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The Florida agriculturist., 1910-02-01

brown eggs are the kind called for in
this section
There are several large paying poultry
plants in Florida
AS is we'll known, the profits from
poultry culture are not wonderful, but
a paying business here brings in a good
living income, and as a side industry
III general farming, it is one of the best
paying branches of that occupation.
And Ill every respect-except the disad-
vantage of distance from grain markets.
Florida offers exceptional advantages for
this buslness.-C. Fred Ward in the In
dustriOus Hen.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-02-01
Florida for Poultry.


Within the past year we have had 50
many inquiries about Florida as a pro-
htable section for poultry work that we
have seriously thought of having printed
some little circulars describing condi-
tlons here as adapted to poultry raising
and something of the experience of
few leading poultry men in our State,
to mail III answer to these inquiries.
Such circulars would be of help both to
the man in search of information about
this country and to the poultryman in
Florida. For this is certainly an ideal
climate for this work and if the condi-
tons are truthfully set forth, we think
many would feel that they could make
venture here with poultry in connec-
ton with farming or fruit growing.
linen the more persons engaged in poul-
try work in the State the better for
those already in the work, for the great
er interest will then be taken in poultry
culture. Our shows will be improved,
our papers will give more thought and
space to poultry and their needs, markets
Will be developed and we may even hope
tor courses of study in poultry cul-
ture in our State schools
There is no reason why Florida should
not become one of the greatest poultry
raising States in the Union, with its
climate and soil so especially ADAPTED
to the business.
Orange growing is, and probably al
ways will be one of our leading indus
tries. Vegetable farming is also fast be-
coming business to be depended on in
this State, as the conditions here are
being better understood, and with all
fruit growing and farming industries
poultry raising has always gone hand
in hand.
In farming it is best mot to have all
your eggs in one basket for when one
thing fails another will succeed and
keep things going until mistakes have
been remedied, the cause of failure u1l-
derstood, and all the diversified branches
of farm work made to yield good
profit
There have been quite a number of
experiments made with poultry in this
State, especially those who have be-
gun on a large scale, which have not
been successful, and as far as we can
learn this has been largely due to one
of three reasons, l. e., first lack of pre-
vlous knowledge Or experience with
poultry work. second, no knowledge of
the climate or conditions here or third,
no suitably developed market for the
product
Now, we want people to come to our
State and to take up one line of work
here, but we do no want them to fail,
and this is the reason why it is very
difficult to answer the many letters of in
quiry from those who wish to come here
and begin poultry raising
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-02-01
POULTRY RAISING IN FLORIDA
Answer to an Inquirer Desiring to
Locate in Florida.

Florida has an ideal climate for poul-
try raising and many natural advantages
that make it a State especially adapted
to this business.
We cannot speak with authority of
the very Northern part of the State, as
its soil is not the loose sand OF the
Middle and Southern parts the winters
are colder and the summers hotter, as
that part of the State does not lie be-
tween the Gulf and Ocean. But in the
central part of the State the soil is es
pecially adapted to this business. The
rainfall is heavy in the rainy season as
rule but the water sinks at once into
the ground and there are no pud-
dies or damp corners to breed roup
amongst the flock. This disease is
very rare here when the houses are
correctly built and then not over
crowded. In the far Southern part of
the State, on the East Coast, we have
been told that the mosquitoes have been
very troublesome to poultry raisers, and
screened houses are necessary for rOost-
ing purposes. But in the central part of
the State we do not have any trouble Of
this kind.
AS we are far from the grain raising
States the cost of transportation makes
the cost of grain higher here than in
those States where it is grown.
There are foods that can be raised
for feed here, if the flock is small, but
not very proftably if several hundred
chickens are kept Cow peas, winter
rye, sorghum, millet rape, chufas and
oats all do we'll. Green feed, of course,
is obtainable all the year, which helps
much in the cost of feed. Bermuda grass
in the runs, for the hens, if not too many
are yarded together supplies this green
feed at all seasons. The young, grow
ing stock soon kill out the Bermuda
grass in their runs; so lettuce, mustard
and other green foods can be raised to
supply Them We have two gardens a
year in this section, and it is only in
midsummer, when young stock do not
grow we'll that there is no green stuff
in the gardens.
There is a plentiful supply of bugs
and insects here but foods which con-
tain protein must be fed to the laying
stock. Fresh beef scrap is good. Ground
bone and fresh meat are apt to cause
sickness in this climate.
We have very little sickness here, in
a we'll handled flock of chickens, the
weather being neither too cold in winter
nor too hot in summer. Of course, clean
illness, care in feeding and proper roost-
ing quarters, each count as much as
climate and proper soil in poultry rails
ing. Cleanliness is more essential here
than in the North, and the houses must
be occasionally sprayed with good
carbolic solution to prevent vermin
Fowls will lay here all winter at which
time eggs bring good price The hatch
ing is most profitable done, in Florida
in winter and early spring
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-02-01

