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FAEM AND GARDEN. Matters That Will Interest and In* struct Soil Tillers. Correfpondeae* of Experienced Men an i Extracts Erosa Oar Agricultural Exchanges. V Soil Ferments in Agriculture, No 5, BY DR. H. W. WILEY. 1 tii-t ot the Division ot Chemistry; U. S. De¬ partment ot Agriculture. ABSORPTION OF NITRATES BY PLANTS. Evidently the very best method of utilizing the products of the activity of the soil fermenis is to have them ab¬ sorbed by a growing crop. For this rea¬ son, as well as for others of an economi¬ cal nature, the farmer should have as little waste land as possible. Every acre which he possesses should either be de¬ voted to forest, orchard,grass, pasturage or cultivated crops. By thus occupying the land he will reduce to a minimum the losses which occur from the leaching of the soil by water. It is well known that all agricultural crops store immense quantities of or¬ ganic nitrogen in their tissues. As a rule, the highest percentages of nitro¬ genous organic compounds are found in the seeds of plants, but it must not be forgotten that certain grasses which are harvested for hay also contain large quantities of nitrogen. This is especially true of clover It Is easily seen from the above how wasteful is the practice, now happily almost extinct, of burning the residue of cereal crops,as, for instance Indian cornstalks and the straw of wheat, in order to prevent them from obstruct¬ ing subsequent tillage. In this wasteful process it is true that the phosphoric acid and potash are saved and returned to the soil, but all the nitrogenous com¬ pounds are. practically lost and dissipa¬ ted in the air. The quantity of am¬ monia and oxides of nitrogen which are produced in combustion is insignificant when compared with the total nitrogen¬ ous content of the refuse matters men¬ tioned above. It is far better that these residual matters be chopped as finely as possible and turned under by the plow. Although they may not decay with suf ficenl rapidity to be ot much benefit to the next crop, yet they will gradually become decomposed and serve a most valuable end in contributing fresh stores of humus and nitrogen to the arable soil. Combustion is the most wasteful and also the least scientific method of disposing of the reluse of the fields. FALLOW' FIELDS. In former limes it was a common practice among farmers to allow a field to lie fallow for one season in order to iucrcase Us fertility. The advisability of this process is extremely questionable, During a moderately dry summer there Is probably very little loss experienced by plowing a field after the spring rains and keepiug its surface sufficiently well cultivated during the summer to pre¬ vent tbe growth of weeds. In the ab¬ sence of heavy rainfall the stores of available nitrogen in such a soil will un¬ doubtedly be increased during the sum¬ mer, inasmuch as the processes of nitri¬ fication will be continued and the stores of nitrogen thus oxidized, in the absence of absorbing bodiep, will remain in the soil. Even in case of rainfalls which may carry the soluble plant food below the arable soil, there may not be any notable loss, especially if such a down¬ pour be followed by dry weather. In the latter case by the evaporation from the surface and consequent capillary movement of the soil moisture upward, the available plant food carried below the reach of the rootlets of plants will he brought again toward the surface aud rendered available. But in case of heavy rains, producing a thorough sat¬ uration and leaching of the soil, the losses in a field lying fallow during the summer will be very great, and it is not well at any time to take the risk. Es peciaiiy is this statement true o? fields which have lain fallow during thesum met and which are afterward exposed to th.- saturating rains of the autumn and winter. in these cases the nitrogen will be thoroughly extracted and all the soluble matters which may hoveaccumu lated during the summer will be lost. It is advisable therefore in all cases, in¬ stead of allowing the fields to lie fallow, to ee.cd them witli a catch crop, such as barley, rye, or peas, whicn may retain the products of nitrification. When the time com.