t 418 THE FLORIDA FARMER AND FRUIT-GROWER. is that strangers who are not acquainted stand in from the World's Fair pointof however, may induce the Legislatureto .1 HLOfUQA'Uif.GRoW[ with our resources do not realize view. do something.: 1 1VISltlets. the disgraceful showing that we make. The Okeechobee Drainage Company Cocoanuts and pineapples awaken in. (Disston) are now putting in a terest simply because they are novel creditable display of the resources of ] \ . I STEPHEN POWERS. Editor: ties to most people. their muck lands, including exhibitsof ......- _..... P. O. Address Lawtey,Fla.CONTENTS. The of it however is . feature worst soil, sugar cane, sugars, rice, peanuts JACKSONVILLE FLA. Juno 22. -- the evidences of of Florida , Thisis neglect pecans, vegetables, etc. exhibits in the Horticultural Building. FRUITS AND VKGKTABLKS. not yet complete, but will be so Many of the pineapple are dy These are average quotations. Extra choice p.ants within GROVK AWD ORCHAmiv-The Man the Land a week. iota fetch prices above top quotations, while poor and the Fruit; Off Years; Rural's RambLing i from lack of ing watering. Judging lots sell lower. H. G. HASTINGS. .... ......... Dots: Pruning Lemons 411 Lemons,Flay .... 1.50(02.00 Jlardpan.-............................ 412 from appearances the pineapple plants Chicago June 15. ....... .' Messina............ .. 3.75 of for .. to .. have had not a drop water a Pineapples a. 3.00 3 so Mr. Neeld in Self-Defense; Cluster Culture; Porto Rico each.......... 30 to .50 I Japan Plums; Peaches at Daytona; pear week. The dust is thick and heavyon Tho Homo-Sellers' Mooting Bananas,bunch.................none in market Crop e .. 413 them and all other plants. The meeting called by Mr. C. De Onion new ....... 2.50103.25 { . yplian, too-Ib sack. . 3.00 FARMER AND TRUCKER-Irish Potatoes;Mak There has been an improvement in lano for 9 o'clock at the Carleton .* Fla., 3-peck crate....... .... 1.25 ing One's- .Own..Pork.....;..Failure....... in...MuckPanning ...... 414 appearances around the Florida State House was postponed to 2 o'clock on Sweet Florida potatoes cabbage bbl.bbl....... .............. 1.73 1.23 DAIRY-Dairying in Hot Latitudes........... 414 Building in the last three or four days, account of the non-arrival of delegates.At Beets.. ,newper...... ..... 1.00 to 1.50 POULTRY-Can Eggs be Sold for f i:? Goslings; but in your correspondent's opinion this hour a number of fruit and Turnips bbl., Pla ..... .... 2,00 3.00 I Swarms Deserting,111m.. ............ .. 415 the labor done there would do ten vegetable-growers assembled and listened Carrots,dozen..bunches.......... .23 . . I PALM CHEMISTRY-Nitrogen and Bacteria... 415OUR I times as much good if put into the to addresses from Mr. Delano Celery Parsnips.., .. to ..35.40Hgg RURAL nOMs-Rnmhlnr One's Dread Life"Checking" : Horticultural Uutlding.Ve find that I and Mr. W. N. Sheats, State Superintendent Tomatoes.Plants.,.crate...., small................. l-50t02.00.50 to 1.00 Babies; Whole Wheat 416 the great majority of the visitors visit I of Instruction, who is himselfa Squashes ... ..._ 1.23101.30 Nurse: Anti-Moth; ; Cocoanutt.... .......S.. .....*...*... 4f Come Weer.1 ...... ..Cbaning.Marble'' 417 no State building except their own, grower. Peanuts best brand...... ..... jrj'%" while all visit the main buildings.It Mr. Sheats thought with Senator Plums bu....... ...... I.SOt02.00 KDITORIAL Chicago Letters; The Home- ..... f bu Sell eru1 Meeting ............. .... .... 418 is exceedingly unpleasant for us Delano that the proper thing for the Huckleberries.Ke1AC1. H.... ...... .73101.00.08 6moklngPI.h....... .....................- 419 to criticise the management of Florida growers to do was to sell at home and Green Cucumbers Corn,crato dozen.................... .25.13 I to,-.-* interests, but it is folly to try to con for cash. He reasoned that i if the Peaches, carrier. Florida ....... 1.50 to 2.00 Our Premium Supplement.At ceal it from ourselves. We have hada produce was in demand purchasers Apples" Georgia. carer...... .... 1.23101.50 2.00 subscriberswe marked instance of the lack of en. would come to get the fruit, and if Melons per too.................17.00t018.o0 I several the request of Cantaloupes bbl-crate ............... 2.00102.50 , in ergy the last few days. Last Sunday the markets were so glutted; that it was Sweet Pepper peck...... .60 to .73 . and have have prepared pressan night four carloads from Fernandina's not in demand that it would be far Grapes" .N .KAra.SO-lbbox.: ................ 