THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST 701 0 oil = FLOUR oilFLOUR and FLOWERS OF SULPHUR SULPHURWhale jt V 7 h c o i L J JWhale Whale = Oil Soap and other Insecticides F FEe ° E Ee 0 PAINTER FERTILIZER CO Jacksonville Fla Handle With Care CareItlius CareHlms CareIthus Itlius toxicodendron commonly cal called calICII called ¬ led poison poi < on ivy y is quite abundant abundantin in many man parts of the state Rhus Runsvonenata Rhusycnenata Rhusvenenata vonenata usually u < lmll known as poison poisonsumac polsonsumac poisonsumac sumac or poison dogwood Is said saidto sa saidto ill illto to grow in Florida though we have havenever havenever havenever never seen it As the latter is only onlyfound onlyf01l1111 onlyfound found in swamps it is not so danger dangerous dangerons dangerous ¬ ous as the poison loio5on ivy y which climbs climhsover cIimbsoer climbsover over fences and trees on dry land landBesides landBesides landBesides Besides the remedies mentioned be below below below ¬ low you on will find that common baking bakingsoda bakingI bakingsoda soda I > oda found in clmost every eve kitchen kitchenIs Is about as good as anything an thlng and has hasthe hasclue I Ithe the advantage of being always nha s at hand handwhen handwhen i iwhen when needed The last is important importantfor for the sooner the remedy is applied appliedafter nJIJIiedafter appliedafter after touching the vine the th better betterthe betterthc betterthe the effect effectThe effectTIle effectThe The Indiana Farmer says So long longas as the present fad for nature study studyholds studyholds i holds its interest it is well to remem remember remember ¬ I Iber ber that all is not gold that glitters glittersand glittersand I and that among the luxuriant under tindergrowths undergrowths i growths of our favorite pathway may maylurk lIIayIlIrl maylurk lurk plant enemies that it is not safe safeto safeto afe afeto to ignore 1 IIOIe Principally these that take takethe takethe takethe the form of invidious ivy and subtle subtlesumac subtlcsumnc subtlesumac sumac which we must give due rec recognition recognition recognition ¬ ognition lest we suffer the conse consequence consequence consequence ¬ quence quenceAfter quenceAfter quenceAfter After a long warm walk it is very veryrefreshing veryrefreshing veryrefreshing refreshing to drop down on some mass masscovered mo8coerell masscovered covered log overhung with luxuriant luxuriantvines luxurinntyines luxuriantvines vines that will ill aflord us welcome welcomeshelter welcomeshelter welcomeshelter shelter from the hot sun but when whenas as a result of such a performance performanceIn In the course of a few fm days our hands handsand handsmill handsand and faces become masses of inflamed inflamedflesh inflamcflesh inflamedflesh flesh and our eyelids are so swollen swollenthat swollenthat swollenthat that they will not admit the light of ofday ofIlar ofday day we begin to wish that our ourknowledge ourImowledge ourknowledge knowledge of plant life was a bit ex extensive extensive ¬ tensive and that we had in the days daysof daJsof daysof of our youth read up on the nature natureand natureanll natureand and appearance of our poisonous poisonousneighlors polfonoulnel poisonousneighbors neighbors nel hhors and learned to discriminate discriminatebetween dlfCrlmlnatehetween discriminatebetween between the just and the unjust unjustIt It has ha l been > oen said Ral 1 that the poison pol Ron ivy ivyis ivyis y yIs is more touchy in the spring and andearly amIearly andearly early summer < when it is full of fresh freshyoung freshyoung freshyoung young blood However this may be beI I have seen severe cases of poisoning poisoningJate polfonlngIate poisoninglate late in the summer and fall and even eventhe eventhe the dry fl winter branches can get in insome Insome insonic some very elJ effective effect e work upon oc occasion oceasion occasion ¬ I casion hence it is not safe to assume assumethat aRsumethat assumethat that any nn season is immune immuneNotwithstanding Immunelotwithstanlling immuneNotwithstanding Notwithstanding the fact that the thepoison thepolson thepoison poison ivy y is s a common growth and andmany anllmany andmany many persons suffer from its It contact contactit it is an enemy that one can easily easilyavoid easilyavoid easilyavoid avoid for it openly flaunts its dis distinguishing dlstinguiRhlng distlhgnishing ¬ tinguishing hall marks by which we wecan wecan wecan can identify it It has been mistaken mistakenby by careless observers for the luxuriant luxuriantVirginia luxuriantVirginia uxurlantirglnla Virginia creeper or woodbine so com common common common ¬ mon in all sections an error for which whichneither whichneither whichneither neither the woodbine nor ivy is re responsible responsible responsible ¬ sponsible for they the are quite unlike unlikein in their appearance though thon h fond of ofa ofa ofa a similar habitat both loving to climb climbto to the top