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The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-01
Whole No. 1920.

leaving both children pale and eX
tremely weak. At about nine O'Clock
was attacked in a similar manner
but with more intense effects. The
chilly sensation lasting for more than
two hours in my lower limbs after
which fever rose. The nausea was
intense but owing to digestion having
completely emptied the stomach no
thing was expelled. My wife was
attacked in precisely the same way
about twelve o'clock, with the result
that the rigor lasted but about fifteen
minutes but was so violent that it
was impossible for her to control her
limbs even when in bed under several
thicknesSes of blanket.
As you will see from the above de-
scriptiOn of each case all were effected
in about the same way. The two
children were able to eXpell the beans
from their stOmachs and recovered
much quicker. My wife entirely re-
covered i'm SO hours. but with me it
was different having eaten the beans
on Friday at noon the 18th, and at
this writing Sunday night l am still
suffering of the weakness, having just
left my bed this morning.
Being situated eight miles from
medical aid we had no DOCTOR as no
very dangerous affects appeared, or
rather were over before we could send
out. 1t appears to me that che enical
analysis should be made of green
velvet beans, both raw and boiled, as
should any poisonous property be
present in them people should be
warned. Thanking you in advance
for the requested favor and asking
pardon for the length of this letter |
am.-
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-01
jacksonville and DeLand Fa Wednesday, November 1905

think it is another weed that does
that. | know we had a weed that did
that. fifty years ago, before anything
was known of alSike. | was the first
man i'm our locality to sow alsike, and
my neighbOrs all saw that it was a
good thing, and now nearly all sow it
with good results. Our way is to SOW
three quarts of timothy to the acre in
the fall with wheat or rye, and in the
latter part of March or first days in
april when the soil is hOneycOmbed,
then | SOW my clover seed. I sow four
bushels medium red clover seed and
one bushel alsike. well mixed, on thir-
ty acres with very good results. 1t
then gives mixed hay of the very best
quality. Last June we moved field
of eighteen acres and got fOrty-eight
four horse loads of the very best hay.
1t gives better yields and better quail
ty when mixed. and have this eXper
fence. that when red clover fails alsike
will be a success. l have SOwn it for
the last ten years and will never do
without it-E. X. Bohn, Berks Co.,
Pa.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-01
Successful Cannery.

IN Il talk to a Times-UniOn reporter
w W. Blackner. manager of the
DeIray packing and preserving plant,
has this to say about the success of
their canning business:
'Our principal canned goods are
pineapples. tomatoes. beans. etc. The
people all over Florida and many
cities in eastern and northern states
are taking a great interest in this
plant. which. of course. is encOurag-
ing to Us. We make speciality of
canning ripe fruits. especially pine
apples. which we can secure direct
from the fields"
While North Mr. Blackner closed
a deal with a firm at Erie, Pa. for
$4,000 worth of his canned goods.
At intervals for years past, Orlando
has talked of establishing a canning
factory. During the palmy days of
the pineapple industry in this city it
was a favOrite topic of conversation
and samples We're even put up and
speculated upon. The success of this
Delray factory proves that our folks
were on the right track if they had
carried it out. The turtle canning
plant of this place. though on a small
scale seems to be q success. Some
enterprising individuals will happen
along sometime and will put all our
farmers to work along this line.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-01
Vol. XXXII- Al t.
Experience With Alsike.


