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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13
Hay and EnsiIage.

Hay Is the dry-cured grass-ensilage.
canned grass, or other plants. Ensi-
lage is to the dry-cured hay as canned
fruits or vegetables are to the dried or
evaporated. Ensilage Is probably a.
much more palatable to cattle. COM
pared with the dried grass, as the lus-
cious canned fruit is more grateful to
our own tastes than the sun-dried arti.
Gle. While it is not probable or desirs
able that We dispense altogether with
dry-cured hay. it is very probable that
ensilage will be largely used in the fut-
ure. The process ofpreserring green
forage in pits or air-tight compartments
is so simple, so certain and so independ-
eut of the weather conditions that it will
finally commend itself to all progress
i've. wide-awake farmers. As a rule
the very plants that are most difacult
to convert into sweet, sound hay by the
ordinary process, are at the same time
best adapted for ensilage. Corn plants
which can hardly be converted into an
even Indifferent hay. are Of all plants
the best for silo purposes. Pea-vines.
potatoes vines. sorghum. etc., can be
easily produced in unlimited quantities
and are just the thing for the silO.
Every farmer should have pit, IL for
nothing more than to satisfy himself.
by personal test, in regard to the value
Of the method. Southern Cultirat0s.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13
Make Home Beautiful.

Who can have so beautiful home -
the farmers Surrounded by trees.
shrubs and flowers. and a beautiful
green cod. the envy Of his city friends.
he ought to appreciate Its beauty and
aim to care for these surroundings a.
they need; and II the love Of the beau
tiful Is in his makeup. he will 60 on
adding to its beauty from year to year.
by setting out q tree here and . choic .
shrub there. and training rose in
some angle OF the house or by the bay
window. and a clematis or other flow
ering vine by the veranda; and adding
an occasional choice grape vine to the
garden. to say nothing Of other fruits
for ornament and use. Some new at
fractions should be added to the home
every year. There are many days in
the course OF the year that may we'll
be employed in improving the home.
Cor. Southern Calt;rat0r.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

All fallen young fruit should b
collected and destroyed in some man
ner, as many insects will consequently
be killed by 30 doing.
-Farmers who change their crops
every time the market IL low and 60
with the crowd into something new
are almost sure to fail.
1t is . popular error to suppose
that the appetite Is always cor
rect guide as to quality and quanti-
ty Of food needed.-PopIe's Health
Journal
If the fruit is likely to be at all
crowded. the removal Of third or
even half Of il will often result in q
much larger and finer crop than IL all
had been allowed to remain, and the
pecuniary returns will be correspond
ingly better.
An excellent oil for amounting
Threats. chest. aud noses when cold has
been taken. and which will often
break up a slight cold or render hard
one less severe. is made by dissOlv.
ing camphor gum In sweet oil until the
oil is strongly impregnated with the
camphor. It should be warmed and
rubbed in thoroughly with the hard.
Lemon whey 10 made Of milk and
lemon. Put one cupful OF sweet milk
over the hot water bath. Take two
tablespoonfuls Of the lemon juice and
when the milk IL hot add the Juice.
Cook till it changes to curds and whey.
Then strain through piece Of muslin
or Q very fine strainer, add one table
spoonful Of sugar and set away tocool.
The curd should not be served In any
condition.-N 7. Sun.
Good judgment u needed In select
ing draught horses for use or breeding.
but q writer has truly said that the
production Of good horses Is business
in which any man may engage. with
the consciousness that he is doing .
good work that will add to the wealth
and general prosperity Of the countryat
large, and producing an article which
requires no sharp practice to turn into
honest money, and one which comes
nearer having fixed value than any
other product Of the farm.
ALI cooks do not understand the
different effects produced by hard and
soft water In cooking meat and vegeta-
bles. Peas ana beans cooked in hard
water. containing lime or gypsum. will
not boil tender. because these sub
stances harden vegetable caseine.
Many vegetables a. onions, boil nearly
tasteless in soft water, because all the
flavor is boiled out. The addition Of salt
often checks this, a. in the case Of
onions. causing the vegetables to re-
tain the peculiar havoring principles.
besides such nutritious matter as
might be lost in soft water.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13
Care Of she Cotton Crop,

