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ha A FARM AND FIRESIDE JOURNAL.‘ ere TERMS, $1.50 A YEAR. COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1887. NO. 51, Written expressly for the Orgzco Famizn, ny. smuxy wor same method, buying and selling in a sort of hand-to-mouth way. < Mostof the cheese in stocle was from the United States and Canada, the best cheeso coming from Can- adn, Btate cheese selling. considerably less, although: the more uniform in quality. We'male about five.pounds per. capita Notes of Travel in Florida, Paper No.. 46. Written expressly for Tum Orszoo Famirn, By m We left St. Augustinein company with a man residing in Southern Florida, prefer- and in some places so narrow as to require continugd care to pass up or down it with those large crafts. ~ The palmetto is a curious tree.\ It grows to quite a height witha trunk varying little The trees were bu£ned out by the roots, a common and excéllent way to dispose of the trees and stumps at the same time. A hole some three feet deep is dug by the side and partially around the tap root, a [s iL\ - _. one stig kik. \Twas New Year's evnéthp sleighing was enominited \Ane! M . Whon Ben Smart drove to farnier Meelk's, Qatck hitched his horge with line; And, passing thro' the kitchen door, Enguired for '\Mistrees Kato,\ ._ | 202 Who soon appeafed and welcomed him ° > In a manner most sédate, e \\Pis:New Year's eve,\ sald -Ben, \and Ed- Pd like to have-you-fill- --- - > One half-whon ! blast thathoss out there ! He never would keap still. R ~ \I'd like to have ion fill, Miss Kate- 1 Orncuupy one-half Of--I don't suppose you've heard my dad or Hug lost a speckled calf ? ~ \Yes gone astray, and I nm here-\ Sald Kate: \You wish to say; You'd like to have me 'occupy' A place in your new sleigh,\ \Pwas so, and soon Kate In her furs, Aud cunning hood, and queer Was seated by Ben's'side. The bells Rang out loud, sweet and clear. Bon's sleigh was new. and trim, and gay- Of mingled red and black- And he seemed to wish to keep the snow Brushed from Its slglnlng back. His woll-skin robe was thick and warm, And five or six feet wide, . And yet it would keep sliding down And always on one side, 'Thieeo times Ben round the maid It stlll refused to stay- And so-no doubt 'twas irksome work- He hold it all the way. The horse was young and mettlesome- Bon struck him not a rap- Whence then that noise, that sounded much Like whip or platol's snap? No one could tell save Luna who, In great 'surprise did stare At Ben Smart's lengthy arm, and at The maiden, plamp and falr. Thro' the valo, and over the bill Thesgwent, and across the plain; Over the hill, and thro' the vale, And so back home again, THE BURGLARS. Late New Years eve. . Good farmer Mook Is in his downy cot. Te hears a nolso near by his house As of a pistol shot; And quite forgetful how the cold With his old limbs will sport, He leaves his bed. Again be hears 'The ominous report. \*\Tis thieves, an' somehow, they've found out I've sold my last years hops.\ And pain stricken, by his bed, He on his lamo knee drops. Drags out his old tin treasure box, In an costacy of fear, Ang;hides it 'neath some rubbish In old brick oven near. Then seizes he a poker and Byls to the kitchen door- Crack! Smack! \Oh don't Ben!\ Farmer Meek Sneaks back noross the floor; Dives deop beneath the bod quilts and A-shivering in his bod, Grunts out: \Instead of Hifrone I Should have a bast-irood head.\ Ho hears \a thief\ strike matches on 'The stove nnd pantry wall And though but now so frightened scems To have no fear at all. Ho hears n light step on the stars, And yet his bed doth keep, And snores as tho' an earthquake could Arouse not him from sleep, Next morn ho mentions not the fact That burglers have bean near, 5 But greets lil daughter with a smile And a \Hoppy Now Year, doar.\ Farm Hopics. A Fow Hours with the Dairymen, Our special reporter attended the State Dairymen's Convention at Norwich for a few hours on Wednesday, and sends us the following synopsis of the papers read: Mr. L. B. Arnold readra.paper giving a _ report of his visit to 'the cortference of the ._ English dairy , association summer, at which nearly all countries sent delegates. He suid the avernge English dairyman has -~ 'the production of beef first in 'view, and consequently feeds far more than American dairymen; they are far our superiors in the making and saving of manures, which gives them an nverage yield of hay and grain nearly or quite double ours, In a dairy of 60 Short Horn cows, with 80 under special test, whose average weight was 1,100 Tbs., he found the av yield of milk 27 Tbs. a day per cow, taking 28 Ibs. to make a und of butter. On the Dairy supply 's farm of Guernseys, the weight of §each being 920 tbs., the yield of milk was uperior to the Short Hots, and a Curry w, weighing only 450 tbs., gave S4ibs., f milk a day. The favorable circumstan- or English dairying is found in'their popu‘iafioq not butter and cheese ough made to meet the demand, the 'most of the milk being sold. It costs in ( Eflglaxidssfimémw n