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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-21
DeSoto Needs Canning Factories.

An apt illustration which applies
in every gardening and fruit growing
section of the Southwest is that mill
ions of dollars worth of the product
is wasted every year for lack of the
means of preserving it, says the st.
Louis Republic. In Texas and other
parts of the Southwest are used every
year scores of carloads of canned
fruits and vegetables, the money paid
for which could be kept at home by
setting up and operating canning
factories i'm every town that is the
center of a considerable gardening or
frllit-grOwing industry.
The Republic quotes the Houston
Post as authority for the existence of
great awakening to the Importance
of establishing canning industries for
the purpose of utilizing the surplus
of the vegetable crop of Texas.
Every thing that is said of the field
for canning factories in Texas applies
with still greater force to Florida.
All kinds of fruits and all kinds of
vegetables grow here in abundance.
At present a good market is found
for them, but the product of our
orchards and our farms and gardens
are constantly expanding in volume,
and with the rapid growth of the
state profitable method of dispOs
ing of the surplus should be provided.
Plants for canning meats, oysters,
fish, vegetables, and fruits would be
profitable in Florida. Very little
capital is needed to establish them.
The smaller towns of the state, sur
rounded by fruit-grOwing and gar
dening territory, would do well to
make their industrial start by build
ing such establishments.
There is no better location in the
state for a canning factory than Ar
cadia. In the center of the fruit and
vegetable section, factory could be
run the entire year on those products,
and there is no reason why our beef
cannot be canned here as prOfitably
as at Northern and Western points.
Some of the leading cattlemen of this
county now have under consideration
the question of putting i'm beef can
ming factory at this place.-DeSoto
County News.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-21

sowing and reaping, who do not know
whether they are better off at the
end of the year than they were at the
beginning or not. There are farmers
i'm every neighbOrhoOd that do not
know and probably never will know
whether they are raising the kind of
crops that would pay them best or
not but their fathers raised the things
that they are raising and made money
and so they must do the same thing.
Why not know how our farming bust
ness is running, know whether it
takes two days work to earn dollar
or whether two dollars are earned in
one day, know whether our farms are
getting richer or poorer? Let's know
few htings and stop guessing and
the day is not far off when the cry
that farming don't pay will cease, as
it is now commencing to change.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-21
Lead Pencil Farming.

A writer, in the Epitomist, thinks
that book farming would be in better
reputation if those who are book
farmers would do more figuring on the
size and profit of their crops.
We very often hear of ''Book Farm
ing and Book Farmers and in most
localities neither are held i'm very high
repute But it is not the fault of the
book farming, but the fault Of the in
dividual who is trying to farm by the
book without using any brains Of his
own. If the ''boOk farmer" would
only be a lead pencil farmer too, he
would seldom become the laughing
stock of any community. Very few of
us farmers use our lead pencils
enough We go at it by guess and let
the result be what it may, and very
likely it may be almost anything.
How much better it would be if at the
commencing of the season we would
invest a few cents in lead pencils and
paper which would last us a whole
year and save us q great many big
dollars, besides saving great deal
of trouble. If we are about to build
house we get the carpenter or archi-
tect to make the plan and find out
just how much building material he
must have and just how much it is
going to cost us. Isn't it of greater
importance to the farmer to know be-
fore his seasons work, what it will
cost him for labor, for tools and for
living expenses? We should know
what it will cost to produce each acre
of each kind of crop. l do believe that
if there are no bad accidents after a
little practice and some study, and can
arrive at a very close estimate of his
years income and expenses before
the years work begins, although there
are some who will perhaps think this
very foolish. Another thing it Will
give is a standard to work to, and
cOmpels better work than the happy
go-lucky farmer will give, for if one
one figures that an acre will produce
400 bushels of potatoes, he knows that
it is only good farming that will make
it do so and once having set the mark
that he is to reach, nothing short of
misfortune will prevent his reaching
that mark. The man who uses the
pencil knows what the possibilities of
an acre are and he is not content to
take anything les from that acre.
There are farmers in every neighbOr-
hood who go on for years, blowing,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-21
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAIR
FLORIDA

