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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-10-27
Forest Protection.

Many of the states of the Union
long ago awoke to the necessity of
taking steps towards the protection of
their natural forests. This was found
necessary for various economic rea-
sons. The influence of forest on soil,
climate and water conditions war;
ranted the taking of radical steps by
the legislatures of the states in ques-
ton. AS long ago as 1885 the Forest
Commission of the State of New York
was created. In 1895 this commission
was consolidated with the commission
of Fisheries and Game. The act GREAT
ing this board allows a salary OF S5,-
600 per annum and travelling expenses
TO the president, $4,000 to the secre-
tarv. and $1,000 to each of the four
other members of the Board. The
commissioners appoint thirty-t1ve Tor
esters. the chief receiving salary OF
81 600 per annum and his subordinates
salaries of $500 each per annum.
In 1898 the state Of Pennsylvania
created forestry commission, and
the act appropriated $4,000 annually
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-10-27
An Interesting Bulletin.

"A Chemical Study of Some OF
Typical Soils of the FLORIDA Peninsu-
Ia" is the title of an interesting publ
cation Just issued by the Florida Ex-
pertinent Station. 1t is bulletin 43 OF
the station and is the work OF the
station Chemist, Prof. A. FL. Pearson.
The bulletin is Of especial interest
to the people of South Florida, and
should be in the hands of every soil
tiller. The publication contains over
one hundred pages, and of course a
review is impractical. The conclu-
sions of the author are embodied in
the following summary, which is a
part of the bulletin:
81. A chemical analysis can Indicate
with accuracy the total amounts OF
the different soil constituents occur
ing in soil but cannot state exactly
what proportion of any constituent is
in an available condition.
SO. The soils of the central and
southern portions of the Florida PEN
insula are popularity included in four
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-10-27
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 81, 1897.
Table of Contents.

FARM GROVE AND GARDEN-To
Keep Sweet Potatoes; In the Apia-
ry Timely Items for October. 81
Quick Growth of Pecan; Remedies
for Cut-W OrmS.... -. or
About Propa g at n g; Wonderful -.
Frost Protection; Shipping Plants; -.
The Jamaica Sorrell... -. 80. 67t
The Saw Palmetto Some Hints 80.
on Cultivating Muck. 6T
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT-Fro
Michigan Paper; Florida Tobacco;
A Tobacco Exchange; The Tobac-
co Exhibit; The Tobacco Company; 49,
Florida's Opportunity. -. -. -. 81
FLORAL DEPARTMENT-W He
Found at His Florida Home........ 67
EDITORIAI-F e t Protection;
Railroad Statistics; An Interest No.
Ho 1tH I1Sf' Observation-Disclosures "
broidered Novelties; Hair Dressing; -
A Gown for Autumn. ................. 10
POULTRY AND BEES Miscellan-
eous Crossing; Advantages of Sit
ting; Bone as Grit; Bees in Horti- 10
L1TERATURE-Joe wilkins Ghost S
With the Jokers. Observation-Disclosures. %
FlOr1Qlana... 80 NC
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-10-27
The Florida Of Today.

The Times-Union and Citizen in a
recent editorial says:
The visitor this season will notice
change which to the Floridian is
scarcely perceptible but nevertheless
is in us and of us-it colors I'll; we
say and think and do. Within the year
we have done much, yet our greatest
victory has been over ourselves; there
are improvements everywhere, i'll city,
town, and country, and on the farm,
but we have ourselves improved so
much that material things are not
worthy Of mention i'll the same
BREATH
Last autumn there was a dogged de-
'termina ton to do our duty, but or
anges required time, tobacco was an
experiment, and vegetables at ruling
prices barely paid for rent and labor.
The disciples of pessimism were
abroad in the land, and they assured
us that he who 1abored could only as
pire to a level with him who did no.
thing but talk. The merchant was
afraid to order goods and the farmer
who asked for advances on a crop got
the cold shoulder-kindly but firmly.
Then that same farmer went home
and told his wife, and together they
agreed ''to live at home" On the
kindly bosom of their native soil they
laid their troubles and faced the tu-
ture. Like a loving mother Florida
answered. During the spring our
country towns looked deserted, for the
farmer was not in sight; but he~Was
at work. He did not sit ont he cor
ners and talk politics but his pigs
were fat, his hens gave him eggs and
multiplied, his wife wore a sunbon-
net. but there was no account at the
store to eat up her eggs and butter.
In June the men Of South and East
Florida had become conscious OF
fact their West Florida brothers had
never forgotten land would feed
and clothe her children. There was
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-10-27

