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The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
New Years.

It has become an established Ameri
can custom to salute acquaintances on
New Years day with the words, 81
wish you a Happy New Year" 1t is
a pretty custom, and we hope that the
words are always meant as they are
said. We cannot meet each reader, as
we would be very glad to do, but we
can convey our sincere wishes that
each one may have happy and pros
porous New Year, from January first
to December thirty-6rst.
New Years day is very often day
for making good resolutions. 1t is
also unfortunately fact that most of
such resolutions are forgotten before
they are week old. Still in face of
this, we would like to recommend one
good resolution, and that is: "When-
ever I have new idea in gardening,
fruit growing or any of the branches
Of agriculture or horticulture, or when
L make any experiments, whether they
result successfully or in total failure, l
will write out the result and send it to
the Florida Agriculturist for the bene-
fit of my fellow readers" Having
made this resolution, we hope that it
will not be forgotten but carried out
as often as possible. If all would do
this, how much it would add to the
interest of the paper each week. Will
you not do this?
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
Dishonest Orange Packing.

A correspondent of the Fruit and
Produce News makes some serious
charges against few Of the orange
packers Of this state. He must be
very sure Of his ground, for although
he mentions no names he does name
the locality, so that it would be easy to
discover the guilty party, and then
signs his full name, thus rendering
himself liable to prosecution for libel,
unless she could prove his charges.
The charge is that some packers are
putting up oranges of the size 200 and
marking them I76, in some cases max
ing boxes shorter so that they will
just hold TO oranges of the 200 size.
thus they gain "a oranges on a box,
and get usually higher price. There
is good reason for law establishing
a standard size for orange boxes and
fixing penalty for using any other.
Although there is no such penalty now,
it seems as if there ought to be some
way to reach such swindlers. Such
dishonest practices give Florida fruit
very bad reputation in market.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
In the meantime do your best to bring
about Government control Of the for
estS.
Scarcity of Labor.

Complaint comes from all the farm
ing sections in the northern, western
and northeastern divisions Of the state,
of the scarcity of farm hands at the
time they are most needed, and of the
high price of wages demanded for
special occasions in harvesting. But
the transient labor supply is always
and everywhere, a source of complaint
all over the country and, to say the
TRUTH Florida does not offer special
attractions for this class of 1aborers,
especially in the summer season, even
at the high rate per day offered, which
is fifty per cent. over what it was five
years ago. And so, as Mr. McLin
says, Labor for all ordinary farming
purposes is not available to the ex-
tent needed" Consequent upon these
conditions large quantities of fine farm
ing lands lie idle.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
Citrus Fruit Market.

We get two Fruit Trade papers
from New York. This week their
quotations agree exactly, but there is
a marked discrepancy between their
editorial comments on the market
conditions.
Both agree that California fruit is
rather better in quality and is bring
ing a little better prices. AS to Flor
ida oranges they do not agree, both
use the same figures in their quota
tions, but one says that the market
is Is cents a box lower, while the
other claims an advance Of $I.oo per
box However, the prices given are
as follows: Common bright from So
to $3.50, Indian River fruit selling
from So to $3.50, Russets $175 to $2.75.
Arizona oranges still lead the market,
prices ranging from $2.o5 to $3.50 per
half box and $3.87 IL to $4.37 II per
box.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
Mr.. Penny's Letter.

This issue of the Agriculturist con-
tains a number of valuable and inter-
esting contributions, all deserving of
careful reading, but we desire to call
special attention to the letter of Mr.
N. O. Penny, urging the friends Of
the paper to write for it. Mr.. Penny
"practices what he breaches" as he
has proven himself one of the best
contributors the Agriculturist has. We
trust the appeal he makes will have
the desired effect, and promise now
to add as many pages as may be
needed at any time to provide room
tor all the good practical matter that
may be ST mt in.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
Apples in Marion County.

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
[ notice in The Agricu1turist of Nov.
18th, a communication signed 81. P.
B." in regard to an apple tree and
an apple pie, at Bellair, Hillsboro Co.
Some years ago, took up small,
wild haw tree, sawed it off at the
crown of the root, grated it with red
astrachan apples, and set it out. It
grew vigorously and is very thrifty,
and has several times yielded apples
enough for one or two pies at time.
It has blossoms on most of the year,
has some at this date. A curiosity
about it is, that when it natures ap-
pies in the summer from spring bloom,
they are yellow; while the fruit matur-
ing in winter is the regular red astra-
chan. While [ do not think enough
fruit could be raised in this section to
make it an object, it certainly COM
pensates me for all my trouble to have
a taste of real fresh apple now and
then, and to be able to enjoy the sight
and fragrance of the pink blossoms
most of the year.
F. 6 TTDham
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
JANUARY, 1908.
The Agriculturist Monthly.

