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The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01
INDUSTRIAL NEWS.
Short Interesting Paragraphs Cued from Our EXCHANGES
Indicating the Prosperous Conditions in Florida

recently purchased fifty acres of Jack
Mitchell. The last sale was made at
$1,000. Mr.. Coburn has been at Sanford
some time improving the property.
T. K. Wilson, of st. Petersburg, after
a, tour of the Manatee river orange
section, estimates that the crop this
year will be about 80 per cent larger
than last year. The Manavista grove,
which had about $4,000 boxes of fruit
last year, is expected to yield 100000
boxes this season. Some small ship
ments of grapefruit have been made
from that district.
At Ocala branch of the Farmers
Union has been organized.
At Ocala the Ocala Fertilizer Com
pany is to build a fertilizer factory.
j. Webster expects to have five acres
in tomatoes at Dania the coming sea-
son.
The orange crop at Leesburg is re-
ported to be about 80 per cent larger
than year ago.
J. H. Bratley, of Wichita, Kan, has
been Investigating east coast lands
with a view of making purchases.
The Shanibarger banana farm, near
Taft, is expected to produce about 2O,-
600 punches Of bananas this season
Fl. A. Curtis, of st. Petersburg, is in
receipt of an order from California for
1000 Avocado pear seeds for planting
L. w. Jessett, well known truck
grower of Jacksonville, has moved to
Sanford and will raise crop of vege-
tables this fall.
w. G. Temple is erecting an orange
packing house at Winter Park, which
| is expected to be one of the finest in
that part of the State.
A crop of 10000 boxes of oranges, it
| is estimated, will be gathered from the
lOO-acre grove owned by Mr.. Collins,
at Umatilla
Edward and Cleveland Partin, of
Conway, will raise celery at Sanford
this season, operating in connection
Sanford growers.
At Tampa F. r. Mofhtt, of Pensacola,
is planning to erect a factory to manu-
| facture vinegar from products of the
soil raised in that vicinity.
At Stuart o. O. Poppleton has this
season produced fifteen tons of honey
and is credited with being the leading
honey producer in the State.
Recent statistics show that about
10000 acres Of land are in cultivation
III Levy county, out of a total of more
than 100000 acres in the county.
At Lake Fairview Davis & Mcneil
will plant a crop of celery on their
sub-irrigated farm. They are leading
truck growers in that part Of the State.
Arcadia is claiming to be the banner
orange point this season, estimates at
present indicating that about 100000
| boxes will be handled there.
At Citra fall truck crops are making
good start and the orange groves
are in fine condition. Citra claims some
of the finest truck land in the State.
The growing of watermelons solely
for the purpose Of securing the seeds is
being given considerable attention by
Jefferson county farmers in the vicin-
| lty of Waukeenah.
In the vicinity of st. Petersburg
good crop of guavas is reported this
year.
At Dania, J. w. Osteen is arranging
to grow fall and spring crop of veg
etab1es.
Crops in the vicinity of Clearwater
are reported satisfactory by T. J.
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01

in that district will make a special
effort to put up a fancy pack of fruit
this season.
AT Orange City William Martin is
meeting with success in raising
bananas and will have a fair quantity
TO market this season.
At Orlando the Orlando Farm and
Truck Company is arranging to drain
twenty-five acres of fine celery land
by means Of a drainage we'll.
At Deerfield J. F. Saxon & Co. have
planted a crop of Irish potatoes and J.
M. Cromer will raise tomatoes. Pep
pers and eggplant are also being grown
extensively there.
r. w. Crockett, of Jeffersonville, Ind,
recently purchased from L. Fl. Ingram,
OF Sh1ngle Creek, near Kissimmee
twenty acres of land which will be set
to citrus fruits this fall.
The Kissimmee Gazette is authority
for the statement that the vegetable
acreage in that district has increased
about 1000 per cent this year, COM
pared with last years acreage.
At Frost Proof there are about 500
acres in orange groves, many of which
are not yet in full bearing Within a
few years the annual shipments are ex-
pected to amount to $4,000 to 100000
boxes.
In the Dade City district the fall
crop of eggplant is reported as being
in very thrifty condition. Offers of
81 per crate, it is reported, have been
refused by the growers. Dr. Griffin is
a leading grower there.
George B. Gardner, Andrew Fros-
cher and Henry Carlile, of LAGRANGE,
and George M. Robbins and Frank Ell.
Boye, of Titusville, are the incorpora-
tors of the Titusville- Indian River Cit
rus Growers Association.
The Arcadia Board of Trade has been
sending much literature to Northern
States, advertising that section as a
producer of fruits and vegetables Re-
Gently many responses have been re-
celved and as a result many Northern
people are expected to settle in that
district.
Many new settlers are reported ar
rlV1ng in Volusia county, and a good
many Of them are devoting their at
tention to fruits and vegetables. The
recent heavy rains have put the or
ange groves in excellent condition, and
busy season is looked for. In nearly
all instances the orange trees are we'll
loaded.
A large acreage of Irish potatoes is
being planted near Lake Louise, in the
Seville district. The spring crop of
Irish potatoes was a profitable one and
more attention will be paid to potatoes
hereafter. The present crop will make
the third one grown on this land this
season.
According to Fred S. Morse, of Nj
ami who has recently been assisting
in the surveying of Everglades lands
it will be ten or fifteen years before
the present drainage project is COM
pleted. In the meantime, however, he
expects large tracts Of land to be put
in condition to be used for growing
fruits and vegetables.
In the Oak Hill district good crops
of oranges and vegetables are expected
this season. A. J. White has been
making speciality of growing vege
tables out of season, and recently
picked some late melons, and may
possibly have some later in the fall
Mr.. Evendeck has made preparations
to set out a five-acre orange grove
there.
On the west coast in the vicinitv of
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01