ton of grain, and 00 per bushel to raises wheat They 'can geta ton of milk for at least 20 per ~cefit, less, which. wilt bring as much as the English farmers \ r invested the ten: fatm; but in the matter of home otts they are locking, as they hold the and $3¢ land only ai the whim of the owners. The, owners furnish materials forall re airg bat the tenants dothe labor. p butter does not come tip to pur standard, , itIsckyin favor and color. Ireland hss butter. much The butter is is because of their breed of cattle. Trish Corrys against English Short Hotes. Cows in Shropshire, with breed of Wales, ciakea pound of cleese from onehalf less mik, which -| dairies and necessaril Their much while Canada makes about 20 pounds, We use our best and export.our \off\. grades. He found no American butter in the Liver jol markets, but some butterime from olland, selling at 10c to 20¢ per pound. In London Mr. Amold found a load of Américan butter just arrived, which he ex- amined; found no marks to show where it was made or who by, but judged it to be was known as American butter, . He ran a trier down the side of a package and found the butter for at least an fuch away from the side damaged by the wood.flavor; while the center was sound and sweet, but salted an ounce to the pound, which is twice what they use. This butter was valued at 16c a pound, which could not have been more than its actual cost, Had it been less salted and less colored, it would have brought 26¢ a pound: Nearly: all this loss through ignorance in preparing packages. Dairymen must make «their goods for the .class of customers they have to supply. It requires \less skill to make cheese in England, the temperature being wet gives more casine to the milk. The even tem- perature agninst our extreme changes, which causes great disadvantages in Curry. Most of English cheese is made in private poorer than when made in factories. Mr. Arnold visited the island of Jersey. _ Found their cattle much smaller than our Jerseys. The best butter producers were the coarser grades, but their butter was not so good in color, The island is the most benutiful spot he ever saw. It is=based on a granite rock and is lacking in lime. The cattle are all tethered to stakes by chains 14 feet long, and they do not eat very much. The m3 is valued at $1,500 per acre, and rents for ubout $85 per sere, and the cattle are valued at $200 per hend. No other breed than the Jerseys are allowed on the island. nor has there been for hundreds: of years. Some questions were asked Mr. Arnold which he answered as follows: Butter should be sold and shipped as soon as pos- sible after it is made, To properly pre- pare a package for butter, it should be soaked at lenst three weeks in brine; a shorter process is to thoroughly steam the package, the cover must also be. treated in the same manner. Had seen butter twon- ty-six months old, made from a dairy of erseys, washed in a granulated form, Fucked into a crock nod keptin a cellar. t took first premium two years. M F. D. Curtis said, in regard to the milk yield per cow, the boasting of fancy breed- ers is a hindrance to the practical farmers. Every man gets the most out of the cow he already has, ind. lets alone the phenom- enal cow; said that the way some furmers had of turning thef cattle out in n yard to freeze all day decreases the yield one-half. The poor quality of our butter is due to a lack of care and cleanliness, which puts our product nt the tail-end of the market while the western butter was at. the front. He advocates making all our butter in crenmeries; does not favor storing through the season, nad spoke of poor cellars. c said creamery butter made and sold within [ ten days needed less working, which neces (sarily left enough buttermilk in the butter { to puy expense of making! ! A resolution asking the State Legistature to pass a bill appropriating $2,000 for the State Dairymen's Association was passed. Dr. Clark read a paper on the ndultera- tion of foods, showing that oleo oil, ex- amined\ by him in New York, came from dead horses, cows, and animals of every description and condition. Mr. Brinley of Cornell University had samples of butter salted with brine, from recent experiments in the ngricultural de- partment of this college. A member of the convention spoke in favor of ensilnge, and said that from 22 neres of corn putin a silo he wintered 70 cows in milk, an londs of clover in silo wintered 50 head of dry stock. Mr. A. Cnmpbeli of Owego, is opposed to silos; and has kept 50 cows and 175 sheep on 50 meres the past season. He mised 60 ncres of wheat, which yfelded an aver- a? of 85 bushels per nere. Feeds his stock wheat straw and cotton seed meal and wheat bran, equal parts, 12 quarts per day. On his fields he uses ncld phosphates and amonfated phosphates, the former produc- es the best results. Horses will not eat cotton seed meal, but cows nnd sheep like it. - Sowed fertilizers on his pastures every month. Prof. Roberts, of the agricultural depart- ment of Cornell University, read a valuable and interesting paper on the subject of \'Food and Water for Cattle.