When we assumed control of the
Agrlculturlst a year ago we reduced
the subscription price from So to ST
per year, in the belief that it would
result in greatly increasing it's circu-
lat1On and influence, but without anti
clpatlng that there would be a mater
1al advance in the price of paper, labor
and all the other items that enter into
the cost of an up-to-date publication.
While the growth of the circulation
has been all that we could reasonably
have expected, we find after a years
experience that we cannot afford, un-
der existing conditions, to furnish
such paper as we desire the Agri-
culturlst shall be at the present price.
Three alternatives presented them
selves-One to increase the price
(Which is always difficult to do); a
second to fill it with any and all kinds
of advertisements and thus meet the
increased cost, and the third to pub
llsh it monthly instead of weekly. AS
the paper carries no news or other
features that necessitates it's publica-
ton weekly, and believing that a
monthly can be made to fully meet
the needs of those in whose interest
it is published and at a less cost, we
have decided to continue it during the
year 1908 as monthly. If at the end
Of that time it shall be the general
desire of our readers to return to
weekly issues, and the conditions will
justify us in doing SO, we will most
cheerfully comply with their wishes,
In making this change we hope to
have more time to devote to the make
up Of the paper, and with the growing
interest that is being manifested by
our contributors, which will enable us
to largely eliminate the clippings from
Northern journals and fill our columns
with original, practical matterao sub
jects Of special interest to Florida pro-
ducers, we feel sure that the readers
of the Agriculturist generally will ap-
prove our decision.
Although we expect to give more
reading matter of a character not OBJ
tainable in any other publication, and
hope to make it more valuable and
acceptable than it has ever been, we
shall make the price so cents for the
year 1908, and the date of expiration
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
A Remedy for Mea1y Bug.

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
In your issue of December II, I see
a subscriber is having trouble with the
mealy bug. I wish to state that here,
iii the tropics, the mea1y bug is very
much more troublesome than in F1ori-
da, and after ten years experience
here in Cuba, I find that the best rene
dy is, Goods Caustic Whale Oil Soap,
and would advise the party to send for
supply and keep it on hand. The
wash is easily handled, and with it one
can get rid of the pest without injuring
the plants. used it on $4,000 large
trees this season, with marked success.
I would advise two applications eight
to ten days apart We have 5000
acres here planted to orange, grape
fruit and lemon trees on Nepi Bay,
all doing fine. We grow the trees
among the banana plants.
H. c. Austin,
Taca 10, Cuba.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
Fine Pineapple Prospects.

Mr.. C. M. Barton, the travelling rep
resentative of w. A. Merryday Com
pany, the reliable fruit growers supply
house of Palatka, has just returned
from most successful business trip
through the pineapple section of the
State He reports that the growers
are highly elated over the pineapple
outlook The indications point to
large yield and also to an exception
ally fine quality of fruit, which should
bring good prices.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
Guava Bugs.

Guavas are ripe, and so are the
poisonous little bugs that infest the
bushes. These queer, hairy little bugs,
whose sting is exceedingly painful
have never been placed or identified
by an entomologist Persons stung
by them may be relieved in fifteen
minutes by rubbing the stung place
thoroughly with kerosene oil. Nothing
can relieve the pain sooner.-Punta
Gorda Herald.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01
Government Protection Needed.

