St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-03-24
COvINGTON, PARISH, "A, "a.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
"A machine Of 0nc-horsc power
would keep $1,000. 600 watches going.
La Mature.
The demand for cottonsced oil con.
sumes about one-haif the present pro-
duction Of cotton seed.
Typo made from paper is the
latest novelty. A process has been
patented in England by which large
type can be made from pulp.
1t is admitted by foreign electri-
clans that the progress made in the
United States in the use Of electricity
is far in advance OF that Of any other
nation.
In . paper on injurious insects.
Prof. J. A. Lintner placed the total
number Of insect species in the world
at 10000. OF these found in the United
States 1000 or 5000 are fruit pests, and
and at least 2lO attack the apple.
Scientists claim that . tide mill
located at the Bay Of Fundy would
generate 100000 horsepower twelve
hours day. This distributed electri-
cally and sold to every State in the
Union would save the coal supply.
Sometimes the pressure Of an arte-
sian dow Of water results from . gas
pressure instead OF from . high head
Of water. Dakota, for instance. has
several artesian wells 1.0O0 feet deep.
with $50 70 go pounds pressure. but
there are no high places near by to give
this head Of water.
The Electrical RerieW says that the
uselessness Of the lightning-rOd is be-
coming 80 generally understood that
the agents find their vocation trying
one. Fewer and fewer rods are manu-
factured each year. and ''lhe day will
come when . lightning-rod on house
will Be regarded in the same light as .
horseshoe over . mans door"
1t Is said that the big cattle ranches
Of the far West and Southwest are
breaking up. A year ago the Niobrara
Land and aud Cattle Company. which
has become bankrupt refused 81. 600. :
600 for its property. Instead Of the big
companies swallowing the little ones.
it 10 thought that the tendency 10
toward the breaking up Of tho big
ranches into smaller ones.
An infant loses from three to six
ounces in weight during the 6rst four
to six days; by the seventh day it should
have gained its birth-weight; from that
to the fifth month it ought to gain
about i've ounces per week. or about
six drachms day; after the fifth month.
about four drachms day; 1t the fifth
month It ought to have doubled Its
birth-weight, and in sixteen months
quadrupled it.
"A chemical explanation OF Ire
lands distress is that it is due to too
exclusive subsistence upon potatoes.
Though = hcalthful luxury. this food
alone supplies too little nutrition to
support people other than in half
starved and dissatisfied condition. 1t
il probable, therefore. that lreland's >
woes would be greatly reduced If the
productive soil and climate were ap-
piled to the growth Of nutritive cereals
instead Of the tubers.
The latest idea in the direction OF
waterproof footwear is . shoe made
with stout calfskin vamp. seamless,
underlying which is = vamp of thin
rubber. and between it and the lining,
which Is Of stout canvas. The bottom
of the shoe has rubber interlining be-
tween the outer and the inner soles, and
thus the shoe is about as near water
proof rs leather shoe can be. II is
said to wear well and preserve its
waterproof qualities for m indefiuits
period.
A sound issuing from fog gives
no Trustworthy indication Of the direc-
ton OF its source. A recent writes
gives two cases in his own experiences
near Newport when the sound from q
fog-horn at Beaver Tail seemed to come
from several directions, each ten OF
fifteen degrees apart. and there is well.
known case where = transatlantic
steamer, bound to New York, going di-
rect but slow. and sounding her whistle.
finally picked up . pilot who declared
he had heard the blast for half an hour
and that the steamer had been sailing
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