124 The Florida Farmer and Fruit Grower, A. H. CURTISS, Editor. C. H. JONES & BROTHER, PUBLISHERS. Office Cor. Bay and L4ura Sts. THE FLORIAi'F&RMER AND FRUIT GROWER Is an egifit pa'ge'48 coldimn illustra- ted weekly newspaper, devoted to the Farm, Garden, Orchard and Household Economy, and to the promotion of the agricultural and industrial interests of Florida. It is published every Wednesday. :' Terms ofSul0scrlpti44i. Z For one year........... .....- ,.... 2,'00 For six months..... ...:.0....-..;.--.1.- 0 0 Clubs of five to oneadess....,......;. 7.50 With dally TIM-ES-UNION one0yeS....'. 11.Q0 With daily TIMES-UNION4, sixmonths 6.CO With WEEKLY TIMES, one year ...... .. 2.75 A0-Subscrlptlons in all cases cash in ad- vance, and no paper continued after the expiration of the time paid for. 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JONES & BRO., Jacksonville, Fal TABLEOF-CON'iEiTS.. -: FJRaT PAGiE-Japsn CloV5r;"- Iespbdeza (illus- trated); Southern Hay Makers; French Grafting Wax; The Curculio Going; Orange Culture Abroad; A' New Japanese Orange; Proportion of Useful Plants. SECOND PAGE-Hints to Orange Growers; Poppy Culture on Indian River; Boiled Oranges- Co-operative Hortciulture; Interest in Rame Reviving; In the Flower Garden; A Rose and Wire Fence; Feeding Prickly Pear ro Stock; Horticultural Brevities. - STimRD PAGE-Seasonable Farm Topics; Sources of Manure; California's Alkaline Soil; The Tobacco Crop; About Liquid Manure; PrA- Scepts for Fanrmers; Culture of Sweet Potato. FOuaRTH PAE .(Editorial)-A Valued Con- tributor; Weighq4l and Found Wanting; Laws Which Benefit- Debtors; Mistreatment o1 S Horses;. Judge.Kelley onFlorida; Agricultural Colleges; Farmers in the Legislature. F.: IFT'r PAOE- Edtred by' rHelen Harcourt); Om :. Home' Circl; Cosy Corner; The Family-Friend; ,' Qur Young Folk's Corner. S :" -SIXT PAsE-Veterinary Advice; French Ideas S about Horses;.-An -Experience with Milch : Cows; Care. of the Hoofs; Seven Points in Butter; Poultry in Flo;ida; -Growtlof Young Chicks; How' to Raise Turkeys;- Comb Foun- dation; Management of Bees. SzVEgzrr PA&z-Farm- Miscellany (Illustratedj; Serial Story, -'For Honor's Sake," by B. L. Farjeon. EIGHTH PAGs-State News in Brief; Relies of the Red Men; Fencing -ui or Fencing in Getting Muck from Lake Bottoms; Fallacies about Food; Home-made Foreign Goods; April Weather Record; The Orange, Cotton and To bacco Markets and the Wholesale and Retail Jacksonville Markets. ,, ::-*:-'-'-'4 0:. _' A VALUED CO.NTiRIBUTOR. We learn thatouresteemed friend, Mr S. Bigelow, is new to be addressed at Lake Mary-instead of'Sanfr6rd. He ham not gone to. Lake Mary, but Lake Mary has.come to him, in other words there has been a post office of that name es- tablished near his place of.residence. Mr. Bigel6w, writes, "You are making a really first class paper and no one car afford to miss a singlenumber." Thej all sayz. so, and as we find nd minority to side with, we are constrained, however reluctantly, to adopt the same opinion We feel sorry for those who do not take the FARMER AND FRUiT-GROWEt, for we know that one .of5 these, days -they -wil be wishing they had the back numbers very- few of which' will be'Obtainable Subscribe at once .and you. -will thank us for the advice.' - I % .: q '4 ,. Mr. Bigelow writes, "I have some thoughts pushlig for utterance as soon as work will allow." We are glad to hear that, for it is a sign that we shal have something good to serve to our readers presently. No one better than we knows what it is to have ideas press ing for utterance. For years past we have .Suffered from the pressure-of pen up sentiments in regard to the various shams and frauds from which this'.StatiE has suffered, but, now, having a vehicle for free speech, we-begin to feel a sensi -, ble degree :of elitef.