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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-09

hatch in just eight days more, making
sixteen days from the time the cells
are begun. At the Matching of these
young queens swarms will issue daily
perhaps for several days. Now it is
more particularly this after swarming
that is so Objectionable, as the swarms
are generally small and the queens
that accompany them are virgin
queens, and the excessive swarming
weakens the parent stock so that
neither will amount to anything the
balance of the season. The first
swarm, containing the old queen, is
the most profitable and is worth all
the rest, as those prime swarms very
often store large quantities of honey.
1t is then one of the most fatal mis-
takes to allow those second and after
swarms, and it may easily be checked
by removing the queen cells after the
first swarm issues. All cells but one
should be taken out and the one left
will supply the colony with queen.
This leaves the old stock in fair con-
dition for storing honey, and if the
young queen is successful in becom-
ing fertile and begins laying it places
the colony among the profitable ones
for the season. The best of honey
seasons are always followed by excess
sive swarming, and to make bees
profitable they must be thus control
led and handled if we expect to make
the best of them.-Ex.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-09
Poultry Business.

Poultry keeping and poultry rails
ing belong to the people. 1t cannot
be cornered. 1t is too shy for capt.
tai to decoy it. 1t thrives on poverty,
and the dooryard of the poor is the
place where it pays the best dividend.
No business is more scattered than
the poultry business. The wealthy
may have their hens in the back yard
of the city residence, or the barn yard
of the country summer retreat, but
they are offset by the hens of the ne
gro cabin at the rear of the planta-
ton, or the bright and active hens OF
the sturdy settler of the far west.
No mans poultry business can be
put ahead of his personal experience,
no matter how much money he may
have, or how much he may put into
it. The inexperienced person who
thinks that he can take $4,000 and in
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-09

Do not use wood ashes nor lime, as
they free the ammonia and the drop
pings lose one of their most valuable
constituents.
The droppings, where the owner OF
the fowls has not the land to use them
upon, may be sold to farmers and
market gardeners, and will bring a
considerable sum but they are gener-
ally worth more than they will bring
where the owner has use for them.
For forcing crop, giving it quick
start and early growth, droppings
are comparable with nitrate of soda
and superphosphates, not perhaps
their equals, but still very valuable.
And an early growth with many
crops, especially crop like corn in
New England, often means success,
where, without forcing, only soft corn
would have been raised and the crop
become nearly a failure. But the value
of droppings does not end with the
early start, but furnishes the food
for growth throughout the season, if
properly distributed and applied as
other manures are. The droppings
are an item that no poultry keeper
should fail to properly appreciate.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-09
Save the Droppings.

The droppings are source of in
come from fowls that is worth look
ing after AS fowls are fed largely
upon grain, with the addition of an
imal food, the droppings are rich in
fertilizing material, much richer than
the manure from other domestic
stock, because of the smaller portion
of coarse food consumed. There are,
it is true, no more nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid and potash, the available
elements of plant food, in the drop
pings than in the food supplied, for
the hen, like other creatures, does not
manufacture these elements out of
nothing, but as the food is highly con-
centrated and contains a fair percent
age of these elements, the droppings
are rich in plant food.
The best way of saving them is to
gather the droppings daily and cover
them with dry earth or gypsum, to
prevent the escape of the ammonia.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-09
Feeding Charcoal.

Four turkeys were confined in a pen
and fed on meal, boiled potatoes and
oats. Four others of the same brood
were at the same time confined in an
other pen, and fed daily on the same
article, but with one pint of very
finely pulverized charcoal mixed with
their food-mixed meal and boil
ed potatoes. They had also a plenti
full supply of broken charcoal in their
pen. The eight were killed the same
day, and there was a difference of one
and half pounds each, in favor of
the fowls which had been supplied
with charcoal, they being much the
fattest, and the meat being superior
in point of tenderness and flavor
Poultry Chum.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-09

