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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
ABOUT M GRASS.
Farmers What He Knows
About Bermuda Grass.

Much has been said and written
about Bermuda grass.
What soil suits it? Is it a good hay
grass, and a good gress for grazing?
Also what is best mode Of destroying
the sod when once set?
1 have grown this grass for fifteen
years, and find it like vegetation,
grows best in good soil, but will take
hold on poor washed land and in gull
Ines and will soon improve the poorest
soil.
I prefer Bermuda hay even to tim
othy and on good mellow soils it will
produce from two to three cuttings
annually.
I have heard and read that the best
mode of Graduating this grass when
once well set, is to pillow up and sow
in cow peas that the shade of the pea
vines will kill it out. I have never
seen this done nor Go I think it viii in.
any reasonable number Of years.
I have found the only way / .an
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kin it out is to plow it up with q
small sharp acooters harrow with ro-
tary harrow, which throws it up in
punches, then take team and wagon
and pitch fork, load it and haul to
some gully or washed place or pasture
lands which will pay ycu for hauling,
or you may take the roots and throw
them out to dry, then stack for winter
use. You will lind mules and cattle
viii eat them and keep sleek and fat
IN them rs 4 fodder.
I have tried this with gratifying ef-
feet. After taking the bulk of the
grass of the land as above, pillow thor
oughly, breaking every ridge, and cult.
waite fast through the summer in cot
ton or corn and you will have no grass
to trouble you. The thing to do is to
keep the roots 50 stirred that they cen
not take a strong hold.
AS a grazing grass there can not he
a better nor more lasting one. In the
south it affords grazing from the 18th
of April to last of November, and if not
fed too close in umme stock will eat
the dead tops all winter even to the
surface of the ground.
When I have had Bermuda thickly
sodded I have plowed it up, sown in
oats in fall and narrowed well and
have had oats to grow on it three to
four feet high where land was good.
I have plowed mp the sod with a
small scooter, breaking both ways. or
o breaking. 1 ploved in medium
corn, cultivated fast and made line
r if you will keep the sods finely
broken it does not iniure corn at all.
If you think this worthy of space in
your valuable paper place it there.
some one may profit by it.-Only a
Farnter-Jones, in Southern Cultiva-
tor.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
THE STRAWBERRY BED.
1t Isn't the Most snowy Blossom On
the Plant that Is Followed by
the Best Fruit.

When strawberry plants are in
bloom, any amateur may learn the diff.
f~erences that mark the productive and
barren sorts. The large snowy
blooms, filled with bright yellow
stamens are the barren sort. Smaller
sized blooms with heads Of pistiIs,
like small, green strawberries, are the
fertile sorts. The barren plants are
the most vigorous and if let alone
Will out-grow the fertile plants. Then
the strawberry bed will be as white as
snow but will produce nc berries, and
persons say the plants have run out.
They have only run out in the sense
of not having pistilIate plants to fer
tiliZe the staminate blooms. This is IN
important fact with Strawberries. Ex-
anime a bed when in bloom, and mark
the fertile plants, and when a new bed
is set, allow one fertile to every seven
barren plants. That is the writer's
rule, although ONE expert straw
berry culturists have one fertile to
every ten barren plants. Thus
planted, they will equalize themselves
by a full crop of berries, not an unpro-
ductive plant being among them.
Of course, good culturc must be given.
but that is another consideration
from having the plants pistillate or
fertile and staminate or barren, prop
erly interspersed. Botanically the
stra wbeTry should produce both
staments and pistils III each flower and
every flower should produce a berry.
This is the case with the alpine and
the wildwood strawberries, but not so
with tue cultivated, hybridized and
perfected berries. To be sure each
bloom may have both stamcns and pis-
ills, yet the latter may be So few that
their natural functions are intellectual
to produce berries.
There is a very god plan adopted
by many Of making a small bed en-
tirely Of fertile plants, SO as to have q
reserve supply 10 draw upon, for
every year, a bed ought to be care
fully noticed, and pistiIates reset,
wherever the strong growing stami-
mates have Overgrown them. Clipping
the runners of strawberry plants pre-
vents the two free growth of the bar
rem sorts and preserves the fertile
plants. Cutting off the and
keeping the plants in stools is always
recommended, but the above reason is
not always given, but it is a very i'm
portant reason.
The small bed Of fertile plants here
recommended to be kept to draw from,
viii not bear berries. Neither the
male nor the female plants alone of a
kind, will fruit. 1t requires the func-
lions Of the two sorts combined to pro-
duce fruit.-O Old Fogy,in Dixie Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
HERE AND THERE.