-s for seeding the field with the t Den led crop, the catch can be turned under with the plow, and, in the pro css of decay, furnish again the nilro genous food in an available foim. This practice should never be neglected in fie ds which lieoverdurine the winter in preparation fur planting during the fo' Sowing spring O' course, this statement d ies not apt y «o partica’ariy to fields which m»y be plowed late in the autumn,after the activityot theniirify ing fermen's is practica'ly suspended for the winter D* a I'-mpera e ciimat-, fields may ,.• p .,wed iat*- in November or during ihe m *n»h *>f D-c-mber, and the fresh y turned soil ex^ sed b- »he o i »n of ihe w*miier during the winter w j * g rea t d a t gf r of 1 In mnny s an exr ier j e rio' mrs/ht evsen f*»r the miMKm plowing, w »;*' should *!«**$» or xc c m aiieih '*ubsoii:ng Tne isrr soli *h iu be brought into od tilti and th is xn absorbent which wUl h">ld -ar/e quanuti •» o m dsture, be coming w* Itble for he foUowinar son dur ns the period of deficient rains THE SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIAL FOR THE ACTIOS OF FERMENTS. A field is as poor as its most deficient fertilizing principle. A plant, like an animal, demands a balanced ration. It can not live upon phosphoric acid alone. Ja order to secure the most economic method of fertilizing, the I of each field must be carefully studied I and itsparticulardeflciency inplant food determined, id the case under consid¬ eration it may happen that a field will have an abundant supply of potash and phosphorous and bedeScientonly in nitro gen. In such a case its pristine fertility will be restored by the application of nitrogen alone, provided the other con¬ ditions in the composition of the soil are favorable to the development and activ¬ ity of the ferments which oxidize nitro gen. Virgln soils- as a rule are ex tremely rich in nitrogen, This arises from several causes. In the first placet such soils usually contain a large quan¬ tity of humus, and this humus is excep¬ tionally rich in its nitrogenous elements. In the second place, a virgin soil is apt to be well protected from leaching. This is secured either by a forest growth or on prairie land, by the grass In the thiTd place, there is a well-marked ten¬ dency in soils, especially those covered by grass, and presumably those also pro¬ tected by forest growth, to develop fer¬ ments capiable of oxidizing the free nitrogen of the air. When virgin soils are subjected to cultivation, it is found that their nitrogen content, as a rule, diminishes most rapidly as compared with that of the other leading plant foods. Hence it becomes necessary sooner or later, if maximum crops are to be maintained, to supply nitrogenous food. Attention has already been called to the use of the stores of nitrogen which have already been oxidized for fertilization. It is evident, however, that only a very small part of the nitrogenous needs of arable fields can be supplied in this way. Further than this, it must not be for¬ gotten that in the use of a substance like Chile saltpetre there is added to the soil a material which can in no manner foster the growth and development of nitrifying organism. To feed a soil with a food of this kind alone, therefore, would be to virtually produce a famine in respect to the nitrifying ferments which it contains. It is therefore highly important that additional methods of supplying the ni¬ trogenous foods of plants should be prac¬ ticed. Stall mauures and the refuse of cattle and poultry yards furnish consider¬ able quantities of nitrogenous materials suited to tbe needs of the soil ferment?, and useful after oxidation to the grow¬ ing crop. In the erowth of leguminous plants, as has already been intimated, another important supply of organic ni¬ trogen may be secured, some of which, at least, is a clear gain from the atmos¬ phere. Other important forms of ni¬ trogenous materials are found in the pressed cakes left after the extraction of the oil from