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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-18
WEDN ESDAY, JAN. IS, 1899.
Attractive Packages.

Volumes have beenwritten about the
value of good packing and fancy, or
attractive packages. Manufactures full
~ appreciate the Importance of care
fully packing their goods, and expert
ence has proved to them that con-
siderable amount of money expended
in packing cases, wraps, boxes, car
toons, etc, is a paying investment.
In these days Of hot competition, it
is necessary, not only to offer to the
consumer articles of superior quality,
and at a cow margin of profit, but also
to attract his attention and gain his
confidence. by neat and attractive COW
erings. 1t is a well-known fact that
the cartoons and packing Of some OF
the popular and widely sold articles Of
commerce. cost as much as the artl-
cles. Of course the manufacturer adds
the cost of the package to the price
of the article.
The people of Florida have been
slow to grasp the situation and to APP
precate the advantage of careful
packing and artistic packages. 1t was
many years before they even appre-
ciated the necessity of carefully slz-
ing and grading oranges. This appre-
citation, however, was gradually forced
upon them by ruinous prices at which
the fruit packed helter-skelter sold,
but even now but little attention is
paid to the matter of attractive pack
ages.
The growers of cirrus fruits in the
East paw decidedly more attention to
the packages in which their better
grades of oranges go to market. The
oranges put up for the London holl-
day trade, for instance, are especially
attractive in appearance, or rather the
packages in which they are offered Tor
sale are attractive. Small boxes, that
will conveniently hold one or two doz-
en- small oranges, are tastefuay lined
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-18
Starting Right.

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
I write you in the interest of myself
and several nefghbors who are in the
same fix. We each started a grove here
the year before the freeze ('94) and
got seriously set back that time, also
hurt more or less last january. We
did like all about here: kept clean by
repeated working, fortified with
chemicals, and lived out of our
pockets, hardly more than few pota-
toes being planted. But we played out
that means did not keep on that
way. Our means got to cob; our
ground got poorer in vegetable mat
ter. Also it is too uncertain to depend
on trees alone. SO we want to make q
new departure; we intend to raise
crops for home use at any rate. We
tried some this year and think we can
venture to plant, besides potatoes,
Kaffir corn, COW peas, velvet beans,
cassava, perhaps native corn also. Elk
cept few fowls, none keep animals of
any kind, but one or two horse. So
now, we ask your advice: how to start
right. The land is high, dry, second
and third grade pine land. We want
you to tell us the best rotation of
above. crops. Maybe we can raise some
rye or oats also, if only for the vege-
table matter; and by having the major
part of these crops to remain on the
land, to create humus and attract
nitrogen, and get along without SO
much expensive fertilizer buying. AS
we are such a distance from trans
porbation, it costs us about twenty
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-18

ment to company of cattle feeders
near Jacksonville. IL. y.
We have not heard the result OF the
Jacksonville experiment. The man
ayers of the factory are giving away
the pulp for experimental feeding to
the people of this section, and in
short time it's virtues will be known.
We see no reason why it should not
prove a cheap and satisfactory food.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-18
Editor Florida Agriculturist.


[ am threatened with the hog null
sance on a country place and have
about mile of hog proof fence to put
up. VIII you through the medium Of
your paper give me your experience
of the cheapest and most effective
fence to build, taking lasting qualities
specially into consideration? Split
rails are out of the question:, board
fences are expensive, ais also pickets
woven with wire. Is there any sub
stantially hog proof woven wire fence
that could be laid down cheaper than
either of the above? Posts can be had
fairly cheap, but irrespective OIL the
fence material, they are needful any
way. Any help you can give me will
be much appreciated, by
can 1886 subscriber"
Here is an opportunity for those
who have fought the razorback bat
ties and come out victorious to confer
a favor on suffering humanity, by tell
ing their experience, and giving plans
and specifications for a cheap and eff
fective hog proof fence.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-18
SYMPOSIUM Wanted.

