The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28
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ton of Prof Hume. chief of the horti-
cultural department who will conduct
cape riments in fertilization. disease and
method of culture of all citrus fruits.
The local committee at Tampa has COM
! pleted all arrangements for Eugene v
! Debs the great labor leader, to deliver
! a lecture there on the night of Feb. 6.
! Not being able to secure a hall large
enough 20 accommodate the crowd, which
| WIN undoubtedly assemble 1t has been de-
| cided TO have the lecture delivered from
the pavilion on the Court House Square.
Frank Wallace, Florida freight agent on
the Louisville ana Nashville Railroad. re-
Gently made trip through the stale, and
| says that the fruit and vegetable crops
| throughout the state ore very large. and
that if they are not frozen our the shis-
ments will be very large The pineapple
crop viii be larger than ever before and
on he Gulf border the vegetables are fine
and fourishiug
Fort Myers Press: Oranges and grace
fruit still continue to be shipped from
here. On last Thursday the steamer Gray
Eagle brought down lis boxes from the
Harris grove on Orange river, and on
saturday go boxes were brought down
LOO boxes being from up the river and 100
boxes from the Harris grove. These ship
ments went forward on the steamer II. b.
Plant There are still over 800 boxes to
snip from the up-river groves, and per-
maps LOCO more from this neighborhood
Inc total shipments for the season from
TINS point will aggregate IS, 900 boxes.
Volusia County Record: The Seminole
Manufacturing Company. at its large cas-,
sava plantation at Spring Garden. is 10
nave an experimental farm of forty acres
in addition to it's 500 acres. These forty
acres are to be planted in cassava also
arc experiments are TO be made as to the
quahty OF the cassava grown. what kind
oil fertilizer to use to-ebtain the best re-
suits in starch, both in quality and in
Quantity Also at what age of the root
the best and greatest quantity of starch
can re had per ton of root. The COM
pany IS to eXpend $l25,00O on its properly
there' on the farm and in machinery.
The cassava convention. which was or
ganized in Sanford Wednesday continued
its session Thursday at the warehouse of
the Planters Manufacturing Company Mt
Lake Mary. About $50 delegates and
members of the Sanfoard Board of Trade
left the union staten at o'c.ock in a
SPECIAL train, which was kindly rendered
the Board Of Trade and delegates free of
all charge by the Pant System Supt. ].
j. Purdcn and Trainmaster c. j. White
accompanied lile party / ne tram was IN
charge of Conductor w. Fl. Browning A
half hour was spent in going through the
extensive starch works. The tanks and
vats were filled with cassaVa, in various
stages OF. manufacture. At D. m. Chair
man r. e. Rose called the meeting to
order. The convention then proceeded 10
organize, and the following officers were
elected: President, Frank G. Perkins,
Lake Mary; vice president, H. b. Stew
ems, DeLand; secretary. d. S. Williams,
Oeala; treasurer. w. 6. Noteworthy Nc
Intosh. President Perkins. on mo ion from
Dr.. j. J. Harris, appointed the officer, Or.
Harris and l.. r. Philips, as a commit
tee to prepare a constitution and bylaws
and report at a future eetiug. A gen
eraI discussion of the practical results of
cassava growing followed, in which val
liable information was given in short
talks by Prof. Stockbridge, Prof. Ewell
DR.. f. w. Inman, w. Fl. Healey of Long
wood and others. The convention adj
turned al 10:30 p. M, and the train was
taken to Sanford. which was reached at
II O'Clock.