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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26
A PEkIN DUCK.

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come, especially when the birds are
grown in large numbers.
These birds originated in China.
They are beautiful. with proud, erect
carriage and pure white plumage
outside. The inside feathers arc slight
" cresm-colored. The neck is long
and gracefully curved: the head long
and finely shaped. with a full. bright
eye; the legs and beak Of dark orange.
The minimum weight Of my birds
when matured is II pounds. while the
very heaviest will tip the scales at 20
pounds per pair. Losses from vermin
can easily be avoided by yarding the
little birds at home. Mud and water
are not essential to their growth and
well-being. 1t is not necessary to keep
birds till they are six months old in tho
fall and then put them upon the mar
ket when it is sure to be glutted, but
much better to market them at ten
weeks. when they are nearly rs heavy
and you are sure to get more than
double the price. as we'll as save three
or four month"; extra feed. There arc
many other points connected with this
thing which the novice must ponder
carefully before he begins, as . slight
mistake iu the beginning often means
q great loss in the end.-James Rankin,
in Farm and Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26
IN. EUROPEAN CITIES.

ST. CRIsPIN's DAY, October 25, is still
celebrated in France, when all the
shoemakers. cobblcrs and saddlers At
tend The religious services.
One of the last bills introduced into
parliament was aimed at the London
organ grinder. It proposed to tax him
and to limit his hours of music max.
ing.
EVERY Flemish town has q square
called the egg MARKET" where on
certain days the country people resort
and offer their produce TO the inhab-
itants.
The various places in London called
crosses" were erected by Edward I. to
mark the resting places of the body Of
his queen. Eleanor, on its way to West
minister for interment. Charing Cross
was the last resting place.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26
AROUND THE APIARY.

BEES are producers; moths arc de
stroyerk
QUEESLEss bees nearly always build
drone comb.
Cold appears to be . main element
in Rranulation.
TIE best remedy for foul brood is FIRE
and boiling water.
REQUIEM when you want to improve
your stock by new blood.
BEEKkEPERs in France report i'm
mense crops but poor sales.
If honey is overheated both color
and transparency are injured.
In rendering beeswax . tin. brass o,
copper vessel should be used. An iron
one will darken it
In cold weather when bees are quie,
they arc doing best. and should on nc
account be disturbed or excited.
The best food for be es in winter il
the thick clover honey, to which. il
necessary. white-sugar strip can be
added.
WHILk . New York bee-keeper was
working in the apiary some time ago =
bee got into his ear. He turned the
smoker into his ear and the bee came
out
THE majority At the recent bee-keep-
e-s' meeting in Chicago favored a
smaller hive than the ten-frame Lang
stroth for comb honey. Forty-two pre-
ferred an eight-frame.
FIVE cells to an inch is commonly
understood to be the correct measure
ment Of cells in average comb, although
they have been found to vary from ass
to s. IS cells to the inch.
INDEPENDENTLY Ut the honey to be OBJ
tanned from Few colonies Of bees. It
would pay every farm to keep them to
pollenixe the blossoms of the fruit
trees in the orchard.
The bees generate wax. and that is
all they furnish except their labor.
The wax is produced from their bodies.
and in order to form it they must be
provided with nourishment
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THE oMNIPREsENT cRoAkER.

