The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-08-12
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lived in sixteen days.
Midsummer is the time the farmer
should prepare his, crib for the years
corn chop. If he has not a crib tight
enough to be economically fumigated,
he should build one or chink up the
cracks in his old one. The walls
should be doubled, two layers of
boards with layer of building paper
between. The doors and windows
should be so fixed that the crib, when
closed, will be practically air tight.
A crib should not be too large, as
the cost of fumigation hapidly in
creases as the size of the crib in
creases. Two small cribs will be bet
ter than one large one when it comes
to. treating against weevils. The far
mer can feed from one at time and
thus cut in two the cost of later fumi-
cations.
The most Practical fumigation for
weeviIs is carbon bisulphide, some
time called "high life" Use two
pounds of this chemical for every 100
cubic feet of crib space. A crib 8x10
KS feet will hold about lao bushels
shucked corn If the crib is not tight
increase the dose. Pour the liquid into
an open pan, place the pan on top of
the corn pile, get out and close the
doors, windows and ventilators tight.
Shuck corn before attempting to
treat it against weevils. 1t costs
four times more to fumigate unshuck.
ed than shocked corn. And always
clean out the crib well before stor-
| ing corn.
Preparing for Winter Trucking
| The Fort Myers Press says that the
! truckers down there are all busy these
days preparing seed beds, getting
ready for the winter trucking season.
Double the acreage of peppers is be-
ing planted, and with additional truck.
ing plots and acreage cleared and
prepared for planting, the total acre
age will far exceed any previous one
| in Lee county.
Sumter in Good Shape
Sumter county is in high feather
over the prices received for its truck
shipments. In the Bushnell Times an
Oxford correspondent has the follow
ing to say:
THE records of the depot show the
shipments of 500 cars Of melons, at
which we averaged $500 per car, which
would be 100000 for melons alone.
There were log cars of cantaloupes
and tomatoes, at which we estimate at
about S1.25 per crate, or, about $53,-
100000 besides a great many local
shipments, perhaps not included.
BY way Of common gossip, we hear
that one of our larger growers cleared
up about s12,00OOO on his crop this
season and with the exception of just
a few, everybody that planted truck
did remarkably we'll; and the hay,
corn and pinder crop bids good pros
poets for fine pork business in the fall
On account of this great success, the !
fame of Oxford has gone abroad, and
farm property is beginning to change
hands, and no one knows better than
our Mr.. G. Grady Martin, who is con-
stantly settling new corners in and
around this section, and the Oxford
bank proposition seems to be no long
er a question
Tobacco Prices
Gadsden, and some other Florida
counties that have large tobacco
crops on hand are rejoicing over pre-
vailing tobacco conditions. The u. S.
Tobacco Journal says: Evidences are
plentiful that the general buying
strike in the trade which has been in
evidence for nearly a year is about
over. Water street reports a spon-
taneous demand for almost all types
OF tobacco, and the past week has
been one of genuine activity. One
firm disposed Of a large quantity of
primed wrappers Other houses, not
ably Havana importers. report a.
quickened demand from the manu-
facturers who are evidently about
at the bottom Of the bin with re-
spect to raw materials. While for
the most part the transactions have
been small, the aggregate volume Of
sales has been considerably above