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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03
FIGHTING RED MITES.


The little red mite is q very serious
pest among chickens If it is allowed to
have the run OF the premises for Q
short time, although it IS one of the
easiest to guard against, VIXEN proper
precautions are taken. We have
known cases where they have killed
grown hens ana made life almost
burden to their keeper, besides tor
menting horses and cows SO they
would turn away from their feed. just
= few days ago ; young man was tell.
ing me his little chicks had been all
dying of and he believed it was lice
and wanted to know how to get rio
Of them. Upon questioning him we
found tl.ey were red mites. The North.
western Farmer advises the use of ker.
osene oil as a remedy and has never
known 1t to fail when properly used
Many do not recognize the difference
in the red mite and lice. which must
necessarily be considered when at.
tempting to get rid of them. The louise
is at home on the body of the fowl
or chick, while the red mite breeds and
lives on the roosts, in the nest boxes
and in the creyices of the walls of the
poultry house CT coops. We found once
that they had established themselves
in one Of our houses. and in a short
time with few gallons of kerosene
oil and whisk broom we killed every
one We could find, and as long as we
kept chickens in that place we never
saw one again. Since that time we
have made a practice of using kero-
sene oil on the roests and in the nest
boxes occasionally, and have never had
any to fight since. The warm days are
wonderfully helpful in the propaga.
tion Of insect life; prevention is bet
ter than cure." 30 be careful to ward
OF these evils before they have caused
you the loss of some OF your best chick.
AnG
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03
FARMER AND PLANTER.
SOUTHERN COTTON PLANTER.
Tnere's No Necessity for Grief Over ehs
Conditioa OF the Cottoa Planter
of the South.

The editor of the st. Louis Manufac-
turer calls our attention to an article
in its issue OF June 10, entitled: The
Cotton Growers Condition." stating.
s.the writer is . southern man. and
ought to know whereof he speaks.
and asks our cooperation in placing
the subject truthfully before the pup
lie. The editor himself. with crcdul-
ity not according to knowledge, IN
1Drses the article in question, ana
says:
..The picture drawn by the writer OF
the article is one familiar to every
soltherner. 1t is not an OverwrOuGht
picture. 1t not q fantastic painting.
It is not fairy sketch. It Is too true
to be ignored 1t is too serious to DO
slightcd."
The entire article Of this southern
man who ought to know whereof be
writes" is but the exaggerated vapor-
| ings of . pca-green pcssimist, who
| seems to have q bad case Of jaundlce.
Hear him:
| "A brave, noble and industrious peo-
pie. pcrsistently producing one Of the
chief articles Of the worlds need, are
standing at the door of starvation-ab-
solute starvation"
Now we will venture the assertion
that there are more people lat the
door OF starvation in the city of st.
Louis with IS. 600 people than anon.
the total white population Of the nine
cotton states, outside of the cities
Among white farmers not one in
thousand can see starvation with 40
foot telescope, and even among the
improvident negroes none arc in any
danger Of starving. The over-produc-
tion and low price of cotton have cut
large slice Oft the farmers profits,
just rs the low price of wheat affected
the western farmers recently. Some OF
our cotton farmers are in debt and oc
casioually are bopelessly so; but this
is the case everywhere, and is not
condition peculiar to the south or te
cotton growers. The remedy suggest
ed by the southern man" is goot
enough as far as 1t goes, but cure
that will affect but one-tenth OF ont
per cent of the evils shat exist. shoult
cause no loss OF sleep to obtain. Cot
ton factories, he tells us, would save Z
the farmer the freight charges on hi
cotton, which would be about tin
price OF four square meals for each ball
consumed at home. And the ''armie
OF hands" to consume the products o
the fields sounds all right, but half
million factory hands would increas
the population less than one-fourth o
one per cent, and would not he observ
able except in the immediate vicinit
of such factories. The fact ID tn
farmers Of the south are rs prospcrf
Is those OF any other section OF tn
country Of equal extent. and they ar
in no danger of starvation. The ed
itor of the Manufacturer gives som
timely suggestions, which are more I
the point. Southern farmers shOus
avoid debt and consequent interes
and exorbitant prices for what the
buy, raise everything possible for HON
use, and cotton as u surplus crop. Man
are doing this. and others will fall int
line soon. In the meantime our fariz
ers, and everybody else, will hav
plenty toeat and to wear.-Texas Farl
and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03
SENDING CORN ABROAD.
ERort. t> secure the General OpeniDg
81 European Markets to the
Great AneTlcan staple.

