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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03
ALBERT OF MONACO.
His Highness Rides Strange But
Harmless Hobby.
Delights In Studying the Carrents of
the Ocean and the Speed Of Their
Flow - Has Invented Sew.
eral lnstrumeAts.

Whether it was the Fascinating novels
of Jules Verne that imbued II. R. IL.
the prince of Monaco with desire to
study the wonders of the deep or the
fact that the home of his fathers is
perched upon a rock overhanging the
great blue pulsing Mediterranean, and
the constant sweep of its winds and the
tapping of its waves have made him
child of the sea. we are not told. But
some of the princes experiences in the
study of ''Oceanography." several pic
lures of his unique little kingdom, of
his yacht, princess Alice" in which he
takes his trips, and of himself. appear
in the Metropolitan Magazine and pre-
sent a very readable and interesting
little sketch of the royal scientist"
Prince Albert began his scientific
stuaies in humble way. but poorly
equipped. He explored the Atlantic as
far as the coast of Newfoundland in a
little sailing schooner, the Hirondelle.
accompanied by IA men who constituted
the crew and helped him in his work.
The wonderful revelations of old Nep-
tunes kingdom decided II. r. H. to ex-
tend his explorations in more scien-
tific and elaborate way. The result was
the construction of a steam vessel of
400 tons. the Princess Alice" perfect
ly fitted out. The writer says:
prince Albert's first study of the
ocean was confined to the currents of
the Atlantic, and he made maps follow
ing the lines of his experiments which
are to-day consulted as authorities by
seamen and scientists. alike. Beyond
discovering the currents themselves
and separating them. Prince Albert also
settled, as nearly as possible. the speed
of the flow of these currents, and his
figures thereon are still authoritative.
1t was after he had pursued his study
of currents as far as possible that
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03

Take one acre of fall-sown wheat.
one acre of sorghum and field peas
mixed, and one acre of Spanish pea
nuts. As soon as weaned turn 20 good
pigs on the wheat. When that is eaten
down turn them on the sorghum and
peas, until the peanuts are ripe, about
the first of October, and turn that
crop over to the shoats. When that
acre is cleaned up give them 40 BUSH
els of corn and sell the hogs. They
should weigh full 1000 pounds. AMI
whatever the price, one-half of it
should be clear profit. The expense OF
growing these crops should not ex-
ceed $13, and the feed for the pigs 9TH
er than these should not exceed $3.50.
Hogs can be raised at 1H cents per
pound, live weight.-Texas Farm and
Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03
FARMER AND PLANTER.
A HINT TO FARMERS.


How many of your readers have been
letting their drills off with but q lit
tie work in the fall when they might
be used profitably in planting their
corn and sorghum crops?
The up-to-date corn planter wants
his corn drilled one way only and
single grain for every foot in the drill
row. Having a good wheat drill, and
not two-horse corn planter, deter
mined last spring to rig up my drill
and make it do the work for me. By
little measuring / found that by let
ting the corn come out through the
second hole from each end of seed box
I could get the rows nearly 3h feet
apart; then cut two boards to fit snug
inside wheat box to slip in between
some cleats, thus making the corn
boxes. Next marker guage was at
tached behind drill wheels with hook
bolt to middle of drill frame, letting
other end trace q mark to straddle
with tongue while marking next rows.
etc. Now. after closing the smaller
openings in corn boxes and using ones
marked oats, was ready to take the
field. Placing hand corn planter and
sack of corn at each side of field, with
one hand to walk behind drill to watch
the shoes of drill and plant ends, easily
planted nine acres per day. Corn was
narrowed before coming up. and in .
dry season should be rolled as soon as
planted. Another narrowing was Civ
en- as soon as leaves of young corn
were unrolled, and four plowings, once
in row, were afterward given with
five-t0oth cultivator. In thinning, we
took hoes and cut out corn where too
thick, also some yellow dock. ETC.. in
the drill row. While this was the Wet
test season in several years, at cutting
up of corn our field was comparatively
clear of weeds and gullies. A neighbor
who marks off both ways and uses the
double shovel all the time, wanted to
know if we had not chopped out our
corn after laying by. The yield and
quality of corn was all that one could
expect, and have no idea of our ever
going back to jobber and double mark
ing However, it is proper to say that
the soil must be fine and well firmed,
or the corn would not be covered and
perhaps fail to come up in dry time.
Set drill to sow 1t least amount pos
sible.
To sow sorghum to make the finest
feed. sow just like wheat, allowing it
to come throught all the holes. Har-
row and roll the ground several times
and sow last of May one-half bushel
per acre, giving no cultivation aftec-
wards. Cut with hemp knife, let lay
day or two if fair weather, put in
shocks like hemp, tying well. Do this
just before frost, but can begin to feed
it whenever the seeds are ripe.-Cor.
of Farmers Home journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03
FEEDING THE SOIL.
erly Balanced Ration N Much
~ the Stock Does.

