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For three years / suffered from Salt
Rheum, II covered my hand, to such am
extent that | could not wash them. Two
bottles of Burdock Blood Btters cured me.
-Libbie Young, Pope's Mills, st. Law
renee County, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05
A Word About Straininx MIX.

Strainiug should begin before com.
mencing to milk. by brushing OF all
the dirt, hair. straw, ETC., from the
udder, teats and BODY of the cow. Let
it he the duty of some one person to
20 over all the cows with = soft brush
or a damp cloth before the cows are
milked An ordinary wire $ ieve
strainer does very well. but we add to
this by doubling cheesecloth Or thin
cotton SO as to have it four thicknesses.
Lay the cloth across the bottom OF the
straincr and then fasten it on by means
of a tin ring which slips over the cloth
and bottom part of the strainer. For
uuickness we use strainer that pail
Of milk may he put into at once. This
sets in wooden frame over the can.
Some use woolen cloth to strain
with Cloth Of some kind is necessary
to catch hairs and fine dirt. This cloth
must be kept clean. Scald it thorough
ly each time after using.-OntariO Ex'
perimental Farm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
HERE'S 4 GOOD IDEA.

Get Farmers to Ride Wheels and the Head
Question Il Settled.
1t isa typical American scene: The
harvest time that is now under full
headway in most of the states Of the
union has its spare moments for the
thrifty farmer. though it is q very busy
season. Hut even in these spare mo
ments the agriculturist is busy with
his thoughts The roadmaking is over
''fOr now On one side of this primi-
tive highway great. rough ridges Of
sod and clay have been plowed out'of
the bottom of the roadside ditch and
scraped up to make the road. The
farmers cattle often coming home that
way know better thar to walk In
these heaps while the other side of the
road is smooth. So does the country
swain riding home from meeting or
country.si dance with his best girl.
So does everybody. How. then. are
those rough ways to l,e made plain?
But Just wait. The farmer looks in
noceht enough; ana to Judge by his
roadmaking, you wouldn't think he
knew much. These teamsters and the
general public may think they can
travel these highways for nothing. and
that they have what city folks call a
.'cinch'' on the downtrodden son of the
soil As soon as harvest time is over that
other side of the road will be heapod up
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05
IMPROVED RATloNS.
Result of Valuable Experiments 1t the
massachusetts station.

Result of Valuable Experiments st the
Massachusetts station.
The American Daifyrn1n Summaries
experiments Of the Massachusetts, sta.
ton in regard to dairy rations- II
says that the ration fed by many Mass
achusetts farmers as given by the re-
port consists of $50 pounds of wheat
bran, the same quantity OF corn meal,
four pounds corn stOver and A. 50
pounds corn ensilage. The nutritive
ratio of such ration Is l.lO and its
cost l4.y9 cents. while 3.s4 cents Is &C
corded tn it rs its material value, maxi
irg the net cost ?.l5 cents. The total
milk yield of six cows for IL days on
this ration was 1i5.5l quarts, at q to-
tai cost of l.66 cents per quart. while
the net cost per quart was 10: cents.
The amount of butter fat in this guam
tity of milk was 6s.ji pounds and its
cost per pound was 1867 cents. The
ration recommended by the station to
take the place of the one just noted.
which it may he stated contains only
lao pounds Of digestible protein. con-
sists of three pounds Of wheat bran,
three pounds Of Buffalo gluten feed,
three pounds cottonseed meal. four
pounds corn stover and l2..S pounds
ensilage. This ration contains 60
pounds of digestible protein. and it1
nutritivc ratio is Las. Its total cost is
1885 cents, which is reduced 20
1.i5 cents as the net cost oe-
cause il gives a richer manure. and
this is credited at $40 cents. In the
returns of six cows fed this ration for
u days. they are credited with s37. sc
quarts of milk at a gross cost OF 1.6c
cents per quart. and the net cost OFT
cent per quart. The quantity Of but.
ter fat obtained from the milk il this
instance was ST.. pounds at q cost Of
il. 30 cents per pound. The point 1bout
this experiment is that the same cows
were used in both trials for ccrre-
spending periods of time, and it il
within the limits of reason able conjec
ture that the result Of the second ra-
tion would have been greater il som.:
part of it was not diverted to repair
the physical waste due to the poor
nourishment present in the first ration.
Some Of the things gained in using the
second ration was an increase of 81
quarts of milk over the quantity OBJ
tainable by the first one and the aggre-
gat.. yield was produced at less cost
Again. the increase Of butter fat with
the oetter ration is 1880 pounds and
the ,.ost of production is decreased 9. 81
cents per pound as contrasted with the
same item in the account of the first
ration Another point that should not
| be overlooked is that the ration tina,
| furnished the best returns actually
cost less to feed. In other words. de
creased cost Of production furnished a
richer ration that produced larger
yield Of milk. that was Of higher quail
sfv
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05
TRAVELLING SCHOOLS.


