Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 8, 1913, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. - (e tvoig lelegron| Published overy afternoon from the Kentucky building, Lakeland, Fla. irered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. By C. K. McQuarrie, Asst The sugar canc is one of the old- ———eeeeee?| €S farm crops in this state of which HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. |, have any record. It dates from the earhiest settlement of the coun-| try on the The Jesuit Fathers tmported the seed cane from the West Indies, where it hud beei | M P HENRY BACON, Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: t Coast. ONe YORD 2o v vadii e cees.$5.00 : | Sixmonths .. .. ......00 2,50 . ‘!thhi\u:l_\ an:\\n. as :';n'l_\' us .l,l,h.; Three months .......... L26 | year 1318, It was first hruu... xf t Delivercd anywhere within the yover by Colunibus, on his secold voy i ! age in 1943, 1 methods of #row- | limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week. lln;; the (rop and the extraction of the juice for sir = wking have not | bee mich improve ipon by the From the same office is lssued | " ! L s el o o e vears THE LAKELAND NEWS L s the 1 A weekly newspaper giving a re- X L MONey same of local matters, crop condi, r ealtural ,h,,,,f tions, county afiairs, ete. Sent any- ! d mills wher: for $1.00 per year. ; n he GET UP TO DATE ON Lttt FLORIUA SIRAWEERRY i (TS d s . [ S “ Jroper trestinent all Kinds Reports come in from a do o dif L irom ol Jlack-jet land to' ferent points in Florids that straw- hewsy hamm \fter @ num- berrics are getting ripe and that fer of years ol practical experience some of this luscious and popular | With this crop, our preference is tor i high pine fands with a red clay sub- fruit was rathered during the lat- |1;.,|1 L e it Ll i ; foil. { In only a few : : | Soil Preparation. ter weeks of January iLstances were there enough ripe ! H & ! In the natural course of crop ro- berries to permit of shipments to| ; ¢ I ; P tation, suzar cane should follow a markets to the north of us Shnultlfh“w' oLt (Tpri WHILH Pha haen the February weather be as mild a8 jjjupally fertilized with stable ma-! January, great quantities of berries nnre. This would put a great amount of humus iu the soil,and this | |8 Necessary in growing a cane crop Failing to get this rotation, the next 1 test will be sent out of the State during the month.- Pensacola Journal, Why, with brother, what's the matter woild be to grow velvet heans you? Forget abont that pro- as a preceding crop, and have them ed ol by But what- r the we practice, and Whatever posed State of West Florida where live stock, things come in late and arouse your- rotation hind of soil ton We o Zrow | L ¥ z tsugur cane, we shoald take care that tualities of the Peninsular State jut- X a | the soil is put in the best possible | sell to the glorions horticultural tin far down into semi-tropic. Wi dition by deep plowing and thor- | ters. Strawherries getting ripe, in- ouel pulverization. Op old land that deed! Why, we've had ripe straw- has been cultivated for a numbery of | subsoiter, in ! addition to deep plowing by either a | i turning or dise plow. This subsoil ‘ our strawberry | .o g ou1d immediately follow the | growers have been harvesting and other plow in the same furrow, using | marketing their crops of the luscions ' two teams at the same time. Ahow' voars, woo should use Perries here in Lakeland sinee the 7th of November and all during Jan- uary and February (all we should see that our land in ! I clear of stumps; for one cannot con- ! duct profitable farming on stumpy land, becanse improved tools eannot | berries have been shipped and the 1, used. If one has to use the old good work is still going on. The antiquated tools, he is not u-nrnim:.‘ price this year is a little off, but it Nis Wages he would were he to use rn implem i ine 1Lt about twehty cents a_guart to modern lll}]ll ents. Along this line I would like to remark that, a8 a the grower and you can figure in a I fine i h CLASS, farmers never lngure the wages moment how much cash that puts 2 ’" 9 S e per day they are earning when mak- down here among us this season on Iog 4 whicl Kt to be th % a crop, which ought to be the above estimate of the output, for i i ! = e .