The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-10
FLoRIDES CATTLE INDUSTRY.
HOW DAMAGE TO ORANGE TREES
HAS HELPED II ALONG.

HOW DAMAGE TO ORANGE TREES
HAS HELPED II ALONG.
Has Led 10 the Cultivation and De-
veIopmenf of the velvet Bean and
CaSsava, which Furnish Excellent
stock FOOds-Dr. Peak Says He
Has Found "a Way by which n Man
Can Live 100 Years-Preservation
of Potatoes.
Orlando. Fla. Sept. e.-Dr. r. H. Peak,
of this place. has not exactly discovered
the tabled Fountain of YOUTH" but aft
er many years of study and research he
Is satisfied that he has discovered
means of arresting decay in the tissues
that make up the human organism and
preserving the vital forces, so that hu-
man life can be prolonged until the sub
jet attains the ripe age Of 100 years. And
up to that time he believes that a man
may retain his mental and physical vigor
and be able to pursue his usual avoca-
tons.
The doctor is engaged in giving the new
discovery some thorough tests and so far
has been confirmed in the conviction that
he has struck the thing which men have
been looking or and wanting for many
generations.
The Cattle Industry.
During the past year the cattle indus
try Of Florida has been on an Increasing
boom. Just now cattle command higher
prices than at any previous period In the
history of the state. The cattle men are
in clover. The Increased demand has Civ
en- thoughtful men a live topic for con-
sderatiOn. better grade of cattle Is be
ing introduced and the animals are re-
ceIving better care than heretofore.
Another thing that promises much Tor
the cattle industry is the wisdom that has
been gained through the loss of the orange
industry which was practically the only
resource Of the people of the Florida PEN
insuia up 10 five years ago The loss of
fruit and trees compelled men to seek OH
er channels through which they could OBJ.
tain an income.
The discovery of the value of the velvet
bean came with the loss of the orange and
to-day his new candidate for popular ia
vor IS much a staple crop with the far
mers of this section as is the corn crop of
the west. Thousands Of acres of this crop
are now growing in this immediate saction.
The yield of cleaned beans has in formers
years, and promises this year to attain
from thirty 10 fifty bushels to the acre.
When ground they are mere valuable than
corn for food for horses. mules, COWS. pigs
AMI chickens They will produce as much
or more working musc.e in a mule, more
beef, more and better milk, more pork,
and more eggs than corn, when fed under
similar conditions, and TO The same grade
OF stock.
Cassava has also come prominently 10
the front as a stock fooi either for dairy
cows or for beef cattle, and hogs. 1t is
claimed In bulletin recently issued from
the Florida experiment station, that this
tubcr viii make good beef and pork at less
cost than ever
These two, combined with beggar weed
which is not surpassed by any plant
grown for green forage or for hay and
which thrives here, put within the reach
of the Florida stock raiser and feeder. have
grown food of superior quality, and will
enable him to successfully compete in
these staple products with the stock men
of the most favored portions of the West
once started along these lines, a higher
grade Of stock will be introduced, and the
animals will be better cared for. The re,
suit will be greater profits and a rapid
and constant Improvement in soil.
To Preserve Potatoes.
Hon. H. K. Fuller one of the commits,
siohers of this county, has discovered a
other vegetables through the long, hoI
months Of the florida summer. A few
days ago he exhibited Irish potatoes and
Bermuda onions that were packed away
about the middle of last May He has
been using from them since then, and he
reports that the loss is less than / per
cent. The specimens brought in were rs
fresh as the day they were dug from the
ground. There was no shriveling or wrink
ling of the skins, and no perceptible loss
of weight.
His discovery was accidental He had
tried packing in dry sand, spreading I'M
der buildings where there was a free cir
culation of air, etc, but always with in
different success. Last spring, having some
horrels of ground phosphate rock that he
did not need for use before fall, he packed
his potatoes and onions in this material
In barrels. The result is perfect preser-
walton.
Naval stores Looking Up.
Turpentne men from Georgia and the
Carolinas are capturing Florida lands. The
rapid exhaustion of timber I'm the upper
states and the high prices of naval stores
has turned them this way. There is now
going on systematic examina ton of I'M
occupied lands, and a general gobbling I'd
of everything that is suitable for their pur-
pose thai can be secured at satisfactory
prices In some instances they have tax
en- tracts far out from the railroads or
other routes of transportation. Until with
In the past year South Florida was hardly
considered a possible field for naval stores
operations. Things have materially chang
ed.
CONFEDERATE COLLECTIONS.