vest it in a poultry plant and make
it pay will fail if he tries it. On the
other hand, there are hundreds of ex-
perienced poultrymen who can take
that much capital, or half of it, and
make good living out of poultry.
We say an experienced man can
do so, because that much mon
ey would enable him to fix up SO as to
justify him in putting in all his time
in the work before him. In other
words, he oculd, by the use of the cap
ital named, make good living wages
out of it, in keeping hens and raising
chickens. He could do so with COM
mon stock by simply selling eggs and
raising chickens for the market. But
he would do better and make more
money by utilizing thoroughbreds to
some extent in his business.
He should raise half-breeds for the
market and grade up his laying stock
by raising half-breed pullets of the
laying strains. Then, if he should
have had any previous experience as a
poultry fancier, and add to his plant
pen of strictly first-class pure-bred
fowls, and raise some birds of that
quality, that he could sell for 81 and
up, he would add another source of
profit to his business.
The inexperienced man, however,
should go slow. He could not run a
large poultry business and make it
pay. No, not to save him. The sue
cess of the poultry business is gagged
by his experience, and by his keeping
strictly within the limits of that
which he knows. Then let him en-
large gradually and carefully. There
is no money in a large plant for the
person that has not run a small one
successfully and learned the details
Of the business thoroughly.-H. B.
Geer in Farm, Field and Fireside.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-09
Handling Swarms.

If swarming is to be the rule, and
it most generally is with those who
make bee keeping side issue, it is
quite a saving of time and also a loss
of swarms to know just about the
time swarms will come off so that we
may be prepared to take care of them.
In the first place, says a writer in Ne
braska Farmer, it is a mistake to let
bees swarm at will, as they will al
ways swarm to excess and the result
is that but a small crop o. honey is
obtained. 1t will pay to attend bees
properly and every one who keeps
them should take the pains to learn
how to manage them. A moderate in
crease is not Objectionable, but unless
the bees can be turned 70 a good &C
count it is best to keep down all in
crease and in return good supply
of honey is secured. A good colony of
bees in fair honey season, # we'll
managed, will store one or two hun
dred pounds of honey, and any one
knows what this is worth, when on
the other hand if allowed to swarm
and do business as they please, they
will perhaps, end up at the last OF the
season with half dozen colonies and
but little if any surplus honey.
Swarming, to a great extent, is very
easily controlled by simply going
through the hives once week and re-
moving the queen cells, and many
colonies will scarcely attempt to
swarm if they have plenty of room to
work and store honey. 1t is usually
condition of the hive that induces
swarming.
Previous to swarming bees begin
operations for it some eight or ten
days by the construction of queen
cells, the number varying from half
dozen to a dozen cells and in some
cases, which are exceptionable, they
may have twenty-five or more. Some
races of bees are inclined to build
more queen cells than others, and
such are also more extreme swarm
ers. AS rule the swarm will issue
in eight days after beginning queen
cells, that is the first swarm, and
when the cells are eight days old they
are sealed over, at which time the
swarm is due to come off, and if the
weather is good it will seldom ever
fail. The old queen leaves with the
first swarm and queen cells only are
left in the hive. These cells begin to
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-09
Bee Hives.

Bee Hives.
In beginning with bees, either few
or many, it is very important to COM
mence with the right kind of hives.
The right kind Of hive to adopt is the
kind that is in general use. Whether
it exactly suits our fancy or not, it is
better to be guided by those who have
had years of experience. While there
may be more than one kind of hive in
use, to some extent, nine-tenths of all
the leading apiarists at present have
adopted the same hive and system of
manipulating bees.
The Langstroth bee hive. which is
most extensively used at present, is
not a costly hive, but hive so easily
made that almost any one with ordi-
nary tools can make it.
The hive proper is box made Of
seven-eighths inch pine lumber planed
on both sides, and is thirteen and sew
en-eighths, by twenty inches, outside
deep. This, with lid and bottom,
forms the brood department.
The frames are cut out of the same
kind of lumber, and are seventeen and
five-eighths inches deep, with a pro-
lection of the top bar three-fourths
OF an inch at end, which makes the
top bar one and half inches longer
than the bouy of frame. 10 accom-
modate this projection of frame there
is rabbet cut in the upper INSIDE
edge of body at each end OF one-half
inch square, which allows the frame
to drop down Onefourth of an inch
below the upper surface of body.
The surplus department is simply
the same thing exactly when used for
extracting, or raising comb honey in
bulk, and is used by placing it on top
directly over the brood chamber. For
the purpose of producing comb honey
in section boxes, half-depth body is
used, and is of the same dimensions
as the body proper, except it is only
half the depth, being four and three
fourths inches deep. This is supplied
with section holders holding one tier
of one-pound sections, twenty-four in
number, and when it is necessary to
have more space to store honey, a
second tier is added by placing one
directly over the other. Any amount
of storage room may be had by add
ing additional tiers, or upper stories.
They are incased in large chaf
hives as protection for the bees in
cold weather, or put in cellars Or
underground repositories, as the case
may be.-A. I'll. Duff, in Farm Field &
StOckman.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-09
POULTRY DEP ARTMENT.

