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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
FARMER AND PLANTER.
CULTIVATION OF BROOM coan.

Much More Profitable Crop than Gen
orally Supposed.
Broom corn properly handled will
give threefold croprthe straw. The
fodder and the seed The principal
crop is the broom straw. IT the corn
is cut as the seed natures. and shell
tered before threshing, = large amount
of good feed can be thus saved which
would otherwise be wasted, the feeding
value of which is greater than oats.
If the seed is taken of while green, the
chances to save it are gone, rs it will
heat and spoil in twelve hours, unless
spread so carefully that space can not
be found to accommodate it. But cure
the seed on the brush and you have
enough value to pay the expense OF
harvesting. while the stalks, if pastured
early, will render a large amount OF
feed. Some say that stock will not
eat broom corn leaves, which may be
possible when they can't get them, but
I have seen cattle and horses eat the
leaves cleaner than they do on corn
stalks. and sometimes eat stock and all
down to the ground. One of my neigh
bOrs saved 500 bushels of broom corn
seed for stock feed. We saved all of
ours and fed it to all stock ON the
farm. They seemed to relish the
change, and were eager for the ration.
The main value Of the crop, how
ever. is in the straw. the price Of which
ranges from three to eight cents per
pound of late years. Good broom
straw is quoted in the market
now at So to cents, . very fair price.
from 800 to 500 pounds of straw, max
ing fair return for use of land, labor,
etc.
Last but not least the stalks can be
narrowed down and plOwed under to
make good mulch for the next crop.
this thing was tested in the past sea-
SON. The stalks of the 1893 crop were
plowed under in the fall. In the
spring following an attempt was made
to cultivate the oats into the ground.
but failed on account of the ground
being SO loose and ashy. The oats
were sown broadcast and narrowed in,
the result of which was the best crop
of oats in the neighborhood. At the
time when oats should make the straw
it was very dry, and some pieces were
SO short As to be scarcely cut at all,
while this piece mentioned had good
length of straw all over 1.-THE whole
field was thin land that we rented to
broom corn the year before), and some
places was four feet to heads and stood
up well, being the large white Rus
sian. A crop that compels mulch to
get rid of the stubble will pay the
farmer two-fold, and we are right ut
the point where better tillage must
prevail or we farm 1T = loss.-COr.
journal of Agriculture
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
FOREIGN CLIPPINGS.

THE river Rhine flows Ut three times
the rate of the Thames.
The crown worn by Queen Victoria
weighs forty ounces.
The population Of the German en-
pire is increasing At the rate OF SOC, 900
. year.
The heaviest Of the foreign woods are
the pomegranate and the lignum vita,
and the lightest is cork.
UP to the present time the Metropolis
company, the biggest undertakers In
England, have buried 126. 900 bodies
THE long distance telephone between
Paris and London has over two hum
dred calls day. At the rate OF two
dollars for each call it pays.
Tx al. it has been estimated that over
two million acres are devoted to tho
maintenance of deer in Scotland, and
that about five thousand stays are An
nually killed.
In 1851 the cold was 50 severe in east
ern Europe that packs OF starving
wolves entered Vienna, and all tho
canals of Venice were frozen, and tho
principal mouth of the Nile was blocked
with floating ice for . week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
HUMOROUS.

