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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25

in this way to the city trade. There
was but one comment ''That looks
fine, anyway" or isn't that lovely
butter!" 1t took me but short time
to dispose of all | had on hand and at
something above the market price.
One man took lot without tasting
or even smelling it; but he had had
some before and knew what it was.
This method of putting up butter
we shall continue until June, when we
will begin to put it down in tubs for
storing until next fall. 1t is not
strange to me that so much butter is
sold at low figure when l see how
absolutely inferior much of it is.
There would be a decided improve
ment all around if every one used the
greatest possible care from milking
to marketing to do their work thor
oughly and we'll. If those who do not
exercise this care could be compelled
to buy for year or two [ believe
their eyes would then be opened to
the great value of neatness in the
dairy. E. L. Vincent.
Broome Co., N. Y.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25
About Butter.

People who buy butter place great
er stress upon the appearance of the
package as it comes from the hands
of the dairyman than many of us are
inclined to think. For some years it
was the fortune of the writer to buy
the butter used in his household Such
an experience will soon convince one
of the value of neatness in butter
making. We indeed suffered many
things from those who offered us their
wares. Poor tubs and pals, with
brine leaking through the stained and
discOlored slaves; half-salted and
over-salted goods; under colored and
over-colored butter; butter fresh and
butter old and altogether unpleasant
to look upon-all these and more were
presented to us for purchase.
When we came on the farm, we de-
termined to make the best butter we
could and to offer it for sale only
when in the most attractive form pos
sible. My wife had the advantage of
having been born on farm, and, fur
Their, of having had for a mother an
excellent butter-maker; and our goods
were always good. Butter made in
the summer would stand until the
next spring without injury. We used
the very best oak tubs and took every
possible pains to have our butter salt
ed properly.
Recently we have procured butter
carrier with trays, etc., and fine
print. Butter put up in this way pre-
sents charming appearance. The
other day l offered a fine line put up
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25
Money in LeConte Pear Wine.

A correspondent writing to the
Quitman, Ga, Searchlight has the fol-
lowing to say of the LeConte pear,
which seems to have become a drug
on the Northern markets:
IL ask space in your columns to
bring to the attention of your many
readers verificatiOn of what [ have
often said before relative to the Lee
Conte pear asa money producing fruit.
''Mr. w. R. McDuffie will convert
one thousand bushels of pears into
wine, for which he can readily get 81
per gallon. He finds, by grinding and
pressing in the usual way, that the
pear contains three gallons of juice
to the bushel, while the very best
North Carolina cider apples yield only
two to two and half gallons of juice
to the bushel. Mr.. McDuffie is from
North Carolina and understands the
wine-making process.
Before entering into the chemistry
of this subject it is necessary that the
composition of this especial pear,
from which the juice is derived,
should be understood. The juice is OBJ
tanned by pressure, is thick, and ex-
posture to the heat of the sun, in or
out of the house, rapidly changes it
into fermented liquid. This pear
contains large percentage of fruit
sugar, gelatine or pectine, gum, fat,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25

wax, vegetable albumen, vegetable
gluten and other substances of the
nature of extractive matters, which
have not been accurately determined
such as tartaric acid, both free and
combined with potash; partly, also,
combined with lime. No other ingre-
dents have been discovered as yet.
"To make good wine the ripper the
pears the better and the more wine
Mr.. McDuffie's methods, which are en-
tirely scientific, and yet as simple as
nature itself, go out and see the pro-
cess of his wine making.
"Now, let us see how this thing
looks. Ordinarily it will not require
ten acres to make thousand bushels.
One thousand bushels will make three
thousand gallons of good wine, worth
one dollar per gallon, Or three thous-
and dollars from ten acres; requiring
the least amount of labor or expense
of any ten acres on farm. In addi-
ton, if Mr.. McDuffie had prepared
properly for utilizing the pomace into
vinegar, he would have had an amount
equal, in dollars, to that made on the
wine.
''Then, where is the country to be
found that can equal Southern Geor-
gia and Florida in valua BILE products?
These sections being the natural home
of the LeConte and Keifer pears The
LeConte is ready in July and August,
and the Keifer in September and Oc-
tober, to be made into wine
''In addition: Should not the dis
tillers take all of Mr.. McDuffe's wine
in one swoop? Then there will be
sent to a still several barrels to be
made into brandy. 1t is said that
three gallons of the pear wine will
yield one gallon of brandy, but sup
pose it requires five gallons, see what
an enormous profit it would give the
grower of the fruit if he only owned
his mill for grinding the fruit, press
for getting the juice out, and still for
distilling the brandy, and watts or
tanks for making vinegar
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25
Florida Fodder Crops.

