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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22

the greater portion of their expert
ments to be carried on at the Agricul-
tural Department in Washington.
"The work of Profs. Swingle and
Weber in the direction of discovering
cures for the diseases of the orange
and. other trees of the citrus family
has been productive of the greatest
good. They have found absolute cures
and preventives for some of the most
destructive and annoying diseases,
and as their work will in part still be
in this same direction, the result Of
their experiments will be more and
more valuable to Florida's fruit grow
ers.''
1t is to be hoped that the govern
ment will not see fit to close the sub
tropical laboratory at Eustis, or, if it
does, that it will make arrangements
for Messrs. Swingle and Weber to
continue theirwork in some other Sec
ton of the State.
40 one who has followed the two
government agents in their scientific
investiga tons will question the bene>
fit the horticultural interest of the
State has received. It would be a great
loss to us at this time to lose their
co-opera tion when scientific advice is
sure to be needed under complications
sure to arise during the process of
remaking the groves.
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sort of business is the spirit that
makes much of our farming unproft-
albeit shows tone that is bad and
bad only.
Nor should the element of beauty
be wanting in the gardening calcu-
lated to be helpful in farming. In
thousand ways the details O. which
may be untraceable the touch If the
beautiful in the home SUI roundings
will do good and help to lift both men
and women above the grovel. The hog
has his place in our rural economics,
and so has the rose, and happy will
it be for farming when this thought
is commonly expressed in practice.
The pressing need of the present-day
farming is more and clearer thinking,
and what we here urge as among the
important belongings of good in prac~
tice may truly be said to be conducive
to the best in thinking also.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22
Yellow Fever Excitement.

There has been more or less excite
ment throughout the most exposed
sections of the Southern States during
the past two or three weeks over the
yellow fever situa ton in Southern
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
At these points yellow fever has de-
veloped, and while the type is unusu-
ally mild and the death rate scarcely
noticeable the excitement continues,
and in some cases has reached The
panic point.
The fever has not become epidemic,
and the health authorities claim that
they will be able to control it. In
Florida there is not vestage of pan
ic, and in fact little excitement. The
sanitary condition of the State is pro
nounced perfect, and in addition to
this our well equipped health depart
ment has taken every precaution to
guard against the introduction of the
fever by sufficient quarantine res+ric-
tons.
We feel perfectly secure in the as
sertion that there will be no yellow
fever in the State this year-and we
hope for many years. 1t is conceded
that the fever cannot exist in an cpl
demic form in the high pine regions
of the State, and in the other sec
tons, along the coasts, ample provi-
sions have been made to prevent the
importations of the germs. Aside
from this it is now so late in the
season that there is nothing to
fear. Even in the sections i'm which
the fever has already made its appear
ance, in the states north of us. it is
likely that frost will put an end to ii
before there can be any serious dam
age.
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The Reflex Benefit.

The people of Florida have no wheat
to sell at one dollar per bushel, or
any other price, but the reflex advan>
tage to them will be no small matter.
The more wheat the people of the
North and West can sell at dollar a
bushel, the more money they will
have to invest in our pineapples, or
anges and other products.
Florida will reap her share of the
profits from dollar wheat, and no mis-
take. Those who reap the direct ben
eft will be able to make that long
contemplated trip South to prospect
for new location, and when the loca>
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The Sub-Tropical Laboratory.

A recent number of the Eustis Lake
Region contains the following:
at is probable that the government
work at the experimental station or
Sub-tropical Laboratory in Eustis
will cease after October 1st.
'On the condition that such sta
ton be established here and the work
be carried on for a space of five years,
the people of Eustis purchased the lot
and erected the necessary buildings
with funds raised by popular SUBJ
scription.
GAS the five years have now elapsed
and the government has made no
further appropriation for the work,
active operations will cease for the
present at least.
''Prof. Swingle left for the north
some weeks ago, and Prof. Webber
will start for Washington early in Oc-
tOber.
ct is likely the government will es-
tablish a station at some point on the
East Coast, and while it will be in
charge of Profs. Swingle and Weber,
they will devote but part of their
time to the work at the new station,
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. %, 1897.
Table of Contents.

