(iLEAMlNUH IX BEE CULTIKE 



Apr. lo 



trees, write to Keasoner lirotliers' Nursery. 

 Oneco, Fla. 



The first shipments of lettuce brought as 

 good or better ))rifes than lieretofore; but 

 toward si)riiig tliere seemed to be a univer- 

 sal complaint about heading uj) i)roi)erly. 

 On this account neighbor Hood's lettuce- 

 field has given my nearly .'>•)() chickens (old 

 and young) all the lettuce they could con- 

 sume for al)out two months i)ast. We wheel 

 over to the chickens all that isn't fit for 

 market. 



FERTILIZING TRICK L,ANI)f< IN FLORIDA. 



On p. 240, A])ril 1, are some statements in 

 regard to the cost of fertilizing our Florida 

 lands that may give a wrong imi)ression. 

 I have just been looking at some pota- 

 toes on neighl)or Mood's land that surpass 

 any thing T ever saw in Ohio or Michigan 

 either. When asked how much fertilizer 

 he ai)plied i)er acre he answered something 

 like this: "Mr. Hoot, 1 did not put any fer- 

 tilizer at all on these potatoes; but I did give 

 the ground a very heavy ai)plication when 

 in celery, just before these potatoes. Let 

 me explain. As I considered this one of the 

 poorest spot son my i)lace (and new gi^ound) , 

 I gave it the heaviest api)lication I have ev- 

 er made on an// i)iece of ground. I suppose 

 we i)ut on something like four tons to the 

 acre (where you see these best potatoes) of 

 a fertilizer costing ?40.()0 jier ton. The cel- 

 ery crop alone sold for over $800 per acre." 



These potatoes were larger foliage, heavier 

 stalks, and better color than I think I ever 

 saw before. Let me exi)lain. that down 

 here there are no Colorado beetles, no Jft a 

 beetles, and no insects of any kind to i)unc- 

 ture and i)erforate and disfigure the hand- 

 some potato-i)lant. for it is handsome where 

 l)erniitted to grow free and natural. As 

 they were just coming into bloom, no one 

 can tell as yet what the crop will be; but 

 Mr. Hood dug into a hill and found fair- 

 sized ]K)tatoes as clean and smooth as new- 

 laid eggs. Notwithstanding that potatoes 

 may be grown here almost all the year 

 round, nearly everyl)ody uses potatoes from 

 the North. Other crops j^ay so much bet- 

 ter, we can't alTord to grow our own pota- 

 toes, even if ])oor ones shipped in do cost 

 fiffi/ crnts a jnck. Our home-gro\\ni ones 

 are etjual in (juality to any I ever tasted in 

 Ohio, Michigan, or Bermuda. 



Poultry Department 



Hy A. 1. lioOT 



POULTRY S?X'RETS, ETC. 



A suV)scriber sends US the following adver- 

 tisement, and asks us to investigate: 



SURE DEATH TO CHICKEN LICE AND MITES GUARAN- 

 TEED AT S.AIALT. COST. 



We h.nve diseovered a cheap and absolutely sure 

 method of thorouehly externiinatine chicken lice 

 and mites from poultry-houses. This method has 

 been thoroughly tested with uniform success, and 

 we now offer to make it known for one dollar. 



Remember, by oui- method chicken lice .and mites 

 will be entirely destroyed — eradicated — in a few 

 hours at sHeht cost if our very simjile instructions 

 are followed. We are so sure of this, that, in the 

 event of failure to destroy the vermin comijletel.v, 

 we will promptly return the money received. 



Only SI. 00 for this knowledsre, which will enable 

 you to fret your i)oultry-h(iuses free from hen lice 

 and mites if you should be so unfoi'tiinateas tohave 

 either of these pests upon your premises. Kid your- 

 self of them by sendins; >'l.tK) to 



Clover IIili. Farm, Jjittle .Silver, N. .1. 



A dollar should jiay for a good-sized book 

 covering the whole subject of chicken lice 

 and mites; but as I seem to be in the "busi- 

 ness" I sent the dollar. In due time I re- 

 ceived directions (that might be printed on 

 a postal card) for fumigating the poultry- 

 house with hydro-cyanric-acid gas. a method 

 that has been in use for years for killing all 

 insect life in greenhotises. It has been de- 

 scribed again and again in our agricidtural 

 press, and, so far as I recollect, Mr. Lovett's 

 directions are almost word for word like that 

 of a government bulletin sent out a few 

 years ago. It is also used under a tent for 

 killing insects on orange and other trees. 

 All Mr. Lovett has invented or discovered 

 is using it for poultry-houses instead of 

 greenhouses. Of course, the chickens must 

 all be driven otit; but will old ]X)ultrymen 

 please tell me how much would l)e gained 

 by cleansing the house if you let a tlock of 

 infested fowls come right in, peo])le all the 

 cracks and crevices once more just as soon 

 as this volatile gas is out of the way? Zeno- 

 leum, carbonoleum, and all lice-killers sold 

 penetrate the wood and keej) out vermin 

 for months or years aft eward. But fhed isn't 

 all. Before yoti can use this "dollar secret " 

 you must make all your jjoultry-buildings 

 absolutely enr-tir/hf. How much do you 

 suppose it would cost ine to make my six 

 Florida (wire netting) houses so they woidd 

 hold this gas made from sulphuric acid and 

 cyanide of potassium? 



This whole thing is a pretty fair sample 

 of the average "poultry secrets " advertised 

 for a dollar or more. I hardly believe a 

 poultryman with the reputation Mr. Lovett 

 has would l)e led to go into such a thing 

 were it not that so many others have been 

 "setting the ])ace." 



One thing more: The Cyphers ])eopleand 

 other dealers have for years advertised sul- 

 phur candles for fumigating and destroying 

 all insect life in poultry-houses. Why 

 should Lovett or any one else want to use 

 this very dangerous and expensive gas, 

 comparatively, when cheap common sul- 

 phur does the business perfectly? Is it not 

 abotit time for the Dei)artment at Washing- 

 ton to forbid the use of the mails to such 

 chaps? 



BACK TO MEDINA, OHIO. 



We are now planning to leave Braden- 

 town, Fla., for >Iedina, on April V.). Will 

 our many kind friends take notice, and di- 

 rect all missives for myself to Ohio, after 

 they see this? A. I. R. 