A recent number of the Rural New
Yorker, has the following from A. J.
Aldrich, of Orlando:
No northern grasses or clover will
grow here, but we have crab grass
and beggar weed that make good dry,
as we'll as green feed. The crab grass
comes up freely on good land, and
grows very rapidly. After sowing
beggar weed seed one year it seeds
itself, and also grows very rapidly.
had it on five acres last year. plow-
ed the ground in December, in Janu-
airy and February, narrowed several
times to get the soil fine, and the last
of February planted corn. Now, the
last of June, the corn is ripe, and the
beggar weed 10 to 20 inches high. In
a few days, [ shall pick the ears of
corn, then cut all the stalks off close
to the ground and let them lie and
rot. In about three weeks, the beggar
weed will be three to four feet high,
and begin to blossom. Then is the
time to cut it as i'm a very short time
it will be full of seeds, and the stems
get hard and woody very quickly,
spelling it for feed, and the leaves will
drop. If cut at the right time, it
makes the very best of feed for horses
and mules, but it will not do to let it
get wet in curing, for the leaves will
all drop and the best part is lost. At
ter cutting, second crop grows and
produces plenty of seed for the next
year. 1t takes the rough seed long
time to sprout, for the hull or husk
must rot first; but the cleaned seed
we buy comes up readily. [ don't
want the corn fodder, so leave it for
the good of the land. Acid phosphate
and potash are all the fertilizer need
ed for the crop
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25

Under orders from Acting Secre-
tary Meikeljohn, Captain P. III. Ray
and Lieutenant Richardson, Eighth
infantry, have started from Fort D. A.
Russell, Wy, for Alaska. Their orders
are to go as far as Circle City at least
and make as much of an investigation
of the conditions at the goldfelds as
the short time remaining of this sea-
son will permit. They sailed recently
from Seattle, and the war department.
officials are confident that they will
not only get into the Klondike region
this season, but also make their exit
before the country is closed by win
ter. Upon their report will depend
the action of the war department in
the matter of establishing a post and
a military force near the goldfelds.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25
Modern Farm Methods.

MOuCIA L dIIu N1SCuOuS.
The day of the go-lucky
farmer is gone. There is no use try
ing. He cannot make lit. If he will
not change his methods he may as
well lie down and die easy and have
it over with. The struggle of the old
fashioned farmer to live under mod
ern conditions is like the struggle of
a man dying of dropsy. He is in con-
slant agony for breath until he can
breathe no more. There are now
many farmers who have thrown Off
the ancient traditions and have learn
ed to know the facts before they act.
If they are dairymen they know
what their milk costs them, and if it
is costing too much they find where
the loss is. If they are stockmen they
know how to feed all that their stock
can digest, and no more, and they do
it. If they are winemakers they I'M
derstand what happens in wine fer
mentation, and so control conditions
that the right thing happens. If they
are orchardists they so understand
the structure of plants and the func-
tons of their organs that they can de-
tect the approach of disease in time
to protect from it's ravages. In short,
whatever branch of agriculture is
adopted they understand the essen
tial facts underlying it, so far as they
are understood by any one. The more
they know the more they distrust
their own knowledge and the more
anxious they are to learn.
1t is such men as these who are able
to produce goods cheapest, and they
are running their old-fashioned COM
petitors out of business. They are
making a little something even now,
and hereafter the farming business,
like that of all other lines, will be
controlled by those who know how
to make frst-class goods by the cheap
est methods. Many farmers who will
not learn are out of debt. They can
live, doubtless, although probably
gradually reducing their capital, but
the old-fashioned farmer who is in
debt and will not learn is gone. Like
fish on the bank, he may flop for a
time, but gradually it is harder work
and pretty soon he lies still.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25

