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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1., 1901.


 Gluts can never be prevented except
 by an association covering the whole
 of a given producing region. with a tel-
egraph system at their command. rainll
flying both sections, the one that pro-
duces and the one that consumes that
particular line of staples.
 0 *
 Once when Jay Gould was asked
 what political party he belonged to, he
 said sometimes he was a Republican.
and sometimes he was a Democrat, but
he was for the Erie Railroad all the
time. It matters mighty little with
the farmer what political party he be-
longs to. his destiny is largely in his
own hands. Let him work with all
his might for the biggest crop of po-
tatoes and the finest bunch of cattle.
It is the crowning glory of the United
States Government that it governs men
less than any other, that it leaves its
citizens free to work out their own
destiny. The mani who sits on the dry,
goods boxes day after day, berating
the government, declaring that the gold
standard is making slaves of the farm-
ers, while the cabbage in his undrained
fields is yellow and dying with sun-
scald, is a fool.
 4 .
 "What crops shall I plant?" is a
 question which no farmer should ever
 ask himself unless he is just entering
 upon this occupation at middle age, af-
 ter a life spent in some other pursuit.
 The general usage of a community is
 about right: the crops that a young
 man's father planted before him are
 almost certain to be those best adapt-
 ed to the conditions in that locality.
 Not what to plant, but how to plant-
 that is the question. Plant the crops
 of the neighborhood, especially if they
 have been grown there for many
 years; but select the seed carefully
 and plant and cultivate so thoroughly
 that your crop shall be far and away
 the best In that community. The far-


mer who whiffles from one crop to an-
,ilihr. like a weathervane, generally
has his nose on the grindstone all the
time. for ie almost invariably is just
too late to get into the swim. If he
will plant according to the price, pota-
toes for instatfce. the best year to
plant is the year after potatoes have
ruled low, for that is the year when
the weathiervanes will drop out.

 The growers of Florida are often ex-
liorteid ly the press to establish a can-
ning pIlant, and thus put on the mar-
ket at least a part of the enormous
aio;lllit o -aillnned goods on which
Il-iridians largely subsist. Call any
of these writers today, put his finger
ulpoltn single community where re-
sponsible growers within wagon-haul-
ilg tlisti:ance, would contract to fur-
nish several thousand bushels of to-
llnntoies at twenty-five cents per bushel,
and whinre the "help" could be secured
to run tlhe factory in thle busy season?
i'lorida farmers simply would not do
it on this basis. They would rather
take their chances of getting $1.50 to
$:.NI, per crate for a third of their crop
and allow the rest to rot on the ground
thall to accept twenty-five cents for
the entire output. The tomatoes would
I:have to be purchased for that amount
to ,enable the factory to compete with
estnb:llisinients in tile North, around
which this vegetable is produced at ai
profit for the above named price. As
for putting inl a cheap plant to can the
Irlshippled relnanlts for oneself and
ierhlap:,s for the neighbors and a few
stores in the immediate vicinity, that
is a different matter and would be
well enough.
 *
 Business Principles in Farming.
 Which is of the more value to tihe
 state, a $25.00.( farmer or a $2.5.000
 fruit grower? Comparisons are odious
 it is s;id, but we can discuss the gen.
 eral principles involved without giv-
 ing offense. Practically everything de-
 pends on the lman himself as to the
 value for which lie stands to the com-
 ltullity. Take a small farmer who Is
 thrifty. industrious and moral, who at-
 tends strictly to his own business, pro-
 duces all his own table supplies, buys
 :1eld sells I nothing. slips notliing-is lie
 of any value to the community? He
 pi3ys his taxes and says nothing. Ilia
 hliildrell go to school, the family go
 to church and come home again. They
 live within themselves. If all people
 were like these, there would be no com-
 Iierlce, :nd it would he a very, very
 nionolonous world; yet such people as
 these are accounted the salt of the
 earth.
 Now take a $2.5,0(X fruit grower who
 raises nothing but oranges, we will
 say. atnd purchases everything else.
 lie employs some hands, and therefore
 helps to support another family or two.
 'lTh supplies lie purchases come from
 other quarters of the globe, therefore
 ie contributes something to the sup-
 port of a failily or families in the an-
 tipodes. The difference between the
 two men. setting aside all divergences
 of character, culture and temperament,
 is.that one has a greater business ca-
 p:city than the other; the one not only
 supliorts his family in better position
 tlhan the other, but partially supports
 several other families.
 lint if both are good citizens and set
 a praiseworthy example to the world,
 both are equally respected and praise-
 worthy.


 We reach the conclusion then, that The wretched conditions of the roads
specialty farming is an excellent thing is one of these, virtually making pris-
anld diversified farming is an equally owners of the female members of the
excellent thing. Only-and here is the fan.ily for considerable periods of time
immensely important consideration- andl i-endering a visit to town or to
let a man be certain that he possesses a neighbor's, a formidable undertaking
the business capacity to conduct a spe. to be dreaded and prepared for days
cialty successfully before he embarks in advance. In England the tenant
in it. Both these classes of men are who does not own a foot of real estate,
of fundamental necessity to the exist- without an hour's premeditation, hitch-


