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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-26
When Cotton Plants Begin to Form
Squares.

When Cotton Plants Begin to Form
Squares.
Look for the boil weevil and other
injurious insects.
All cultivation from this time must
be shallow. Deep cultivation will
cause more or less injury.
Continue the cultivation as late as
possible, being governed by the size
Of the plant. Cultivate later in dry
than in wet seasons.
If the. boil weevil appears, attach
q smooth pole or brush to the culti-
vator or the whif1etree in such way
as to strike the cotton plants and
knock of the punctured squares.
This, with the picking up Of the
squares, is OF great service
Where boil weevils are abundant
on early cotton use the tooth harrow
while the plants are small, driving
diagonally across the rows, and later
use brush attached to the cultivator
Frequently three rows are brushed
at once. Do this once in three days if
necessary. Both the harrow and the
brushing force the weevils to fall
upon the hot soil, which soon kills
them.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-26
Prevents Retter Farming.

The scarcity of manure is one great
drawback in the way of better farm
ing in the South to-day, and every op-
portunity should be taken to increase
its amount or to use it where it will
do the most good. The land cannot
go on feeding the owner if he will not
feed it.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-26
Elm Leaf Beetle Attacks Trees q
Massachusetts.

The elm leaf beetle is rapidly
spreading its rayages to the north
and west.
The city of Cambridge has called on
householders to cooperate in warning
against the grubs, which, if not quick
ly checked, will create havoc among
the stately elms of the University
City. From every section of the State
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-26

Lake Erie is the richess body OF
water in the world in fish.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-26

Spraying: A farmers Experience.
We are often asked, docs it pay
to spray your trees?" and in answer
to all we say, Eyes, stree; nothing
pays better"
am not an extensive fruit grow
er, but for the last twenty-five years
/ have been experimenting with al
most all kinds OF fruit that grow in
the Piedmont section of North Caro-
lima, and / find here as elsewhere that
you need not expect something for
nothing. If you want the best re-
suits you must pay the price. Fruit
trees exhaust the soil more than al
most any other crop, and so they need
plenty of fertilizer.
Head your trees low, especially
peach trees, so that the roots will be
we'll shaded. Every year dig about
the roots. clean, away the dirt, look
carefully for borers, and use plenty
of ashes and just little salt. Get a
spray pump. ] use the one that will
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-26

come reports of trees practically de-
foliated. The grubs are now APP
preaching their most harmful stage,
and their repeated attacks not only
weaken the trees to great extent,
but make them more liable to the as
saults Of other insects.
A. H. kirkland, superintendent Of
the State Gypsy Moth Commission,
advises spraying with hot water or a
solution of arsenate of lead as the
best means Of graduating the pests.
THE elm leaf beetle is common
throughout Europe" said Mr.. Kirk
land recently. Indeed, it was i'm
ported from Europe. The best treat
ment at present is to pour boiling hot
water on the masses of pupae around
the butts of the trees. The only eff
fective way is to spray the trees early
in June with arsenate of lead, ten
pounds to 100 gallons of water
Mr.. kirkland has already obtained
from his foreign collectors a valuable
egg parasite, which has been liber-
ated in large numbers in the Harvard
College yard. Further importations
OF the parasites have been arranged
for, and it is believed that they will
prove highly beneficial in Massachu-
sets. Boston Post.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08
WHICH IS KING
or Am6ERGRIs?
Key West Citizen.