these larvae In Sucn NUMBERS as 10 III
dictate their value as insect friends.
Various other insects probably aid
in the destruction of the larvae OF the
fall army-worm, as ground-beetles,
tiger-beetles, lady-birds, the spined
soldier bug, wheel-bug, asilid flies and
mantids. Toads are also of great val
ne, and should always be encouraged
around fields and gardens.
Treatment.-Th value of the hay
crop is sufficient to make it profitable
to take steps to check the ravages OF
this insect: and aside from their dam
age to grass designed for hay, there
is the danger of their further increase
in succeeding broods to such an eX-
tent that various other more valuable
crops might be attacked.
The old adage, "a stitch in time,'
is quite applicable in treating insects,
and is particularly applicable to the
species under considera ton. The ear
lier broods of the larvae should be
carefully watched for, and destroyed,
thus greatly reducing the chances for
their abundance in succeeding broods.
These broods are usually more or less
pregarious in the fields, and it is quite
practica BILE to destroy them with Par
is green. This should be thoroughly
mixed with water in the proportion OF
one pound of Paris green to 125 to
$50 gallons of water, and applied thor
oughly to the infested grass with
spray pump. There is usually Difficult
tv in getting the spray to stick to the
leaves of grasses, and it has been rec
commended to put enough soap suds IN
the water to make it more adhesive.
The use of cheap molasses would
probably accomplish the same result.
The spray may also be used against
the larvae when they have attacked
other plants. If plants are to be spray
ed that are easily 'burned' by Paris
green, a pound of powdered or quick
lime should be made into thin paste
and this poured into the mixture of
Paris green and water. One or two
good rains after spraying, would be
sufficient to wash the poison from the
grass, and it could safely be cut for
hay.
If the larvae are not observed I'M
til they are quite abundant, and the
grass is being rapidly devoured, it
would probably be best to pillow them
under as deep as is practicable. This
would destroy the younger larvae, and
if the older larvae pupated, they
would be so deep in the soil that the
moths would probably not be able to
work their way to the surface. And
it is not improbable that the majority
of these insects would be males, as
various experiments seem to Indicate
that when animals are under-fed, and
surrounded by unfavorable conditions
during their earlier stages, the male
sex greatly predominates. A late
crop of hay could in many cases be
cut from fields thus plowed
Where practicable, a large roller
could be used to crush the larvae.
This would be practicabl in oat or
,,x,o fo1Je
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25

Tn promoters of progress should
done Nn the farm. If the crops are all
gathefd the fences need repairing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25
pr11rF EXPEDITION PLANS.
~ opnrR FOR FIVE HUNDRED REINDEEk SEN
To NORWAY GATHERING PACK TRAINS.

AN ORDER FOR FIVE HCNDf'ED HH'''N'-' ~
To NORWAY GATHERING PACK TRAINS
v,.,,np,on. Dec A-The preliminares OF the
rr,ordike relief expeditions are Deing rapidly HI
-o,cea nv the War Department. Secretary Anger
hos c,h,ed 10 Mr. Kjellmann. at Alten. Norway. 10
o,,ao, for Ave hundred head Of reindeer In adj
80 ., the arrival there OF DR.. Jackson and Lieu
.enar. navarro This was done TO save Time 50 that
- al uul be ready for the final purchases and the
sb,,n.nt OF the animals when DR.. jackson arrives
al Alien.
Ideutenants Preston and Ryan, OF the 9Th cavalry
have been ordered to take charge OF the pack trains
which are 10 be gathered up from points In Wyo-
ming and convey them 10 Vancouver Barracks Sec
retary Alger believes that these trains Will be OF
great use In getting supplies through 10 the Interior
OF Alaska They will be pushed forward rapidly
as possible and without waiting Tor tho arrival or
the reindeer AT Skaguay or Dyea. 1t is hoped that
Supplies can be sent safely through White Pass and
placed In a camp 10 lie established there. which Will
afterward be used az the starting point for the rein
deer trains II this calculation proves TO be well
ready for them when they arrive In Alaska. and so
car be used 10 great advantage. There Is DISPOSE
ton on the part OF the officials who are arranging
the plans for the expeditions 10 abandon the Dalton
This would involve the use OF the frozen river for
large part Of the way but 1t Is believed 10 be feast
Bile. 49,
the results OF the Departments efforts TO get sup
plies through public advert sement The Subsistence
Department ia now preparing schedule OF what IN
wanted and this will be put In the form OF an ad-
bidders Thirty days will probably be the limit Of
| time allowed for the completion OF deliveries
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25
WHAT GAS CAN DO.