Wherever it can be grown, we rec
ommend the trial of alfalfa. But on
flatwOOds land or any soil where the
water level is near the surface, alfalfa
will not thrive. On such lands we
suggest that you try alsike or Swedish
clover. The following from the Ohio
Farmer gives the results of the ex-
periments of four farmers.
NO. l.
/ have had alsike and timothy
mixed for pasture the last four years
and have found it a very valuable pas
.turage 1t is very hardy, will stand
close grazing. and is next to impOssi-
die to freeze out. standing the winter
much better than either the mammoth
or little red. Then again, if you want
it for moving there is no finer feed
than alsike clover. especially if you
have timothy and clover mixed, as a
great many farmers now do. / SOwed
about IA acres of rye field this spring
i'm ADriD to alSike and timothy to
have a permanent pasture. | have
a fine set of both and may NOW for
hay another year. I stacked the rye
in about one week after cutting so as
TO not kill out where the shocks stood
and have DaStured three head of
horses. five head of cattle and thirty
eight head of hogs. ever since. besides
have five head of lambs running on
the same for few weeks past. AS
pasture or to NOW for hay / think it
is unequaied by any of the other clo-
vers As to being a benefit to land. it
certainly is, but I would prefer either
the little red or the mammoth if |
were sowing principally for a fertiliz-
er. the little red for root crop and
the mammoth for a mulch. | have
about 1S acres of the mammoth I cut
for seed this season and naturally eX-
nect a big crop of corn from that field
another year as the ground is covered
with the clover straw left after cut
ting the seed.
Now as to poisoning horses. I new
er had any trouble until this summer
(since harvesO. I bought a black
horse with Il white nose and white
hind feet this spring. and it is proven
conclusively to me that the saying is
true. for this particular horse got both
hind feet and his nose poisoned and
pretty badly at that. | am of the Opin-
ion that had kept him off when there
was heavy dew or rainy weather it
would not have poisoned him. as for
a time when first turning him out |
would not allow them on pasture
nights or rainy days and had no trOu-
BILE until | got to leaving him out alto
gether. But other horses without
white noses or feet were not affected.
All in all I think it worth my while
guarding against those things in order
that we may grow some aIsike clover.
As to its being poison internally 1
have never had any trouble and have
pastured all kinds of stock from
horses to sheep.-R. III. Doyle, Union
Co., 0.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-01
Green Velvet Beans Poisonous.

To The Florida Experiment Station,
Gentlemen,
A few days ago my family suffered
from the effects of something like
poisoning from eating green velvet
beans Will you kindly let me know
if there has been any poison discover
ed i'm this variety of bean?
The circumstances leading up tG
the above inquiry are as follows.
At the grove here we are growing
about 40 acres of velvet beans for
market, the beans now being well
developed in the pod but perfectly
tender and white. | suggested to
my wife that we have a few as an
experiment, cooked for dinner in the
manner ordinary Butter beans are
cooked viz. boiled in salt water until
tender and served with a dressing
of butter, black pepper and milk.
This was done and at dinner the en-
the family, which consists of my
wife. myself. two small children. aged
3 and 4. and nursing infant, partOOk
of the beans freely. and / freely con-
fesS that i'm taste. OdOr and appearance
no variety of garden bean in our
opinion is better The remaining ar
ticles of food making up the dinner
were lightbread. cornbread. coffee,
boiled ham, stewed corn, canned to-
matOes. pumpkin pie and grapefruit
served with sugar and cOcOanut- Also
butter and sweet and butter milk. All
of which the fabily ate more or less.
Dinner was served as is usual on
the farm at twelve and no ill effects
appeared until after the two small
children had eaten their supper at
five O'Clock, which consisted of bread
and milk. and were put to bed. In
a few minutes both children complain
ed of being cold and commenced to
shiver with copious vomiting at short
intervals until the stomach was en-
tirely empty. Fever began to rise at
about ten o'clock and continued until
late in the night, when it disappeared
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-01
NO. 2.

While this is my first year for SOW
ing. my neighbors have been raising it
for number of years and l am so
well convinced that | now have 40
acres seeded with it and the growth is
wonderful. While horses with white
noses are more easily poisoned than
others, | have pastured it with both
horses and cattle and no bad results
followed. and mixed with timothy no
better hay can be found. If desired
for hay / would advise sowing timothy
with it. Many SOW it for seed alone
| have known it to yield eight bushels
per acre while yield of four to six
bushels is not uncommon. If desired
for seed it should be sown on land
that is not Over-rich. 1t yields the
best seed on what we commonly call
upland. One of my neighbors never
reseeds, but lets it reseed itself. but
l believe it to be the best to SOW
lightly when necessary to reseed.
never heard of any land being injured
by its use. Try some of it for hay
and also for seed.-E. 7. Lowe, Logan
Co, o.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-01
NO. 3.