We read much of what bran and
cotton and linseed meal as fertilizers,
and some writers even go SO far a. to
state that after these products are
fed to the animals of the farm that the
excretiOns have q fertilizing value
equal to the first cost of either of
these foods. Such statements as these
through the columns of the agricul-
tural press and by speakers at farm
ers' Institutes shock the credulity of
the farmer and contribute largely to
the prejudice against book farming"
Admitting all that is claimed for these
food products as . manure after pass
ing through an animal. the collecting
and proper distribution of the same
would be SO complex and difficult that
Q large per cent. would necessarily be
lost. The following is the formula for
a ton Of popular home-mixed fertilizer.
viz: Acid phosphate, 1900 pounds;
ccttonseed meal, 900 pounds; muriate
of potash, 200 pounds. This fertilizer
for wheat or grass at 100 to 900
pounds per acre, which would require
the distribution of from 30 to 60
pounds of cottonseed meal per acre,
being three to six ounces to each
square rod. If . little of this vege-
table matter is good for soils, and the
more the better until it is many times
augmented, why not plant the land
in sofa beans, and when the beans
mature plow the foliage also? The
sofa bean has a chemical value very
similar to that of cotton seed, and a
crop of 20 bushels to the acre pl0wed
under would be an increase of forty
fold over the fertilizing matter in the
cotton seed meal in the above formula,
not taking the rest of the plant into
consideration, or, in other words, from
four to eight pounds of beans to the
square rod.
For a crop to turn under as plant
food, cow peas are also of great value.
They can be planted at any time from
early in May till the first of August.
The yield is ordinarily from 20 to 10
bushels and two tons of foliage per
acre. While the pea is one Of the best
of foods for all kinds of stock. the
vines are equally good for hay, and
as fall pasture the pea il unsur-
passed. Then there is the rye crop.
We can SOW it in August, and it will
make good late fall and early winter
pasture, and then cut and feed green
from early spring to middle of May,
and then turn under a heavy crop b.
first of June and plant corn.
By the methods mentioned in the
foregoing articles it is possible to
give each acre hundreds of pounds u
vegetable mold. which will lie dor
mant until needed, and it il our duty
~ careful farmers to not let the sup
ply become exhausted. 1 do not be
heve in buying . fertilizer for each
crop 20 costly that we can only use .
few pounds per acre when, with only
the outlay Of . small sum for seed,
the earth itself win respond with
Thousands Of pounds Of fertilizer per
acre. When your lands need humus-
vegetable modified the soils vege-
table matter.--Walter Stuart, in Farm
er's Home Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03

who started out tracer for the car load
of ore. A tracer is a document on
which every agent. train conductor and
every other person who has had any
thing to do with the shipment must say
whence he took it and where he laid it
down. From the mine in Mexico the
car of ore was traced from junction
point to junction point until it was well
within the railroad cOmpany's local
yards at Kansas City, and thence to .
side track by the roundhouse and into
the possession of the master me
chanic.
A car load of crushed gold ore looks
like lot of course yellow sand. and this
particular car load has been knocked
about and disrespected as car of com
mon sand should be. When the officials
were notified that the tracer had chased
the car into the master mechanics track
they sent him a note asking him about
the disposition of the car, giving its
number. The master mechanic turned
the note over and indorsed it ON the
back: 1.-THE car contained bad quality
of sand. Some of 1t used in the sand
boxes of the engines, but it was not
so / had it scattered along
the right of way" The railroad COM
pany paid the smelling company $3.50
a ton for the bad sand.".
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03

