El democrata del condado de Costilla. [volume], July 28, 1934, Image 3

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Florida Hothouse
Picking Florida Strawberries In January.
■Prepared by National CeoKraphlc Socloty.
Washington, D. C.-WNU Sorvlco.
N’KW national playground and
game refuge comes into being
with tiie passage congress
of an act setting aside an
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area of 2,500 square miles of the Flor
ida Everglades as the Everglades Na
tional park.
This romantic region is a retreat
for many nearly extinct birds and a
wide vnriety of animal life found no
where else In America. Such creatures
ns the giant Ibis, the Everglades kite,
the white iieron, the alligator, croco
dile and manatee are all found there,
yet they are being slowly extermi
nated.
Likewise in this amazing region
there now exists a plant life of* wild
and superbly beautiful palms, orchids,
hromelinds and fascinating climbing
lianas. But, like the bird and animal
life, these colorful glades and hum
mocks have been threatened with de
struction from fires, often left by care
less hunters and others. Now the pro
tecting hand of the government Is to
be raised in time to save them.
Set apart, preserved, and made ac
cessible as a national park, this area
will be visited In time by millions —
millions eager for subtropical adven
ture, but adventure under American
skies, amid American customs, and
the comforts and excellent direction
■extended to all by the governmental
supervision of the national park serv
ice of the Department of Interior. The
leading citizens of Florida and many
residents of other states urged this
Important and needed project, which
of course Is for all the people of the
nation.
Florida’s map resembles no other
state’s. In all America there Is no ter
rain so unusual, yet often so uniform
ly monotonous, as one sees enroute
from Pensacola to Key West. From
Jacksonville a small boat may cruise
all the way down to the last big key,
and even far out to the reefs on the
way to Havana, broadly speaking, in
sheltered waters.
Shore lines of keys and islands alone
measure about 1,000 miles. Certainly,
nature gave the map-makers a real
Job when she designed Florida. To
day’s map, evolved through genera
tions of pucker-browed cartographers,
differs much from one Issued In
France as late as 1750, showing high
mountain peaks in the Everglades 1
Exotic Plants Flourish.
Laved by the sun-warmed, mysteri
ous waters that swirl ceaselessly about
It, and sweetened by the soft, pure
trade winds that breathe life upon it.
Florida is like a giant hothouse. It
forms to the Imaginative eye a big
experimental farm for all America.
From 51 foreign lands plants and trees
strange to us have been brought here
to take up a new home and many are
already adapted to our use.
From Surinam to Singapore Uncle
Sam’s explorers have searched the
nooks and crannies of the tropical
world. As men In Bible times went
forth In quest of camphor, incense
and myrrh, so these dauntless botan
ists have hunted, found and brought
to Florida various exotic plants ami
trees whose fruits we may use as food
or medicine. At the home of one fu
mous American botanist In Coconut
Grove Dr. David Fairchild was served
a vegetable lunch all picked from plants
with odd names utterly unknown here
two decades ago.
Here Is the Jackfrult of Ceylon; and
the macadamia, a tine table nut from
Australia; the chnyote vine from the
mountains of Guatemala, which bears
the favorite vegetable of the Indians
of that land; here Is Livingstone’s gar*
clnla, a delicate maroon-colored fruit
discovered In East Africa by the great
missionary; here Is the capote, or
chewing-gum tree, from Yucatan, and
the lychee, or favorite fruit of South
China; here, also, nre, of course, man
goes, papayas and avocados, and the
chnya of Central America whose young
shoots nre as delicate as spinach.
In pioneering vegetable gardens one
sees the popular taro und yautlns,
reminiscent of hillside taro patches In
Hawull; the mnnlhot, chief food to mil
lions of tropical peoples, who eat It as
we do potatoes; great bushes of
“pigeon peus” from the West Indies —
the pea which, when ripe, forms an
Ingredient In thnt famous Bahama Is
lands dish, “hoppln’ John.’’
Besides these, there Is tho famed
in'chopo or Zulu fig (Ficus utllls), from
whose bark Congo women make their
ureases; the candlenut-tree from Poly
nesla and tho lebbek tree from the
avenue planted by the khedlve In hon
or of tho Empress Eugdnle when she
visited Egypt.
H*re. ulso, Is the Llmono ponderoso,
or giant lemon. One sees it thriving
near Miami, but not ns yet on a com
mercial basis. It Is literally too big.
A woman who had some growing in
tor garden told a visitor she “made
14 glnsses of lemonnde and three pies
out of one lemon,” nnd her statement,
after seeing the size of the fruit, is
not to be doubted.
For the Convenience of Bugs.
Another strange plant is the Mon
stern deliciosa. It grows a queer, cu
cumber-shaped fruit. An interesting
characteristic of this plant Is the big
holes in its leaves, like a lace pattern.