oil-producing seeds, such as flax and cotton seed. These cakes are exceptionally rich in nitrogenous mat¬ ter, which may be secured for the field both by the direct application of the ground material to the soil or by first feeding it to animals, the part which escapesdigeslion in the latter case being still a valuable fertilizing material. In the oase of cotton seed cake, moreover, it should not be forgotten that there is some danger in feeding it, especially to young cattle, on account of the poison-' ous nitrogenous bases (sholin an! betam) which it contains. These poisonous bases produce no deleterious effects whatever on the soil, although it is doubtful whether they are attacked very readily by the nitrifying ferments. Other sources of nitrogenous foods for the soil ferments are found in the refuse of slaughter houses Dried blood is per¬ haps the richest in nitrogen of any or¬ ganic substance that is known, and is readily attacked by the soil ferments. The nitrogenous refuse of slaughtered animals, after the extraction of the fat, is dried and ground and sold under the nameoi tankage. It is a substance very rich in nitrogenous matter. The bones of animals are not only valuable on ac oount of the phosphoric acid which they contain, but also have a large percentage of nitrogenous material which reuders them particularly well suited for appli¬ cation to a soil deficient both in phos¬ phoric acid and nitrogen. For this rea son, burning boors before grinding them for fertilizing purposes, which is done in some ooalities, is extremely wasteful. For a similar reason, slso, the compost¬ ing of coarsely ground fresh bones with wood ashes is not lo be recommended, because of the tendency of the alkali of the ashe3 to set free, in the form of am¬ monia, at icaBt a part of the nitrogenous content of the bones. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE OCEAN. The farmer, happily, is not confined alone to the land for the sources of or¬ ganic nitrogen with which to supply the demands of (he nitrifying ferments of his field. The ocean is made lo con¬ tribute to the stores of nitrogenous mat'ers to which the farmer has access Toe vast quantities of seaweed which are thrown up annually upon our shores ar* rich in nitrogenous matters. The value of this material, however, is no generally appreciated, but in some parts of i he country it is carefully gathered and utilized. The value of this product gathered annually upon the shores Rhode Isl and *1 me is nearly $100,000. Whi’e se ,weed, tor obvious reasons, can on-y be successfully applied in marine littorn agriculture, yet the extent of agricultural lands bordering on tne 18 S' ■ greu as to render the c-im^rcit! tmjort u ce *‘f the mxiter of the higher, tb-gr* e of interest, Se »weed is not 5. ile f r i’s oftr^goi ii s consiituenis ilF, ut a> r cxrr'^s 1 n lantitie h -*.nd f*m*phoric acid, and thus, < * cerift o degree, it intiy l>e r-g^rd^d as a comp * te fertilizer. But the sea weed which is thrown up' our shore® »i'i S fjtll v s <urc** of nitrogeuon food » h S' 1 we receive from ’.he ocean. In the £ imal if*- of the ocean are gathered vast quantities of m»teria:s The quantity of albuminoid matter in the water free substance the fl*sb of fish i» enormously high compered with ordinary foods It may be said to be, approximately. 75 cent of the water free substance. The Same Old Sarsaparilla.;» That’s Ayer’s. The same old i sarsaparilla as it was made atid sold by Dr. J. C. Ayer SO years ', ago. Iu tbe laboratory it is different. There modern appli auces lend speed to skill and | experience. But the sarsapa¬ rilla is the same old sarsaparilla that made tbe record —SO yea t-s of cures. Why don’t we better \ it? Well, we’re much in the condition of the Bishop and the I raspberry : “ Doubtless, ” be , said, “God might have made a better berry, But doubtless, also, He never did. ” Why don’t we better the sarsaparilla? We cau’t. We are using the same 0/(1 plant that cured the Indians and the Spaniards. Jt has not been bettered. And since tee make sarsaparilla com¬ pound out of sarsaparilla plant, we see no way of