-A.,;,, ;:. ,: : ' And here we would say.again to all who hesitate, about writing for publication -' if you have ideas which you think-migh J- < benefit thp ubljc,. go straightway an( .' put them on paper. Do not be cohcernem S-., about the handwriting, spelling .o T grammar. .We put all manuscript through-a machine which removes such "" minor defects. - It may be of interest to posteriO t' know.what article was the first to be se in type for the FARMEIt AND FRUiT GROWE.R. .Mr.'B rgptoq atdcle. ,sor managementt of a C' rove" Is ,the on which will bver enjoy' that.distinction We place the fact on record and hand i down to posterity. In the exordiur to this able article the writer bid us God speed and expressed the fond hope tha we were.so well fitted for the work be FLORIDA FARMER AND FRUIT GROWER. APRIL 20, 1887. fore us that we.would be able "to corn- ces or amount of sales, but it seems that MISTREATMENT OF HORSES. -On her alluvial fields and reclaimed n mand respect, attract attention, meet many think they have lost by following lands blow the frost line; her tobacco c the demands of modern, independent, bad advice and giving it their patron In Support of a Much Needed "will equal the best of Cuba, while the si production of her north-western coun- progressive thought, and thus insure age. Act of Legislation, .ties will compete .with great advantage "p"o-"ress...ve.. .....gftLeanth thhtobcionrownen the.aleit* success in the fullest sense of the word." We are very sorry for those who have I notice in the proceedings of our Leg- With the. tobacco grown in the valleysof That such words as those should have lost by following out patriotic motives, islatur that Duval county'es representa- onnecticutatPennsylvaonia and other raNortheirn States. Nothing: but'an earth- been given to the printer first Nf all, and but we have no syftiathy whatever for tive in the Senate, Mr. P. McMur ray, quake that shall swallow up the Penin, ti by mere chance, is a circumstance which the prime'mdvers in. this-big advertising has introduced a bill to prevent cruelty sula or such fatal legislation as shal to.anmals. Thi is. surel a step in, the sua.' suc faa gla._a hl cannot fail to convince all who believe scheme. If anyone claims to have dis- right direction, and I hopr e the measure repeal the protective duties on iribe and ti in the efficacy of signs thatthe FARMER covered thb writing-on the wall within will become alaw. The wanton cruelty sugr and retain the onerous and har- c AND FRUIT-GROWER was predestined to two :years past, we hereby put, in a inflicted on the hose inthis city and r ngtwafultilment of.baothse pree- success. counter claim of prior discovery. But suburbs"is a disgrace. It is a sore trial ,, f dic- -o to the feelings of many of'the ethought- t --n" ". we.are glad to know that some who, f0or ful and humane people of this commu .. n WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING. 1 thegood.of the. public, ought to have nity, besides being a source of great AGRICULTURAL' COLLEGES. i( h r e o-ran of champio o seen it long ago, have at last had. their loss tp the lees-feeling and ignorantown- P To ptics opened to its every word and let- ers of stock. theFruitExchange at last o ahd There are few, if- any, cities in the The Resources of the South for A the Fruit Exchange at last 'throws uP ten. conr ftesz"fJcsnil hr thepon6-. ad cie inwofl'o Pesercountry of the size of~acksonville where .: Agricultural Education.-: the sponge and cries in woful tones, there are 'a many -fine horses in "Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin!" Thou LAWS WHICH BENEFIT DEBTORS. b th iiveryand private use as in this We resume the account begun in the a art weighed and foupd wanting,and thy ... .. city, and this class .of stock is well fed last lumber of the provisions made by in kingdom is divided! we -have received a communication and cared for, but there- are also many Florida's neighbor States for agricultural v kingdom is divided, l We -have received a communication agricultural^ ^^ w well! We did not suppose the from a prominent citizen of tine of the that do the drayage. and other heavy education and experimentation.Missis- is Well well! We did not suppose the from a prominent citizens e of the work of, the.