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FARMERS' REGISTER— FLORIDA COFFEE. 



lartrely in the packing business, at various points 

 in the vicinity of the city — atRossville, Ilamihon, 

 Midiiletown, Lavvrcnceburirh, &c. It is estimated 

 thai the (piantity of pork exported last year, fron) 

 Cincinnati, which includes that packed in the 

 above towns, fell very httle short of 45,000 barrels, 

 about 85,000 kcfrs ot"" lard, 270,000 hams, besides 

 shoulders, sides, bulk m'=',at, &c. One of our en- 

 terprisinir citizens alone purchased, I am told, last 

 year, 35,000 ke<Ts of lard, and i'>rtunately it proved 

 a profitable investment. There are allosjether in 

 the city, about 26 or 27 pork houses, and tiiey 

 now employ about 10 to 1200 men, at an avenifye 

 of" a dollar per day. At the commencement of the 

 season hosrs appeared plenty, and were purchas'.'d 

 at a fracUon lower than last year, say three dol- 

 lars per hundred for those averairing 290 pounds. 

 I am informed that they are now becouiin<r more 

 scarce, and that the price is advancinir. There 

 will not be so many packed this year as last. 

 Some that were engaged in it fast year, lost more 

 or less mone}^, owinir to the distress in the country, 

 and the impossibility of effeclino; sales at fair 

 prices; so tliat there are, probably, not as many 

 engaged in tlie business as formerly. Money now- 

 being more plenty than last year, and a general 

 demand existing lor the article, ready sales at fair 

 prices will be made. The demand now in tins 

 market for pork and lard isgiiod,anda gradual 

 advance in price has and will continue to take 

 place. Most of our pork packers are men of 

 wealth, and can conseciuently "liold on,'' there 

 will be no necessity of forcing sales. However, 

 they cannot pack enough before tlie season closes 

 to supply the demand, which is much increasxl 

 by many of the army contractois being in the 

 market, and wishing to purchase to fill their con- 

 tracts." 



From tlie Floiida Horald. 

 FLOKTDA COFFEE. 



Mb. Editor, — I have brought under cultivation 

 a species of coffee which grows wild in Cuba, and 

 has found its way to the city of St. Augustine, sup- 

 posed to have been brought there many years 

 since by the Spanish people. It is comjdetely 

 naturalized to our climate, and will grow in any of 

 the cotton growing states. 1 recommend the cul- 

 tivation of it particularly to the planters as another 

 staple of immense value, which will realize more 

 than any other staple of our country now under 

 cultivation, even if we obtain not more than 

 lialf the price of West India coffee. It is 

 made use of in the interior of Cuba, by the in- 

 habitants as cofliee. It also grows wild on the banks 

 of the Mississippi, around New Orleans, where it 

 is collected by the French people and made use of 

 as coffee. 



I have made use of it in my family for three 

 months, and find it superior to the green Cuba col- 

 fee. It improves from age; being equal to the best 

 of coffee in three months af^ter it is collected. 

 Those who are ])eculiarly fond of the taste of the 

 green Cuba coffee, can obtaui it by mixing at the 

 rale of one pound of the green Cuba coffee with 

 four pounds of Florida coflee. 



Ills an annual plant and must be cultivated in 

 the same manner as cotton, leaving the plants at 

 n greater distance, as it grows most luxuriantly 



from ten to twelve feel high on good land. It will 

 grow on the poorest land which has been exhaust- 

 ed from cultivation, and will jn-oduce a good crop. 

 Plant it at the same time that cotton is jilanted, on 

 beds five feet a|)art. On good land plant your 

 seeds five feet apart dropping ten or twelve seeds; 

 cover it lightly when the plants are sufficiently 

 grown, thin them out, leaving a single fdant at the 

 distance of five feet: poor lands may be planted 

 nearer; two pounds of seeds will plant an acre of 

 land; one acre will produce ii-om fifteen hundred to 

 two thousand pounds of coHii'e; it blooms from 

 early in July un'il late in October, ripens from ear^ 

 ly in August until frost, or early in November; the 

 seeds are about the size of a grain of wheat, of 

 an olive color, each pod containing from forty to 

 sixty grains of collee. The | ods must be colleclcd 

 as liist as they ripen, and when tin-ashed, wdiich is 

 performed with a common stick li'om the woods, it 

 must be done in a close room wiih alight floor, and 

 af er it is winnowed it is then fit ibr use; neither 

 horses, cattle or hogs will cat of the plant; ii is not 

 disturbed by caterpillars or any insects; it returns 

 more foliage to the land than any highland culti- 

 vation; it is also a great ucquisition to the rearing 

 of bets as pure honey rises on the stem oj' cuvu 

 stalk of the leaves, which is sought after by the 

 bees and ants. 



The Editor of the Southern Agriculturist, and 

 all Editors in the cotton growing states will please 

 insert the above lor the public benefit. 

 I am yours respeclully, &c. 



abraii.Il.w r)UPo^T. 

 3Iantanzas, East Florida, Nov. 25th, 1834. 



Seeds may be obtained by applying to Messrs, 

 J- & C. Lavvton, Charleston, S. C.; and of Col. 

 Francis Gue, of St. Augustine, E. F. 



The iollovvin^ exh-act answers queries which first 

 appeared in the Farmers' Register, (page 8, Vol. II.) 



From the Soutliern Planter 

 USEFVL HINTS. 



Early County, ( Ga.) Nov. 18th, 1834. 



Dr. Bartldt — I see a request in Vol. 2 No. 25, 

 entitled "Odds and Ends" by J. K. desiringtoknovv 

 a sure remedy for destro\ ing nils and lice on hogs, 

 &c. Take the oil of bays and spread it on a ])iece 

 of leather and rub it well upon tiie animal, and I 

 warrant that it will kill them speedily. What is 

 the best remedy tor worms in horses? Take nux 

 vomica and rasp it dowm, say one button, and mix 

 it with a little meal and give it to the horse. To 

 destroy house flies take nux vomica rasp it up and 

 pour water to it and steep while cloths and hang 

 them up, and that will destroy flies. To prevent 

 the ravages of the fly that eats tobacco jjlants, 

 take oak bark and make a fire after sun down to 

 the lee of the bed so the smoke may not go among 

 the j)lants, or lake corn meal bran and scatter it 

 over the bed. Whether the bran collects bird* 

 that destroy the fly, or whether it collects ants, or 

 whether they prey upon the bran themselves, I 

 cannot determine. * * # # 



Yours, AARON GOOLSBF., 



