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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-03-06
Business of Fruit Growing.

Business of Fruit Growing.
|sb, In some sections of Florida most of
the people are engaged in fruit grow
ing. But there is not sufficient diver
sity. s"Too many eggs in one basket"
It is only a question Of time, when
peach growing will be nearly or quite
as prominent as. orange culture. 1t
has been proven beyond the shadow
of a doubt that beautiful peaches of
excellent quality can be. ripened for
market before those Of any other
state. Figs are another fruit which
has been neglected in this State. If
the varieties which we have here can
not be marketed proftably, then we
should try others. We believe that
the Smyrna figs which are now sue
cessfully grown in California, could
be grown quite as we'll in Florida, and
as we are nearer market, they should
be more profitable.
Has any one ever tried to dry Our
varieties of figs in an evapoAltor?
We believe that a product could be
made from them which would prove
sa1ab1e
There is little use of talking of
grapes in this state. They can be
grown in large quantities, and their
season is SO much earlier than they
repien elsewhere that they always
command high price. Yet it is also
true that the transportation charges
are so high that nothing is left for
the grower This will be remedied
some time.
Elsewhere will be found, this week,
an address made by Mr.. J. H. Hale,
before the Vermont State Horticul-
tural Society. Mr. Hale was the pio-
neer peach grower of Georgia, and is
probably the largest individual fruit
grower in the country He gives
some instances showing the great
growth of fruit growing, as a bust
ness, within few years past. We
can remember other instances, one
of which we may have mentioned, but
which will bear repeating as showing
how demand may be created. Years
ago we lived in small city in north
ern Indiana. At that time strawberry
growing was in it's infancy, we have
seen three or four bushels of straw
berries glut the market and sell slowly
at five or six cents quart The ber-
ries were sent to market in bulk, in
shallow trays, and sold out by meas
ure. A few years later we saw a doz-
EN- or more grocerymen have from
two to ten bushels each that sold
readily at from eight to twelve cents
per box. Of course the berries were
better and sent to market in a more
attractive style. But history repeats
itself, and what was done there NAV
be done again elsewhere.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-03-06

Six Weeks for Ten Cents.
Until further notice we will send
the Agriculturist six weeks for TO
cents to new subscribers only.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
Good Males Demand Good Care.

We should not give a rap" as
the saying is, for rooster" that is
not gallant enough to give his mates
first privileges when it comes to eat
ing.
The rooster that is always ready
to lick" another one that happens
to cross his path, the rooster that
does not hesitate to show his vocal
capabilities by frequently growing,
and the rooster that is courteous
enough to believe in ladies first"
and stands and calls his mates and
then steps aside while they eat the
dainty morsel he has found-that
rooster is one after our own heart.
Show us that kind of a rooster and
we will show you a rooster that is
capable of strongly fertilizing eggs
from maximum number of females.
But-here, dear friend, is often
the "rub"-a male bird of this kind
must secure in some way Just as
much if not a little more to eat than
does his less gallant brother and, un-
less fed separately, he will become
so run down in condition in two or
three weeks of breeding service that
he will begin to be seriously lacking
in sexual strength; therefore, it be-
comes necessary to remove him from
the females every day or two and
give him generous feed of corn and
meat of some kind, that is, green cut
bone or ground beef scraps. That is
the only gallant way for you to treat
a gallant rooster, and you will find
at the same time that it is the only
profitable way.-Poultry Editor, in
The Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
Variety and Profit.

