St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02
HERE AND THERE.

Let your milk thoroughly cool
quickly in clean, sweet cold water and
it will not be spoiled afterward by heat
during q seasonablc period.
Sweet potatoes do not require -
long TO either bake or boil as white
ones. SO should not be put on to cook
till the others are partly done
Feed your breeding fowls modcr.
atcly at all seasons OF the year. They
should never be fattened. and this il
one Of the best arguments for keeping
them by themselves.
-Donkcys Of small size and docile
spirit arc becoming popular again for
children in the cities. as they never 60
fast and are considered perfectly safe
on the street Atlanta, Ga. has one
very fine Juvenile turnout Of this kind.
1T seems that the TEXAS Farmer,
the organ OF the Grange in that State.
has been successful in its efforts to
show up the mismanagement Of the
Alliance Exchange at Dallas and
thereby put the farmers Of Texas on
their guard.
Tho Planters Alliance 10 composed
Of negroes. and recently held meet.
ing at Holmesville. Miss. Of the Pike
and Marion County Alliances One
resolution adopted states that ''when
the Planters Alliance dies every negro
| in the State will be dead"
TO break young horses from chew
ing harness or any thing that happena
to be near them soak some old straps
with q strong tea made Of cayenne
pepper. and hang them within easy
reach OF the youngsters. This is gen
orally effective s
Don't send dirty eggs to market
in fact. don't have dirty eggs. and yot
will not IL your nests have been prop
erly looked after and kept clean. Still
II you haye neglected this. wash thu
soiled eggs when you collect them. 1
will pay if you send them to market
Horses Can stand more exp0sur'
than men, but the same kind Of ex
posure that produces colds. rheuma
tism. etc, in men will DO liable to at
feet horses in the same way. 1t 1
therefore apparent that warm stables
good blankets and protection from
severe weather are necessary.
Tho glass-blowers' trade employ
the same methods to-day that It di
centuries ago. The workman no,
blows tho glass with his mouth just a
u did then-be it bottle. TASK or got
let that he Is making. Even watc
CRYSTALS are made in this way. The
arc cut from glass which has bee
blown into sphere.
| During the rainy season give fowl
hot feed in tho morning. Aiddling
mixed with chopped green's. with
portion OF meat scraps once . week
and wet with scalding water. make
GOOD rations. Give wheat or corn Z
night-Rsltry Monthly.
AFTER carefully noticing the con
position, principles and working
various agricultural societies fe
years." remarks the Rural Ns0 Yoske'
eve haven't q shadow Of doubt thu
the Grange is the best Of all 1t Is q
, educational, refining. humanizing ager
wherever It finds fo0thold. and prof.
|, erly managed is a fruitful source Of IL
. struction and profit.
, "A picture Of Count Tolstoi plowin
in one Of his fields has attracted muc
attention in European and America
, illustrated journals. The Gastonia q
CO. Gazette presents another case thu
I of one of the successful farmers I
, Ircdell County. N. c.. Colonel Julia
, Allen, is q Russian nobleman. H
true name is Julian Alenski. and
r was exiled from Russia in 1649 becau'
, of his political principles. He was
: (Dlonel in the Federal army. and
; 1876 he settled in Iredell Count
. where he has = splendid hume ~
! farm.