The secretary of agriculture Is
heartily in favor Of further intelligent
effort looking to general opening OF
European markets to American corn.
He is in hopes that congress will pro-
vide q sufficiently liberal appropria-
tion for the agricultural exhibit at
the Paris exposition to warrant an ex-
tensive. display of corn and its prod
ucts, including efficient demonstrators
and cooks who will show visitors in .
practical and substantial way what
GOOD American corn bread, corn dodg-
ers, corn cakes are like.
Mr. Wilson does not look for any
particularly increased purchases OF
corn abroad among the poorer classes
1t is generally supposed that the la
boring man of Europe, when he is
shown the toothsomeness and cheap
ness of corn, will readily substitute it
for the rye, oats or wheat he now eats.
These people. says the secretary, make
their meals from one article OF diet.
be 1t wheat. rye or oats They live on
but one staple. They must have ar
article which will supply them suffi-
cient nitrogenous matter to enable
| them to do days work, and hard
days work. This they find in rye,
wheat or oats, but not in corn. Corn
is fattening and contains a large per-
centage of carbonaceous matter. but
will not replace the tissues wasted by
toll to the extent that rye and oats and
wheat will. Therefore he looks rather
| to see corn introduced among the bet
ter classes. who can AFFORD more than
one article on their tables and who
will appreciate the sweetness and
wholesomeness and variation of par
| tial corn diet, but who will not be de-
pendent upon it solely for nourish-
| ment.
Mr.. B. w. Snow, the late assistant
statistician of the agricultural depart
ment, and now active in the maize
propaganda. is working late o. nights
| for the success of the scheme. 1t is
the hope of the organization after the
Paris exposition to continue the work
of advertising American corn in all the
large cities of Europe by practical, free
demonstrations Of the great variety Of
wholesome dishes it is possible to pre-
pare from it.-Farm News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03
UNDER ARREST.


A very charming st. Paul woman.
who makes her summer home at White
Bear, routed the police force of that
village after very brief encounter
one day lately.
Mrs. b rides bike, of course.
and when il became necessary for her
to 20 TO the grocery or the post office
or wherever it was that she had to go,
she, of course, mounted her wheel.
Now, at times the streets in the VIII
lage of White Bear are not the real
thing for wheeling. and the town au-
thoritics know the same. With \ view
to having the streets pressed out NAT
by biryclists they have passed an ordi-
nance forbidding anyone riding on the
sidewalks.
Mrs. b either did not know of
this, or she did not care; she took to
the walk and rode down town. She
left her wheel outside and went into
store, and when she came out she
found herself confronted by the dig
nitary. who is the whole thing in po-
lice circles-the man who is to the
police, department what the lone mar
iner was to the Nancy brig.
He said to the lady:
"You are under arrest" She looked
at him and made dash for her wheel,
which he had captured. He retired be-
fore the onslaught in disorder and she
got the wheel.
81 am what?" she demanded.
"You are under arrest for riding on
the walk"
But [ won't be under arrest" she
said.
"But you are" he SAID.
Il am not anything of the kind. You
mind your own business"
"Tsut, mum, it is my business and yor
must go to the Justices Office with me
or promise that you will be there al
nine o'clock in the morning"
81 won't do anything of the kind"
"But tell you arrest you."
"And 1 tell you won't be arrested
There YOU are. Now, what are you go
ing to Go about it?"
20, come on now, come to the jus
.ice's Office"
II won't do 1t. IN rny fine II that.
what you want. How much is it?"
Il won't take the fine. You must &
to the Justice" said the unfortunate
copper.
"Where is the justice. then"
.He's down on the bridge, fishin.
guess. Won't you promise to be OF
hand in the morning?
"No, l won't"
"Then I'll have to arrest you"
4 "And I tell you I won't be arrested
and I'm going home"
The copper scratched his head ant
looked as though he was going to max
another sally on the bike. Mrs. B
got aboard of the wheel.
"You're nasty. mean thing. and Tn
going to tell nv husband that You sal
was arrested" she said. and she rod
off. and the copper went down on tn
bridge and helped the justice fish. an
the crowd that had gathered gave hir
the laugh.-St. Paul Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03
STOP THE FARM LEAKS.
There are Masy Avenues Through which
the lroGlts Of the Farmer
Go to Waste.