The New York World, OF recent
date, refers to David c. Stull, Of
ProyincetOwn. Mass, as the amber
girls king, because that gentleman has
bought more of this precious sub
stance than ANYBODY or indeed every
body else" In an interview Mr.. Stull
is quoted as saying that he does not
really aknow what ambergTis is but
suppOSes that IL is the result OF a
disease in the sperm whale and gives
out the impression that the whale is
the only fish that produces this re-
maTkable substance.
One of our citizens, Mr.. James r.
Curry, ST., is ready and willing to de-
monstrate to anyone sufficiently inter
ested that ambergris is produced by
eight different kinds of fish and fur
Their than that he kOnWs how TO take
the substance from the fish before 1t
is fully matUred. If this self-styled
ambergris king would come TO Key
West Mr.. Curry could show him more
genuine ambergris at one sight than
he has seen or handled in all his life
Many of our citizens have been in
clined to treat Mr.. CuTry's expert
ments as a joke-it is the old story
of a prophet being without honor in
his own country.
For many years MIR curry mas DeSn
the only purchaser of ambergris in
this city and has bought many thou
sands of dollars of 1t for firms in Eng
land. Many years ago he began max
ing a study of and experimental with
the strange substance and the result
was q discovery of the real properties
and the source OF its emanation. At
a cost of many years of labor and the
expenditure of more than 100000 in
money he has been able 10 extract a
large quantity of the substance from
the intestines of fish caught in these
waters, thereby disproving the theory
that ambergTis is yielded by the
whale alone.
Some time ago We accepted an in
VitatiOD to visit Mr.. Curry's labora-
tory and we were more than surprised
to learn that experiments were going
on on such q large scale. At the time
We were shown ambergris that had
been picked up On the beach and COM
manded the highest market price.
This is the kind that finds it's way to
the market. Alongside OF 1t was
placed some of the substance extract
ed by Mr.. Curry in his experiments
was no difference visible; other ex-
peTiments proved cOnclusively Mr.
CUrry's claim to the extent that il
the substance he has extracted from
the fish is not ambeTgris il has all of
its chemical properties and will retain
the Odor in peTfumeTy as long as the
best quality OF ambergris that is on
the market.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08
Governor Hughes:
One of My Type"

II is a little surprising that so
stauneh a democratic newspaper as
the Mobile Register and one that has
witnessed and chronicled so many
years of political history in America
should even take the trouble to call
attention to the fact that a republic
an governor had expressed himself
rs in favor of one-man power. Yet
We find that newspaper quoting a por-
ton Of the inaugural address of Gov
ernor Hughes, of New York, delivered
January I, and giving that gentleman
EARNING that he lis heading for fail
I'm the public estimation if 1e holds TO
his opinion as to the further powers
that should be conferred on the
state executive"
The statement that grated on the
nerves Of the Registers editor was
this;
Responsibility 10 the people is the
essential safeguard of free institu-
tons. Tais does not mean the cleo
ton of all or even OF a great number
Of administrative officers, for undue
burdens upon the electoral machinery
would defeat it's purpose. But ii
would seem TO impIy that distribution
Of administrative powers should have
As its correlative the propore central
cation of responsibility. It may fair
ly be said to require that the execu-
i've authority, exercising the appoint
ing power under. whatever check,
should be responsible for administers
lion and should nave the control upon
which such responsibility must rest, -
Which all goes TO prove the old
adsge that If you scratch a Russian
you will find Tartar" which if free
W translated into good United States
may be read: IF you scratch a Re
publican you will find a Royalist''-
Cor that is just about the size of it.
1t is very true, as the Register says,
that 1.-THE people are jealous of the
lines marking the branches of govern
meut and soon resent overstepping by
any branch" But the people. God
bless them, are equipped with smoked
glasses over their foresight, however
transparent may be those through
which they take a rear observation
And If *. of COURSE unnecessary To
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08
Fiorida's Possibilities in
the Canning Industry.