"A poultry plant can be established
with much less capital here than in the
North as very inexpensive houses closed
only on the North and West ends, and
half way on the East, are all that is need
ed. They do not have to be tightly
built. Rough lumber answers every pur-
pose, and little red paint makes them
preSentable in appearance. A clay or
board floor, preferably clay, is necessary,
and chicken wire on the South and East
ends Of the house protect from providers.
A hood on the South is necessary to
prevent sudden hard rains from that
quarter wetting the fowls and making
the floors damp. The chickens need
shade during the heat of the day. Our
yards are made of chicken wire, built
without top or bottom boards, but the
wire is close against the ground at the
bottom of the fence and we'll pegged
town. A barbed wire along the top is
a protection. No brooder houses are
needed. The small outdoor brooders,
placed entirely in the open do much bet
ter for the little chicks than indoor
brooders in heated house. We have not
experimental with the natural-heat
brooders, but there are poultry raisers
here that consider them we'll adapted
to this climate An incubator house
need only be built free from drafts and
we'll ventilated, one thickness of up and
down boards answering this purpose
The house should be in shady place,
as it is more question of keeping the
heat down then of the eggs getting
chilled
The running Of poultry business de-
pends so largely on personal qualifca-
tions that its success or failure can
hardly be predicted We believe, how
ever, that Florida has great prospects
as a poultry State
Farming in this section is much bet
ter understood now than formerly, and
is becoming a leading industry of the
State. With general farming, poultry
raising always goes hand-in-hand. And
with such an ideal climate and soil, so
little expense is necessary in establish
ing poultry plant. The only other es-
sentials are the right man and a good
market. Jacksonville, Tampa, and other
large cities and towns and the prosper
Gus East Coast afford good markets that
have never yet been over supplied with
either eggs Or poultry at any time dur
my TIE yCdl, dlIu IllC pl1CCS IOlQ SOOu
at all seasons. Eggs bring from twenty
five to fOrty-hve cents a dozen in this
section.
The right breed of fowls are raised
here with small loss in incubation and
breeding The Asiatics are too heavily
feathered and too long in maturing to be
prohtably raised The Mediterraneans
lay we'll and are great foragers, and are
healthy when grown, but are raised with
greater loss when a few weeks old than
the American breeds. The American
varieties do the best here. The Ply
mouth Rocks are long in maturing and
SO are not so profitable as the Wyan-
dottes and Rhode Island Reds. We
personally prefer the Rhode Island Reds
as they are SO hardy and such good lay
ers of large brown eggs, and the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-01
A POPULAR WAY TO TRAVEL.

r n
There was a time when the tourist
car would need an Introduction to the
general public. That was when it
when people did not travel as much
as they do now. But times have
changed" and now we hear the famil-
lar expression, II am going tourist"
on nearly everybod,-'s tongue Going
tourist" now is analogous to living in
fiat or light housekeeping during the
summer. People do 1t because they
find it pays, at the same time that 1t
provides thoroughly satisfactory oc-
comnlodation.
The tourist car embodies all the ea-
sential comforts Of a standard sleeper.
1t enables thousands of people to make
long Journeys at comparatively small
expense who would otherwise have to
remain at home.
To sum it all up, things that can be
said in favor of the tourist car are:
The berths are roonly, OF same size az
the berths in a standard sleeper. ane
are wide enough TO accommodate two
! persons; all accessories in the way o.
bedding, towels, combs, brushes. etc.
are provided: the bedding is clean ant
of good quality, tho ventilatins ant
| heating appliances are up to date Their
| ara separate toilet rooms for men AM
/ women: the aisle is carpeted: the seat
| are upholstered In rattan instead o
plush. There are no elaborate cary
/. ings, no plategIass mirrors. but TIL
| absence of characterization need no
mar the comfort or pleasure OF you
/ trip.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-01