The land should be well prepared.
and if the fodder is wanted, plant in
May, as the stalk is much better than
it would be planted earlier. Plant in
drills three feet apart. not too thick.
Cultivate well. II the field can be turn
ed into in winter. gather the grain
when it is dry, and when desired turn
the stock in; they will eat it down
close to the ground if it il not planted
too early.
If desired to remove the fodder to
feed lot, cut while fodder is green and
put up in large shocks. When 1t IS
cured and you can get damp spell.
remove to feed lot and put in rioks ns
desired.-Corn Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03
HERE HIND THERE.

The United States produces more
corn than all other countries put to-
gether, and could produce a great deal
more if there was a profitable outlet
for it.
-Beets increase the milk and but
ter product. and will cause all cows,
even Jerseys. to lay on fat rapidly. IL
the roots are discontinued butter fat
and flesh will both grow less. This
is . statement from the Iowa station.
"A Texas druggist recently sold SIS
worth of strychnine to one man, to be
used in killing prairie dogs. The
same druggist has sold during the
past winter $4O0 worth of the drug to
three other men to be used for the
same purpose.
Anthrax, or black leg, prevails in
Colorado county, and elsewhere in
south Texas. 1t il feared that years
will elapse before the infection, spread
there two years ago through careless
ness, or ignorance Of the character
istics of the disease, will be eradi-
Gated.
"1A>OOVs I1O0AU 10y t0C lutuIC ou&sS
cess of dairying consists in doubling
the average milk yield per cow and
using cheaper feed. The first is to be
accomplished by careful and intelli-
gent breeding. and the last by larger
use of silage and pasture.
1T il possible for land to become
'tclover sick" Clover sickness is almost
always an exhaustion of lime or other
minerals which the clover demands
for its upport. An application of lime
ID usually found to be the remedy
called for.
Some say that in selecting pota-
toes or corn for seed, it does not make
any difference as to the size or appear
ance of the tubers or grain; but this
il . mistake. Use none but healthy,
medium-sized tubers, and lively, sound
corn for seed.
The farm which is well fed will
feed the farmer. 1t must be applied to
the stock as well rs to the land, and by
feeding the stock well the land may be
fed with the greatest accuracy. and so
the circle Of feeding be made com.
plete.
A cow which n thin from liberal
milk-eiving and one which IL thin
from want of proper food are in de-
cidedly different conditions. 1t il use
Iess for one to attempt to make . sue
cess Of dairying unless he II first will
in9 TO take advantage Of liberal feed
| ing and maNeS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03
AN EXPENSIVE BIuNDER.
Away q Car Load Of .'sand"
Full Of Gold Ore.

Several months ago a Kansas City
(Afo) company bought car load Of
crushed ore in Mexico. Advices were
duly received that the ore had been
shipped-20 tons of il. The smelling
company politely asked the local agent
of the railroad company when the ore
would arrive. The local agent said he
had never heard of it. The smelling
company then appealed TO the general
agent of the road. The general agent
gave it up. Along the line the question
was passed until it reached an official
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03
ACTING COMMANDER.
Capt. johnson. Of Ci.ei9sati. wiil Ds
the Head Of the Grand Army
Until September.

The executive committee of the ma
tional council of administration of the
Grand Army of the Republic has failed
to elect a successor to the late James A.
Sexton. commander-in-chief of the
grand army. There was deadlock on
the names of Col. w. c. johnson. of
Cincinnati, and Gen. John c. Black. of
Illinois. Col. johnson will continue to
act as acting commander-in-chief until
the encampment in September, when
commander will be chosen.
William Christie johnson entered the
army at the age of 10 by enlisting a .
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03

In Australia they are utilizing the
wire fences to establish telephone
communication between stations six or
eight miles apart. The instruments are
to the wire strands, thus in
surfing a metallic circuit" at no extra
expense, for the fences are agricultural
necessities and already in place. There
is no difficulty, it is said, in converting
with . station fully eight miles dis
tant through telephones connected q
described. Several stations are %
joined.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03