government
The Chief of the Government forest
ry bureau has been making a tour OF
the whole country, inspecting the for
ests, and his report is that in twenty
years the supply will be so exhausted
that timber famine will exist With
the immense areas of land which still
have some trees upon it it seems hard
" probable that we shall have a timber
famine in this state, yet the fact is that
timber trees are already growing
scarce. Much of the uncleared land is
covered with trees SO small that they
will not make lumber, and they will
never get any larger, for the turpen-
tine operator has already secured the
most of the land and will box it and
that is the end of it for lumber. Of
course, when a large tree is boxed the
trunk may be used for lumber, If it
lives until the turpentine man is
through with it, but when small tree
is boxed you may be very sure that it
will never be fit for saving into lu.n-
ber 1t is possible to use substitutes
for lumber in many places, that is con-
crete and steel may be used for build
ings, pressed straw board may be used
in finishing, etc. Various substitutes
for timber railroad ties will be found,
but there is one place in which no sub
stitute for a tree will answer the pur-
pose, and that is in a forest. We must
have forests and the sooner we make
up our minds to go to planting trees
the better it will be for the country.
We call attention to an article showing
what France is doing in this line. We
need to have the Government take hold
of the enterprise, but until that day
comes it will be we'll for all who have
land which could be made to grow
timber to consider we'll whether they
can put it to better use than to plant
trees. If you set something which is
adapted to this soil and climate it does
not matter so much what variety you
plant; almost any species will be better
than to leave the land idle But for
rapidly growing forest tree, which
will also make good durable timber,
we doubt if anything superior to the
hardy catalpa (Catalpa speciosa), can
be found. Of course the yellow pine,
which is native here, makes better
lumber, but it takes more than one or
even two generations to grow to tim
Der size. There are trees of this spe-
cies near us here which were trees 40
or so feet high when we came here
twenty-four years ago, yet they. are
still much too small for lumber. At
the rate they have been growing the
last twenty-four years it will be forty
OF fifty more before they are saw logs.
The Florida agriculturist., 1908-01-01

of all subscriptions will be extended
accordingly If we carr have the hear
ty cooperation of our friends that we
shall try to deserve the Agriculturist
will be better worth dollar under
the new arrangement than heretofore,
although the subscription price is re-
duced.
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E. S. Upham.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-11
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.

Sealed proposals Tor maintaining
pavement and cutters In Paving Dis
trict NO. /. In the City Of Lewis. on,
state VI Idaho, according to plans
and specifications and other data In
the Once Of the city clerk. will be re-
ceived until eight O'Clock r. M. on
tn II day OF December. 1908.
Proposals shall be made upon
forms furnished by the city clerk.
and each proposal shall be accom-
panied by check certified by some
bank or trust company doing bust
ness in the city Of Lewiston in the
sum Of $1250.OO. which sum shall be
forfeited to the city OF Lewiston In
case the bidder to whom the award
Is made shall fail to enter into a
contract In accordance with said
prs sal within ten days after re-
Gel, Ag notice OF such award.
JNO. f. MCPHERSON,
City Clerk
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-11

Your Christmas dinner will cost
you more, if not for the turkey
meat. then for the flxin's. Flour
las gene up, the general advance be-
ing p cents per barrel. Butter has
advanced . cents per pound. There
Is falling off of the cream pro-
ductiun in the adjacent territory and
the Commercial Cream company is
oblized to supplement their output
with 1000 pounds per month from
Eastern creameries. Eggs have ad-
vanced until they cost at retail from
40 to so cents per dozen, and net
the farmer or poultryman lucky
enough to be producer 40 cents.
Luckily, however there is little
drop in sugar. and the Christmas
sweetneats may cost trifie less but
the roast pig will be higher and the
applesass Is still advancing.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-11

ter one, but the patient needed 1t.
The period for agitation, however.
is now over; Mr.. Roosevelt has done
the work for which he was best
fitted. and the work of crystallizing
and awakening public opinion into
intelligent and equitable legislation
regarding corporations must soon be
begun. 1t should be left to the ju-
dicious action of congress, aided as
far as practicable by the tactful Mr..
Taft. who stands pledged to the
Roosevelt policies of reform. The
main issue of the present session OF
congress; also of the special session
which Mr.. Taft will very likely call.
In all probability the tariff discus
sion will be complicated by the rapid
ly growing government deficit,
which, if not checked will cause no
little embarrassment; for either ma
tional expenses must be checked Or
further sources OF revenue provided,
the latter having suffered from bust
ness depression and the prohibition
campaign. Last year the govern
ment reported surplus of $84,OOO,-
600; this year there is a deficit OF
SOS, 100000 loss of $142,O0O,OOO
in II months. The tariff battle
will chiefly center on the steel sched-
ule, especially as Mr. Carnegie has
said the steel duties are unnecessary
and many American manufacturers
wish to buy their raw material in
shape Of steel in the cheapest market.
More or less hesitation is sure to
accompany tariff agitation, but the
arrangement to business will be
because many of our industries are
much less dependent on a duty than
formerly and there are many indus
tries that would be positively stimu-
lated by gaining cheaper raw mater
ials and wider markets under ade-
quate tariff revision. In any case
| there is no serious disturbance to
business in sight at present arising
from new tariff legislation. The
business outlook is slowly but surely
improving and the main difficulty
with the stock market Is that it has
discounted such improvement prob
| ably too far in advance. hence 1t is
now trying to resist the natural re-
| dictionary tendencies. FRIDAYS out.
burst OF STRENGTH was one IF those
DISPLAYS which nav no exre"ted al
almost any time while the rn~kat re-
| mains so comp1etelv in control oil
powerful manipulatOrs
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-11
Prune Crop Unso,d