\ He does not believe in closing up the dairy five months in the year for repairs. In Augus, fed bran because it isa good milk producer, and grass at that season begins to get short. 2,000 pounds of bran at $14 per ton, is equal to 3,200 pounds of hay at $11 per ton. Fodder corn sowed too thick is worthless -sow early and then for fall iwdinflgé Cows can and will give a good flow of mi {for -ten or eleven months every year if cared for. A cow costs 82 centa a y to feed, can produce 41c worth of mille Wm of; gaming: total of T4 -s profit 0: wor of good keeping. Says he feeds only twice a day, and that as in: comes from overfeeding ss two lots & three coms each. To lot No. 1 Se mfimmwzred 3}dzg§e§es.aA wafimm that let No.1 wklwb of water p Erask txt ing to walk than ride to the depot. We also had another object, that of observation, the depot being upon the opposite: side of the St. Sebastian viver. On our. way out of town we had an opportunity to observe many to us things of interest and beauty. The rain of the night before had made the pany: of a countryman 'who lived about five miles out of town. As we were passing a yard in which there was some fing orange trees loaded with the delicous golden fruit, he remarked that for two years past, each year, he had set an orange orchard only to have it des- troyed by frost. It had killed his young trees each year, He had decided not to try it again unless he went farther south. At the river we saw an old darky fish- ing. We enquired \how goes fishing this morning?\ \Why massa, it no go yet. I hab no nibble.« I reckon de big rain scare de fish to the deep water. I'll soon coax em out, I will.\ Just as we arrive at the depot up comes the carriages from town and the narrow cars are soon filled. The RR. to Tocol isa narrow gauge roud. Such arecommen in Florida, But now many are being changed to the standard gague. Five cents per mile is the common price of all RR. fare in Florida. Our ride from Bt. Augustine to Tocol, was interesting more from our company than from incidents upon the route. We saw little worth describing unless an at! tempt at the numerous turkey buzzards, always plex'lltfv in all the south, call our attention. They are very common. We at one time while in New Orleans, saw twenty-two of those filth destroying birds, upon not over two square rods of land, engaged in feasting upon some kind of offal; between the city and the Exposition. To- day we saw hundreds of them on our route. They were as large as a good sized turkey. No doubt they do much to free the streams, ponds and swamps of much that would become a nuisance and promote discase, but for them. The country in Florida, we think from the cars, presents a much better and. more interesting appearance the farther you go south, into the orange producing section. Tocoi is a landing and small place upon the St. John's river about fifty-two. miles from Jacksonville. Here without delay we rushed upon n. lurge river steamer, not unlike those we were used to seeing upon the Hudson, It already had many pussen- gers, and reecived large additions nt both Tocoi and at Pilatka. The landings upon this river are numerous, We judge every point desiring, constructs a wharf and the bouts stop and take on or let off a single passenger whenever required. This river is n very large stream, and at this time was evidently at its average height, as for most of the distance the water was nearly upon a level with the swamps upon its banks. Pilatka is a thriving city upon the wester- ly side of the river about seventy-five miles from Jncksonville. It has some very fine new brick blocks. Fire having recently cleated off the wooden structures, fliey were now replaced with those of fine brick. This place has some fine hotels and is a railroad center of importance. Our stop at Palatkn wasshort, and this new and thriv- ing city will be passed without spending more space upon its interesting scenes and surroundings, On our upward trip our boat made many stops. Sometimes a mail, sometimes a box or bale of goods, sometimes a passenger or two, all of which gave us an additional close view of the surrounding shores. A large portion of the distance the banks of the river is swamps, with an occasional rise of land which is sppropriated for an orange grove or a residence. These how- ever, nre hardly numerous enough to re- leve the continued monotony of the swamp lands, These are densely wooded with tall palmetto, cypress, water oak, live osk, magnolia, gum and other trees and vines indiginous to these swampy soils, and all filled with a tangle of Spanish moss and clinging vines, making an apparently impenetrable mass. Occasionally would appenr a spot of tall grass, such as fills the everglades, and strong growths of canes. . As we passed up the stream and neared the shores, the boat would swell a wave which would flood into all the low lands in advance, and as we passed, the water would be coming back into the river, giving the appesrance of continued inflowing streams. - The ap- pearance of those returning water was In very interesting. The waters of the St. John's river are of a reddish swamp color, so highly colored that one cannot see far into them. | In our upward passsge the river flows through Aake George; or rather Lake Goorgeforms part of that stream. | The lake fsqrobably eight or ten thiles wide, and eighteen or twonty mileslong. | Itwasliteraliy covered Jay with flocks of wild Cucks, which were belag frightened to their wings or bbw thes akewss artilscr two wide, but soctuiicf Lake George, and between Tat in- size from bottom to. top...