““ one thing which they should have in Berries & view. And another thing they over- are planted here in September and 7 i ZEL look is the most profitable crops to October and the early varieties be- < > grow. For is a gin to fruit in November. Thanks- % Known fact that ong acre of ¢ *mnI‘ giving always finds Lakeland straw- . 4 4 o - crop of sugar cane yielding about herries on Lakeland tables, The ship- 3 3 ] four hundred gallons of sirup (which ping movement thro Z y 2 is below the average) will put more the winter reachine ¥ g N . E A money into the farmer’s pocket (and height in February and Mareh ¢ will less than one-fourth the labor) fruit. Thus far, from the Lakeland dis- trict about 200,000 quarts of straw- only one of our many crops instance, it well continues months, its And it is well enonsh to note that i ; 5 v thag will fifteen acres of cotton, o Lakeland ber have the “eall” in B (teold at t t | 2 en b sold a oenocents a pound and all the principal markets of the producing th : ll : by - . oducing e average crop o Tw United States and Canada, and the ' . hundred and twenty ponnds of lint | per acre supremacy of this distriet in the quality of the fruit and early mar- keting is unchallenged. o That move of Sheriff Dowling of Duval county to secure a mounted | reral police foree to protect the suh- [ under to form the necessary humns vrbs of Jacksonville, wineh m"l his plowing should be completed tefors the first of January. If wash- recommend it And such a foree is |+ - needed to protect the outskirts of /NS Fains ghould ocenr throush Jan- nary and February, soil that is doep- every sonthern city, but its effeetive- The land intended for suzar can { should be plowed late in the fall, tand all decayed vegetably matter | | left over from previous crops plowed | hag ress would largely depend upon its |i plowed will not be affected W persouncl. Ordinary men wouldn's l‘n-m. but, after these raing, if 2 v ri <} 1 g N i 4o at-alt for such work: The mount: | 3% ]]nrhn‘ honld come, the crust f f . N . on tha I; h " by ed police of the Canadian North- | °% the land should be broken by west nre said to he the hest peace o0 a enltivator or weeder over & i t. &0 to 1 1 a soil mn ¥ officc s in the world. Each man on 9 ot x - woll i that force is earefully picked and he ”r'd""" evaporation of soil moistare : and also to aerat ho enil Same of b a very hich standard. = X Me 10 ! Our most proar ve farmers sow ry mentally and morally, to T i b \ i on land intended fop O | requirements of the 3 X 5 . acts as a wintoy ¢t sneh an oreoni- i A practice is sneeinlly s 100t in o many parts of the 5 4 ... Where the land i« 1 Souvth to " roand diff ¥ y ject to washin~, ne 1) « what we to bind the eoil, and rend in 1 ., matter to plow in the thore @ 1 g i when enltivation of the can b I 1 Fertilizer thot mounted Far: Fertilization is an important sught to be m 1 fixed or a snceessful erop. The ne ' the noli srstem of the 1 vdant foods must be sapplied in tb Sont ronver nroportions to zet the hest e S O silts anal of the sucar cane What lias hecome of the Porr cron shows that it is a heavy feeder estublished some months o1 m ia and potash. It dors not the connty =eat of Tavlor count: ir ch phosphorie acid. It is a by onur old friend, Jeff Davis® Wo dif tome { tter to set down a d heard of Jeff some weeks ago in formn to be observed in all cases, Pensacola and haven't seen a copy hecan orv ‘s soil differs ef his Banner sinee. Colonel Aris- from t f hbors in _\.(,‘ totle Jordan, of the Plunkville Pa- many wive in moisture, or in chen- triot, kent it standing at the head ical and ! conditions, that cf his editorial column that the Pa- triot wus published ‘“‘nearly every Friday." on the off-again, on-again, gone-acain system, so to speak. Has inches deep, we would apply not less Jeff adopted the colomel's publica- thap one hundred pounds per acre tion policy with the Banner? of a fertilizer congiderable 1atitnde must be al-% lowed. Under ordinary eonditions, ! cn soil plowed rot less than ten | imalyzing 5 er cent CANE GRINDING AND SYRUP MAKING ammonia * should be pranes, THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKE!.AND, FEB. 8, Supt. Farmers lnstitute. e ———————————————————————————————————— e et et . ammonia, 4 per cent phosphoric acid