ence of society and both will always
exist, the diversity farmer in much
the larger numbers.
 The point is simply this; if a man is
thoroughly satisfied by experience and
by careful analysis of his results that
Ihe c:in raise oranges, as a crop that
11h can safely depend on year after
year, and with his proceeds buy corn
more cheaply than he can produce It,
let linll raise oranges and purchase
corn.
 One of the very important points
of the business ability mentioned
iabveI as necessary for the specialty
farmer, is the ability to get money
out of a crop when he has raised it.
We fear there will be several orange
growers "out" this winter, on the sale
of their crops, for greater or less
amounts, the same being balances left
Inplid by the speculators who bought
their crops. No grower should sell h'j
produce except for spot cash, payable
ill hand before the goods leave the
grove, the depot or the landing. All
honest buyers expect and are prepared
to pay in this way, and the shaky or
crooked ones are those who are "'short'*
or who have "delayed remittances."
No cashl. no goods, is the correct rule
for the grower to follow, and that only.
Of course this does not necessarily ap-
ply to your local merchant or to a mer-
chant with whom you have been deal-
ing and whom you have long and in-
timately known.
 *
 Some of the Farmer's Burdens.
 It is to lie set down as much to our
 discredit that in great and free Ameri-
 ca, where unlimited cheap land and the
 ildepeldentice of rural life lie spread out
 before us, there is a constant strain to
 swarml into the cities, while in crowd.
 ed Europe. it is the dream of every
 ianill who saves a little money to own
 soimetinle a hlolme in the country. How
 :an we explain this desire of the Amer.
 ican farmer to move into some little
 town or city and place his family in a
 sniall. stuffy, hot house or in some
 cheap, tawdry bhording house? Maul
 festly there is something wrong with
 rural conditions, or else there must be
 a fundamental) change taking place in
 our national character. differentiating
 it from that of our English ancestors.
 We Iblieve that it is partly both.
 Americans are more sociable and
 more desirous of entertainment than
 the English people, who are noted for
 the taciturnity and even the austerity
 of their family life. Americans resem-
 ble the Germans in this respect more
 than they do the English. The North
 Germans almost invariably live in vil-
 l:ges and travel out a mile or more
 to carry on their diminutive farms.
 There is a sturdy independence and
 strength of character in the English-
 man which brooks isolation and has re-
 sources of its own. whereas in Ameri-
 cnlls, especially among ou women,
 there is a constant seeking for more
 society.
 But it cannot be denied that there
 are serious drawbacks to country
 life in most American communities.


es nil his horse and takes the entire
family to spin along a hard, level,
road to town to visit the fair, or have
a bit of chat with their fellow tenants.
 Another feature making against the
Io1pularity of country life is the un.
equal distribution of the burdens of
government between the citizen and
countryman. America, the boasted
land of liberty, the home of the free,
unjustly saddles with taxation the
greatest builder and maintainer of her
prosperity, the farmer. He pays taxes
on every acre he owns and on every
animal and implement. In the city a
commission merchant, for instance,
owns no property, but leases a build-
ing and carries on a business which re-
turns him a net income of $5,000 per
year (very few do that, but the prince.
ple is the same), and he pays taxes on
nothing. unless it may be his furniture.
HII harvests a greater Income than any
one of the farmers out of whom he
makes his living; yet they pay taxes
andt lite pays nothing, practically. Eng-
land has an income tax. England is
often pictured by our demagogues as
the land where the farmer is down-
trodden, while America is the asylum
of tlhe oppressed. America has a man-
hood suffrage bunt England has a man-
hood taxation, and we frankly admit
that of the two the latter seems to us
to be the most important for the wel-
lfar of the citizen.
 *
 A Beautiful Florida Home.
 If any nian. resident or non-resident,
 inulgint-c this section of Florida has
seen its Ib'st days, or that the orange
industry received an irretrievable set-
baIck whea: the great freeze came,
e shoultl ,iake a pilgrimage to "Hia-
watha." the beautiful place of L. F.
I)olntnerticihi at Maitland. and be con-
vinced telat there is in all the land no
fairer section for an ideal winter home,
and that the future is full of promise
for l7hc orange industry. What it has
been possible to accomplish by intelli-
gent, energetic work, and with no ab-
normal outlay is here strikingly illus-
trated.
 To the end that he may have a place
ill which to spend a few winter months
of solid enjoyment the owner, who is a
New York millionaire, maintains an es-
lablihslient at Maitland which would
Iput to blushl many of the famous
country estates in old England. Mr.
Doimi:eriali might spend his winters
on tl'e MAediterraneon. or in any other
pilart of the world, but he prefers Or-
ingle county. Florida.
 Through the courtesy of Mr. Hugh
 ('. Allen. Mr. Dommerich's faithful
and (-pnimpetent manager, a representa-
tive of the Sentinel-Reporter was one
day recently shown through the prem-
ises. The Dommerich place is located
aboln one mile east of the Maitland
Ipostolice. and consists of about one
hundred sixty acres. The dwelling of
the proprietor is a large two-story
building of pleasing design, and is sup-
plied with every accessory that goes
~o make a home pleasant and luxur-
ious. The-e is a complete gas generat-
ing plant, and water is piptd all over
tihe iltling from a tank which is sup-
plied from a wind mill from a driven
well 1li8 feet deep. Not far distant is
the dwelling of Mr. Allen. who has
hiad f.lll charge of the place for the
past eight years. This house is large.
well arranged and good enough for
anybody.
 'Near by are the greenhouses, or.
more properly the propagating houses.
There are four of these, one, the larg-