-Its-top -is covered with a thick growth of limbs and leaves, making it look like'& Itugh umbrella. No limbs or knots appear anywhere upon the trunk, The wood of the trunk -is extremely light und porous, but its grain is so braided and mixed, that it is impossible to split it. It is little used.. _ \ from the West. From ité high color- It] u- beautifultree:~ \It hns generally a short thick trunk and wide spreading tops. Where not crowded, it is nothing strange for its branches to cover a circle of one hundred and fifty feet in [diameter, The magnolia is n fine tree. The water ork resembles somewhat our red oak of the north, 'The gum tree, which is plenty, may be likened in appear- ance somewhat to our soft maple trees north.\ *The cypress grows tall and large, and is now being much used for the manu- facture of shingles, It is said to be the most durable wood known for such use. Live oak and cypress are almost invariably loaded with large masses of Spanish moss. During our upward trip we met two heavily laden steamers coming down the river, One we passed near Astor, a new town on the west side of the river about 184 miles from Jacksonville. The other just before we arrived at, Deland Landing, 162 miles south or up the river from Jacksonville. We were told that there were over sixty landings between Deland Landing and Jacksonville. 'We left the steamer at Deland Landing and took the cars for Deland city. It is a new city situate about five miles from the St. John's river easterly, and is in Volusia county. It was founded some seven or eight years ago by the Hon. H. A. Deland of Fairport, Menroe county, N. Y. He was a native of, Newark, Tioga county, N. Y., and was born in 1894, and is now just in the prime of successful business life. Deland city was incorporated in 1882, and is now one of the most thriving cities in the south. It is a live city in the hands of live men. If. has a prosperous and suc- cessful future before it. We stopped at the Deland Grove House, and found it to be the home and headguar- ters of Mr. Deland himself, whose ac- «quaintance we had the pleasureof making, and to whom we were indebted for many fuvors during our stay, This city is most- ly settled with people from the northern States, New York being well represented in her permanent population. The city is laid out in n square form, two miles upon euch of its sides, being cight miles around it, It has many fine buildings, among which is an Academy in which all branches taught in nny northern school of the kind, are here successfully aequired. It was nt the time of our trip under the care of Professor J. H. Griffith, D. D., as principal. He has since resigned and his place is filled by Prof. J. F. Forhes from western New York, as principal. The school is in every particular a notable success. A College is already in process of con- struction upon a site not far from that occu- pied by the Academy. | This city will soon offer to the world opportunities for edu- cation unsurpassed by none in the State or country. Deland is situated upon a ridge of land particularly suited to the growth of oranges aod lemons apd like tropical fruits, It is already filled and surrounded [ by splendid bearing groves, and those just coming futo bearing, as well as those re- cently set. It would be impossible to con- vey by words on paper a tithe of the pleas ure to us of viewing all these evidences of rapidly increasing prosperity. Its orange groves alone are worth a journey here to see. The city is laid out in squares, the streets crossing ench other at right augles. Many of its principal streets and avenues bear the familiar names of New York avemie, Wisconsin avenue, Michigan avenue, Florida avenue, Woodland, Boulevard, etc., etc., all of which are wide streets. The population of the city when we were there was between two and three thousand, and its assessed value about $260,000. Its ratio of County and State tax was about $1.40, and of its city tax about $1, making atotal of the low tax of about $2.40 fer all, State, County, and local purposes. The second day after our arrival here we, with a party, visited Lake Helen, an- nother city founded by H. A. Deland and named in honor of his litle daughter Helen, It is located some six miles easterly from Deland, and although started in 1884, it is already becoming quite a place. It so soon has two stores, afine hotel, s good school building, in short a start for a fine city. We here picked fine oranges from trees loaded alike with the fuscious fruit, and at the same time made doubly besalf ful by a rick prafesion of splendid orange Ping their pure white every» and the rich frei A sight to be apppretiated only hy bes@ seen. # We would do an to Lake He's H we failed tometition het vegetal Less than a year ego Itwasa pine fortst. 