In q recent lecture in the Royal Victoria Hail.
London. Prof Lambert described some OF 'he
things Illuminating gas can do besides i'luh''-
mating He declared that 81 cubic feet OF gas
will heat 30 gallons OF water from % to lio de-
erees will boil gallons Of water, or make tea
FOR 64 persons. 1t develop one horse -poweeuu
in an engine for two hours, or LIT weight VI 90
tons 10 feet high 1t can melt 10 pounds or IRON
and make a casting in 20 minutes. or braze d
metal Joint in = minutes-both pieces OK woik
done I'm that way much more quickly IMAM 10
nossible in furnace or forge. The same amount
~ eas in n good raGiating stove will comfort,
abIY warm a room II feet square. IN co!u
weather for an hour. 1t also VIII suihce , ~
cook dinner for persons These are ou n so,
ne tho things which Prof. Lambert demon
stroted can be done with 81 cubic feet OF gas.
And what does that amount Of gas cost! AZ
prices now prevailing In New YORK, aDout =
Cents And vet some slow witted persons are
still wagging their heads wisely and saying tha'
the use of gas for fuel is not economical!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25
ANOTHER REcEIvERsHIP IN OHIO

Hamilton Ohio Dec 2t.-About l0o'cocklast night
Willis and Moses Moser. Of this city filed n suit
in the Common Pleas Court for the appointment or
a receiver for tho HcrrlnG-lialM Marvin Company.
az far az their property In Ohio Is concerned
Judge Nelan has appointed s. D. F!tton. president
OF the First National Bank of Hamilton. as re-
ccivcr and nc qualified by giving bond In tho sum
Of 5000 The plaintiffs say that they are cred
itors and stockholders In the corporation and they
sue on two promssory notes OF sB,6ll and s93'
dated New-York, December IS. 1897 signed by
C. s. Lake assistant treasurer; stephen A. jerks.
president. aid Endorsed by the Herring Ha!I-Mar-
vim Company. The company. they say also has
factory and place OF business in New-fork. most
OF the stock Is controlled by committee OF trus-
tees for tho purpose OF voting the stock and con
trolling the business. and the company has pledged
and delivered large part OF IT'S personal assets
for the purpose OF prefcrrlng creditors other than
Ohio creditors, who threaten to have a receiver
appointed for the Ohio assets and thereby place
them under the control OF a foreign jurisdiction.
where they will be FILTERED and wasted away.
The plaintiffs also say that the real estate and
Indebtedness about 500 900. They say the total
Indebtedness is about 10000 The J. II. Bender
& Bros. Company. Of Hamilton Is made party
to the suit by virtue OF holding n merchants lien
on the buildings In Hamilton. The assets Of the
Is no danger of insolvency. The Moslers own one
hundred and nfty-three shares Of the capital
stock at 500 per shnre, and ne receiver IS now in
full control Of tho Ohio plant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25
HIS DOG LANDED HIM IN A CELL.

4 MAN WHO TRIED TO SELL. A PUP TO RAISE
FUNDS FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS GETS
TO THE POLICE STATION.
Because ne tried to dispose OF dog In the corr'
doris OF the Gilsey House last night and made
noise in the attempt Frank Lyons twenty-one years
old. a clerk. Of No 326 East Thirty -irstst., spen;
last night in the West Thlrtiethst. police station
Lyons said he wanted 10 buy some presents for his
friends. and his only avilable asset OF marketable
value. and that OF doubtful sort was the pup
He describes the animal Newfoundland OF
celebrated ancestry In vain did he mportune
the festive shoppers In Broadway to take his ca
nine friend. on half a dozen occasions he reduced
the price from SIS TO 81 so but each would-be pur
chaser changed his mind At the last minute and
went his way.
young man. after making about half hours Ia
quiry as 10 the dog and the dogs relations finally
said he would think about IT, and walked into
the Gilsey House. The chance was too good 10 be
missed. and Lyons gave chase. There he made an
other effort to dispose Of his pup. finally growing
80 noisy that the hotel detective ordered him out.
He refused TO go. and when force used the de-
tective says Lyons pulled cheap revolver and
tried 10 shoot him This Lyons denies. and he saws
the man put the revolver in his pocket TO have evil
Gence against him. 80
The young man and his pup were locked up II the
same cell The revolver was kept by Sergeant
Tnms 10 be used as evidence to-day In court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25
NO ONE WILL STAR|E IN DAWSON
THIS IS THE MESSAGE BROUGHT BY MEN
n-,,o 1rt-r THERE ON NOVEMBER T.