Commenting upon and quoting The
Journal, the Florida Fruit and Pro
duce News has something to say
sustaining canneries to consume the
superabundant products of its soil. In
an article headed very properly, Let
The Gamers Come" the News says:
The canned products of California
orchards and truck farms are even
more widely known than her fresh
fruits and vegetables, and perhaps
bring more money into the state The
canneries take care of the excess stuff
which is not shipped in the fresh
state, and therefore every thing raised
on the California grove or farm is
utilized to the best advantage Of the
grower. The establishing of canning
plants in Florida on a large scale is
q crying need, and that such estab-
lishments would pay is evidenced
from the recent reports Of a Virginia
concern which made IL per cent on
the investment in one years opera
ton. Only last week a number OF
truck farmers near Savannah organ
lied a company and will begin at
once to erect a modern plant to take
care of their surplus product.
The point is, however, not only to
''let the Gamers come, but to induce
them to come. So long as our farm
srs are unwilling TO understand the
opportunities offered by canneries for
the consumption of soil products
which they now foolishly limit to the
demands of foreign markets, they will
never offer such an indUcement.
In other words, the farmers of
Florida must awake TO a golden oppOr.
tunity. They must realize their great
potentially for their own enrichment
and for the good of their state. They
must plant for something far more
patriotic. far more laudable than the
satisfaction of an inordinate appetite
For early vegetables They must
plant for the betterment of the state;
the concentration of forces within the
state which Will operate for the benefit
of the people of the state, among
whom they are numbered
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08
Steel King Backs Movement
to Explore South Alneri-
cas- Mineral Resources.
GREAT STOREHOUSE
OF GOLD AND SILVER
Problem of Controlling the
Floods of Amazon is Great
est Engineering CUES
ton of the Age.

Special to the Philadelphia Times
says: A project of international ap-
praisaI of the natural resources of the
world is one of the ambitious proposals
which scientific men have been con
siderfng, as a result of the conserva-
ton movement in this country
The University of Chicago is about
to take the first step toward gather
ing accurate information about the
natural wealth OF the Far East Profess
sor T. G. Chamberlain, head professor
of geology of that institution and one
of the worlds foremost authorities in
geology and the cosmic sciences will
depart early in the new year for
China, with the purpose of making
Fan investigation of the natural re-
sources of that country, concerning
which for many centuries there has
been great divergence of opinion.
Professor Chamberlain investiga-
ton in China cOntemplates a general
survey of geological structures and
conditions and a view of the present
status of resources. Later, with this
general view at hand, experts will be
sent to work out the details so that in
time something like a geological and
scientific survey of the vast empire
will be at hand
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08
Professor is to Make Geo
logical Survey of
Far East.
CHINA BELIEVED
RICH IN COAL
Left Undeveloped Through
Thousands of Years,
Awakening is Now
at Hand.

millions OF Asia shall have become
producers after occidental methods,
and when the vast wealth Of their
countries shall have been subjected
to Western processes of reduction.
Thus, If it be true that China has
more and richer iron ore than the
United States, what will be the effect
of developing a Chinese steel corpora
ton fifty or a hundred years hence:
These are the questions Professor
Chamberlain trip is expected to IL
Illuminate in some degree.
Problem OF Amazon.
The mineral wealth of South Amer
lea is still largely speculative. There
is widespread belief that it is the
worlds greatest stOTehouse Of gold,
copper and silver. with probability
that it contains diamonds in greater
deposits than have yet been devel-
oped there. It's forests are known TO
be the most wonderful that the world
has seen since the carboniferous age,
and the soil of the Amazon valley is
declared the most productive on
earth. Yet the problem of controlling
the floods OF the Amazon and its
tributaries is a greater engineering
question than human ingenuity has
yet encountered.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

It is rather rough TO think that the
South which is now employed in en-
acting laws for moral betternent
should have contributed its quota for
the saturnalian feast revived in New
York for the celebration of the New
Year Yet, such Mss the fact: we
paid our levy of dues imposed by tie
great financial institutions OF Gotham,
which, together with other contribu-
lions, provide the means for Wall
street gambling and the debaucheries
of the Great White Way
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

eat-ever come in competition with
the home-raised kind. The price of
the latter will always far exceed the
former; for there is not a man living
who would not be willing To pay
double as much for one as for the
other. unless he be a crank of the first
water, a soulless cake baker OF a
misanthropic purveyor OF the hen and
her fruit to an innocent and unsuspi-
cious public.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

The Leesburg Commercial an
nOunees that commencing with this
weeks issue its management and edit
orship will fall under the control of
j. c. Compton The Journal regrets
to bid Brother L. NJ. Johnson goodbye,
but earnestly hopes he viii prosper
in whatever he undertakes. There
can be no question as TO the ability of
Mr.. Compton to undertake the guild
ance of the Commercial, as he is a
man of education and influence, hav-
ing been superintendent of public in
struction of Lake county for the past
twenty years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