Hes . very funny comforter-the man Who told
you So
4 kind of patent right he's got On what hs
He has . morbid appetite for everything that
fails:
In fact his life 10 Ill made up q walls, and
wallis. and walls.
I must allow at farming I have been poor sue.
cess,
4 kind o sort Of average one, to put II mild. I
guess:
This comforter Who visits me-just call him who
He always hes some fault to fnd with every.
thing be sees,
Ard he can theorize away the profits Of my
land.
Until see them slip away like little grains Of
''Now, take. for instance he viii say. "the
wheat you raised this year.
And sell It II the market price. and you have
nothing clear:
For every acre that you sowed It cost you-let
Us count
And SEQ which si6e the balance sheet we ind
the big amount
For bone dust, plow,nR. narrowing and seeding
wheat and grass
And opening up the burrows for to let the water
pass,
Twelve dollars for each acre. IL 10 safely to COM
puse:
For harvesting and shreshins II. four moro TO
follow suit.
Then add to this the taxes, ana interest on the
land,
The wear and tear Of harness. the board Of team
and hand.
The hauling It to market. the tile. and under
drain,
Makes I'VE and twenty dollars, cost per acre Of
your RrAfn.
You got but thirty bushels per acre from your
field.
Al sixty cents per bushel. will eighteen dollars
yield.
And SO you see you're poorer for every acre
By seven times the dollars OF acres you have
grown.
Or. let me try another sum-for figures never
And on the dairy question balance sheet We
try.
Your cows an average season will yield from
products sold.
On IN average forty dollars. that's counting
And now to feed these cattle. sir. on fodder.
grain and hay.
VIII cost you. as moderate guess, full twenty
cents day.
In the year. it's seventy dollars. which brings
you out behind
An eV0u toltty OOilofO IOE e1Cu Oh inc mixing
kind"
almost Was discouraged At the out the figures
made.
'Twould surely make me bankrup, within the
next decade:
So FASTENED to the woodshed and got shinsle
out
And wrote For Sale" upon II and tackled il 70
the spout
But then got to ,hinking-the figures there
and me
Each with . trial balance could never make
agree,
For while the figures made me poor and poorer
every day,
Ny bank account Was looming up my barns
were full OF hay.
And the mistake my friend had mAde-the cost
Of raising grain
Was simply work that had done with Drawn
- well - brain;
And % my friends discover-you can theor..e
and plan,
But the great successful farmer Is the honest
woIkingman
L. u. Stanley. in Ohio Farmer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26
THE BEST OF DUCKS.
Fehins Are said to Pay BETTER Than Any
Other Variety.

Other variety.
Ihave experimental for twenty years
with all tho larger breeds of ducks,
crossing in every conceivable way. an |
am satisfied with the Pekin. have
got through experimenting, and. rs
grow nearly 10000 duckliugs . year.
can hardly afford to guess at it, as q cent
per bird makes difference Of over ESQ
In my receipts, one cent per pound. .
difference OF over $500. can afford
to use only tho bird that will grow the
largest In the shortest time. She must
also produce the first eggs to enable
me to get young birds on the market
for the highest price. There is more
profit from one early bird than from
three later ones The maximum price
for early birds is - cents per pound il
Boston aud New FORK. the minimum
for late ones Is cents. the cost of pro-
duction is the same for both.
The Pekins mature earlier. are NOR.
hardy and domestic in their habits,
never wander far, and return home at
niRhtSi They are not mischievous. re-
quirlbless water than any other breed.
and their pure white. elastic feathers
are largely mixed with down. These
feathers sell from 40 to 80 cents per
pound and are no mean source of ins
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26
wooo-cUTTIN0 DEVICE.

Hts Inventor Calls It His "Hard. rineG
Hired Man."
This 10 tho name given the device
shown in the cut by Mr.. C. A. Wells, Of
PennsylvaniA He says that the ''hard
times" compelled him to cut his wood
alone. Like good householder he
cuts enough wood in the winter to last
. year. The machine is easily under
stood Three poles or rods make a
frame for the saw to swing on. An
other rod fastened to bolt 1t the top
OF the frame plays inside two pieces of
board. The saw is made fast to the
lower end Of this rod, and then it viii
swing back and forth - shown In the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

