St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-11

first year costs SIG. The earth i
sandy loan. and the sub-s0il retains
fertilization. In drouths, wheH
soil products suffer elsewhere, the
reverse il tie case here, and 1t I.
found thai no matter how prolonged
the dry spell few inches below the
surface the soil in moist. In fact
an ordinary dr0uth is more advan-
tageous to crops than q vet season.
'At almost any place pure cool
water Is reached at . depth Of four
teen feet. An artesian we'll 400
feet deep here will irrigate so acres
or land easily. The I'hiery srte-
sian we'll at Mulberry Grove would
be worth $4,000 to many q Cali.
fonia farmer. The Lecompte and
Keiffer pears are perfectly at home
in Covingt0n, and the Barlelte does
very we'll. All tropical fruits ex.
cept oranges and olives can be cult
waited, and In fact In many places
are. Four acres Of cane were rails
ed experimentally in Covin9ton
last year and they averaged seven
feet high. The four acres planted
eighteen acres this year.
Mayor Guyol disclosed many 9TH
er features which served to show
that St. Tslnmany is fully deserv.
ing Of the claims advanced for it
An extract from the address Of
Mr.. G. w. Mason, Of st. Tam
many PHI, formerly Of Oregon,
Illinois, rendered at the midsum-
mer convention, which assembled
at Grunevald Hall, August 7th and
9Th 1888, under the auspices Of
the State immigration Association
Of Louisiana. will bear out Mayor
Guyol in his estimate Of the health
Of COvington. 1t Is as follows:
/ examined their graveyard and
found q plot Of abOnt 800 feet
square, and that was not quite two
thirds full they told me it had been
there for over sixty years, and all
for miles around had used that
burial place. Well, sir, that was
to think over, q state Of
actual health that had never found
before. There are several cOndi- |
tons which combine to make this
the healthiest spot in this country /; |
the ground is high and dry; no
swamps or marshes exist. There
IS nothing tn produce malaria, and
!: il unknown. The long leaf pine |
covers the country, and under its
lofty crowns there is no underground
TO impede the free circulation of
the air The resinous leaves inn
pregnate the atmosphere with their |
,dOr, purifying and making it CRATE
hui to the lungs the water IL pure
md protected from all danger Of
surface contamination; above all,
1 is free from the dampness Of the
Gulf coast.
The following statements are sup
ported by the certificates Of respon-
'ible parties; they cover . period
Il over twenty-six years, which Is
loug enough to furnish q
Iufflcient test:
Typhoid Fever-Since 1860 there
las been but one death from ty-
'hoid fever in Covington. This
,ase was undoubtedly contracted
and the disease did not
pread.
Pneumonia One death. This
ras the case Of a colored man who
lad been badly wounded and much
during the coolest weather
re have ever known ut this point.
Small-pox-Three i'm ported
ases: no deaths and the disease
lid not spread.
Scarlet fever-Two important
asee no deaths and the disease
lid not spread.
Malarial fever-No cases.
Didptheria-NO cases.
Cholera No cases.
Yellow fever-Two cases import
d in 1867. The disease did not
pread, although many were in con-
act with the patients, and the fune-
ais were largely attended.