At San MateO +. A. Bailey is ship
ping grapefruit.
Jaudon Bros, of Miami, are prepar-
ing to build large packing house.
In the vicinity of DeLand a fair
yield of pecans is expected this year.
The lettuce crop at Bushnell is re-
ported as doing unusually we'll this
season.
At many points the fall planting of
beans is said to be large, with the crop
making good start.
At Pensacola Armour & Co., the Chi
cago meat packers, are preparing to
erect a cold storage plant.
At Lakeland the Rev. Mr.. Sparkman
is reported to have sold his orange
crop for $1,000 on the trees.
large acreage of cabbage is to be
grown at Coleman this fall. The
growers already have their plants we'll
started.
The largest orange crop since 1894
is expected at City Point, on the Indian
river, this season. The yield is expected
to amount to 10000 boxes.
With the preliminary arrangements
about completed, it is expected that
actual work on the Hastings drainage
canal will commence shortly.
In the vicinity of st. Petersburg
active work in the matter of improving
the country roads is being done. Good
roads are urgently needed by the fruit
and vegetable growers to facilitate the
hauling of these commodities for ship
ment
w. HI. Mcbride is one of the largest
operators in oranges at Seville He
will have good crop from his own
groves and in addition will look after
the marketing of the crop Of several
nOn-reSidentS.
Owing to the favorable season the
strawberry acreage in the Lakeland
district has been increased this year.
Last season about 100000 quarts were
shipped from that section, and some
estimates are being made now that this
seasons shipments will exceed that fig
ure. The orange crop in that district
is also very promising.
The Putnam county crop of citrus
fruits this season is expected to be
about 100000 boxes. Prior to the big
freeze Putnam county was one of the
leading orange counties of the State
and is rapidly assuming that position
again. Only about 5000 acres of the
county's total area of 100000 are being
cultivated at present, which leaves
room for large expansion of fruit and
vegetable growing.
An option on a large tract of land
near Largo has been secured by r. +.
Filcher, of Chicago, from Capt. NJ w.
Ulmer. The deal involves about $4,000.
Wednesday of last week the direc-
tors of the Florida Citrus Exchange
met at Tampa to discuss marketing
plants. At this meeting it was an
nounced that the exchange would han
die about 100000 boxes of citrus
fruits.
The American Pathological Society,
which met recently at st. GATHERINGS,
Ontario, Canada, voted to meet next
year at Jacksonville, Fla. G. l.. Taber,
of Florida, was elected a member of
the executive committee.
W.. M. Keller, of Stamford, Conn, re-
Gently purchased eighty acres Of celery
land, and in connection with A. P. Con-
nelly, S. o. Chase and F. B. Forster,
also purchased a .twentyacre orange
grove at Orange Ridge, a suburb of
Sanford. A. M. Coburn, of Detroit, also
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30
DANCING AND FIGHTING.
In Montenegro They Have Their own
Way OF Doing Each.