Everything that looks to the fu.
LandOn.
~ reach and reach, but can mot
grasp" signs . certain poet. He must
have been chasing his hat.-Tit-Bits-
do you pretend to call this pie
palatable?" Landlady-"Heavens, NO!
It's just plain. everyday prune pie
lnter-Ocean.'3
-Borrowell-"What would you do II
you were me?" BugRins-''Pay myself
the ten dollars you owe me."-Phila-
delphia Record.
"A man never realizes how popular
he is until somebody presents him with
= box of cigars during Office hours
Philadelphia Call.
lis your editor man Of letters?'
Don't know, stranger, but You kin
find out by akin the postmaster.
Atlanta Constitution.
-Butler-"I may be poor, but there
was time when rode in . carriage.
Cook-"Yes, and your mother pushed
it"-Pall Mall Budget.
The difference between ''meddling"
and Investigation" is that you always
investigate, while it is the other per
son who ''meddles."-Household Words.
-"Harold-''The club was dreadful
~ insulted to-day" Clarence-.'Weal-
ly?" Harold-"Yes, IN old lady wished
to know if it was On intelligence Office.
Truth.
-Kitty-"Nan, what did You do
about that luncheon you were to give?'
Nan-"Oh, I called it = 'Lenton fast
and came out dollars ahead.
Courier-Journal.
-She-''So the counts relatives con-
slider it mesallianceT' He-"Decidedly.
The girl has only quarter of . mil
lion, and the count owes three times a
much a. that Judge.
The Usual Consequence. - Assist.
ant-'That actress ought to be great
success. She has . European l.puta.
ton" Manager-"Yes; and now she
wants an American salary."-Puck.
-Trivvet-"Miss Flop claims to have
made . thousand refusals Of mar.
risge.r Dice--"That's easily explained.
When young Callow asked her to mar
~ him, she replied, No, = thousand
times, no. '"-Tit-Bits.
Perhaps when woman carries the
pocket book then men will think il
safe to attend the church fair: but will
woman be - fierce for going IS she
now is? Awful doubt! Terrible uncer
tainty!-Boston Transcript.
Whats the matter with JaRg,
that he is asking . raise Of sslary?'
HE claims that he works harder" ''Iy
what way?" "Well. he spent half tn.
day in trying to borrow 1--WE dollars and
couldn't"-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Business has been pretty slow,
said one business man. ''Dreadfully
so. replied the other, IS he laid down
his newspaper. There doesn't seen
to be . steady market for anything
nowadays except green goods. "-Wash
ington Star.
Judge Ito prisonere''Have YOU
anything more to say?" Prisoner
mo, my lord; only ! would ask you K
be quick. please. Is it il near the din
ner hour. and il ! am to 60 TO prison
should like TO get there in time to- tn
seup."-Fsspcais Illustre.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
Under . Cloud.

Farmers. and our people generally,
should not hatter themselves with any
prospect Of better prices for products
in the future. 1t is better to enjoy .
pleasant surprise than to run the risk
of bitter disappointment The same
causes that hare operated to reduce
prices below anything known to the
present generation are still active, and
will never cease IS long Is the wealth
and power Of the country, with none
to oppose, are enlisted in that behalf
The hoped for amelioration must come
through better management of the
great industry of agriculture-reduc-
ing every operation to the best avail
able system. and applying to every part
the best possible business principles.
The same depression that exists
here exists in every civilized coun-
try in the world where money
has been advanced in price by
operation of law, IS it has in this
country. The rapid growing extrav-
agance Of government necessitates .
combination with concentrated wealth,
whereby the people can b taxed 70
the uttermost, that salaries may Be in
creased. and Official magni6cencs en-
bsscsd. Some ask. why does the great
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
A WAR ECHO.
0very Honorable Veteran Do
serves His Pension.
And the Lone Limb II Nes the Only
Reason for . 0overnneat Re.
ward Either.
From Journal. Lewiston. Mel

(From Journal. Lewiston. Mel
Samuel X Jordan hast Just given the jour
nal an account of his life, which in view Of
his extremely hard lot for the past few
years will be read with interest.
81 am 4S J .ars old and have always lived
In New Portland. enlisted in the army in
1859 Is private in Company A, 2Sth Me.
Volunteers. Ny army experience injured
myhealth to some extent, although worked
at blacksmithing some part OF the time,
when suddenly, several years ago, ! was
Frustrated with what able physicians pro-
nounced Locomotor Ataxia- At first could
get around somewhat vet the disease pro
crossed quite rapidly until / had hardly any
feeling in my legs and feet they felt like
sticks of wood and grew 30 much worse
that could not move for three years with
out help, as my neighbors and friends could
testify. employed several physicians In
my vicinity, and elsewhere, and they all
told me that medicines would not help me,
that they could do nothing to effect . cure
and that In time should become entirely
helpless. became discouraged. was
great care to my wife and friends. Shortly
after met an old army comrade, MIR. All.
Parlin, = resident of Madison, Maine. and
he incidentally mentioned how he had tried
IL. Nlllam0 11uk lkkS AOE y octCIU V0 DC Va
rheumatism and . spinal and malarial
trouble, that he had suffered with conse-
quent Of his army life, and had been great
" benefited by their use. By his earnest
recommendation I was induced to try the
pills. After taking them for time began
to feel prickly sensations in my legs and
return Of strength 20 could move them .
little. After few weeks began to feel .
marked improvement in my condition.
soon was enabled to walk around . little
with the help of crutches. After taking
for some lime ! can now walk without
clutches, my general health is much i'm.
proved and have regained my old-timed
vigor l can walk about and enjoy life
once more, for which feel very thankful.
and this happy result is due to the uso OF
DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are not patent medicine in the sense that
name implies. They were first compounded
a q prescription and used rs such In gen.
eral practice by an eminent physician. &c
great was their efficacy that Il was deemed
wise to place them within the reach OF all
They are now manufactured BY the DIR.
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
N. ", and are sold in boxes never in loose
form by the dozen or hundred, and the pub
lie are cautioned against numerous imita-
tons sold in this shape, ut 50 cents box, OF
six boxes for 81 50, and may be had Of all
druggists or direct by mail from DR.. Will
iams' Medicine Company.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
BITS OF WISDOM.

