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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-12-20
Cotton Statement.

The following is statement of
the amount of cotton shipped from
Covington during the present COM
mercial year, commencing Sept. LIST,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-12-20

PERIL RIVER TO PE4RLINGTON.
Leaves Pearl River Thursday, at s A. n.
Arrives at Pennington by IL A. NJ.
LeasessPeFhngton Thursday, at l P.
NJ. Arrifes 1t. Pearl River by Pm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-12-20
LOCAL ITEMS.
The Mails.

COFINGTON TO NEW ORLEAEs
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-12-20

Farm for Sale.
169 Acres of Good Land.
WITH OR WITHOUT STOCK.
THIRTY ACRES UNDER FENCE
Call and examine the premises. There
are abundant Fruit Trees on the place.
Splendid Residence and good water IL
the yard. Out-houses of every kind
that are needed in this country, and a
small Sugar Mill, in good order.
The place is on the Columbia road,
eight miles and half from Covington.
Apply to
CHAS. STRATTMAN.
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at it as long as you live. No food
suits it better than lot of bones.
coarsely or finely broken, or whole
ones if there be enough OF them, mixed
in with the soil. 1t will fasten net
work of roots or rootlets upon every
bit of bone and extract nutriment as
long as there is particle Of it left.
All the training it will need you can
give in a few inmates before break
fast or after tea, once Or twice
month. 1t will pay in pleasure, in
foliage, in fruit.
Order the vine soon; it can come,
or go anywhere, by mail; choose the
place; as soon as the frost is well out
of the ground, dig it up a foot or
more deep; mix in the soil a reck or
more Of crushed bones for each vine
those from the butcher, broken up
with a hammer or axe-head, will an
swer. When the vine arrives, expose
its roots as little as possible to the air;
make hole, set it as deep as it grew
before; spread its roots out well each
way CONcL lIl0IH WIFI CdTlu3 Auu
moisten if needed. That's all, until
you need to train it's shooting stems.
(Our columns have told and will tell
how that is done. All the above is
very simple matter. Reader, If you
have not done so, take our advice and
plant at least, one grape vine this
Spring-better two, three, a dozen OF
them, if you have ground; plant at
least one, whether you live on Fifth
Avenue, or in the wilds of Oregon"
You will thank us for the exhorta-
ton not very long hence. The Con-
cord variety, better than most any
other, will grow almost everywhere.
"heDelaware, Creve.ing ,andEumelan,
are excellent among other good and
reliable kinds.-Anaerica'a Agricae1tm-
rest
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Sage.

By request we re-publish our arti-
Gle OF December 14th, last, on sage,
and as soon as practicable will collate
what information we can as to the
mode of culture. We suppose the
latter parg Of April will be time
enough to plant the seed. Would be
glad Of an article on this subject from
any one having had experience with
the crop.
In some parts of the country the
common herb, sage, is made quite an
important crop, and the dried plants
OF one seasons growth, are sold at
good price. 1t is said that from one
to two tons per acre is fair yield for
land that will produce from thirty to
fifty bushels three to i've Gse bsTrslsa St
corn. The cost of raising and CURING
is not great, and the dried plants are
carefully packed in barrels and sold
IN that shape to the wholesale deal.
ers, who retail to the small traders
and the butchers. From 20 to 25
cents is the usual price per pound,
but In some seasons it has been as
high as 90 cents. AT 20 cents one
ton-2,0OO pounds-would be worth
S4OO, from which the cost of produr.
ton is to be deducted. 1t takes
good corn land to grow 1t profitably,
1t is planted in rows two and a halt
or three feet apart to admit of culti.
walton with the plow, and the plants
are put from six to twelve inches
apart. 1t must be kept clean Of
weeds. 1t takes five pounds of seed
to sow an acre. In September it is
cut with a knife and dried, so that
only plants CT one seasons growth
are used, the sowings being repeated
each Spring. A good deal of sage is
sold in this market.-Reraz MeSse,,.
QeT.
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One Grape Vine-Eyerybody.

