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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11
HOW TO KNOW ACID SOILS.

A. A. Persons, chemist of tn,
Florida Agricultural Experiment
Station tells how to ascertain il
soils are of an acid character. liz
says:
1t is very easy matter to ascer-
tain whether or not soil possess
acid properties. Soils that contain
much carbonate OF lime are of az
alkaline character ii. e., directly Oh
posite TO acid. Such soils, of cOurs'
need no lining. But when a soil i
distinctly acid, as is often the case.
particularly with muck soils, add-
tons OF lime are always desirable.
In order to determine acidity. a
very simple test will suffice. En-
plOy narrow strip OF blue litmu.
paper, an inch and half in length
tto be had for trille at any apoth-
ccary shop in conducting the test
\ few ounces Of soil in questiuT
may be placed in a glass and mad
into paste with water By stirrll g
with rod or stick. Allow the pas
to stand Tor half hour. and h. Z
with a knife blade separate IL
paste and insert the strip Of iitmn4
paper and press the moist so
against il with tine blade, and ALLOW
The paper 10 remain in this pOsitiOn
about five minutes. Remove tho
paper and see il the end placed IN
the soil has changed from the orig-
NAL blue color to red If such has
occurred, il proves that the soil is
acid, and that an application OF lime
will usually prove beneficial. The
end of the paper to be inserted in tn"
strip should not be handled because
often such handling will produce 4
red colOraiion of the lilmus, and UNI
less proper prccaution is exercised.
this change will be ascribed to the
sell. See that the end Of the paper
applied Ia he sol is distinctly blue
when inserted. Blue litmus will in
variably be changed to red by acid
soils. and red litmlS blue by dis
tinctly alkaline soils Family aka
line soils will u" neutral to test
paper.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11
FREIGHT WRECK AT HASKELL

\ phosphate extra and IA local
freight had a tail end" collision al
Haskell Saturday night with the re-
suit that the cabouse and several
freight ears We're ditchcd.
The TWO trains were going in OF
tie same siding when the aeciden'
occurred. II is said that the air re-
fused to work, which accounted fol
the accident In the caboose. when
IL went over, We're Gus Nelson and
Conductor C. c. Hardin. but they
escaped with only minor bruises
i'he wrecker left at once for the
scene. in the meantime the passen-
ger trains We're sent around by
Chubb
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11
Examinations Of
Uncle Henry

Dear Editor: This community is
Hakin up to the fack that I've got
litterrery ability all right. Murder
will out. as the sayin is When
Marthy stops prasin me about any
thing | can tell that other folks has
be gun. She will egg me on to do
somethin till | get reel sucksessful
and then she turns around and talks
the other way-alraide Ill get stuck
up. guess. Il hearn tell one time
hack where | come from of Teller
that got to prasin his sweetheart SO
much that she got to thinkin that
she was to nice to be gOin with him.
guess Marthy has been thinkin OF
that fellow. | guess hadn't ought
IT, be telling family troubles but !;
hope Mrs. II - don't do you
the same way Marthy does me.
What does all your writing amour;
to-" she says. Nobody is paying any
attention to you. You'd better b.
acrubGing off the porch or somcthin
useful" | rA right up then, and |
says, says |, "Marthy, Mr. llctherino-
Ion is IA man that is trying TO do
his duty and more by this com
muni'y, and. says |. : am going
to help him. DUTY calls lie. says !,
aud | an awake to the call. Whel
duty soetks TO the humcn con-
science, says |, but seen Marthy,
insld OF feelin passerfied was get
tin madden all the time" but, says
|. my duty to Lakeland in general
aint pervcntin me from serubbm
that porch, She come out when
had it most done and she said Id
done Il good job and she could see !
was ment FOR manuel laber
Well what | was writin to say was.
why don't the BOrd of Trade put up
sign on the vacant lot across from
the new depot tellin all about the
town like they do in towns which
has IA blame sight less to tell. Me
or you either one could tell them
what to put on it, guess some of
them COLONY companys that is so
scared there pcplc will look out the
car wondows and see somcthin at
tractiv in this town would be scndln
down there latest men with in
str,lcksions to stand in front OF that
sign, but thank hevins lumber j.
cheep and we could make a big one,
and then anybody with fare eye
sight passing through our beautiful
city would carry with them in there
mind few striking Jacks like
The Home of the Big, Red Berry
The Town of Better Things,
ana more ABOUT munlSlpel ownership
OF the water and light plants, the
ralerOad facilities, and the beautiful
scenery. etc.
Marthy looks like she had some
thing on her mind to say, But | will
say | hope the time is comm when
the Bord of trade will sease to be Il
bOrd and get to be a real substan
shall piece of timber such as will b.
So no more at present from
UNCLE HENRY.
r. s Don't pay SO much atten-
shiOn to what say about Marthy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11

