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The Press., 1899-11-16
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James P. Root and wife are in Boston
for few days.
W. E. Demond of Stafford Springs vas
in town on Monday.
Henry Young and wife have moved In
to the house with Mrs. G.. Fl. Preston.
Miss Abbie u. Eaton Is acting as libra
rian in the absence of Miss L. M. Agard,
the regular librarian.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Agard and Mr..
and Mrs. E. s. Agard vieited at DR.. E.
G.. Summers in Mansfield last week.
The county commissioners, Messrs.
Buell., Thompson and Pease, met on Mon
day and Tuesday at the court house.
E. j. Crandall has been sending out
large quantities of cider from his cider
mill, but he has been somewhat hampered
by the insuficlency of water.
Special meetings are to be held at the
Methodist church next Tuesday. This
is one of series being held by group
of churches in the north part of the
county.
The tests Of eyesight required by the
State Board of Education, in conformity
with law passed by the last legislature,
are being tried by the teachers in the
schools.
Representatives of the German Medi-
cine Co. are giving entertainments at the
town hall every evening this week. They
have engaged the hall from the 14th to
21st. They are we'll recommended, and
are drawing good houses.
Quite a number from here attended the
rally Of the Junior branch of the Rock
vile G. E. Union at Ellington on Satur-
day. Mrs. g. W. Lansing is secretary of
Junior work for the union, and also Sec
rotary of Junior work Of the state union
for Tolland county.
The teachers of the schools are prepar-
ing their pupils for an entertainment to
be given In the town hall Friday evening,
the gath, for the benefit of the public IL
brary. Considerable effort is being made
by both teachers and scholars, and a
pleasing entertainment Is expected.
Oscar A. Leonard met with quite So
rious accident one day recently. While
driving nail the head flew off, hitting
him on the cheek striking the eyeball.
DR.. Leonard of Rockvil was called, and
later consultation with DR.. st. John OF
Hartford gives him reason to hope that
the eye is not permanently injured.
FLORA.
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The Ladies' Aid society met this week
at Miss e. L. Whiton's.
Miss Mabel Smith of Coltsville, Mass.
visited relatives In this place last week.
Q. D. Chism and family are now ready
to receive callers at their new home on
the Pierce place.
Mrs. Frank Howes and little son, OF
Willtmantic, visited her mother, Mrs. y.
8. Stowell, last week.
Rev. and Mrs. 8. w. Clarke were
chosen as delegates to the thirty third
annual meeting of the general conference
OF Congregational churches at Hartford
next week.
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Wanted-Several bright and honest per-
sons to represent us as managers in this
and close by counties. Salary 5000 a
year and expenses. Straight, bona-fide
no more, no less salary. Position perma-
nent. Our refer ences, any bank In any
town. 1t is mainly Office work, conducted
at home. Reference. Enclose self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope. The Domin-
Ion Company, Dept. 8, Chicago.
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Remember that name when you want delic-
ious, appetizing. nourishing food drink to take
the place of cofree Sold by all grocers and liked
by all who have used it. Grain-O is made Of
pure grain, it aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. 1t is not st1mulant but health build
er, and the children as well as the adults can
drink it with great benefit. Costs about Il as
much as coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Ask
you grocer for Grain-O.
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Many people could like the sympathetic advsce
and counsel Of sktal physiciGn, but do not know
1 to Uhons to :urn. DR.. Greene, S5 W. I'm st.
New York City, discoverer Of that t0ondeJut rem
] edv, DR.. Greenes NeSpurd and ctthout do1ot the
most ssccessful physician the scorld IN curing
nervous and chronic complaints, treely offers ms
ddviee to sufferers. oithout fee or charge, either
personally or bv letter. Tvou cannot call, so'1te
I him eongedentiallv about your case and get q"
0dvice
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turn OF her son to keene Mrs. THOMPSON
expects to accompany him for quite an
extended visit
A petition has been In circulation the
past week, for signatures, asking the SO.
lectnen to comply with a law passed at
the last session Of the legislature, author.