The two chief officers of the commits
sion, the engineer and the botanist,
receive salaries of $4,000 per annum.
Among other states where legisla-
lures have taken steps in the matter
of forest protection are Wisconsin and
Minnesota.
The national congress has also APP
preciated the Importance of forest
protection. Section "a of the Act OF
March 81, 1891, is as follows:
Sec. "a. That the President of the
United States may, from time to time,
set apart and reserve, in any State or
Territory having public lands bearing
forests, any part of the public lands
wholly or in part covered with timber or
underground, whether of commercial
value or not, as public reservations, and
the President shall, by public proclama-
tion declare the establishment of such
reservations and the limit thereof.
Acting upon this authority, Presi-
dents Cleveland and Harrison estab-
lished seventeen forest reservations,
with total estimated area of 17,5O0,>
900 acres, previous to 1894.
Secretary Hoke Smith, of the De-
partment of the Interior, impressed
with the Importance of devising some
adequate system of protection and
management of forests, both within
the reserves and in the public domain,
under date of February Is, 1896, re-
quested the National Academy of Sci
ences, the legally constituted adviser
of the Government in scientific mat
tiers, to investigate and report upon
the Inauguration of a rational forest
policy for the forested lands of the
United States" He especially desired
an official expression as to the desir-
ability and practical ility of preserv~
ing the forests from fire and maintain
ing as forested lands portions Of the
public domain now bearing wood
growth.
Although the press of Florida has
done it's duty in calling the attention
of the legislatu to the necessity OF
taking some steps in the matter OF
protecting our forest, nothing has
been done.
Perhaps there is no other state in
the Union so dependent for prosperity
upon an equitable as Florida. 1t is
conceded by all who have given the
subject thought and positively assert
ed by those who have given it deep
consideration and study, that wide
spread area of forest land has mod1-
flying effect upon climate. In view OF
these admitted facts it is incompre>
hensible that our legislators are con-
tent to do nothing.
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.. Inc pine, hammock, ana SanQ
lands are essentially of a sandy char
acter, the average of thirty-six analy-
Sc from various and widely separat-
ed localities in the peninsula showing
them to be composed of slightly more
than ninety-six per cent of insoluble
residue (sand and insoluble silicates)
81. Chemical ANALYSES show them to
be most deficient in potash and least
in phosphoric acid. The average
amounts of the three so-called essen
tial elements are as follows: Nitrogen,
.0'09 per cent; potash, .0O94 per cent,
and phosphoric acid, .O687 per cent.
In addition, it is shown that, in nu-
merous instances, these soils are defic>
lent in humus as well as in lime.
IS. When soils are in fertile state,
the most effective method for MAIN
tanning their fertility involves intelli-
gent fertilization judicious system Of
crop rotation, and proper cultivation.
''6. The most reliable method for
ascertaining the deficiency of any ele-
ment in a soil is by conducting upon
it practical fertilizer tests according
to the direction described herein.
Where practicable and when it can
be intelligently accomplished, farmers
should purchase only the raw fertiliz-
o1 IN 1niT
ing. By exercising reasonable econo-
my and prudent methods, several dol
lars can be saved in this way on each
ton of fertilizer mixed. Explicit direc-
tons for mixing fertilizers are given
in this bulletin.
~. Wher soils are deficient in hui
mus and nitrogen, these materials can
usually be most economically provided
by growing upon such soils certain le-
guminous crops ii. e., COW peas, Flor
ida clover, or beggar weed, and the
velvet BEAM, which have the power of
appropriating atmospheric nitrogen.
SO. The muck soils of the peninsula
are uniformly of a fertile character.
The purest muck beds, occupying vast
areas in the central and southern pen
insula, extending from Osceola coun>
ty southwark into the Everglades are
unusually rich in nitrogen, but, in
most cases, are deficient in potash,
phosphoric acid and lime. Vast tracts
of this land in Osceola and Dade coun-
ties have already been drained by cut
ting canals through the muck beds
and are now in high state of produce
tiveness. Other rich muck areas lie
along either bank of the Kissimmee
river, which connects Lake OkeechO-
bee with Lake Kissimmee. In order
to drain these lands artificial drainage
will have to be resorted to, since, even
at low water, the river is almost on a
level with the contiguous muck areas.
In this case the water can be most eff
fectively drained by constructing lev
ees and employing pumps Still other
vastmuck deposits occursouth OF Lake
Okeechobee and extend into the Ever
glades. In addition to the above muck
deposits of varying acreas occur all
over Florida.
$50. AS a rule, the purest muck de-
posits contain the smallest stores of
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-22