They Are Quite . C0mn0n 1hinG - ehe
C0ntlaeat.
From early in the spring to late in
the autumn there il . succession OF
fairs in the different parts of France.
some of which, rs the gingerbread
fairs of Paris, arc celebrated A large
number of caravans serve to carry the
families of the owners of the booths
from place to place. In many cases
the fairs are held outside the walls Of
the city or town. rs then the eatables
arc not subject to the municipal tax.
In this nomadic kind of life the ques-
.tion of the education Of the children
of these people was . serious problem,
which was not solved until about three
years ago. when Miss VonnefOis found
ed a travelling school for the children
of the forains, IS their parents are
called.
There are at present two Of the
schools for Paris and its immediate
neighborhood. Huge caravans are
used. These wagons are eighteen feet
long and ten feet wide. The liRh,
filters through the green linen sides
for these improvised schoolhouses have
no windows. Blackboards. maps and
all the usual paraphernalia OF thu
school room ure provided.
The children range from eight t.
fourteen years, snd the hours Of in
structions are from eight to ten in thu
morning, and from two to four in thu
afternoon. The schools follow . 6xet
itinerary from spring to autumn
while in the winter they remain sta
| tionarv.
As the children may probably b
| transferred from one fair to another
| the method of instruction in the SCHOOLS
is identical, so that . student ma,
| have . lesson in the school Mt Greneli'
in the morning and recite his Or he
lesson at st. Denis in the afternoon
The parents Of the children recoRniz
the advantage Of education. and ar
disposed TO help the school IS much .
their limited means will permit-Boa
ton Traveller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05
housekeeper. Somebody must be there
N lf,6.lc nd f4oa ho

housekeeper. Somebody must be there
to look after the servants'
1T is there. l think. can be Of some
assistance to Ernest" Mr. Garraway
spoke with genial assurance. 1T so
happens that client of mine is looking
for precisely 4 situation Of that kind. !"
How extremely fortunate"
''She is good manager. She is .
widow and she has had charge of .
house similar to yours"
That capital AS l say. shouldn't
like the house to go to rack and ruin.
When could this old lady come, do you
think?'
''ThiS-whc?'
This old lady-this widow. When
could she Gomez"
"Oh. but Mr.. Garravay smiled
pleasantly. 'you are laboring under a
slight mistake. Mrs. Bradshaw: the
lady is not old
''Oh. she is not young. suppose"
well. a. a matter of fact, she 10
rather young. BY the bye, ought ia
, have her portrait here somew here"
1t had cost Mr.. Garraway one shil-
ling, this abinet photograph. in shop
that morning. The shopman couldn't
tell him who it was: she was an ex-
ceedingly pretty girl in demure black.
and the willy Mr.. Garraway was con-
tent.
The bunch Of narcissus at the lady Z
bodice was bobbing up and down as
She continued to look at the photo
graph.
You see. the thing is to get some
one who would make poor Bradshaw
comfortable and not compel him to ba
always at the club.
She put the photograph down on the
| table.
This lady," said young Mrs. Brad,
shaw. definitely, shall never come in.
TO my house"
No" agreed Mr.. Garraway, sweet.
ly: quite SO. Not i'm your house. She
will. of course, be in Ernest's house.
| am sure that on my recommends
| ton"
do you mean to say. Mr.. Garraway,
that you would recommend person
like this for such position?" Mrs
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05
The cnnw = Mouser,

The bird was an old one, just knocked
down with a charge Of shot and handed
over i'm dazed condition to my infor-
mant He recovered from his wounds,
but was always very sedate bird. lie
had the run of large house and was
one day observed in a crouching att'-
tude pressed tightly into the angle
formed by the wall and floor. He had
discovered that the place was infested
by mice and was watching q crevice.
The instant that a mouse showed his
head the crow had him in his beak and
would kill him by striking him with
lightning rapidity two or three times
on the floor and then swallow him.
From that time mouse-catching was
the birds sole occupation and amuse-
ment, and he went about the house IN
absolute silence and in the stealthy
manner of cat--Fortnightly Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05
PRESERVES IN GERMANY.
Farmers Make Money by Taking Care oi
Isirsis and Other Animals.