Yesterdays issue of the Tampa
Tribune was a great paper, consist
ing of &c pages of interesting read
ing matter and attractive advertis-
ing. One firm, we note. took four
fall pages to tell it's Christmas story
10 The Tribune readers II is adj
yertising like that which makes
great stores. great newspapers and
great towns.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11

Hudson Burr declares that he is In
the race for Congress in the Second
District and adds that he is in II to
win Mr.. Mckenzie makes a like de-
claration; Mr. Toomer, ditto. When
the smoke of battle rolls away, how
ever. Clark, the crafty. will have his
name written somewhere up In the
AbOu Ben Adhcm class il these dis
tinguished gentlemen aren't mighty
careful.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11
KILLED BY FALLING SCANTIING

Ocala. Dec. lO.-Ed. Moore. aged
forty-eight years. who was struck by
a seantling at the mine at Levon in
this county on last Thursday and
taken to Jacksonville to the hospital
died in that city yesterday. His
death is particularly a sad one as
nc had made all plans to retire from
business at Christmas time and was
10 have been married at an early
date to a charming young woman of
this county. Mr.. Moore had been
married once and is survived by two
married daughters. one in Jackson
Vile and one in Michigan. Mr..
Moore's body was sent to his former
home at Port Huron. Mich. for
burial.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11

Doctors now declare that paints
and powders will preserve the face.
Seine ladies we know have evidently
beaten the Docs to this discovery,
and if there is anything in it, they
have nothing to fear from the raw
ages OF time
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11

There were tWcnty-follr cities in
Florida larger titan Lakeland in
1900. There We're but thirteen
larger in l2lo She will be one of
the Pix Sin in 1870.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11

The num,n do unexpected things
when th"1 = a chance. Out IN
aliiori.a a woman jury acquitted
an cdito. Who had voted against wo-
man suffrage. The women also voted
against prohibition. The women out
there must be different from the
Florida kind.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11

Thurr i lots of room in Polk cOun-
ty. although ~ portion of the state
shows larger percentage of gain in
pOpulaliGa during the last census
perit d. tcusus statistics show that
there are net more than eighteen per-
sons to the square mile in this
county.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11

for she may know more about what
is good for the development of my
earacter than | give her credit for
sometimes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11
From the same Office is issued
TIE LAKELAND NEWS

weekly newspaper giving re-
sumo ii local matters, crop condl-
tions, county affairs, etc. Sent
anywhere for Sl.o0 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11

Tallahassee. which is looked on
generally as sleepy town. is rails
ing S2.0o0 for advertising purposes;
the live town of Sanford is arranging
to spend So zoe 1000 each year
for the next five years. What is
Lakeland going To do' We have the
best town in the state. hut If people
don't know about il. they Will 30 To
some other point they have heard
about. \ certain number of people
will stumble over Lakeland and dis
cover MS if We sill still and do moth
ing; "A certain number will he influ-
enced Ia come by our newspapers.
hut if everybody would help a little
We could get something like our shar,
of the great crowds that are coming
To Florida.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-11