improvement. Of course, if we were making some secret chemical compound we might.... But we’re not. We’re making the same old sar¬ saparilla to cure the same old I diseases. You can tell it’s the same ohl sarsaparilla be cause it works the same old cures. It’s the sovereign blood purifier, and— it’s Ayers. varieties of fish are taken alone for their oil product and agricultural value. This is especially true of the menhaden, vast quantities of which are annually brought to land, and after being passed through the oil factory areground and distributed as fish scrap to the manufacturers of fertilizers. The practice ol using fish for fertilizing purposes is many cen¬ turies old; but until recent years the farmers residing along the coast were the only ones receiving any benefit therefrom. At the present time the nitrogenous elements taken from the sea find their way to the gardens, truck lands and fields of the interior. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Kneineor Wan Game. The Southern Pacific easlbound over¬ land express wus halted at Webster sta¬ tion, nine miles west of Sacramento, last night; by three masked robbers. Upon learning the identity of those who signaled him, the engineer of the express train shot one ol the robbers and pulled out of tlio station. Ail A riueniHii KxihIiim. The Paris edition of the New York Herald has a dispatch from its Constan¬ tinople correspondent stating that the Armenian exodus is in full swing. All steamers for the Piraeus, Marseilles and Alexandria are conveying batches of de¬ ported Armenians. Of the 0,000 pounds of fine tobacco grown at Ft. Meade half of it will be made into sample packages and dis¬ tributed among the leading cigar makers in all parts of the country. The remaining half will he manufac! nred into cigars. The Half Hours Count. A long experience with and a consid¬ erable knowledge of the southern farmer would indicate that he is not fairly chargeable with anything like idleness, but when he is compared with his northern brother, who is compelled to rise early and breakfast by lamplight and labor the whole day long to secure a livelihood in his less favorable lati¬ tudes, it becomes evident at once that in some way the southern farmer fails to avail fully of the advantages that his soil and climate give him. In the tropics, where all vegetable growth is luxuriant, it is difficult at times to se¬ cure any work from the laborer classes, a living being had so easily directly from the natural products. This may hardly seem & fair comparison in consid¬ ering the cultivators of the soli in the southern states, but after all there is some truth in the inference that our sunny climate and copious rainfall en¬ able the farmer to realize moderate crops with such ease that there has never yet been the urgent necessity that has taught the people of northern lati¬ tudes to utilize every available moment of time in their chosen calling. If six months of actual work be sufficient to secure a reasonable livelihood we find many of our farmers who are content therewith and comparatively indifferent as to how the rest of the time shall be expended. There seems to be no remedy for this except such education and development of such ambition as shall lead these peo¬ ple to know the wonderful advantages that can be secured throughout the world if a reasonable amount of capital can be accumulated. The utilization of the spare moments In some new work on the farm, whether it be in clearing • lands, ditching, fence building, or house improvements, will promoi - the good of ihe domestic establishment. increase the revenues by increasing farm fucili ties, and give to the farmer such advan tages as wealth may bring. These facts are’brought about by corn mon observation that ordinarily thus countries which xre the richest agriciL tneally seerft t*« be the poorest in accu muiated wealth. Broad acr»-8 of fertile land give promise of the acquire tnent of wealth, but very often the greatest accumulation of agricultural wea'th wi be found in lea pt hie latitudes, where a les%Te»t me )+« the individual p* roor*-^arn^t efforts in : the pursuit of wealth sod comforts, IV bat misrht not th south attain to in this direction if every farmer within its mils should seek wealth as keen • ” s earnestly, as < nergetically and »■ 1 gently as tbe agriculturists of the i.or’h and west —Southern Farmer ( ABOUND THE IvORLD. Important Happening-* in All Parts of the Worll, Short Stories Told by th» Islejtrapb Abont Everythin* Fiom Fvarrwhere, Storms. Train Robbers. Haptwa.nl•> to Notable Personages, Ere., Etc, lleul-F.ad Colt- - a I In a head-end colliaios in a curve known miles north an “Dead of Jackson, Man's Ii JUmnp,’' the Illinois three Central railroad, Engtifer Quinn, of MeComb City, wrs instaiuy killed. En¬ gineer Hoskins of the norli-hound (rain escaped without injury, atfluid the two firemen. The engines aD, Isevt-ral fiat cars were completely wrecfifl Joined tbe Voj, In the populist convention, at San Diego, Cal., Judge W. A. McDonald read a letter from Jesae ll. GrgJf, aou of Gen. Grant, espousing the people’s party’s cause. The letter set Mr convention wild with enthusiasm and the cheering lasted several minutes. By using Hall’s Hair litnewer, gray, faded, or dlsoolored hairlassumes the natural color of youth, nrV grows lux¬ uriant and strong, pleasing everybody. Stlried Iiy Am* r es, Thomas Ewing Moore, United Staten Commercial Agent at Weimar, tine called the attention of the Department of State to the fact, that the llritiel^Govermnent hits taken steps to supplement its con¬ sular service by (he appointment of com¬ mercial attaches. So far, two of these attaches have been appointed, one at Ber¬ lin, whose field comprises Germany, Netherlands and Scandinavia; undone at Madrid, for Spain and Portugal. The duties of these officials are to relieve the consuls of the work ot introducing their goods into foreign markets, and the beginning of the service has been noted by Germany, where the press lias begun already an agitation looking to the reform of the consular service to meet England’s action, involving a spe¬ cial education and preparation of young men for a eosnular career. It is demanded that the consular officers be men com¬ mercially and technically trained, or else that they may bo supplied with specially trained assistants Mr. Moore attributes this agitation in both Great Britain and Germany tor the remodeling of the con¬ sular service to the perception of the ex¬ cellent results attending tberdovelopmont. by the United States of a system of spe¬ cial consular representatives upon mat¬ ters calculated to benefit American pro¬ ducers and merchants. There is nothing to prevent anyone ooncocting a mixture and ealling It “sarsaparilla,” and there U nothing to prevent anyone spending good money testing the stuff; but prudent people, who wish to be sure ol tlgfs-remedy, take only Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and so get cured. _ TI107 Demand Gold. The easforu mortgage holders are lie ginning lo demand payment in gold in Kansas and aro asking the fed eral court to sustain their demands. The first caee in this state in which the demand was specifically made was filed in 11 » United States distrioAcourt, aud it was staled that many similar suits will soon bo brought. Anna M. Bigelow, a wealthy eastern woman, brought lore closure proceedings against II. 8. Lan¬ dis, of Barber county, and prays the court to decree that the amount of the morlguge and accrued intorest be paid in gold. According to the terms of the mortgage, there is a law in this state prohibiting the making of contracts on such terms, and this law has yet to be passed on by the supreme court. A large per cent, of the mortgages made in Kansas stipulate that they shall he paid in gold, lint up to the present time no particular effort has been made by mortgage holders to colloct gold. Attor¬ neys here stale that the effort to secure payment in gold on the mortgages will he made in several other western states. r nglwnd Ttrill. Sir Philip < urrie, the Britiih awbasea dor to Turkey, aiioieft London on his return to (h imlantinople last Monday, was directed before his departure to ob¬ tain an early audience