The cotton crop being somewhat
backward this year piOwing may aud
should he continued longer than usual
A. the main object of cultivation dur
ING july was to encourage plant growth.
or development of weed. SO the object
% now 10 promote the growth and ma
turity OF the squares and young hollis.
The plants are now. or should be. COW
aNl with abundant foliage. and the
process Of assimilation of the sap and
The development of the embryo fruit
viii go on rapidly without much per-
ceptible increase in the size Of the
plInts. The same Negetanve func-
dc as. how ever are in fu,i force, be-
eng only partially diverted from the
19ns.;on q leaves aud branches TO
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13
THE GRASS CROP.
aow 90 Thickea Up Meadows - - -
Secure the Best Results.

aow 60 Thickoa Up Meadow - - -
Secure the Best Results.
1t Is always an item to secure the
largest possible yield from every crop.
This is the case in the garden with fruit,
small grain or cultivated crops as well
as with the pastures and meadows. A
good even stand Of grass growing in q
reasonably rich soil. will yield not only
q much larger quantity. but under av-
erage conditions tho quality will be
much better.
After the crop Il taken of IL good
time. not only to enrich the soil. but
ais, to drain whore necessary and to
thicken up the thin places.
Too much water standing during the
winter II almost certain to kill out the
grass or II moist and low the grass Il
liable to grow coarse; in very many in
stances draining viii remedy.
Thin places can often be thickened
up by narrowing thoroughly 90 a. to
even up the surface Of the soil and then
scatter seed over these places. This
ought to b done reasonably early, es-
pecially il there is q sufficient amount
Of moisture to induce a good germina-
ton 90 that Q good growth can be ses
cured before cold weather sets in.
A little work spent in this way viii
often aid materially to increase the
yield Of grass, and Is as much Of an OBJ
ject to secure the best possible growth
Of grass as it 10 Of any other crop in the
farm. Grass both during the summer
and winter is cheap food provided fair
crops be secured. but il good crops be
secured it is just as important to have .
good soil and good even stand as it is
with any other crop grown upon the
farm and some pains are necessary to
secure il.
Properly cared for q good meadow or
pasture can be made to promise good
crops for quite . number Of years. but
care must be taken to apply plenty OF
manure so that the fertility Of the sell
can be kept up and when from .ry
cause the grass ever gets partially
killed out care should be taken to re-
seed.
While ~ n rule rotation should be
followed up with nearly all crops. in
some localities il will pay to keep land
in grass a long time, as long. in fact. as
profitable crops can be secured. And in
order to do this it will nearly always
pay TO take good care Of them. After
harvest is completed there is usually
some spare time. q portion Of which can
very often be used to q good advantage
IN The meadows. securing rs large
yield as possible. ~. ), Shepherd, ~
Detroit Free Pres.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13

Cutting Tobacco.

You can tell by the appearance Of
he leaves when to cut. II your field
generally shows leaves turning yellow,
Nth reddish and brown spots, and the
peaves break readily when bent you
San prepare for cutting. To cut on q
lamp and cloudy day makes it easy to
handle plants. but if your tobacco is
cpe and needs cutting do it on warm,
sunny day, too, but don't leave your
plants to wilt in the field. There are
different methods of cutting. some slit
ting the plant from the top to within a
Few inches of where il is to be cut OF
from the butt, others hack it OF
with Ratchet or any instrument they
can find with the dullest edge possible,
others use small strong meat saws. and
others tobacco knives made specially
Tor the purpose. 1t is regarded As the
Or st to saw off or cut of with the
tobacco knives without Sitting down
the stalk. Take hold Of the plant near
the top. bend back gently. and sever
the stalk near the ground. then lift the
plant gently, and leave down across
tie stump. being careful that the
leaves are not doubled up. and none
Of them become torn. Careless
cutting will spoil much OF the pre-
ci0us labor. and In the case Of
81 gar Leaf spoil the most valuable
wrapper leaves. Some of the most
Intelligent planters cut two rows at q
d!ne-that Is. alternate from row to
row. After the cutter q man follows
With the laths or poles on which to
bang tobacco. Some spear the plants
= that ia. they have aspear-head SOCK
Ced to fit on the ends of the laths,
:iving the spear through the stalk
par the end. putting about eight plants
lol q lath four feet six inches wide.
ONE few others, as in the New England
States. tie the plants to the pole with
p string, while others drive nails at
treasured distances on the laths and
bang the stalks on the nails. alternat-
ing the stalks on the two sides Of the
hath, and this would seem the most
VHCCSASC duU uOSt SCVuOmIC0l
say. When the plant is once hung
t1,ere II no danger OF its moving. and
Hhe nail puncture will not do damage
ey drying the sap Of the stalk too sud-
benly, as may the slit from the spear
bead. Most planters nowadays take
Die tobacco to the barns Immediately
1ster cutting, instead of scaffolding In
tle field temporarily. and many have
Cagons made specially to hold the
saths 90 as not to inflict any damage to
She leaves Of the plant while being
transferred to the barn. II possible,
cut a whole field in the one day. or the
succeeding day at the farthest, 50 ~
20 have all advanced to the same de-
leree In curing. Home Jour.
pal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13