Every family occupying a dwelling,
in country or village, and nearly
every city resident, can have and
should have at least one grape vine
growing, not only to ''sit under but
to eat the fruit Of Wherever there
is, within reach Of some sunshine. a
bit of ground foot or two wide and
three or more feet long, there vine
may be planted, and trained for
long distance, on a fence, up the
dwelling, on trelliS, or up post.
Its abundant green foliage is always
grateful to the eye, especially among
city walls, and its clusters of cooling,
pleasant fruit need no advocate.
The grape vine is one of the most I'M
complaining, unfastidious and care
rewarding of plants. Keep standing
water from its feet, give it something
20 eat to make stems, leaves and fruit
of, with some sunlight for part of the
lay and it will go to work and keep
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Something About Gotten.

Very little has been said in our
cohsp.ns for some time past relative
to cotton, and as large number of
our readers are cotton planters, a
word orSwo on the elements Of the
plant and the best fertilizers for the
same will bAoffered now.
AS a genefSl rule, 100 POUNDS of
seed cotton win yield 33a per cent.
of lint, 335B pyr Cent. of hull, and 333
of the WHOLE plant, nat, seed, roots,
burrs, leaves and SENS, in order to
make a bale of SOC pounds of cotton,
about the following amount of min
eral matter, says Professor White,
must be taken from the soil: Phos-
phoric acid, 30; potash, 40; lime,
6O.5O; magnesia, 1850; sulphuric
acid, 2l,22; oxidepf iron, 9.7S; chlor-
inc, 1894; soda, 2O.50, and silica,
1928 per cent. 10 grow the great
est amount of linl there must be q
strong and vigorous plant, with room
to branch well, anil good culture at
the right season. In other words, in
order to make pRnty of cotton we
have to grow vigorous plant to get
1t. The above Elements, furnished
to the crop at tie growing period,
make a strong plfnt, and, it is said,
will insure bale of lint to the acre.
The three elemtnts seemingly the
most important in the above, viz,
,phosphorc acid, lime, and potash,
are required IN large quantities, and
III these are supplied the rest may
generally be LETT to the natural re-
sources d the soil. For cotton, then,
the farmer should apply fertilizers
that contain largely OF these. There
are Iuch fertilizers, made especially
for fottnI, now advertised in this
papf; and for the home supply lit
the frmG could get enough of them)
bone\ ans ashes will fill the bill
Envy cotton planter ought to
beglnlong before the season of plant
ing toy Manufacture compost es-
peclall For this crop. Make the |
tounddoi of the compost heap by |
tumblie down several loads of rich
mould ton the woods, forming the
pile IN G shape Off basin to catch
the rain and contihue to throw on
all the Qnes, hair, old leather, feath-
ers, old fortar and plaster, leached
ashes, ii such like material that
may frol tune to time be gathered,
having d hand mould to cover each
addition the pile. When the bones
are adde pnt them in contact with
strong ass, that the latter may re-
duce thelto powder Cotton seed,
lime, burA shells or mari would be
useful actions to the other inere.
dents, lnhis way the farmer will
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maiba. It's existence there is com
ar4tively of recent date. 10 Illus
trait the disastrous effect OF para
sitel, not on oranges only, but on
orange trees also, l would state that
precious to the year lS49 the oranges
impS rted from Matanzas on the
deck of sugar vessels were OF SUI
perid DR. size and quality, and readily
commanded fair price. "A Few
year4 later the orange trees ana
fruit Especially in the suburbs OF
Matahzasl became thickly covered
with these insects, in consequence OF
which the fruit became greatly dlmln,
ished in size, Of inferior quality, ana
comparatively OF low value, so that
the importaiions of Matanzas or
anges gradually diminished in num-
Der, and about eight or ten years ago
ceased entirely. Not a few orange
trees in and around Matanzas were
entirely destroyed by parasites.
The injury inflicted or likely to be
lnt1lcted IN the 1uuuIC vi NA0uiUNi :"
mean lemons and oranges by this de-
structive insect is serious matter
for contemplation, and unless some
effective plan can be devised to check
the glowing evil, mach loss will ultl'
mately be sustained by the growers.
The value of lemons and oranges an
nually imported into New York ex-
ceeds 100000.
The only remedy known to the
writeB (who has had many years OF
practical experience i'll the cultivation
and treatment Of many varieties of
fruit trees) that will eradicate and
entirely destroy the parasite, is to
scour the bodies and larger limbs Of
the infected trees thoroughly with
common soap and sand, repeating
the operation once year, or until
the insect entirely disappears. The
effect of the alkali upon the trees Zap
piled as above stately is truly won
deriul in accelerating their growth
and productiveness.
J. II. BosTwICK.
BURLING SLIP. N. Y, March 90.
Ne,o York S.m.
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ITO be co,ati2a'ted.)
Parasites Oh Oranges and Lemons.