In electing n. NICK. Oerting their
chairman Tuesday evening the county
commissioners have paid a just tribute
to the worth of that gentleman. He
has the entire confidence of the peo-
pie and will perform his duty with an
eye solely to the public good. The
commissioners were also felicitous
in their choice of George T. Morgan
and DR.. c. w. D'Alemberte as county
attorney and county physician. Both
are Well grounded in their professions
and will pay conscientious attention 10
the important matters connected
with their offices.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08
A Crop of
Very Great Value.

Some time ago the Kissimmee Val
ley Gazette called attention to the
fact that the value of eggs imported
annually into Florida reached the
enormous sum OF $250,00O, and de-
clared that "there is more money to
be made with FIVE hundred hens than
on a ten acre farm" The Gazette
does not give the value of poultry i'm
ported for consumption but the figure
would, no doubt, require six places to
represent it.
J. NJ. Wilson, Jr., of Kissimmee, who
has been engaged in the poultry bust
ness for some time, handed out some
practical information which is well
worth reading. He is an authority on
the subject, it is said, and there is
| no reason why others should not
benefit by his experiments and expert
ences. He declared that he considers
the raising of chickens one OF the
safest and most lucrative businesses
a person can engage in today" And"
he continued, with eggs quoted at
| forty cents a dozen and then none
| to be had, have. often wondered why
more persons do not engage in that
pursuit. He went on to give the fol
| lowing pointers:
My experiment was made with
| small flock in a yard. Strict account
! was kept of all the expenses and
credit was given at the market price
for chickens and eggs. The result
| was that the first year the hens fed
| themselves and paid a net profit OF 81
| each, the second year 81 each and
| the third year $3.50 each. The breed
! used was White Leghorns crossed
with white Plymouth Rocks. the cross
being made to give more body to the
birds so they would be better for
| table purposes. / kept an accurate
record of all eggs laid, and some hens
| dropped as many as 220 in a year. The
! great scarcity of eggs in the winter
| is caused by not Matching the chicks
at the right time and in keeping the
| hens too long If Matched too early
! they begin TO moult in the fall, and so
do not begin to lay until the spring;
: the same is the case with chicks
hatched too late in the spring and
summer, they not laying until. the
spring following. The great secret Of
a full egg basket during fall and
! Is In having LHt CulChS
at the right time, and that time is to
set in February and hatch in March.
| Adhere to this and in six months you
can depend on a plentiful supply of
eggs"
All that seems simple enough and
| il is remarkable that Florida farmers
do not take advantage of such an evil
dent opportunity to add to their in
come. II would be difficult to think
OF any side line" which would help
along matters quite so certainly and
so materially. A ready market for both
chickens and eggs is always at hand.
It is impossible to imagine that the
market could ever be overstocked.
They may be regarded as two of the
necessities of life and, moreover, next
to the oyster are particularly priced
when they come fresh 1--WE may say
slive) from the point Of production.
Nor viii imported dressed fowls and
preserved eggs-the cold storage and
''Iimed' denominations which so many
are eomneHea by cruel necessity to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08
Cricket.

George Wilson Sellers, the Western
cricketer, described in Chicago, says
the Detorit Free Press, his attempt to
teach cricket to the men on his In
diana estate.
Cricket is, of course, a more leis-
urely game than baseball said Mr..
Sellers. I'VE played it on my place
in the proper leisurely manner, and all
my men seemed pleased. Our first
match was with Concord.
lone of the men--his name is John
seemed particularly pleased. John
did full justice, before the match, to
the lunch served in the marquee on
the lawn. He enjoyed, too, the meat
tea that pleasantly interrupted the af-
ternoon's play. At each inning he
was on hand when the drinks and
cigars and sandwiches were passed
about.
During the open-air dinner tn
wound up the first days play, l turn
ed to John and said:
Well, old man, what do you think
of cricket?'
"'Mr. Sellers he said. 1T would b.
a grand game if it wasn't for all thin
here fieldin' and runnin' about be-
tween meals.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