IT is not by the gray of the hair that
one knows the age Of the heart
Bulwer.
EDUCATION is a debt due from the
present to future generations.-George
Peabody.
The sympathy Of . great nation is
the most precious reward Of authorA-
Disraeli.
BrooRAPHY is the most universally
pleasant and profitable Of all reading
Carlyle.
THERE is a wide difference between
true courage and . mere contempt Of
life.-CatO.
WHY should wear my grandfather
hat? NV head was never measured for
it.-A. b. Alcott.
AvARrcE is to the intellect and the
heart what sensuality is to the morals.
Mrs. jameson.
THAT which renders life burdensome
to us generally arises from the abuse Of
it.-ROusSeau, A
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
HERE AND THERE.

The more feed and stock to con.
sumo it the average farmer has this
year the better for him.
All coops for chicks should be rat
proof. For this purpose wire Goth or
netting, with half an inch mesh, is the
best material for warm weather.
In Germany over forty tons of po-
tatoes are often made from an acre of
ground. But the German farmer does
not plant more than he can cultivate.
There is nothing better for fatten-
ing fowls than corn meal mush and
milk. Well cooked, it is easily digest
ed, and fowls will eat great quantities
of it.
Keeping . lot of idle horses on the
farm is poor economy. Many . beast
eats his head of while waiting for
spring to open so he can Be put to work
TO pay for his feed.
Before it is everlastingly too late
il would be well to examine the chicks
for lice. Dust them well with insect
powder, or rub Scotch SNUFF we'll
among the feathers of the head. 1t is
better to treat the hen first-get her
free from lice and that gives the chicks
. chance.
Wheat can be grown in the Alps
ut an elevation of 5000 feet; in Brazil
at 5000; in the Caucasus at 5000: in
Abyssiuia At 10000; in Peru and Boil
var at 200.
Pigs should b: raised out of doors
as far IS possible Like boys and
girls they need abundant exercise to
develop bone and muscle-just what is
needed for the growing period. Turn
them loose in . green pasture with in
structions to root hog, or die, : and
they will root, and live.
The question Of artichokes IS .
food for hogs and other stock, divides
those interested into two portions-a
large majority which declare they are
good, and o small minority. who say
thew are not. On the face of the re.
turns the artichoke is fairly elected -
. prominent place among food pred
ucts.
-rarmers who complain Of lack Of
market for anything but cotton. should
remember that it is fairly within their
power to make . market upon their
own grounds. BY keeping some good
cattle they supply : market for their
forage; BY keeping some good hogs,
they have = market for almost any
thing ana everything they can raise in
the way Ct led. The same policy sp.
pliel1& nerves, sleep and fowls
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

In 1860 the south had 10000, 900 pop
ulation and raised 3s5, Zoo. 900 bushels
Of corn. In 1894, the south had = pop
ulation of 10000, 900, and raised 49,
600, O0O bushels Of corn. In order to re-
turn to the average Of 1860 it will be
necessary for us to increase the pro-
duction more than aOO, 200, 900 bushels
annually. The great state of
Texas is making rapid strides in indus
trial development. She is now pro-
ducing and packing her own meat, pro-
ducing her own coal and stone, and re.
Gently made contract toship stone to
Kansas City with which to erect q
building costing $500, 900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
Shif.leeO Tricks.