New York. 400 feet above sea level.
are q number of beautifully situated
summer resorts. chief among which
arc Chautauaua Point Chautauoua.
gemus Point and Lakewood. The lake.
which IS nearly twenty miles in length
and varying in width from one and a
half miles TO half a mile. Is but seven
miles from Lake Erie although 700
feet above it's level. Most delicious
bpeezes. tempered by tho larger lake.
render stay at any one of the half
dozen resorts on Lake Chautaudua de-
llghtful The land in the neighbor
hood is undulating. the hilisides cover
ed with prosperous farms and heavily
wooded with pine. beech. hickory and
maple trees. The lake is fed from q
number of pure, freshwater springs,
which may be seen buhbliug from the
bottom OF the clear water.
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lIdlNsIN Ioll,I IX1 D NyXN5Y
TRAVELLERS SECTION 1910

to Duluth or Chicago and return for
additional cost OF about sos or $50, In
Guiding berth and meals. Reservation
on steamer made at our ONCE, 500 East
Main Street.
Trip No. ..
The same as above, except extended
from Quebec to the White Mountains.
Portland. Boston. returning to New
York Via. rail or sound, thence as per
40. i. The cos. OF this would be
slightly higher
Trip No. ..
BY rail or water to Norfolk, steamer
to New York. thence TO Niagara, To-
ronto or via the Adirondacks to Thou
sand Islands, thence as outlined in
Nos. land 2.
Reservation on steamer made at
our office, 500 East Main Street.
Trip No. 4.
Via Newport News or Norfolk,
thence thirty-six hours by sea to
Boston or Providence. from which
point the passenger can diyerge to the
Massachusetts and Maine coasts or
elsewhere. The cost of round trip to
Boston and Providence Will be less
than SIS.
Rooms on steamer at our Offices, 500
East Main Street.
Trip No. 8.
Richmond to Chicago via Columbus,
Cincinnati or Washington, thence to
st. Paul, to the coast via tho Yellow
stone Park or the Canadian Rockies
to Seattle, then to San francisco ana
Los Angeles. returning either via the
Grand Canyon OF Arizona or salt Lake.
Denver to st. Louis, Memphis. Shreve-
port or New Orleans or Richmond; or
trip can be reversed.
Low rates will be in effect.
A side trip can be made from Seattle
through Alaskan waters via either the
Pacific coast steamships or Alaskan
steamships: boats lasting from ten
days to two weeks.
Reservation for these steamers made
at our Office. 800 East Main street.
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BIG SHIPS OF ANCIENT DAYS.

Noah's Ark. according to the most
reliable authorities. was $50 feet in
length. IS feet in breadth and 45 feet
in depth.
Ptoleny Philopator is said to have
built a vessel 4oo feet long, 81 feet
broad and 70 feet deep. She was pro-
PEELED by 1000 rowers in five banks
using oars 81 feet long, the handles
weighted with lead.
The Thalamegus, built for another
of tho Ptolemies, Is said to have been
400 feet long, 10 feet broad, 60 feet
deep, and to have been most beauti-
fully fitted up.
The big Cunarders, plying between
New York and Liverpool, are 100 feet
in length and IS feet broad. with depth
OF so feet.
The new White Star liner building
will be $50 feet long.
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white Mountains, n, II.