tAe perfection Of the .f,ail ana the
same necessity exists, though IN les
degree, for keeping the surface coil
In an open and porous condition.
Cultivation should now, a. . rule. DO
limited to one furrow Of . wide pillow
or cultivator, run in each middle. In
spite Of all efforts to cultivate on .
level, the stalks are now standing on
the comb Of a more or less elevated
ridge or bed. and examination will
show that this bed is full of the root
lets Of the plants. 1t is not good
practice 10 plunge a plow into the
sides of the he'd and tear it away 10 tho
depth of three or four inches. as will
be the case where tao burrows are put
in. Il is best to run hut one furrow,
right in the middle. having the imple-
ment SO set or adjusted that il will cut
TO a uniform depth from side to side OF
not greater than one inch. Deep pillow.
ing must be avoided now. il not hereto.
fore. Ii will be better not To plow the
crops any more than to tear and mutt.
late the roots at this critical period.
No point has been more definitely set
tied. by scientific experimeaters as
well as professional practical farmers.
than that deep blowing in the later
stages Of the growth OF any annual
plant. Is irretrievably ruinous. 1t win
inevitably cause the plant to throw of
the greater part OF its forms and
young fruit and 70 start into vigorous
but belated growth. Taking the aver
age of the middle line of the cotton
belt, it may be assumed that all forms
or squares that make their first ap-
pearance after the middle OF August
will be too late to mature into perfect
hollis before killing frost occurs;
therefore all further increase in the
size Of the plants and the number OF
new squares after that date involves q
useless waste Of energy and should not
be encouraged. Southern Caltirat0r.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13

The Bureau of Animal Industry de-
Cares that the microbe Of swine plague
oas very feeble powers Of resistance to
external agencies. 1t is killed by dry
irg within twenty-four to forty-eight
6ours.. and it is speedily destroyed in
Eater.s Its life in the soil is no doubt.
E"ry limited for these reasons. More
pver. It fails to multiply on vegetable
klbstrata, like potato. and grows free
~ in most nutritive media In these
aspects it differs very markedly from
She hog cholera germ. which manifests
G. very decided resistance to the de-
k.ructive agencies in water and soil.
1t seems probable that infectious
bnatter from swine plague Is more di-
bectly conveyed from one animal to
lnOther than is the case with hog
J holera virus. Direct contact of the
Dick with the healthy must be con-
tidered as one Of the principal means
hf infection. The mucus from the
lungs contains the disease germs in
abundance, and forcible expiration
by which particles of water. ETC.. are
ijected from the nostrils to some dis
Rance may easily communicate the dis
base to another. The soil at the same
lime becomes infected from intestinal
discharges, as with how cholera, and it
IS therefore necessary to separate the
well from the sick by removing them to
p,ninfected grounds; but the infection of
lhe soil and pens can not live for more
khan two weeks. and in q month such
places may be considered safe
! The same remarks apply to both
diseases a. regards disinfection. This
Iced not be SO thorough in swine
plague II the pen or grounds are left
Unused for . month, and II the healthy
be kept away from the sick. At any
e,te, disinfection should always be
practiced II possible. For this pur-
pose lime Il perhaps the best and
cheapest
There may be some difficulty in do
eermining which disease has attacked
D given herd. OF whether both are
ect actually present. Very 90
vcre lung disease is now the
pally sign that is of any positive value
q the direction of swine plague,
nDlless it be psychological testimony.
which is the safest. but not at hand
Under most circumstances. Where any
doubt exists the disease should be
Frosted as hog cholera, and all the
rules for disinfection and isolation
suggested In this and the preceding
report for that disease should be fol-
lowed out In disinlection lime
should take the place of the mercuric
chloride recommended In the report
Or 1856. Whether this disease can be
prevented by incubation requires
more evidence than has been obtained
thus far. and experiments to test the
matter are now going on-Nationa!
EIockman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13
HERE AND THERE.