with the sultan nod to deliver to his majesty a message from (pieen Victoria protesting against the rca-s .cres which have taken place amid iu in.ling that stringent measures he taken to prevent further outrages. At the same time the ambassador will present to the porte a formal note from Lord Saiiebury of a menacing character. An OKI lloo*« falls. Isaac ,Smith’s Hon A Go., cl New York, dealers in umbrellas and pa/axols, have made an assignment, to Edward ll. Smith, without preference. Ibis in one of oldest houses in this line in the United States, and tire busi tiers bus been handed down Lorn genera¬ tion to generation. It was established in 1S02. _____ ClouCbumt In Klcbm-iud Richmond, Va., lies • b.til y ini ted by one (>f die most violen ram storms known here for yearn, Cho creek, which divides the eastern end western (sections <J the city, roue «t Mealy out of its hanks, flooding two of tbe streets and doing about $50, lam age to merchandise in cellar* fetonf U line. London .Htr#c:k Mark*'* A London cable nayr: im oartial d« create in demand for bnlhon for America has mad* the rates of money easier. More gold will, however, he wanted for Australia and for the coming Chinese I Joan, so that ratee are likelv to remain | fairly nteady. Bn*i D efi* on tlie Slock Ex change was on k email w,h\b, hot tbe feel i i„g is more cheerful. Tne only tbitij! J n ,, w preventing « brisker rise in Amer if* UH is therate-cuyftuK wir ’■* G 3 ** Booth. ,Still, the stock aiijrances rsfitted from two I to fiv j points. ’Lord Balisbnry’s firm at jt uide toward* Torkejr is btLins • good * effect on foreign securities W Fine Sorghum Mr. A. II. Moss, of Mnidleburp, brought to The Spring office Usi Wed¬ nesday a sample of as doe sorghum as we have ever seen. It was grown by Mr. W. F. Wilson at the nlne-mllepost on the Middleburg road. It is now August, and this sorghum was plauted, grown and manufactured this year, which suggests the thought that there is another produot which would prove a monej-maker in Clay county, for several reasons, chief among which are that it matures about three mouths earlier than sugar oaue, is easier to cultivate and makes a syrup almost as palatable, ll could be put upon the market so long before any new sugar cane syrup could be obtained that it would be sure to fiud ready sale at good prices. Another thought is suggested: Sor¬ ghum is only one ot the many payiug crops that can be grown in Olay oounty; tobacco is another, sugar cane another and Sea Island cotton another—all staple crops—and when these aresupplemenled by fruit and vegetable crops, we can see no good reason why our f'.mers should not be thrifty. The m»in trouble is to be found In the fact that many of them plant only a small crop of corn and sweet potatoes—neither of which is a money crop—and trust to luck for a livellhbod. Successful farming depends not only on a scientific prosecution of the vocation, but also upon a diversity of crops, and we hope the day Is not far distant when our farmers will catch the spirit of this fact and grow more of the money crops.—Green Cove Springs. Tlic Maiqola Kl«k«. The Maiquis of Londonderry, a con¬ servative peer, in a Bpeeoh delivered at Stockton, declared that the release of Daly, Dr. Gallagher and the oilier Irish dynamiters, had been received with dis¬ favor in England. The unionists leaders, he added, ought to explain their astonishing change of front since the time they supports I uud applauded the Bight Hon. Asquith,home secretary in Lord Rosebery’s cabinet, when he refused to relearnt the dyuaiiii ters. Grossing Breeds. Where the farmers fail Is in certain experiment* which seem t# he universal with them, the principal one being the crosaingof two breeds in the attempt to produce something better than the origi¬ nals. Great pains and expense are un¬ dergone in the endeavor to get one or two pure breeds, oneof which may be of the Asiatic family and another of the Mediterraneans—for Instance the ltrah mas and Leghorns—types very dissimi¬ lar and adapted for purposes especially characteristic of their kind. The Brahma Is large in size, has a pea