The great Appalachian System, ex-
tending from the Gaspe Peninsula at
the mouth of the st. Lawrence River to
Northern Alabama. contains no lowell
err group OF mountains than that COM
monty known as tho White Mountains
of New Hampshire. With Mt. Wash
ngton, the highest peak east of the
Rocky Mountains. dominating the
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A Few Trips Suggested,

Richmond to washington. or Balti-
more to Buffalo. to Niagara, across the
lake to Toronto. down the st. Lawrence,
through the Thousand Islands to Mon
treal, Quebec. returning via Montreal.
through Lakes Champlain and George
Hudson by boat or rail to New York
CITY, returning via Philadelphia and
Washington Approximate cost Of
transportation, Sao'
Side trip of SIX days could be made
from BUFFALO. hgouEh the Great Lakes,
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wild life the Wild Which than to see Sn animals
Of Canada one q the most capitals in the world The
Falls by trains
the Grand Trunk lead west to Chicago Via Toronto and Dete
abridged description Of trip which you night ke
Richmond Va handsome illustrated booklets
4 describing
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Nnrrnsnnsctt pier. II. j.

Snrragnnsett Pier, n. j.
Narragansett Pier is located in the
eastern border of the town OF South
kingston, OH the mainland Just below
the entrance to Narragansett Bay, fac
Ing the broad Atlantic
Attracted, perhaps. in part by the
natural features of the place. the
beautiful beach. washed by tue open
sea, d certain few families of wealth
and refinement came hither a few
years since to spend the summer
months. The following season they re-
turned and others came with them. and
from this time on Narragansett Pier
became rapidly and widely known. At
first one or two hotels were built.
which were soon filled to overflowing.
and two or three years later some
twelve or fifteen hotels. large and COM
modious, had been constructed. and all
fully occupied by people gathered from
all parts of the country.
The place has complete sewer sys-
ten and good water supply. Smooth
inacadam roads, leading in all direc-
tons to the surrounding country make
Narragansett particularly attractive to
| lovers of horses or automobiles. The
Point Judith Country Club" has we'll
kept golf links and tennis courts, and
one of the best polo fields in the coun-
try. The South Country Golf Club"
also offers attractions to those inter
ested in outdoor sports.
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Clifton SPRING., y y.

: Clifton Springs Is situated in Ontario
county, eleven miles from Canandai-
qua, and about thirteen miles from
Geneva 1t Is within easy reach of
Seneca Lake. Watkins Glen and other
pleasant places OF this region, and is
known throughout the country
through the fame of its waters, which
have proven etIicacious in many seem
ingly hopeless cases.
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Niagara Fails, N. Y.

One looks upon Niagara Falls for
the first time with varied emotions.
First is a feeling of curiosity which
has been piaued by the reports OF it's
immensely This is followed by the
deepest sense of mans insigniticaRce
in Comparison with this manifestation
OF the Almightys power, superb in its
grandeur, transcendent IN Its sub!in1-
ity. Few leave its brink without a
deeper sense Of the necessity for trust
In the power which has created this
crowning wonder OF the world. in
the creation Of which the Almighty
has set His seal forever on the great
American continent
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-01

part OF 1T Is accessible by modern
railway service It is a land where
health and freedom go hand in hand:
a land Of surprises and OF exceeding
delight
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.P0|NTsOF INTEREST
YVES AND EA5 I
CONTINUED From Page Two)

(Continued, From Page Twol
are growing more IN favor every sea
son. Among the hills and hoilows i'm
mortalized by Irving. the spots rem
dered almost sacred by association
with R!p Van Wrinkle. the summer
touris, may ,hnd an ideal resting place.
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Chnutnuquu Lake, n. "
Clustered about Chautauqua Lake,
lovely sheet Of water in Southwestern
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group. the whole section has been de-
veloped into one of the most famous
resort countries on the face OF the
globe.
Tho White Mountains fill the eye of
the beholder throughout stretch OF
country hundreds of miles In extent.
One may approach them from four
different directions and each time
there Is something delightfully."- new In
their aspect. Ever since 1920, when
Abel Crawford built the first hotel in
the region. thousands have annually
made pilgrimage to enjoy the de-
lightful air and lovely natural pros
poets OF this country.
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s1uskokn Lake. and H,shlonds of on

