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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
HERE AND THERE.

There are an unusual number OF
women poultry breeders abroad in the
land. This is right. There is . sort
of mutual comprehension between tho
two that make the combination appro-
pirate and, what is better, successful.
Wooden vessels should never 30
used to hold milk. The wood absorbs
the milk. nourishes the bacteria of de-
composition, and can only be sterilized
by prolonged boiling. They should
never be used, for they are necessarily
unclean and unsanitary.
Thanks to the agricultural press,
brains are coming to the front in farm
ing, and the time is coming when the
brightest boys will be prepared for the
farm, while the family fool will DO
educated for . lawyer or sent to con-
1ress.-Western PlowmAn.
"A farmer near Pelahatchie. Miss,
last year, made with one horse, az
bales of cotton; 255 bushels of corn,
200 bushels of potatoes, Is bushels Of
oats, Is bushels Of rice and 20 bushels
of corn on the ground where oats was
raised. Southern Cultivator.
The department Of agriculture has
published statistics to show that the
farmers of this country lose S6e6. 00t.. 400
every year by bad roads in the single
item Of getting their produce to mar
ket. And yet farmers, above al others,
vote, every chance they get, against
road improvement
The 1iaeovevv ~ cnttnn-eAAd y,>.l
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
ANTiTox,N.


Its vAluo In the Treot0ene q DapAsAseo
DemoastEaesd.
In the face OF the distrust and opposi-
ton which the attemp. to extend the
use Of antitoxin In the treatment OF
diphtheria has been met in certain in
huential quarters. It is gratifying to
read the summary of results so far OBJ
tanned by the new treatment from the
pen Of DR.. Welch, professor Of pathology
in the Johns Hopkins university.
Statistics have been carefully collect
cd from all parts of the world, and the
reduction of mortality in diphtheria by
serum treatment is brought out In .
very striking manner. Perhaps the best
testimony to this efficacy Of the new
system II furnished by the experience
Of Baginsky and others, who record the
results obtained during the voluntary
pause in the serum treatment caused by
failure in the supply of serum.
Thus Baginsky states that between
March, 1894, and March, 1895. ses chill
dren were treated with antitoxin with
q fatality of 1876 per cent. During the
period when the. supply of serum was
exhausted 126 children were treated
without antitoxin with a fatality Of 49,
per cent.
Similarly Korte noted rise in fatal.
ty from 1871 per cent. during the serum
period to 53.S when no serum was pro-
durable, and during an epidemic Of
ciphtheria at Trieste the fatality rose
from 1877 per cent. to so per cent. when
the supply. of serum failed.
A German medical journal has in
stituted collective investigation of all
the cases Of diphtheria treated with
serum.
Such statistics should prove of ines
Unable value in assisting the formation
of q correct Official judgment Of the
therapeutic value of antitoxin.
In the meantime. DR.. WEIGH states
that the study, 50 far, Of the results Of
the treatment of over 1000 case: Of diph-
liberia by antitoxin demonstrate beyond
all reasonable doubt that anti-diph-
thereto serum is a specific curative
agent for diphtheria, surprising in ita
efficacy all other known methods Of
treatment Of this disease, while the es.
sential harmlessness of the serum has
been demonstrated by over . hundred
thousand injections-Pittsburgh Dis
match.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
THE BREEDING BOAR.

A Kentucky BFosdeF Tells How 70 Care
for Then.
Extract from paper read by Arthur Harbi-
son. Shelbyvtlle. KY. It The meeting OF the
Kentucky Swine Breeders association.l
This is very important matter in
the breeding Of swine, for we should
remember that properly caring for the
breeding boar Il laying the founda-
ton of success In the coming pig
crop, and we may not look for success
with the pig unless the boar has the
right treatment II the pigs gre far
rowed weak and diseased, no amount
of care and feed win bring them out
and make strong, healthy hogs Of them.
In the first place, The boar ahould Be
pretty well developed. He should Be
no or - months old before allowing
him to serve sows, aud then Tie
FArst few services shsuld Be several
days apart To get plenty Of strong
(pies the breeding boar should BE kept
6n good. healthy condition, not too AT
. make him aluggish, nor yet too poor
70 injurc his constitution. He should
BE kept in : lotsepNrate from the sows,
: grass lot containing from halt IN
acre 70 ~ acre = preferable, whsro he
eap st plenty q eSsgsiea, sad = ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
THE COST OF BUTTER.