The Holmes County Advertiser
publishes an article from one OF the
school teachers of its county, who
holds a second-grade certificate eX
actly as "she were writ The edi-
tor says he prints il that way pro
bono publico." but il seems like cru
city to the young PROF" lie dis
russes the selection of "Supt.. de-
,laring that the incumbent of that
Office seams to think we ruel teach
ers descent have any hard-ships and
no hard work to encounter with.
There is much more of the same tenor
in this murderous assault on the
English language. which averages
at least two errors to the line. Edi-
tors. in their charity. usually cor
rect the mistakes of contributors
who in their blind conceit. think
they know il all. but sometimes the
worm turns. and they print the
piece" verbatim eft literatim. But
how on earth did it happen that such
an ignoramus was turned loose
among the defenseless school chill
dren of this State. and with a sec
ond-grade certificate?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-01

winter. but where the destruction OF
the cotton plants was put of until the
middle Of December or later. over 4S
per cent Of the boil weevils survived
the winter and were ready to attack
the next years. crop.
These figures are 50 convincing that
It Is incomprehensible that any farmer
should continue to try to grow cotton
without picking out his crop early and
completely destroying the cotton
plants-stalks. leaves, bolls and roots
long before the nrst autumn frost. :
Destruction OF the cotton plants be-
fore October IL allowed but three per
cent Of the weevils to live until the
next crop was subject to their attack.
Against this small number Of over
wintered weevils, as has been repeat
eddy proved by experience. the planter
can make good crop by the use Of
proper early-maturIng varieties, and
by the adoption OF the intensive Gull
tural methods. BY leaving the cotton
plants standing until after the middle
OF December the farmer invites GER
tain destruction Of the next years
c. p, for when he starts the spring
with AZ per cent as many weevils as he
had the previous fall he cannot hope
to make crop by any known means
under the sun.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-01
the COST OF HORSE LABOR

At present the horse is practically
the entire motive power of tho farm.
In combination with improved farm
machinery, the horse has, to great
extent. replaced human labor. And
the modern farm depends as mucn
upon the efficiency Of the horse that Is
kent to perform the labor as 1t does
upon the use of the human labor upon
the farm. In fact, the efficiency Of
human labor upon the Farm. and In
many instances the proper operation
Of the farm. depends entirely upon
the farm horse. We may readily un-
derstand. therefore. that the farm
horse is often the greatest single fac
tor in the success Of the farming ope-
rations. 1t is essential. then, that the
farm horse be so cared for, and the
farm 80 organized, that a maximum
return on the horses labor can be Sc
cured annually.
1t is true that horse owners gene
rally are not accustomed to look upon
the horses Of the farm, or their labor.
as costing anything. The horse has
been considered so much of a neces-
sity, and so much part of the farm.
that the question Of the cost Of the
horse labor to the farm, or Of the
methods by which such cost may be
decreased, has been very largely ne
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-01
CONTROLLING THE BOIL WEEWL
IN THE
/.
BY r. w. Harmed.

As soon as the weevils become 80
numerous that practically no more
cotton will be produced. destroy the
stalks so rs to kill many OF the insects
and to cut off the food supply OF the
otherL. Hasten, the picking OF the cot
ton, and as soon ~ II Is picked out
destroy the. stalks. The earlier the
stalks are destroyed the fewer weevils
will survive to damage the crop next
year.
Some very valuable experiments
were made by the secretary Of the
Louisiana State Crop st Commission
two years ago show clearly the value
OF the early fall destruction Of boil
weevils.
He found that where the plants
were destroyed before October Is.
only three per cent Of the wevils sur
vived the winter to infest the next
years crop. Where the cotton plants
were destroyed between October Is
and October 81. about IT, per cent Of
the weevils survived the winter.
Where the cotton plants were de-
stroyed between November l and Mo-
vember Is. about ~ per cent OF the
weevils survived. Where the cotton
plants were destroyed between No
vember rs and December z, 2s per
cent of the weevils lived through the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-01
IT DEPENDS ON The MAN

The entertaining stories that are
published from day to day about per-
sons who have accomplished aston
ishing things by moving to some other
part OF the country do not always
serve good purpose.
1t depends mainly on the man HIM
self whether he is going to prosper
anywhere or not. The many alluring
things which are published to attract
farmers are designed first OF all to sell
the land. They are not issued from
philanthropic motives and the indi-
vidual will always find that success
depends on his own efforts and intel
no matter what his environ
ments may be.
1t Is interesting to learn OF old
friends who have made good In q
new locality and 1t Is pleasant to think
OF the good times we might have In
some other climate or on some other
kind Of farm. but we must not forget
that the lure Of the big farm. the fruit
ranch. the mild winters and other far
away things have been fatal to scores
where 1t has drawn one to affiuence.
When man is east he is apt to
think that the west offers him golden
opportunities. When he is west he
sees the advantages Of the Eastern
markets and transportation. II he
has been drawn south he may dis
cover that the warm climate takes the
tuck out of him. while In the farm
north 1t may turn out to be too cold
for comfortable living. The truth
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-01
Clover is a more efficient sub-soiler
than the best sub-soil pillow.