A high roost, in IN open shed which
faces the south, il better than closed
house for half grown turkeys.
A single uliou Of . male and female
fertifses all the eggs the hen viii lay
tor one seaeon, hence one gobbaer win
s0dbce for twenty = nere hens.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03
RUMoRs ARE FALSE.
No yIIxht shown to senior AapiPos-
teous to Mexico's Representative

no foundation for the stories that Senior
Aspiroz, the new ambassador from Mex
leo, has been given the cold shoulder be-
cause he was public prosecutor of Mex
leo when the unfortunate Maximilian
was condemned to death. They fully
recognize the fact that Senor Aspiroz
acted only in an official capacity and
strictly in harmony with his manifest
duty to his country.
He has been invited to the French
and British embassies, and the German
ambassador showed him marked atten-
ton at the dinner given to the Mexican
ambassador by ex-senator Henderson.
Secretary and Mrs. Hay also have given
4 dinner in honor of the Mexican dip
lomat, at which other diplomats were
present. t,,'
There is the highest possible author
ity for the statement that Senior Aspiroz
himself is perfectly contented with his
reception at Washington.
OF course the Austrians are not cor
dial. That fact is not at all personal to
Senior Aspiroz, however. Emperor
Franz Josef has never forgiven the Mex
leans for killing his brother. and Aus
tria has never been represented at the
City of Mexico since Maximilian's
death. There are no diplomatic rela-
tions between the two countries at all.
so of course Baron Hengelmuller and
Senior Aspiroz meet in Washington only
as private citizens, and neither can rec
ognize the other officially. This condi-
ton of affairs would be the same who
ever the Mexican ambassador was.
The other countries are represented
at the City of Mexico. and Of course re
ceive the Mexican ambassador in Wash
ington exactly as other diplomats. To
do otherwise would be . serious diplo-
matte offense. Ambassador Aspirox un-
derstands the situation perfectly, and
il fully satisfied with his position. both
socially and politically.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03

Tewns are seldom . rod o they ~
painted.-ChicaRo Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03

The eggs of bluebottle Ay, if placed
n the sun. viii hatch Il two or three
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03
Geo1 Mente1 Trainine,

Winding ones own business il said
to be . good method of developing the
hsajn. Chicago Daily NawA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03

.How did you get this injury" asked
the doctor as he was dressing scalp
wound en- the mans head.
sShe broke . dinner plate over my
head" was the reply.
.Your wife,
'Of course. You don't think I'd let
any strange woman come into my house
and knock me about this way, do your
Philadelphia Press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29

may even fail there, but they know from expe-
rience also that many OF the boys will become
successful bosses" in their lie. and reach a
point which might have been unattainable with
out the ala OF the school
The third floor is the plumbers shop. Like
the other shops this space is 12O feet long. At
one erd is 4 skeleton house. which the boys viii
fit with all kinds and styles VI water fixtures.
The house has a basement and several stories.
and will contain, when the boys have finished
their term everything from range boiler to
the water arrangements on the top floor and on
the roof Much Of the work is done from work
ing ORA wings, and as the class advances many
OF the drawings are male by the boys. There
is an instructor for every fifteen boys and the
shop works on union hours. eight hours to the
day. on the fourth floor there is a large room
lighted by skylights and furnished with long
rows % high desks where the boys receive in
structiOns in mechanical drawing and larger
room. where the classes in house and sign paint
ing receive instructions and do their work The
sign painters work at ea:els. and for the house
painters a part Of the room has been divided
up into tiny rooms each having 200 square feet
Of door and sash work and 200 feet OF glazed
work. The embryo house painters work on the
sash space and then decorate the sixteen panels
and other woodwork in the alcoyes in various
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The de HIKsCH TRADE sCHOOI-THE sGNPANTING ROOM