One wit suggested that nature provid
ed these holes so that bugs may pass
from one side of the leaf to the other
at their convenience. The big fruit has
a spicy flavor suggestive of apples and
bananas.
In his haste to clear land for the
sites where new homes and towns now
stand In south Florida, man of ne
cessity destroyed much of the original
growth of cabbage palms and the
dense hummock jungles, with their
many trees, strangler figs, nnd under
growth of ferns. But for the botan
ists bringing in beautiful flowers, trees
and shrubs from nil over the tropical
world, nnd the richness of the muck
soil, these newly settled regions of
Florida would be unsightly in their
bare ugliness.
Instead, now painted against a back
ground of green grasses many of
which are also imported, and now
against backgrounds of stucco houses
and garden walls, one beholds the riot
ous brilliance of many-hued bougain
villaea, named for a great French ad
miral ; the Saharan oleander, the
gorgeous flowering cassias from Siam,
the flame tree of the Caribbean, the
red-flowered hibiscus, the polnsettla,
and a host of others. Here, too, is th«
sacred bo tree from India, the remark
able psychotrln from the Comoro is
lands, which carries bacterial nodules
in Its leaves instead of its roots.
From such exotic immigrants of the
vegetable world many small plant
oases are forming in Florida. About
them there also gather many kinds of
tropical Insect pests, nnd tiny animals
that feed on the plants. So here, to
care for these imported plants and
trees ns well as the vegetable gardens
nnd citrus orchards of Florida, an In
tensive science of tropical entomology
is being fostered. Tills work against
citrus canker and other pests is of
measureless value to the whole na
tion.
Follow the equator around the world,
nnd In many cities near It one may
see botanical gardens, maintained as
show places only. But there Is no oth
er region even approaching south
Florida in size where tropical nnd sub
tropical plant life Is cultivated on so
vast a scale, witli strict quarantine
and funds for fighting parasites, ex
perimenting with new varieties, ami
raising their culture to a commercial
scale.
Besides the culture of new plants,
there are costly private ventures In
animal husbandry, reforestation, in
tensive farming, nnd group efforts at
more efficient picking, packing and
marketing methods. From that admir
able Institution, the Florida depart
ment of agriculture, at Tallahassee,
there issues a steady stream of bulle
tins and periodicals on what and when
to plant, how to raise it und sell It at
a profit—und. Just think, alleged hu
morists used to call native Floridians
“crackers."
Tung Oil Industry Growing.
For decades wo have used “wood
oil,” brought from China and other
foreign countries for use in our paint
nnd varnish Industry. In China, be
sides Its use In soainnuklng and for
waterproofing, settlings of the burned
oil mnke the “India Ink” of commerce.
Is it surprising to know thnt we im
port the oil from the tung nut to the
tune of $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 an
nually?
Now, as one approaches Gainesville
nnd In the neighborhood of Green
Cove Springs, Florida, long rows of
tung or wood-oil trees muy be seen
flourishing here ns in a similar lati
tude in China. They grow In the most
unlikely looking ground and their oily
proclivity repels Insect life.
Some years ago American consuls
In China, co-operating with our De
partment of Agriculture, introduced
the seeds of this tree. True, this In
dustry Is only in its Infancy. Yet it
affords another example of Florida’s
vuluo to the nation as an experimental
plant laboratory that will one day not
far distant stand out in the develop
ment of home Industry.
Among exotic fruits thnt hnve found
a foothold hero is the uvoendo, often
cnlled “ulllgntor pear." In old days
South Sea sailors called it “midship
men’s butter.”
Years ago tills fruit was first brought
to Florida from Moxlco. Since then
other selected varieties hnve been Im
ported. Tons of tills healthy, valuable
table delicacy ure now shipped to
northern and midwest market* from
the Peninsular state.
Enrich Soil for
Alfalfa Growing
Building Up Fertility Most
Important, According
to an Authority.
By 11. j. Harris, Superintendent Experiment
Station Farm, Colorado State College.—
WNU Service.
The first step in growing alfalfa Is
to build up the fertility of soils on
which it Is to be planted unless It Is
already In good condition.
When the soil is acid, one to three
tons of lime should be applied to the
ncre. Soil that has been neglected or
which is in a poor state of fertility
should have heavy applications of ma
nure early In the spring. The manure
should be mixed into the soil with a
disk harrow. Then a crop of soy
beans should be grown and turned un
der.
In the fall the field should be plowed
and allowed to lie fallow during the
winter freezes. Sow lespedeza In Feb
ruary and turn It under when it has
reached maximum growth, which
should not be later than September 1.