of any tall tree that will willpermit willpennlt willpermit permit the familiarity The wood woodbine W00t1blne woodbine ¬ bine however hangs han s on by means of ofnumerous ofnumerous ofnumerous numerous greenish tendrils while the theIvy thehy theIvy Ivy clings tightly and secures a firmer firmerhold firmerhold firmertold hold by throwing out aerial rootlets rootletswhich rootletswhich rootletswhich which burrow deep into the rough roughbark ronghbark roughbark bark barkThe barkThe barkThe The most noticeable difference lies liesin liesin liesin in the arrangement of the leaflets on the woodbine the leaf consists of offive ofhe five divisions or leaflets while the thepoison thepolson thepoison poison ivy T has but three hence it Is Issafer issafer Issafer safer to avoid contact with any three threefingered threefingerell threeIfingered fingered vine that is clinging confi confidingly ¬ dingly about the trunk of a friendly friendlytree friendlytree tree or lazily overrunning an old oldfence oldfence oldfence fence The leaflets of the ivy are aresmooth smooth and anI shining light green tooth toothless toothless toothless ¬ less and usually ovate pointed with without without without ¬ out lobes or at least only slightly slightlynotched slightIyJlotchCll slightlynotched notched while the woodbine is dull dullcolored dullcolorl dullcolored colored and its leaflets are deeply deeplytoothed deeplytoothed deeplytoothed toothed toothedTater Later in the year the graywhite graywhiteberries graywhitebeITles graywhiteberries berries distinguish the poison growth growthfrom Jrowthfrom growthfrom from other climbing plants which whichbear whichhear whichbear bear purple crimson or blue fruits fruitsIt It has been said that one may eat eatboth cathoth eatboth both leaves and fruit of the ivy and andlive amIlive andlive live to tell the tale but it is an ex experiment experiment experiment ¬ periment best left to the pilcated pilcatedwoodpeckers pileat pileatodwoodpeckers d dwoollpecliCrs woodpeckers of powerful beak who whoare whoare whoire are remarkably fond of these berries berriesand bernMlI1d berriesanti and gobble them down as though thou h they theyfound theyfound theyfound found in them some savory flavor to totheir totheir totheir their taste Those who ought to toknow tokno toknow know kno affirm that it has been dem demonstrated demonstmtClI demonstrated ¬ onstrated that the plants poisonous poisonoussecretions poisonoussccretions poisonoussecretions secretions act only through contact contactbut con contactbut bl ct ctbut but many lI1an persons insist that they theyare theyare theyare are affected by b merely looking at the thevine thevlnc thevine vine in passing passingOne passingOne passingOne One of the mast effective antidotes antidotesfor for ivy y poisoning is to bathe the theafflicted thenmicted theafflicted afflicted parts with a lotion made of ofone ofone ofone one part tincture of grindelia and four fourparts fourImrt fourparts parts water used freely and frequent frequently frCluentI ¬ ly I ly If not applied soon enough to tostop tostop tostop stop the irritation a thorough and andpersistant andIJellstlIlt andpersistent persistent use will prevent its spread spreading spreading < 6preadIng ¬ ing ingA A somewhat less common plant plantfoe pbntfoc plantfoe foe is the poison sumac Rhus venen venenata venenata venenata ata which is even more dangerous dangerousthan danJerousthan dangerousthan than ivy as its bite is more severe severeand seereaIlll severeand and lasting This reprehensible mem member memher memher ¬ her of an otherwise harmless and well wellbehaved behaved family is frequently to be befound befounl1 befound found growing groi in swampy or low lowground lowgr01l1ld lowground ground so ono is not quite as liable liableto to come in contact with its poisonous poisonousbranches poisonoushrmches poisonousbranches branches as a though it grew in more morefavorable moretaomhlc morefavorable favorable situations It is a hand handsome handoOme handsonie ¬ some shrub and attracts the artistic artisticeye artisticeJe artisticeye eye but beware of its deceptive deceptivecharms deceptivehanus deceptivecharms charms for they conceal a multitude multitudeof of sins slnfrom from the human standpoint standpointTo To detect the true from the false It Itshould itshoulll Itshould should be noted that the common commonsumac commonsumac ommonsumac sumac has from 0 to 31 toothed leaf leaflets leaflet carlet7 ¬ lets let wliich are green above and gray grayish grayiHh grayish ¬ ish on the under side while the thepoisonous the110lsono11S thepoisonous poisonous has from 7 to 13 leaflets leafletsgreen leafletTeen leafletsgreen < green on both sides and like liI e those of ofthe ofthe ofthe the ivy are without teeth The leaf leafscarof leafscar leafcar scarof scar of the harmless < variety is heart heartshaped healshaped heartshaped shaped and on the poison takes tal es the theform theform theform form of a spade but this