2.00 2.50 illustrated supplement of four pages, (Nassau Co.) exhibit arrived. At 4 better to let it rot on the trees at Okra, peck .35 to .40 giving an attractive list of premiums p. m. today ((Tuesday) the cars had home than to ship it north at their POULTRY AND EGGS. which we offer for new subscriptions.You not been opened. It is this kind of own expense and get nothing for it, Hens........ ........................... .3410.36 chance thing that is so disgusting.We as had been the sorrowful experienceof Roosters...............1............ .30 find here to secure may a in the State. He Broilers............................... .20to .30 want. are wasting a grand opportunity many growers Turkeys per pound .................. 16 to 16} e without cost something you to advertise our State. If every cited instances where the shipper had Ducks..................... ........... .33(0 .50 for the reward of Geese................................. .50 These premiums are progressive man in Florida could be been compelled to pay out large Kggs.. ................................. .14 those who work for the paper. A in the Horticultural Building for one amounts of money besides getting HAY GRAIN, ETC. . copy will be mailed to any applicant, day and hear many of the eager questions nothing for the fruit or whatever it White corn,small lots....................... 1.30 as to Florida, we do not believe happened to be. Mr. Sheats thoughtthat Mixed. corn, ............... ....... 1.25 whether already a subscriber or not. White oats, .. ............ ........... 1.85 there would be many who would not because the meeting was not a Mixed oats '< ....................... 1.75 down into their and fur it that Hay No. i,Timothy( small lots............. 20.00 the go pockets very large{ one was no sign .. .. . CHICAGO .LETTERS-II. Wheat bran. small lots.. .... ..... .. 30.00 nish funds to give us a representative growers in the State were not heartily Wheat )Middlings per ton .. 21.00 Editor Farmer and Fruit Grower: exhibit in Horticultural Building in In favor of the movement to organizeand Ground of too pounds.feed,fresh....(corn.....andats.........).,.per....sack...... 1.50 The Fair in itself is magnificent. charge of practical men who would fight the on home ground. Feed meal, in sacks of 100 pounds, per ton. 23.00 enemy Rice fOUIpe T cwt........................... .90 Most of us came here with large ideas, take care of exhibits after they got With a strong organization he asserted Pure wheat per sack of impounds......... 1.40 but they were nothing in comparisonwith here.It. that reasonable transportation rates Prepared 150-pound steam sacks.cooked....-.cow... ..feed......per.. ..cwt..... 1.30 the reality. To attempt anythinglike is not too late for us to have a could be secured.He Prepared steam cooked horse feed per cwt, 15o-poundsackL....it.. ...... ...... 1.50 a description of it is an impossi- creditable showing yet, if prompt action was followed by Senator J. A. Pearl grits per barrel....................... 3.10 bility. Your correspondent has been is taken and those in charge here Rosborough in the same line of argu Pearl meal per barrel..... ................. 3.10 Flour best winter wheat patent........... 4.85 here one week and each day finds will do a little hard work and use ment. Flour, extra fancy family .... ............. 4.23 fresh evidence of how little one can judgment in their efforts. A committee was appointed, con.sisting (Half.) barrels,either brand 250 per barrel 1 1ntra. see of it in that time. The exhibitsare The fruit exhibit in the Italian sec- of Messrs. C. Delano, Dudley Cotton seed meal l.bright per ton........... 26,00 now mostly complete and there is tion is remarkable in one respect, W. Adams, A. P. Baskin, J. A. Ros Dark ten or.. ..Sea. ..Island.. .... ..cotton.. .. ..seed... None meal in per market material for a daily inspection for six showing, as it does, the extreme care borough and P. Barrentine, to issuean Pure ground bone fine, per ton .......... 31.00 Bone and potash: ,per ton.................. .. 3340 months at the least. they use in packing. There would be address to the people on the all. German kainit,per ton .................... 17.00Land We note several familiar Florida less complaint as to poor account- important subject of home sales, andto plaster.......... .....OO" .... ............ 