Cannot you call for symposium,
asking some of the best Florida grow
ers for their idea of grove manage
ment, particularly the management OF
the soil, cultivation, seeding to legu-
minous crops for turning under, etc.?
c.. L. M.
Let the symposium come forward.
We will take pleasure in giving space
to the articles requested by our read
er, who is nonresident grove own
err.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-18
Fig Bananas.

Editor Florida Agriculturist.
Can you inform me where [ can get
suckers of the Fig Banana? Please
give address of reliable parties who
know it and Will sell the genuine.
p.
Those who have the. plants referred
to above will doubtless be able to eff
feet sale by advertising same in our
cheap column.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-18
INFORMATION WANTED.
Psychrometer Table.

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
Will you kindly reprint from the
year book of the Department Of Agri-
culture for 1895 the psychrometer ia
bic. as I have been unable to obtain
a copy Of the publication. Reader.
The table in question would occupy
too much space in our columns. Have
mailed a copy of same.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-18
Firing by Kerosene.


Nearly every orange grower in the
northern section of the Florida or
ange belt has his attention more or
less turned i'm the direction of some
device for protecting his trees and
fruit against cold. The shedding plan,
which will doubtless prove effective,
is unfortunately beyond the average
orange grower on account of it's cost.
The same is true of the tenting PLAN
that is the covering of trees with sep
arate tents or Enclosures of some kind.
In fact every device that gives any
promise wha tever, of effectiveness, is
expensive Perhaps the simplest and
least expensive is the plan of building
small fires at frequent intervals
through the grove when there is dan
ger of a freeze This plan was very
effective when tried during the freeze
of 1895.
If this system was generally adopt
ed the matter of securing labor at the
critical time would be serious diff
ficultv, as it would take many hands
to light the fires and keep them burn
ing through the night.
In California the system OF firing
has BEEN tried with marked success.
There, however, kerosene Oil is the
fuel used. The California plan has
many advantages, chief among which
is the small amount of labor required
in starting the fires and keeping them
burning. The first cost of installing
the plant is the only bad feature, it
appears, about the plan.
The oil reservoirs are iron tanks or
drums, holding perhaps one hundred
gallons. These are placed in the
groves horizontally on framework,
about two feet from the ground. From
each end of the drum a line OF gas
pipe is laid about forty feet along the
ground towards the adjoining drums.
At intervals of about ten feet along
these pipes are placed iron kettles,
which are supplied with crude kero-
sene oil from the main drums. The
piping is arranged as to discharge the
oil directly downward into the kettle.
The pipes leading out of the drums
have stopcocks or valves to regulate
the flow of Oil into the pipes and each
of the small pipes entering into the
kettles is also furnished with a stop
cock to control the discharge of oil.
When it is apparent that frost is about
to occur, man passes from tank to
tank opening the supply pipes and
regulating the flow of oil into the ket-
ties, at the same time lighting the oil
with a torch. This lighting is expe-
dited by dashing small quantity of
gasoline in the oil kettle. The adVan-
tages of this system are that one man
can fire a large grove, that the fire
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-18
Vegetables Farmers Ought to Raise.

Vegetables Farmers Ought to Raise.
We are astonished when we learn
how many valuable food plants were
unknown to our ancestors and wonder
what they ate, says the American Ag-
riculturist. When new food plant is
very slowly, often requiring the aid of
the government to get the people to
use it. Many excellent foods have been
used in one country for many years
before they are introduced into the
neigh boring countries. Cities will use
vast quantities of foods which the sur
rounding farmers seldom produce or
taste. In the community in which L
live | never saw satisfy or asparagus
in any farmers garden, yet [ sell wag-
ON loads of it in the town. Not one
farmer in twenty has a dish of straw
berries in a year, while i'm the town
they consume about five gallons per
capita. [ can name number OF food
plants which can be easily produced
by every farmer, and which his fam"
lily would enjoy, or which could be
sold with profit. But he is welded to
"hog and hominy'' and knows not
what he misses.
Satisfy, or vegetable oyster, has
long been known as a food plant, yet
not as generally known as it should
be. 1t should be planted and cultivat-
ed the same as parsnips or beets. 1t
is not as hardy as parsnips and should
be dug late in the fall and buried or
put in the cellar and covered with
moist earth. It is usually used as Il
soup, but any cook book Will tel you
number of ways to prepare 1t. L
have introduced it into a great num-
Der of families; most of them still.
eagerly call for it and many Of them
have come to prefer it to the genuine
oyster. [ have also built up quite
market for asparagus and find there
is now almost mo limit to the demand
for it, until green peas come on! But
little labor and ground are required
to produce ali of these plants family
can use, and why farmers will mot eat
what their town cousins SO relish,
leave for them to answer.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-18
Cassava Pummace.