mark can be bediscovered beIliscoered bediscovered discovered only by h stripping off the theleaves theleaves theleaves leaves a dangerous performance at atall atall all times timesThe timesThe The fruit of the poison poL < on sumac is isgreenish i igreenlsh isgreenish greenish white and springs from the theaxils tJlIaxils theaxils axils of the leaves while the harmless harmlessshrub Imrmlesshntb liarmle s sshrub shrub bears clusters of crimson ber berries herTies berries ¬ ries on the terminals of the twigs twigsThese twisThesc twigsThese These are very vcr conspicuous on account accountof of their vivid coloring The he autumnal autumnalfoliage autumnalfolia autumnalfoliage foliage folia e of both poison plants is mark markedly markIlly markedly ¬ edly Illy brilliant taking on all the golden goldentints goldentints o1dln o1dlntints tints of a rich sunset as though eagor eagorto ea eag r rto rto to celebrate the closing days of an aneventful nnmentf111 aneventful eventful season and a life IIf rom a aplants Itplants aplants plants possible standpoint But this thisconspicuous Ihisconsplcuol1 thisconspicuuous conspicuous gilding renders them par particularly particularly particularly ¬ ticularly seductive luctie to lovers of deco decorative decorative decorative ¬ rative foliage who are eager to bring home Ionic the leafladen branches but Ilt one oneexperience olleeXlcrlencc oneexperience I experience usually usuall discourages s all de desire deslrc desire ¬ sire for further intimacy Intimac The myrtle myrtlewarblers myrtlewarhlers myrtlewarblers warblers congregate con regate in flocks to feast feastoff feastoff feastoff off the livid sumac fruit and rest in insafety InsafetJ insafety safety on its baneful branches 1er 1erhaps rmhaps er erhaps haps the plant realizes that only by bythe bythe bythe the aid of some winged in d guest h 1 can m the thesmall tllesman thesmall small seeds be transported to new newcountries newcountries newcountries countries and so regulates its It venom venomaccording venomaccording venomaccording according to its guests guestsIvy guestsIv guestsIvy Ivy Iv poisoning is so distressing and andmost andmost andmost most people are so easily easil affected that thatwe thatwe I Iwe we willingly give space to these ac accounts accounts accounts ¬ counts of the plants and to the reme remedies remedies remedies ¬ dies The following from the Country CountryGentleman CountryGentleman CountryGentleman Gentleman gives some additional additional in information information Information ¬ formation on the subject subjectRemedies subjectRemedies subjectRemedies Remedies for Ivy Poisoning PoisoningMake PoisoaingMake Poisoningfake Make a strong solution of sugar sugarof SUblrof sugarof of lead by b covering it with hot waterwhcn waterwhen water waterwhen when cool with soft linen dipped in inthe inthe inthe the solution bathe the affected sur surface sllrface surface ¬ face several times a day and at night nightapply nightapply I Iappl apply bandages saturated with the thesolution thesolution I Isolution solution which if convenient need neednot neCl neClnot neednot not be removed if kept wet wetWhen wetIhen wettWhen When there is no abrasion of the theskin theskill theskin skin a paste of gunpowder and andwhisky andwhlslQ andwhisk whisky whisk may be effective Pour water waterover wateroer waterover over unslaked lime stir and let stand standan standIIn standan an hour Continued applications will willsometimes willometimcs willsometimes sometimes > greatly relieve relieveWhat relievehat relieveWhat What hat is efficacious for one person personcannot personcannot personcannot cannot always ahva s be relied on for foranother foranoUlCr foranother another The following remedies have haveproved haveIJIoed haveproved proved efficacious efficaciousThe efficaciousThe i iThe The inner bark of the common elder eldersteeped elderstecped eldersteeped steeped in buttermilk milkweed mill weClI juice juicepoultices juiceIlOultlces juicepoultices poultices of bruised bean or plantain plantainleaves plantainleaves plantainleaves leaves applcations of raw sliced slicedonion sllcetlonion slicedonion onion borax water etc etcDiluted etcDiluted I IDiluted Diluted bromochloralmn cured a avery avery I Ive very ve bad case < fiSC A slice of bread sat saturated saturated ¬ I Inmt1 urated with hot water and sprinkled sprinkledwith slJrinklClWiUI sprinkledwith with soda another A farm lad who whowas whowas whowas was in our employ was very badly badlypoisoned htlllypolsonl badlypoisoned poisoned on his lower extremities and andwas nndwas andwas was cured by applications of soft softsoap softonp softSoap soap soapAs SoapAs < onp onpAs As soon as the poison manifests manifestsitself manifestsItself manifestsitself itself painting around the spot with witha I Ia a feather dipped in iodine may mll arrest arrestthe arrestthe arrestthe the spread Why 1 suffer the pain painintolerable painIntolernble painintolerable intolerable itching