FLORIDA FARMER AND FRUIT GOI)WER...APRIL 20, 1887.


HINTS TO ORANGE GROWERS.

Methods Based on Experience
 and the Laws of Nature.
 BY H. E. LAGERGREN.
 WHY DO WE CLTIVATE ?
 We stir the land to promote phys-
ical and chemical changes. In ev-,
ery :grain of. -sand is lbcked up lime,
potash, silica, phosphoric acid, magnesia
-ne rly everything that enters into any
plants compoliot.- These ingredients
are e~mic y combined in the, spil, butt
nitrogen Epd b'cbonm-two- ipant
elemetetw--are unWtedjithb -- cha'ni-
cally-hel'l in suspension between its
particles. You put'a new cast-iron plow
in the ground; it is then rough and dull
After a few. days' plowing 'it becomes
smooth and bright. What-caused this
change? The friction of the soil parti-
cles against the plow. But in wearing
the roughness off the. iron, the grains of
sand themselves become disintegrated.
Put one under a good micromeope-lo I it
resembles a piece of rock just -blasted
from the mountain. It has innumerable
spursnesspines, corners and fissures. To
grind off these inequalities-to break up
the particles into atoms small enough to
enter the plant by capillary attraction, or
to give more surface for co!d and heat,
light and water to act upon, is our pur-
pose in tilling the land.
 What the mere f. action of an imple-
ment can do to this end is inflnitessimal.
but its exposing the soil to the action of
the elements is highly beneficial. Be-
sides, it changes its texture from com-
pact and non-absorbing to loose and
spongy, so that-it can receive and retain
moisture. At night the ground gets
cool enough to condense the water of
the air that enters its interstices. This
water contains nitrogen and carbonic
acid, so that, apart from being a solvent
Sof the soil and a vehicle for carrying its
reclaimed bounties into the plant, it is
also a fertilizer.
The sun shines on a grain of sand. A
tiny atom of water had entered the
grain byan invisible fissure, which had
become clogged up The water is vapor-
ized by the heat and bursts the grain
into fragments. Similarly, another
grain contains a little water. This is
rozen by a frost, and is thereby ex-
panded until it bursts its shell.- If those-
two grains had been a couple of inches
below the surface this disintegration had
not taken place. .
 Besides similar direct- influences which
 ever reduce the individual soil-particles,
 steam, generated by- heat, contraction-
 by. cold, -pressure by wind and rain
 water,' keep loose soil in -con-.
 stant motion; tending to atomize by
 attrition mineral and vegetable con.-
 stituents; and we all know how mueh,
 longer it can'rain ona new-pipwhd piece


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stices being so. numerous as to leave
room for the water.. -
 When arable land has been undis-
turbed by the p'ow for'aiy length of
time, its particles are practically at-rest.
No physical changes take place, and the
chemical ones are rather for the w'dise.
Its granules crowd together tdo tight,
both for capillary attraction -of ground
water an for bsortion and retenatibn
of atmospheric moisture. The surface
is smooth' and of smaller area; it presents
little resistance to the wind, and heat or
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what ne met with in his travels. i7s
primary object in coming to this State,
is to encourage the growth of the poppy
and the manufacture of opium. His ex-
perience in this branch of production is
of fifteen years standing, and he has
grown the poppy auccessfuly in the
East Ind'es, Persia. Germany, France,
and in the Levant, whilst on the Ameri-
can continent he has experimented in
Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota, Dakota and Florida. The
plant grows everywhere, but best of all
in Florida, producing larger bulbs and
capsules. The difficulty of hitherto pro-
ducing" oium in the U(nited rStatta e,,-.


 4o 5larm or plantation should be with-
out a good vegetable garden and an br-
chard and vineyard of seed varieties of
fruit. This should be in all case anted
near and in full view of the dplane d
and protected by a first-class hog, 3
and theif proof fence. For this pur
nothing is so effecutal as a barbed wire
feuce, fastened to prepared posts and
covered with 'a hedge grown from the
McCartney rose. TaM species 'of rose
not being so rampatW-trow'e' as the
('herokee, will, if properly treated, cover
the wires in one season and Ie. per --
nently established by the third Year.