10.00 Nitrate Soda 3c_per pound; per ton.'** S,5.OO faces in the crowds, among them be sales if our packers would take a few appoint a meeting of growers for potash. 2)4:per pound; per ton.... 50.00 . ing C. A. Bacon, of Ormond; O. M. lessons from the Italians in packing.A some date in the fall, if in their judg Sulphate Sulphate potash potash 90 20 per per cent pound..;.per. -ton......... 53.00Muriate IS.OO ! Crosby, of Avon PaIk; Arthur Brown, few of the boxes of oranges are first ment deemed best. SEETV ..one. of Belleview, and Woodworth, of wrapped in paper, then covered with 'rAE FARMER AND FRUIT-GROWER Peas CI.'..... ... ...........,................ t.io Wclaka. tin foil with fancy decorations at the is heartily in favor of the idea of sell .. Whippoorwill...... ........ ............ 1.10 ? Btack.*. .. .. .>......... ...............1.(5 The point of principal interest to top. The oranges have a fresh and home, for in many cases it |. Black Bye .d.... ................... 1.23 Building means Red Kippers.................... ....... 1.13Conch.r is Horticultural after while Floridians the tempting appearance being shipped something consignmentmeans .. .. .. ...... .... .. ............ 3.13 where all the prominent fruit four or five thousand miles. nothing. It needs no organi .' Split.... .. ... .. ...,._..... .. ........ 2.7S Dca u...... .. ........ ....1.........H....,..... 240II growing States are well represented We have spent some time in both zation to bring this about, however, Lima...... ............................ 270 except Florida. The shoeing of the the Florida and California sections, but if the growers can organize a corporation Pearl Cat Tail millet per pound............ JOe German or Golden millet, bushel....... 2.00 resources of the State is a few pine and we find that there is much more powerful enough to tackle Hungarian grass, per bushel.per................ 2.50 , of interest taken in Florida Rural Branching Dboura per pound......... 250 apples and cocoanuts, a few jars than in California and restrain the transportation companies White tnilo make .. ...... toe canned fruits and an arch of half de. by people who are intending to they will certainly do an ad. Kaffir corn ......... aoc ......... Amber cane or sorghum joe rayed russet oranges. Decidedly we move from the north to engage in mirable thing, something that their Alfalfa or Lucerne ** ......... ear are not "in it" in this exposition. fruit culture. The inquiring class are representatives at Tallahassee did not Johnson grass .......-.Ise Gold seed rice( per bushel......... 2.00 California has a magnificent display intelligent people, evidently hard, have the courage to do to any solid Genuine red upland oaUM ......... &c White seed rice ......... , in Their exhibit workers who make effect. 3.25 every department. common-sense a Beggar weed seed, per pound ........ . shows careful preparation: and cons success and who are desirable acquaintances We wish the growers well most sin GROCERIES. tant renewal whenever wherever Thereare in all their efforts Butter,gilt edge..... ................... ... u j they to necessa1 y. go. cerely bring Cheese, full cream .................... .. .14 Many who spend winters in Florida thousands of that class of people about home sales. But to fight the Cheese. H cream ....................... ..aU JmporatCdapricotJ ..................... .16 1 have said "It's a shame to see how who will visit the Fair this summer. battle of transportation they must put Kvaporatedpeaches........................ .il little Floaida has done in the way of Many of these who would have cometo up the coin. No association held to Evaporated apples........................ .11 Dried peaches .. .. ...................,... .|0 an exhibit, when with her resources Florida will be attracted to other gether only by moral power can ever Dried appln.. .. ......... ................... & she could have made such credit- States which have exhibited their I make impression worth Cu rran tea........ .... .. ................. .06 a a pin'sfee resources any Citron... .......-.................... ,1$ able showing." here. Our loss will be their on companies bound together by Prunes Turkbh........... .. ..........S..13 Raisins r.. L. box........ ........ .....|iO3 The only consolation that we have gain. That is the exact position we money power Popular agitation, Figs Dry........ ... ............. ...,., 41 1 . r