In answer to ID. Simpson, Wood Co.,
o., in regard to alsike clover. will say:
After a seed crop of alfalfa has been
taken off, in a dry year, to all appear
ances, it looks dead: but the follow
ing spring it will come up much thick
er than first seeded. if the ground is
not cultivated. Last fall my field | cut
for seed was absolutely bare, not a
particle of clover, grass. or even
weeds to be seen. l sowed some timo-
thy seed and narrowed the ground
thoroughly, and last spring timothy
and clover came up and we cut a
fair crop of mixed hay from it.
In regard to alsike being a benefit
TO the ground: the most experienced
farmer that | know of i'm its use says
that its sod is better for corn than
either of the other cIovers. AS to it's
poisoning the feet or noses of horses.
the farmer spoken of above said he
had pastured fifteen acres continuous
ly for fifteen years and no animal had
had a sore nose. or sore feet Many
farmers in this county are leaving the
medium and going to alsike. the price
for seed being much more than for
medium. Once in fifteen years. two
crops of seed have been cut the same
year. One year seed was cut from al
sike that ripened in the wheat stubble
from which a crop of wheat had re
Gently been cut.
The writer this year cut &C bushels
from 1I% acres, this being much the
best yield heard of in the county.
There is no better hay for sheep than
alsike. unless it is alfalfa. The dust
is not found on it like that on medium
clOver.-J. S. Baker. Hardin Co, o.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-01
NO. 4.

When very dry and hot weather
comes after the first cutting alsike
will die: otherwise not, and it is a
great soil improver AS to poisoning
horses with white feet and noses, 1
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-11-30
Railways Show Their Hand In Battle
For Regu1dtiDe Legislation

Serious discussion of brazen document Senator For
akcr bill railway regulation would unduy dignity effort to
secure the railways license under the public than they
possess The language of the bill purposey obscure and IN
vove designed weaken rather than to strengthen the
present against determinations and acts in restraint of trade
The following provision will be particularly offensive to those who
lceve the railways be effectively regulated by the govern
ment:
nothing regulate approved February
1890 act amendaory TO
establishment OF rates the
foreign commerce.
shall prohibit necessary or
with 10 Interstate trans
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forfeiture
punishment for violation OF such acts
What is the meaning Of this argon The railways will be
do anything reasonable that mot
sonabe restraint Of trade The doing anything reasonable that
reasonable Of special privilege belonging exclusively tho
realm of rcnzcd finance The provision be devise which
will permit the railways pool rates and TO form such assoca
tos for the purpose Of agreeing rates forbidden BY
the interstate The last clause would pen
atty that present rather frghcs railway officials who to
grant preferential treatment TO fayore shippers
The other provisions Of the bill along the lines Of what
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-11-30

Labor the highest privilege of man. It is divine gift that
him work for himself and for others If this Thanks
giving day we gift toll prove
selves ungrateful for the best Of all gifts.
Some consider work evil and such it when the in
divdual forced work slavery to work at that which
not his real life work But in itself work blessing The most
foolish conception Of heaven that which pictures the immortal
spirits eternal If the brain Of the intellect
angel should toll it would to be- If bodily
should toll should be- Toll the
condition Of all existence and only be evil when is not
free.
On this earth labor be wholly free and must
something of evil but the time it the greatest OF all
blessings because spite Of its limitations develops the good
that There growth mental moral
physical without labor Even the beasts of the field and the birds
of the air work that they eat and develop AS for man,
being intelligent being he only physical
mentally morally and spiritually by oftoi whether OF
hand Those who fail grow the result Of their labor
abored in vain As there would to be always for
development Of the bodily muscles by toll there seems
be for indefinite development morally spiritually and mentally
however, bourne which hens and prevents indeh
mite development mortal The immortal SOUL however,
passes this into fields Of labor into the region
TOLL which the time the region OF eternal
peace.
few days ago Andrew Carnegie, while attending banquet
in New York. declared that poverty blessing instead OF
curse "Abolsh wealth." said but abolish poverty never
The perhaps dreaming of his boy
hood davs when whed ghthearted his to work and
took little what he should what he should
wear But Mr. Carnegie msook the of his happiness and
Of his spiritual growth He happy because he
was poor Insofar he really poor he unhappy But
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-11-30