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 AS TO ORANGE TREES. cessfully-has been the high wages paid shape thus. A Thelian of this wil
 Thus we seethenecessityand economy to labor. Dr. Whithrop has invented a be obvious, as it will be- seen that the
 of frequently cultivating. our groves, plan, however, by 'which opium can be sun will strike every portiQn of the plan
 But other benefits, independent of the produced here better and cheaper than and prevent the accumulation of dead
 atomizing of the.soil, are derived there- in India, where the average wages are wood and leafless branches 'in the in
 from in an orange .grove. While the ten cents per day, and the cultivation is terior of the hedge. -
 trees are smaTI the ground must be kept so perfect by his method that 16 plants Being an evergreen, perfectly hardy
 loose for easy penetration of their ever- can be made to produce an ounce of and covered with a profusion of blos.
 extending roots, and when they grow opium. The gentleman assures us that soms for six months of the year, Ait be.
 larger and into bearing, for the expan- at the present price of the drug, that a comes a striking feature of the 1.qnd-
 sionof, their roots. As the roots grow net revenue of one thousand dollars per scape. adding much to the beauty ol
 they compress the dirt between and acre is an exceedingly moderate esti- the surroundings. A fence of this Wind
 around themselves in a similar manner mate. comes as near being stock and theli
 to piles driven close together in the Every orange grove can be ;aid out be- proof as possible. Nothing can ge
 ground.- If the soil is not loosened by tween the trees with this plant and the through or over it without a great deal
 tilling implements, the earth a little. way demand for the same atgood prices, is il- of trouble, and it will last and prove an
 down cannot give way to accommodate limitable. An. English syndicate of capi- effective barrier for many years.-Times
 the ever-increasing expansion, so that talists is going into the cultivation of Democrat.
 the tubes in the roots are compressed to the poPpy largely on Indian River, and -. -
 the extent that their capillarity is des- Dr. Winthrop is prospecting and perfec- Culture of the Sweet Potato.
 troyed. r ting the arrangements of the company. tato.
 Letting cow pea vines go to bearing The poppy will grow and ripen every BY A JEFFERSON COUNTY FARMER.
 among large trees, is, I think, a bad month in the year, and thus doubtless If the ground is rich enough, lay off
 practice. They not only rob the trees of another 'large source of income will rows four feet apart. Open with a large
 moisture at a time when they stand most shortly be added to Florida.-Titusville shLve plow, deposit whatever fertil-
 in need thereof, but their greedy, pow- Star. izer you intend to use, then bed on it
 erful roots pack the dirt until the for- ''... with turn plow or twister, putting up a
 nation of feed roots by the trees isseri- Boiled Oranges, high ridge. Drop the potatoes on the
 ously retarded. It seems to me that pea Many of the street orange peddlers in centre of the bed fifteen or twenty inches
vines is an expensive fertilizer, anyway, San Francisco have of late been resort- apart. Step on them, so as to bury them
How would it do to turn under young ing to the practice of boiling their stock a little. Drop some cotton seed oin'top
cotton planted broadcast? As long as a in trade in order to'increase its value as to give them a start. Draw up one side
plant contains humus, it matters little in a salable commodity, and cover well, but not too deep. When
this climate whether it contains more or An orange that has undergone the boil- they come up draw up the other side so
less nitrogen. ing process increases in size and im- as to kill all the grass on it and the other'
 During the summer nothing should be proves in appearance generally, but it side, first working. Throw up two turn
planted among bearing trees. The does so at the expense of its flavor, for it plow furrows, then draw up and around
ground should be kept mellow and cool becomes worthless as an edible. They the plants lightly, never covering the
by cultivation with any implement that can generally be detected by the absence ends of the vines.
does not hook intp the roots. After every of any smut on the skin, the oranges When the bed and alleys are suffi-
workming, run deep plow furrows in the looking as though they had each been ciently covered with the vinis let them
centre of the rows both ways. This is the recipient of a careful hand-polish, go. If grass and weeds come up pull
to prevent very vigorous trees from 'Those who do not care to be victimized them up by hand. Never cut the vines
preying upon weaker neighbors. About had better beware of an orange that is short. It will ruin your potato patch to
the last of October sow oats or rye too clean. have the vines cut short and pulled
thinly all over the grove, These should This is a new wrinkle in the chapter about.
be plowed in and the dirt thrown to- of fraud.-Rural Californian. PINHOOK, Jefferson Co., Fla.
