact that all
our fertilizer manufacturers that pre-
tend to cater to the farmers wants,
will not use enough of these potash
salts to give a properly balanced ra-
tion in the way of plant food. Take
the analysis of almost any crop on the
farm and the ratio of the plant ash of
phosphoric and potash is as one to
three. The fertilizer manufacturer
exactly reverses this and makes it the
other way as a general rule, that is,
three phosphoric acid to one of pot
ash. On this farm the usual quantity
of potash has even been doubled in
many cases and always to an advan-
tage. Here then is the secret of main
tanning the fertility of the soil, using
the proper kind of fertilizers and ro-
tating the crops in such a way that
when crop is harvested, it leaves the
soil richer than whvn it got it. This
is a wide subject and deserves treat
ment at the hands of abler men than
am, but the key note of it lies in the
management of crops succeeding each
other that will leave the soil in good
mechanical condition; in no way can
this be done easier and better than by
green manuring for nitrogenous mat
ter and by applying minerals for
phosphoric acid and potash. In our
Southern soils where the upper soil is
thin and the subsoil of sandy nature,
the only real solution to the question
is keeping the soil we'll supplied with
humus; this humus may not of itself
be of much value as direct fertilizer
but it acts in a satisfactory way by
absorbing the potash applied and CIV
ing it off to the plants as wanted. HUI
mus mas Doon compared 10 d sponge
holding the necessary plant food un-
til it is wanted by the crop on the
land. Another great drawback to the
fertility of the soil is that the farmer
is as rule too stingy in the use of
fertilizers. They also wait until it is
too near planting time, before they
apply them. [ have always got the
bestresults from potash fertilizing ap-
piled months before planting. The
farmer need not be afraid of it's leach
ing off in the soil, it won't do that, it
will assimilate itself with the soil and
be ready for business when it is
called for. All farmers should study
these matters thoroughly, for therein
lies their salvation; the laws that reg
ulate the supply of sunshine and rain
are beyond his control, but all other
essential to fertile soil
are certainly at his command and it is
his duty to avail himself of them, by
a ju uicious and liberal use of what a
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16
BIRDS OF ILL NATURE.

The Cruelty Of Swans NJ Displayed Toward
other Fowls.
Among those birds which stay ut
home, especially the most domesticated.
there is often all exhibition of unkind-
ness seemingly unacconntable, says a
writer in The Oornhill Magazine. The
graceful swan, e. g., il one of the most
ungraoious in it's ways. Not only lin
the breeding SEASON. does a male bird
resent the intrusion of a strange gentle
man, but it will spend the day in driy-
ing off from its domain any unlucky
geese, which might be plainly assumed
to have 40 designs upon its domestic mr.
engagements and have, indeed, no desire
beyond that for a comfortable wash aud
swim. 1t will also pursue even the most
innocent of newborn ducklings while
they -unwittingiy rejoice in an early
taste of their common element.
When an onlychild hasxpassed. out of
the cygnet stage of life and grown to
full physical if not mental maturity,
father and mother swans have been
known to fall upon and deliberately
beat it to death with wing and beak.
The gratified parents wan gracefully
about the mere in which they lived.
while the great white corpse Of their
sou lay, battered and dead, upon the
shore. The following year, after another
had been horn &c them and in infancy
carried upon his mothers back, they be-!
gan to treat him so roughly that, not be-
ing pinioned like them. he wisely flew
away and we saw him no more. Curl
ously enough, geese which have expert
enced rudeness from swans in the lusty
spring have been known to retaliate in
the calmer autumn, when the fierceness
Of their enemy had become, mitigated.
I have seen "A gander leop upon the back
Of a once arrogant swan and pound
away at it in the fan enjoyment of
gratlfei revenge. - San Francisco
Cnlonitle. !
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16
WadsWorth Dispatch,
PUBLISHED
$500 Per Annum.
CLOTHES
Made So For Economizing People ty a
Gotham Industry.

Made So For -Economizing People by a
Gotham Industry.
It's easy to be a we'll dressed man
nowadays. II one saves up his old
clothes until he accumulates a few
suits and then follows the example of
his rich friends here, he will soon find
out how they pose as bowling swells at
comparatively little outlay. 1t costs only
$50 "A year to look like a man who owns
a valet. providing II has the costumes
TO start on, IN IA skyscraping structure
q suit of sumptuous offices is occupied
by the clerical staff of q Il II which
is engaged in keeping the clothes of
some of our worthiest and most inhuen-
tial citizens in repair. A large factory
down town, employing a small army Of
scoure"s, pressers and members, is kept
Ill constant operation, and the wagons
OF the company may be seen daily Gov
ering regular routes in tho best parts Of
the city. So sensitive are the patrons Of
the concern, however, lest their econom-
ical proclivities become known to neigh
bors that nothing more than the ambig-
uous title Of the firm is painted on the
vehicle.
A lady with a ~pronorLced French ac-
cent manages this part Of the business.
From her it was learned that q yearly
subscription fee of S25, payable in ad.
vance, entities any ordinary American
either TO membership in this concern,
by means Of which his clothes at least
can jostle up against those cf the Four
Hundred. On paying the fee the mem
bers are entitled to all the services re-
quired to keep their wardrobe in repair
and ~presentable condition. The chests
are allotted to him, upon which his
name and address are printed. One Of
these remains at his home, while the
other is at the factory. Wagons call at
the houses of patrons Of the company
twice a week, if necessary and collect
the Globes which have been placed in
the chest. at the same time leaving u
chest full of clothes, carefully mended
and pressed ready for wear. One young
man who has been o patron of the novel
establishment for some time says that it
works like a charm, and his apparel
bears ont his statement. OF course the
t%ailors, the old clothes gatherers and the
servants who have strutted in the cast
off garments of their masters don't like
the innovation, but it is a necessity Of
the times. Keeping up appearance is a
great business here. and this new clothes
fixing scheme is a regular boon to lots
Of men who travel on shape and styls,
New York Letter in Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16
A IIirsch

Baron Hirsch has secured ut least one
monun .ent more lasting than IL of
brnlze." With the ayowed object Of
comnae.r Grating the great benefits which
the late baron conferred ON the settlers
in his Argentine colonies, the heads of
families have decided 10 give the name
of Moses Hirsch &c every male child born
until the frat ANN rsaly Of his death.
There will Inc quite d ooloDy of Hirsches
before very long.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16

Buy your fencing, pine or redwood
shingles, clear and common lumber oil
all sizes of Foulks and Powning, Verdi
or Reno. The best mountain pine and
low prices. Common Il. timber on the cars
at Verdi at $40 per thousand.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16
Notice to Hunters.

hereby notify all hunters not tt
treetnss nron my premises. Those
who do not heed this notice will b,
prosecuted. T. g. Hermann
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16

FoR SALE-A fine nickel plated bari
tone horn for sale at a very low figure
Call at this office.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16
STATIONERY
CONFECTIONERY.

Have just received a Choice Stock of
Fresh Candies and Nuts. / also have
a First-C Glass grade Of Cigars, Tobacco,
Stationery, Etc.
Call ''for your mail" and see the
sweetest things in town.
A. w. MACPHERSON,
P. 0. Building, Wadsworth.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16
Don't Forget Us.

We are agents for the Weekly Exami-
W Leave your money in town. Don't
'fder through these travelling agents,
We will give yon She same prices and
premiums. Order at the DispArcH Or
nee or the Post Office. Give US IA chance.
lrIb is the Imminent OF the century
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16

Nj official viewing and rhoios dom
with the best e. satisfaction.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16
For Rent.

A good six room house with well, Gel,
lar, barn and other Improvements al
reasonable terms. Inquire OF Mrs,
Blundell.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16

When you stop in Truckee for a day
or for month you should remember
you get the best accommodations at the
Whitney House.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16
Advertising Locals,
GOOD PASTURE.

Frank Hammond has 800 acres OF fine
pasture at the Fellnagle ranch and will
pasture cattle and horses for 50 a head
per month.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16
To Rent.

A dwelling house OF live rooms. Sit
uated on River street. Rent, ten dol
lars per month. Inquire at Postoffice
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-16

Call on f. r. Ames for
good Chicken Tomales at all
hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-16
PREDICTS MUCH SUFFERING.
Daniel Gable, an Old Miner. Talks al
klOndfke Stampede.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, August 16-
Daniel Gable. an old and experienced min
er. who was one of the first to Join the
rush to the Klondike. has returned. and
tells story calculated to deter others
from going north in search of gold.
There is hardly trail in California Ari-
iona. Nevada or Montana with which Ga
BILE is not familiar. When the news of the
gold strike reached this country Gable left
his mines In Arizona and started for the
klondike, via Juneau and the Chilcoot
pass. Now he is back. having sold his out
mt, which cost s235. He learned from many
experienced mining men at Juneau and
further up that 1t would be suicide to go
before spring. He says:
When We reached Barnum's bay, which
is a little way from Dyea, 1 gave up the
idea | left the vessel, intending to go to
Work In the Comet mines there and wait
Until next spring, when 1 intended to go
into the Klondike. 1 found the mines de-
serted, as the Ten would not work there
at this time of the year. owing to the wa
ter, which filled the mines. The Alaskan
mining men are positive that nearly all
VINO ara trying to get to Dawson City will
be frozen up en- route until spring, ana that
tnelr tate is uncertain. 1 will not answer
LOT the lives of the tenderfeet who are now
going"
The Alaska Commercial Company's
schooner ]. NJ. Weatherwax has sailed for
unga with cargo of supplies and six
n1ll ers,s who are to work in the company's
gold mines on that island The Klondike
excitement struck Unga with full force
and many Of the miners who had been
working thee have gone to the new fields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-16
Long Cotton From Peru.

Old Herodotus. though apparently not
sure he was telling the truth, described a
sort of wool that in his time grew on
certain trees in India. His description fits
with great accuracy the fast becoming IA
nous cotton Of the Peruvian province of
Piura. 1t first came into the market as a
result of the high prices caused by the
civil war in America, when shipments of
the Piura cotton rose from $4,000 pounds
in 1862 to 4.0S4.O0O pounds in 1866. Since
then. owing to its peculiar qualities, the de-
mand has constantly outdstanced a con-
tinual Increase in its production. This cot
ton Is of the long staple variety, the
fibers. however, being of an extraordinary
length, and in structure and in their crink-
ly character having SO close a resemblance
to wool that a microscopical examination
must be supplemented by chemical tests to
distinguish one from the other 1t is this
quality that has made the fame of the
Piura cotton, since II is an Invaluable
adulterant for high grade wooden goods.
When combined with wool in the warp Il
gives additional strength without seriously
affecting the texture Of the CLOTH This be-
ing its sole use, the price of this cotton
fuctuates. not with the cotton market. but
with the value Of wool. and on an average
1t may be said to command from 4 to &
cents pound more than the highest grades
Of other cottons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-16

- oOo at iis Lsns'oa s MosS
District Of Columbia Bonds.-2o-year Fund ss.
lolh bid. ao-year FaGd gold 6, ll2.s bid: Water
rency Is. 1893, Ils bid Fund. currency 3.c5s, liz
MISCELLANEOUS Bonds.-Metropolitnn Railr,aa SIS.
IL lis.a bid Astropolitan RailrSad COW g. ,io
Ra.'road 6s: IFS BID washington Gas Company.
p. @. ~ bid, United States Electric Light DE.
be9tuse Imp. los bid chesapeake and Potomac
Trust IS, F. and A., 100 bid. American security
snd Trus, Ss and o. 100 bid washns,on
Mraket Company Eaten. 6s. iOs bid. Masonic Hall
National Bank stocks.-Bauk Of Washington
seS BID ss a ASKED MetropoMssn gs bid Cen
%sss End s 20. BID 3D. l is . asked ~ 5
Lincoln; lo4 bid. los asked. Ohio, 30 asked.
ssss D sDS s.s T TIT SAFE
and Trust, lisA bid IL asked; American security
an Railroad Ss sa. BID l4s asked mt. oow,.n,
81 asked 50 bid Georgetown and rennas'0"n.
Gas and Electric Light stocks-washington Gas.
Gate1 States Electric Lss los Sd Cas- az bid
Insurance Stocks.-Firemens 30 bid. Franklin,
fs,s%ae asked Atnsssa ,s4 4 S Ss
National Onion. io.s bid. "a asked. Columbia, ii
Lincoln * Old de@mers. %s s isp bid
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title,
,fe ., asked , Ueumbia Title. bid. 81 asked
Telephone stocks -Pennsyivania,s IS bid. 80 asked.
aS se ... sa s sssss
can ,Gr.phSghc %: 3D. 70 bid Pneumatic Gun
Miscslisnsn. Stocks. : Merxenthaler Linotype.
i2oA bid, I2sx asked. Lanston Monotype. i5H
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-16
Fair Volume of Commission Orders
Make Higher Prices in Stocks.
LONDON MARKET IRREGULAR
Sugar Stock Advanced on Report
of Increased Dividends.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, August 16.-The execution
or fair volume of commission orders
established higher range OF prices dur
Ing the opening hour this morning. As
during the previous week, London cables
refieo ted considerable irregularity in the
American market, and brought few buy
Ing orders to this side. Later in the day
foreign sentiment changed slightly, and
moderate amounts of st. Paul and Nash
Vile were taken for London account. The
professional element was again disposed to
sell, but the difficulty In repurchasing dis
coCraged in portant undertakings In the
short account.
Dizziness was substituted for reaction
and prices showed continued sensitiyeness
to the slightest increase in the demand.
The grangers were in good demand. Bur-
lington making a new high record DUR ig
the opening hour. St. Paul and Rock Island
We're literally bought, but the latter prop
erty lacks the ability TO withstand profit
taking sales In conservative circles this
particular group of securities continues 10
attract the most attention.
All reports from the grain districts indi-
cate an earlier shipment of grain than
usual, and September is expected to be a
month OF large earnings.
The low-priced issues were i'm good de-
mand at improving prices. Missouri Pa
cific was given excellent support around
30. as the result of increased earnings and
rather significant pool buying.
Northern Pacific common was in better
favor than of late on the theory that Il
had not followed the preferred as closely
as conditions warranted. Its present price
is only slightly in excess of the full-paid
assessment, and consequently organized
buying should prove successful.
With the dividend on the preferred stock
very distant prospect, IL is not likely that
merit alone could be urged successfully in
advancing the common stock.
The American Spirits Company's Issues
were also i'm better demand, pool buying be-
ing noticeable throughout the day. The
predicted advance in these shares. II IL ma
terializes. will add to the many striking
plished by large capital and concerted ac-
ton.
American Sugar was advanced on buying
i'm which Boston houses took a prominent
part. The advance was accompanied with
rumors of an increase in the dividend rate
10 per cent being substituted for the pres
ent II per cent rate In well-informed cir
Giles an increase in the regular rate. or a
liberal extra disbursement. is relied upon.
The market Is likely to become irregular
from now on unless London buying comes
in as a feature. The holiday season has
undoubtedly cut into the local volume of
ing reports will find reflection in higher
prices. it is not likely that the recent daily
average will be maintained
Discriminating purchases are not likely
to reflect the evil results of short sales.
All the news features of the situation
encouraging and profit-taking a large
scale alone threatens present prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-16
INTERMENT AT ARLINGTON.
Late Mrs. Walbridge to De Buried
beside Her Husband

Aotc MRS. "albr1dge to De Buried
Beside Her Husband.
The funeral of Mrs Sarah Alberta Wall
bridge, widow of Capt. George R. Wal
bridge, who died yesterday at Epiphany
Church Home, will take place from the
chapel there tomorrow afternoon at .
O'Clock. The services will be conducted
by Rev. Mr.. Woods, assistant rector of
Epiphany. and the interment will be made
III Arlington cemetery by the side of the
remains Of her deceased husband.
As heretofore stated in The Star. Mrs
Waibrfdge was accidentally knocked down
and injured by being run over by a de-
livery wagon Saturday week ago at the
corner of 18th and H streets northwest
She was picked up In an unconscious con-
dition and carried into the home, where
everything possible was done for her re-
Iiei. but without avail. She did not again
regain consciousness
Mrs. Walbridge died at exactly the same
hour OF the day as when she received her
injuries. and will be buried In precisely
three months from the date of her en-
trance into the home