Starting Fig Trees. ......... .........'.. 500
Farm and Garden; A Specially in Fruit
and Vegetable Growing; Diversified
Farming. ......... ....'' '''''' 49, o9|
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT-Flori To-
bacco on its Own Merits; A Display at
Nashville; Cooperative Tobacco Farms;
Sucker Crops. ...... ..........'.'.. o9c
FLORAL DEPARTMENTAL
Nine C. Testout Rose; Rose Culture
in Florida; The Gamma. ........... 500
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.-Sub-
Tropical Laboratory; Yellow Fever Ex-
citement: The Reflex Benefit; The Home
Circulars and Pamphlets Wanted ....... COL
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.-Our
Nurseries; The Uses of Fruit; What
Fruit Contains. go COZ
POULTRY DEPART MENl.-Poultry
Raising from Woman's Point of View
Fighting Poultry Vermn; A Brilliant
Scheme; The Black Hamburg. ..... oo3
LITERARY-A 1t Should Be; The Cav
ern of Flies ............... .............. oo4
WITH THE JOKERS. ......... ooo
FLORIDIANA...... ...... oo7
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The Loquat.

The loquat is one of the most val
liable of fruits and it is surprising
that it is not more extensively prop
agated. The fruit, when the tree is
well fortified, is superior to any
other in delicate flavor far SURPRISING
the peach or guava.
I have one tree that shows the val
lie of muck. Near it the lady of the
house set rose bush and shortly af-
forwards a fellow who had a muck
machine gave her lecture on the
value of muck as a fertilizer and then
she talked to me until I had the man
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Grape Fruit Dissection.
Editor Florida Agriculturist:

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
| note what Mr.. Bosanquet says of
pomeloes My experience with the
Aurantium and Triumph grape fruits
leads me to quite different conclusions
from his. There are three of the now
er-improved q will call it for better
name) varieties of grape fruit-that
both in tree and appearance of fruit
can not be told apart. I mean the
Aurantium, Triumph and Harris I'M
proved-(Mays best)-the same as
Mr.. Bosanquet, [ at first thought they
were all hybrids crossed with
the orange,
[ have changed my mind after a
more careful study and [ do not be-
lieve they are other than pure Shad-
docks. True they are to my taste
much better-are less bitter, not so
much rag-and less seeds than the
common shaddock; yet [ believe our
climate, that makes our Seeding or
anges so much better, has brought
this about.
Again [ have not found that they
will not hold on the trees in perfec-
tion to we'll into the winter.
The Aurantium is more sweet than
the others, and is good, and can be
sent to market as soon as it begins
to show yellow, and I have thought
it valuable on that account.
) AS Mr.. Bosanquet says, they are all
of them very productive, and are an
nual fruiters. [ have known the Au-
rantium to bring in the Chicago mar
ket almost twice as much as the COM
mon variety--shipped same time, by
same man, and to one commission
house.
Walters with me has not proven to
be any improvement over many of the
common ones.
Seedless,in quality, is much better,
but it is not seedless; [ have known
the first fruits on young tree to be
nearly sometimes quite) free from
seeds, and fruit on same tree next sea-
son show as many seeds as the Tri-
umph or Hart. James Mott.
Largo, Fla.
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The Home Garden.

Our agricultural contemporaries are
doing their full duty in keeping be.
for the farmers of the country the i'm
portance, in fact necessity of the { IA
| lily garden. 1t would seem that this
work of the agricultural press should
be unnecessary, but that It is not is
evidenced by the neglect Of the gar
den by so many good farmers.
The current issue of the Louisiana
Home and Farm contains such an ex-
cellent editorial on the subject of the
home garden, that we reproduce It be-
low with our hearty endors ament
The uses of the garden in the home
life of every farmer ought to be so
plain that farm home without g Il,
den would be a rarity; and yet it is
the fact that on many farms there is
nothing worthy of the name of gar
den.
The life that is lived under such cir
cumstances will drive away rather
than attract and hold the best of the
young girls and boys to the farm.
The naturally vigorous born amidst
such surroundings, get away from
them as speedily as possible, dis
gusted with the only style of farming
known to them, conscious they are
not quitting anything worthy of the
name of home.
Happily the standard of living is be-
coming higher and farmers are more
and more following the better ways.
The lesson thus on the surface is be-
ing put in practice as never before;
and some there are, one here and
there, who realize that, the aesthetic
part of gardening apart, there, is, at
ter all, not much difference between
farming and gardening and that high
ly important lessons in farming are
to be gathered from gardening. In
deed it is slowly becoming clear to a
few who are occupying the advanced
positions in farming that the garden
should be the test and experiment
place for the farm and so, in connec-
ton with farming, have its bounda-
ries generally much enlarged.
Even in this country, for most of
the states-for all the older states GER
tainly-we are necessarily entering
the stage of intensive farming; and
that means that each farmer must
know, if he would survive, all about
his own farm by experimenting.
1t is in this species of service that
the well-l<ept and enriched garden can
be made to count to great purpose.
Of course now and then the land on
farm is not all the same. Mostly it
is, however; and it is of that which
mostly is that we now write. After
the generally true is mastered the diff
ficulties at first attaching to the ex-
ceptional conditions will largely have
disappeared. So that generally il the
farmer knows his garden he knows
his farm
None will welcome more than the
women folks the arrival of the time
when the garden will cease to be an
afterthought in anything worthy of
the name of good farming. AS rule
even tadau tho cra,.do,, &c. lc,lt
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-31
N. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81. 1s9'