wards the trees. -At the end of February *
turn under the young grain. This time Co-operative Horticulture. Prickly Pear for Feeding Stock.
throw the furrowsiawayfrom threes, Co-operation is valuable, and especially We have heard various rumors of the
theroots.keesin thewisunfromstimuling dirt on among horticulturists, from the fact edibleness of the native Opuntia and
them onot waeerms the sun from stihoulad then that no single individual can achieve a have supposed that it mnight'avert star-
suthem on warm days, sothe shourfaceld to bey in fullmeasure success unaided and alone ovation for a while, but never thought
warmed. Whenever a single "Acto be" is many persons have failed in hor- bf its being more practically useful until
warused ave thne traces so long that is ticulture and fruit growing who have n reading a Texas paper we came across
used, have the traces so long thatit settledmin sections far removed from the following :
bark off what roots it comesn crape the market and transportation facilities. Maj. T. M. Harwood, of.Gonzales, and
witbark off what roots it comes in contact Hence the necessity of this class settling Capt. B. F. Buzzard,of the Zavalla Land
..with. in communities where they can band to- and Cattle Company, met in our office
 MANURING TEEE. gether for mutual advice and protect last week, and as they are both enthu-
 The bestway to manure small trees is each other's interests Horticlturalsiasticdvocates of icky pear feeding
to dig orplow a furrow on two-say the societies, grange halls, educational insti- we had the subject pretty thoroughly
north and south-sides of the tree by the tutions, experimental plots, facilities for ventilla'ed. Maj. Harwood, we believe,


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plants will so.w signs of vigor by the
appearance of miniature leaves. If the
vessel is. full of roots, repot anI give
water gradually, increasing the amount
as the plint .advances in growth, and
kou will .'gobno be rewarded with blos-
She Euchsia, however, will often lose
ai lsB y. esout of season. It is
a v lant and will resent
anythingcontrary to its nature by re-
fusing tobe.autiful, and healthy ; in
fact will" o'Cuch '9lUe a sulky child.
If the v _1XnRi which it grows does not
have prpdrainage it will take one of
theeq' e ks!;be' use the soil becomes
 Ifie'soil bec' nio very hard and dry
 and tl an o. dose of water is given
 it willRye a ispell" and seems to suf-
 fer justis a ciild that has long been de-
 ptived of no .hment and then is al-
 lowed an-tjnlimited amount will suffer,
 and in the case of the plant just as it is
 with thebchild, the consequences may
 prove fatal, In short, to grow Fuchsias
 successfully, give good porous rich soil
 good .drainage, shift to larger pots be-
 fore toe roots become cramped. Use
 great care in watering, giving what the
 plant needs and no more.
 *
 Horticultural Brevities.
 The pruner should, before commencing
 operabris,g look each vine over, and trim
 icceding to the vine's condition. He
 will invariably find that upon a thrifty,
 strong-growing vine the buds upon the
 mediumn-sized canes are swelled larger
 and stand out more prominently than
 the buds upon the largest canes. ,
 I have tried the experiment over and !
 over, and this is the sum of my observa-
 ion, that the medium sanes are the ones t
 hat develop the best fruit buds'when-
 ever the vines are strong.-D. S. Marvin. 9
 To let green cuttings of any kind wilt v
 but once is to do them irreparable dam- '
 age.
 The bright, richly-embellished cata-
 ogue covers must not come to the child- t
 men's mouths. V
 Thousands who cannot have fruit trees 
 r bushes might grow grape vines to a
 erfection against buildings. t
 On one account commission seeds t
 light perhaps be praised. They never r
 wear out from muchA travelling. o
 Aim to have every plant and tree a F
 specimen." That is how to acquire n
 much pleasure from horticulture. 0
 A touch of nature in the form of climb- f<
 ig vines way render the most humble P
 house a most charming sight. ft
 It is claimed by European vintners a
 iat very old grape vines bear finer fruit
 lan younger ones ,of the same variety.
 For-get-me-nots make nice pot plants. ar
 n forcing they are impatient of much fi
 Sat. They like plenty of water and to
 ght. M. dissitiflora alba is a useful f,
 variety for its white flowers. ca
 A generally good soil for potting ferns su
 is composed of equal parts turfy loam of
 id fibrous peat, mixed with coarse tc
 nd and fine charcoal. Although, they gt
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--W',tI i'paper. Success to you."