holds the house in the holloy of his
hands.
The speakers lobby was then visited
ana there. upon the walls along me
lengthy corridor, the portraits OF all
The past speakers of the house of rep
reSehtatlves were seen. This completed
'he trip over the main floor of the cap
no! building, and the visiting editor
TOOK the ears, went down the hill, and
around to the botanical gardens. where
ne saw some Of natures marvels.
one of the most interesting things
'here seems to be the palm trees, Of
various families, which do as fine weay.
ing as spiders, or skilled human work.
men. The palms grow in sections. and
they are so weak that they would droon
10 the ground. But as each leaf is put
forth, little coils Of vegetable thread
are wound around and around. so that,
when the tree reaches the height of
from two feet to 80 feet it presents
the appearance of having been wound
about by human hands. That was the
most striking thingin the botanical gar.
Gems. but there were many other WON
derful things seen there in the course
of half an hour.
The next day was Wednesday. The |
flrst thing lone was to take the cleo
'ric cars, go careering across the cele-
DRAFTED Long bridge, and stop at Airing.
national cemetery. There is the
home of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
and around about it skilled landscape
gardeners have beautitied the last rest.
ng places of 10000 union soldiers. There
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-22
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.


Emmett j. Saunders. OF Chenille, WAC
arrested last week at tae Instance Of
Postotice Inspector Fred D. Peer on a
charge OF having robbed the postofice
at lyto last January. The arrest was
made by George b. Johnston, a deputy
marshal on a warrant sworn out by In
spector Peer. Saunders was brourh.
before United States Commissioner
Adams at Oxford and given a prelim!-
nary hearing, A large number Of 4 and
scent stamps were stolen in the rob.
berry, and the eYidence developed he.
lore the commissioner showed that
saunders has been using the United
states mails to purchase goods from
hrms at a distance with postage stamps
OF the denominations mentioned. He
acknowledged having q lot of and s.
cent stamps with which he has been
buying goods, but pretended that he
found them. The fact that Sauuders
was seen at Tyro on the night of the
ROBBERY, together with other damaging
evidence against him, convinced Com
Adams OF his guilt, and
Saunders was committed TO iail in de-
fault OF $500 bond to await the action of
the grand Jury.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-22

