St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-12-14

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''The eject IL the wheat and corn eror
upon railroad traAc b exerted In ways
widely differing. The wheat crop b
moved = grain. % far q It u sent "a
market, with the exceptions success
fully established during the past year.
when It was demonstrated that ct Z
low price It might b probably fed ia
hogs md shipped eventually ~ pork.
Az result Of the large annual export
Of wheat, however. . high per cent Of
the crop 10 moved from the farm just
~ It comes from the thresher.
In the 60 OF corn, however. while
the numbee Of bushels shipped equals
or exceeds the amount of wheat ham
died BY the railroads, the proportion
Of the entire crop 80 transported Is far
less. In small crop. perhaps only Is
or 10 per cent il sold directly BY the
farmers; in = large crop this amount
may reach Is per cent Consequently
OF the bumper crop Of :. ESQ. 900 bushels
expected this year. only about 500. 600.
600 bushels viii 70 to market - corn.
But the influence Of . corn crop On
trafhc does not stop hero. The re-
mainder Of the crop excepting what
10 saved for seed and other
local purposes. goes into cattle and
hogs and their products. which fur
ntshes the railroads . sustained and
profitable trahic. The crops this year
will be . strong stimulus 10 the raising
Of cattle and hogs. Tho export de.
mand for corn 10 very small. and
there Is no other method BY which
such profitable returns can b secured.
The poor crops in the corn states dur
ing the past three years. especially
that Of last season. caused the farmers
to reduce the animals they were feed
ing to the lowest number possible.
This year stock raising will see : re-
vival such - has not been noticed for
> long period. The corn crop will
make this path to diversified farming
an easy road to travel"
Health ana Disease h The Poultry Yard.
When fowls are judiciously fed.
made to take exercise, and their quar-
tiers kept clean and free from lice.
there IL comparatively no trouble
with sickness. except in case Of CON-
tagion.
Poultry raisers should learn the
causes Of disease, how to prevent
them. and there will be NO need Of
medicines In the poultry yard
When the combs aud wattles Of the
fowls are bright red color It indicates
. condition Of health.
When You can enter the hencry after
dark and hear no wheeling, it proves
there are NO roupy fowls in the flock.
When the manure Il hard and por-
ton of it Is white. it indicates . healthy
condition of the diGestive organs
When the edges of the comb and wat
ties arc Of . purplish red and the move
ments sluggish. there Is something
When fowls lie around Indifferent to
their surroundings they are too tat,
md death from apoplexy. indigestion
or liver complaint will result unless
the trouble 10 corrected
When the fowls are restless and con-
stantly picking their feathers, they are
with vermin.
When young poultry, especially duck
lings. appear to have sore throat and
10 difficult. It is the symp-
tom of . large gray lice on tho neck.
II . fowl has . bilious look. with
alternate attacks Of dysentery and
it IL suffering with liver
A lack Of grit. overfeed.
ing and idleness caused this trouble.
A hospital should DO part Of every
poultry yard. Al soon - . fowl gets
rick remove 1t to the hospital and COM
mence doctoring It 1t once. The trou-
BILE with far too many il that they
wait until the disease 10 in It's ad-
vsnced stages before they commence
giving medicine. A very sick fowl il
1ifBcnlt to cure, and when cured il
seldom Of value Observation-Disclosures.
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