Experiments Prove Dairy Farming to he
Founded ON . Rock.
In the dairy contest at the worlds
fair butter was male at a cost of about
12H cents per pound. The Minnesota
experiment station has since made II
1t . cost of 10 cents per pound. Many
leading dairymen figure the cost at
about IL to ID cents. This includes the
cost Of feed ut the market price, but
also the cos. of labor, interest on the in
vestmeEt, etc. You hear da;rymen talk
on every hand when the price Of cream
cry butter gets below 20 cents per
pound that there is no money in the
creamery, for when the four cents Ter
pound for making is deducted it brings
the price received nearly or quite down
to the cost. that is. figuring the cost as
above. at 10 to Is cents. But there 10
one thing. and . very important one,
too that they seem 10 overlook. In max
ing a pound Of butter cos: IL cents we
have received pay for our crops at mar
ket value and haze sold them to our
cows right at home. We get the cash
for our crops at a market value when
we sell butter at the cost Of production
(12A cents per pound), and we have
saved ourselves the trouble Of drawing
those crops to market. a man can bet-
ter afford t. sell OUTER at the cost Of
production than he can corn or oats or
wheat when the cost Of a pound Of bat
ter includes the feed and labor at their
market value, as Il does il the above
estimates because he has already re-
ceived his profits on his crops in the
1871 cents per pound for butter. This
explains why the dairy farmer. II he un-
derstands his business, is more prosper
Gus than his neighbor who sells his hay
and grain instead of feeding it to good
cows right at home. Do you ever stop
10 think that some farmers are selling
their very farm losd by load, in haul
ing their ops to market every year
and putting nothing back on their
farm? The basic principles of dairy
farming. and more especially butter
making, are correct, for it consumes
the products of the farm and returns
the manurisl elements to the soil AFTER
the marketable dairy products have
been taken out. A ton of gilt-edge but
ter does not contnin over so cents in
value in fertilizing elements. Dairy
farming is founded on a rock. and the
farmer who has energy and knowledge
enough TO get good herd of cows and
keep them as they should lie kept, will
surely be successful, and he will leave
to future generations a soil that is CO
pable of feeding the human race at .
prolit.-Hoard's Ds;ryman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
Niae.r.'s Power 1t Buffalo.

The signing by the mayor Of Buffalo
Of the Niagara falls power franchise
insures the introduction into that city
Of electric power developed at the falls
The experiment will be watched with
interest by other cities and by elec.
tricians generally, as bearing upon the
problem of the economic distribution
Of power produced at a distance from
the point Of application. If successful
It may be expected to largely increase
the use Of water power. In all the
older states of the union may be found
many abandoned mill sites ON streams
abandoned because distance from sup
plies and markets overbalanced in cost
Of transportation the difference in cost
of production between the use of steam
and water power. With . demonstra-
ton Of economical distribution Of cleo
tic power over wide radius these
abandoned mill sites will have . new
value. Power developed there will b
used by the manufactures situated
miles distant ON the lines of Transports
Chicago Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
FARM OWNERSHIP.
Remarks That Are Applicable to South
efn Farmer,