- city, which are neither sippi's agricultural college ranks third, c Exchange was so far gone- as that; but southern counties, who has had his caredfornor fed, and mans 6f the last we believe, among'those of all-'the w when -we see its fondest friend' close its sympathies strongly aroused of- late by named class are compelled to pull heavy States, as regardsthe practical efficiency c eyes, so to speak, and fold its lins seeing oneof andshis neighbors stripped lods.and at an.unneessarily fast, rate of its methods of instruction -Such is 1 e y e s o t o s s e e i n o n e k f h i s ei 8 'h b r s st r p p e d t o f o s p e e d 1 h a 't iif e n o t fe d b a l f i ie n u g l( b it s r e p u t a t io n t h a t h u n 'd r e d s o f ,a p pl ic a n t s f over its breast, we cannot but believe- all his wordly possessions, including a sustained. tht.e not fe. hal ,eu t are refused admission simply because of t that-the vital spark has departed, and beautiful home which he "had made for Frequently they do this work with its, limited capacity. The farm attached t that, like Scrqoge, it is -"thoroughly himself during many years'residence in sore backs and shoulders and in constant was a Wvorn-out -plantation,"' :but -by dead." this State. This was -in execution of a pain.' This.is partly from neglect and 'judicious management -has been brought 1 deadn me ,like thisStaten oThis was .in execution oa partly for want of proper harness, aand up to a high point of- productiveness: -a When men like Wm. P Neeld, Of judgment obtained many years ago in. more often from the carelessness of MISSISSIPPI : Pinellas, and Dudley W. Adams, of another State to satisfy debts for which, drivers irnot properly adjusting such MSI. Tangerine, begin to "kick," we think it the defendant claims not to have been harness as they have. The fund resulting from. the sales of is about time for 'the ringmaster and responsible. While his wife was living It is not an infrequentrthing to see public lands granted for the education of- to t et t the wa y n responsible. While his wife was living mules driven at heavy work on a brisk the people of Missipfpi in agriculture and' whippers-in to' get but of the way. he was protected by the homestead law, trot through our heavy, sandy streets, mechanics has een divided equally be- Meanwhie, passive spectators like but on her death the creditors seized on with double the load they are capable of tween the white and, colored races. ourself can sit andcontemplate the scene estate. pulling with' ease,' the dray or other Reference wll first be made to the in- with the utmost equanimity. During.the .d.wdar a: vehicle squeaking f6r want of grease, a thh -oi.th ditor.'mrida er anr o-p-rowe. used for a backbahd cutting intoas the Agriltur and Mehanicl Co- winter, when our contemporary was. Among the incongruities of our stat- the poor beast's back and a cruel' driver, lege of Mississippi and is situated about. heaping whole pages of eulogium on the utes in relation to limitation of action, plying the whip with one hand an ame an aStarkville. It Exchange, and exhorting everyone to is the fact that a person may commit Jeiking on.the reins with the other. -. fcupies 1,750 acres of land, about 600 of . patoniet, oa ex temelyo any sort of crime, not punishable by -Every horse or mule that is compelled which is under cultivation. -About 400 patronize it, our paper was so extremely death or. imprisonment. for life, remain to pull a heavy load,' should have a acres arq good land; the remainder is young that it appeared to us best not to in this State two years, and then be pro- proper harness to do this work in. Their known as gullied- and hill land, and leav-. raise our infantile hands in opposition tected by thie Statute of Limitation, but backs and shoulders should: be properly ing out. of consideration 200 acres of to the desperate efforts wwhich were be- should he have.the.misfortuneto become. cleared to preventtheir becoming sore, woods consists chiefly of worn-out cot- ing made to keep, he- sinking ship -invOlved -in. debt, and have judgment and ye' icles shquld be 'properly luIbri: ton fields. These worn out lands are, by in md entered on same, the Statute of Limi- cated. liberal treatment, being gradually re- afloat., station would hold. him subject to attach-- The pernicious habit of jerking the stored to their normal condition- of We cannot say that.