My attention has recently been
called to an article published in the
Jo,nMaI Of Commerce of the 18th
inst, on the subject Of parasites on
Mediterranean fruit-Iemons and Or
anges. The inference to be drawn
from the article is that the origin or
appearance Of the parasite on Medi.
terranean fruit is OF recent date.
This, however, is not the fact.
The existence of this dreaded pest
was well known to fruit dealers in
this city more than thirty years ago,
and the varieties Of oranges and
lemons most affected by the parasite
then, as now, were imported from
Naples, Palermo and Sicily, but never
before has the fruit from these places
been so thickly covered with para
sites as during The last and present
vears-so much so as 10 seriously
affect the price OF lemons and or
anges imported rom those places.
The only variety of West India or
anges affected Slightly by the para
site is imported from Kingston, Ja-
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Destroying Insects.

For the last five years have not
lost a cucumber or melon vine or
cabbage plant. Get barrel with
few gallons Of gas tar in it; pour wa,
ter ON the tar; always have it ready
when needed, and when bugs appear
give them a liberal drink Of tar wa.
ter from the garden sprinkler, or 9th
erwise, and if the rain washes it of
and they return, repeat the dose. 1t
VIII also destroy the Colorado pota.
to beetle, and brighten the old long
potato bug worse than thrashing
with a brush. Five years ago this
Summer both kinds appeared on nv
late potatoes, and l watered with the
tar water The next day all Colora-
dos that had not been well protected
from the sprinkling were dead, and
the others, though their name was
legion, were all gone, and I have new
Ell seen one Ofthem on the farm since.
am aware that many will look upon
this with indifference because it is so
cheap and simple a remedy. Such
should always suffer both by their
own and their neighbors' bugs, as
heyfrequently do Chicago Tribune
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Coming Events.

1t seems unnecessary to have incur
red the expense and trouble Of COM
mission 10 investigate the causes OF
the pestilence that ragged during the
last Summer in the southern states,
when astronomers tell us that the
yellow fever was only premonitlon
of the dire caamities to be expected
from physical disturbances shortly to
be initiated. The four great planets
Of the system Jupiter, Saturn, IRA
nus and Neptune, have a mighty in
fuence in the solar economy, even
though they revolve at immense dis
tances from the center Of the scheme.
When one or more Of these planets
are at their nearest poinc to the sun,
great disturbances are sure to take
place from the increased attraction to
the masses upon each other. Aglta-
ton on the solar surface is reflected
to the solar systems remotest bounds,
and our planet bears witness to the
solar outburst i'll terrific storms on
land and sea; long continued drouth,
failure Of crops, and consequent dis
aster and pestilence in myriad forms.
Jupiter, being the largest and near
est OF the giant brotherhood, produces
the greatest disturbance. So well is
this tact established, that the suns
maximum year for spots and general
commotion is coincident with JIp-
tiers nearest approach to his surface.
Many observers will remember the
last recurrence of the period about
1869, when brilliant auroras illumin-
ated the heavens, rosy protuberances
flashed from the suns atmosphere,
and huge spots dottei his disc, while
evidences of intense excitement were
visible on the Jovian surface, and
terrestrial tempests, hurricanes, and
all manner of physical ills bore evi-
dence TO the nalignity OF the celes-
tial conjunction. 1t takes Jupiter
less than twenty years to complete
revolution around the sun. Saturn a
little less than thirty years, Uranus
about eighty-four years, and Neptune
about one hundred and sixty years.
The year of maximum sun spots
coincident with Jupiter's perihelion
is looked upon as an epoch when all
manner of evils affecting humanity
---y- -rl~- s~->N.eifss.tsa -et,d THE direful
period is near at hand. A much
more lamentable period is also near
at hand one Of those eras that occur
at intervals counted by thousands OF
years is about to take place. The
tour great planets reach their perihe-
liza very nearly together, and the
mighty planetary quartette will pull
upon the sun with one accord. They
will be at their nearest approach in
the year 1880, or soon after, and the
influence OF their unwelcome union
continue for several years. Such a
conjunction Of forces has not occurred
since the Christian era. What will
the sun do, with his blazing surface
tossed into such fiery commotion =?
What will the earth do as she re-
spends to every troubled pulsatlon
OF the great luminary? There is
fearful prospect ahead, and it may be
that the pestilence of last Summer
was but the shadow OF events to
follow in its train. There is nothing
for poor mortals to do but to take
wise precautions and await results
Seed time and harvest have not yet
failed, and the time for the earth's
destruction will not occur in the pres
ent generation.-Ec.
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THE FLORIDA AGRICULT URlST'