Remarks That Are Applicable to South
ern Fafnefs.
1t does not require the compilation
of figures to show that there is .
change gradually working itself
through the ownership of farm lands.
1t is q fact open to general observa.
ton that the farms of the country are
gradually dropping into the hands Of
tenants, and in our opinion it is that
much worse for the country. No one
will dispute that the farmer has many
advantages in working land owned BY
himself that can never accrue to him
while the land ID owned by another.
One Of the leading causes to b
assigned for this state Of things
is the fact Of desire to over
reach ones self in the possession Of
lands. To make use of : significant
western expression, it comes Of biting
on more than one can ''chaw." We
have long advocated n the best policy
for farmers to pursue in this matter
that Of cutting down their possessions
in lands. rather than that Of extending
them. When the farmer makes up his
mind to this order OF things it will DO
some time before the sheriff closes him
out In the course Of the next ten years
we look for . stronger pressure than
ever before brought to bear upon this
matter of reducing the size Of the farm.
A new style Of farming is gradually to
come into vogue that will neccssitate it.
The extension Of irrigation systems,
and the growth and cxpasicn Of the
sub-soiling idea, are destined to lead
in the direction Of intensive farming
in the west. We are aware that it
used to fashionable to spread ones
self out over large area in his farm.
ing operations with view Gf reducing
the cost Of production Of crops. That
day has passed. Things have changed,
and If the farmer Of to-day expects to
continue to own his own land, he must
give more attention to each individual
acre, and see that it does its share
Nebraska Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

Hard milking il commonly due to ,
small milk duct or want Of elasticity Of
the muscles that close the end Of the
teat- This may Be remedied by making
: smooth wooden or bone peg, slightly
thicker in the middle than at each end,
and with small knob ut one end, to pre-
vent II from slipping into the duct
After milking, this il well CREASED with
fresh vaseline and inserted in the teat.
In : few days the tensions on the muscle
will loosen it, and the milking viii b
long. Or the contrary condition-aru n-
ming q The nilk-uay b eeuseef-
Rural XogM
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
TROLLEY CARS AND Pills

INN eA1 kVooe11 Aooos A1o0xs y. -
Mn. Anna Burns, q 50 Plans 6tzes4
Newark, N. J., h decidedly pretty hgR
META, twenty-six years Old, tall, and . pleao.
ing conveesationalist On the ground 1ooe
Of her residence che conducts Eell-ordefod
candy stoca When our reporter visited hse
store che, n response 70 aQueataoa, to1dh1D
. very interesting story.
ssUntu about two months ago." she6egon,
II enjoyed the very best Of health and could
work night and day II necessary. Suddenly,
and without any apparent cause. began 70
suffer from intense pains in my bead, IN my
limbs and temples. Almost distracted with
this seemingly never ending pain ! tried
cure after cure. prescription after prescTip-
ton md almost . gallon Of medicine Of al
kinda Nothing did mo any good. In fact
became worse. The knuckles Of my hands
soon became cramped and the pain in my
hips became moro and moro Distressing each
day. Business in the store had to be attend
cd to, however. ands 20 was Obliged. suher.
Ing - was, 70 keep more or less on my
out This WAS the ordeal / dreaded. Each
time I went out trembled when ! came
near the car txacks, for my pain at times
was % severe that1 was obliged to stall
perfectly still, no matter where was. On
w re - a,s
and there stood perfectly rigid, unable 70
move hand or foot while . trolley car came
laundering along. Fortunately Il was
stopped before il struck me, but the dread
Of 4 all listed = long a my pain, for ] new
would not drop 70 the ground in my agony
and Do crushed TO death. Ny anxiety to got
well grew apace, and I had about given up
In despair when I saw In tho Evening Ne,Ce
ono day IN advert sement Of Dr.. Williams
SAl M
tried before, and lost no time in getting 70
tho nearest drug store. There paid dfty
cents for . box Of these truly wonderful,
health restoring pills. Before had finished
taking half Of the pills began TO feel 10
aocess s s ana for = tho nrst time in many
days felt - II there was some hope.
continued to take the pills, and the more
took tho better ! felt. finished one boz,
got another, and now, having taken only .
few Of tho second fifty cents worth, am
= long. Since began 70 take DR.. Williams
Pink Pills hare gained thirty pounds, and
now when cross the car tracks don't caro-
II there Is dozen vehicles near BY. It - .
great relief, I assure you. and suffering hu-
williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
know what am talking about ! speak
from experience"
DR.. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in con-
densed form, Ill tho elements necessary to
give now life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also .
specific for troubles peculiar 20 fem.lee.
such - suppressions, Irregularities and Ill
forms OF weakness. In men they effect .
radical cure in al cases arising from mental
worry, ovegWork or excuses Of whatever
nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes never
in loose bulk 1t 80 cents box or six boxes
for 13.50, and may DO hal Of all druegiste,
or direct by mail from DR.. Williams 0edt
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