- the Fruir -Ex- meant for twenty years. reius and cutting the lips of the' poor fertility, and are being converted into c change was ever "dear to Our heart," This holds good for crimes, committed beast should be punished, and the prac- fields of corn, grain, grasses etc.. - and debts incurred .out of the*State as tice will soon cease. "The-endowment-fund is $113,575;-the P and were notamong the murn well as in it. For instance, should a man iT f persons'owning stock were once to land, building and appliaces are sti- We wnd on o-..6. .. 1k, r I ":"--: "" '"'= .. '"'-: ...:.... :mated at. $203,400. From interest On4 SWe owned note of its stock, and so.we commit a robbery in New York, come understand that if they neglected to feed d at. $208,00. om eeston Lose nothing. It did not take. us between to this State and live her .ortwo years, and care for their own stock that the endowment-fund an annualincome is Stwoand three years to weight in the. the Statute of Limitation would protect State would feed it at their expense they derived of $5,678, which is supplemented him from. prosecution, but should the would soon adopt the better policy of by.Statea&ppropriations,. balances, and it is long since we ceased game man get in debt in New York, caring for it themselves. The leading object f .this college is , ; to be disappointed in it. We cannot emigrate to -this State-providinbg also Half the suffering-of work stock arises declared to be tobenefitagriculture .and' tell the exact date when our judgment that his creditor .obtained judgment from uncleanliness. If the harness -is the mechanicarts. Its effort are, heo v ofitspractical efficiency was ormed, against him for said debt either in this removed every time the horse is fad and ever, Jike most similar itnsi.tutions, o its praccal eoncy was forme, Ste rNew York-he would be subject the.back.andhniders'washbed wil co'd chiefly directed towards general eduu- butitwas onuthd very day when we to prosecution and his available property water, and the collar and bickband cation, with a special olass ordAivision.in read its first'prospectus. That caused us subject to attachment for twenty years. sponged off, there would be I'ttle or' no agriculture. --' ---,, -----.:t-'i; I Sto exclaim Tekel' -. is is all wrong, and one of the best harness sores to annoy the poor animal, In the stook department theollege we confess that our hopes never were and most needful measures the present and his work would he done with much has pure bred Jerseys;, Holsteins, Ga.1lo- Weconfess that our hopes never were gislature could possible adopt, would mnoredease. ways and Shorthorns, Merinosheep.anud. , dashed worse than o0n reading~that pros- be that of giving relief to the debtor, as i hope that this humane measure' will Berkshire-swine, all of whclare used * pectus. Like. thousands of, others, we California and other prograssiveStatep be'1ome a law, and that then the law w to illustrate the lectures .on, stock given had counted on. some radical changes db; afe a residencetherein 6f fiveyears be enforced. a e COllege. . from the old-syktem of marketing. The A.re all of our legisate so. sensitive'on D.0. LYON, Veterinary :Sutgron.-* A-special- dairy:department has been ufroml the ase o- e etit the this matter of debtthat none dare-take' JAcKSONVTLE,Fla., April 11, 1887. established, so contruced as tofiecure. s public had'cause to expect it, and the the initiative in framing or supporting as far as possible, an .even temperatwie I newspaper press of the State had cause a measure so urgently needed as this?; .'