VI ~ s
The national dance of Montenegro is
the kolo, somewhat similar to the horo
Of bulgaria. Both sexes take part,
crossing hands and forming an unjoln-
ed circle. The music they supply them.
selves, each end of the horn alternate
ly singing a verse in honor of the
prince and his warlike deeds.
The kolo is always danced at any
great national festival u the effect
Of the sonorous voices and swaying
ring IS very fine. Then thcre is an
other dance performed by 0 or five,
usually youths, to the accompaniment
of a fiddle, the leader setting a lot OF
intricate quick steps which the rest
initiate at once. It is really a sort OF
Jig and makes the spectators head
swim if he watches it for long.
Il never saw any dances in North
ern Albania" says a writer in the
Wide World, though certain Slav ar
lists love to depict wonderful sword
dances, with ]beaurOus maidens sway.
ing gracefully after the style Of nautch
girls. A casual observer who has seen
the Albanians come into Montenegro
markets or to their great weekly gath.
ering In the bazaar at Scutari could
never picture these stern men dancing
or at play.
They never smile and they look the
life they lead, each clan ever ready
for war with its %neighbor and abso-
lutely pitiless in the vendetta. When
fighting the Turks the M~ontenegrins
evince a heroism and utter fearless1ess
that is remarkable. The strongest men
carry bombs, or, rather hand grenades
things the Turkish soldier particu,
larly abominates.
81 was once told how a certain man
whom / knew we'll saved his band
cornered and the Turks closing in.
when the bomb thrower stood up amid
the hail of bullets, lit the fuse with
his cigarette, and rushed toward the
soldiers. who, seeing his intention,
promptly made tracks.
"It was, of course. lucky that the
Mohammedan soldier, who Ices not
much mind being m to paradise with
a bullet, thinks his chance of eternal
bliss very doubtful if he is blown up
with dynamite. The nerve required to
be a bomb thrower is worthy of a lit.
tie reflection. He must absolutely eX.
pose himself and as the fuse is very
short the ignition must be coolly con-
sidered.
eff premature it means the destruc-
ton of himself and comrades, and
when il is fairly alight the bomb must
be thrown with mathematical exacti-
tude. In other words, the man must
leave his cover and charge an over.
whelming force alone and not throw
till he is close up to it."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30
SOLID WOOD BLOSSOM.

Peculiar Flower Found on Trccs
Growing on Mount Aqua.
Through the gift of a friend sSho'
visited the remote region where 1t
grows Herman Silver, of Los Angeles,
has come into the possession of a spec
linen of the strangest and rarest flow
er known to scientists.
1t is the Rose of HE'LL" a gigantic
blossom of solid wood, which grows
only on the edges of a Central Ameri-
car volcano and gets its name from the
Indians. who believe the crater is the
entrance of hell and the blossom a na-
tive of the regions inside.
Mr.. Silver's specimen Is one of few
that have ever been brought to this
country and perhaps the finest. At
first appearance it SENS to be a tough
gnarled mot of a tree which has been
splintered, but closer examination dis
closes the fact that it has petals Of
wood and bark and the rough outlines
of a flower. The petals. concave in
form, are arranged much like the pet
ais of a half blown rose. Their inside
surfaces are covered with fine lines,
which have the dellcacy of fine hand
carving. The stem, which is about a
foot long, is of some unusual wood,
which is light and strong. 1t is cover
ed with heavy bark, which seems to
have been cracked by heat. Both flow
ers and stem are dark brown-the
color of weather beaten boughs-and
dry as finder. The flower grows on a
tree Of great size and strength. The
blossom measures about IL inches
across.
The trees grow in the crevasses. on
the sides of Mount Aqua, a high peak
among the rugged mountains of Cen
trail America and near the volcano of
Fuego. The Guatemalan Indians have
known Of it for a long time and have
associated it with the fiery vengeance
of the subterranean regions.-Los An.
geles Times.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30
The Nzendtcant.

There are those who ascrioe tn,
word "mendicant' to the silly lopella'
ton put forth MS a conundrum, mean
ing n poor wretch beyond the power OF
mending. But something very close ia
the term was in use as long Byo nj
when Chaucer wrote his "CanterburJ
Tales In the "Sompnoure's Tale
this occurs:
Therefore we .mendicants,' W. sely
freres,
Ben welded to poverte and confluence
To chnritee, humblesse and abstinence
etc"
The "sompnoure' Of Chaucer was, Of
course, a sum.noner, or apparitor. and
q person OF low estate, and here W.
have, 1t Is believed, the origin OF the
word. which came into common EN-
ployment later.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30
Turninx inc rahle.