in return. that the desire is general to
improve all the roads on which there
IS much travel. The present law is
good enough as far as it goes. Under its
operations, however, only a few of the
more favored roa6s can he improved.
What is needed is a law that permits all
roads to be improved as soon as q ma
jority of the persons most interested
and who must bear the chief burden
of the expense desire to do so.--Toledo
CO., Commercial.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

cows back just high enough not to
touch her when standing at ease.
When she voids excrement she arches
her back; the board obliges her to
step to set the desired position and the
excrement falls into the gutter. The
board may be padded 70 ~ to prevent
rubbing Of the cows hair and must
be adjusted for each COW, according to
her height and length. The plan il
effective. cheap and does not interfere
with the animals comfort.-Farm and
Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
The Nodern Way

Commends itself to the well-informed, to
do pleasantly and enectually what was
formerly done in the crudest manner and
disagreeably - well. To cleanse the sys-
tenn and break up colds, headaches, and 70
vers without unpleasant after effects, use
the delightful liquid LAXATIVE remedy, Syrup
Of Figs. Manufactured BY California Fig
Syrup Company.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
Aov's This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that can mot b
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY b Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST 4 TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, 10
ledo, O.
WALDIxo, KrxxAN 4 MAVEN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon tho blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price &c. per bot
Tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonial0
free.
Halls Family Pills arc the best
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
VERY Avkward Indeed.

This Is precisely the kind Of mistake
man makes II he ''turns out'' on the wrong
side of the road when . vehicle comes to
ward him. No less absurd is the error Of
the individual who takes drastic medicines
to relieve his liver. Tint organ is on the
right side, and the road to its relief u Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, medicine also
adapted to the relief Of dyspepsia, constipa-
ton, kidney and rheumatic ailments and
malaria
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

FRS stopped free by DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Motifs after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and % trial bot
tie free. Dr.. Kline, 90l Arch St., Phila., Pa.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

LET THE EARTH REJ0lCB AND
farmers sing. With our new hardy
grasses, clovers and fodder plants the
poorest, most worn out, toughest.
worst piece of land can be made as
fertile q the valley Of the Nile. Only
takes . year or 20! At the same time
you will be getting big crops! Teo-
sinte, Giant Spurry, Sacaline, Lathyrus.
what . variety Of names! Catalogue
tells you!
II you WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND it
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, with 14c. postage, you will
get free their mammoth catalogue and
ten grass and grain and fodder sam
Piles (worth $1,000 to get q start). They
are fine, the editor believes. ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
FArrENIN0 HOGS COSTS

FArrENIN0 HOGS COSTS ONE CENT.
The editor recently heard of farmer
fattening hogs at less than one cent .
pound. This was made possible through
the sowing of Salzer's King Barley,
yielding over 100 blu. per acre, Golden
Triumph Corn. yielding 200 bu. per
acre. and the feeding on Sand vetch,
Teosinte, Hundredfold Peas. etc. Now.
with such yields, the growing of hogs II
more profitable than silver mine.
Salzer's catalogue il full Of rare
things for the farmer, gardener and cit
izen, and the editor believes that II
would pay everybody q hundred-fold to
get Salzer's catalogue before purchas-
ing seeds.
II YOU WILL CUT This OUT AND SEND Il
with 10 cents postage to the John A.
Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse. Wis.,, they
will mail you their mammoth seed cata-
logue and 10 samples Of grasses and
grains, including above corn and bar
ley. Catalogue alone, scpostage. (x)
sCHAH'fY," said Uncle Eben, twill kibber
e. multitude Of sins, an yit most oh N
I H. A. H~AA ~ -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
The Little Girl's Note.