143} berry garden jost stiited. by 1. root neatly. the-size.of the trunk. of. the- tree, which extends down to. a great depth. Then a fire of pine wood 'cut short, is til the tree is burned down, and, the roots also burned up. 'Thepitch in the roots aids much in the process, which is accom- plished 'in from one to two days. A man wil-keep a umber burning at\ the same time, the only caution necessary is to be out of the way when they fall. After the trees were thus cleared: ofif this garden consisting of four or five acres, lying directly upon the south bank of the lake, with a gentleslope towards it; was cleared, fenced and plowed in October of 1884. Strawberries were set in November. Bo too was erbbages, tomatoes and other plants. Potatoes were planted and peas, lettuce and radishes sown. Some of the peas had been picked and the ground re- Bown. Cabbages wart ready to gather. Irish potatoes ready to dig. Radishes were ready for uke in twenty days from sowing, lqnd were still in fine condition. We sa alifornia white radishes fully five inchegiin diameter, eight or ten inches long, as tender and crisp as when first ready for use. , Strawberries commenced ripening in January, The gardener had already picked 'four bushels off the patch, and told us he expected to continue picking until July. 'We turned up and counted the berries and blossoms upon a few vines finding from 25 to 26 berries in various stages of growth upon each, Had we not seen these things with our own eyes and - had undisputable proof of the time of planting and setting, we would not have believed such results possible, Here we had a specimen of winter gardening, others of-- aich we often saw afterwards during our trip. ~ Vegetables of all kinds seemed to have very few superfluous leaves. One ordinary northern cabbage, will have loose leaves enough to envelop a dozen of those in this garden of like sized heads. So too of other vegetables. The Irish potato tops were not over eight or ten inches high, with dark broad leaves, and tubers as large as\ goose eggs. Strawberry vines made hills from twelve to sixteen inches in di- ameter, that seemed covered with fruit and blossoms. Nature here does not have to waste her energies in rearing extra cover- ings for her products. From Lake Helen, after partaking of an excellent dinner in which strawberries, peas, tomatoes and cabbage direct from the garden were included in our bill of fare, we in due time returned to Deland by a different route than the one we had traversed in going. ° On the next day with a party we visited the noted sulphur spring at a place known by the name of \Spring Garden,\ although a near-by city now bears the same name. This large spring boils up with water of sufficient quantity to make a navigable river some four or five miles from its foun- tain to the St. John's river. Upon this river or \Spring Garden Run,\ steamers come up to bring and carry freight. We were told by one of our party, who is now the high Sheriff of Volusia county, that at the time we were there over 80,000 boxes of oranges had already been shipped that year from that point. This spring had been dammed up and a water power made of its fountain over 125 years ago, and a sugar mill machinery operated by it. The old arches and the chimney still stand. The chimney is of t size and height and constructed of rick imported from Spain. The massive rollers and sugar mill still lie around as they fell from the burning fmpeny which was destroyed during the late war. In the middle of one large gear; a gum tree. nearly two feet in diameter grown. The old mill wheel house escaped the conflagration, we were told, so that it could be used as a mill power for the grinding of com during the war. 'The wheel still hangs in its position. Itis what is known as an old style undershot wheel, looking something like the large side wheel of a Simmer. Iii receide its entire power from c large volume of water passing against its wide buckétsas it passed in the sluice under this immense wheel. The magma of a barn was the only of the building- cept a large cloth tent usedas a store house the fate of the sugar disputed title sincethe war. Thatacpounts Some portions of it upon which we traveled planted to an kept going inthe hole sround the roots un- the ight of the spring, if we ex- for those shipping goods to and from Tat} wills. . alll! 200 nlgi This large Spanish plantation had - bad a. for its dilapidated condition. at this time. | mmfim our companion, was | advanced age prevented, Had we made thé\ investment, even so soon. its value would have vastly increased. It has now become a. town of several stores, @ large hotel, a printing establishment from which the Deleon Springs ' Couriq is weekly issued, together with numerous dwelling and a fine school- building, al y cowleted an}? ifu 1flull occupation.. ' e copy the following. paragraph from Courier of Nov, 25 a ngfm ''The mermaids. still wend their way o ' afternoons. 