Address all communications to Poultry De-
partment, Box 200, DeLand, Fla
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-12-06
SECRET LODGES.

Ocala Lodge X Of p convcnes every Monday
at ) y III in Castle Hall. B ID HODGE. G.
J l. DEVA&E. X OF L &. s.
Tuula Lodge No. p, I T, meets every
Tuesday at p III I'm Masonic Hall. All visiting
brothers invited 10 attend. d L MCIyER. G
W ii CHAHLE. Secretary
John Dunn Lodge No. 50, T /. \ II. Regular
communications first and third Sundays Of
every month at pm. G " SCOTT, " u.
LA HEEDOS. Secretary
Marion Lodge No. 10 g. 4 ". Regular com
municatiOn5 second and fourth Thursdays Of
every month at 5 p m. J + TCBERyILLE, W
W " CLYATT, Secretary
Marion Lodge No. 1878, X Of II, meets first
and third Thursdays. y GOTTLIEB,
+ J DOzIER, Reporter. Dicts tor
Ocala Chapter r A VI. Regular convocation
first Monday in each month at p IN.
II WHITFIELD, II ?
l. 4 HENDON. Secretary
Ponce de Leon Lodge No. 3, i. and A. :. r.
meets second sunday in each month at p. II
II. Crook, secretary, l.. OTTESsosER.
Ven Master.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-12-06
I I GODS
Ct, -: c.: 5 5as;s:5 s: Pills
Prepared by c. I. Hood & Co, Lowell, Mass
The only Pill to take with Hoods SarsaparIla.
SHERIFFS SALE.

Under and by virtue Of an execution issued
out Of ana under the seal Of The Circuit Court
i'll and for Marion county. in certain cau-r
wherein VIM. A. Hooker and Henry q. Dunn.
as executors and Alice f. Dunn. - cEecutri,,.
of the estate Of John +. Dunn. deceased. ar
plaintiffs and Thomas r. cary i defendant,
have levied upon and Will on
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9Th. 1897.
the same being "A legal sales day and during
the legal hours OF sale. offer for sale Mt tn-
south door Of the court house III the city of
Ocala, Florida. and sell 10 the highest and be-
bidder for cash, the fOllowin" real estate III
Marion county. tO-wit: We of swL4 Of ~El:
section and sea IF SEA. section :. and NV 8
Of SEA ana VIZ of nc14 OF sea. section :. town
ship is south. range - east, and begin - chain
and - links east from centre Of ALVAREZ cram.
in township y south. range y east. run th"n""
south 1t chains and - links. Thence. east !:
chains ana Il links. thence south 10 chains and
To link thence east 10 chains. thence north -
chains and 81 links. thence west - CHAINS and
l. links 10 20 nt OF beginning. sold - satisfy
said execution and costs
i. DIrRE JGDG.E.
11-6 Sheriff Marion County. Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-12-06
TAKE tx: PLANT system For F,,a a!'
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT Nov. %. 1897
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS AT OCAI.A

No 49, leaving Ocaa at 245 solid
Waycross with Pullman sleeping
Louis Montgomery & r. Waycross
Macon Atlanta and Chattanooga and Waycross New York
Charleston, Atlantic
Nashville direct connection with the Chicago
bue solid through train the Evansville Route Also
Chicago Train
Gainesville High Springs
and Ocaa without Richmond
and at Washington with the Old
Colonial Express
Waycross with through sleeper Nashville Mont
without change
New Orleans; at Birmingham Memphis;
Kansas
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-12-06
Against the Drink Evil