. throughout summer and winner; the t demadit fo hadhotth news.pe.r,--- JUDGEuKELLY-ON FLORIDA. milk obtained from the college herd, . gto demand it, for had not the newspapers tre th tls hcar numbering about 200 in all,-being used given their services .to the new scheme It is -true that laws which are per- .Among Florida's distinguished visitors for the manufacture.of butter. Theicol-S freely and without price? The Exchange fectly just in themselves may work most ding phae pest 'eason was the Hon legs creamery also draws supplies of t' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ h s as .. "" .. bpeaue : o cropsmofromtheoneighoring suarmaer, obtained thousands of-dolrswr'thof' 'ie'ous hardships, and we-fully believe- Kil who c-r free advertising simply on' th strength that our extravagant homestead law hasenow s ofPuntant ia ty winchthed b- is materially sri.yoth- servgh haing -his -fourteenth term in the, -ncreased- -- of its patriotic motives and its intention worked great wrong to many Hst house of-Representatives. We-had the The field experiments include the test- t of working a radical reform in the sys- and often needy creditors. Creditors os of working -raical -pldasu~re'of meeting Judge Kelly several'-ing Of. the value of different fertilizer Stern of marketing Florida fruits. certainly have rights which ought to be imeswhilehe was in Florida and kne o cotn on, sugar e.., .. -.h a d"n e s o r g h u m w h e a t a n d o t h e r c e e a l , The press and the public generally had respected. Still, as between the credi- f s conversati that hewould grasses and foragerops; reports n the enetandnotouh f certain o1addetrclsesorsyptIe from his conversation that he 'would grasses and forage crops; reports on the e entertained no thought of concentrating tor and debtor classes our sympathies arry away a good report of the State value of ensilage in stock feeding, a~so S a o l d 'W ya orport- of the State. value of eneilage in stock feeding,lso . patronage on, an ordinary commission are strongly with the latter, aid 4e be- 1 he did sois evinced in an "inter tcomaativ t ofiee ng ith patongear That he dtid o seice'na."nInter'- the. comparative results of feeding wi *thG house Such a proposition in- advance lieve that any laws which may result in viw" so i an cottonseed meal and other nutritive, sub- viewdha"which he favored a reporter of stances. .'.The farm has been worked so would have been ridiculed by the peo- curtailing the-credit system are beneficial an Alabama ato return i revenue and in increase and th pres woul have emanfed tothe frming opulaion. heprctlc" n Alaamarpper.n--i- aetoerturnamnreveue an incicreas u pie, and the press would have demanded to the farming population. Thepractice -It is well known that Judge Kelly has of'stock more thau on equivalent for the full rates for advertising it. It was not which, has prevailed at the S )uth of ob- been the leading advocate of a mney spentupon: t. hrtiul Y- till after all, this-advertising and after training credit from merchants on crops poective tariff, and it seem 100 acreare devoted to horticulture, th0 epet ra xethdpegd-eoe hyaehretd n oe protective tariff, and it seemsethat during. including 9 acres -,of small fruits, -an the people to a great extent had pledged before they are harvested, and some- his Southern tour he has been studying orchard of over 5,000 trees, including- their support, that the managers of the times before they are planted .is recog- the adaptationof protectionto this sec- 1,250 apple, 600l.,pesr,0800 plum, 2,0001', the adaptation of Protection, to this seec- 11iapl,50tes,'0 lu,200 Scheme made known their plan of oper- nized as the greatest obstacle to profit- tion of the.Tnion. We quote from the pach' 875 mulberry,,20 JapanesaPer- ations, and behold! it was exactly like .able farming, und it is believed that laws si-mo and 80 apricot, a vinpeyard .with -ehat of and beld interview the portion-which'pertains ,to a.large assortment of'grapes,-a nursery that of the well established and reliable will be passed for its suppression insome Florida: "nd' a 20-acre field devoted to vegetables. commission houses we already'had. The of the States. "o,. or u ht Newvarieties