It will, perhaps, require q little stretch OF
the imagination on the part Of the reader to
recognize the fact that the two portraits at
the head Of this article are Of the same in
dividual and yet they are truthful sketches
made from photographs, taken only q few
months apart, of a very much esteemed citi-
zen OF ulinois-Mr. C.. H. Harris, whose Cd
dress Is No. 1,623 Second Avenue, Rock
Island, III. The following extract from . let
ter written by MIR. Harris explains the mar
writes: DIR. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
covery saved my life and has made me
man. Myhome physician says am good for
forty years vet. You will remember that
was just between life and death, and all OF
my friends were sure it was q case Of death,
until ! commenced taking second bottle Of
Golden Medical Discovery when became
able to sit up and the cough was very much
better, am the bleeding from my lungs
stopped, and before had taken six bottles Of
the Golden Medical Discovery my cough
ceased ard | was new man and ready for
now feel that it is duty that owe to
my felloNsnen to recommend to them the
Golden Medical Discovery which saved my
life when doctors and all other medicines
failed to do ifie any good:
I send to you with this letter two Of my
was taken down sick in bed, and the other
was taken after was WELL These two pho
tographs are faithfully reproduced 1t tho
head of this article.
Mr.. HayyislezeerSeeeein the use Of Gold
en- Medical M Is not an exceptional
one. honsm1s d- eminent people in al
parts Of theUbra6s 0dfy, in just as emphatic
language, - tesa marvellous curative powers
over an chronic bronchial, throat and lung
diseases, chronic nasal catarrh, asthma, and
kindred diseases
Eminent physicians prescribe "Golden
Medical Discovery" when any Of their dear
ones lives are imperilled by that dread dis
ease, Consumption. Under such circum-
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be depended upon. The following letter is to
the point. 1t is from an eminent physician Of
Stamps, Lafayette Co. Ark. He SAYS
Consumption is hereditary in my wife's
family some have already died with the dis
ease. Ny wife has q sister, Mrs. f. A.
Cleary, that was taken with consumption
She used DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry, and. TO the surprise OF her many friends,
she got wen. My wife has also had hem
orrha1es from the lungs, ard her sister in
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26
Suggestion. for Hor,ewen.

Buyers pick out y ur best horses and
leave only the poorest 1t is folly To
keep them. for. il geldings, they never
improve. and II mares there is no profit
in breeding them. Every farmer is
liable to have two or more for which he
cannot find sale. 1t is common for
farmers near Chicago to club together
and make up load Of these horses for
market, getting market prices, lowest
freight and commission rates, and rid
the farms OF poor stock. They don't
send . man with every horse, but select
one with good judgment and send him
down with the bunch to sell as he
deems best. For three hundred miles
IN ordinary stock. car is good enough
and from eighteen to twenty horses
can be carried in each car. II there is
less than a load, tie securely. Scatter
hay on the floor Of the car. and look at
them carefully every time the train
stops. Attention will keep the animals
comfortable and they will be in better
shape to sell on arrival
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26
Fersilisers for Potatoes.

The average yield Of potatoes in this
country is about fifty bushels per acre.
yet in competitive trials as many rs
nine hundred bushels per acre have
been grown proportionately. on IN ex-
perimental plat This was done with
care and the judicious' use of fertiliz-
ers. 1t is true that 1t would be difficult
for any farmer 70 produce nine hun
dred bushels of potatoes on an acre Of
land. but the low average indicates
that something better can be done
With such Z crop.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26
Best Grain Feed for Horses.

The best grain feed for mature
horses is about two-thirds corn and
one-third oats in winter. and two-thirds
oats with one-third corn in summer.
For rapid fattening warm mashes OF
corn meal and wheat bran may be
given while idle. but it should be
changed to hard grain some days be
fore beginning work. Glover hay is
more fattening than timothy. Oats
are the grain for horses that must be
driven fast or far, and for growing
coltA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

cut You can have . horse for the
wood. or drive stakes into the ground
with the tops crossed. 30 rs to hold the
logs Mr.. Wells says he can put up
i've cords in ten hours with this ma
chine OF course, he says, it takes some
little time to learn how to run the saw
Just right In this machine, the stakes
are nine feet long for the sides and ten
for the other. The pendulum on which
the saw is fastened 10 eight feet long,
and has holes bored in it 50 that il can
be easily raised or lowered. Mr.. w.
uses the ''horse" or stakes for saving
poles from two to six inches in diam
eter. For saving large logs he uses .
rolling platform like that on buzz
sswA Rural New Yorker.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

In Kingman, Kan, there is local
ordinance forbidding minors to appear
on the street after eight p. m. unless
they can furnish satisfactory excuse
for SO doing. 1t is rigidly enforced,
too. and all the growing youths are up
in arms about it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26
coeeo. seed for Steers.