he following report was
adopted at the meeting of the
Manatee Association, held at
Arcadia, Fla:
Your committee bogS leave to
report as follows : Recognizing
the great evil Of intemperance
and the deteriOr2tlng and Supply
ing elects Of the peStllential
atmosphere Of the liquor traffic,
we most earnestly recommend
total abstinence on the part OF
tb individual, and the employ
/ at Of every agency, including
moral and legal suasion, spiritual
and educational methods, for the
total destruction of this tremcn-
dious evil.
Notice the marked difference
in DeSOtO county. Two years
ago It's name was everywhere a
synonym for debauchery and
drunkenness, whereas today no
county can show better record,
and it's sterling moral qualities
are forging to the front with
rapid strides. In every precinct
has been felt the grand and glori-
Gus result Of u dry county. Crime
has been lessened and homes
made happy, and as a natural
consequences our expenses have
rOpOrtiOnately decreased. There
has been moral uplift from one
end of our county to the other,
placing us today in the front
rank of law and order.
Brethren, we urge upon you
the necessity for diligence. Let
us hold the ground we have
gained; let us at every Oppor-
tunity, exercise that God-SIven
privilege and ''vOte as we prdy.'
Let the church as a who be act
i've and aggressive. Never let it
be said that the church OF Christ
IS Incorporate III her Temperance,
but when it comes to attacking
this great evil, which has planted
itself across our path, and the
path Of the church, let us not Set
tie back into state of inertia.
The Whlslley traffic will never be
destroyed by defensive attitude.
1t can be destroyed only by the
aggressive methods of the martyr
faith. Christians must make 40
compromise with this evil, but
denOuncc it earnestly and faithful
~ regardless of consequences.
We recognize that this govern
ment, by issuing licenses to sell
liquor, takes part in its profit,
thereby bringing it to the level of
a common rum seller; therefore
we denOunce the issuing Of icen-
ces by government, state and mu-
inequalities for the sale Of any in
toXicatlng liquors.
1t is with d great deal Of pleas
?, ure that we learn of the result OF
the wet and dry election re-
cnn+Iy- hold i'm ol,r plOt;,ar coI1Dty
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-12-06
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9Th. 1897.
SIIERIFF'S SALE.

In the Circuit Court Of the Third Judicfa Cir
cult OF Florida, in and for Suwannce coun-
ty.
CHARLES ". WHITE. Plaintiff. y. La COM
PAGNIE DEo PHOSPHATE5 De FRANC =.
Defendant.
Under and by virtue Of an execution issued
out OF and under the seal Of tn" circuit court
III and for SUZANNE" county i'll Il certain mat
In Comp gEie DIES Phosphates dc Franc" IL
defendant. / have levied on and Will on
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-12-06

Trains 81, IS, 81 and 70, between sck-
Train 903, between Miami and FoV1
Pierce daily, except Sunday.
Train 20, between Fort Pierce and
Miami daily, except Monday.
Trains IS and 70 south OF st. Augu0
tine daily. except Sunday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-12-06
LEAVE.

LEAVE.
Nh % o.S5 PM. Daily for Leesburg.
NUs III fitzgerald. Trilby. La keiand. PEnta
GOrda Tampa and all intermediate stations
Nn ~ 2.45 PM. Daily forGainesvine.
Vus o Lake City, Live Oak. Savannah and
all points north. east and west.
Competition at Rochelle for Palatka. Jackson
willie and intermediate stations.
Me- 81 1iao AN; =. Daily Myra for GENES ZINES
gomery. Savannah. Cha riestcn. and
all points north. east and west. This train
carries through sleeper from Port Tampa To
New York. via Ccala. Gainesville, Savannah
and Charleston.
Eo ~ 1910 NOON Daily for Juliette
fVs II ana all stations north TO High
Springs and south TO Trilby.
Nh az 245 PM. Daily except Sund; V
NUs To Tor crystal and HomosaSSa. Con-
meets at Juliette with fast mail for
Tampa and the south.
Nm 81 600 AM. Daily except Sunday
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-12-06

/ have u full line Of mGndo-
In, violin and guitar strings and
will take orders for sheet music.
Karl Welhe. at Na>n's.
Mend your ways, but don't
waste time on your old trousers
when You can get Il new pair 1T
the closing out sale at j. j. Full
ler'S.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-12-06
liver Ills

Like biIiousness, dyspepsia, headache, const,
patton. sour stomach, indigestion are promptly
cured by Hoods Pills. They do their Won;
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-14
How Three Coyotes Got Breakfast.