of' fruitsboth.large and paperss might with as -,much, or even We do not believe that wrong can be ,The assembling of Congress brougtsmallas wellas vegebles-areeonstant- Smore propriety, have urged the claims of righted by compensation, but if good re- bama and Georgia to an early close an- -.being plantdd to test theirmerits. baatheGe'r-riyhtedbe ad l-students are required to devote Mr. Bean, orof Mr. Pillow, or of Higley sults indirectly from a wrong it is grati- left me with an eager desire to see more t ^n ^ 'uren e day former daysu.rin the & Smith;. The fact that there were nu- fying to note the good. As, to limitation of the 'New South'; that ishof those por- week to work on the farm or in.,the e merous'tbckholders,gak th Exdhange -of time for the collection of, a debt we a ted a desireofthe garden or workshop. S w h.-b.e y a ru6ic "gav6 the . .,..fled arid animated by a desire of the gar n. o w ork oUIpiNA. Snostronger claim on the press than if 'see no less justice in firing the period at people to promote their own 'prosperity -...'.OU.ANA. . * there had been but one. five years than at twenty. If it be a and that of the country by manufactur- The State University and Agricultural 1 On reading'the prospectus, which we purely arbitrary matter, as ir appears to ing the material products oteir re- and Mechanical College is situted' at believe.was gratuit circulad b- we w d us i. f -. o spectLveStates, for home use and ex- Baton Rouge, as dis the result ofia com- h believe was.g ratuitouly., circulated py be, we would in favor .o pa g portaflion. On the adjournment of Con- bination "of the old State Ui..rsity, Sthe newspapers, we saw but one ,ray .of Florida, in this respect, at least on agrees I proceeded directIly to Florida and formerly at Alexandria, with the a.ri- ' hope, and that was the :"guarantees footing with California. where, accord- with the best aids that courtesy and en- cultural and mechankca. college. The- e id that meai thatth,Elxchange woild i'g to-our correspondent, a debt' cannot terprise could lend medevoted myself .bombnedendowmeit nfnds, amountn- to retii~2br .to the study of the resources of that. $318',000;, and the land', buildings an'd ap- Sinsure gQod -returns.f-r, fruit consigned. be collected after standing for fieears. wonderful State, whiqh has, too gener- pliances are valued at $350,000. s :toir? .,--We,gputitble questioan:to-theam.an- In fact, we-would outbid California and' ally, been believed capable of producing The annual income derived frrm' the Q- aget.- .,,A1No,'he relp-tid, ,we- oat tdnly make it four years-. onlyorangesa, early vegetables for ex- endowment .fund is $14,500, to which e insure coiii'ctl returnss" -This implied. We..like the idea of making F'loida a rationoand flowers, but which is must be added an annual State app- -that the Exchange, Would deal moire "CIity'of refuge"- to all-but-felobie. -- The esed tkfrnrakmoghepiinofbut$000aig$2, Sthonestly or honorably tl deal mor t. city' of refge to allbut felons The agricultural States of the country in the 500 in all. This. is sufficietint' to' meet honestly or honorably ta Bn' reat- majority of beneficiaries under production of great stap'es. the 'current expenses, the l rgest item. o or Mr. Pillow. '"Would you," we asked such protective laws are, womeb and "Her industrial history is a story of of which is the salaries of thi" teahllng i hit again, "do0 a'Mr. Beandid with us children, who, without such protection, iceb e blun n an .e-'- ta ff m of this institution ist pro lat ..'dllr. oxi wol fro fo whch mento byute free trade theristswho The ai fti intiutonis topr-- .";las winter-pay us a dollar a abox nad- would suffer from causesfor which they controlled her destinies prior to the War. -vide general instruction and education d ditlon to the returns of a Northern are in no wise responsible. A great It affords a splendid object lesson for in all the. departments of literature, d'commission house, which- were. 