A youth who has worked in an Au-
gusta store long enough to absorb tho
idea that he is business man was
asked by his little sister for loan OF
50 cents . few days ago. He insisted
that she should give him note for
il. This she did, and he, in his hurry.
pocketed it without reading it. When
he thought it time for her to pay the
debt he spoke Of it. She replied that
1t wasn't convenient for her to do so.
"But ! have your note," he said. He
pulled it from his pocket. and on read
ing found that, for value received. shc
promised to pay so cents when con.
venient. Y. Mercury.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
KEEPING COWS CLEAN.

a Simple Device Which WIN Accomplish
This Important End.
A simple device for keeping cows
clesn in the st sble is made by fastening
. board (A) across the stall over the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

''IN Italy, !" he was telling her, ''they mako
-four out Of chestnuts'' sDo theyr' she
answered, sweetly: "what BONANZA you
would be TO thom."-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

HE-"Chariotte, love you: can yoS not
return my anectionl' She-ssl'm AFRAID III
have to, = / have NO use for it.n
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

HAI4's Honey Of horehound and Tar 10
ieves whoopin9 cough.
Pixies ToothacheD Drops Cure In ono minute.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

"FhEDpfE, WHY did you drop the baby on
the floorl" "Well, heard everybody say
It h bouncing baby, and I wanted to se<
e bounce.n!Tfuth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

Cl.AR.-"Mr. Softerly paid me great
compliment yesterday. He said grew
moro beautiful every day" Maude-"Well,
practice makes perfect, you know."-1ife.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

"a NAN dat am allus lookin' fob er argy.
meut,. said Uncle Ebeo. IAN IN frequent
cases de man dat orter be lookin' fob work. !"
w ashinRton Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
Hall's Family Pills arc the best

..JABBER's son, they say, could talk whea
only two weeks old. THAT'S nothing.
The Bible says Job cursed the day he was
born, "-JudRe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

Nv. have NO use for bear stories, !" said
the editor. ''Our readers demand some
thing spicy" SWELL" said the man with
the manuscript, ''this story is about Gin
namon bear. SCSports Afield.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

"Yes. But his wife always tells him what
II II going to Be and."1Washingto
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

Hs that resolves upon any great and good
chief barrier to it.-Tryon Edwards.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

AY1E1 six yeaxs' suffering. / was cured By
Ave, Allegheny. Pa. March ~, ~.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

WHEN the congregation sings: II would
not live Away" most Of them mean thIt
they would BE- willing 70 draw The line u
about N.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

BIZ HALvEs.-'I always meet trouble
half way" said the man who had paid half
Of his promissory note and arranged for an
extension Of the other half-Detxoit Free
Preaa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

TINS aro oomem who ct according -
1hoir lightD, but there aro more who ct
according % their MveEs.-Bostoa Ttan-
ocxipk
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

CONTENT II The wealth Of nature
Socrates.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

A DIsTINCII0N.-"Didn't you tell me that
told you she NATURALIZATION Free Pre-.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

No DoCx % hard but that little Wavg
may beat admi1sion IN . Thousand yeaxs.-
To9nyuon.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

"Wuo GAv0 you away Whe0 Jon Wego
uaRxiedT The peeoA" Saying WhlcA
- feechsd several lasS0 Sc1ap
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
ESQ lbs. nitrate of soda.
$50 lbs. cOttOnseed meal.
800 lbs. acid phosphate.
800 lbs. muriate of potash.

Making a ton that will cost at the
seeboard about Se3.00 for the ingredi-
ents. Leave out the nitrate of soda
and the cottonseed meal from this, and
you have . perfect manure for the en-
couragement of the pea and clover
crops. though it would be better
in that case to increase the
amount of the acid phosphate to 1000
pounds. As have said, the heaviest
part of the cost in this is for the nitro
gen. Here is right where comes in the
great economy of the peas and clover.
in getting this for you from the air. l
repeat therefore, that the peas and
clover are the keynote of all success
full agricultural improvement in the
south.-W. F. Massey, N. c. Agricul-
turalc COlleTe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04
Classified.

Wade-What do the papers mean
when they speak of 1.-THE Man Of the
Hour?'
Butcher-A fellow forgotten the
next moment.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

s'CuAH'TY," said Uncle Eben, twill kibber
e. multitude Of sins, an yit most OBJ u
doan' seem ter hab much mo- dan'n 60
roun' fob our own pus'nal uses."-Wash-
inrknr Star
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-04-04

okOOO = 7 IIIS take. easy to operate. &c.