Farmers Make Money by Taking Care 81
Birds amd Other Animals.
In Prussia the game law allows the
owner of every piece Of land that is in
closed by a fence or wall the right to
shoot birds or animals on it, or to rent
the privilege out to those from the
towns or cities. All of the land less
two hundred acres in extent which is
not inelosed nay belong to one &C.
cordini; to law, but the shooting pri-
vilege is owned by the commune in
wh;cl, the land is located. The re-
suit is that there is not free and in
discriminate hunting. The sportsmen
from the towns or cities. however, for
a rear nominal rent, can find excellent
hunting by hiring from any OF the
farmers along the line of the railroads.
The game ise generally preserved and
fed by the farmer until the shooting
season. for the abundance of the game
determines largely the price he can OBJ
tain for the shooting privilege. A
great deal of the shooting-land is
owned by the farmers, who do
not inclose it. and the communal
authorities usually have the renting Of
the shooting privileges. These renting
privileges constitute a very important
revenue of the agricultural class. The
communal authorities credit to each
farmer his due share of the aggregate
rental in proportion to the area OF his
land.
The leases of the shooting privileges
are usually from six to nine or twelve
years, and, by furnishing proper 6nan'
cial guaranty that the rent will be
paid, the privilege goes to the highest
bidder at public auction. The club
or Individual leasing the land then IS
sumes all responsibility, both rs to the
rearing and preservation of the game
and to the damage done to growing
crops. The communal assessors deter.
mine the amount of damage done tc
farm crops by the hares. birds or deer,
and they levy the tax to be paid by the
farmers Generally local gamekeepel
watches over the small preserve to SEE
that the game is not molested.
No one is allowed to wander over the
fields with . shotgun and = hunters
accouterments without license from
the local authorities. In order to Sc
cure . license the applicant must be Z
man in good standing and not undel
eighteen years Of age. These licenses Il
shoot on certain fieldscost from seventy
| Eve cents to three dollars . year. ANY
| infraction of these rules il punishabl,
by fines, confiscation OF the gun ans
accouterments and by Imprisonment
PoachinR is thus kept down and th'
professional bird and s1imal kille
abolished.
Suortsmen who pay for shootin,
privileges arc not governed by any un
| written code such rs prevails in Amer
| :ca, that it is not good form to sci
| heir game in the open market. II
| Germany they kill the game iGf tn
| port, and then soil Il to help say 10
,he expenses Of the PresssveA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05

SO much higher and roughcr that the
wayfayer. or he who's a-horsebaclS
or in a vehicle. will he glad to take the
side he now despiseS The teamster
with thousand of brick will help to
make one or t'other of these sides
smooth before fall. If not. the COM
minuting and pulvcrizing qualities Of
Jack Frost. or q good covering of snow.
may fix things before next spring.
Now such horrid slipshod business Is
not at all characteristic of this farmer
on the farm. Ifyou go and look. you will
find that he has all the latest improved
farm machinery. good horses. blooded
cattle and sheep. and is in general a
rather go-ahead sort of man--al-
ways excepting that awful road in
front of his place. When he gets
around to It. am sure he will see that
this cry for good roads is not all in the
interest Of those bicycle people Any
how. what is the matter with the agri-
culturist getting a wheel for himsclfP
Once a Week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05
The Marketing Of Fruit.