izing the selectmen, upon the petition OF
twenty voters Of the town, to expend each
year, any sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars, in the care and maintenance of
any cemetery not owned by society, as
ISOLATION or corporate body. This petit.
ton asks that the selectmen take into
their charge and to care for the old yard
situated Oh the road leading from the
Willard circuit place at the Street down
to the Moulton corner on the east road to
the Springs, and also to expend yearly or
this cemetery the above sum as prescribed
by law. Probably In no yard are there
buried 80 many Of the makers of Stafford's
earlier history, and to whom we are In
debted for all that Stafford is to-day as II
this yard. Hardly an old Stafford family
but what have ancestors buried here, an6
yet, through unthinking neglect, this yart
has been allowed to fall into a condition
of decay that is a standing disgrace tt
any civilized community, mainly from th,
fact that "what is everybody's business Il
nobody's business" We have strayed
long ways from the golden rule In THU
matter, but under town management Their
must come change for the better. Re
alizing that one hundred dollars on tn
part of the town will not do it all, mum
Der Of our prominent citizens In differen
parts Of the town have interested them
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there is little doubt that the New York
and New Haven people will lend willing
ear to the proposition. If it will pay 1t Is
certainly feasible.
Miss Edna Goodell Is spending a week
with her sister at Warren, Mass.
Walter Thayer of Boston has been the
recent guest of the Misses Roberts the
past week.
Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. s.
G. E. this evening-"The Living Bread. 4"
All cordially invited.
Messrs. E. 81. Pinney and g. B. Pinney
will witness the Yale-Harvard football
game at Cambridge Saturday.
Miss Christina Olson spent the last OF
last week and Sunday with friends and
relatives at Holyoke and Hartford.
The ladies of the Friday Night whist
club will meet with Mrs. Mary Gerould
next Tuesday afternoon at three O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert Ferry were the
guests last week of Mrs. Ferry's sisters,
Mrs. Walter Ellis and Mrs. ]. M. Dim.
mick.
Theodore Martin of Hydeville, who has
been studying designing In Germany fol
several months, has secured a position at
Providence, r. I.
Arthur Roberts has handsome black
spaniel dog in his possession which awaits
an owner. The dog followed some guests
home from hunting trip.
Archie Cooley has closed up his black
smithing business at the old stand ant
has accepted position 10 the carriag.
shops of J. q. Wightman.
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The SiIO in the south-Corn Forage
md PenNine HnN

H. s. r.. Darien. Ga, writes: "Win
you give directions for making a silo? l
have about an acre planted in corn ond
COW peas for forage. l would like to try
the silc, If practicable, as l judge it will
be difficult to cure the corn stalks, the
stalks being so large"
The silo is not the necessity to the farm
ers of the South, especially the extreme
South that it is to those in colder lati-
tudes, where 1t Is not practicable TO have
anything green growing through the win
ter. We believe there are very
few slos in the South at this
time. While some dairymen might
find the silo advantageous, stil they
can be readily dispensed with without loss
The Southern dairyman that will utilize
artichokes, turnips, rye and barley to the
extent that he can have all the succulent
food necessary without resorting to the
silo. Corn forage and peavines are easily
converted into cured forage and all this
class of stuff can be economically protec-
ted with temporary shelter and with bet
ter satisfaction usually than the same
equivalent OF ensilage would cost.
Still while the slo is really not a neces-
sity in the South there are some who may
find il good thing to have a part of their
winter forage in this shape. Mr.. w. Roe
and in a recent communication to the
Practical Farmer gives some suggestions
about making and feeding the silo, which
are reproduced here for the benefit OF II s
r. and any others who are contemplar-
ing the use of the silo. There are various
plans for building a silo-some compara-
lively Inexpensive while others are very
costly. The United States department Of
agriculture has issued bulletin upon
silos (No. S2). We would advise our cor
respondent TO send for it. 1t will helm
him decide the best form of construction
suited to his purpose.