Experiments in steer feeding were
made 1t the Texas station in order to
discover some method of preparation
by which cotton seed could be most
successfully employed IS . feed stun.
The results are given in bulletin No
81. A test of the relative feeding
values of cotton seed, roasted. boiled
and raw. showed that the advantages
gained BY roasting hardly justify its
general use, and that the boiled
seed is to be preferred to the raw, be-
ing more palatable. less laxative and
making faster gains. It was deter
mined that cotton seed. 1T usual prices,
10 . good and cheap addition to = corn
and hay ration. and that when raw
cotton seed 10 valued At SO per ton, the
cheapest feed per pound gained for all
steers fed with raw cotton seed, corn
and hay.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

PASTOR ito peasant girD-"Why do you
weep so muchs' Because my lover has
gone to the army for three years But
those will soon be over; then he will re-
turn" Eyes: but am afraid that in the
meantime another man will marry mo-
E1iegende Blaetter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY T. Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. ].
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo,. 0: Walding, Kinnan 4 Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure il taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price, sc. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills. &c.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

'Now, AS to the degree Of justifiable homi-
eide" said the eastern Judge in charging the
jury, shat is where man is killed in SELF
defense or in college "-Plaindealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

ssHow beautifully Mrs Baakbill expressed
herself in her address before the club. Were
the thoughts her very own, do you thinks'
Mrs. Catchly-'Oh, dear yes! She paid
ten dollars for them. she told me. Inter
Ocean
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

LA FiAScEE-ssI am awfully sorry. Jack,
but those roses you sent me don't match my
q dozenl-s'Can't you change your gown.
delr!"-VOgue.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

REVENGE is sweet sometimes. possibly.
but never when the other fellow gets in his
work on you.-Somervillc journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

Freahets that DeluGe
The lowlands breed miasma, the parent OF
chills and fever, bilious remittent and other
forms of malarial disease. Hostetter's StOm-
ach Bitters is a sure defense against them
all. Nor is it less ehectual as q safeguard
against rheumatic and kidney complaints
caused by wetting. Dyspepsia, liver COM
likewise eradicated by it. Take it regularly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

EvERr singer in quartette can tell you
three good reasons why the organization
isn't absolutely perfect.-Elmira Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

TESTED BIT TINE. For Bronchial affec-
tons, Coughs, etc, BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs have pvored their efficacy by test
of many years. Price, . cents Z box.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

could easily al tho columns OF this paper With
letters testifying to tho cure o( tas seversst
diseases Of the throat, bronchia and lungs,
by the NE OF Golden Medical Discovery
To build up solid (eaR and styeagtA after the
grip. pneumonia, G. lung fevero, exhausing
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some flesh.
A complete treatise On Throat, Bronchial,
and Lung Di1eases also including Asthma,
and Chronic Nasal Catarrh, and pointing out
successful meansof home treatment for these
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

ON LADY lin courtroom "What muir.
derous-lOoking villain the prisoner y! Ia
be afraid to get near him." Her Husband
ash! that isn't the prisoner; that's tho
magistrate. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

Hopx1xs tpetulantly, = "soy. 49,
when arc you going 70 pey NE tnes scn
lars you owe mef Dooklne ~
l"Now, do / look like fcftGngSSa1 sns.ao<
Cuxrx Colds and Br0nchifis with ~
Honey Of Horehound and Tar: -
Pics Toothache Drops CuRe 6eoe - !. B.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

SnE-"Where did Miss Fosdick get her
lovely golden hair-from her father or her
motheri" Maude-'sShe must have got it
from her father. lnotice his is all gone.
BROOKLYN Life
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

A PARTIAL view-Gazing at ones sweet
he0rt.-Lovell Courier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

"ARE you going to speak to her fatherl"
81 am not I'm afraid he's going to speak
70 men. Y. Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26

had catarrh In the bead for years and
trouble with my left lung ct the same time
You put % much faith in your remedies that
concluded to try one bottle or two, and I
derived much benefit thsrefrom. I used up
three bottles Of DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy,
five bottles Of your !" Golden Medical Diecov-
cry" and in four months was myseK again.
could not Sleep on my left side, and now I
can sleep and eat heartily. So long - have
doctor; ! do not think my house IN ordae
without them. Yours truly,
0z&H><-1
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26
AL.1S44@~<