Tacoma Wash Dec. 2i.-Among the passengers
from Dawson who came down on the Seattle were
Colonel Lamphere and NJ p. Gregory oil Cmcaeo'
n p Ouinlan Of Seattle; T. Gardner OF ocohofho-
woc WIs. and T. B. Denny, Of Roslyn WASH
Quinn Gardner and Denny came out from Dawson
having left that place on November q lhey
walked all the way and carried their 1000 on 'heir
hocye and on sleds. They occupied niue more
,han forty days on the trip. Gardner Gays 'ha' mo-
hnd,, ia going TO starve in Dawson TINS winter
So u,, he a shortage OF some supphes-such as
60 md conee-but there is great aoundante OF
IOu , Ind nienty Of other food 10 last eNe'SpouS
In camp all winter .ortors r,ade the trip out
pdi anv trouble although they STUCK some
"ltiVur ~, sent the mercury 10 degrees Dclow
w. rbis was on the exposed noun anu
"a lot last long cause them any i. ~
ny go men say there will be no g!eal uIIC mn! ~
l ne9o INTO Dawson all winter II the rosns anu
,ber do not get worse than now, lny r.
us , ,be country as being rich with go!a' ana -
W. W. new and valuable discoveries are De'hs "auo
every few days .. -. any. ~ Tho mon who
NJ eS nUr IN the City OF Seattle. tooiiel Lam
ao I'D Mr. Gllber, bought two mines WITHIN my
p,,Yhs ~ Juneau which VIII be worReu by d cum.
ILL., U'itb capital o. s1,Oco~o Ihcsc men say
psdi; ,worg is being rushed on the Dyea raI%dik y
o, d LEO m the Skaguay trail. and that oon WI!
az ,n shane for the miners TO pass over III 'he
early spring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25
WHAT ACETYLENE is.
PROPERTIES AND USES OF THE GAS AND TIKI
DANGER ATTENDING ITS suNUFAcr-

PROPERTIES AND USES OF THE GAS AND THE
DANGER ATTENDING ITS aANUFAcr-
URH AND STORAGE.
within the last three years a good deal has
been heard on both sides Of the Atlantic about
acetylene gas. in consequence of purely acct
dental but somewhat sensational discovery
made In 1924 by Thomas L. Wilson. then
Of North Carolina While engaged in ex-
periments with very different object In
view, ne made compound OF lime and
coal, to which he subsequently gave the name
calcium carbide" and which. when immersed
in water emitted gas Of high Illuminating
power The latter soon found to be acety-
Iene.' one OF the many combinations Of carbon
and oxygen already known to the chemists. but
too costly q product Cup to that tme) to be of
any practical use. Mr. Wilson has been credited
with discovering acetylene. This Is a mistake.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25

the Sto,der Puncture,ess Tire Company OF No. IS
Warrcn-s for sl7O. In favor Of Leo H. Stodder,
the secretary. for salary The dlsse1sions between
tho officers OF the company were described IN me
Centre Street Police Court Wednesday last.
The Sheriff put a keeper In charge Mr.. Stodder Is
tho inventor OF the tire.
judgment for r2.7l7 entered yesterday
against Solomon Sayes meat merchant, or NO
I2G Slxth-ave in favor o, the J. Sefel Company, on
three OF his notes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25
AMERICAN WHEELS IN GERMANY.

Syracuse, Dec. @-Richard Schwartzkopf. o.
Berlin, Germany. has completed negotiations with
F. c. stearns. Of this city. by which he secures
the use OF their patents. patterns machinery. etc.
with which to equip factory in Berlin Mt
scbw,rtzkopf will dispose OF American wheels to
the German and Austrian trade. The business Will
be conducted American lines and several syria
cuse people will go to Berlin and become heads OF
departments IN the factory.