it has not already arrived. when it will
be the duty of the statesmen to in
Quire whether there is less danger In
leaving the property and indus
interests Of the people thus
wholly at the mercy of a few men who
recognize no responsibility, except to
their stockholders, and nc principle Of
action except that of personal and cor
porate aggrandizement, than in ad-
ding somewhat to the power and pat
ronage of government directly re-
sponsible to the people. and entirely
under their control. Report OF u S.
Senate committee on Transportation
Routes, page l58.
This committee sounded the tocsin
of alarm and pointed out the way for
relief.
In conclusion, if the rates are not
reduced the people will be compelled
to construct the railroads and to oper-
ate them upon fair basis Of the pres
ent cost of construction. No sensible
man believes that the cost Of operat-
ing the railroads Of the United States
is sc, ,04O per mile, that being the pres
ent gross receipts per mile of the en-
tire mileage. e. STODDARD.
Omaha, Neb.
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IN THE LAND OF HARD TIMES.

From the Palace of Ease my lady set
Her carriage wheels shonc in the
light;
He fields lay fertile and green about
And she wondered how any blind soul
could doubt
That God ruled ever in might
And she marvelled greatly how sin and
shame
Into this fair world came.
There gazed from window across the
way
A creature pallid and gaunt; :
Her cheeks were hollow, her face was
And hard, deep lines, by her mouth lay.
For she dwelt in the House of
Want
And look like curse came into her
eye
AS my lady rode by.
She hated the world that had used
her ill;
She was bitter with discon tent;
She was weary OF toll in the dull tread.
mill
Where she wasted her life in the eff
fort to fill
The mouth Of that monster, Rent;
She hated the owners Of acres broad
And she doubted God.
Oh. woman, weary Of toll and pain,
No wonder your heart is gall.
God gave His people wide domain.
He gave Us the seasons, the sun and
the rain,
And room and food for us all.
1t is man, the author of selfish crimes,
Who brings hard times.
Oh, Lady Fair. in your Cas- TIC of Ease,
You are so happy and well content;
But what would you do we're you one
| OF these
Who toll and suffer, and starve and
| freeze
To fatten the monstcr--Rent?
Yet God rules over, and Right somd
day
Must have its way.
J Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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say that the church. by refusing to ex-
pose and condemn the evil, is directly
responsible for its existence. II the
one hundred thousand pulpits in the
land would turn the fierce light of
truth on political chicanery and devil
try. would not the whole foul business
be soon reformed and purified? Could
not the army OF ministers and relig-
ious editors bring about changes in
society, if they wanted to? 1t is COM
puted by one church paper that 15 per
cent OF the population are iden titled
with the churches; If that be true,
and Is per cent Of the population were
honest. true, lovers Of justice, loyal to
God, could they not effect vast i'm
prOvements in the condition of hui
manity, If they would?
l haYe talked much on this subject
and the inYariable answer that has
come to me from the churchmen is, sit
is our duty to save souls" This is
simply an evasion; tits the business of
the church to preach justice. Jesus
delared that his mission was to save
the world-the business and social
world. The misappre hension Of this
distinction accounts for the fact of a
growing church aid the increase Of
crime and social disturbance. Jesus
came with a message of good news to
the poor, and Of solemn warning to
the rich: His church today flouts the
poor and casts garlands in the way of
the wealthy. Jesus taught the prin-
ciples that would abolish poverty and
social ineq quality and make humanity
a brothe rhood; His followers today
champion injustice and bestow upon
the arIStOcracy their gracious benedic-
tiOn.
The church must either bring the
community up to the plane that Jesus
marked out for it, or be itself dragged
down to the level OF it's surroundings.
l venture the assertion to thinking
men, that the community today is not
what it is made by the church, but
the church is moulded into its present
shape by the pressure Of social forces
about it. The cause is apparent and
the explanation evident. This being
true, there is work for 'outsiders" to
do.
mean by this: If the thinking men
who advocate reform, and the toiling
men who suffer by social injustice, will
formulate their demands upon the
church and insist upon hearing,
there will soon be an awakening in
the pulpit. new life in religion, and