The producer is great loser by mar
keting his fruit in a haphazard way.
The fruit houses in the cities send out
into the country drummers and solicit
ors and they succeed in getting the
fruit consigned TO certain houses that
may be utterly unknown to the grow
er. and his fruit may or may not be
sacrificed. In every section where fruit
growing is prominent industry. there
should be an organization with an
agent to attend to the marketing, II
would pay large profit. The selling
of farm products to travelling solicitors
Is not business. Voice.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05

Bradshaw had risen from her chair and
spoke indignantly.
Now, Mrs. Bradshaw. Pardon me.
l can't allow you to speak ill Of client
of mine | have every reason tn be-
lieve that she is a well-bred young lady
and comes from one of the best fami.
lies. have no doubt in my mind tina,
she will make my friend bradshaw
very comfortable indeed"
There was tap at the door, and the
smart boy entered with card.
Mr. Cara way went toward the door
to receive Inc newcomer. Not before
however. he had seen the handkerchief
go to the eyes Of the young visitor.
bradshaw" he whispered at ths
door, listen to me, man. Your wife
in there. crying. TO and kiss her
and make it up"
An hour and q half later Mr.. Cara
way sauntered back. The small Judd
followed him into the room and put
some more Goals on the fire.
Mr.. aud Mrs bradshaw gone
judd" demanded Mr.. Garraway.
Master Judd said: '-Yesir.
What the deuce are YOU grinninR
about. Judd:'
The excellent Judd said it was moth
in special. BE ing pressed. however
Master Judd confessed that, entering
the room about twenty minutes after
his master had left. he saw the gent
and lady kissing each other like ons
o'clock, and as 'appy as
Judd said Mr.. Garrawa7. severe
ly. Il am surprised at yon. am sur
prised that a man just now. perhaps
Of tender years. but one who is posi-
bly, destined for the highest honors
should be guilty of the highest impro
prietv-the gross unprotessicnal i'm
prour;ety. sir-of noticing matter Q
this kind. | am surprised At you: per
fectly surprised at yon. Would yo'
like to go to the theater tonight, yo'
young scoundrel"'-St. James Budget
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05

all the talking. Bradshaw opened the
door and Mr.. Garraway tof Gray's Inn
place. noticed that each avoided look
jng at the other.
Ernest Bradshaw closed the door and
came back To the table. He cracked n
walnut. and, on opening it, threw it
into the fire.
''Bad?' inquired Mr.. Garraway.
Yes" said young Mr.. Bradshaw,
Violently. .-Of course it's bad. Worst
of il is that YOU never know until you
try
But all the nuts are not bad. Brad
shaw" Bradshaw grunted. ANY
thing wrong at Whitehalla"
''No Whitehalls all right
Mr.. Garraway owed his success as a
Solicitor mainly to knowing exactly
when not to do the wrong thing.
Il want to ask You something, Gar
raway. DO you ever have people com
ing to you to draw up deeds of separa-
tion?"
'Oh. yes: pretty often"
well, would you mind being of some
use to me-and to Elem"
"Why, certainly. But You don't
want to be separated? Why. man alive.
You haven't been married n year..
'd;arraway. look here. We have had
row-a dispute. or whatever you like
to call it. We have agreed to part.
On the piano in the dining-roOm up
stairs a chord or two were struck. and
the clear voice of Mrs bradshaw rang
out.
..You see" said bradshaw. perfectly
jolly over it." There was sudden
stop and crash on the piano. As though
the player could keep it up no longer.
Look here. Bradshaw,"-Mr Cara
way passed his hand carefully over his
smooth. spare hair--'looa here. Call
at my place at eleven o'clock to-mor-
row morning and I'll do what is
wanted"
Thank you, Garraway."
''Shall we go upstairs? l must ar
range with her"
The demure, precise little clock on
the mantelpiece in Mr.. Garraway' S
chambers struck eleven. A small boy
entered with a card.
Thank you. Judd. Show the lady
in"
Mr. Gibson withdrew with his work
to the outer office. stepping aside 1T
the door to permit a slim. girli>h figure
to enter.
Il had no chance of speaking to you
last night" said Mr.. Garraway. EEK
cepting to ask you To cali. But l had
brief conversation with Bradshaw.
and he assured me that you had quite
made up your mind about the matter.
.'IIe is in this particular instance,
quite right" she put her lips together
and looked determined.
And so l am to draw up the decd OF
separation?'
''lf YOU please
Its rather rough on me, went on
Mr. Garraway, with an effort at hui
NOR. Why. it seems only yesterday
that was his best man, and yon and
he went away to Neuchatel. and we
cheered YOU as You left Victoria sta
tion. DO you remember?
Would you mind telling me. please.
when the document can be drawn"
And do you remember your first
dinner after your return. and how Jolly
we all We're: Why. you We're as com
Portable as anything. until a week or
So ago"
What l propose to do" said the
stern young lady. with Just the sus-
picion Of catch i'm her voice. lis to 60
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05
LOOKS BEFORE MERIT.