The main reason why many farmers
do not have sufficient working capital
and proper tools with which to profit.
ably conduct their business is that
they do not take proper care of their
farm machinery. BY going a short
distance from our door we can see q
disc harrow and pillow standing in the
field where last used. Carriages also
can be seen out of doors, while on
many farms the wagons stand in the
door-yard the year round when not in
use. This isn't business farming. Why
can not farmers learn to keep such
things and the woodpile out of the
door-yard and have a neat lawn in
stead? Surely the good wife deserves
a tidy lawn about the house, and how
much more pleasant home would be.
Farmers, do you think it is right to
clutter up the yard with wagons.
wood-piles and other articles too nu.
merOus to mention? I do not. The
door-yard is no place for such things.
Wellto-do city folks usually have .
nice green lawn about their homes.
Then why should not farmers have
beautiful home surroundings? There
is land enough.-E.T 7. Perkins. Saco, Ne.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
RAILROAD ECHOES.

BETWEEN Birming ham and Sheridan.
the Pan Handle lines, 24s trains pass
over the track daily.
E. ". DEBs reports that 1900 en-
ployes Of the Great Northern have
lately joined the American Railway
union.
MICHIGAN lines have refused to
longer hoLor the Lake Shores inter
changeable book, and several other
lines will soon restrict the use OF their
own books to lines only over which
they have through car service.
GENERAL. MANAGER d. B. ROBINSON,
Of the Santa Fe, denies the report that
his road will build $50 miles Of line to
make connection with the proposed
railway from San Francisco northward,
and thus furnish an outlet Tor the San
T. 70 % the coast
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
BOOKS AND WRITER'S.

Mr.. J. vARNuA FLETCHER, Of Bel.
mont, Mass, has given the town OF
Wexford, Mass, $4,000 for . public
library.
WHEN placing himself under medical
advice Carlyle once told doctor: III
do anything We tell me. but ye maunns
stop ma pipe"
MRS. BuRNErr's Little Lord Faunt-
leroy" has Just been brought out in .
French translation at the Coincide
Parisienne as "Le Petit Lord" with
great success
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
ODDITIES.

THERE Is butterfly of India which,
II pursued by bird, simply alights on
. bush or . tree and becomes invisible
by mimicking the leaves
A NORTH SEA Goldman carries IN out
at of lines which extends eight miles
In length, and has usually fixed upon It
the amazing number Of 1850 hooks,
every one of which must be baited.
LION tanners, as . rule. prefer lions to
lionesses. and dislike troupe Of both
sexes mixed. In such cases the danger
Of entering the den is quadrupled. and
mischief Is pretty sure to result sooner
or later.
THE particles Of sand, stones, shells
and the like, brought up in the tallow
with which the sounding lead Is COW
cred, frequently furnish indications
Of great value as to the position Of the
ship.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
Grow Corn It the south.

Much has been said and written
about this important crop; so much
that it seems the bucket is FULL.
though too much has not and will not
be said in favor Of it, for it is our most
important crop. 1t is never = sign of q
progressive, energetic farmer to see
one buying corn from his neighbor or
northern friend. Every wide-awake,
live farmer makes enough corn to sup
port his needs, and it is nothing short
Of folly or lack Of the proper knowl-
edge of what corr is-its value and inn
portance-that Keeps farmers from
making a sufficient amount for home
use at least.
We could afford to do without any.
thing else we make ON the farm better
than corn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
To Get Eco.