Here" said Johnson, entering this
dealers shop in a rage. Il thought
you guaranteed that parrot l bought
two days ago to be quite free of OBJ
~jectionable habits. Why. 1t has done
nothing but swear since l got it."
"Ah! sir! it's wonderful how soon
them birds get corrupted in new
quarters. l should ha' been more
careful who l sold him to. l didn't
think you were that sort O. a gent"
and Johnson found himself outside,
feeling like a culprit before he quite
understood what happened.-Answers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30
oe putting !. mild; we we're scared

be putting Il mild; we were scared
badly scared.
The General looked astonished;
then, with a sorrowful countenance'
he rode up, dotted his hat reverently,
and solemnly saying:
ooh! a body a corpse; some poor
fellow has paid the last debt. WE'LL
he must be buried with honors mill
taire. Sergeant, call the officer OF
the guard"
SDeeAry the officer was at hand,
and received orders to have a grave
dug and the bedy inferred forthwith
Soon, all being In readiness, the
was mustered, pall-bearerS
placed the body upon stretchers, the
order was given to march, and, Win
reversed arms and funeral tread, the
solemn procession Of sixty men follow
ed the body to the grave. h cere-
nlony over. the General and his staff
waved their adieu and were soon lost
in the distance.
The scientific reasoning of the aver
age soldier was usually equal 20 the
occasion. In this emergency he torc1-
bly, realized that "all flesh is as the
grass" and that life is but a shadow.
But at the thought Of the resurrec-
ton his soul is aroused 70 the alti-
tude Of a bright hope. Fhe future
holds Oh cheering prospects. with
such thoughts in their minds. the
boys considered it a religious duty to
resolve themselves into a resurrection
committee and performed their duty
well. and ere the General was sealed
at his own table. his olfactory sense
was greeted with the s"vory odor Of
pork steak.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30
Asythaas e osnse Hsa.

Issb6rt," said the stern father, y
guppSoe You are going to marry that doll
Iaced, wasp-waisted, pink-chceked, simper'
Ing, gigxlSng. gum-che wing, porerty+strick-
= little Miss Wrediip."
mo. father" answered the dutiful son
~ you prefer it / will marry that long,
lean. freckle-fac sharp chinncd, google
eyed, solemn, ~austcre, raucous-voiced, vine
gAry, suspicious. blue-nosed. Iantern-jaw.
ed, prim, rich old Miss Allkoyne."
you shan't y roarcd the indignant old
gentleman. "You're not half good enough
for her"
Thus a soft answer may turn away Q
hard fate.-Chicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30
Helpfnx Him Along.

See here said Blank to the al
legged humorist Of the village weekly.
what do you mean by using my name
so often in connection with your
jokes-Blank says this and Blank
says that, ETC.?
MY lear boy" replied the party OF
the funny part. Il do that because it
attracts attention. Nearly all our
readers know you, and when they
read those jokes they invariably say:
Well, that's certainly a brilliant re-
mark-for Blank"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30
The JOY OF the R..urrec,,on.

Early n morning in 1852, while at
Pennington, near Corinth, Miss. as
Brigadier (now Major) General Palm
er was riding along his lines to in
spect some breastworks that had been
thrown w during the previous night,
he came suddenly upon some Of the
boys Of Company /. Twenty-seventh
Illinois Volunteers, engaged in the
very Accordingly interesting process
OF skinning a two-hundred-pound pork
OF. To. say we were startled would
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30
W. ca. Learn from Our Children.

We III Learn from Our Children.
Treat the child more as an equal
not . a hopeless inferior. There
isn't % much iced Of coming down
to his level as of giving him an OPP
portunity to come up to yours-which
will not require such a frightful eff
fort on his part rs you sometimes I'M
agine. II you can get a child to rec
ognize and treat you as his equal, CON-
tinues Woods Hutchinson. writing for
Success Magazine" you will have
gained the highest possible position Of
tnaRapce oyer hin and earned the best
Ind slnceresf compliment ever paid
you. We dwell gEeatlT-.RpQnaIMhak,
-pRrsnAs-tcncn their children, but we
forget to record in equal detail on the
opposite side OF the ledger what our
children teach Us. It would be difficult
TO q OF which side the balance
would b found to fall. The child Is
not merely the ideal pupil, but also
the greatest teacher In the world. The
ieasOns that we learn from him, II
We approach him with proper hnmili-
y. arc tho most valuable part Of our
education.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30
They Were Shooting Mt Him.