In converting forage corn into hay IL
must be allowed to cure thoroughly i'm the
shock before II is housed II must be
shocked just as soon as il becomes vyilted
by several hours exposure TO the SIM
While std green put up in small shocks
four 70 six big armfuls to the shock. In
the course of three or four DAYS. four or
nve of the shocks should he
but together making firm
compact shock that is not easily
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thrown down by the wind and so carefully
| sea as to turn the rain as well as possible.
| In these shocks the corn should be allow
| ed 10 stay for several weeks until it has
become thoroughly cured. Il can then
be put in bulk anywhere-either stacked
or Temporary shelter made over it, and
there Will be little danger Of ITS spelling.
While green in the snock the corn will
undergo some fermeu alton. both in the
small and large shock and If put away 50
Il cannot lie rained into wiz not be likely
TO ferment again. a band of small, but
strong Irvine should be used on the large
snoeks so as to keen The corn compact,
and prevent the wind from upsetting or
dlsarrauging the stacks.
The same plan should be observed in
curing peavines. As soon as the vines are
wilted throw UP into small cocks about
the size Of an average potato bank, and in
the course Of three or four days put sew
eIai OF these small cocks into one turn
ing the vines well over in so doing. Let
me peas remain thus for Two or three
days longer. then haul up and put away
IN barn or stack in temporary pen, If
storage room is limited. Pea vines thus
cured VIII retain their leaves and also their
color The leaves, to be sure, are a very
insignificant part of the pea vine hay but
thelr presence on the stems indicate that
the hay hos been properly cured. Peas
sown specially for hay should always be
soWn thick enough to insure a reasonably
small stem that is easily cured. The finer
II Is, the more relished by the stock and
goes the further. Large, coarse. over
dried stems are likely 10 be refused by the
STOCK. ton of first-class pea vine hay
IS equal TO a ton Of any other kind of
nay. II matters not where il may come
from. Understand what is meant by first
class pea vine hay" 1t is rarely that
any Of this is seen. But It Is well worth
$40 per ton to any dairyman in any local
ity. Ten pounds of it vii. supply as much
hutriment as fifteen or even twenty pounds
OF the average hay thrown out 10 South
ern cattle. 1t should be fed without waste
and TO this end. wherever practicable.
should be run through a fodder cutter and
When fed out should be moistened with
water slightly sailed
And well-made forage corn is fodder
not to be despised by the best dairvmen
IN the land. With reasonably small stalks.
cut Just after tasseing and cured in the
shock' IL makes an excellent fodder and
Is Tar from being esteemed at its true
value by the average Southern farmer.
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enormous hight. and near Toxic some of
them are 200 years old. In Florida cam
phor trees flourish naturally, but with a
little cultivation they DO much better There
are several successful groves near Palat-
ka, Fort Meyers, Tampa and other places
IN the peninsula. The commercial value
of camphor and the systematic waste of
trees in Japan and other native countries
have induced Florida farmers to engage
in growing eamphor trees ror the future.
The price of camphor is bound TO go up
under present conditions In Japan,
China and Formosa wanton waste of the
camphor trees is characteristic of the pro-
cess Of gathering the gum. The gum is
obtained by boiling the wood, roots and
bark of the trees and in order 10 obtain
a small quantity of camphor a number of
large trees are sacrificed. The trees are cut
down and the roofs dug up and every part
Of them utilized for extracting camphor
gum.
The process of getting the gum is to cut
up the roots and branches of the trees
into chips few inches long. These are
gathered and put into an enormous
wooden tub, looking very much like a
mammoth churn, small at the top and
large at the bottom. When filed with The
chips tight-fitting cover is placed over
the tub. A bamboo tube connects this
tub with the condenser. The condenser
also consists of wooden tubs and in the
air-tight chamber of the upper part of
the condenser clean rice straw is placed
Tor the camphor to crystalize on BY this
crude method of disdlling 1t takes about
twelve hours for each tubful and from ev-
cry twenty to forty pounds Of chfps ONLY
one pound of crude camphor is obtained
Inc process is so wastefui that the same
CHIPS could be utilized by an expert and
made to yield nearly as much more cam
pilor as the natives extract by their sim
pie process.