16 the historic Spring, Deleon missed finding, and after. f swim in its butynnt waters, return refresh and invigorated to the town which romantf pion i nor-of-th visionary seeker after rtal youth.\. This new city is located in Volusia Co., near the spring above named. Between the town and the spring, and near them both, passes the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West'railrond, which is in operation from Jacksonville to Tampa, How much , {firmer south of Tampa we do not know. When we were there we took dinner with the pripcipal founder of the city. He preempted a portion of its site some fifteen years ago. He was a native of Georgia. The past season he wasappointed sheriff of Volusia county. He is aBouth- ern man of enterprise and energy. We anticipate for this new town a steady and . continuous growth, although it is only some ten or twelve miles from Deland, and is surrounded with newly started cities in its near proximity upon all sides. tos In our journey back to Deland we passe the grave of one of the late Governors of Florida, It was in the pine woods near the road and inclosed 'only by a high rail fence. It was intended that the body be taken up and reinterred in Tallahassee, the Capital of the State. Our journey was through tall pine forests, interspersed with lakes and orange groves, making scene? more inviting and interest- ing than would have been a like journey in any place we ever traveled in the North- ern States. We spent still another night and day in Deland. The city has two physicians from Otsego county. One was a Dr. Clark from Cooperstown. The other, Dr. Bigelow, a younger brother of General Bigelow, form- erly of Worcester in this county. Dr. Big- elow was from Syracuse, to this place. Both these physicians own fine residences in Deland. Among the institiitions of note here is the milk dairy of A. D. McBride. He was from New York State and was furnishing the citizens of Deland with the best of milk from his well kept dai We made the acquaintance of Mr. McBride and vis- ited his dairy. All his milk supplied is cooled and canned in sealed glass cans and delivered thus to his customers, A. plan worthy of universal adoption. Ice is manufactured in Deland as well as in al- most all southern cities. It is used freely by most of the citizens. The best drink- ing water one finds south is filtered rain water, although most of Florida has good well water. he water from the wells is unfit to drink, or rather unpalatable, until it bas been drawn and stood in an open un- painted pail or porous stone jar, a few hours to cool. It then tastes very well. One peculiarity with persons here when well, is they have verylittle thirst and seldom desire to drink. That was our case. 'We passed days together desiring no drink ex- cept that taken with our meals. We visited, in company with Mr. Law. rence of Oneida county, (since deceased Mr. Deland, Eld. Reynolds of Oneonta, ani two other gentlemen, some hundred or so of the orange groves near Deland the day be- fore we left the city, Some were very 13115113 oves, some very fine bearing ones. ooked thrifty and promising. The finest we saw, and 5m oldest, was known as the \Gillend grove,\ a grove set some nine dyenrs ago by Dr. Gillend, and recently sold by him for over $30,000. The orange crop was then being gathered, so we had a chance to observe the process 0 picking and packing. The Mickel Farm Papers, Prepared expressly for the Orezoo | |_ All communications on farming, gardening or poultry raising, promptly answered In this column. cARDEX ntroumcexts During the leisure days of winter it will amply repay every gardener and farmer to consider how becan produce his crops in a better manner and at a less cost than form- erly; and one of the most important things for consideration is the subject of this ar- ticle-garden implements. The gardener who works his land without the ald of im- proved implements is behind the times. Implements are a saving to manual labor, and a gardener can dispense with the help of one or two men by a judicious selection . of them and their use. Besides he can generally do his work much better and more securate. One of the most import- ant devices iso garden drill There are many different psiterns, some being a com- bined drill, cultivator and hoe. We use the late kind because it is cheaper, but each diferent implement separately would, be onle might £33“? bet more con¥enient and Called the Planet, Ji i are sold a lfinemsmf cotton in 1861, and now it was with Hive Ewin osk trees eighteen or twenty incles in use, f this immense waters of this im: spring is, themdenmaidmpusmawnggtmegi cal qualities, and is even to this writ being daily visited by bathing s of both sexes, for the purpose of enjoying (The invigorating bealth giving berefits ot 'Its baths. * Deleon Springs is the nemeof a new v5 H Teg. I w T neb