Labor Is A High PriDi1ege For Which
Men Should Render Thanks

insofar he poverty by toll he happy Because he
he forced toll his brain and body the
cumuaon of those things which necessary sustain life "Te
destruction Of the their poverty but the salvation of the
rich and the poor is their labor
The greatest evil in the world is sin and vice. The
greatest evil i'll heah and last Of all poverty But the
unthnkng apt the order and poverty first
Ill health and vcousness last of all But the first is the
ORDER and that why the world will always pay its highest tributes
of those who for the souls of and will
honor the physician who stills the robbng pain Of the
sufferer and from the antido that check the
ravag of disease To him, however, who battles with the
mnacng pers of poverty who finds the ways and i'm
prove the material welfare of his fellow men, diminish pauper
and thereby diminish disease and crme will
need of love and respect
To the Author Of Toll, therefore, high thanks
giving The frutage the field and the fabric Of the factory have
been produced lavish abundance but greed and avac folly
and ignorance will prevent fair distribution And yet while
demnng the human and passions that lead to the unfair dis
buto of wealth. should forget that God has given
abundance for ALL If He withdrew the atmosphere for few
ond all would perish If He took from the soil its nourih
ing qualities for single the human would to
exist IF the earth should lose its balance for the monh of
second would plunge into space and record Of the earth
would remain in the universe of matter That
evils is due Alwse Benevolent Pro-
denc But though He did entirely withdraw His
withdrew His kindly providence sufficiently to make most
of marsh desert the conditions under which we labor
would become vastly painful
In spite of mans unfarnes his ignorance, greed and folly
the human race thes advance from small
things to great weakness strength, from the night Of the
unknown daylight of knowledge and understanding through
~ ,off
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-13
JOBS FOR BALL PLAYERS.

One Of the subjects soon to be in
vestigaIed here is the rumor that good
base ball players are appointed TO posi-
lions in the executive departments so
hat they may be used in the Depart
mental Base Ball League. 1t is
charged that, owing To the desire 10
strengthen the teams. number Of
such appointments have been made.
This. IL is said. amounts to profession
alism. inasmuch as the men are real
~ being paid for playing base ball,
though nominalIy paid for service in
the departments.
Most of them, il is said. get temper
airy appointments. Where 1t is not
possible TO find a temporary APPOINT
ment for a good player he is appointed
as laborer.
The department heads, as rule, dc
aot have a chance to learn the rea
reasons for the appo 'ntments they are
asked 10 make, but Secretary Hitch
cock recently discovered that twt
men who were recommended to hin
for temporary appointments wer'
wanted only because they We're goo,
base ball players. He refused to Civ
temporary appointments and denour
ced the practice In strong terms. II
is an ardent fan" and strong SUI
porter of the Departmental Leagu
and was enc of the largest contribl
tors to the baseball fund in his depar
aent this season. Despite Mr.. Hitcl
cocks action in the ca-es, referred 7
It S said that three bali players hay
been appointed in his department, ten
r porarily, of course, by his subordi
ates.
In the War Department there Al
said to be several such cases. I'll
worst offender in the league is said
h be the District Commissioners teal
d II is said that a number Of men ha'
Is seen appointed to places n the ~
rict Building solely because TIL
= could play ball Washington CORE
! oondent to the Philadelphia Ledger,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-13

MOUND CITY.
.JuIy ~. 1905,

a-
Mrs. I'll Hillarick, wife OF the su,
perintonIent of the Metal Bound box
plant. left yesterday fer Evansville.
Ind for d visiting s0iourn Of iivh
weeks; after w.ich she win visit eH'st
while friends and a number Of rela-
tives in points In Kentucky She will
not return homo until the advent q
cool weather. She has been in indf-
ferent health for several months ana
hopes that her extended trip will prove
beneficial 70 her,
Oscar Braden, ia ripsaW operator at
The Metal Bound factory, has just com
plet7d and now occupies a neat cot
tage on the south side Of upper Main
street The building would prove .
credit to any wage.earner and II an
adornment to the section Of tae city IN
which it is located.
Ninety per cent of tho hay crop q
IPuiasli county including alfalfa, clo
yer and timothy has been utterls
ruined by the continued WEI weather
of tlE6 past thirty days In this grea
waste. however, there ~ rare oasis
here and there Your scribe knows 0
bur one farmer N all the section al
iacent to Mound City who saved hi
lay crop in practically perfect condl
/ ion Ben Hargan. Of Valley Reclus
| aas ninety tons Of strictly prime tim
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-13