Mrs. Donahoe had asked to draw up a
deed transferring parcel of land 10
her daughter.
'sYou sign il yourself an Ill make
me mark" said the old woman quick
~. "Since me eyes gave out I'm not
able to write wurrud, young man.
''How do you spell it?' he asked,
pen poised above the proper space.
Spell it whatever way you PLACE"
said Mrs. Donahoe, recklessly. Since
I lost me teeth there's not a wurFud
in the wurruld I can spell"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

DR.. WalcOtt, former director of the
United States geological survey and
now head of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, has had in mind the ambitious
enterprise of a geological survey OF
South America For this purpose he
has been interesting wealthy men and
the name OF a steel millionaire has
been mentioned as the probable back
Ell.
Africa and Asia present the most
difficult problems. An American-BeI
gian expedition, which has for two
years been making an industrial sur
vey OF the Congo valley, is about to
return to this country by way OF Bel
gium It has gathered vast amount
OF information about a fabulously rich
section of the least known part of
Africa.
Rich Fields in China.
From the American point of view
the parts of this suggested interns-
tional survey which are of greatest
interest relate to Asia and South
America. That China possesses won
which have been left undevefope~
through thousands of years is vague
Iy known and universally accepted,
but the recent explorations in Tibet
have immensely accumulated the de
sire for real knowledge of China
Added 10 this the evidence that the
real awakening of the Monaghan race
is at hand has aroused deep concern
as to the economic effects on the
whole world when the hundreds OF
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

In the editorial columns of the Opp,
Ala, Era was found this remarkable
announcement: 1T is reported that
a set of false teeth was found in the
Wcodman hall after the initiation
ceremony Tuesday night. The finder
viii please leave them at the Era Of
fee and receive reward" The thing
that STRIKES The Journal as peculiar
is that the Era depended on q report"
about that kind Of misfortune 1t
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

showed either that the editor never
crashes his teeth or else when he
does he is not conscious of it But
when editors feel like it they should
always gnash their teeth and, what is
more, they should always know when
they are doing it. Is it possible that
these false teeth were not the editors?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

What ''gusher" to be sure simple
Old Uncle John D. is-wants to form
a philanthropy trust, sort of pipe
Handy Andy, the Skibonic laird, wants
all the wOrkingmen to become part
ners In the. trusts. They might, too
provided the laird were not one of the
bunch
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

The last issue of the Florida Frui
and Produce News, of Jacksonville
announced that Charles r. Hardy, an
experienced journalist from New
York, would be placed in charge of its
editorial department The Journal
trusts that Mr.. Hardy will meet with
pioyment and welcomes him TO the
brotherhood of Florida editors.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

Too bad Mariana was not allowed
to show its hospitality at the next
meeting of the teachers association,
but DeLand captured the prize. Ma
rianna's time viii come, however, and
no better place could be selected by
the educators for their annual con
vention.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08
University of Chicago Starts To
ADDraiSe Natural Wealth of World
What Chamberlain
Expects to Accomplish

Make general survey of geological
structures and conditions of world.
Uncover great coal fields of fabu-
IouS wealth in South America.
Develop richer. iron mines in
China than are possessed in the
United States.
Solve problem OF controlling the
floods of the Amazon and thus
open worlds greatest storehouSes
of gold, silver and copper.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

Tie OcaIa Banner is out after some
of Handy Andy's money for library;
but from what we have heard of the
Brick City" the people down there
have plenty of money TO buil1 their
own library.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08
ExpIainina Matters.

There were some deficiencies in the
early education of Mrs. Donahoe, but
she never mentioned them or admitted
their existence, says the Youths Com
panion. will you sign your name
here?" said the young lawyer whom
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-08

Take a good pinch of salt when
you read about the kaiser and other
like geniuses, having given up drink
for the balance of their lives. They
arc but human.