get very good cotton fertilizer.
When the commercial article is used,
get such as are said to consist OF
large amounts of bone and phosphates
from which the plant may derive
phosphoric acid, potash, lime, and
ammonia.-Raw0l Messenger
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Mandioc meal is produced on an
extensive scale in the province Of
Santa Catharina, where they employ
improved machines for preparing it,
especially in the settlements. These
producers supply the markets of the
capital and of the other provinces.
The foreign export of mandioc meal
in 1845 was 1922 alquieres. Man
doc is the staple article of food for
the whole population. There are
more than $4,000 manufactures, and
the total production is calculated at
upwards of 100000 alquieres. In
abundant years the meal and tecula
fall as low as one or two milreis the
alquiere (about thirty-six quarts), but
in years of scarcity often rise to
above eight milreis. The foreign ex-
port was for some time checked by a
tax Of two milreis imposed on each
sack exported, but this tax was abol-
ished in 1865. The milreis is about
Is. 3d.
There are two modes of preparing
the root-the wet and the dry pro-
cesses. In the first, the grated root
is put into water for four or six days
and afterwards kneaded with water,
and pressed to extract the juice.
The fecula which remains is sifted
and baked in earth ovens, some fresh
manioc paste, which has termented,
being al ways added There are no
less than fourteen varieties of the
manioc distinguished in the pro"ince
of Amazonas, some of which mature
in six aud others in twelve months.
The dry process is carried on as
follows: The manioc is rasped by
hand, water added within, and then
put to be pressed; afterwards dried,
sifted, and subsequently baked. In
making the starch the deposit in the
water is left for some time, to allow
the starch to settle down; it is
washed three times, dried in the sun,
and is then fit for sale.
The carima or fine, creamy starch,
is prepared by softening the puba
manioc i'll water, after which it is
strained and pressed in sieve, and
made into little balls, in which shape
it comes to market, although some
times reduced to tarina. 1t is used
in gruels and other food preparations,
according to the custom OF each To-
calty.
Twenty years since about 1000
cwts. OF tapioca used to be imported
annually from Brazil; now we re-
ceive less than half that quantity.
The following shows the average
annual exports OF manioc farina from
Brazil:
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.,..--.ss-ss...a4s4-- s-- I,oSI, 40
1864 to 1874 .---.. s, 1855, 453

lOUf VI 1CIf-- o,9OO,4oO
At Santiago, one OF the Cape
Verbs, the crude iarina Of manioc
costs about Is. CD the decaitre, and
prepared. fetches as much as 10d. the
pound. One estate, the Praia Rel,
OH the island Of St. Thomas, west
coast Of Africa, produces about $780,
900 litres of tarina of manioc. In
Angola about 100000 lbs. is manu-
tactured annually. AT Mozambique
the Portuguese also prepare a good
deal, which is sold for export at q
to g. francs the decalitre az pints);
dried slices Of the root are sold in
great quantity in the markets at sd.
to SD the decalitre.
The Straits Settlements. In Singa-
pore the tapioca manufacture has
been very successful, but the crop isl
said to entirely exhaust the soil in
five years.
From Pinano is much as 10000
cwts. of tapioca and arrowroot is
shipped annually to Great Britain
and the United States.
ITO be contj9aued)
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-20
Baltimore Markets.
BALTIMORE. Nd. November 10