The farmers should make stock
raising more profitable by growing
a variety of crops, instead of depend
ing mostly upon grain and hay, for
variety gives the farmer more ad-
vantages. If he grows turnips he
secures them late in the season (usu-
ally after liability of dry weather has
passed., and large supply of roots
will enable him to economize with
the grain and hay. He can also grow
late corn fodder, COW peas and rape,
the latter affording excellent pas
turage for sheep and swine when
grass may not be abundant. But it
is not so much the growing of various
crops for use at all seasons that the
farmer should consider so much as
the full bins and storehouses of sue
culent food for winter use. 1t is in
the winter season that the farmer
has the advantage of using the crops
he has grown, and increasing their
value by adding thereto his labor.
Many farmers object to certain meth
DDS of feeding because they claim
that the thorough preparations of
foods are too laborious, but If all
farmers will consider that the mora
labor they can sell in the form of
some product the greater their in
crease, they will not hesitate to give
more attention to food preparation.
Lost time is really lost labor, and the
farmer who is not employed every
day is losing something. If he can
save food and make larger profits he
will be more than recompensed for
his labor, and the best time when
one can be we'll paid for the work is
in the winter, as the foods, tn, man.
ure heap, the repairs of buildings
and implements and other indoor
work are then the most important
matters.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
Dry Foods.

In winter many animals are COM
PEELED to subsist largely ON dry ra-
tions, the sameness of diet being such
as to some times cause loss of ap-
petite. In fact, in many cases of live
stock being "off their feed," as it is
termed, the cause is due to lack of
sufficient food, or insufficient variety
from the regular routine. With the
supply of ensilage this difficulty is not
so largely met, but some farmers will
not build silos, preferring to adhere
closely to old methods. A few acres
of beets, carrots or turnips will not
fail to be of valuable assistance, not
because such articles are highly nu-
tritious (Which is not the case, as
they are composed largely of water),
but rather because they contain
large per cent. of water, are easily
digested, md provide an agreeable
change of diet-from dry food to
some thing more alatable-thereL !
increasing the flow of milk because
they stimulate the appetite, promote
NlSSobAOh aAiu lhOutc LuS 10
eat more. Invention has also less
ened the cost of preparing foods, as
cutters and slicers rapidly reduce
carrots and other roots to condition
in which they can be fed to the ami
mails without danger of choking
them. The corn fodder supply, if
well cured, and cut down in the field
at the proper time, will also be more
highly relished il cut into shorts
lengths. Farmers depend upon hay,
but they use too much hay, because
they either waste other valuable
foods, or do not prepare such for tho
stock. If bushel of carrots can be
reduced almost as fast as they can
be fed into the chopper, as may bs
done, the labor Of cutting them Is
very inexpensive, and the benefit OF
feeding variety will be very iotice.
able.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
FINANCE AND TRADE REVIEW
DuN's WEEKLY SUMMARY
Trade Reports from Leading Cities
Compare Favorably With Those
of Corresponding Week
Last Year.

Trade reports from the leading
cities are slngularly uniform in max
ing favorable comparisons with the
corresponding week in any previous
year. At most western and southern
points the Improvement in the crop
prospects has brought out liberal fall
orders. There is evidently more con-
fidence in the future than at any time
since II was found that many of the
principal farm products had made a
bad start.
Jobbing houses are preparing for
winter trade on scale seldom equal
ed. The consumption of seasonable
goods promises to deplete stocks
most satisfactorily.
Manufacturers are still receiving
orders in abundance, few clothing
cancellations appear, and 1t is the ex-
ception when plants have smaller
contracts than year ago. More de-
tailed reports for the first half OF
1907 add to the earlier testimony
that all records for six months were
far surpassed.
Settlement of the ore strike re-
moves any danger of interruption to
activity at pig iron furnaces. which
promise to establish new record of
output during the second half of the
year According to the regular re-
port of the American Iron and Steel
Association, all previous figures were
surpassed during the first six months
with an aggregate Of 13,47S,044 tons,
an increase of 753,1O3 tons over the
previous maximum.
Vigorous activity continues at cot
ton mills. Prices are fully sustain
ed by the volume of orders on hand
with the high quotation of raw cot
ton, and confidence in well maintain
ed consumption. Export inquiries
are noted, but no actual business re-
suits because of the high position of
quotations.
Wooden goods make slow progress,
although practically all lines are now
open. Some branches move satisfac-
torily, liberal sample pieces are being
taken, but r1any clothiers do not ap-
pear prepared to operate freely. In
terest is most noteworthy in the
worsted division.
"FOotwear factories are well en-
gagged on old orders. but buyers in
the Boston market did not purchase
as freely as was anticipated.
Leather is quiet. Shoe manufac-
turers show no disposition to antici-
pate needs. Demand is therefore lin
tied to immediate requirement.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
BOY KNEW HIS RIGHTS
But Did Not Think Very Much About
His Duties.