oomb, feathered legs, and cannot fiy. The Leg horn Is small, light in body, active, and has a single comb, (some varieties pos¬ sessing rose combs), and It does not thrive well In confinement, preferring to forage, being able to fly over a high fence. The two breeds were produoed by crossing, but are the results of a long contlnuid syBlem of selection, The farmer knows that the Brahma can en¬ dure severe winters and is a persialant sitter when it becomes broody, while the Leghorn rarely sets, being considered a non-setter. After keeping them scpii rate for u while it occurs to the farmer that by crossing the two breeds he can unite the good qualities of both and se cure something superior to either of the parent breeds. That Is where he rulus his breeds, for Instead of deriving from the cross a bird combining all the deslr able characterisi ics of the two breeds he simply divides and reduces the oapac ity of the birds. He loses the size of the Brahma, the advantages of Uie pea comb, and the activity of the Leghorn. Ho does not have in his oross-bred fowls the prolificacy of the Leghorn nor the hardiness of the Brahma, ami he also finds himself stocked with a motly lot of birds with no uniforml y. After a year passes he allows his stock to run to¬ gether and his flock beoomes a lot of scrubs. Now this crossing of two breeds to get something superior has been tried hundreds of times and by many. It is the same old story of attempting to Im¬ prove in a hurry and cannot be done. New breeds cannot be made In a day. A ) of our breeds now in us -resulted from many ex{erlments and it requires a quarter of a century to fix the charac tcristloa of a breed so that the birds will breed true to a standard of point*.—Mir ror ami Farmer. Gotten Reports Not Encouraging II F. Dutton & Go., recently sent out 1,000 circular letter*, asking for infer mation with regard to the condition of the cotton crop, acreage, yl* Id, and amount of old cotton on hand. Answer* have been received from every county in Florida, and from many place* In each of the other cotton producing state* The answera are not so encour¬ aging a* It was thought they would be. The recent heavy rain* and the excea »ive heat of the paat few weeka have in jured the growth, and very materially decreased the yield. While the acreage of sea island cotton is reported vwenty five per cent In excess ot last year, the yield will not exceed five per cent. In some places, and especially In southern Georgia, tbe crop Is early, and the tot tom and middle crops are opening up well, but on the whole the crop is from three to four weeks late. Indications ate that In three week* there will be. a vast amount of cotton marketed. Very little old cotton seerne to be m band any¬ where. A Btuiuess Which Remains. Financisl depression and “panics” seldom sffect the fresh egg business It is postlble that when general trade is duil the egg market is also affected, but not for strictly fresh eggs, it seem* Jacksonville a new w»-»ioof hotel. Hotel Geneva, Corner Foreyth,and Cedar Me., Jim h k>»m tl.l'lfrl. Co n plettd In 18»6 Modern in proven’cut a, baths, etc . gt. e'-iy floor Gfts end electric li&bt» pan ten ger elevator. Artistically aod elepartiy f'lrriiibtd R*te« doy from $2.f0 to 99.0b Weekly rates on application. Ed. Owens, Proprietor. L. 5,000.000. BRICK. Write for prices, CRTJGER & PACE, UlANY i A 50,000 ALLIGATOR SKINS WANTED. Will pay yon for usual avera{, r e«, 4 to 5 ft, 20 ceuts; 5 to 0 0 , 40 cents; 6 to 7 ft., 60 cents; 7 ft. ami up, 85 cents. Actual measurement ami prompt returns. We also buy for I lie highest msrki I price cow bides, deer skins, wool, beeswax, furs, etc. Oilers a specialty. Trv us with a shipment and we will eouvince you. Send us card for quotations. W .B.MAKINSOH COMPANY I KISSIMMEE, fit. that no matter what the circumstances may be, fresh eggs are tiecessilhs with all, ttml as they arc usually retailed In small lots Vila amount of cash required from each Individual in their purchase is almost Insignificant In comparison with other articles. Eggs are used for so many purposes that it Is Important for i he supply to be constaut, henoe paulos cannot affect priors, as would bn the case with other articles, Tlio farmer who does not make egg produc¬ tion a part of Ills farm operations Is losing one of the best of Ills opportuni¬ ties on the farm, and the egg business enn be conducted without the aid of middlemen if preferred. Returns that come In during the winter are always of assistance, and as there is no danger of any depression in the fresh egg business, It Is one of the best and safest In which a farmer can be engaged.