Do you want eggs from your hens
observe the following hints:
!. Get the hens into healthy growing
condition, shrinking il necessary. to re-
move surplus fat, or adding to it il
poor. In the first instance feed only
on cooked vegetables and oats or bran;
in the latter, give more corn.
2. Make the ration one rich in egg
materials Let certain per cent Of
animal food. meat scraps. meat meal.
or food of this nature, be given daily.
One pint to pail full CT cooked food is
enough.
3. Feed to promote health rather
than destroy. and SO temper the guam
tity. A wooden pail full of cooked
vegetables, or cooked clover. with two
quarts of mixed ground grain we'll
worked into the mass. is breakfast
enough for thirty hens. Reduce rather
than exceed this, the sole object being
to satisfy the claim OF hunger and
promote activity. Let the night ra-
ton. not more than one quart OF
mixed grain (whole) to seventeen hens,
be SO scattered about the chat, leaves,
strawor!earth. that only a:ikernel will be
found att time. This means that the
hens will scratch busily until dark,
and this it is which promotes egg build
ing. In the coolest weather fill tho
crops just At night with corn, for the
same reason that you fill the stove with
fuel-to keep warm.
4. Three or four times a week feed
cooked or chopped clover with the
ground grain in the morning mash.
Clover, animal meat. meal or scraps,
vegetables, wheat and oats, If fed As
indicated to hens having comfortable
pens, will insure steady egg produc-
tion.-Maine Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
How'a ThIsl

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. J.
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-
Iedo, o. Walding, Kinnan T. Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is tafen internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, s5c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills. &c
IT is when the snow lies deepest that the
oldest inhabitant follows its example,
Rockland Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
Saved Blu Hoods
Is the experience Of many who take
Hoods Sarsaparlla Read this:
81 have been

81 have been
in poor health
since / was 20
years old and I
am now 81.
Had it not been
for Hoods Sar-
sapa rnls and
Hoods Pills my
days on earth
would not have
multiplied. My
My disease at
fsrt wascatarrh
IN ifsWnraf form.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
Hold the Yers

Against . bilious attack by calling 70 your
aid that puissant ally, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. Tho foe viii then b driven back
utterly defeated. Dyspepsia, sick headache,
malarial, kidney, nervous and rheumatic
trouble and constipation yield to the action
Of this most benedcent OF remedies. Take
1t regularly and you win soon experience ito
good ehects,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

majority, where the people rule sub
init to such Discrimination? They for
get that money is power" thats mill
ion dollars can do more than = thou
sand men. In this country agriculture
is the paramount industry-the great
wealth producer and the great con-
sentative political power, and il gen.
eral prosperity ever returns it will be
through the intelligent efforts Of those
who till the soil. They must win back
all they have lost by an intelligent APP
plication of industry and an intelli-
gent performance of public duty.
They must sow and reap and pillow and
buy and sell and vote for the best re.
Sults.-Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

made to disap-
pear. Thousands
Of cases have
proved this to be
a fact.
81 had scrofula
in my eyes and tried
severa physicians
but found no cure.
Ny wife persuaded
me to try Hoods
Sarsaparilla. had
xchoking sensation,
was troubled with
night sweats, and
had dyspepsia in yer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take
on every trip bottle Of Syrup Of Figs. as it
acts most pleasantly and effectively on the
kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing
fevers, headaches and other forms OF sick
ness. For sale in 80 cents and d bottles BY
all leading druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

TAaLRIoH-"I wonder why lightning
never strikes twice in the same placer
Wagleigh-'.Well, you can't generally find
the place."-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

In THESE DArs-Manager- "How many
characters in your dramaf' Playwright
''Six at the beginning, and five at the end. !"
'sHow do you meanl'' 1.-THE heroine loses
hers a. the plot develops. Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
SCrOtuld in the Eu6S

AS well as in every form is permanently
cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
Every vestige Of the disease may be
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

He who has health has hope; and he who
has hope has everything.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

"WHAr perfect sympathy there Is BE-
tween Mrs. Plainface and her daughter"
II should think so! How could she help
like herr,-Life
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

and only Hoods is what take and it pays.
do not have any more doctors bills or
keep any hired help. We keep Hoods
Pills on hand constantly" Mrs. R. A.
EArrEN, Blue Srpings, Neb.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

A NEW DEGREE or AFFINIfY.-A.-"Ho
IL relation Of yours by marriaRef' B.
eyes, he married my girl.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

0oeo Eyeo Cores.
Jackson's Indian Eye Salvs nsvae fails -
do this; &c ct all drug stores.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

IN THE GLOANING.-She pointing at .
star)-"Ah, there Is Orion" Voice (from
the darkness)-Yez are MISTAKEN, mum,
it's 0'Reilly. "-Life