hehorick. idaho.-With AZ
10 carloads Of prunes in tho East
buyers are unable to find ma. Try
Tor the crop at satisfactory nai Ac'
and not shipment has ba,, 'oes'
this year. The growers carr, " 4
two carload lots from last voar W..
the prices are still too low to VIZ
rant shipments. owing 20 IT,. ,,ra
Ce1fornla crop. The best pr;co -,
Tered for prunes this fall ha. h,.
only cents a pound and 5ba yu,u
ers refuse to sell their crop ror 1a..
ihan cents, as they say th11 lbs
c'ur will be marketed at e.. ,oss
!: cents Several growers rcfns., -.
G'y prunes because ~ The uns,,i.
factory market conditic1s ana r,,r
Of them fed the prunes tc hogs r.,,h
~ than incur the e\per Sc cf o,e,.,,-
ing the f'lars. Seve.nl ,arge nr, ~.
OF "halds will yield no profits ,h,,
ysa.' while for suver,l wears IN,
growers have nettei $50 an acre A.
ther. is no los fro mnolding The cr,n
II is rcbable that the groves viii
lid tteirs until the mlii,. shows :,
.'Hable upward ten ,auc;
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-11
Notice Of Attachment.

In the District Court of the Sec
ond Judicial District of the State
OF Idaho, in and for the County OF
Nex Perez.
Oscar w. Collins. Plaintiff VS..
Wilbur r. Brown nd Leonard L
Brown. Defendants.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given. that an
attachment issued out OF the above
entitled court in the above entitled
cause, against the property OF said
defendants. on the Sd day Of Dec.
1903.
Dated this 9Th day OF Dec. 1908
w. l.. CLIFFORD.
Clerk Of the District Court
by c. f. Montieth. Deputy.
Daily 80 DAYS lee s to Jan 5
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department OF the Interior, u. S
Land Office at Lewiston. Idaho
December 4, 1908.
Notice Is hereby given that
MARVIN c. WILLARD.
| or wanna, IuanO, VINO. on June
| 1906, made Homestead Entry No
|11s52, Serial No. 1895. for NE Y
SE u sectian II. w y SW Y an,
| Sw Y NV Y section ~ township
IS NJ, range 4 West. Boise meridian
has filed notice Of intention to max
final Communication proof to establish
claim IN the land above described
before Register and Receiver. a
Lewiston. Idaho. on the 18th da
! OF February. 1909. Claimant name
as witnesses:
1 Edward w. Lawrence. Benjami
If. Gasewav, BENJAMIN F. Hackle,
James II. Parsons all Of Waha. Ida
no. T. II. BARTLETT,
Register
n 6w-Dec 7-Ion II
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-11
MISS ELkINS
uUUoOO esessS0
LEAVES CITY
LID NOT LIKE TO BE POINTED
UUI AS Inc xUONu AMEklCAN
hrAAlEoS THAT WAS ~ WEI
lur DUKE Or ABkUZZl.

New York, Dec. lI.-MlSS Rather
.lAis city TINS Week, became SO en-
barrassed today because OF the way
she Was pointed out and stared at as
the 'uansee' or "eX-tiancee' OF the
Duke of the Abruzzi, that she an
nounced her inten, ion Of cutting her
stay snort.
"inis is simply dreadful never
fancied people took such an interest
in me-" she exclaimed, as a group OF
curious persons stopped and stared
at her in front of the home of Colon
Ell and Mrs. Thompson. Miss Elkins
is guest of the Thompsons' married
daughter, Mrs. Stephen II. p. Pell.
Then the photographers got busy
and added the climax to her woes.
Il snail go right up to Tuxedo Park
tomorrow and get away from it all,
Miss Elkins said.
The engagement has been denied
and cannot see why people will not
believe the denial. No, did not
come to New York to buy trousseau
or 10 make any marriage arrange
ments, or anything of that sort.
came to have a good time-and peo
pie won't let me. l don't know how
| shall pass the winter if | meet this
sort of treatment everywhere"
Colonel Thompson is a warn
friend of the Duke of the Abruzz
as well as OF Mis- Elkins. Severa
years ago he took the duke and q
party of friends in his private car or
shooting trip through Canada.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-11