and nmllmartlng smarting whensuch whensuch when whensuch such an array arra of tested remedies are areaccessible areaccessible areaccessible accessible accessiblePeriod accessiblePeriod accessiblePeriod Period of Heat in Stock and andBreeding andBreeding andBreeding Breeding BreedingThe The information contained in the thefollowing thefollowing thefollowing following from Wallaces a lIa ccs Farmer Farmerwill Farmerwill Farmerwill will be found founllvahmble valuable to stock breed breeders breClIers breeders ¬ ers of all kinds kindsA A correspondent asks how long the thedomestic thedomestic thedomestic domestic animals remain in heat and andhow anlllIow andhow how often the period of heat occurs occursThis occursThis occursThis This varies with different animals animalsThe anlmlllsThe animalsThe The period of heat in the mare m mare 1rc occurs occursat UCCUlat occursat at intervals of eighteen to twentyone twentyonedays twentyonedaJs twentyonelays days and the average duration is two twoto twoto I Ito to three days da s in cattle the period oc occurs occurs ¬ I Icurs curs about every ever twentyone days and andcontinues antIcontinues andcontinues continues from twelve to thirty hours hoursin hoursIn hoursin in ewes every sixteen to seventeen seventeendays seenteenlIays seventeendays days and continues continues two or three days daysin da daysin s sIn in sowsfifteen sows fifteen to twentyone days and andthe andthe andthe the average duration duration of f heat is 1 one oneto oneto oneto to three days In some cases the theperiod theperlolI theperiod period of heat will pass unnoticed un uness un1C unless 1C less ess < S the male is present and for this thisreason thisreason thisreason reason animals that are difficult to tocatch tocatch tocatch catch should be permitted to run with the male where practicable But Butas Butas as 1 a rule Iue the male should not be al allowed uIIOWct allowed ¬ lowed to run with the females as the thesingle tileln thesingle single < > ln le service will h i the great major majority majorit majority ¬ ity it of cases be found to produce bet better better better ¬ ter results and more vigorous off offspring offRIring offspring ¬ spring Occasionally Ocenslonall an animal will willhe willhe willhe he found that is continually continuall in heat heatsuch heatRuch heatsuch such a cow is known as a btiller btillerThis ImllerThis bullerThis This is generally the result of adis adiseased a llis lliseasetl diseased ¬ eased condition of the ovaries and andunless anllunl andunless unless unl 3s the animal is especially valu valuable valuahlc valuable ¬ able and treatment seems justified it itwill itwill itwill will be better to dispose of such ani animals anlmas an anDials ¬ Dials on the market Treatment in insuch Insnch insnclh such cases is not very satisfactory satlsfacto and andthe andthe andthe the chances are against recovery recoveryThe rccoYe rccoYeThe recoveryThe The secret of success in mating is isthe Isthe isthe the vitality tlit and age of the animals animalsrsed animalsI animalsused used I sed Perhaps more breeders go gowrong goWIOng gowrong wrong by using usln immature stocK for forbreeding forbreeding forbreeding breeding purposes and by b using them themtoo themtoo themtoo too hard than in any other way wa No Nootherwise Xoothelwie Nootherwise otherwise sane man should expect an anoverworked anoerworlel anoverworked overworked stallion bull or boar to toset toet toget set et vigorous well developed offspring offspringthat offspringthat offspringthat that will have a fair start in life and andan andan an even chance to reach useful matur maturity maturitJ ¬ matur ity and leave the farm at marketable marketableage marl etable etableage age at a snug profit to the breeder breederSixty bnCderSixt breederSixty Sixty Sixt to eighty ei ht mares for a matured maturedstallion mahlredstallion maturedstallion stallion twentyfive twellt 1iC to thirtyfive thirty five cows cowsfor cowsfor cowsfor for a bull twenty twent to forty fort ewes to a aram aralll alain ram and alII twenty to fifty fift sows to toa toahoar a aboar aboar boar is the limit under the best hand handling handling handliug ¬ ling and care Better buy llU an extra extrasire extrasire extrasire sire or two or rent one onent at a t good price pricethan pricethan pricethan than overtax this half of the herd herdIt heroe heroIt hereIt e It takes a brave man to acknow acknowledge aelmowCllge acknowledge ¬ ledge his hi errors errorsFOR etrorsFO errorsFOR FOR FO SALE SALESix Six hundred and thirty acres of ofland ofland ofland land near Cotton Plant part of ofwhich ofwhich ofwhich which is rich hammock part partcleared partcleared partcleared cleared and fenced and has been beencultivated beenI I cultivated in truck crops during duringthe duringthe duringthe the past year This land will be besold besold besold sold at a bargain if sale can be bemade bemade bemade made before January I 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