There is little wonder that American
growers in Florida have found different
methods Tor extracting the gum and oil
from the cam or trees, and not only this
put new method of utilizing the products
Oh the trees without wasting them. In
stead OF cutting down the camphor trees
IN FLORIDA for obtaining the gum the grow
ers simply use the small twigs and leaves
IL mas been found that every seventy or
eighty pounds of these yield about one
pound Of gum. The camphor trees are
great growers, and the leaves and twies
pruned out are quickly replaced by new
onSs. hence, the product of the trees is
obtained and utilized every season while
me trees continue to grow and thrive. The
trees produce dense foliage and are very
ornamental in their producing season
Ihey are evergreens, and in Florida they
make three growths year and can he
trimmed down to one-half in April June
and october without materially iniuring
their growth In fact, the pruning an
pears to do Them good, for they grow
raster the next year when the leaves have
been judiciously thinned out.
Thus, planting camphor trees NAV he
come profitable industry. Heretofore il
!y PAD 10 raise them because each
was harvested; but if a good crop of sun
can be harvested each year while the
trees continue TO thrive and increase in
vaiue' there viii be money in the enter
prise. '-o
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FLORIDA.

recruiting office for the regular army
VIII be established in Tampa next week
The officer comes from Cuba TO take
charge Of all those who desire to serge
Uncle Sam in the army.
Storekeepers of St Augustine have near
ly all signed an agreement TO close their
places OF business on Thursday afternoon
curing the summer months in order TO
sNe 'hef employees and themselves a half
monday. The petition was started Thurs
day, and il is said that only one refused
to sign.
me difference between the legislative
pay rolls OF 1897 and of 1893 Of Florida is
Al5L4l. The pay roll for 1897 was $50 $50. Il.
wniie that Of 1899 was $55,57s.7l The saw
ing largely comes in on the extra enroll
lug clerks III which particular the late
ieglsiature acted as though the members
were conducting their own business
Deals in Palm Beach ana West Palm
Beach real estate are becoming SO FREE
quent that It is rather difficult to keen I'M
wan The different transactions. Hereto
lore Mayor Whilldin has been the central
nsure I'D all deals Of this kind. but now
the tide is turning, and other citizens are
reallzlng the value of choice bits of town
property.
braidohiown Journal Col. W. b. Hen.
aerson OF Tampa spent several days of
last week In the county, looking after
his extensive cattle interests. He was
Que OF the large pasture owners on the
Miakka whose fences We're cut some time
ago ana WIN shortly begin rebuilding,
le"Vlns lanes, gaps etc, which he hopes
VIII he satisfactory 10 the people
There came near being tragedy at
Tort Tampa City day or two ago. II
seems that Mayor Dempsey ordered a DO
Aeeinan 70 follow Judge Rerdell while he
coiieeted rents. The judge took offense
ana gave the Mayor sulphurie piece
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-12
Camphor Trees in Florida.

Quite a number of camphor tree groves
in Florida yielded a fair supply of camphor
during the past year, and indications are
favorable for a rapid development of an
entirely new industry in this country.
says Geo. Walsh in American Agricultur-
list. a few years ago the department Of
agriculture made special inquiries about
camphor growing with a view TO establish
ing the industry in this country IL expe-
dent In the data compiled at the time
il was found that the camphor trees APP
peared to do well in a great variety OF
climates and environments. They were
found growing successfully in Japan, in
far-away Madagascar in Egypt, in the
Canary Islands, in Buenos Ayr.s and in
France. Many of these climates and sur
roundings were so Numerically opposite
that the question was raised as to what
were the special requirements of the
trees.