tack the vital organs, causing catarril 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 y oper
/ treatment of the kidneys. If YOU are feel.
ing badly you can make no nll>ake bv
taking DR.. killner's Swamp-ROOt, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in 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 Swanip-Root is soon realized.
It stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
| Swamp Root is pleasant to take and 10
sold by all druggists in ffty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have 4
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis.
covery and book that tells all about il,
both sent free by mail. Address. DR.. Xii.
mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp r DOT, and the
address. Binghamton. N. Y, On evesy
SO&tle.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-11
CALL FOR PAVING BIDS.

Sealed proposals for the construc-
tion of bitulithic pavement, curbs,
cutters and sub-surface drainage
system In connection Herewith will
be received by the clerk OF the City
Of Lewis, on in the state of Idaho un-
tn eight o'clock p. NJ. on the 21
day of December. 1908.
Th work 10 be done embraces
about $4,000 square yards of pave
ment, together with the necessary
curbs. cutters and sub-surface drain
age system. the total estimated cost
of which is $152.199.75.
All proposals shall be made on the
blank forms to be furnished by the
city clerk. The plans, specifications
and other data for such improve
nents are now on file and open Il
inspection in the ONCE OF the cit!
clerk in said city. Each propose
shall be accompanied by check GER
titled by some bank or trust compan.
doing business In the city OF Lewis
ton in the sum OF $4,000 90 for tn
purposes in said specitica ions pro
vided.
The City OF Lewiston reserves tn
right to reject any or all bids and t
let the entire improvement to on
contractor or portions OF the wor
to different contractors as may b
deemed, in the Judgment OF the may
OF and council to be most advan
tageous to the city and propert
owners within paving district No.
IN said city as now established.
Attention Of all bidders is Gale
to the agreement Of Warren Brotf
ers Company. filed with this cit
IN accordance with which agreemel
Warren Brothers Company agrees
license all contractors desiring to bi
for the work to lay the bitulith
payen,ent in accordance with Its pa
ents nd the terms OF said agre
inert
Dn.ed at lewiston. Idaho. this 81
Aav ~ December. 1ans.
JNO. E. NICKNRSoN
City Cler
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-11
Daily Market Report

Hens. per pound. 17Hc.
Eggs, per dozen, 40 to 80 cents.
Fresh Meat.
Slrloin STEAK, per pound, 15c.
Boiling. per pound. to Sc.
Veal, per pound. to 15c.
T-Bone steak. per pound, 15c.
Porterhouse steak. per pound, 15c.
Round steak, per pound. 12hc.
Chuck steak. per pound, 10c.
Prime rib roast per pound, 13hc.
Mutton. per pound, 8 to tic.
Mutton stew. per pound. Sc.
Pork, per pound, Toe 10 15c
Sausage. per pound. 12he.
Lard. pounds zoe: 10 pounds,
$l.35.
Hams, per pound. tic.
Picksled pigs feet, per pound. 10c
Bacon. per pound, I7c.
Hamburg steak. per pound. 10c.
Wood and Coal.
Dry wood, per cord, 16-inch, 81
to IS delivered.
Cordwood. delivered. $3.50 to
$3.50.
Slabwood, delivered, s.. 90.
Lump coal. ton, $3.50 to $500.
Forage.
Haulers are receiving the follow
In prices for loose forage:
Straw. per load. Sc.
Timothy. per ton SIS.
Alfalfa, per ton. Slz.
Wheat, per ton. $12.
Dried Fruits.
Peaches, per pound, 15c.
Prunes. per pound. to 10c.
Currants. per pound. 15c.
Orange peel, per pound. Csc.
Lemon peel, per pound. Csc.
Raisins. per pound. 1910.
Apricots. per pound. zoe.
Citron, per pound. 30c.
Sugar.
Beet. hundredweigth. $6.55.
Cane, hundredweight, $685..
Extra c., hundredweight, $5.25.