From the Buckeye State comes tie follow.
ing: II was pronounced to have consump-
ton BY two Of cur best doctora I spent
nearly $500. and was no better. Iconcladed
to try DR.. Herces Golden Medical Discovery.
now say with truth that feel Just q well
to-day 8 did at twenty 1--WE, and can do just
as good days work on the farm, although I
had not done any work for several years."
Truly, your friend.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-05-26
Hoods ';s;:;;s'rCQres

and flesh every day. and am now as healthy
as l was before taking the poison" F. V.
WARNoLL4, representing the Seely Perfumes,
80 Melbourne Avenue, Toronto Ontario
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-29

trlet little rest, and come over and
nave some more fun with us. He
TOOK down about five rods OF rail fence
Tor Sam Shepard one night, and piled
tile rails In the public road by the hill
school-house. Sam Shepard happened
70 be on his way home that night
from shooting match at the Springs.
y was moonlight, and he discovered
Eiastus in the midst OF his rail-piling.
Sam whanged away at the aggravating
old euss, and down went Erastus ali
IA heap among the rails. Sam
thonght he had settled the bears hash
al last. and being little excited. lie
rushed mp 20 take look al him Bat
hrastus wasn't ended yet, not by long
shot. Sam hadn't amy more than
reached the rail pile where the bear
lay Than up jumped Erastus, and, with
bWoop Of paw, sent SANS gun flying.
There was no use for Sam 10 try
70 get II, for the bear was right on
MN and had him down among the
rails only too quick. | guess Erastus
would have made an end Of Sam IL
young Bill Shaier hadn't been out TO
sec his girl that evening, and was on
hls way home by short cut. He
heard sam yelling and the beast snort
ing and snarling and the rails rafting,
ANA ran TO the spot II didn't take
him long 10 grab the rail and pitch
INTO the bear. At the first whack the
bear turned from Sam to Bill. and
ihey had il hammer and tongs This
gave sam d chance 10 find his gun.
ana no put the muzzle Of ii against
Erastus' head and blew the top OF il
nearly on. That was the end OF
the most cantankerous bear that
ever made things lively on the SHINE
mnhoning waters, and you can bet
farm that there's a rejoicing lot OF
folks Ia an that spread +"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-29

Our way Of packing butter for our
own use is 70 have perfectly clean Jar,
II possible a new one. Then we use
salt and graduated sugar, half and
half, 70 put between the layers, which
we make about three inches thick, to
make nice pieces when cutting for use.
La making butter we use barrel churn
ana make granulated butter. Wash it
m the churn until the water runs off
clear; salt IL 70 taste (Which with us is
not very salt); drain it and take II up
into the butter bowl and let it stand
over night. Then work IL just enough
TO make the granules stick together,
ana then pack. Do not fill the jar
quite full. Put white cloth on TOP
and about half-inch OF salt on top Of
that Cover well and keep in a cool,
clean place. II every stage of proce-
dure from the COW to the jar has been
clean and sweet, the butter ought TO
keep reasonable time. Mrs. l..
Waugh, Mcpherson. Kan.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-29

The samoan islands are the natural
habitat OF the most diminuiive species
OF variety Of the genus hos now
known to the naturalist. The average
weight OF the males Of these lillipu-
uan cattle seldom exceed 200 pounds.
tho average being not greater than
100 pounds. The females usually
average about 100 pounds larger. are
very ''sioeky" built. seldom being
taller than a merino sheep. The
dwarf cattle are nearly an Of the same
color reddish mouse color. marked
with white. They have very large
heads as compared with their bodies,
and their horns are Of exceptional
length.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-29
An E7ormou, ,-,sh.

A sunfish weighing one ton 500
weight is very likely TO be one OF
the largest If not actually the
largest, in existence OF that species
This is the weight OF a sunfish
which was caught by three boatmen
in the service OF the Melbourne har-
Dor trust. and reported by the last
mail The monster measured eleven
feet around its body. The men
were engaged working at the pier at
Williamstown at the time OF the
capture. and it caused them no little
exertion TO land their unique prize