Since Wrltln& my 0rttCie- - SeAtSn
IN Time'-I have passed through
representative part Of the great wheat
belt Of Texas, and am sorry to find
INV fears, consequent ON the showery
season, will be realized, and possibly
more than I had thought l saw in
ycry many fields the straw Of the
shocks badly weathcred, injuring its
feeding properties, and while many =
Texas farmer may regard this Is very
trifling, must remind him that the
feeding properly Of his straw is one of
the factors Of profits ON his farm. Has
he that to learn yet? l am afraid he
has. Then l saw, too frequently, the
green growth on the shocks, chiefly ut
the bands on the north sides Of the
shocks, occasioned largely by the sun
mot being able to get ON the north side,
and the wet being retained, the
warmth induced growth; in this re-
spect we always Get our shocks with
the ends north and south, 80 that the
suu would 6ry both sides. The cap
sheaves, designed TO be root. were
carelessly laid too nat, and therefore
caught and held the wet they were de-
signed to shed, and Of necessity were
grown. l do not feel it any pleasure
10 draw attention to the loss occa-
stoned by this, but . Texas farmer
should look to it and ss far as possible
stop these ruinous leaks The reports
rive some 5000. .O0e bushels Is this
years crop for the state, and one writer
saws that out of this will be loss OF
1000, 600 bushels by rain. Let rs say
of this, il it not fearful loss to be met
bv the farmer and the country? and
do not doubt it. The green-grown
sr,iu will have used up its pabulum
and will be shrivelled and will blow
out of the thresher and be lost entire
". or at best will be saved - very poor
hog feed, il saved ut all; the grains
starting to grow will have changed 30
- to iniure the quality OF the sample
Of the whole crop. and 50 reduce the
pfice per bushcl. will the Texas farm
er kindly tell me how he can stand the
loss Of one-sixth of his crop, and the re.
duction in price of the whole OF what
he has remaining? Say in . thousand
bushels he loses l6eH bushels. which
st IS cents. the present price, is Si2i
add 10 that the loss of five cents pei
bushcl for depreciation Of sample on
| balance of crop. How much OF this
could have been saved with proper
thought and . little care? -anothe,
| lesson that the Texas farmer must
get out Of the old rut OF ship.
shod work or h. will eventually
stick fast in the mud. Nor doe
this take into consideration the fear
ful waste Of the present method o
threshing. I was st threshipg th'
other day, and while no doubt th'
farmer Was . careful - most Tcxa
farmers, and much more 80 than many
70 me il was waste, waste. everywhere
and no one seemed 70 zee il, or Provld'
ae,ipst it. Am . mere grumohnl
old simpleton? A mere paper farmer
Well, have tramped round ana ooii
uasy straw stack. have stood Oc
fore the machine In the dirticst an
most bliading ehafs and dust nav
lhed 70 manaSe the whole oatat. sne
oaop eassssssaess saa provide 'es ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03
why You shoald Keep HsaA


I. Because you ought by their means
to convert . great deal OF the waste on
the farm into money, in the shape OF
chickens and eggs for the market.
:. Because with intelligent manage
ment they ought to be all year revenue
producers, excepting, perhaps. ABOUT
two months during mounting season.
3. because the manure from the poul'
try house will make a valuable compost
for use in either vegetable garden or
orchard. The birds themselves, IL al-
lowed to run in the orchard. will de-
stroy many injurious insects
4. Because while cereals and fruits
can only be successfully grown in Ger
tain sections, poultry can be raised Tor
table use or to lay eggs. in all parts o.
the country.
S. Because poultry raising is an cm-
ployment in which the farmers wife
and daughter can engage and leave
him free to attend to other depart
ments-
6. Because it will bring the best re-
turns, in the shape of new-laid eggs
during the winter season-when tht
! farmer has most time ON his hands.
Z. Because to start poultry-raisins
ON the farm requires little or no man
agement, poultry can be made, with
little cost, . valuable adjunct to the
| farm.
9. Heat is q companion of nature II
vorsble to the production OF eggs ant
meat, and to neglect providing com
Portable quarters il to invite defeat
O. When keeping fowls in yards
there 10 nothing more essential to learr
than when not to feed To have cour
age TO withhold feed is an important
requisite in management. Fed too OF
ten they become idle and profitless-
TO- Poultry in yards would give bet
ter returns than il on . range il prop
crlv managed. but to give small tiocl
the proper attention would cost muct
labor. This is not counted when the
flock is kept for pleasure. but on ths
farm the case is different.
IL. 1t is found that when charcoa
is added to the food of fattening tur
keys they gain more rapidly. Whe'
crowded y portion Of the food is liabl
to ferment in the crop before 1t paase
into the gizzard. Charcoal absorb
gases and relieves the acidity. and :
this property Of the charcoal the bene
fits are due.-Success With the Garden
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03
A DssA % Snow.