Recognition of FIOrida's claims to
consideration is only gradually coming
to the front, but the progress is sure.
safe The Seminole War left the i'm
preston that it is peninsula of
swampS, insects and savageS full of
malaria and important only when held
by a foreign or independent power.
Jackson insisted on having Florida,
with or without law, as at least one
of his imitatOrs goes further afield, but
he hardly knew what to do with his
conquest when denounced for the
means by which he "anneXed' it. But
Jackson saw the whole continent wait
ing for occupation and land possessed
small value in his day, except as a
separation from undesirable tenants.
The Shareholder found it's climate
and soil undesirable, except in its
western portion for the great planta-
tons which were his ambition. for,
though some of those were establish
ed in the middle section, the object
there was usually the climate as much
as profit, and these were not extended
with success to the south and east.
The old Southern life only took kindly
to restricted portions of Florida; and
i'm 1865 this is still the ''border state"
largely in the conditions left by the
Spaniards.
1t was in the seventies that the fruit
industry promised to develop the land,
and there promises that the whole
eastern and southern portions would
become an immense grove A North
ern capitalist, who had the first fruit
fever, visited the Indian river section,
and refused to invest because 'fruit
would soon be so plentiful as to be-
come unprofitable!' The succession of
cold winters obviated that objection,
and the development of the state was
then interrupted on the opposite
ground. that citrus fruits could no
longer be safely cultivated.
Then came the winter gardens. and
these fiOurished for time. but are DO
longer anything but a ''side issue
the gardener is now always something
more.
Next came the phosphate BOOM
and capital from all the world was
poured into Florida to learn again that
wealth was only too common. The
mines collapsed, because "the output
could not be controlled and competi-
ton ruins the business Certainly
a strange lesson for any American
community. In the same way gold at
first settled California, then retarded
its development and finally became
recognized as only one of the great re-
sources among many to a prosperous
state. as coal may be said to have mo-
nOpoliZed the minds of certain portions
of Pennsylvania and Alabama to give
these population and a life that is
almost un-American and still strange
to our political life.
Now. Florida is well advanced upon
the preliminary stage of her final de-
velopment. In the past. is may be
truly said she was too rich for her
own gOOd-she attempted only one line
at time, while healthful growth de
mands the coordinate and simulta
neOus cultivation of many industries.
At last these are recognized as but
parts of whole. which must comprise
many parts not yet appreciated. For
health. for fruit. for winter gardens,
for soil waiting to receive kindly the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-21
Shapes, Fla, Jan. Is, 1905.

Shapes, Fla, Jan. 25, 1905.
Mr.. E. o. Painter,
My fruit has never kept well on the
trees or as well route to market. Trees
bear well; scale is less than for years; not is
boxes of russets in 500. No spraying done
either. Oranges large $50 and 126.
Geo. w. Holmes.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-21
Looking Ahead.


The Tampa Herald believes that
there is great future i'm store for
Florida and especially for the country
about Tampa That is all right, it is
expected that every newspaper will
glOrify it's own section.
Here is the article:
Florida, and especially South Flori-
da, is on the eve of a most wonderful
development. 1t is just entering upon
an era of such progress as will open
the eyes of the world. There is open
ing up before it vista of the most
remarkable prosperity, and Tampa is
the head and front of all this: the shin
mig example of enterprise, the dOmi-
mating spirit of push, the premier of
advancement, the metropolis of South
Florida.
In this beautiful and productive
country the great orange belts that
attracts the attention of the world in
the northern portions of the State, are
revived and flourish i'm all their green
and golden elegance. Here they are
out of reach of the damaging cold, and
in the next few years there will be
thousands of acres of the handsOmest
groves i'm all the world with the rich
green foliage. measuring four times
the height of man. and still weighted
down with the luscious golden fruit
that is so much sought after and en-
joyed by the nation.
This year the shipments of oranges,
grapefruit and tangerines from South
Florida have reached up into the mil
lions of boxes and still the demand is
greater than the supply at from 50 to
Sc box.
But there is another and a most
gratifying feature in connection with
the development of this section and
that is the great advancement made in
diversifying products. Instead of bend
ing all energies i'm one direction, the
producers have taken heed of the
warnings, have benefited by their own
or their predecessors experience, and
now there are scores of products of the
soil going into the markets of the
world, where once there was but one.
Pineapples. melons, Strawberries, eel
cry, tomatoes, beans, peppers. potatoes,
cabbage, and a host of other fruits
and vegetables, are being shipped con-
stant1y, and there is continuous rev.
enue flowing into this section from the
North.
For nearly a hundred miles in three
directions from Tampa there lies rich
agricultural and horticultural sections.
This of it would prove sufficient back
ing to support city much larger than
Tampa; but add to this its superb
manufacturing industries and multitu-
dinous commercial enterprises and you
have a city of rare and really wonder
full possibilities. Little wonder that in
a brief decade it has sprung from an
ordinary town into a full 1edged city
of such proportions that it is now
recognized i'm the Government reports
and statistics The next five years
will be history making years for Tam
pa. Even the most conservative con-
cede that it will reach and pass the
$4,000 mark before 1910. 1t is in I'M
animous endeavOr that results are
achieved and it is only results that
counts nowadays. Let US then pull to-
gether for results.
In connection with the above read
what the Times Union says about:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-20
FULL TICKET ELECTED.
No Contest in Equitable and Admins
tration Ticket Is Elected.

New York, Dec. 19.-Thirty thousand
ballots We're east by policyholders OF
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
for % directors of that society. Every
ballot was for the administration tick
ct, which was the only one in the field
and was composed of the names of
men whom the trustees, headed by For
mer President Grover Cleveland. had
already placed on the board of directors
to fill vacancies The ticket was nomi-
mated by Mr.. Cleveland and his assO-
ciateS.
About 100 pOlicyholders cast their
votes in person. There We're about
10 900 proxies running to Grover Cleve-
land. Morgan j. O'Brien and George
Westinghouse, many of them being
made out to Mr. Cleveland alone. The
directors elected are:
For one ycar-Emanuel w. Bloom
ingdale. New York; Joseph Bryan.
Richmond, Va; John d. Herman. Utica,
y. Y: James Mcmahon, Brooklyn:
VIM. F. Paine. New York City; Tom
Randolph, st. Louis; VIM. Whitman.
Boston.
For two years-Abraham Britton,
Rockland. Me-; Edwin r. Robertson.
Columbus. S G.: Jacob &. Somidlapp.
CINCINNATI Daniel A. Tompkins. Char
lotte. y. G.; Frank S. Witherbee Port
Henry, y. Y; Charles H. Zehnder,
Philadelphia.
For three yearS-JOhn ~ Beach,
New York: James B. Forgan. Chicago:
Alexander G. Humphreys New York ::
John 7. Manson, New Haven; VIM. c.
Redfield. Brooklyn: Ferdinand w.
Roeblling. Trenton. y. j.; George +.
Victor, New York.
For four years-ThOmaS A. Gillespie,
New York; William r. McCoOk, Pitts
burg; Eugene Fl. Outerbridge, New
York: Wallace l.. Pierce Boston;
Thomas Spratt. Ogdensburg. n. Y; j.
Edward SwanstrOm. Brooklyn; Eben
B. Thomas, Fountain Hill. Pa
James b. F'rogan is the only one of
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Po|icyho|ders and Admin
tfation Claim Success.
Several Conferences to Deter
mine Method Of Counting Votes.
Only One Ticket in Equitable and
$4,000 Votes Cast.