A boy went into a shop to work
for a man. He was lad of consider
able intelligence and knew himself
Resides, he had large ideas of his
personality, and had thought a great
deal over what were his rights. He
knew exactly what he was entitled
to and what the other fellow was en-
titled to, and between the two there
was a deep definite division. He OBJ
served this line very closely, and did
not cross it for an instant. If en-
gagged on a piece of work, and quit
ting time came. he quit right then.
even if he could have finished it in
three minutes. In doing so lie never
thought for a moment of having
talked with Bill Jones for fully 20
minutes that very afternoon about
baseball game that came off the day
before. He was simply looking to
his rights and no one else's.
This was his way. OF course he
didn't stay long. He hadn't appre-
hension enough of his duty or suf-
ficient regard for his service 10 put
him in sympathy with his work. He
was a misfit. He did as little as he
could for his employer He stood on
his rights and no more. That was
some years ago. Now he is driving
a team up in Cleveland fer S1.50
day.
When he left the shop another boy
went in. He knew his rights, but he
didn't insist ON them too much, FOR
he believed in doing things. If time
was up and he could finish thing
with a few minutes over work, he
would do it every time; he made
himself worth something. Pretty
soon that employer saw he couldn't
get along without him. He kept adj
vancing his wages and finally took
him into partnership, and now the
business is great one and that boy
has a grand home, a big salary and
a lovely family, all because he was
boy of get up, gumption and thought
more of his duties than he did of his
rights. 32
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
English Chemist Succeeds in Degrad
ing Copper to the First Mem
her, Lithium,

Sir William Ramsay, the distin-
guished chemist, has promised to
communicate in writing in the near
future to the chemical society the
results of his researches into radium
emanations. In this connection the
announcement is made that he has
succeeded in degrading copper to the
first member of its family, that is,
lithium.
The Lancet says the discovery
marks an epoch in the history Of
chemical science and believes it is a
realization of the transmutation Of
metals.
The announcement Is likely to re-
awaken the discussion of the trans
mutation Of elements which ragged a
year or So ago, when several prom
inent scientists repudiated the trans
mutation idea, while others Just as
strongly supported it,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
You Cannot Afford II.

No farmer can afford to do without
good garden. 1t is not to be ex-
pected that every one will be a fancy
gardener, but every one should give
sufficient attention to the subject so
as to produce all staple vegetables
earlier than can be produced in the
field. 1t is not only essential to the
health and proper enjoyment of the
family, but it is actually a matter of
profit. Could your whole farm be
made as smooth, dry, rich and as we'll
cultivated as a good garden, the in
creased product would pay large
per cent. of profit upon the outlay.
In the garden, or in a separate apart
ment, may be cultivated strawberries,
raspberries, blackberries, currants,
grapes and dwarf pears. They can
all be had at a very small cost of
money or labor, and will add i'm
mensely to the enjoyment of the
household.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14

Poultry should now be filling the
egg basket, and will, if they have
justice done them. 1t is not enough
that they are well fed; other condi-
tions are required. Their houses
should be well cleansed, their nest
boxes thoroughly washed and little
quicklime sprinkled in them. The
floors of their houses should also be
well sprinkled with quicklime, and
the roosting poles whitewashed. All
these are necessary to purify the at
mosphere and destroy the vermin
that infest these places. The clean
ing process should also be applied to
the morse, COW and sheep stables.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
Fertile VS.. InfertiIe Eggs.