elected. The question Of economy Of
power on the farm Is only brought UP
at those times when consideration is
being given to some other form Of
motive power than the horse. It is
a question, though, that-with In
creasing cost Of feed, Of care. and
larger investment in horses-will con-
stantly become Of greater and greater
importance.
The cost of horse labor depends
upon many conditions that vary on
each farm. SO that costs are not SINH
lar on different farms. However. the
items that make up cost are similar
on all farms, and only vary in amount.
1t is essential. then, that the farm
operator have an accurate knowledge
o. what comprises cost. and what ave-
rage costs are, that he may institute
such economies in his management as
seem desirable. Carefully-kept rec
ords and accounts with the farm horse.
show that the average cost of horse
labor on the farm is about eight and
one-half cents per hour. The rate
seldom averages less. and generally
runs higher. This means that the ac-
tual cost, on the farm. of horses
labor for a ten-hour day, is IS cents.
or $1.70 for team.-Thomas p.
Cooper
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-01
MEXICAN EXPORT OF VEG.
ETABLES.

During the first three months of
this year there was an unusually
heavy expectation of tomatoes from
Mexico into the United States. The
total number of carloads exported was
14l. as against 81 for the whole year
1910. In all. 3,l44.570 pounds OF
tomatoes and green vegetables were
exported during the first three months
of 1911. an excess Of 982.093 pounds
over the total shipments Of 1910.
The increase In expectation is due
mainly to increased production. but
largely also to the fact that the crop
matured earlier this year than last.
These tomatoes. being ready for the
market SO early in the year. find
large demand In the United States.
(. Last year the heaviest expectation
took place in April and May and near
~ the entire crop was shipped to Los
Angeles and San Francisco. This year
the greater part was sent to Chicago,
with large shipments to Kansas City
and st. Louis. as we'll as the Pacific
coast. No attempt is made to can
these tomatoes, as it is considered
more profitable to ship them north for
the early market.-Consul Alexander
v. Dye, Sonora.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-01
SWEET CLOVER AS FERTILIZER.

Sweet clover IL fast coming to the
front as a soil restorer Until the
past few years 1t has been classed
as troublesome weed by many. ]
have been experimenting with differ
er clovers for several years as ia
their value as cured hay. grazing and
as crop to turn under as green
manure.
As cured hay, sweet clover comes
second to alfalfa.
AS pasture sweet clover is way
ahead. On land that is very thin and
In which there is very little humus,
II sow to sweet clover and BLUEGRASS
there will be a good stand of pasture
the cecond season and II pastured
lightly a heavy sod ,s formed rapidly.
then after the fourth season It may
be pastured regularly and it win con-
tinue to improve
AS q green crop to turn under I
have not been able to find ANYTHING
near its equal. Where sown thtckly
1t makes very heavy growth to turn
under, and as this decays and is con-
verted into humus the nitrogen gath
ering bacterias thu. live on the roots
OF the clover. releases the nitrogen
that was gathered while the crop was
growing.
Tho bitter taste that sweet clover
makes against 1t some as most all
stock do not take to It readily. but
this bitterness. caused by . property
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-01

Years Of experience ana careful
study have brought to light many
facts In regard to the life and habits
Of the boil weevil. BY taking advan-
tage of some of these. much can be
done to lessen the damage of this pest.
Read carefully all available bullet
ms or publications concerning this IN
sect and verify the statements in these
publications for yourself. Make OBJ
servations as to which fields are most
seriously damaged by the boil weevil.
and try to determine the cause for any
difference upon fields In the same
neighborhood.
Test different varieties of cotton I'M
der the same conditions so as to OBJ
tain the variety that does best on your
farm under boil weevil conditions.
Carefully observe the effects of early
and late planting. There are hundreds
OF facts concerning the boil weevil
that each farmer should find out for
himself in order to more intelligently
meet the situation and to continue to
raise cotton on profitable basis.
The leading authorities upon the
boil weevil all agree that one of the
most important steps in the control Of
this insect Is the destroying Of the
stalks early In the fall.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-01
EWAND QUITE VALUABLE CLOVER HAY
nv A. d. NcNair and w. Ii.