The crop should be disked well before
being turned under. Then the lime
should be disked into the soil and the
field left to stand for two weeks. Next
should be an application of GOO pounds
of 4-12-4 fertilizer per acre and anoth
er disking, followed by a section har
row and then a cultipacker.
Following the two seasons of pre
paring the soil, at least 25 pounds of
quality alfalfa seed should be sown to
the acre by drill or by hand between
September 15 and October 15. If the
fall seeding does not produce a full
stand, another seeding may bo made
about March 1 to 15 or sooner If the
w’eather is favorable.
Double Inoculations give the best
results. Bacteria cultures and soil
from fields which have been growing
alfalfa are good lnoculants.
Farmers whose soil is In a high state
of fertility may start their alfalfa
crops this fall without going through
the two seasons of preparation men
tioned above.
Tar Treatment Is Urged
for Sheep Having Grubs
Sheep that are suffering from grubs
nre not Infested with worms, but the
larval form of the sheep gad fly. The
fly deposits eggs about the nostrils of
the animals in the warm summer
weather, and these work their way up
through the nostrils to the sinuses
or spaces in the head. Here they re
main through the winter and drop out
the next spring, pupate in the soil for
a few weeks, and then hatch Into files,
to repeat the egg-lnylng process the
following summer. There Is no prac
tical treatment for removing these
larvae grubs from the nostrils, once
they nre there, but something can be
done to prevent the gad fly from lay
ing her eggs on the sheep. This Is
accomplished by offering the flock a
darkened place to retreat into during
the hours of bright sunshine on sum
mer days, and by smearing the nose
with pine tar every three or four days.
The tar can be applied with an old
glove or by making a salt box with a
lid in which holes about a foot apart
nnd three Inches in diameter have been
bored. Smear the edges of the holes
with tar and. put salt In the box. As
the sheep reach through for the salt,
they smear the tar on their noses, nnd
tills lias been found effective in repel
ling the flies which lay the eggs.—
Wallaces’ Farmer.
Scours in Dairy Calves
Scours Is usually caused by im
proper feeding and it is much easier
to prevent than cure, sn.vs the North
Carolina State college. When the first
symptoms appear isolnte the cnlf nnd
reduce the milk feed by half. The
substitution of grass liny for legume
hay will also aid In the recovery. One
to three tablespoons full of castor oil,
depending upon the age of the cnlf,
should be given followed by a teaspoon
full of a mixture containing one part
of salol to two parts each of subni
trnte of bismuth nnd bicarbonate of
soda. Repeat dose at intervals of
about six hours until diarrhea Is
stopped. Prevention, however, is the
best cure and the cause of the trouble
should be located and removed.
Bothersome Goat Grass
Where wheat is grown continuously,
eradication of goat grass is difficult.
Some farmers sow Infested spots while
the plants art? still green nnd burn the
straw as soon as dry. Others avoid
Infested spots in harvesting, and later
pile straw on them and htirn It. Still
others disk fields as soon ns the grass
seedlings are well up In the full and
before the wheat Is sown. Control of
goat grass Is not difficult where rota
tion with row crops is possible. It Is
easily killed by cultivation. The only
complicating factor Is the difficulty of
killing plants growing in fence rows,
roadways and other wasto places. The
grass does not compete with native
grasses in undisturbed sod.
Potato Resists Disease
The kntnhdln, a new vnriety of po
tato which tho Department of Agricul
ture has been testing for several years
and which has proven valuable be
cause of Its disease-resistant qualities,
has rcnched the market. For several
years efforts have been devoted to
breeding sufficient stock to supply the
market once It was Introduced. Pota
toes are subject to a variety of dis
eases. It la to overcome these draw
backs that the department has toss
experimenting.
THE COSTP-kA POPNTY DP.MftnutT
TEXAS RANGER IS
MOST FEARED OF
OUTLAW HUNTERS
Capt. Frank Hsmer Rivals the
Deed* of Wyatt Earp,
Famed Marshal.
Austin, Terns—The fame of Wyatt "
Earp, known a 9 deadliest frontier c
marshal In the dayg 0 f the old South- L
west, Is now threatened with eclipse
by a modern rival. Qe is Capt Frank (
Hamer of the Texas rangers.
Although he is known over the coun- .
try chiefly because he “wiped out” t
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, no
torious outlaws, Captain Hamer Is (
recognized in his home Rtate ns the
greatest man hunter the rangers hnve
ever had. He’s been “in at the death” !
of 53 outlaws, and on his own pistol
are 17 notches, not counting Mexicans. 1
In many ways, though not physical- \
ly. Captain Hamer resembles the old ‘
frontier marshal. Wyatt Earp. Cap
tain Hamer Is a big man. standing G
feet 4 Inches in his boots and weigh
ing over 200 pounds. Wyatt Earp was
8 Inches shorter and 50 pounds light
er. But both have the same disposi
tion.
