St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-29

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-Four acres yielding i.soo IS. l. I...: - %
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ST Louis Republic.
HERE AND THERE.
Tho pedigree or animals points I've
ways: To what the ancestry has been
and what its offspring viii Be.
There arc misflts in every thing
misft wives. husbands. parents and
farmers. A misnt farmer. like all mis-
fits, makes things look all swry.
Whenever . man gets ready to pluck
. live fowl. he should. before beginning
operations, get somebody 70 pull out his
own hair by tho roots. - ..
-Cotton-seed meal IL good for COWS
says one. Cotton-seed meal II bad for
cows, says another. II it 10 led with
other foods we guess NO ono w0l regret
feeding it.
What would the wofld b, without
flowers, sweet, beautiful. eloquent how-
ers? What il the little part Of the
world that We occupy. II it has NJ How
ers? Much moro of . desert than need
be.
Whatsoever Is the most easy done, il
concluded by some people TO Be the best
way. We think we shall state nothing
startlingly new whom Ne ssy that II is
not necessarily true. - 80 ~
-"All flesh is grass" it II said; per
contra, all grass is flesh. Then, natur-
ally and logically. he- Who. oultivates
grasses raises horses and cattle. In
otner words. the two 60 together, and
one is necessary to the other.
The press every now and then ad-
wise their readers in eloquent strains to
'sow turnipa" This II erroneous ad-
vice. II they have the turnips, let them
save the fruit When it comes to sow
ing turnip seeds, then tho advice 10
proper.
Ono OF the eccentricities Of this
country is thus stated: Asoo-pound COW
in Texas will not bring over Sis in Chi
cago. Deducting the freight $4.sS from
this, leaves s10.75 TO the seller. Yet
whom made into dressed beef. It II
shipped back to Texas and sold st so.
Please tell me how to prevent tho
effects of intoxicating liquor. sshed ,
man of the doctor. Don't drink It, was
the reply. What can We do to prevent
the ravages Of hog cholera? sshs the
swine-breeder. Stop making the con-
ditions that produce it is the rcply.
1t il often said that . pig will eat
up the refuse ON the farm and turn 10
into value. That Is true, and there 10
no special objection to feeding what re-
fuse there is upon farm. but whom rot
ten, sour, fermented and fermenting
garbage Of the cities Is purchased for
pig feed. it is time to say that 1t IL not
the best kind Of food.
"A too common idea prevails that
almost any kind Of structure will an
swer for . stable without regards to
looks 30 long as it il built and intended
for the purpose. The fact Of the matter
il, stable should look like what il IL
intended for; and il intended to 60 with
. good house, should partake Of the
same style and finish.
"A writer says that warming water
for cows is good thing for New En-
gland. Az the COW II the same, and -
degrees below zero II the same, the
world over, We guess IL that man il
right. warming water for COWS II . good
thing wherever there are COWS, wintss
and cold weather.
"A special value Of the peanut crop
is in the production Of oil The oil Of
this nut is regarded - being equal in
all respects 70 olive oil, and may By en-
ployed for every purpose 70 which that
peanuts, weighing twenty-five pounds
in the hull, will yield one gallon Of oil
when subjected to hydraulic pressure.
1T Is claimed, says the. NstionAl
Stockman. BY those in . poaition to
know, that It is only BY combination. OF
cooperative manufacture. that any thing
like the needed amount Of good battef
is produced. The very best butter In
the market-an article which has leeo
competition than any othsr-is oe tndi-
vidual manufacture. but 10 wholly tnad-
equats in quantity to supply the nssds
Of these who know good from . no4t-
ocre article. ~
-Peaus&s are largely used 70 sdul-
terate chocolate, and. % far - whole.
someness ID concerned. this adultaraeiso
is not Objectionable. - the nuts contain
. great deal of starch and oil, tAus sre-
sembling the cocoa bean, slshouUA The
nuts have not the nitrogsnous principlst
the bronine. to which nutritive Quali-
ties of the cocoa bean are largely due.
In some Southern families an limitations
Of chocolate Is made by crushing the
properly roasted peanuts in . mcrtax
with sugar. and havofing with siAAar