Editor Florida AgricuIturist:
Can you tell your readers what has
been the result of the experiment in
feeding stock from the cassava pulp
from the DeLand starch factory? L
noticed some time ago that several
tons had been shipped as an expert
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-18

can be regulated and kept up indefi-
nitely. The cost of the crude oil is
not great. The one disadvantage OF
the system appears to be the expense
of procuring tanks, kettles and pipes.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-18

We now have an office in Jacksonville,
Room A. Robinson Block, Viaduct where
Mr.. Painter will be pleased to see any of
our subscribers. Any time we can be of
service in Jacksonville, drop us a line to
...ruNc address.
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
THROWN OUT OF COURT.

In the good Old days In Kentucky
there Was a court composed OF
rhree magistrates to try certain
eases appealed from single justice
of the peace. The three magistrates
were bask wOOdsmen. y case was
being tired one day that was very
important, and svJeral hours OF
istening to The reading of depOsi.
tons and the arguments of couusrl,
pro and con, and pro and con
again, had so nearly entangled the
court in ia labyrinth of perplexing
Questions of law and tact that tbeS
doubled their ability to blaze their
aay out. So they whispered to the
leading lawyer at the bar, who was
sitting by IA spectator, and a'ked
HIN what he drought ought to be
done width the case.
Il think 1t cought to he thrown
out of cOart,' was the prompt ana
emphatic reply.
That settled It..
Mr.. Clerk SAID the Chief maGIs'
trate, pass up them papers.
The papers, which made quite a
large bundle, were handed The
chief magistrate.
Now. Mr.. Sheriff. said he, de-
hberately, open that window
The sheriff opened the window
and threw them Oat of cart.
The feud tDat followed lasted for
fifteen years.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10

John Clerk, afterward known as
Lord Eldin. was limping down the
High street of Edinburgh one day
when he heard young lady remark to
her companion. THAT is the famous
John Clerk. the lame lawyer" He
turned round and said. with his mot
unwontCd cOarsencss:' You lie,
ma'am. am a lame man, but not n
lame lawyer"
Lord Justice BraxGeld. too. appears
to have failed In courtesy to the fair
sex. for when told that brother
Judge would not sit that day. on ac-
count Of having just lost his wife, he
who was fitted with XantipDe. re-
piled: HAS he? That is a guide excuse
indeed. | wish we had a the same"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
HAYDN AND THE LADIES.
Wonderful Susceptibility OF the
Great Composer.