Avoids Publicity.
Earp never fought jnless he had to;
neither does Captain Hamer. Both are
renowned for their avoidance of pub
licity. Earp wore dark clothes and
never adorned his person with the col
ored bandanas and fancy vests of the
old West. Captain Hamer dresses like
a Texas business man.
But both are noted for having their
guns always ready for action.
Typical of the cool, quiet, thorough
going methods employed by Captain
Hamer was his bunt of Clyde Barrow
and his cigar smoking girl friend.
Bonnie Parker. The search started
when Barrow killed his tenth and elev
enth victims, two highway troopers,
near Grapevine, Texas. The orders
were; “Don’t come back until you
have the pair, dead or alive.”
With three other rangers, he start
ed to run down every tip received
about Barrow. They led him through
Texas and Oklahoma, north as far as
Canada, and then back to the Gulf of
Mexico. All the time he was becoming
more and more familiar with the
pair’s methods of operation. Finally
he got word that they intended to rob
the First National Bank of Arcadia,
La.
He set his trap on the main high
way a few miles outside the town.
End of Clyde Barrow.
The officers waited .or six hours In
the underbrush alongside the road.
Finally a tan sedan was seen ap
proaching from the north. It was
Clyde and Bonne*' Captain Hamer
gave them a cbjfvffto stop. He stood
up, alone of ijjs men. and signaled
to the car. rt pi: on speed and Bon
nie was seer to r'Rch toward the floor.
Captain Haier fired and his shots
were echoed by a hail of bullets from
his men.
Hundreds bf bullets were sent Into
the sides of be car. It swerved from
the road niuncrashed against an em
bankment n kindred feet away. The
officers peepel Into the car. Donnie
and Clyde wet dead, their bodies rid
dled with bullfts. Clyde was slumped
over the wheel Bonnie’s head was be
tween her fcnees.
But Captain Hamer wasn’t proud
over the stooting which ended the ac
tivities of two of the most desperate
criminals ever seen In the Southwest.
He drove to town and quietly returned
to Texas.
“I hated to have to shoot a woman,”
he said. 'lt’s all right when it’s a
fellow who’s going to get you if you
don’t get him first But a woman-"
But even more characteristic of the
man, and similar to the custom of
Wyatt Ea*p, who always returned to
his marshal’s duties immediately after
he had tracked down and killed a bad
man, was bis remark when his superi
ors asked what he was going to do
upon his return from his Louisiana
success.
“I’ve been up for 00 hours.” he said
apologetically, ‘‘and I’d like to take
the rest of the afternoon oft. But I’ll
be ready for work In the morning.”
It’s Illegal to Whistle
in Certain London Spot
London.—A man was walking down
the Burlington arcade, In the direction
of Piccadilly whistling an air from
a popular musical comedy. A con
stable tapped him on the arm nnd
said politely:
“Desist, if you please.”
“Desist? What do you mean? I’m
breaking no law.”
“Begging your pardon, sir, I mean
desist—forbear—cease—stop. And you
were breaking the law when you
whistled. I will prove It to you.”
Tho bobby drew out a little book,
thumbed the pages and selected a
pnssnge which read:
“In the Burlington arcade one Is
not permitted to whistle, run or to
wheel a perambulator. The constable
on duty will see that this rule Is strict
ly enforced.”
It Paid to Be Thin
Wapplng, Conn.—There nre times
when It is convenient to be “skinny.”
At a supper given by workers of the
Federated church, the charge was a
penny for each Inch of waist meas
urement.
Has 39 Great-Grandchildren
Greene, Maine.—Mrs. Anna J. Rose,
who recently observed her ninety-sixth
birthday anniversary, has more de
scendants than anyone In this sec
tion of New England. Her great
grandchildren slone number 88.
POLISH ESTATES
GIVEN BACK TO
HEIRS OF LOSERS
When the czar of all the Russlns
ordered the confiscation, more than
a century ago, of the property of the
Polish nobles who had taken an
active part In the abortive uprising
of 1830-31 against Russian rule, the
domain of the Russian state was en
riched by many thousands of acres
of meadow and forest, dotted with
numerous castles and other build
ings. And when Poland arose again
as a nation out of the ruins of the
World war, most of this confiscated
property passed Into the possession
of the republic.
But under a decision recently hand
ed down by the highest court In Po
land nnd reported In European pa
pers, the republic Is likely to lose
nearly all these estates. And while
regretting the loss to the state, most
patriotic Poles are said to agree with
the court that the heirs of the nobles
who fought and died In the century
old effort to free Polnnd from the
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Among the leaders of the 1830-31
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Warsaw court has decided that all
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000,000, must be returned to the pres
ent Count Tysklewlcz, a direct heir.
This decision Is expected to be fol
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