Around Dresden. Tenn. recen,
heavy rains ruined many tobacco crop,
on low lands
General Williams fears that the
frost will get good part Of the to
bacco crop in Montgomery County,
Tenn. this season.
1t 10 claimed that wool washed
after It has been clipped, sad left fol
some time In its natural grease. combs
better and makes more perfect cloth
than II washed while on the sheep'l
body.
IF. II. Ayers. Of Illinois. writes: q
have dehorned my cattle, mich cows
and all. VIII say that dehornine COWS
giving milk does not affect the iaow
any more than cold rain. They may
not give quite As much for one o. two
milkings, that IL all"
O-Before the close Of the month. in
some sections, the early cotton will be
ready for picking. Arrangements
should be made at once for harvesting
the crop in the most expeditions man.
ner and in the best condition. These
suggestions are mere 'hints TO the
wise"
Tho fairs in Kentucky this yeai
start of we'll At Kirlksyille. Madison
County. there was q good attendance
and fine display Of stock. particular.
" horses. The fact is. this is ''horse
year. in Kentucky. When one Of that
gentry brings $4,000 We must all tip
our hats Farmers Home .yeurnal.
C. Ii. Harper. who has cured many
hogs in the Tibbs neiehborhOod Of
cholera. does no, use any thing but
ordinary burdock He hollis it and
then ihickens il with wheat bran and
gives it To the diseased hogs. He says
the remedy has never been known to
TAIL 10 cure States Democrat.
The festive chinch bugs seem 10 do
little damage south Of the Ohio river,
but from Crittenden County. Ky. there
comes considerable complain. OF their
rarages in the corn crop. We occa-
sionally hear Of them in the Purchase
counties. This insect belongs to the
Northwest. and We hope he will not
fluid Kentucky soil. o.. kentucky cgons
adapted 10 his taste vr wants. --FxTnS
ers Home yo1ynak
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13
FOR OLD PEOPLE!

In old people the nervous system :
weakened, and that must be strengthened
One Of the most prominent medical
writer's Of the day, in speaking Of ths
prevalence Of rheumatic troubles among
the aged, says: 3" The various pains. rheu-
matte q other, which old people often
complain a. and which materially disturb
their comfort, result from disordered
serves" There i IS in . nufshellE
the medicine fos old people must be Q
nerve tonic. Old people ere beset wth
constipation, AAulency, drowsiness, di@-
shGa, indigestion, rheumaeiSm, neuralgia
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13
Safe and Effective.

most effective remedy for indigestion, r.
regularity Of the Bowels, Coustipation,
Bnlousness. Headache, Dizziness. Malaria,
or any disease arising from IN impure
state Of the blood. They have been In ~
IN this country for over fifty years, and thl
from those who have used them, and thsiz
constantly Increasing sale. u incontroveEt.
ible evidence that they perform al that u
claimed for them.
B1AxDRETn's Pills arc purely vegetable,
absolutely harmless and safe to take at any
time.
Sold In every drug and medicine store,
either plain or sugar.ooated
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13

There 10 in London . Masonic iodgs
membership to which u limited to mes
possessing either literary o. artistic quail.
i6cation. Il 10 called the lodge Of The
Quartuor CorOnati, and Sir Charles War
rem vas president and Walter Bssans
treasurer from its foundation in 1854 until
recently, whsn Sir Charles was compelled
By the constitution to retire. He was Pre-
sontcd on his retirement with thirty
books, Ill written BY msmbsrs Of tn
Lodge
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13