 Rev. T"W. Moore, of Marion county
 writes: "I believe your paper will-do
 good work in disseminating new ideas ii
 regard to fruit raising, farming, stock]
 raising, etc.':-
 A veteran. nurseryman, who objects t,
 the publication of his name, express
 himself thu.: "I like your paper first
 rate., and believe it will be the agricul
 tural paper of Florida. -1 hope after i
 little while to give you an article ever
 week."
 Mr. H. G. Daniels, of Amelia island
 "Judging from what I have seen of thb
 FARMER AND FROIT-GROWER, it is th<
 best agricultural paper published in th(
 South. I predict immense success for it.'
 Mr. Arthur Brown, of Santa Rose
 county, writes: "Judging' by the copy
 sent me the paper is 'A No. I,' and I dc
 not wish to miss a single number."
 Mr. S. L. Culler, of Seffner, Florida,
 writes: "If you continue to make the
 FLORIDA FARMER AND FRUrr-GROWER
 equal to the first number, you will cer-
 tainly furnish the agriculturists of Flor-
 ida with a paper that will please them.
 I am traveling through the country
 among the farmers, and in every way
 that I can assist you it will be cheerfully
 done."
 Mr. W. N. Justice, commission mei-
 chant of Philadelphia, writes: "Having
 received the first issue of your agricul-
 tural paper, and being delighted with its
 tone, we wish you to insert our card for
 six months."
 [From the Texas Farmer.]
 Florida is not behind her sister South-
 ern States in material progress. It.
 pught to be called the land of fruits and
 lowers, for each of these grand divis-
 ions of horticulture are equally at home
 there. The FLORIDA FARMER AND FRUIT
 GROWER is an ably conducted and ele-
 gantly printed paper devoted: to these
 very topics, to which we refer the reader
 'or further information. '
 _From the So. Live Stock Journal.]
 We regret that the first number rof
 he FARMER AND .FRUIT-GROWER] failed
 o reach us; but the second shows a very
 handsome sheet as to paper, typography
 ,nd general make up, whi'e the addi-
 iona* department is all we expected of
 he distinguished editor. Many of our
 leaders are interested directly and sec-
 ndarily in everything connected with
 'lorida, and we cordially commend this
 new and excellent periodical as worthy
 f their patronage. With best wishes
 or its success, we welcome this new as-
 irant for public favor and patronage,
 selling assured of the good work it will
 accomplish in and out of Florida.
 [From the Gardeners' Monthly]
 "We are continually receiving -new
 agricultural ventures, but useful as they
 re in their own special fields, we rarely
 nd in them anything of special interest
 o the intelligent class of horticulturists
 or which the Gardeners' Monthly has to
 water. We were, therefore, agreeably
 irprised on reading among the batch
 ) exchanges on our table, No. 2 of this,
 o find it of a very high order of intelli-
 ence, and one which must have an ex-
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ends of the longest roots. This furrow
should be about four inches deep. There
deposit the fertilizer and cover up.
When you repeat the process, let the
furrows be on the east and west sides.
This prevents injurious cutting of ropts.
 For large trees, whose roots are every-
where, apply the manure broadcast and
plow or harrow it in.
 If barnyard manure or muck compost
 is used, one application a year is suffi-
cient. It ought to be made in January,
unless applied with oats or rye in the fall,
Artificial -manures should be applied
twice a year-in February and July-on
account of their solubility. Any ma-
nure that "smells bad" should not long.
remain uncovered. Any manure that
does sot fall immed ly over.on..by, a,
eq is nt ated.. annotactbefore
be carried both literally and downwards.-
 PREPARING FOR A FREEZE.
 Young trees are much benefited by a
 mulching of straw, etc. It keeps the
 ground at an equal temperature night
-and day, causing a slow, even, healthy
growth ; but anything that keeps the
;sun's heat from entering the earth also
keeps the warmth inL the ground from-
coming up. Therefore, at the'approach
of cold weather, rake off the litter-and
put it in a small heap on the northwest
side of the tree.
 I have seen trees trained ttraine to grow in a
 conical shape, with the ends of the lower
 branches bending down to the ground.
 The upper ones were trimmed very even
 and their end tufts so close that a mock-
 ing bird could scarcely get through.