Canada possesses many fne stretches
OF scenery, but none, moro charming
than the section extending northward
from Toronto among what Is known as
Tho Highlands of Ontario" and west
ward along the shores OF Georgian
Bay and Lake Superior. a quarter of
a century ago this country was un-
trodden by the feet OF white men save
the few hunters who traded with the
Hudson Bay Company's posts; to-day
the enterprise of man has opened UP
this wilderness so that almost every
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-04

is here however with proper fertilization and
care that growers are developing orange and
grapefruit groves.
These lands will produce the trees If food
TO support them is supplied in the shape Of fer
tiizer and the trees will bear citrus fruit OF the
very best Quality-bright colored, welghty tull
of Juice, inclosed In smooth. thin rind No fair
minded person can longer doubt that they will
do so after seeing fruit of the quality which
growers located at Taco Taco exhibited at the
latest horticultural show in Havana. These gen.
temen had, however, the money to keep their
trees properly nourished Many others who have
failed to succeed as they are succeeding owe that
failure 10 the fact that they did not have the
money to do as much for their groves.
Some land companies doing business in west
ern Cuba deny overly or by implication that fer
tzation is necessary, but no prospective owner
of a citrusfruit grove in western Cuba can anord
not to include In his estimate Of expenses the
cost of fertillzing early and often In amounts
properly augmented as years pass. Fertilizers in
general in the groves Of the region mentioned
cost on fair average about s45 ton
This is the situation In the Isle of Pines, as
we'll as in the western and central mainland OF
Cuba. "The soils are all poor in plant food COM
pared with the average soils in the United States,
and the gravel ridges are especially So" states
Mr.. H. C. Henricksen secretary of the Cuban
National horticultural society, referring particu
larly to the Isle of Pines, "but have never seen
the effect of good fertilizers so sharply outlined
as IN JDeSe very SOILS, ana from eApSriShCe IA
Florida and Porto Rico would predict an album
dant crop of fruit of superior quality wherever
the groves are properly treated"
The vital question In these regions is, then
whether the owner is able to afford proper treat
ment. He will, save In exceptional cases, where
the soil is too American" for any use whatso
ever, get his crop provided he has the money to
supply enough fertilizer
For there are richer lands I'm Cuba than those
on which Americans and Canadians are develop
ing their groves in western Cuba and the Isle Of
Pines.
Along the CGuto river. to mention but one
locality, there exceedingly deep fertile, vir-
gin soils which need fertilizer TO produce cit.
rus fruit groves Such lands must at the very
commencement be cleared, at some expense, Of
the thick woods that cover them, and groves.
once planted must at all costs be kept fairly free
of weeds, Secondary orops-corn for instance
may be grown between rows without detriment
to the trees; in fact. 1t would seem wiser to do
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-04

At a recent dinner of the Authors
club in London to Mr.. Owen Seaman,
the editor of Punch, Mr.. Walter
Emanuel, another member of the stan
OF Punch, referred to the fact that the
man with the largest sense Of humor
he had ever struck was an Englishman
"a dentist. He went to him after suf-
fering long with toothache. He re-
fused to have gas, and the dentist
pulled out a tooth, leaving him with
ing in pain, and took the tooth to the
window, where he laughed quite heart
lily. He groaned: Whats the joke?"
Wrong TOOTH said the dentist.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-04
Glad Tension Is Relieved.

81 am glad that it is all over" ex-
claimed Dr. Crippen, to Inspector Dew,
after his arrest.
All Crippen had in his possession
when arrested was one $40 bill, a
small watch, few trinkets, a vial be-
lieved to coneain poison and a paper
packet containing yellowish powder.
His nerves were strung to a high
tension throughout the voyage, but his
manner is now that of one relieved of
great trouble. He will remain hand
cuffed until locked up at Quebec.
The boys clothing was removed
from Miss Leneve by the stewardess.
She was taken ashore in feminine
garb, lent her by fellow-passengers.
Crippen was attired in a suit of blue
serge and tweed overcoat. Gold eye
glasses rested on his nose, and from
behind them his eyes looked out duty.
His face was pale and drawn.