othy, not d single ton Of which was
weather beaten. He has IN NH housed
aud II IL as bright ais new twenty dol
lar bills, aud he will recelvA Just ab0lit
TINT sum per ton when he markets Il.
Some people say Ben IL lucky tilat
| III not the proper worarhesls one pf
tho hardest workers III Pulaski county
and he takes time by the forel0ck anil
hits hardest in proper season.
Respectable cottages aEe Still in
tstiH demand in this city New ones
nreI going up steadily, but everyone ef
Them Is let before It II finshea.
| Evorg-now-andihen d family will move
Unto a house before II Is finished, thu
painters and paper hangers doing their
work afterward. Such condition d.
notes a prosperous town----t good COM
munity to reside III and make liyeli-
hood IN. Still. everybody would be
glad to see -four or five times as many
/ houses built as are being built. REM
falls are away up in q.
u
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-13
BUT THE MIGHTY COLLINS
TWlRLED MUD WALLPAPERS
TO VICTORY IN THE SEC
oND-A GRAND FIN
ISH.
CLUB STANDING.
Where They Play To3ay.
Princeton at Cairo.
Vincennes at PadScah.
Hopkinsyille at Henderson.

In the presence of nearly nine hun
dred fans, most of them ladies who
were drawn TO Sportsmans park By
the promise Of a double header espee-
tally for them, the Mud wallpapers yes
terday won the final game ana gave
the first one to the Alice Men out OF
pure kindness Of heart
The eft was made to them in the
FIRST inning though by giving it the
name gift nothing harsh is % be at
tr,buted to the players as whole. L
was simply mistake in who should
tnke an inlald fly and nothing more
nor less. Here is the way 1t happen
ed Wilkerson hit safe but was later
thrown out at third. Hahn, second up
went out trying 20 bunt third strike
Lemon followed him with safe hi
and reached second. Cooper slammed
one at Dowell WHO threw TO Hyper
TO head off Lemon The throw wa
slightly high hut at that the fans arr
sure in their judgment that the MAJ
was out, though the man behind tn
pitcher called him safe. In the mi,
up Cooper went to second Thompsol
popped mp a fly which It should hav
been Dowelrs place to field. He mad
no attempt to get it, however, an
before Marie, who went after il, coul
gather II in both Lemon and Coops
had scored.
The Alice Men scored again in th
third inning and in the last half tn
Mud wallpapers chased three men owe
thu pan on base on balls, three hi
and an error by Thompson. effecting
tie The runs were made by Mari
Roland and Hippert and the hits b
Roland, HipperE and viJter.
In tie first half Of the ninth th
visitors registered their last run whe
Barbour was hit by a pitched ball an
Donovan and Forney both clouted o.
safe hits. In their half though Fler
ing reached first on an error by VIII
inson and Marie also lived on an ere
cf his drive by Cooper the locals we
unable to score. for, with two men {
ready ont. Collins sent up a pop (
which Wilkinson easily gathered in,
Ent the Alice Men were scared
death at that. III the final half Of Z
ninth, when they saw Collins walk i
to bat, they cast apprehensiye glanc
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-13

there for fear The Mud WALLPAPERS.
who had hit their gait. would tear the
cover off the ball, and a happier crowd
never witnessed the closing OF game
in the history of Sportsman's park.
Fans Went Almost Crazy.
And never in the history of the park
has there been a more glorious finish
to a game. Four great big hits, enc
right after another, the fans crazy
with hope and excitement and the
final JOY of seeing their prayers ans
wered. combined to make it the mos
exciting in the memory of the nation
al game as it has been played in Cairo
/ Ger, &C tho rncnnh sra me.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-13
STUDENTS clNcH FIFTH PLACE


Hoplsinsville, July 12.-The Nut
Students took firm hold on the fifth
place in the standing list today, one
which it will take the Hens some
time to shake, when they won both
games of the double header from that
team, The first game was won by
Bomar. who allowed the Hens but six
hits. which, with several errors be-
hind him, netted them three runs. The
Students secured eleven hits off Nor
gan, which scored seven. The second
game was won by a home run, hit
over the center field fence in the
ninth inning by Brady, scoring Nor
ris and Meyers The hit was thc
| longest ever made en- the local dia
mond. In the second game Perdue lei
! the visitors down with five hits, whilt
| the Students punched thirteen out 81
Manager-Pitcher Kubitz's delivery
Scores: