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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-30
Indian Runner Duck.

For some reason ducks do not seem
to have attracted as much attention in
Florida as at the north. Possibly
some Of you may be interested in a
report Of flock of ducks made by a
correspondent of the Farm Stock
Journal:
The following is the record of a
flock Of fourteen pure Indian Runners
since last January, one of which was
killed accidently July goth The num-
Der of eggs laid in January was II;
February, rs; March, 13o; April, 1861
May, 800; June, 373; July, 328; Au-
gust, rs and up to the 18th of Sep
TENDER they have laid III eggs. Of
course the record is incomplete as
am still getting three to five eggs a
day. These are laid by ducks that
have on entire new coats and prom
Use to lay right along through the
fall and winter if properly fed, as
they have had a short interval of rest.
The total number Of eggs laid SO
tar is 1914, or 40 I-2 eggs each on
an average. They have not been fed
anything since it became warm in the
spring, except one meal a day, that
of corn at night. Occasionally they
waited for a taste Of the mash break
fast with the hens, but early in the
season they were too anxious to get
out to their favorite feeding grounds
to wait for it. Now that it is getting
cooler weather they begin to eat more
but they will never eat more than an
ordinary hen after they are once
sufficiently matured as to lay. When
growing they eat heartily but never
like the Pekins, as they are small
birds, weighing only four to four and
one-half pounds and so active in habit
that they prefer to pick their living.
especially if they can have access to
water or Doggy ground. They are
beautiful in color, the ducks being
brown and white and the brakes fawn
and white with black caps and yellow
legs. They are fine market birds,
very quickly grown, having fine deli
cate meat with small bones.
Their eggs are very attractive, pure
white in color and very large consid-
ering the size of the duck. When
packing an order Of 100 eggs for ship
ment for Matching purposes this sea-
son, I weighed them and they tipped
the balances at just seventeen and
one-half pounds. That means that
they will average two and four-hfths
ounces each, or nearly double the
weight Of the ordinary hens egg.
August and September Matched
ducklings will begin laying in Febru-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-30
The South Should Supply the Country
With Turkeys; Raise some in
1907.

they can be successfully grown. They
differ in many ways from chickens
and it is not wise to go into the bust
ness extensively unless you have had
some experience. Neither can they
be grown in confined yards like
chickens, to do we'll they must have
more range. Still there are hundreds
Of farms in this state where they
could be raised to advantage. A cor
respondent of the Progressive Farmer
says:
Well, we have had Our holiday, and
now to work again with renewed ener-
gy.
By the by, speaking of holidays re-
minds one of the fact that there were
at least ten feast days and I would
like to ask if your turkey was fat
and "done to a turn" being home
raised, or was it tough with each
mouthful tasting like twenty cents
per pound? If you are in the latter
class, it should not be so, for there is
no reason in the world why Our peo-
pie here in the South should not (now
listen) raise all the. turkeys that are
consumed in the United States.
Why the South Should Raise Tur-
keys.
We have the land, the climate and
the advantage of early Matching and
long season. In the New England
States where turkeys were formerly
raised on large scale, it has almost
become a "lost art" owing to the
ravages of disease known as ''black
head" sort of liver trouble which
carried off brood after brood until
now the East and Northeast have
practically abandoned turkey culture,
as the very ground seem impregnated
with the disease. Up till ten years
ago the East furnished half the tur-
keys consumed in this country, the
West and North the other half, while
the South furnished none, not rails
ing enough to supply home demand
What it Costs to Raise Turkeys.
People, it is wicked to let such an
opportunity pass. This is "New
Year." and time for good resolu-
tons (not only make them, but carry
them out). Resolve to start turkey
raising on a small scale at first and
gradually grow as experience widens;
turkeys can be raised on the farm to
maturity for seven and one-half to
eight cents per pound, and with the
selling price at from fifteen to twenty
CENTS you can figure out your profit
I will help you all [ can and will from
time to time try to write helpful ar
ticles for this stock column on the
subject
Your Breedin
But don't start with late Matched,
immature stock or you will wish you
had never seen a turkey. Get two
or three-year-old tom and hens; buy
the male from one place and the fe-
males from another, as failure will
meet you half way if you inbred.
They cannot stand it like a duck or
chicken can. Two thirds of the fail
ures are due to this trouble alone.
One word more, and it may posi-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-30
HENS TEETH S Tzsu sas IIs

To properly digest its food the fowl must
have grit. What the teeth are to the human
being, grit is to the FOWL. We can now furnish
ground oyster SHELLS, from which all the dust
and dirt has been screened, supply this grit
which is lacking in nearly all parts of Florida.
Goods very inferior to ours and tull of dust
have been selling tor $1.OO to $l.25 per sack OF
LOO pounds.
e. q. PAINTER FERTILIZING co.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10
Spoiled he Groom.

Chicago, H., sept -. Mr..
'. Elder who until yesterday wa
Mis-, Blanche Buckley, Of Louisville,
loaned her husband TO his bachelor
friends for farewell supper last
night. When she loaned him he wa
perfectly good husband, wi!h a
beautiful mu.tache. a handsome head
of hair and wedding smile She
,mihngly warned them TO let Frank
come home early, because today they
start for their new home at Seattle
When the husband was returned q
her. Mr.. Elder had a shock. H..
friends during the course Of the fare.
well dinner had clipped his hair
close. cut on hi. beautiful mu.tachc.
painted hi- head red aud blackcncd
his face with charcoal. Mr.. Elder
lived at 1851 Lake avenue aud hc
and Mis-. Buckley were married yes
tcrdas at st. Jane. church. the Rev.
james Stone officiating. They will
start west thi, morning on their hon
eymOon
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10
We All Love 10 be Appreciated.

Atwood, Kans., Oct. >, 1907.
Mr.. ;. VI. jenkins, Editor.
Please send me the RECORD Pass
dated Sept. 10, 1907 a. failed to
get it and | had rather mis-. my din
ner than miss the REcoRp-PRE.s.
Things look good out here in
Kansas. Our wheat crop has been
very good averaged twenty bushels
per acre, that is mine did, and I had
400 acres Of sod wheat that made
5000 bushels.
had in cultivation this year
something over 1000 acres. | think
that beats merchandising in Ken
lucky. | have retired 10 private
life aud am having my farm worked.
| hope YOU may visit me some day
and we will Kill a few Jack rabbit.
and coyotes.
Your, truly,
j. Il. NoR~E.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10

a steady but notable increase a. com.
pared with limestone aux for several
years past English Auorspar Of
which possibly 80, 900 tons are nov
imported yearly is a keen source of
competition especially in the lower
grades, but during 1906, American
producer, entered into active compe-
ution with the English, aud the fight
will continue earnestly in 1907 I'm
ported cryolitc and 1t, by-product
calcium auoride formerly a notable
source Of competition has been super
,eded almost completely by huorspar,
when l. cheaper and better for all
purposes except the production OF
sodium salts; the present imports Of
cryolite are used entirely for the lat.
ter purpose. Refer TO article on
cryoite elsewhere in this yolume).
UsEs: Abo1t 20 per cent. of the
crude fuorspar is marketed in lump
form, the remainder as gravel. Ot
the total fuorspar consumption fully
- per cent is used in IRON and steel,
making, chiefly in open hearth
charges aud per cent. by other
,melters. A small per cent Of tho
lump and gravel (the crushed is in
cluded with the latter is purchased
by manufacturing chemists, enamel
ware makers and founders. Tn,
chemical, largely hydro-huoric acid
and glass industries consume 81 and
II per cent. of the ground product
respectively. The consumption fo
glass purposes shows an increase
over previous years. OF the remain
ing consumption of ground fuorspa
l. per cent. goes TO the manufacture
OF enameis, glazes and fre-proo
ware, and about per cent. to fouu
dcr- aud four per cent. for misccllan
eou- purposes. The cnamel-maker
are using les, in the ground torn
and more lump than formerly. Abou
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10

News reached the city Tuesday
morning of the death of Samuel H.
Walker at his home in Houston,
Texas, on Thursday night Oct. 3rd,
1907. He was only sick ) days aud
was afflicted with kidney disease with
which he had suffered for several
years. He was II years Of age, Oct.
18th, 1863, being the date Of his
birth He was a son of p. l.. H.
Walker, for many years pastor Of
Pleasant Hill Church, and was born
near there three miles east Of thi,
oity, where he spent all his life unit
seven years ago when he moved t
Houston, Texas. His wife and thre
children survive him, also one brother
Paul \. Walker Of this city, an
three sisters, Mrs. Geo, Newbree
Mrs. Lon IL. Paris and Mrs. Isaa
Gass.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10
Young BOOkkseperS Wanted.

Young men now have the oppor.
tunity of life time to enter business
on good salaries There is a general
dearth Of bookkeepers, The Bowl
ing Green Business University.
Bowling Green, Kentucky, is turn
ing away good places every day
because it cannot train bookkeepers
as fast as they are wanted by bust.
ness men. For full information,
write fer free catalog and literature.
1887.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10
THURSDAY, OCT. 10, 1907.

The sun has crossed the line mark
ing the change Of seasons. The au-
tamnal equinox Of Sept. % is now past
ana the days are growing shorter
every day. The morning stars now
are Jupiter and Mercury, and the
evening stars are Venus, Mars and
Saturn. The most brilliant of them
now is Mars and the evening view is
very striking. 1t is now nearer to
the earth than it will be again for a
long time.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10
Notice.

have decided to continue my
harness and saddlery business in
Marion, and have secured a first
class leather worker to do the shop
work. Persons having left orders
or repairing will please call and see
him. Thanking you for past favors
and soliciting a continuance of same,
| Am Yours truly,
II. ID SALE.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10
Fine Farm For Sale.

Ny iarm h. known as the Fr
Glenn farm. on the frcdonia
Dycusburg road four miles +
Frcdonia two and a half miles II
the tank. There are 227 acres,
acres In grass and clover, % az
IN timber Well improved and
tered, Livingston creek on one 81
: room house, tobacco barn, stat
and all necessary out buildings.
Mrs. SUSAN GLENN,
Marion, Ky
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10
HOs Are Your Eyes.

All weak or defective eyes eau
from Emmetropia, HyperoTia. "
pia, Astigmatism. AnisometroI
Prcsbyopia. can be corrected "
the properly adjustment Of GIas'
Satisfaction guaranteed,
On. GEo. " SroNr
Once ia jenkins Bldg
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10
PUBLIC SPEAKING!

Hon. :. ". Hagor Dcmocr.
nominee for Governor. aud Hon
o stanley will speas at the foli.
ing place, on the date named
MorgAnhcld Thursday. Oct 18th
o clock p. m.
MARION, Friday, Oc, l. p
Princeton, Saturday, Oct d.. 4 p
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10

"For Mothers Sake comes to
Marion Opera House on Friday, Oct.
II. Wherever this popular drama
has been presented it has met with
unmistakable proofs of appreciation.
1t is strong in action, effective and
enjoyable on account Of its situations
and the brilliancy and crispness Of
its dialogue. A rich and artistic
scenic display in connection with {
we'll balanced company completes one
Of the most finished performances il
the shape Of melodrama that viii
visit our city this season.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10

Western Kentucky aud Southern
Illinois Districts continue in the lead
as producers Of fuorspar, with the
Central Tennessee and Colorado DIS
trlcts producing small amounts in
1906. While there was a larger
amount marketed in 1906 than in
1908, the amount mined was less,
due to a deficiency of production 10
Southern Illinois, where the ship.
ments exceeded the production by
more than 1000 tons. The Ken
lucky production and shipments both
fell below those for Illinois for the
first time since 1891, though Ken
lucky still ranks first in the produc-
ton Of ground fuorspar.
In Kentucky, five shafts not reg.
ularly producing heretofore, will be
capable Of supplying in 1907, more
than the entire Kentucky production
in 1906, while the old mines will be
capable Of turning out a larger amount
of fuorspar than ever before. 1t
may be seen therefore that it was
not due to lack Of fuorspar, but t,
the regulation of the supply SO as
not to exceed the demand aud further
that Kentucky mines will be capabl,
if called upon to supply larger de
mand than at present.
There was marketed from Amer
lean mines in 1906, 81, O34 shor
tons valued at S2ll,231. This is al
increase Of So tons over 1903, al
though productwas about equal to tina
Of 1906. OF the 1906 product :, 81
tons valued at S34, 39s was in tn
lump form, while of gravel there wa
C %, 623 tons valued at $94, 257.
The figures Of shipments for 1906
results from returns of portatio
o companies carefully checked wit
t. those reported By ,he operasors. II
Ia reason for Kentucky shipment, dro
III ping to the second place may
n. summed up as follows: /. Adyar
i'd age of sl.00 per ton in freight rat
MS in favor of Illinois shippers. Il
of bates are also reported as being CIV
ic in addition to this. 2. Him
operators having cut prices in orc
ne to compete with the English, a
in also to undersoll Kentucky operate
ill 3. The further invasion of the III
llish shippers into the Western q
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10


Mr.. j. T, Clifford, of st. Loo
Mo-, who is a partner with W.
Smith in some valuable coal la
here arrived Thursday to look a
some business of the company. j
what has visit means as to deyol
men we can not say, but presr
ably this Company in which T.
Scott Of 81. Louis is interest
means to do something in a very 81
time. As they hold some Of
most valuable Coal rights in
state, we are only ANXIOUS for
good work to commence.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10

Southern trade previously largely
controlled by kentucky shippers. I.
The invasion Of Illinoi, operator, for
the first time into Southern trade. ).
The partial retirement from the mar
ket Of one Of the large shipping COM
panie,, owing to cavlng Of one Of
their Kentucky mine, hence. ina
bility to produce.
The amount Of galena concentrates
secured a, a by product IN Auorspar
milling IN 1905 in Western Kentucky
was 4 tons. while in 1906 il amount
ed TO 81 tons IN 1905, the amount
shipped from Southern Illinois was
somewhat mole than for West Ken
lucky while in 1906 the galena ship
ments from Southern Illinois amount
ed to about $40 tons, with a reported
silver content Of 3.5 to ! OF. per
ton. The estimated amount Of lead
ore on hand at the end Of 1906 in the
same district was 40 tons The
zinc ore, barite aud calcite ship
ments from Western Kentucky in
1906 were not strictly by-products of
fuorsFar mining or milling.
MARKET. The prices per short
ton Of fuorspar received in 1906 by
American companies, in carload lots
Of - tons or more, were "a follows
Ground $50 to $l5; Lump 80. -
to $50; gravel $3.50 to 80. The
differences in prices between Ameri
can grades No. /, , and crude
and also between the different grade,
of ground, vary from 80 cents to :,
per ton. Fluorspar of similar grad,
costs from 30 cents to $1.5O more il
lump form than as gravel.
Eluorspar for foundry purpose,
wa, retailed IN 1906 a. follows. II
quantities from 30 pounds to toi
lots, usually paralleled, Crude $40 l.
$50 per ton Ground $50 to s32 pc
ton. The smaller glass and ename
companie. also purchase at times il
1 small lots Of from o.j to tive tons
. One company reported the sale Of
ton Of specimen 6uorite at $50.
The average prices received fo
American Auorspar per short ton i
= 1906 were. Ground 1898. Lum
h So. o., and Gravel Sale.
70 The average price of all grad,
was $40.
be- Though commonly shipped
=. closed cars, some dourpar was nece
es sarily shipped in coal cars owing
% car shortage in 1906.
an The sources of competition
ais American huorspar are three in nul
Icr Der: /. Limestone Flux. 2. II
nd ported Fluorspar. 3. Cryolite a
RS cryolite products. Owing to detc
lg- gent and more powerful Auxing pro
I'D critics, the use OF auo spar h 40 sac,
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-10
FLUORSPAR.
BY +. julius toHs.

This review Of the American fuor-
spar industry j, distracted, by per
mission of the Director Of the Ken
lucky Geological Survey, from a bull
letin by me now in press, on The
Fluorspar Industry, to which the
reader Is referred for further details
and fairly complete exposition Of
everything relating to the subject
+. J. +.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
Federal UsurpatioIl.

Senator Beverage justlfes his bill to
regulate child labor through tho opera
ton Of the Interstate commerce law on
the score that the working of children
is a national evil. and can only be stopped
by u national remedy. There are many
national evils; does Mr.. Bcverldge pro-
pose to deal with all by national legis-
laton?
There are some subjects which, from
the nature of the case, the Individual
States cannot regulate. One of these is
Interstate commerce, and tho trainers of
the Constitution recognized the fact. But
no one of them ever imagined that this
provision of national law would ever be
so perverted as to usurp the reserved
rights of the States. MIR. Bevcridge says
that his remedy could be applied with
out raising tho disputed question of
States rights. "by invoking the absolute
power of Congress over interstate COM
morce." That is q subterfuge which Is
unworthy of any honest man. There is
no relation between interstate commerce
and child labor. One is material cues
ton, the other moral question, and it
would be an arrogant usurpation for Con-
gress to employ the interstate commerce
law as a police regulation in such case.
Scarcely less Objectionable than the
Beperidge bill is the bill introduced by
Senator Simmons. of North Carolina,
which makes it unlawful for an inter-
state carrier to transport from tie State
Of production into another State products
OF mine or factory In which children
are employed or permitted to work In
violation of the child labor laws of the
State in which tho factory or mine is
, located. What has the national govern
ment TO do with this question? Tho
Times Dispatch is heartily in favor OF
legislation to protect the little children.
1t has even gone so far as to advocate
compulsory education. But these are SUBJ
tects which, belong exclusively to the
States, and Congress has no business to
interfere. We are not surprised at SEN
ator Beverage, for he is Federalist.
We are surprised ut Senator Simmons.
for he was elected as Southern DEM
ocrat,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
VOICE or THE PEOPLE

though tho sights are terribly depres,.
Ing. Pay for US, md for these people
whom we love-"
"Onr part,' he says. On thcir slender
salaries, with expenses doubled. toy
viii p:ovlde thirty.fvo lodging, flc.
food, medicine. loving care, through TIM
coming months TIL next summer. Ana
We In this land OF plenty? Have we
not our part." too. to deal our bread
to tho hungry" In Virginia town
1t was proposed TINT those families
whose hearts God touched with COM
passion should, denying Themselves,
give the cost Of n dinner "And it
ought to be Thanksgiving dinner,
too" little girl said
VIII YOU who read this felp3 II each
reader VIII send one dollar or tho "old
Wofnan's twelve. or twenty, or fifty.
as able, how many lives will bo saved,
clieered. blessed! Mrs. John II. snnip-
son. or her father, Rev. Edgar Woods,
Pantops, charlottesville. vn.. will ac-
knowledge and forward anything sent
them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

a pair OF shoes can be made in lust thirty
four minutes With tho aid OF fifteen difrorrnt
machines and siXty-thrcc different workmen
Two women at Sedalia Mo, were sent RI
jail for five days because they refused n
send their children to school.
United States Senator S. II. Piles az seot
tie. Wash. has asked fee of sI5r, 900 for
his services rendered as attorney in a VIII
case.
Steel ties exclusively are to be used on the
according to an announcement made nv,
Chief Engineer Porter.
San Francisco's "Barbary Coast" like its
CHINATOWN, is being re-erected on the old
site, thus fulfilling the. predictions If tbosn
who said that the good resolutions mare
after tho fire by the San Franciscans wnnid
not last long. 'a'u
The first Farmers Alliance Convention IN
Liberia. Africa. was recently held at Nav -.
rovin the capital AS a result the African
Agricultural World, published In tbnt civ
says that Liberals agricultural reso,,rres ~
to be developed, 90
Out in Kansas City the police are loo,.,n.,
for a man feet 10 inches tail who ia nIIasnss
to have passed n wrench trough n seco1 a
story window of the detention homa ~
and aided the girls to escape IT is thn,,oht
that he Will have considerable tronhIa ~ ~
hiding himself. Ne ~
Tie case of the North German Insurance.
Company. which was ordered 10 M 70 ,l,i ,,a
incurred Ia the San Francisco disaster rastn,
entirely ON tho punctuation of its carthu,,ni-n
clause, The position OF a commny made Ira
company according to the court decision,
liable ior RISKS amounting to sl,500.000