New York. Dec. 19.--The task If
counting $4,000 votes cast at the cleo
tons for trustees held yesterday by
the New York and Mutual life Insur-
ance Cos Will begin probably early
next week.
The board of inspectors OF each COM
pany has secured the services Of eX-
pert accountants who will have charge
of the counting and tabulating of the
votes. Separate accounting firms have
been employed by the two companies.
Before the actual work begins repr@-
sentatives Of each of these firms will
consult together With view Of per
fecting system OF canVaSSing tn.
votes.
Today conference WIS held be-
tween a representative Of the \rw
York Life end George Surgban Of the
International Policyholders' Cormittca
at which the system to- canvaSSing tn
votes in the New York. Life VA; con
sidered. The plan formulated viii be-
laid before the inspectors. .: that com
pany on Friday. The five inspectors
of the New York Life conferred today
with the representatives Of the Admin
lstration ticket and tie International
Committee ticket for the purnosr "f
considering matters relating to the
canvaSsing of the votes. Nothing deti-
mite was taken.
The inspectors from the New York
Life met today and conferred with the
accountants employed by the company
The plan of counting the ! allOt.' W:,S
talked over Tomorrow representa-
tivcs of the tickets voted will consult
with the inspectors of II! Mutual.
The results of the elections SeelnS
still in doubt. Both the Administrd
ton ticket force and the International
POlicyhOlderS' ticket are couiiC"ntialiy
declaring that they have been victor
iOus in the two companies.
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REPORT TO GOVERNMENT
Show Evacuation Of So Summaries and
81 Residences to Date.

Paris, Dec. 19.-The reports received by
the minister OF the interior show that
"a ecclesiastical residences. occupied by
archbishops or bishops. and 81 selnina-
ries have thus far been. evacuated under
the church and state separation law
Having established the attitude of me
parish priests. the government has or
tlered the discoh.inuance of any further
prosecutions for Illegal services in the
churches pending the passage of the new
law amending the law of 1865 providing
for the separation OF church and state.
Cardinal Richard has issued instruc-
tons suppressing thu usual Christmas
masses. The semi-official Temps today
says that all signs indicate that it is the
Pope's intention to reject the new legis-
lation.
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ROBBED OF $4,000.
Mrs. kober Loses Indemnity for the
Death Of Her Husband.

Philadelphia, Dec. 19.-Mrs. Ella "
Kober was robbed of $4,000 by pick
pocket in the holiday crowds in the
shopping district here today.
The money was paid to Mrs. Kober
by the Pennsylvania Railroad in set
Element of a claim on the death of her
husband. who was killed in the electric
railroad thOroughfare wreck near At
lantic City two months ago.
Mr. Kober had no faith in banks and
had refused to accept check from
the railroad in payment Of the claim
and demanded cash. She received 80
500 and six $500 notes. which she
sewed in a secret pocket in an under
skirt. While shopping with a friend
she discovered that the pocket had
been cut from her skirt and the money
taken.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-20

Frank G. Wise issues Holiday
Mesa &c" in characteristic style. This
il a money saving opportunity fairly
stac1 ard to the point, low prices
clnching each argument that induces
Christmas buying at this store. Rad
ara realize the extent and variety of
the lin"s Of goods offered. If you
cannot select from this stock OF gloves
Won must be hard to please for here are
800 pair, 10 two alike. See the fancy
braces neck muiliers, sweaters, cloth
ing and furnishings of all styles and
prices. 4 good store to visit just now.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-20

George Otis Turner's cat has the dis
tinction of catching the fifth Purple
Gallinue. a southern bird. ever cap
tured in Maine. The bird was not
mutilated by the cat. and Mr.. Turner
took it to Prof Powers who identified
it ana will have it mounted. The bird
is about the size Of Il King Fisher, but
has longer legs. There is purple on its
wings and soft brown color on its
head and neck. 1t belongs to the rail
family and it's home is in Florida.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-20

tack the vital organs, causing Catarrll OF
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
a cure is obtained quickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake BY
taking Dr. kilmer's Swamp-ROOt, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain i'll passing it, and> over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists i'll fiftv-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about it,
both sent free BY mail. Address, DR.. Xii
| mer & Co., Binghanton, y. y. When
writing mention reading this generous
| offer III this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp.
Root, DIR. Kilmer' Swamp Root, and the
address, .Binghamton, n. V, on every
bottle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-20
Far the Millions Of StaIv-
ing People IN China
$4,000 Near Marking, 100000
More Near Yang Chow.