'evi- many men become hopelessly involved' those who would .impress upon the science and art, and 'includes special in- r ;dntly fraudulent?" "No," he-said,-.we in debt through the. fault-of. others. .-Southern mind the beneficence of the struction in agriculture andth mechanic .acouldyno affrdume tod that." -. Thw e qan otev sayg "no" to a frind and trut., hs embodied in the system of nation-K arts. The 'education in agriculturein- Ws could not afford to do that." aeThey cannot say "noc to a friend, and economy with which the protection- eludes a training 'ii. the cultivatiomi.-df h We perceivedc that the Eoiabnge was they cannot see a reckless son-disgraced, sits'of America confront the cosmopoli- sugar, cotton and rice and in general, not going to do any better for the public and they cannot deny the wants of'an ex- tan political economy pressed upon us by farm work. Instruction is also given in. tl .-a ,t a ar.d fail. I i s, for such reaon the Cobden Club, and other agents of farm architecture, sutveyin-g roads,. o th~an ,,thepusaes ahreadY established, travagant family. It ts, fhr suoh reasons t.teel and iron workers, and cotton levees, ditches, etc., also in veterinary t and that, having .inexperienced officers, that the debtor class has been so much and wool manufacturers of England.. I surgery. One hour a day is devoted to r- it could hardlybe expected to do as *ell; favored in modern legislation. Still we ,ye- tnre the prediction, that if the South- labor in the field, garden or workshop. n But public interest has been so'-fixed, favor/this class of lawsmovepon account brn Democracy and their Northern free According to the latest published returns on' idea of concentration and he" whole e i e e eer trade allies, shall fail to repeal the ex- the number of students attending is e on the idea of concentration, and so of.the wholesome influence ,they exert isting duties on sugar and rice, and will 159. L. eager were the people to accept anything i making people more' cautions- abopt, consent to-repeal of the tobacco tax, the A station for the production of vaccine it which gave promise of reform, that the giving credit, and 'that results in 'less census which shall be taken in 1900,-lymph has been established, the work of a Exchange obtained a large pattdnage, borrowing and lesspaying of interest, from which we are separated by less which is carried on chiefly by the eta- _ == ... ,, ,.=. - =.,, , v : e. -. t.i" anl8',years,will show Florj~a to bepre- dents,-under. the direction of the profes- I- and but for the big freeze it would have the rate of which, t. thiscountry, s I eminently the cane, sugar and rico grow son in charge. It is sald that the'vacctne- ,t paid a handsome dividend, to its stock- higher than any-but speculators can af- ing State of the Union, and will stand department has been self-sustaining, be- i- holders. We know nothing of its finan- ford to pay. I high as a grower of tobacco. I sides gratuitously distributing a large umber of points every year, .nd has re- eived the -hearty approval of the phy- cians of ohe State. i ("** " 0. FarrmersJn the Legislature. The Helena (Ark,) World say:,. "The farmers of "Arkansashive cap- ired the Senate and House : in this tate, and if they do not shape legisla ion to siit' themselves, they will most certainly make a great mistake. There rill be fifty-eight farmers in the House f Representatives and twelvee in the Senate, giving them on joint ballot a majority. We expect from: them a rad- cal change in many things, that have .rov' eiinimical to their interests." Colman's Rural World c6miments on he above as follows:'-. - "But if the.farmers allow the lawyers who arealso~members),..ithe ringmasters nd lobbyists to hoodwink them into.do- ag just what they ought not to do, where is the gain? In the Missouri Leg- - slature we. have as good representation of farmers as;could be wished for, and ye hope to see them stand by edch either and by the catise they represent, .nd not permit outsiders tor insideis, or that. matter to bree.I dissentrtions in heir midst -.or.. to otherwise hoodwink hem, to defeat the purpose for which he people elected farmers. .Be on your guard, gentlemen: stand by the people and the interests you represent." .