When Haydn came to England. be
succufHbed. says the writer OF an 3ru'
Gle on Music and MaU.mony' u ne
Cornhiu Magazine. to the charms OF
certain Mrs. Shaw. who figures In MS
diary as the most beautiful woman he
had ever met. As a matter OF iact'
Haydn was always meeting the most
beautiful woman.
THE lOveliest woman | ever saw
was at one time Mrs. Hodges, while
az another time the widow Of musi-
clan named Schroeder so fascinated
him that he kept her letters for many
years and declared that If ii were not
for the existence Of Anna Maria he
would have married her. Certainly
Mrs. Schroeter's letters were pleasant
enough. Every moment Of your COM
pany." she wrote from Buckingham
Gate I'm 1892. "is more and more pre-
cious to me now that your departure Is
so near. feel for you the fondest and
tenderest affection the human heart is
capaDle Of / ever am, with the most
inviolable attachment. my dearest and
most beloved Haydn. most faithfully
and most affectionately yours"
What would the absent Frau Doc
TORN Haydn have said had she known
Of it? The composer also got mixed up
In little affair with the beautiful Mrs.
Ellington. Sir Joshua Reynolds was
painting her portrait for him and had
represented her as St Cecilia listen
ing to celestial music. What do you
think Of the charming Billington's pic
ture?" said the artist to Haydn when
the work was finished. ut is indeed
n beautiful picture" replied Haydn.
ut is just like her. but there Is a
strange mistake. you have painted her
listening to the angels when you ought
to have painted the angels listening to
her"
If Haydn paid compliments like this
all round, we can easily understand
| how he attained such fame as a Lon
| don society man.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
AMERICAS FIRST GEORGE.
How lie Tried 10 Run Away From
Ills Admirers.

How lie Tried 20 Run Away From
Ills Admirers.
Washington was not churllsh, but he
had that preference for being unob-
served that develops ut times into a
longing in a man whose life Is spent in
public. He quilted the Macomb house
on the morning Of Aug. 80. 1870. The
servants were instructed to steal away
at dawn, to have the carriages and lug
gage over the ferry at Paulus Hook by
sunrise. By candlelight. Mrs. Wash
ington the children and the secretaries
assembled IN the morning room.
The president entered. pleased with
his stratagem. lie was enjoying In
prospect his concealed departure. I'M
medately under the window suddenly
struck up on the still morning air the
blarlng. vigorous notes OF an artillery
band. From the highways and byways
scur7ylng people appeared. To witness
his first step outside the door n thou.
sand goggling. affectionate eyes watch
ed.
There" cried the general, In half
comic despair cannot think altOgeth-
er displeased. IT'S all over; we are
found out Wen. well! They must have
their own way"
1t was the general" they waited to
see. not the president. They lined the
roadway from house TO barge, record
ing every movement in observant
brains. CA distinguished man can new
err know which OF his audience is to be
his biographer. 1t may be one OF the
"supcrs" on the stage rolling or the
carpets) The thunder Of artillery
could not drown the living shout that
rose from the throats OF the people AS
Washington was borne off with the
rise and fall of the oars cleaning in
the cheerful sun. His voice trombled
as he babe the assembled crowd fare
well. Though chary Of appealing to 1t,
the love Of the people never failed to
move him deeply.-IIarper' Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
NOTICE To TAX PAYERS.

For the purpose of receiving the
State and County Taxes for the year
1899. l will attend the following
places. on the days mentioned:
New Market, Friday and Saturday
Oct. 10 and II.
Quicksburg, Monday Oct. l6.
Nit. Jackson, Saturday Oct. q
Forestville, Monday Oct. 20
SIoore's Store, Tuesday, Oct. -.
Nit. Clifton, Wednesday, Oct. %.
Orkney Springs, Thursday, oct 20.
Cabin Hill, Friday, Oct. y.
Liberty Furnace, Saturday, Oct. -
from 5 a. m. to II m.
Col Furnace, Saturday, Oct. -
from Up. m. to 5 ?. IN.
L.antz's Mill, Monday, Oct. 30
from s a. m. to II m.
Headquarters, Monday Oct. 80
frem p. IN. to > p. m.
Edinburg, Tuesday Oct. 81.
Harman's Mil, Wednesday Nov. !
Seven Fountains, lhurs"ty Nov =
Zepp. Friday Nov
Mt. Olive, Saturday Nov. 4
Toms Brook, Monday Nov. .
Lebanon Church, Thursday Nov. )
Strasburg, Friday and Saturday
Nov. 10 and |,
After filing the above appoint
nents [ will be in the Treasurer
Office, at Woodstock, from day to
day until December lst. Remember
Der cent will be added to all I'M
paid taxes Dec. LIST, 1899.
Respectfully,
G. w. KOONTZ,
oct b. County Ir es.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10

