1 rtk. . 1 4I , v I .. I ',:' > THE FLORIDA FARMER AND FRUIT-GROWER. 545' C ood fiealth High Roosts. FLORIDA FRUIT EXCHANGE. High roosts are an abomination.The , -""'- large, heavy hens can only reach ' The Drinking-Water of Florida. the high roosts with difficulty, and An Incorporated Home Association Oranjro Growers for marketing Florida Fruit to the Dr. R. A. Lancaster, of Gainesville they are liable to be dislodged from best advantajre.-AUTHUHIZEI( )CAPITAL. taU) tU). t has seized upon a fact which. their position, thrown off and injured order.BOX Write 3IATI for price 1tiAL--Tho list and Exchange terms. is fully prepared to supply boxes' and paper on seems to be of immense importanceto by the fall. Make the roosts the health of the State, namely, low-a foot from the floor being sufficiently -:OFFICERS :- the fact that the vast phosphate t high-and have all the roostson GEO. H.FAIHIIANK8. President. I). OKKKSLKAF.: 'lce-Presldent. A LIIKHT.: M. IVKS..Gen'l Mffr.and Treos. M.I }'. TUHNEH. l Secretary. deposits are necessarily more or a level, instead of making them imiKCTOHS-Goo.) : H. .Fairbanks Alachua Co.; F..O. Hill.: llradfordCo.t Ur. 1'. E. Pratt less contaminating to the water like that is than the II III Ahoro Co.; John C. Lava Lake Co.; HirCnitchor.Oranjro Co.; u. Greenleaf. Duval Co.; step- ; one higher It. M. llaer. (Duval Co.: A. heady IJrcV'anJ Co? F. a.ttamnson, Marion Co.; ('.V. Hilly er, because they are animal remains.In other. Bumble-foot, lameness of the Nassau Co.; John M. ,Ilryant, fecoola Co.; II. Hutchmson, Putnam Co.; 31. 8.Moruman St. health Johns Co; (I. W. Lancaster, Volusia Co.:J.C. Pelot. Manatee' Co. Florida Notes he writes: joints and other ailments arc often dueto Address all correspondence to the Florida Fruit Exchange,Jacksonville, Fla Stencils, "In all cities and towns which high roosts, and it is to their seek with full {tacking and skipping instructions,furnished on application. have a public system of water ing lofty perches that young turkeysare -- works the State Board of Health usually affected with swollen feet BEACH & VALENTINE should require a quantitative analysisto and legs. It is really doubtful if , be made of the water, from which roosts are necessary in a poultry- analysis the State Health Officer is to house, as those who have tried the IMPORTERS OF NEW AND CHOICE decide whether it may with safety be experiment of providing litter for the used by the public. Where the analysis hens, and cleaning it away daily, report Pineapple Plants from the West Indies shows that the water is unfit for that the hens keep in much bet use let the State Health Officer condemn ter condition, being less liable to it and if necessary compel the draughts of air and are seldom lame.It Correspondence solicited. authorities to seek elsewhere for a is an experiment worthy of a trial, better supply. as the removal of the roosts will render MELBOURNE, FLA. "The phosphate deposits which cover the interior of a poultryhousemore . ---- -- .so large a portion of certain sectionsof roomy and convenient. H. Geo. S. Hacker & Son our State are the remains-we are Jacobs in Farm and Fireside. Nerve J Blood , taught-of animal matter. Is not the .- -*...-_ MAIfUrACTCKERS OF water percolating through this de Lot Your Hens Sit Tonic A2Buider! w CD.r posit likely to find enough soluble Better results are obtained from .c J BriBBl '= 09CO matter to render it very unwholesome? bens that are allowed to sit than when I 1 :ac :Ito That this is a fact I think I have clinical they are prevented (from incubating. w i VllllHII -. demonstration bat more of( this When the hen goes on her nest to sit another time." she does so for the purpose of using V Vto 3: Doctrinaires- -.and-- Doctors. the fat of her body to impart heat to 4 s Rend for 0C the and she seldom leaves cSncr1pUnpam GO eggs, as a The following is culled (rom a letter bJet. the feed she becomes reducedin - nest to o from the of of the S president one now Dr. WILLIAMS' o flesh by the time the are fD defunct County Boards of Health, hatched. She also eggs rest and :SOt'. tfJ T MEDICINE CO., O . secures and is quoted to show what a little per bo:. jMT SCbenectady,N.Y. - As rule hen thing will hinder some people in the recuperation. a a sitting o far I"J.30. and BfOCkTllle,Oflt. fulfillment of duty: is nearly: always fat, and to prevent And Building Material.CHARLEIITON . her from her in sitting simply keeps a " I have found from personal ex. condition unfavorable to laying. Thereare BENTON & UPSON 8. O. perience and observation that more , - --- -- times however when chicksare no births would be if would reported you desired. In such cases let the tJACKSO'1VIIiLtE, FIlA., leave off'the following requirements: FraudauasFruitWrappers.:: hen go on the nest, giving her a few 'Maiden name of mother, birthplaceof _ porcelain Do not break her eggs. parents, age of parents. When from she will become IRRIGATING sitting MORE CHEATING. as soon NO a physician is looking over his books and will but few broody again lay , t at the end of the month with a view Consumers of Fruit Wrappers may of making his reports he cannot an eggs before going on the nest the MACHINERY now know that they get an honest ream swer these questions unless he has re- second time, but if kept on the nest of 4S0 sheets and not 400 or 320 sheetsto for two or three weeks, and then ream us some! unscrupulous dealers membertd to make of them note at a Do.rlI< "broken she will off in supply. come up, the time of attendance. They put off until tomorrow reporting this or that excellent condition for laying, and Steam and Horse Power. OUR "FAIR AND SQUARE"Printed will lay more eggs than she would birth hoping to member of( see some have done if prevented from sitting, Wrappers arc put up in packagesof the family, perhaps some miles off, 1000 each, and each Wrapper Is including the time lost in incubation from whom he can get these facts, and and she will not become broody until, Pipe, Pipe Fitting, Brass numbered, in printing consecutively from 1 to 1000. No one can consequently the report is not sent in. she is in a fat condition again. Valve, Hose, Etc. Note the words we have italicized, BEATour --- ----- HONESTLY "Unless he has remembered. Why ;o,.. WRITE FOR ESTIMATES. should he loot have remembered to'' prices. Send for samplesand prices Said the get that data as well as to rememberhe r toTHE had a birth to report? It does FRUIT TREESFOR JERSEY CITY PRINTING CO., seem strange that men professionally JERSEY CITY, N. J. trained to exactness should treat the N. B.-Wo do not deal in unprinted minutia: of these reports as matters of to himself, "If the ix SOUTHERN ORCHARDS.Write wrappers. small consequence.-Florida Health moon I dwhenever get, 4' for and price lint.JENNINGS' . Catalogue Notes.It I'm dry rowOthb's FfllR VISITORS CO.. NURSERY throat I could occurs to us that the country my doctor is right. What possible bear. vrct;The moon quarter is a -with a quarter Thoinasvllle, Oar HOTeL J FRENCH, ing has the mother's maiden name on ar I hear; you can AltllKAST WITH Tilt TI3IKH.! HARVEY. ILL. the value of the record of( a birth? purchase fire gallons Full course of infraction and modern methodsof Of what is a statementof w of handling same: able and experienced teach* FURNISHBD HOUSE CAN BE 8IOURI0 consequence i era; careful moral training,and pupils(boy*and FOR THIRTY DAYS. the birth-place of the infant's i young men)of correct principle and habits,are parents in making up the vital statistics JT Hires9Root characteristic of Situated on the Grand Trunk and Illinois Cen teal R. It. being:convenient to atop without go SCHOOL of Florida ? Perhaps such points THE FISHBURNE ing into the City,and more accessible to the FairGrounds have Meer.A "'.,o..horo, Virginia. than the City iuelf. value but may a remote they Delicious Electric light and other modern advantages. This U a three-story brick building,cool and are not apparent to the rural physIcian ante.Thlrst qaenchlngiHealthUivlng Temper* Write for catalogue.- airy rooms, with first-class table. -- -- I Give a few days' notice of your Intended visit and he ought to be educated Good for time Drink.of I "*'".ft. *W I and we will reserve you a room meet you at the any year. , I ., gradually to appreciate them and not WELLMACH'YAllltlHl. *** station and guarantee aatitfacticn. Parties of .... toikrt Will four or six can have suite connecting if desired. make calkms. Be and sun A ropeMed at the beginning by too much 5C.package HIRES 5 I>/*?* American Well Work*.Aurora,!11. tape. alto,Chicago,The;Dallaf Tex.;Sydney,N. S.W. CHARLES G. FRENCH, Harvey, Ill. . .