The Country Gentleman referring
an in poultry journal that she has
been able to distinguish between eggs
that will produce males and those
producing females by locating the air
cells, those having the cell directly
across the large and Matching cooke
rels, while those having the cells
slanting slightly contributed pullets,
thinks scientists might well devote
some time to experimenting to de-
wise some easy method of distin-
gushing fertile from infertile eggs
before they are placed in the incuba-
tor or placed under the hen-in fact
before they leave the hands of the
seller IL they are boughten. This
would save lot of disappointment.
The common custom is to test eggs
after four or five days, removing
those not showing Indications of fer
tility. These are not in the least in
jured by the few days heating. But
this latter business, while it saves 4
part of the hatch, does not do away
with the disappointment at paying
well for valuable eggs only to have
too large percentage prove infer
tile. Incidentally it is worth men,
ton that even the experimenting
Montreal dame does not explain how
she arrives at the conclusion that the
straight across air cell produces
the cockerel, since the hatch of four
teen simply showed them equally di-
vided in sex as the air cells indicated
they would be.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.
Boy in Misery IL Years-Ezcema in
Rough Scales, Itching and In
Gamcd-Cured by Cuticura.

"Cuticura has put stop to twelve years
of misery passed with my son. As an in
fant l noticed on his body red spot and
treated same with different remedies for
about five years, but when the spot began
to get larger put him under the care of
doctors. Under their treatment the disease
spread to four different parts of his body.
During the day it would get rough and
form like scales. At night it would be
cracked, intlamed and badly swollen. with
terrible burning and itching. One doctor
told me that my sons eczema was incura-
bic, and gave it up. 1 decided to give Cuti-
cura trial. When ! had used the first box
of Cutcura Ointment there was great i'm
provement, and by the time | had used the
second set of Cuticura Remedies my child
was cured. lie is now twelve years old,
and bis skin Is as fine and smooth as silk
Michael Stelnman, ] Sumner Avenue,
Brooklyn, n. Y, April 10, 1906"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
Soil Formation.

All soils are formed from disinte-
grated rocks and organic matter. OF
the latter, soils contain from one to
more than seventy per cent; it is,
however, only in bogs or beds of peat
that the amount last named is ever
present. The best wheat lands con-
tain only from four to six per cent.
of organic matter; oats and rye will
grow in soils containing only one or
two. The intelligent farmer should
endeavor to ascertain what is want
ing in the soil and supply it, remem-
bering that he can make no possible
mistake with barnyard manure.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
Suicide Among Children.

A report made by Prof. Emlenberg.
an eminent German authority, upon
nervous diseases, may well engage
the careful attention of all parents.
1t seems that there has been an epi-
demic of suicide among German chill
dren, and Prof. Emlenberg has been
investigating the matter He states
that in the last IL years he has
traced lisp cases of chilGren's sui.
cides, and that in more than one
half the reason for the rash act was
to be found in the failure to pass
school examinations, or overwork at
school.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too Stiff to Bend Over.

"When / drank coffee / often had
sick headaches, nervousness and bill
fousness much of the time, but when
/ went to visit friend l got in the
habit of drinking Postum.
81 gave up coffee entirely, and the
result has been that have been en-
tirely relieved of all my stomach and
nervous trouble.
my mother was just the same
way. We all drink Postum now and,
without coffee in the house for 2
years, we are all we'll.
"a neighbor of mine, great cof-
fee drinker, was troubled with pains
in her side for years and was an in
valid. She was not able to do her
work and could noteven mend clothes
or do anything at all where she would
have to bend forward. IL she tried
to do little hard work she would
get such pains that she would have to
lie down for the rest of the day.
''At last | persuaded her to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee and she did so, and has used
Postum ever since; the result has
been that she can now do her work,
can sit for whole day and mend and
can sew on the machine and she nev-
er feels the least bit of pain in her
side, in fact, she has got well, and it
shows coffee was the cause of the
whole trouble.
II could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
by quitting coffee and using Postum
in its place" There's a Reason"
Look in pkg. for the famous little
book, "The Road to Wellville."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14

\ The Mckinley monument was
planned and executed under the di-
rection of commission of prominent
men at cost of over s150,000.
Buffalo's OldHome Week will be
a succession of civic and military pa
geantry, carnival, sports and games,
and the electric city will be ablaze
with twinkling lights and patriotic
decorations. Former residents of
Buffalo are asked to send their
names and addresses to James w.
Greene, chairman Old-Home Week
Committee, Buffalo, N. Y. A beauti-
full souvenir invitation will be mailed
to each. The railroads will offer ex-
cursion rates to and returning from
Buffalo.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
CHERRY SOUP.