The sultan is the victim Of rather
strange superstition regarding death
He believes that on n certain day he
will die and not till then. and that the
manner by which he shall rellnquish
his life has already been prepared.
This he feels convinced IS by poison
lie has therefore not the slightest fear
Of Illness and has often got up and
attended to his work when his state
of health has made it dangerous for
him to be out Of bed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
A Sure Sign of Group
fifteen years

Uoarssuess in child that is
sui irct 10 crcup is a surr indication
Of the approach OF the disease. II
Chamberlaip's Cough Remedy Is
given as soon as the child brcomes
boArse. or even after the crOupt
cough has appeared, 1t gill prevent
the attack. Many mothers who
have cronpy children always keep
his remed, at hand aud 1ud that
# saves them trouble aud IVORY. II
can always be depended uron and
is pleasant TO take. For sale 10y H.
K. Irwin, Druggist.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10

'Pepa,' said the missionary
workers little daughter, Il am
playing that my dolls are heather.
That is nice, dear
'And-and-paps, l want ten
cents pay my salary.-Pnck.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
A FARM JOURNAL
OTedI From now TO Dec; AIOo
Offer Nearly ; Years.

BY special arrangement made with
the publishers of the FARM JOUR
NAL we are enabled to offer that
paper to every subscriber who pays
for the SHENANDOAH HERALD one
year ahead, for only Sl.OO both
papers for the pnce of ours only; our
paper one year and the FARM
JOURNAL from now to December,
1908, nearly ) years. The FARM
JOURNAL is an old established
paper, enjoying great popularity, one
of the best and most useful farm
papers published.
~ This offer should be accepted
withoutpelay.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
ArpIERurTER AND CIDER.

Ny applebuiter and cider factory il
Woodstock is now in operation Tues
day and Friday Of each week. As I'M
ri1e fruit grows more plentiful the FAC
tory will be ut work often enough Il
meet the demand. We guarantee z
make nothing but the best quality o
applehutter, and the largest posslbl,
amount of cider from the apples used
All small bills will be cash. Bring OF
your apples. oun,,.
Aug. ls-3mo. pd.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10

How much of a standing army
have we, papaf'
Very small, my boy. Most Of us
sitting down.'-CIeveland Plain
ID, aier,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
j. L. BURNER & CO.,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
WOODSTOCK. VA.

Farms, houses, town lots, timber and
mineral lands and other real property
sold on the most reasonable terms.
Parties having farms to sell should cor
respond with or call on MS at our office,
as we have special facilities for bringing
such property to the attention Of good
buyers.
Our advertising circulars will cove!
large territory and reach many
prospective buyers. TeriDs very
moderate.
may 6tf,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
AGED Mr.. Lnwsons Young Family.

Norman Lawson. who is about "a
wears Of age. as been married twice
He has wife and three small children
now The oldest one Is year,. and the
Youngest is ? months. -Rogersville
Tenn. } Star
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
You Can'tAff ord to Change It.

A heavy cold may lead to pnen-
mOnia or consumption. FOleNs
Honey and Tar taken in tint
affnrdS perfect security from serious
results
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10

Inquisitive people are the tunnels OF
conversation: they do not take In any
Thing for their own use, but merely 70
PASS IT to another.-Steele.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10
Barber Shop.

will continue the barber shop recently con
Quoted BY W. L. Bush, on Court street, next
to HERALD building. The patronage Oh the
public is solicited. -. r,.-r,.v
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10

Trains Nos. 10, IA, II and ~ run
daily except Sunday. Nos. 3 and SO
daily.
Arrive at and depart from Pennsyl-
yania H. r. Passenger Station, Wash
ington, d. c., where both trains make
immediate connection for and from
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.
For detail information appln to Agent OF
the Southern Railway, or write 70
L. S, BROWN, Gen1 Agent,
iu Fifteenth St.,-N. W., Washington, ID
F1sr, Il, CANNON, J.M.cULPsw. A.TURK
Id ;. 4 Gen. NJ. Traffic Man. g. PA
WASHINGTON. d Q