mammonites press their cause; the
poor have the right of appeal
l hear the old answer. 1T is the
business of the the church to save
souls" l say again. it is the business
Of the church to declare justice. 1t
was established to preach the truths
that would abolish every law and Gus
tom against which just complaint is
made. The absolute truth of this
statement can easily be esta blished. l
quote supreme authority: but seek
ye first the reign OF God and his jus.
tice, and all things shall be added un-
to you"
1t is easily in the power Of reform
ers to compel large percentage of
the pulpits to preach Gods justice. l
do not believe in the organization of
new church; that is neither desirable
Or necessary. All that is needed is
united and intelligent effort. 1t will
not require one dollar Of expense.
SERVANT.
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hundred thousand dollar house or
business block with them, for the sell
er would not take cart load Of silver.
except at discount. Now, want a
plain answer to the ques tion. What
could he do with them, taking things
as they are@
That correspondents, as we'll as the
editor, ought to attend primer class
in economics. The whole business is
the effort Of smart aleck," in which
he demonstrates his ignorance. This
paper, as has been stated many times.
is not for free silver coinage, only as a
step toward something better, but it
can answer fool questions and not
half try.
In the first place the questio is full
Of gross and silly mis- tatements. '"Tak-
ing things as they are." silver dollars
are full legal tender and no bank
would refuse them on deposit. Lie
No. l. People would not refuse to
take silver in exchange for property.
Who ever heard of a case? Lie No. g
Now for the answer to What could
he do with them?" II he had no other
use for the dollars he could divide
them out among million of his fel-
low men and help them out. No doubt
the fool editor and cores pondent
would cheerfully travel few blocks to
get one Of the dollars.
Or he might buy some property and
by building houses give employment
to lot of workmen. We will give
that editor guarantee that not a
single one Of the masOns, brickiayers,
carpenters. timers, and other me-
chanics and the laborers thus en-
plOyed will refuse the silver dollars,
but they will be glad to get them.
Or the silver millionaire may get a
franchise to build an electric railway
in some city or connecting some places
in the co Ountry, and thus employ large
numbers Of idle men and improve the
convene of the people, "takings
things as they are," Of course. We'd
prefer to do these things themselves.
But why elaborate? Amy intelli-
gent person can think of thousands of
things that could be done to alleviate
distress and ameliorate the condition
Of man if properly and progressively
invested. Thousands of people could
BE- employed. business could be made
to boom and workingmen now idle and
hungry could buy and consume the
products Of the farmers, thus furnish
ing them home market and making
all mankind compare lively happy and
prosperous; taking things as they
are" of course,
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THE REFORMER.

My God. when l read o'er the bitter
lives
OF men whose eager hearts were quite
too great
To beat beneath the cramped mode of
the day.
And see them Knocked at by the world
they love,
Haggling with prejudice for penny
WOrthS
OF that reform which their hard work
will make
The common birthright of the age to
When sec this, spite of my faith in
God.
[ marvel how their hearts bear up so
long;
Nor could they but for the same pro-
phecy,
This inward feeling of the glorious
end.
james Russell Lowell.
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THE SILVER QUESTION.
TMilwaukee Adyanna.1

milwaukee, Advanced
The following query was propound-
ed to an exchange oy correspondent t
and the editor invites silver advocates
to answer it:
"Say that silverite had the bullion
to make 100000 silver dollars, and
the government would coin it for him,
making just such dollars as we have
now. What could he do with them?
He couldn't spend the m dollar by dol.
lar for nuts, apples and groceries-life
is too short for that. They would not
be received and classed in with other
deposits by bank. He could not buy
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GREAT SCHEME.

Fumer-Sir. you called me fraud!
Choleric-And you, sir, called me a
liarl
Fumer-Well sir!
Choleric-Well, sir!
Fumer-I've been thinking
ChOleric-What sir?
Fumer-That it might be good
idea for us to get together'an d open a
seaside boarding house.-Phil adelphia
North American.
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