St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-11-10
HERE AND THERE.

Middle Tennessee has shipped this
season to the North $3.50, 600 worth Of
Irish potatoes.
Corn is the most profitable cereal
crop grown, rs the value of the fodder
is sometimes more than equal to that
of the grain.
Bees will find but little to work on
at this season. but they may he assist
ed If a crop of buckwheat has been
sown. Any attempt to supply the bees
with sugar or other material will re-
suit in an inferior grade of honey.
The man who expects to raise q
5000 colt from an almost worthless
mare will find it uphill work. no mat
ter how well her breeding looks on pa
per. Individual merit is one Of the
chief elements of success.-H orscnsam.
1t is surprising how many insects
q flock Of turkeys or guineas will de-
stroy in day. If given q large range
they will be indnstriously at work all
the time, and will need no feeding at
the barnyard at this season of the
year.
Hens like TO roost high. The
roosts should. therefore, be all on the
same level to prevent crowding. At
least one foot of space on the roost
should be allowed for each full-grOwn
fowl, and the rOOsts should be eighteen
inches apart.
One of the latest phenomena In
Kentucky is a filly that will not be two
years old until fall. sired by Red
Wilkes. out of the dam of Ellerslie
Wilkes. Although scarcely broken to
harness she recently paced q half in
1:l9, and can show ESQ gate.
1t seems next to impossible to tame
the Indian and teach him civilized
methods. but we are in a fair way to
extinguish the gamey odor of the cow
boy, judging by the way he is taking
to haymaking on the plains during the
summer.
All surplus fruit should be dried
or evaporated. 1t is waste Of land
and fertility to allow fruit to fall and
rot. It is expensive feeding for hogs
considering the value of the land Oc-
cupied by trees. and, unless all fruit
grown can be sold or applied to family
use. it will pay to cut down the trees
and devote the land 10 some other
crop.
The Ellijay (Ga-) Courier has
found two smart farmer girls In that
region and says: Mr.. Lift Haynes and
his two girls, of Clear Creek. Gilmer
raised last year 100 bushels
Of corn. and this year have q fine pros
pect to raise 1900 bushels. Tho
Courier says that his land is hung up.
not exactly by a mortgage. but the
of ridge. This is line
showing for a mountain farm.
Every stalk Of corn should be care
fully examined in order to select for
next years seed. An examination will
show the stalks which have made the
more vigorous growth and develop
ed sooner than the others In the field.
'" MIC Tic gram uhu SHAPE vi the CoO
as well as the number OF ears on the
stalk should be noticed. vet the main
object should be 10 secure seed from
the earliest and most vigorous stalks.
Judge J. &. Knapp. of Limona.
Fla. a well-knOwn and highly-cultivat-
ed agricultural writer. recently died at
his home. where he had resided since
1870. coming there from the West.
where he had held distinguished
judicial positions, for his health. As
editor OF the YlMes-LniOn,
and In other ways. lac had done much
10 promote the prosperity Ut his adopt.
ed State. and his loss vii! be Severely
Eelt outside Of his own country. :.