George Bird Grinuell tells in Forest
and Stream about some coyotes he has
observed,
al went out one morning" he says,
'to get tho horses Tor the camp.
They were nowhere to be seen, SO l
climbed a hill from which expected
to see thtm. Just before | got to the
top an old doe antelope came into
view, closely followed by coyote
Both seemed to be going as hard as
they could, having their tongues ont
Ms if they had come long way. Sud
denly another coyote appeared close
to the Nntelope's heels, taking up tho
chase, whlo the first coyote left of
following and sat down TO witch. The
antelope ran long way, always bear.
lug TO the left, showing that she was
circling like logged rabbit, and
would most likely como close to the
hill after a time. The wolf had first
seen trotted off 200 or 800 yards and
sat down on the prairie again, almost
in the line of the antelopes ran.
"As the antelope approached the
sitting coyote crouched close to the
ground, raising its heaN slowly now
and then, crawling along little rs il
to get directly in the antelope's path.
As the antelope drew near the crouch
ing coyote / saw that she was stagger-
ing tired When she reached the con
cealed coyote the wolf leaped at her
throat, aud down the two went. Tue
wolf that had takou up the chase had
been joined by another, aud those two
mixed in with the antelope and first
coyote. When the waving tails and
stretched legs had Strengthened out
and were quieted down the three coy
otes were seen eating their breakfast. "
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-14
Captain Ileard's Exploit.

Tho speed Of the Baltimore clippers
IN days gone by made history rebound
with their exploits. Every boy and
girl has read at some time or place Of
the pira.ical, long, low, raki,h.look.
ing schooners that cruised tAe ocean
osteusib!y ms pgiYateers, but chiefly as
pirates, in those days, and have mar.
yelled more or less at their astounding
adventures. A good story is told OF
the late Captain Augustine Heard, that
while in command Of fine ship richly
laden, bound from China to New
York, he was overhauled by one OF
this kind, which came mp under his
lee, fired a shot into his ship, and de-
manded in good English" that she
should be hove to. Captain Heard
watched q favorable opportunity,
squared his yards, ran the privatoer
down, passed over her between the
masts, and when well to louward
brought his ship to the wind and re.
sumed his course. She had lost some
Of her heod-gear, bat sustained no
damage in hex aaii. Captain Heard
lett the 'Gong, low black prlyateer,
or pirate, to her fate, and had NO
doubt that all her crew persisted.
1t was dangerous thing to do, but
Heard relied upon the good timber in
his ships Dows to withstand the shock,
although his heart grew sad at the loss
Of life. Still, as be pat it, "AIy honor
and life were at stake, so he had to 90
under. - Harpei's Round Table.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-14
HOMEMADE rnrIr e1Acrs

OF the 1920 varieties of candis,
fruit glaces are the most exponsiy;
and most popular. But they can ii
made at home just MS well as at the
factory. There seems to be ouly ora
method, rs follows; Take two cupiu
OF granulated sugar aud one eupIul III
cold water. Pour them into larrs
bowl and stir thom up thoroughly
Do not stir the sugar and water after
it is on the stove. Pat the mixiar.
on very hot fire, and allow it to b0II
until-here is the point-untl 4
spoonful OF it dropped into cold water
will shatter and fly into tiny pieces
like brittle glass,
This is the crucial test. There
comes only certain stage wien tae
mixture gives this sign, and immedis
tely it must be taken off the fire, and
poured into warm bowls. 1t is we'll
to have several cups or bowls in ths|
oven while the mixture Of sugar audi
water is boiling. Now, quickly plunge
your apricots, your cherries, you'll
Tokay grapes or hgs into the burning
syrup, and as quickly pail them ont
Then spread the fruit over tin pans
which haye been thinly butterel
Take clre the butter be not too thcE,
else the candies may SAVIOR OF il Eli
nally, lay the tin pans with the frdI|
away in an ice cold place, or in tti|
open air on winters day. When hi
fruit glaces are cold, they are all rcaai
for Miss Flora McFlimsey and bel
schoolgirl friends. The whole operatgl|
should not take over half An hour, an
then you will have candied fruit, fresh
and at a small cost. New England
Homestead.