St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-11
THE HEALTHIESr TOWN.
FAcrs CoNcaBNixG ST.. TAxxANr
PARISH.

FAcrs Coscspx,xc ST. TAxxAxr
PARISH.
HEALTH AND WEALTH AWAIT THE
INDUSTRIOUS.
CCity Item
The Item called upon Mayo
Guyol Of Covington, La, YESTERDAY
with a view of obtaining data rela
tive to the rapid settlement and de
velopment Of St. Tsmmany parish
and COvingtOn. In that locality
land that was worth 81 an acre twt
years ago is hardly obtainable .,
$40 to-day, and is being eagerly
taken at that. Mayor Guyol, wher
questioned - to the causes, stated
that they were numerous.
'When the census for the yea
1890 Was taken," said he, 1.-THE re
turns for the third and fourth wards
computed the population at 1000,
while 5000 would have been nearer
Covington is the third and Mande-
vile the fourth ward; the popula-
ton Of the remaining wards num-
boring 6O00 souls, thus giving the
parish . population Of 10000.
When the census commissioner
Mr.. A. F0ntinl, now in the U. s.
Mint at New Orleans, forwarded
the returns to the bureau, showing
. population Of 10000 and only
25 deaths, the statistics were re-
turned, with request to the COM
missioner to 60 over the territory
again, as some mistake must have
been made, and incidentally advis-
ing him that eighty would be .
very low death average for the pop
ulation. Accordingly, the COM
missioner went over Vaudeville anil
COvington, aud in the computed
Of 1000 inhabitants
found that ten deaths-from all
causes had ensued. These points
were especially selected because
their communication with outside
territory was more extended than
otllers-Mandeville by water, Lake
Pontchartrain, and Covington BY
rail.
1.-THE commissioner, On this per-
returned the statistios to
the bureau, and his original figures
stand. OF the ten deaths, two
thirds were recorded against Man
the majority being aged peo-
pie. On this percentage Coving-
ton ranks as
THE MOST HEALTHY PLACE IN fHR
UNITRD STATES,
with San Antonio second and Wau-
keshs third. Travellers who have
journeyed to the Old World COM
pare the climate and temperature
with that Of Nice, Italy. No mat
ter where you turn in this section
you find mineral springs and little
Or nothing il made Of many that
Northern sections of country would
advertise and herald the world over.
"Aside from the natural advan-
tages that are apparent on all sides,
the inducements for farmers to set
lie about here should he better
known A few practical farmers
have given illustration of what can
be done in this particular and q
word or two about the products,
'Oil, and etc., would not he amiss.
The lowlands Of St. Tammany can
put rice on the market for SIS an
,cre and realize s25 an acre when
he market is at ebb.
''There is no more rice land
available in the neighborhood Of
which evidences the
act the fact that the staple is well
bought Of as a revenue producer
or the planters Of that section.
zane, corn and hay also return .
arge yield. Much of the corn
'aised there yields from IS to so
bushels to the acre.
"a few years ago l introduced
Japan clover, and v as 80 success
ul with it that now all the promi-
lant planters are raising it for |
took. My first outlay averaged
10 an acre and being perennial its |
'ost thereafter is Insignificant. |
'apan clover can be raised here to
make it pay handsomely. Having |
'een successful with the clover l
an article to An argri.
ultural paper, and have since re-
eived numerous communications
rom Western and Southwestern
armers, some oongratulatory upon
~ success, others questioning its
daptability to certain soils, the
civilization requisite, etc. 1t is .
Don to Southern farmers and should
e generally grown where it IL prac-
cable. 1t is more nutritious than
Their hay and will 60 nuch further.
he class Of farmers settling here
re largely German and they give
heir attention to diversified farm
e. Fruit calls for most Of their
and in crude way they
re making wine from the different
arieties Of grapes they grow.
here is not much cane in o. ltiva-
on, and ~
THE SUGAR BOUNTY
i'll attract the larger producers and
lconrsgc them to manufacture more