Heap . grated cocoannt up in the
center OF . handsome dish and Orna-
ment with pretty green leaves or ferns
Serve it up with snow cream. made
a. follows: Beat the whites OF hve
exxs to . sti6 froth. add two large
spoonfuls Of fine white sugar. large
spoonful Of rosewater, peach or pine
apple favor. Beat the whole together
add . pint Of thick cream. Put severa
spoonfuls over each dish Of cocQeDu.
~, Iepis Globe -DeDesrat
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03


To those who are unfamiliar with po-
tato growing. the high prices which
early potatoes command might seem
to make ii an object to dig a large part
of the crop and market it while the
price in up. But there are several draw
backs in marketing potatQes early.
The weather is hot, and wi Pc the skins
of potatoes are tender. they will rub
on their jackets II handled freely, and
the putatoes are then almost sure TO
rot. Hence they are never sent far or
in large quantities. In digging po-
tatoes early there Is great waste, -
only few Of the largest are of mark
etable size, and those that viii sell
would grow still larger IL left few
days longer in the hill. We have seen
growers pnt their hand into q potato
hill and pull OF those potatoes that
they found large enough. leaving tho
small ones to grow. But this & oaly
| practicable % ! small psale. -Amle1eap
Cultivatos. s s
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03
Use for Ola Pillow Cases.

Old linen pillow cases that are worn
to the verge, but not over it. of break.
ing in places, may be slipped out of the
linen closet and put aside to be used
as bags in which valuable winter gar.
ments may be safely put away. Any
place that is fretted through should be
reinforced with . piece Of old ma.
terial, either cotton or linen. and when
the coat or gown is carefully brushed
to see that absolutely no moth egg OF
creature il left in it. it may be insert.
ed. The ends Of the case are then
slipped in the machine and closed
tightly. Thus protected. 1t is safe to
keep the garment in bureau drawers
few pieces Of lump camphor being
tossed in as On additional safeguard
N " Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03
HERE AND THERE.

When an animal gets OF its feed IL
is usually because the owner has been
TOO generous Do not overfeed in your
effort to fatten rapidly.
In England no flavor excels that Of
rape-fed mutton. Rape isa plant much
RESEMBLING the rutabags. but which
throws ali the strength OF its juices in
to the leaves. rather than into . large
root
AT the close of harvest there il
much cleaning to be done in the fields;
buy = flock Of sheep for the purpose,
and raise . crop of lambs for the spring
market; then fatten and sell the sheep
aud net good 100 per cent.
1t is . mistaken idea that pcrching
fowls grasp the boughs o. poles they
roost on BY muscular exerti0a- Nature
has made ample and wise provision for
the birds, so that they do not have te
use mp energy in maintaining their
| position on the roost-
Ducks are chicken cholera proof,
roup proof, cape proof and hawk proof,
but they die with their favorite dis
eases. spinal meningitis and paralysis.
Nevertheless ducks are dsndies TO raise,
for home use or foe market
| Zine favored butter cau not be
made from filthy stables, nor from
milk set in cook room, nor from cream
which il too sour. when worked over
in buttermilk and salted with lime
salt; and yet more than bali our vat
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03
MIGRATION OF ROBINS.
The Sweet sonGsters Resemble the
Wild Pigeons In Their Pos-
seaaiOM Of R00sts.