weed. It's desirabilhY In any particu-
lar place will depen., upon Its ability
to compete with the aforementioned
crops
The value Of lespede for grazing
was early recognized. and it has been
looked upon with high javor as a
constituent Of pastures. 1t grows in
all types of soil. even the FOREST, and
thus furnishes a considerable guam
tity of forage In pine barrell and in
gravelly soils where scarcely any other
plants grow. The natural spread of
the plant has made 1t a constitus vt Of
practically every pasture in the region
covered by its distribution. Every
where it Is valued for its ability to
grow in very poor Soils either in
fields or In open woodlands. and to
Withstand severe drought. It's value
depends upon its palatability, its high
feeding value. which approaches al
falfa, and its ability to thrive under
all sorts of conditions, and thus to
furnish pasturage In the summer and
fall till killed by frosts. 1t will with
stand almost any amount OF grazing.
In no sense can it be considered q
weed. as it quickly succumbs to culti-
walton. Like other clovers, it some
times causes horses and mules to
"slobber."
The best pastures in the south are
perhaps those which In summer con-
sist Of Bermuda grass and lespedeza.
With the addition Of redtop and bur
clover. sweet clover, or hairy vetch,
such pastures can be grazed the year
around, the Bermuda grass and lespe-
de a growing In summer. the others
mostly in winter. In poor or mixed
pastures lespedeza commonly holds its
own with broom sedge and similar
coarse grasses and unquestionably
adds materially to the grazing. 1t Is
perhaps no exaggeration to state that
1t has increased the carrying capacity
of practically all the pasture land Of
the south by at least rs per cent.
Lespedeza, like other legumes, ex-
tracts nitrogen from the air through
the bacterial tubercles or nitrogen
balls on the roots. Owing, perhaps,
to the occurrence Of numerous Amer
lean species of this plant. lespedeza Is
nearly always naturally inocuiated. It
Is advisable. however. when planting
it for the first time In new soils to
provide incubation either-by the use
Of pure cultures or by the soil-trans-
fer method.
Lespedeza is very commonly con-
stituent Of Bermuda-grass meadows,
and probably the first lespedeza cut
for hay was In such a mixture. The
of lespedeza in Bermuda
grass is in every way desirable. While
it does not add, perhaps. to the yield
Of hay. it materially improves the
quality. Such a meadow may persist
for years, but eventually the ingress
Of weeds reduces its value. 1t is sell
dom necessary to sow the lespedeza,
as 1t usually finds its way into the
Bermuda-grass meadow quickly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-01
WET OR DRY FEEDING.

Many. poultrymen now grind part
OF their chicken feed into Z meal so
that it can be fed either wet or dry
in the form Of mush. II has been
found that in forcing chickens for
quick growth or esg-producinE. feed
ing q portion OF ground feed Is . great
help.
Part Of the work Of digestion has
been accomplished by the ARTIFICIAL
grinding and the hen so fed can use
the energy thus saved for something
else. That Is the real advantage 81
feeding ground grain.
The general concensus OF opinion
at the present time. IL that the dry
mash Is more desirable than wet
Many practical poultrymen. however.
still prefer the wet mash. Labor 10
one OF the greatest problems that the
poultryman has to consider. conse.
quently II he can And q method which
VIII be labor-saving and yet give res
suits 1t Is worth consideration.
Dry mash fed in hoppers is easier
to handle than any kind Of wet mash.
Hoppers are now made which are
rat-prOof. sanitary and convenient.
These can be filed once a week and
are found to be satisfactory.
Experiments have proved that eggs
produced by hens fed dry mash were
more fertile than thoso laid by hens
fed d wet mash. Wet mash IL slightly
more forcing, Is inconvenient to feed
and requires care in keeping the feed
ing vessel clean.-A. G.. Philips.