Importance of Care in Sorting and Mnr
ketlng Garden Crops.
Ii costs no more to raise good fruits
and vegetables than 1t does poor. The
expenses of gathering. packing and
shipping and marketing are precisely
the same on the different grades. But
the returns are wonderfully different.
and, we take it. the farmer is in the
business for these very returns Why,
not then get the most out of them:
The only thing which makes the differ
ence between the good and the poor is
care. but this selfsame care must bc
scrupulouSly exercised from beginning
to end. From the proper preparation
Of the ground for the plants right
through to the shipping of the crop.
every detail must he attended to: the
neglect of n single one may render all
the others futile. 1t will not pay to
expend all the energy on raising good
crops only to gather and ship them in
. slipshod fashion. Of the two evils
i. is better to err in the other direc-
tions. for careful sorting and neat
packing will do much towards selling
an Indifferent article, all things being
judged first by their appearance and
then by their taste. Looks come before
merit in all cases.
When these are combined. as they
always should be. then the big profits
come in. for fancy articles bring fancy
prices Too many farmers fail to real
ize this. They save their labor by fail
ing to assert their crops according to
size and quality, or economize in the
wrong direction, as when they use an
old soiled package. thereby disgusting
would-be purchaser and rendering
him suspicious OF the fruit which. a
clean new package would have set off
and rendered tempting and attractive.
All such saving. whether of labor or
money, is false economy. and results
in loss to the seller.-N. Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05
Cooper.tsve Thistle Fights.

Western farmers find that individual
attempts at fighting the Russian thistle
avail nothing. because the plague
grows again faster than the individual
farmer can find time to hoe it down; 50
thev all unite as often as convenient to
have ..hoeing bees" in designated To-
calities. The details Of operations are
settled by the town councils. every
one in the neighborhood takes day
Of to fight thistles. and in this way it
Is possible to make at least some stand
against the persevering plague, and to
keep some sections fairly free for other
than thistle crops. Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05
FOR FEEDING CALVES.


A C0ntrivance That saves Considerable
Time as Well as Feed.
A trough fastened into a pen is not
desira BILE for feeding calves. as it can.
not be as thoroughly scalded out as il
should be. Moreover, pouring milk
into any receptacle in pen in which
there is calf is a hazardous business,
the operation usually resulting in
spilled milk An arrangement with a
feeding pail is shown in the illustra-
ton. The back board is hinged to the
front oNihe pen on the side marked a.
The pail can thus be set into the
holder on the outside of the pen and
the holder swung quarter Of the way
round and hooked, thus bringing the
pail inside the pen. When removed a
button keeps the calf from getting lis
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05

Yes sighed the Hammock, regret
fully. lit was INV fault that those
sweet young people fell out
Never mind rejo,ned the Bicycle
twinkle in its nickel-plated spokes. Il
shall SEE to it that they are much
thrown together"
Thus again a compensatory juxtapc
sition of natural forces was estab
lished.-Detroit Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05
po,.,o.. =. Food for C.ttle,

NJ. Aime Girard, OF Falsanderie,
France. has communicated another
memoir to the Acadmie des Sciences,
Paris, on his experiments with pota-
toes as forage for cattle. from which
it appears that the tubers are first
rate food. whether from the point OF
view Of fattening or the yield Of milk
and butter. Sheep and oxen throve
much better On potatoes and hay than
on their ordinary food, and their flesh
was found to be superior In quality.
His paper is worthy the attention OF
agriculturalists. especially those OF
granite lands. where forage is poor.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05

Nelson-Well. I'm the luckiest chap
in the world.
Stanley-Iiow soa
Nelson-It appears that Madge broke
with me about the same time she did
with Jack Boobies and now she's sent
me hack his presents instead of my
Philadelphia Call.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-05

In Australia the scab in sheep hes
been absolutely wiped out by the per.
sistent use OF hot baths of sulphur and
tobacco. followed by one OF sulphur
and quicklime at temperature OF llo
degrees. However sound the apparent
condition Of any imported sheep. down
Il must 60 into this bath. There q no
uore ssab N that eoaRsry.