It's wonderful, the narrow escapes
that often were made by soldiers In
places Of extraordinary danger. A
story OF that kind was related to US
by E. H. Turk, Of the %Thirty-nrst Wis
consin Infantry Volunteers.
During the progress of the battle OF
- some Of the troops were erect
ing breastworks for their protection.
the enemy's fire cutting down many
OF h brave men while they worked.
often turning to pour a volley Of
d hall Into the enemy's ranks.
Some OF the boys were carrying rails;
among the number was Turk, who
was known by the name of Dick. Once
when he had a rail on his shoulder
the enemy was crowding them pretty
close, and the order was given to
fire." without throwing down his
rail he turned and fired.
Being a tall man, he was a m
what conspicuous mark. bearing the
rail on his shoulder. Some of the
boys noticed splinters fly from his rail
and looked to see him fall: but he
stood erect and calm as IL. he were
only shooting at squirrels in the
woods at his home in Crawford Coun-
ty. Some Of the boys hallooed at
him:
"Dick, don't you know they are
shooting at you?"
Taking the rail OF his shoulder and
looking at It, he found several places
where the rail had been struck by the
enemy's bullets. He very coolly re-
marked:
well, I guess they are"
On examination 1t was found that
not . ball had touched his clothes. I
have heard some Of his comrades re-
late the same.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30
same Sensation.

Were you ever surrounded by
wolves?"
mo; but l used to open the dining
room doors at a summer hotel."-Kan.
sas City Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30

In Great Britain and Ireland there
are 49,399 Sunday schools, with S.139..
ZIG members. In the rest of Europe
there are 27,69S Sunday schools, with
1897, 500 members.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30

The gain in membership in the Con.
gTsgational Church last year was above
the average for Ee past ten years, be-
ing 1862.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30

AS : scout Tor the Confederate army
! William L. Royal had many narrow
/ earapes He describes Z adventure
IN his "Reminiscences" Although he
was only 10 years old at the time, he
| had been a soldier for two years.
On March 20, 1864, I got into a
brush with some Federal cavalry and
was shot through the left hand and
taken prisoner. The headquarters or
the command, under Lieut.. Col. Tim
othy O'Brien, vas at The Grove, IN
the lower end of Fauluier County, Viz
ginia, where the regiments had been
stationed for several weeks.
AT The Grove there were two
churches, and nothing else; m was
a Presbyterian church, on the north
side Of the public road, the other a
Baptist church, on the south side. My
mothers home was distant only two
miles from The Grove. My father, a
Presbyterian minister, had built the
Presbyterian church at The Grove, and
preached in it for twenty years. He
was buried at the back of the church.
THE officer in charge of the party
that had captured mt was a lieutenant
In the Second New York Cavalry. He
had frequently ridden over to my
mothers house, and had made the &C
Quaintance of the family. They treat
ed him courteously, and he had prom
ised my mother that if l ever fell into
his hands he would see that I was
properly treated.
When we got to The Grove I was
put in to the Baptist church. After a
while Il was sent for and taken over
to the Presbyterian church. When I
entered I saw a table, round which
were seated five or six officers. with
a Bible on the table. I was ordered to
be seated, and hen Colonel O'Brien
read an order. 1t was about like this:
Colonel O'Brien-The first BUSH
whacker you catch, you will try by
court-martial and have hung.
General Fitzpatrick
Colonel O'Brien told me I was about
to be tried by court-martial on the
charge of being a bushwhacker. The
situation was about as terrible as q
boy of 10 could be confronted with.
by uC6lCCS L Sd pooSCoSl ol "
my faculties, and pleaded my cause
more earnestly than I have ever since
pleaded one. Finally I was sent out.
"In the course Of an hour Colonel
O'Brien came to me n told me the
court had acquitted me. I doubt if in
all my career my life has been in as
much danger as it was hat day.
After the trial I was put in an am
b%ulance, to be carried to General
Meade's headquarters. My friend, the
Second lieutenant, came to the ambu-
lance with some loaves of bread for
me. I asked him how it was ! es-
capped.
He told mt he had promised my
mother to look out for me If ever
fell into his hands. and that he had
just taken the stand In the court that
should not be hanged. and had final.
ly brought a majority Of the officers
over to his side"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30
Pos.ihlx,

.uncle Bruno, why Is il that your peo-
PIE increase 40 much4faster than he white
1eopls dot"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-30

however, Tor a threatening letter In Sny-
der's eccentric photography followed, and
this, too, Wheaton dropped into his waste
basket and dismissed from his mind.
CTo be ~continued.)