lavatories and the rules to cleanliness all
have beneficial effect.
on the second floor there are two large lecture
rooms where the boys receive instructions in
practical shop mathematics" Examples or q
practical nature are worked out before the
classes and then similar problems are given TO
them for solution. These problems always take
the form OF a Job such the members or
the class either carpenters. painters. plumbers
or machnsts. may expect to receive when they
have shops of their own.
1T is remarkable" said Mr.. Walden. how apt
these boys are and how well they solve the
questions. Some Of them come TO US ignorant
not only Of the name or use Of tool. but OF
the English language; within a few weeks lhey
have acquired the language and made good
progress in their trade studies"
On this floor is the carpenter shop. which IS
as perfect in it's general makeup as the machine
sNop Here the boys taught framing and
house carpenter work; but time is devoted
10 show or fancy work That may be said Of
every department, because the managers make
no pretence TO turn out masters. nor even first
class workmen. but 10 TX the boys as good help
ers I'm the various branches and to give them
the necessary foundation for their business
They know that some OF the boys will never
get beyond the Journeyman point. and that some
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hrgr general assembly room. where lectures will
k delivered and entertainments take place
This lofty. room wi. accommodate an audience
u FIVE hundred At one end Oh IL platform. will
Be- a collection Of the best pieces If work done IN
me school and there the various classes viii
leave lasting exhibits of their industry on this
coor is also the Office Of the superintendent, and
6 nicely furnished room where the Board Of
Trustee wall hold its meetings The Easement
devoted exclusively to the machine shop, and
Is arransement. with It's lathes. benches. planes
and machines Of al kinds makes il what the
superintendent intended that il should be-a
mode machine shop At one end % the light
and pel-yentilated room is a place where the
instructor may lecture or demonstrate TO his
ass and near this little schoo-piacc is d large
NON where the nOvices are taught 10 handle
and dress cutting tools The term is only five
and half months. three months OF this time
sr Spen, by the boys in working alone under
lie supervision and guidance Of the instructor,
and The rest Of the time is devoted 10 work in
gangs or groups al such tasks as require the
kbOr Of more than one person The tOolracks.
lockers and places FOR the keeping OF material
are all az they should be III a frst-rate ma
tane shop and the boys acquire ideas as TO or
Der discipline and care Of property with their
mechanical education. and the well-arranged
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styles and forms. Fresco painting and fancy
work are not in the painters course although
the sign painters who show themselves apt have
some freedom in that direction In addition to
the ordinary signs, many OF the boys practise
| on work in Hebrew characters, having an eye
to the business which they will be called upon
10 90 when they pu, up their own signs in the
| Jewish district
| The departments are arranged for the ac-
communication Of thirty boys each and these
are selected by the superintendent from a great
number who come in answer TO advertisements
at the beginning Of every term Although the
school was organized for the benefit Of Russian
and Rumanian boys, Jews of other extraction
admitted
Mr.. Walden says that the school should at
tempt to reach three results:
"first-To teach boy quickly as possible
the fundamental principles of trade the prn-
ciples of which belong to the greatest number OF
kindred trades, together with such a knowledge
OF figuring and mechanical drawing % will be in
dspensable to him in his chosen line of work.
"Second-TO teach him to do well just what
is required of the class Of help whose place he
IS fitted by age and condition to fill.
"Thlrd-To teach boy unquestionng obedi-
ence.
ITO accomplish this we give a pupil five and
half months training, eight hours day under
a skilled mechanic. who has never more than
fifteen pupils under his care. / believe this
length of time is sufficient to accomplish the
aims set forth. and feel that an additional month
or so added to the course would not be so bene-
fetal to the pupil as the same time spent at
work in a shop"
According to the records of the school, 81 per
cent Of the graduates obtained employment at
their trades at the time Of graduation, and
nearly all have continued to do well and earn
good wages. Many Of the manufacturing con-
Germs to which boys sent from the school
have written to the superintendent that they
were pleased with the boys. who usually do
their work we'll and urderstandngy
The present trustees of the Hirsch Fund
Myer s Isaacs. president; Jacob II. Schiff. vice
president; Emanuel Lehman. treasurer: Abra-
ham Abraham James II. Hoffman, NewYork:
Henry Rice. Ney-YOrk, Mayer Sulzberger, Phil
adepha w. b. Hlckenburg. Philadelphia. and
A. s. Soomons. general agent