For many wears naturalists like
Audubon and Wilson studied and wrote
of this bird before it was known that
there were "robin roosts," as we'll as
pigeon roosts. Only within the last
few years was the fact brought out
that a bird more familiarly known
than the passenger pigeon followedt
mode of spending the night. although
it adopted spring instead OF fall for
massing by hundreds in a high shell
tered wood for a nights protection
from cold. or because it is the period
before pairing time. or for some other
reason at present beyond mans ken.
With what stealth must this well
known and much observed bird have
found it's way in such numbers to the
sane patch of timber night after night
in the early months of the year. ac-
cortling to locality, coming from all
directions so swiftly that a secreted
observer could not count, keeping up
a chatter that could be heard for a
long distance, until the last bird. some
what beIated perhaps, found shelter
in the darkening grove. when oil be-
came silent as thousands of wings
were folded to rest.
Another peculiar trait OF the robin,
unnoted except by so keen an observer
of bird ways as Maurice Thompson, ID
that, with all its friendly and confid-
ing relations with the human family
during the time of nesting and rearing
its young. in the fall of the year it be-
comes o wild bird, betaking itself
largely to the woods and even the Sc
cluded parts of the mountains. at this
season showing little disposition to
be on familiar terms with man, giving
note of alarm and flying high and
swiftly when surprised at his ap
proach. At this time they range Ovel
extensive tracts of country, but near
ly always evince . tendency to seclu
sion. The writer has seen them in
! small fOcks flying over wide valley al
i such an elevation that only by the
well known sharp squeak, rather than
by the eye, could he surely determine
| that they were robins.
Even in it's migratory habits this
bird is somewhat peculiar. They seem
to move southwark in the fall with
more tardiuess than most other birds
allowing the increasing seventies o.
the cold season to push them OF thu
winters edge. Or are these late goerl
the birds Injured to cold by residencs
in states farther north, which. com
ing southwark, take the place o.
Others that have gone earlier in tn
season. The question Of identity. al
why's a difficult one, almost preclude.
argument on this point.-Lippincott'a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03
An Eseay - Nerve.
", pa, what is nerve :" said John

'.Suy, pa, what Is nerve 2" said John
ME.
There are several kinds of nerve,
my son." answered Mr.. johnson. III
you eat candy with sensitive teeth,
YOU will discover what nerve il. call
it nerve. TOO. for my neighbor Hodge
kins to come over and ask me, as he did
last night. II he can borrow my lawn
mower for awhile. and then ask II my
SON Johnnie wouldn't like to take .
little exercise and NOW his lawn for
him."-Lawrence Telegram.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03
he Naes

she-Doesn't Mr. ranber murder
artf
He-:well. he hangs bis Pa!!st'ngs:-
Cp to Date
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03

care for waste. Yes, speak from The
years of past experience. and say to
Texas farmers, gentlemen, il yon ex-
meet to make farming . succeAs. learn
to stop the leakA-Wm- Lumas. in
Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-03

ilar hooks are put in each lower cor
ner. to which the sacks are attached.
The grain is then shoveled from the
bin into the box.-Orange Judd Farm
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-05-30
GRAN DEPOSITO
De CAL zAOO Y PELETERIA De
DON JAIME RULLAN
.ATOCHA 6 -FONCE

En- este acreditado establecimient0 Sc ha
recibido IN extenso surtido de caizado 0e
todas classes las mas caprichoeas formas
para cabaileros, senoras y nlfos que Sc de-
Italian precios SIN CoMPETENCIA. En ma
teriaies para zapateros taIaoarteros, %
complete ei suttldo. Tamb!en SO han reel
bido driles de hllo oSGlgaao, paretI2 9 pt-
que, baules de dlstintos tamanos preelos,
maetas para yiale, fraDelas ordlnarlas, d.
pargatas oe lnnnldad de classes, piel da RR'
sis, osdsnas charoladss, gamusas para CO.
ches, charoies fraucsses etc. etc
Creas de hilo snperlores de a yaras Ge
ancho para sabanas. y propia para paLta.
lonslllos J camisas para senoras Teas ds
algodon doble ancho para sabanas
Vertas al por mayor y al detail"
Po ace 1O ds Abrii 1898.