 When a cold wind strikes such a tree, it
 is mostly deflected upwards ; what
 reaches the trunk has been tempered by
 the warm air caught by the tree as it
 rises upward from the ground. If the
 ground is rough from recent plowing,
 the wind blowing along it wiil lose'much
 of its intensity by the friction, and the
 warm steam can escape from the earth
 everywhere.
 A small orange has as many or more
 seeds than a large one. The seeds take a
 great deal of substance from the land.
 If you remove one-half of the young
 oranges, you save your land .without
 losing by the fruit, for they will make
 up in size what they lack in numbers;
 and they will have thicker rinds, which
 better withstand both exposure on the
 the tree and shipment.
 STARKE, Fla., March 10, 1887.
 [The above observation on reduction
 of seeds is well worthy of consideration.
 It .is based on the well established fact
 that the maturing of seeds is the fun&-'
 tion most exhaustive to plants and to
 the soil in which they grow. The fur-
 ther idea suggests itself that a seedless
 or nearly seedless veriety. must require
 less fertilizer than one which produces
 many seeds.-A. H. C.] '

 Poppy Culture on Indian River.
 We take great pleasure in welcoming
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cool storage of fruits, box and basket
factories canning faconries, -these, and
other industries of like character inevit-
ably follow the settlement of farmers
and fruit growers in communities.-Ex.

Interest in Ramie Reviving.
 From the following .in the New Or-
leans Picayune we learn some new de-
velopments in the much talked of Ra
mie manufacture :
 "Mr. Julius d'Alessandro of El Paso
 Tex., informs me that he has already
 planted 40,000 ramie roots. Several
 thousand were set out early in Decem-
 ber, and, though they had been twenty
 *days on the way, the sprouts cape up
,'in ten days and growing finely. The
j1te seed which- was ordered from Cal-
cutta-last October will soon arrive, and
--fr}.-d'Alessandrn intends to-plantt.-dur-
ing the present month 200 acres of jute
and .ramie. Two decorticators of dif-
ferent .construction will be ready for
operation by the 1st of May. o
 "According to the estimate of Mr.
 Fremerey, Louisiana, which last year
 raised eighty-three acres of ramie, will
 plant 4,000 acres during the coming
 spring. This season. too, large expert-
 ments in raising jute will be tried in
 different States-and on various kinds of
 ,soil.
 "There is now a strong probability
 that these new textile industries, so
 fraught with possibilities of national
 wealth, will soon achieve success. They
 have at last attracted the earnest atten-
 tion of both inventors and planters.
 Eventually this widespread interest in
 the culture of fibres will greatly increase
 the resources of the United States."
 We think the above statement quite
 extravavagant,' but would be glad if it
 could be proved strictly correct in all
 respects. There is no trouble about
 making these crops. Louisiana alone,
 on her fertile soil,- could in a few years
 make ramie and jute enough to astonish
 the world. The machine is all that Is
 needed. Give the South a fibre machine
 that will work as well as the cotton gin,
 and -seed could be multiplied in five
 years sufficient to plant the whole sur-
 face of Louisiana in ramie and jute, or
 in either of them. o
 The machine of Mr C. C. Kaufman,-
 of the New Orleans Produce Exchange,'
 is now exciting more interest than any
 other machine yet invented, so far as
 we are informed. We have sQenit work,
 and to all appearances it bids fair to be
 a success. It is simple, substantial and
 not expensive. It decorticates the
 whole fibre from end to end. It com-
 pletely separates the bark from the
 'woody matter within, in complete order
 for bailing.
 Mr. Kaufman has a process for sepa-
 rating the gummy matter from the
 fibre, which he claims to. have tested
 and to be ps great a success as the. ma-
 chine. Some of the shrewdest capital-
 ists of New Orleans have taken stock in
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yas the first to cook pear for stook feed,
.and after much experience, pronounces
it, prepared in this manner, and -fed in
combination with a small proportion of
grain or cotton seed, with good hay, a
perfect fattening ration, and specially
valuable for dairy feeding. Capt. Buz-
zard says that pear makes goodensilage,
because he has tried. it. Took a large'
barrel down to the prickly patch and
sinking it in the ground leaving but a
.few inches above'the surface began to
Ill it with pear, chopping it. up. with a
sharp spade, as they did the krout in
the o'der time. Says it surprised him
how much of the stuff that barrel held,
*but he finalygot it full, and putting
some gunnyfacks on top he weighted
it heavily, and left it till along in- Jan-

uary, when- Aheopened it, but did not
like the smell of it. Took off the top to
a depth of two or three inches, when it
appeared perfectly fresh and sweet. The
thorns were so soft that he could fifth it
with his hands andnot feel them. The
cows and hogs ate it greedily, and on
the whole the Captain is 'well pleased
with his experiment '
 without n ry.