and 10 per cent potash. In the ap- lication of this fertilizer care should be exercised to apply it broadcast on freshly worked soil as uniformly as possible, and to mix it thoroughl: with the soil by harrow, weeder or cultivator. This had better Le done a week or so before planting the seed canes. The composition of thi- fertilizer should be along the line: of slow availability, particularly the ingredients of it. High- grade cottonseed meal is really th most suitable raw material for the purpose; because, being an organic fertitizer, it takes lonzer in forminz necessary plant food, and as the verop is o 1onuge season crop thi suits iy bhest The source of potasi the hecause th 1ph te g chloride in n id Kainit in jures the flavor of the sirup to ™ certain extent e method, in gen ol cral use, of applyine the fertilizer in The furrow is not to be recommend ed, heeause in o doing the fertilizer is all the healthy action of the root system of the cane. tion on which the crop is made, and +if the method of fertilizer applica- tion is towards the retarding of the | 100t system, the results inprod.:ction i ill not be so satisfactory as if the waus broadcasted all over! fertilizer the soil and thoroughly mixed in be- forc plunting the seed cane. Wr therefore urge upon farmers the necessity of broadeasting all the fer (tilizer, Planting. When ready to plant the crop, lay off furrows six inches deep, six feet apart, In these furrows plant th. cut in three to four- joint lengths, laying them in the fin rows so as to lap a few inches. Cov er slightly at first, gradually work- ing the soil in to this furrow in fur- ther cultivation. If the seed cane is covered deeply at first, as is often done, the probability of getting «' good stand is lessened; though o deep furrow should be made, so a: to insure as far as possible the deen rooting of the crop. This prevent: its blowing down in wind storms late ic the season, when the canes are heavy and high winds prevail. One of the best tools is a weeder, run across the rows, thus filling ip the, seed furrow gradually. In the fur- ther cultivation of the crop, shallow | running tools are necessary, bhe- cause tha roots feed quite close to (Continued on Page 8.) ‘At The Second - Hand Store Double beds and single beds; sprinegs $1.00 and up. Dressers and Commodes, Rockers and Diners, Kitchen Cabinet and Sideboard, Sit- tee, Refrigerators, Sewing Machines Porch Swine, Table, Clocks - near- Iy anvthing. Goods ho%.hl and sold | ARCHER 1 A The Second-Fand Man! 210 West Main Street Lakeland, Fla M [ Ul | o NCWS ?« a e ors Vi nes Past Cards N, igars Come and see me chasing elsewhere, patronage appreciated, Miss Ruby Daniel i News Stand ! Lodoy of Edisonia Theater in one place, which prevents Our farmers in most | coses overlook the fact that the root ' system of every crop is the founda- | b f"rp pur i 1913, ) S T S N Follow That Impulse L You want your own home. The land is no one . T —... A IN A heritage or is it willed to any particular class of Peonie T by_divine right. Procrastination the Thief of Time If the devil is responsible for the “putting off ‘1! OZ)S) (1= morrow habit,” then he has earned his job. A Letiz Bowyer’s Sub-Bivision u“"‘ b e S ?3 Is a step in the right direction. The home---, :q : : 0 hom.e, will soon follow. i EES WHY BUY NOW? Because this beautiful addition in North-West Lak..- land contains a limited number of large full lots. K- cause these lots will increase in value with the cin ' e \ =/ Ty o VL growth. Because the price of these lots is remarkabi, low, ane the payments easy. Because if adversi, P> overtakes you before your lot is paid for you will - SQUARE DEAL. Think 1t Over Then Act Today For Tomorrow Never Come. BOWYER BROS, o F. J'. CARPER, Sales Agent, 7 New P. 0. Bidy R =) >~ /> L — [ h SRt y A/ A 7 At ] o (A $350 Pianc Free | | ondisplay The Votes | | LR | Our Large inour show | poyryary 113 | Shipments } window you ! : Mrs H. W Odom .......... 13,680 Scree“ I‘E(( 4 will see a Nirs. Nellie Fidler ....... ... 7,950 : e ; BUCkeye Mrs W. R Graham ....... 1,920 and w"]d(;“h IO | Incubator Sl L o4 10 J "ee ' Mcllwain....... 16,110 Arrlv“f. i“ i that will be £ E Walson... ... ..... 65 "avc ; Iz- f given away as | . Irveson ......... 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