Marking. China, Dec. 19.-The fam
fne-stricken refugees from the Yang
Tse-Kiang districts are collecting IN
large numbers outside the cities. About
O.OOO are camped near Marking and
there are some 100000 near Yang Chow.
The distress will be much more severe
a month from now.
In spite Of the official statements to
the effect that the rebellion in the
province Of Kiangsu has been crushed
TROOPS. continued to be hurried to the
front i'm that PROVING. The loyalty
of these troops, however, is consider
cd doubtful if they sustain a serious
yoverso
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SKOWHEGAN.
Mrs. Belle N. Clifford.

Mrs. Belle N. (HiID. wife of w. r
Clifford, died at the family home on
Water street at o'clock Tuesday
night. She had been in poor health
Tor the past year. but her last sickness
was of some three weeks duration
Oeath was due to a complication OF
diseases. She was member of a
number OF local clubs and associations
among them being the Skowhegar
womans Club. the Town Improvement,
society. the Sorosis and the Woman.s
christian Temperance Union. Ar.
rangements for the funeral have no,
yet been completed. Her age was AZ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-20

Preparations ror Christmas now seem
to exclude almost everything else from
the public mind; consequently there is
little doing in other lines. The stores
We're crowded yesterday afternoon and
shoppers were also numerous in the
evening. Many people from the rural
districts took advantage of the good
travelling and came to the city to buy
Christmas goods, and they certainly
found an attractive display from which
10 choose presents, for the storekeep-
ers have never had better holiday
stocks than they have this year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-20
1.,c0c, 900 STARVING.
He,p Asked from All Over World for
Suffering Chinese.

Washington. Dec. 19.-Official adj
vices received here from the project
Of Huaianfu regarding the famine in
North Kiangsu, China, confirm the
stories of suffering and want among
the people Of that section.
An urgent appeal is made 10 the peo-
pie OF all foreign lands for aid for the
stricken people, whom state department
advices already have been placed al
If 600 900
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-20
INCREASE At BRUNSWICK.
Cabot Cotton Mills Grants Same As
In Other Cities.

Brunswick, Me. Dec. 19.-NoticeS
were posted at the Cabot cotton mill
today announcing that an increase in
wages has been granted to take effect
next Monday. The amount was not
stated. but it Is believed TO be the
same as at other mills. This company.
which employs 300 people, granted an
increase of 5 per cent. in August.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-20

Frank Ridley of Augusta. formerly
of this city. and Mrs Is. r. Temple Of
Richmond Corner. have gone to Lewis
ton. where they were called by the
serious illness OF their sister Miss
Lide A. Ridley. Miss Ridley must I'M
dergo Il Very serious surgical operation
and her many friends here and else
where are hoping that it will he sue
ceSsful and that her recovery will lr
speedy. 80
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All Statements Fantastic.

Rome, Dec. 19.-The Vatican declares
that its note of protest for the alleged
violation of the archives in the Papal
nunciature at Paris and the expulsion of
Monsigneur Montagnini has not yet been
delivered to the diplomatic corps accred-
tied to the Holy See or sent to Paral rep
resentatives abroad, and that therefore
all statements tc it's contents are fan
tastic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-20

How would load of bright coal
from Decker Day Co.'S be for Christ
mas present If given where need
ed. nothing could be more accepta0l
Is Tho prophets predict some wicked
cold spells for January. Look TO this
store for snowshoes. skates and lots of
things necessary for winters pleasures.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-20
Sympathy for France.

Rome. Dec. in. Barrere. the
French ambassador to Italy. continues
to receive thousands of cards from all
classes of the people with enthusiastic
expressions of sympathy with France.
in her stand toward the Roman Ca,ho-
lie church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-20

The Boston Ice Co aannorncaa
pay 'nat t1enRrice Of ice will be reduced
Jan 10 scale in force before the
1ao'cai increase made IN April last. Be-
kmn'ne the first Of the year, the price
VII De % cents per hundred pounds for
quaneues from 100 to 200 pounds. 20 cents
TOT 0u 70 500 pounds. and IT. cents for
600 to 1000 pounds. ''S 'or