Nher am ! at? l do declareI'
king Ken replied: In the speakers chair
Senator Thurston, of Nebraska; Sena
tor Baker, of Kansas, and many Others
of celebrity. He several times re.
marked:""The pictures of public men
when are prepared and printed in the
Newspapers are very good likenesses.
l would know Senator Allison, and
Senator Quay!' and Senator Hoar, and
rffAhyT f6tBerst here, from the pictures
whish'I"have seen in the papers. 1t is
exceedingly complimentary to the prog
ress OF the profession in these days
that the pictures printed should SO well
represent the men,"
After an hour spent in the senate
chamber, the visitor went over to the
rotunda, which Is the central part of
the capitol, and there he met Kennedy,
the king of the guides. He is a gentle
man of education, refinement and most
pleasing He knows the capi-
tol building, from foundation stones 10
the top of the dome. He led the visitor
s~su" huab lAU IOOul AOTuleIly
used by the house Of representatives.
There he showed the marvellous natural
echos Of the place. It would make a
book to write it all ini detail.
In the rotunda the guide pointed out
the -'magniicent ,fresco work encircling
the inner. part Of the dome; and be also
called attention to the lamentab!e fact
that some OF those paintings have been
ruined. because, through the negligence
OF somebody, the dome has been in a
leaky. condition, and the paintings are
smeared and completely destroyed.
Next came a visit to the hall of the
house OF representatives. There was no
session, 50 the guide took his visitor
on to the floor Of the house. and point.
ed out al points Of interest. The Wis
assembled the dais. and for a few
sat in the speakers chair:
the. chair which 10 occupied BY Tom
Re.d. the mighty man from Maine, who
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-22
Money in Hool.

Thursday +, Batson, of the firm OF
batson Bros, Of liillsdale, Miss, pur.
chased $4,000 pounds of wool at this
place, paying II cents per pound. 1t Is
not probable that Mr.. Batson purchased
all OF the wool in this section, but as he
had other appointments to meet be
could give but m day to McItenry.
The price paid is about 7 cents higher
thar that paid last year. If you will
take your pencil and figure a little you
Will discover that Mr.. Batson scattered
quite a snug sum Of money among the
wool-growers of this section, and that
wool-growing is profitable. Harrison
County Banner,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-22

are monuments to generals, colonies
captains, lieutenants, and also to pri
Vate soldiers. In front of the old man.
sion, overlooking the national capital
is a splendid monument of Gen. Phi!
sheridan, with his likeness in bronze,
Ii took nearly all morning to see Ar.
l!ngton, and then return to the hotel
for dinner.
In the afternoon there was a trim ia
the bureau of engraving and printing
the place where all our paper money
and all of our postage stamps are print.
ed. 1t is a wonderful workshop: but
everything is 80 barred off that it is
difficult to see much of the workings OF
the bureau. The workingmen and the
women are all barred in, and the pub
lie barred out, because there are mil.
lions upon millions Of dollars in money
right there all the time.
At three O'Clock In the afternoon. the
president gave a public reception, apc
our editorial brother went there, II
was a great sight. He was ushered into
the east room, and there were about 900
people awaiting an opportunity tc
shake hands with the president. 1t was
is minutes after three o'clock when the
president appeared, and took his place
at The door leading out into the cor.
ridor. The crowd filed past him, one Al,
a time, in single file, and he took the
hand of each caller, bowed and passed
him on to the hall. 1t was all over ir
ten minutes, and the president went
back to his public duties. But he car
now say to his associates as he takes
up his pen to write: This is the hand
that shook the hand of William Nc.
kinley." Very few people, compare.
lively speaking, ever have an oppor.
to see one of our presidents,
much less to see him face to face, and
his hand.
The day was waning, but it had been
we'll spent. The editor then entered
open coupe, and was driven out over
he hills of northwest Washington to
soldiers home; that comfortable
where the veterans who are
may go and spend their last
in peace, quiet, comfort and pride;
or they are all proud of their home,
nd of their soldier records.
After driving all over the vast acreage
the soldiers home walls. the
refined his horses and called at.
to what is called the capitol
The dome of the capitol, which
5 five miles away, can be seen through
he trees, fo~ there is an opening di.
thrOu Il the trees which looks
S though it had been purposely hewn;
ut the driver says that it is a natural {
pening, and everybody believes that
is SO.
Now, when you come to Washington.
nd have only two days to spend here,
you will follow this itinerary, YOU ,
i'll find that by systematic effort YOU Q
i'll be able to see n great deal, and r
every minute of your time. q
SMITH d. FRY. F.,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-22