The lLGf1m'o PfoGfooo
Toward health and vigor IL often painfully
penitential. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
smooths the path, however, and removes
such obstacles in the way q liver COM
plant, dyspepsia, Disturbance Of the bowels,
collie, fever and ague and kidney complaints.
Physicians, after thirty years OF trial,
acccrd it their unqualified approval Il 10
purely botanic and safe. It improves both
sleep and appetite.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13

overWorked. Wearied out fathers, VIII 6nd
the happiest results from . iudicious uss Of
DR.. Eherman's Prickly Ash BitterA Wherl
the liver or kidneys are affected, prompe
action Is necessary to change The tidl
toward health, ere the disease becomes
chronic-possibly incurable, and there is
nothing better 70 be found in tho whole
range Of mdterio medic0. Sold everywhere.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13

Islncs0 Pass XAraoy0GYsvieaL
aaasAtsr q The GovsreiGn q NeotGasgFsI
eAvo birth - child tAs ethse day. Prince
0ieholas was % ovsrjoYsd at this that -
0rod revolvsf from oas q ths Windows
e his castle (which 10 indeed . very ned
- oas-storisd bailding), vhsrs0poa HE
loyal subjects began also - Dire. and this
aeisy and perhaps not altogsthr innocent
loyl damopstration attained such pro-
pertions that ct last the Prince had -
cad out his guards into the streets 70
atnn Il "a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13

4 HorD IN bank 10 like Q rose, bocause n
natures BY falling dew.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13

These diseases ne d nervous oigla.
Haine's Celery Compound, Tt geae
nerve tonic, b almase specific IN thess
disorders, and by is regulating nAueaee
On the liver, bowels, and kidneys, n
moves the disorders peculiar to old age.
Old people find il stimulating to The
vital powers. productive Of appetite, and
. promoter Of digestion.
Sold BY druggists. SI.oo. Six fOs ts-ea
Sead fos eighs-page paper, With many sesei-
sonials from SERIOUS. debirsased. and asedpss.
pc, Who bless Paine's Celery Compound
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13

A HAKRI seldom does any NEEDLES
Vork.-Aerchant zroreler.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13
The RilGrim,a PrpGrsse

Tn police court records in any big city
show that Sunday 10 also day 0S arrest
-Jowsnal ~ Edwe0ttoA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13

Tn downward path-the one With Z
piece q orange peal on 10
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13

oasr. every edv.ntae. f:s &c psrssss EoSsHhoo1
moral Mental and ply sicaI nfor,s re- only g
Tor pass =. month. I~:nsy .avs cGSSSiy Sesss .na
CisS~rn v aters used Spacious ana s@~ese Fer
SuildieR. inciniinG svesy mo s.6 rerSs. eo:vYss
w. n1TSSG sG1ISs. n. Coepa0, Uoahv0bss = ="
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-13
n0PKlnSVlllE men Scu00l:

Hss1svs A.. SisS. lssOs lo.sraes,c; e =
Issne6asics and Dook-keep NJ. Thoeoaee tsoe3'
inc and strict discipline charsc erie TIE scnSSs.
Tuition and Board. 01o6. D0arding Roeue csS
IeQuired 10 board With the principal HOf IanneTSS
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-07-13
Mothers!

There are upon the skin of every human bo-
ing. child and adult alike. 100000 pores.
Through these pores in the form of :nsensible
perspiration is expelled more than one-quarter
Of the nouriehment taken into the system. The
Importance Of keeping open these perspirstlon
valves upon a child's body is second only to that
of properly digestinG the food eaten. 1t was to
open the pores o: the akin and to asslulilate the
food that DR.. Pitcher formulated Castoria.
Loose bowels, constipation. fever and erup-
tons which are su constant among infants and
children. and which kill one-third of all child
rem before they are five years old, arise princi-
pRlly from these two causes. 1t is from the
wonderful results attendant upon the use of
Castoria in regulating the stomach and bowels
and keeping open the pores of the skin that
Castoria acquired its worldwide reputation.
With plenty OF water for the body. pure air for
the lungs and Castoria to assimilate the food,
there need be no unaccounted for sickness
among children. Castoria is q vegetable pre-
s%cription without morphine or other narcotic
property. Thirty years extensive use has given
it a history never attained by any other
| medicine.