— Exchange. 25ers Education of Body, Mind, Morals. FREE TUITION. Tlie Florida Agricultural College In supported by grunts from the Nr, tlonal (loverntnent. All tuition free to all HtiuJentH from Florida. Open to nial«n and femuleH. Women hoard with fain IIlea In town. Men hoard at College M<mm hull for $10 per mouth. A numl health r» location. College Burgeon attend* a HtudentH freo of charge. Military (IImcI pllne under a graduate of VVewt l'olnt. Four eourHoH of Ingtruetlon*. Agricultur¬ al Mc'-hunleul, Latin Hclcntlllc and \V«nn en H Hu parlor equipment In Lahoratoi 1 cm, Olvert dogreen of II. H. and A. Jl. UiihIiiomm course hookkeeping, g ivlng free liintruction hmdneHH In law, penman- whorl Mhlp. hand, typwrltlng, and telegrajihy. Fall term Open* Monday, Oct. 6th, 1800. For further Information addreHH 0 CLUTE, President, Late City, Fla. John B. Stetson UNIVERSITY, DoLanri, Fla. For both hoxoh. NextHOHnion opeiiH September 30tb. Collie. Academic, Normal, Art. arid Muni* Department*. 1 arge, flooimodlone Dormitory buildings, with perfect sanitary arrangement artaslan water eh-., hmuiliip perfect healthful utms, building* heated liy steam throughout; faculty of sights*, u trained and experleoood fear hem. Hand for catalogue containing full Information. Address. / F FORBES, President 500 Farmsfor Sale and Trade. Send 6 rents In stamps for list and terms to JON. »*«> 1,1, A It l». J ft. Waslalngtofi, la ctq‘ s » ■ (il olden 8 «lf Blanc In iik C elery Seed, $4.00 per poaed, $1 00 % pound BohIoii Markot Celery, %‘l.M p«r pound, 75 rent* /* x pound. Perfection Hart well, par pound, 70 !d* Po«»d. All pontpnld. H#nd for prim Hut for market Kftrd«Mni to P. F. Wilson. Seedsman, and Dealer In Agricultural Supplier Gainesville, Fla. Hens’ Teeth. To k*«p your (*>*!• In *ood. healthy r ondltlot tk«i abould bar* plenty of grit. W» tan furnlnb yon Mn a <Jr1t, whieb U « runbnd frranlU about tbn nis* of fr«aa. or frround oyster iMl. $i.oo per ioo pounds. E. O. Painter & Co. TJ Tilt SE S WHIM lino Cough Hyrup. ■ VnntoH 41 <hhI. In time. Hold >»y driigglntM, 25 CTS. W. N It \ I.h! • I V of tl»«* orcfll t .(H,;u V Uli- I '*•’ !»:. Win i n\ mi i . a rule* I luivc ohM'fVcd for iinnv it tir • ii your rein etlv proiiiplili : ill.* ! I two CllHCH O) thills iu uc> ilU'i' mou. other rcmcttici lull I luiltil I tlii Mui ii ii it" i.i i x|hv,v my be llof Hut your t'hiil run* is a vulimldt* ' pcciUu, nail purioi i. is mI l 1 1*ii l. \ i Mi pi « on i so for ll. 'cry t'cspcci lu 11 . W. N. IIai.ukmam, l$j it. y Wl»> not n*c Adorn yourhtm* WliitorfunltliW IIS Prettiest pld 10 years mic- turn In colon ’css, Trlcthuiil ever pronen UmI true. Hells on m] to our friend* its merits, anti Don’t full tr aever fill Is to A m got one. Nt Hire. Take no ndverttaomeni fculmtUute FREE on It. 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( f.lppritnn't t/, m / ileumlii) I he wan ilerful hltftfd arid tool<■ r‘ nl<^r* r, aid It wlllglvo health lo the nerves, and Hkjroogh t%ly. them alrenglhen the wtiole fl.lf IlY At.!. 1/HlOO LIPPffiAN BROS,, Diiiaitiisrs, HOI.K l>W)l'HUtfOUH. L^^JI ^ LIPPMAN'S BLOCK, to SUIT THL TIMES Owing to the very low price t organic atamoniats, at present we car sel. ocr “special” at $27.50 per to, f o. '> Ireland. Guaranteed Analyst* A mohotla............................. ...... < t/> < Polftnb lnrta*)».................. ....... 3M> 1 Hi.hu iborlc available arid .. ........ < to 1 me..... ..... ....... ....... ---... J6 to 11 Made from Nitrate Soda, Sulphate Potash, Cotton Seed Mest, Blood Bone and Acid Phosphate. E. O. i»AINTER & (XJ (tolauni. Via H.N. 0, 7-1:»
