St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-02-25

good market for early fruits and
vegetables. - the supply necessary
for the city 10 generally produced
in the immediate vicinity, and much
earlier than iu st. Tammauy.
St Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville
and Kansas City could not be
reached. hence though with all the
facilities for competing with otl,e,
parishes. - Tar - the production
Of early vegetables was concerned,
st. Tammany was debarred from
market fvr lack Ut transportation
All this has been obviatsd by the
completion Of the East Louisiana
Railway. q. - il 10 called. the
LITTLE SUNSET ROUTE
To show 70 what extent truck
farming hes been entered into by
the farmers Of st. Tammany par
ish. three schooners ply in the
trade between New Orleans AID
Covington. each making weekly
trips. and each ono Of them carry
ing out from 500 to GOO sacks of
fertilizer on each trip.
Another inducement to truck
farming u the fact that . canning
factory II to be established in Coz
ington. Messra Fred ]. Burksy,
Of Sioux City, Iowa. and g. w. Ma
son. Of Oregon. Ogle County, ILL.,.
the other day purchased SO lots OF
ground in Covington. and will at
once commence building . canning
factory. These gentlemen cay that
they judge the climate to be the
finest and most sslubrious they
ever experienced, and that the
water il better than anything known
in the country.
now has . population Of about 500
people. and has Eve schools, five
churches. one newspaper 1.-THE FAR-
xE.) and job printing o6ioe. and
numerous splendid residences, the
principal ones being those Of Capt.
Weaver. Joseph Hernandez. Judge
Thompson. ]. f. Smith. Adam
Thomson. Nrs. l. T. Barelli and
Ara Claudsl. There are sixteen
stores in town. two hotels. one 6ne
restaurant, and three miles distant
from the center Of The town, and
really . suburb Of Covington, are
three moro Nearly every family
in the city accommodates parties
DESTROYS Of board. but there is not
} house in town for rent. Coving-
ton shipped over 5000 bales Of cot
Ion this season and considerable
oattle The grazing 10 the best in
The State. and the cattle are in ex-
eellent condition. the meat being
equal to the very finest in the world.
Recently Judge Thompson. on
bic return from Amite City, brought
With him $500 strawberry plants,
md planted them in Covington.
They are growing splsndidly ard
win yield excellent fruit Judge
Thompson thus has the credit Of
being the first 10 introduce into St
rsmmany parish on . large scale
The culture OF strawberries.
About three miles from Abita il
The German Settlement % Q small
community Of German farmers WHO
have located there are callSd: They
are thrifty and industrious and
most succe ssful farmera
THE FOLLOWING VEGETABLES
are exceedingly productive, Ind
ripen early in the season: Cauli.
lowers. potatoes, peas. beams rad
lsbea cabbages. cucumbers. egg
plants. corn. tomatoes. wxtermelous
sto. Grapes Of nearly every variety
thrive exceedingly we'll. aud . con-
Iiderable quantity Of seeding plants
have Of late been planted. Figs.
pears. peaches and plums are very
plentiful Pecan groves are plenti.
Iul in the parish.
Mr.. IcAvoy has erected . hand.
,ome Queen Anne cottage ct Abita
Syringe, and several new houses
ne in course Of construction there.
4 race track 10 about to be laid of
md levelei.
Mr.. Omar Bartlett Of the Louis-
nile and Nashville Railroad. has .
tract Of land near Slidell, aud has
planted lot Of fruit trees, grapes,
sto.. which are doing we'll.