 Jin the Flower Garden..
 From the last number of the Planter's
 Guide we clip. the following cultural
 hints which are applicable to this cli-
 mate:
 To grow large fine. Pansies give the
 plants a bountiful supply of liquid ma-
 nure.
 Do not water the leaves of, Rex Be-
 gonias. It injures the lustre. The
 leaves of"the flowering varieties may be
 watered without injury.
 The Auratum Lily maybe planted in
 the spring. It should be planted deep
 and in a position that it can occupy for
 several years undisturbed. It does not
 come to perfection for two or three
 years after planting. When in bloom
 this lily is magniificent.
 The Fuchsia is emphatically a sum-
 mer-bloomer, preferring a shady and
 moist location to. heat and sunshine.
 Plants may be, bedded-out during the
 summer like geraniums, or, as we see
 -them in our neighbor's front yard, plant-
 ed. in butter tubs which are painted red
 outside and filled with rich soil. They
 are quite ornamental, indeed.
 The White Funkia or Day Lily is one
 of our best hardy plants. From the ap-
 pearance of the leaf, this plant is often
 called the Plantain Lily. The leaves are
 quite large and of a pale green color.
 Late. in summer it sends up a flower-
 stalk a foot and a half or two feet high,
 which bears a multitude of beautiful,
 pure, white,'bell, shaped flowers. The
 blooming season continues a long time.
 As a lawn plant it bas no superior.
 Fuchsias, -periodically bloom and
 take a season of rest. When ready to go
 to rest the leaves turn yellow and grad-
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proval which are coming to us daily
from correspondents and the press, and
from the rapid increase of' our subscrip.
tion.list, it is evident that the FARMER
!AND FRUIT-GROWERhas met with a more
favorable reception than we had ven-
tured to expect.
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 timent of a.letter by quoting one or two
sentences, as in the following examples:
 Prof. S. N. Whitner, of the Agricul-
 tural College of Florida, writes as fol-
 lows; "I can say in all sincerity, it has
 exceeded my most sanguineexpectations.
 Already it is without a peer in all the
 South."
Y Mr. Thomas Mbehan, the distinguished
horticulturist and proprietor of the Ger-
mantown nurseries, in a letter dated
March 5th, writes: "I -am very much
pleased. with- the FARMER AND FRUIT-
GROWER, and shall read it regularly,
which you know is a high 'compliment
for an editorto payto an exchange.".. .
SProf. D, L.Phares, the eminent i pro-
,fessor of biology in.the Agricultural Col-
lege of Mississippi, says in the Southern
Live Stock Journal: "His [the editor's]
valuable paper already appearing in the
first numbers are fulfilling our expecta-
tion and prediction. They may be fully
relied upon for conscientious correc-
ness of statement and scientific accur-
acy of detail."
 Hon. WiJ.Win. Ewan, writing -from
 Miami, Dade county, says : "Certainly,
 you are doing a good work in establish-
 ing an enlightened and 'scientific system
 of agriculture, which heretofore has
 been seriously neglected. Your paper is
 inviting in appearance, pure in senti-
 ment, and progressive in principle, and
 surely must succeed."
 Mr. S. A. Stevens, of Sumter county,
 writes :' "I am in love with your paper,
 but am taking so -many now that until
 some subscription runs out.I can't take
 more, but calculate to be a subscriber to
 your paper Soon." -
 Mr. E. W. Amsden, of Ormond-on-the-
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 and if asked to surrender the FARMER
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 of grace be given you to continue the
 good work." .
 Mr. J. V. Dansby,of Pensacola, whose
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 entitle his opinion to respect, expresses
 himself as follows,: "The first number
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 way I have seen. It is just the paper
 needed, and if you keep it up to the pres-
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