St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-30
HERE AND >THERE.

There are not a half dozen Oranges
in Georgia which have failed to
receive from five to twenty new meme
bers during the past quarter
"A wise Kentucy sheep raiscr puts
it thus: MY two hundred sheep save
me an annual outlay Of $3.50 by clear
ing my farm Of weeds." He raises no
weeds on his farm. This is true econ.
omy, but not usually so carefully csti-
| mated.
"A Southwestern louisiana CORE.
spondcnt says: Come TO land where
yOu can live among wild flowers the
year around. and have green vegc.
tables from the garden every month in
the year. Last years crop Of grass
stands. on an average, two feet high
all over this county. The country is
new and undoveloped. Land is cheap
Michigan has an excellent law en-.
couraging the planting of trees along
the roadside. 1t provides that man
shall BE- credited twenty-five cents
each. on his road tax. for every trco
he plants along the road bordering his
own land.
The Attorney General of Illinois
gives it as his opinion at in that S; ate
lien on a foal for tho service fee If
the stallion is a first lien notwith-
standing the marc may have been
NOR. gagged to another at tho time Of
tho service.
The Supreme Court Of North Caro-
lima recently held that the fact that
the plaintiff had in a stock-law coun-
ty turned his cattle into a for,y-acro
pasture through which a railroad ran
does not constitute coniributory
negligence. one Of the cows being
killed by a passing train.
1t will no doubt cheer our s ,uih-
ern Oranges 10 learn that the farmers
Of far or Australia are just now form
ing preliminary organizations prcpar-
ing for tho Grange. and are in corrc-
spondcnce with the Master Of the Ma.
tional Grange. who is directing tho
work in that progressive lan,L
For keeping the striped bugs of
melon vines plant three or four beans
in each hill. and pull them up when
the vines get too large for the bugs
To get plants early. cut sods four
inches square. turn them over. stick
in the seeds and bury Them in the hot
bed. When you wish 10 transplant.
take up sois and all. set them out
and the plants will grow right along
without any setback.
The Gazette. of Farmervillc. La,
that two farmers living near
Tuscola. went into a lawsuit over .
pig moro than three years
ago; tho case was appealed until it
reached the Circuit Court. That cour.
has iu>t decided that one Of the lite
giants shall pay for the pig and tho
other pay the costs Altogether. in
costs and attorneys fcos. the pig has
cost the two men 81 ESQ The moral is
obvious
No good farmer will fail to plant
COW peas or peanuts in his cornfield,.
50 as 10 give q profitable successive
crop AT almost no cost at all. Wo
have never known f-r,ner who |
planted too many acres in peas
Dropped in tho middle furrow at in- |
lcrvals Of two feet, the labor Of cul-
ovation amounts 10 almost nothing.
and yield Of three 10 ten bushels
per acre-to say nothing of the benefit
to tho Soils ccrta:..ly rcmuneratiye
-Dirie Farmer
The Double Springs (Miss.) ALI
ance has opened up new path 10
prosperity. something on tho line Of
he Young Farmers Club. plan to
make each member personally rcsron.
'ible for the success of his own farm.
hereby meeting the necessity of a
more Determined! effort on their part
o make a living 1t homc. realizing
hat every man is the architect Of hi.
'wn journey through life. .sd II faith
ully carried ont poverty will ncve
;GieI the door,