The Florida agriculturist., 1907-09-04
TIMELY TOPICS.
Latin Inscriptions Must Go-Whereis the Camphor Farm?
Mosquito Stories.
Edited by w. E. Pabor.


says the Sugar Planters Journal, "the
sugar planters of Louisiana could get
any such rents for their cane lands,
they would go out of the business and
turn it all over to the renters;"
which would seem to be a confession
that cane culture there does not net
that amount per acre.
This mosquito item stands to the
credit of the East Coast, through the
Miami Metropolis: "Captain Freas, OF
the mailboat Adeline, plying to Plant
er and intermediate points, states that
the mosquitoes are so bad on some Of
the keys that much difficulty is being
experienced in gathering the lime crop,
| the pesky insects making it almost i'm
possible for men to work about the
trees, which make particularly good
harbors for them"
And this from the Lakeland News,
would seem to indicate that the Gulf
Coast is not to be caught mapping in
other things than fish stories: "Mes-
srs. c. E. McMullen and c. V. Smith
went over to Sarasota Sunday and
spent Monday in putting up the press
in the office of the Times, sold to that
paper by the News. They did fine
job of installation, getting the press in
perfect working order, and we're we'll
pleased with their trip, with the ex-
ception of the mosquito feature. At
Sarasota this bird attains very large
proportions and great ferocity. Mr.
McMullen brought specimen home
with him as baggage, and was exhibit
ing it on the streets Tuesday. He and
| Mr.. Smith and the town marshal suc,
ceeded in separating it from it's drove
| and got it in corner and dubbed it
| to DEATH"
While on the subject of ants, it
might be as we'll to observe that Louis
lana, if the Planters Journal Of New
Orleans can be credited, has ants Of no
mean size and character; they climb
| trees and so torment the mother birds
when brooding that the nests are
abandoned Some sections are so
troubled by these pests that all the
mOckngbirds and other useful or melO-
dious members Of the feathered species,
are driven away.
"Trees," says the U. S. Forestry De-
partment, cannot be acclimatized.
Trees are fixed, almost inAexible, in
! their habits For centuries, indeed as
long as we have record, each species
has kept in it's beaten ways; insisting
on the same average of temperature
and refusing to grow where this could
not be found; seeking and occupying
certain kinds Of soil and demanding
certain amounts Of moisture and avoid
ing situations where these we're want
ing.
The latest authorities go SO far as to
| declare that trees cannot be accl1ma-
| tized; that is, that even the ingenuity
and perseverance of man are unable to
induce trees to change their habits far
enough to adopt a country not closely
like their native habitat For a time
! the forester may use various devices
to surround a tree with artificial con-
dltions by which, SO to speak, the tree
is deluded into feeling at home. But
as soon as the forester's care is with
drawn in such cases, the tree is seized
with homesickness and dies of it.
The horse fly has been honored by
the publication of bulletin Of 60
pages from the Agricultural Expert
ment Station of the Louisiana State
University. This is the second report
and is the result of summers investi-
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