This is popular Swedish and Ger
man dish, most refreshing on a hot
day. Crush quart Of cherries, add
to Ehem the juice OF two lemons, two
level tablespoonfuls tapioca or sago
and sugar to taste. Simmer in a
quart of water for half an hour, then
rub through puree sieve. Reheat,
add a pinch CT salt, then cool and
place on the ice before serving. Save
few fine cherries 10 put in the iced
soup at the last. This quantity will
make nearly two quarts of soup
WASHINGTON Star d.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14

using Doan's Kidney Pills l suf-
fered everything from kidney trou-
bles for a year and half. had
pain in the back and head, and al
most continuous in the loins and felt
weary all the time. A few doses of
Doan's Kidney Pills brought great
relief, and kept on taking them un-
til in a short time l was cured I
think Doan's Kidney Pills are won
derful."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
Eceding q Horse.

The Journal of Agriculture gives
some figures of the cost of feeding
horse in the West. How do they
compare with the cost of keeping one
in this State?
What does it cost to feed the work
horse during the year? 1t is claimed
that when timothy is worth SIS per
ton; wheat bran, $3.50; corn, s22;
dried brewers grass, S17, and gluten
meal, $29 per ton, that a horse can
be fed during the six months when
the hardest work is done for s31.
During the remaining six months the
cost of feed is put at s24.70.
1t will be noticed that the cost of
timothy is figured at about double
the price it sells for on the average
farm. This is because the authorities
who made the estimates live near the
large centres, where prices of feeds
are higher than in the outlying sec
tions. Where mixed hay retails for
SS to 50 per ton, corn for fifty cents
and oats thirty-five cents per bushel,
it is safe to say that the average
work horse, weighing 1400 or less,
can be fed the entire year and kept
in good flesh for $40.
In the first estimate made above 1t
will be noticed that the price on glu-
ten feed is quoted. 1t has been found
that this material can be fed to horses
with excellent results. especially In
the spring, when the animals need a
variety. A ration composed OF one
part gluten feed, one part oats and
two parts corn make almost the ideal
mixture for the work horse. The an
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
Profit in Flowers.

II report is true there are vast
sums Of money TO be made in the
cultivation of flowers in the Riviera.
In one season alone s2,00O,OO0 worth
were shipped away to foreign coun-
tries, and, oddly enough the majority
were sent to England. 1t is a long
journey for delicate blooms to make,
but they are so perfectly packed and
kept On route that they reach their
destination in excellent condition to
gladden. the hearts of and adorn Eng
lands fairest women.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
SoIomon's Temple Reproduced.

Joseph Doctorovitz, a teacher of
Hebrew, and student of old Jewish
institutions, has put OF exhibition in
New York complete reproduction of
the Temple at Jerusalem. 1t is 10
feet square and includes the several
courts and palaces of the priests.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14

they get out OF order
1t causes backache.
headaches. dizziness,
languor and distress
ing urinary troubles.
Keep the kidneys well
and all these suffer-
ings will be saved you.
Mrs. S. a. Moore, pro-
prietor of a restau-
rant at Waterville,
Me-, says: Before
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14
Opium Consumption Increased.

Opium imports into China increas-
ed from 6.922,667 pounds in 1905 to
7,215,6OO pounds in 1906, and it is
stated that the use of native opium
also showed a general increase, while
morpha importations, in spite OF 200
per cent duty, have grown larger, al
though the total volume reported is
insignificant.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14

There has been a marked falling
off in the Sunday school attendance
in New York city in the last FIVE
years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14

FITS, st. Vitus' Dance: Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by Dr. Klines Great Nerve
Restorer 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. II. r. Kline, Id. 1881 Arch St, Phila.- pe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-14

imal should have enough of mixture
to maintain his condition, however.
About one pound per day for each
100 pounds the animal weighs is con-
sidered the proper amount.