The door of the corner saloon sudden
ly opened and a greasy vagabond shot
out through it with great violence, APP
parently moved by some strong i'm
polling force behind him.
Rising slowly from the gutter into
which he had rolled he picked up his
hat. adjusted it on his bead, and turned
stiffiy to the solitary bystander who
had witnessed the scene.
II presume l remind you." be said,
"of some unfortunate European ruler.
l am the victim of a bum-thrower.'
And he moved with heavy dignity
down the street.--Chicag 90 Tribune.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-22
~tickSburg Fair,

The West Mississippi Fair Associa-
ton board of directors. at A meetinp
held at Nicksburg last week decided TO
accept a proposal from the owners Of
the fair grounds, heretofore leased by
the association, for the sale of the
property to the association. The prom
erty thus acquired contains over seven
teen acres, with excellent buildings. on
the shore Of Lake Centennial and little
more than a mile from that city. Its
purchase assures the p~crmanencg of the
and was ratified by acclama-
'ion' Demands upon the association by
exhibitors for space are coming so thick
ana last That an additional building for
exhibits has been decided upon.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-22
weekly Crop Bulletin,

Vicksburg, July l5.-For the week
ended July l2th the temperature was
above the normal aud the rainfall was
about the average in the central portion
OF the State. Generous showers the
latter part Of the week benefited all
crops over the greater portion of the
state put too late in some sections to
improve corn and gardens. Cotton IL
fruiting we'll and an average crop will
be made in many sections with a late
frost.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-22
TWO DAYS WELL SPENT.
Western Editor Reduces sigb.-
Seeing tc a System.
Managed to See More of the Natiou,,
Capitol in Toenty-Four Hour.
Than Most Visitors See
In n Week.
Especial Washington Letter,

One OF the veteran editors of the ives
came to Washington recently, and, al
though he had but two days to spare
he managed to see a great deal of tn,
national capital in that time.
Thousands of people travelling from
castillo west annually stop over here
for a day or two, and can OF course carr,
away with them only faint recollec.
tons Of a city of trees and asphalt pave.
ments. The itinerary of the editor is
therefore one which everybody coming
here on flying trips'might better know
b. and keep for future reference.
The visitor was wise enough to en-
gage apartments at a hotel before com
ing here. lie knew that when congress
IS IN session all of the hotels are crowd
ed. You may judge from that little
bit OF forethought that he is sonewha.
methodical, and inclined to make prep
arations for coming events.
1t was early Tuesday morning when
the editor arrived here, and he went at
once to the hotel, where he had break
last. lie then went down pennsyl-
vania avenue ON a cable car, which went
clear around the capitol grounds, and
took him to the new congressional IL
brary building. He spent two hours
there, viewing with Wonderment and
amazement the splendors of that mag
niticent building; an edifice which is
now conceded to be. without exception,
the most splendid building i n the world.
He then walked across the grand
plaza to the east front of the capitol
building, and entered the senate wing
beneath the great marble staircase.
Ordinarily a stranger would have
climbed the stairs, but it is a physical
task which is not necessary. The en-
trance beneath the staircase loads
through a-stacious corridor to an ele-
vator which quickly lifts the people to
The main floor, or to the gallery floor,
of the building. Our visiting editor
first walked about the senate floor, and
went to the east front, where he saw
the bronze doors. containing numerous
allesorical representations in has re-
lief. Then he went to the GALLERY ona
was admitted to the reserved gallery
because he held a ticket of admission
had been sent to him with the
compliments of one of the senators
from his state--the senator having
learned that the editor was coming to
Washington about that time.
1T was just five minutes of -, noon,
the visitor took his seat and began
to study the architectural e1fects,o of the
great legislative chamber. He OBJ
servedsin the inches along the wall the
marble ,busts of the ex-vice presidents