BALTIMORE. Nd. November TO-
Cotton firm. Mddling, l24c.
Flour firm and active. Howard street and West
ern superlne, 81 Toes %; do, extra, So 2j5l6 %
do. family, Sc 50@7 %; City mills superAne, So OO@
%; do. extra, 50 5000 70; do. family, Sd T5d7 80
do. Rio brands, 81 OOGp7 %; PatapscO umily 81 10
Wheat-Southcrn easer; Western quiet and
firmer. Southern red 81 400 l4S do. amber, 81 SOC
Sc; No Maryland, no Offering No Western
winter red, spot, and November, 373i6l 3s; De
comber, 81 4i4@l Az; January, 81 46A6ll 46l%.
Corn-Southern Stc9dy; Western dull Southern
white, 52COb7c; do yellow, 5OG53c; Western mixed
spot, and November, SIG; December, bSID59l Sc
January, 5Sta5Slzc; steamer i0c.
Oats higher. Southern, 45(DI7lSc; Western white
45@4711c; do. mixed, 4SGgij4c; Pennsylvania
45@,t7c.
Rye nominal at soc.
Hay firm Primo to choice Pennsylvania and
Maryland, Sl56ol6 per ton.
Provisions firm and fairly active Mess pork
Sll 30; bulk meats-loose shoulders 4loM4Sic
clear rib sides, 6l9@614c; do. packed, 5000 and
exc bacon shoulders. SIC clear rib sides, Sllc
hams, 10Gllc; lard, ~.
Butter steady. Prime to choice Western packed
and roll, 23@2Sc
Eggs steady. Fresh at zoe; lined lG@l7c
Pelroeum-Crude, nomna refined, Sl1Sl4c.
Coffee firm Rio cargocs, ll@l7I4c.
Sugar steady. a soft, lOi3@l0Ac
Whisky firm at 81 Is.
Freghts To Liverpool per steamer dull. Cotton
I'd; -four, IS 3D. grain. 71S@Sd
Rccepts-Flour, 1855 bblS; wheat $500 bu
corn, 2i,500 bu oats, 900 bu;
Shipments-Whcat. 5000 bu; corn, SO 300 bu.
Sales-Whoat $4,000 bu; corn, 2l2SO0 bu.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-20
Accidental Fish culture.

lHIOH ule NVNpOfbNhs III NeWssl
Mr.. Nathan Grinnell, of this town, reports
that while fishing this season on the west side
of Provincetown, in Cape Cod bay, he hooked
very large tautog. which he raised to the
| gunwale of his boat, He was hooked in his
upper jaw. When he lifted him from the wa
ter his jaw split and the hook tore through.
A few days afterward, and ten miles from this
locality, man caught the same fish with the
mark upon his jaw He weighed twenty
pounds. He had white chin, aud the wrn-
kles of age were clearly seen on his lower
| jaw IL is about twenty years since the first
tautog was taken in Cane Cod bay. About
| twcnty-ono years ago a fishing smack sailed
| from Long Island with her well.fled with
| live tuutog She was wrecked on Race Point
| Rocks near Provucotowu, aud the fish escaped.
| This is believed TO DO the manner in which
this species was first introduced in these Wal
| tcrs. They are taken now around the rocks
and on the lodges in all of the Cape towns.
| You were in the war, then, Captain Nc
| Killcu2" ooh, yes, ma'am, yes, ma'am ;
fought all through it," is there not" she
asked, bcsitatingly, "a great deal Of danger in
u battlc2" "Wcll yes tho captain replied,
| re1ectively, "thCre Is there is. So many men
standing around you know, and such careless
handling of firearms ~ is almost sure TO occur
during n battle, makes IL really very unsafe"
Miss Lolipop shuddcrcd and then resumed {:
Arc not some people severely injured ut
times ~ Yes" the captain said, they are.
once had friend who was hurt so badly that
| he couldn't leave his room for several days"
| Aud then she said there ought to he law
against them, aud he said he believed the
legislature Of Iowa contemplated passing some
such law at its next session. And sho said
she was so glad burlington HdTEcye.
A HoUsEMArD, writing to a friend respect.
ing the fashions, says: = As for 10 nccs, the
!oer IL is the mo aslunablo yu air drest Miss
Goodrt gave mo blow silk NV hers; | cutssiis
nee orr, aud suzin Slnimnns cut orr horn, an
we attraX crate deal oil attenshion to our
necs, prominading In the strctes lyko other
ladyes, aud holding up our cloze. Nobody
isn't no,hin now which doesn't hold up her
clohe' anu the n'er you hoies theh the more
you Is not'seo'
Ir is well TO look at all sides of q subject
before you indulge in an opiuion Currsn
once said TO Father Leary ~ wish, reverend
father, that you were St. Peter aud had the
Keys oil nSaVeh, because tnen you could ict
mo III. INC shrewa ana WITTY priest saw the
sal cashi' anu turned l1s SHARP eugo on inc
sNcptlc ny Replying, ny my nonor ana con,