The answer to this question can be sum-
med up in a few words. The trees need
a soil which is rich In nitrogen. and hence
one that is composed largely of decaying
plant food is the best. They require a
minimum winter temperature not below
20 degrees and during the warm growing
season they need at least so inches of
rain. With these conditions supplied the
camphor trees appear to thrive without
much cultivation or care. In their native
forests Of Japan, China and the island OF
Formosa the trees thrive without cult
walton because nature supplies the need
ed conditions abundantly and satisfactor-
lily. Many Of the native trees reach an
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rlpeness. Let corn stand in the field until
the ears are fairly hard, the longer The
better, provided the outer husks of the
ears, stalk and upper leaves are still
green The lower leaves may be dried
up and stin the husks be green and fresh
with the stalk and upper leaves. But cut
ting at this stage and running at once
through the cutter and into the silo, the
best results will be obtained. Sorghum
should be we'll nnatured and the seed ripe
the saccharine varieties in particular. In
cutting greener than this ii will be neces-
sary to allow it to witt somewhat to set
rid of the surplus moisture. 1t is better
to err, if at all, on the dry side as if run
into the silo too green it is apt to sour and
spoil. On the other hand, If too dry, it is
light, does not settle well, admits the air,
and fire-fanging may result The middle
stage is by no means hard to find. and
will produce a good sweet Stage, Of a
brownish-green color. In filling the silo
an elevator is used TO carry the corn from
the cutting machine, where it is cut into
one or two-inch lengths, and should be
well tramped in around the edges of the
silo and leveled as it falls in. 1t is not
necessary to place any weight on top of
the silage when the slo is full. as it set
ties from its own weight. The access of
air at the top viii spoil the silage to the
QepkH Oh SlAltGH OF eI9ul6c0 inches, DuL
by putting cut straw or hay on top this
may be reduced Always commence to
feed from the top and feed down, taking
OUT the doors as their level is reduced on
the inside.
Good silage is far superior to dry hay
or fodder. 1t is of especial value to the
dairyman, as il keeps up the milk flow
during the long periods when there is no
green food, and is eaten with much greater
relish than dry food AT the same time
it Is not good as an exclusive diet, but
should be used with other feed stuffs. such
as hay, bran, oats cornmeal, cotton seed
meal and cotton seed hulls. The most
satisfactory ration for dairy purposes here
in the extreme South, is composed of
four pounds of cotton seed meal. six
pounds oats, six pounds of wheat bran.
six pounds cornmeal and eighteen pounds
cotton seed hulls, with about thirty-fve
pounds of silage. The actual cost of silage
in this kind of a silo is about 81 a ton.
but the cost varies a little under different
circumstances. Some of the large stock
men, with silos 100 feet in diameter, tell
me that silage does not cost them over 40
cents per ton, but personally l am very
skeptical on this point. Use only good
seasoned heart lumber in building a silo.
A slo sixteen feet in diameter and eight
cen feet high contains about 1863 square
feet or in weight about 70 tons of silaee
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! GEORGIA.
FLORIDA
AND CAROLINA

u MS mind. The Mayor went Off and
borrowed pistol. which was promptly
taken from him, and there the matter
seems to have dropped
An appropriate celebration of the Fourth
of July is a question that is now being
considered by the Orlando business men.
For the past few years this anniversary
mas received no special consideration from
that community People have been con-
tent 10 remain at home. or have availed
themselves OF cheap rates to go to other
towns. Now there is a disposition to nave
an old-fashioned celebration at home
There is a movement on foot by the
County Commissioners to give the Key
West Guards a modern armory. 10 cost
ABOUT $4,000 the location viii be near the
United States barracks. and will be
corner lot. The plans and Specifications
are already drawn, and the appropria-
ton Will shortly be made. A new armory
would afford a safer depository for the
county records, as the present vault Is
deemed unsafe
Leesburg Commercial: Last week, Mr..
w. II. Brazier Of Eldorado had the mis-
fortune to lose a $50 Jersey COW. The
coons and opossums are particularly fond
OF the brand of watermelons he grows
and nightly make raids upon his field
To stop these depredations he resorted TO
the use OF strychnine. To administer
this deadly drug he bored two-inch au-
ger holes about an inch deep in several
pieces of scantling. filling them half full
of syrup, into which the poison was
placed. The COW licked one Of these
clean, with the above results.