- .- " Hints to Correspondents. The readers of the'-FLORIDA FARMER AND FRUIT-GROWER are respectfully in- vited to contribute to its columns articles and notes on all subjects- pertaining to ihe farm; garden, orchard and house- hold affairs. Thb range of topics which vill be discussed in this journal may be gatheredfrom-the subjoined table, which nay' serve to suggest what might other- vise escape attention: . FARM MANAGEMENT. Clearing land, draining labd, crops for new. land, succession of crops,.intensive farming, treatment 'of different- soils, resting land, soiling vs. pasturing, cow peflnig, 'green manuring. ). ,)MESTIC ANIMALS. Horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry-Breeds, feed, diseases, treat- nment. ,- ... : '; SPECIAL FERTILIZERS. -.Cotton- seed, .cotton seed meal, barn- yard. m~a manure, guano, ground bone, su- per-phosphate, gypsumn, lime, kainit, dishes, marl, ..muck, leaf mould, com- posts. . ': ... S FORAGE CROPS. SBermuda' grass, crab grass, Para grass Guinea grass, Terrell grass, orchard grass, red-top grass, Johnson grass; Texas blue grass pearl millet, German mi'let, millo maize, kaffir corn, teosinte, sorg- hum, fodder corn, cow peas, desmodi- am, Mexican clover, lespedeza, alfalfa, melilotus. . STAPLE CROPS.' :- . Corn, oats, rye, wheat-Varieties, yield per acre, soil and season, difficul- ties encountered, general treatment. Cotton-Long and .Shorl Staple-Plant- ing and culture, marketing crop, man- agement of seed, products from the seed. - Sngar Cane aid Sorghum-n-Varieties, culture, maling'syrup and sugar, condi- tion of market. . Tobacco-Varieties, history in Florida, recent experiences, seed, culture manu- facture. ' FRUITS. Citrus Eruits-Comparison;-of varie ties, hardiness and productiveness, meth- ods of propagation,-methods-of planting and culture, comparative effects pf fer- tilizers,-marketing of frult, preservation of fruit wine and other products. Peach, 'pear, fig, persimmon, Japan plum, Kelsey plum, native plum, mul- berry, quince, apricot, guava, banana, pineapple sapodilla, mango, avocada, pear,:cocoanut, "pecan, -English walnut, almond, pomegranate, olive, grape, strawberry, blAbekberry, raspberry-Va.. rieties, their characteristics," effects of sdill' weather, etc., best methods of culture. " S, 'FLOWER GARDEN. ." Plants adapted to this climate, out- door culture, management of green- house.. ., ,: : ,. -- ' -NATEVE TREES-,'ANDHERBS.. Planting trees for ornament or utility, - the burning'ovet of forest lands, the lumber and' turpentine industries, the tanning industry, phenomena of plant life, teeds' and noxious plants. N. B.-Specimens may be sent to the editor for identification. Information is , desired respepting' popular names and u ?s ... .. ....., '- '.... .', .. ;; * iNSECT ENEMIES AND FUNGOOJD DISEASES. Nature of damage. done and remedies.. M.iIn treating of,'the.above an&d related sisubjepts, practical. experience is much to ,e.: preferred i to theoretical knowly edge;. yet ,t4ere are topics' needing dis- cussion ',w..luph -have ito be treated of. froi fa ,,somewha( 7. theoretical stpnd- point,.. .... ,: *... .., In describing any method of experi- ment it is desirable that all external in- fluences be-explained; for example, in tie case of 'a crop, the character of the season, of -the soil, .of the sub-soil and the method/of planting and cultivating, all have an important'bearing on the re- ,sult. Bare statements of results are of little value, though they may be worthy of mention. : We do not desire letters written mere- ly in praise of special localities unless claims to favor are based on the products orproductiveness of the soil. Articles of an animated or vivacious tyle are de- sirable by way of variety, but practical statements and descriptions should be concise and as much to the point as pos- sible.. .. .All communications for the editorial departmentshotld be .addressed to EDITOR FARMER AND FRUIT-GEoWEE. '*' .- .' *>".' '