When Sambo is sbpplanted by the
mechanical cotton harvester, it will be
time for tile horse to take fright at the
automobile.
The very common opinion that IL
bee, after using and losing its sting,
dies, is an error. Bees seem to suffer
no Inconvenience from the loss, except
that in war time are without a weapon.
There is a natural affinity between
hogs and mother Garth, and they
should neve be separated. Hogs,
whether young Or old, should at all
times have access to the ground.
The Florida experiment station
has proved that the fattening proper
ties of five articles of food us follows:
Cassavn, 95,2 per cent; corn, are 90
per cent; gorbus, a2:2 per cent; pin
ders, 24,2 per cent; chufas, Z per cent.
An occasional feed Of cut vege-
tables like potatoes, turnips, beets,
carrots, and apples fed raw in
troughs, add to the variety Of green
stuff. and are greatly enjoyed by the
fowls.
-Itnsilage is better than dry fodder,
especially for mich cows. The differ
ence between dry fodder and the same
fodder made into eusilage is in the wa
Ter the latter contains, and yet we can
not combine the dry fodder with va.
ter and nuke it equal silage in feed,
ing value
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

A New York exchange tells about a
man employed on the street cars in
that city walking into a station house
and inquiring if a lost child had been
brought there. He was shown into a
back room, where three waits had
been collected from the streets. After
inspecting them in a perplexed way, he
asked one: "Are you Johnny?" The
child was too sleepy to answer. Unjust
send for my wife," said the puzzled ap-
Phcant. The woman came and picked
out another child as her own. 'eYou
must excuse me-" said the man to the
police officials. 81 work on the sur
face road and never see the children
except when in bed"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

A system of cooperation for the com
ingsummer has been arranged between.
the division of forestry and the forest
reserve work of the United States
geological survey. The. latter is a
branch Of the department Of the In
terror. Field parties of each division
will collect information desired by the
other, and, in some instances, exchange
of men may be made. This system.
says the official bulletin, marks a dis
tinct change from conditions of a few
years ago, when there was sharp rival
~ between the scientific branches of
government service. The geological
survey will give especial attention to
collecting data on forest fires for the
division of forestry.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

Not long ago a report was printed
that Prof. Sumner, of Yale, had said in
an address to students that nine mar.
riages in ten + unhappy. So much
comment was excited by this PROPOSE
ton that Prof. Sumner states his posi-
ton anew: "In the strictest sense
marriage is an ideal thing that has
neve been realized. Vicissitudes act
on the couple and change them, and
notmore than ten per cent. realize their
ideals" The professor fails to say how
many ideals are realized in other re-
spects than matrimony, and whether
they would have proved superior to act
ual results. He has backed off into the
region of the imaginative and knows
that he cannot be surrounded there.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

Theconyentiono of butter makers that
was lately in session at Lincoln Neb.
R,,.. represents one Of
the most Important
ohl'eu statel classes Of men in
the United States. The extent OF their
interests was shown by the attendance
Of 1000 delegates. Each year the con.
vention has grown in size and influence,
largely through the belief that united
effort on the part Of the butter makers.
is necessary to check the increased pro-
duction of ol-eomargarine. 1t may be
considered doubtful whether the ef-
forts against the imitation Of butter
products have had effect. Certainly, it
is rue that the production of oleemar-
garine is increasing largely, At the
same time, the dairy interests gain in
prosperity. In 1870 the dairy prod
ucts of the United States had an annual
value of $50. oO0,O 900; last year the pro-
duction was not far from $500, 600. 1000.
The farmers in 1899 owned 15,09O,115
mich cows, and, although this is less
than during some previous years, their
value was $474,233,925 which is much
greater than ever before in the history
of the United States. In fact, the last
ten years has seen a steady annual in
crease in value, in spite of the COMPETE
ton Of imitation dairy products. The
dairy interests of the rest of the world
do not compare with those of the Unit
ed States. MuIhan estimates that the
American production is about one-
fourth that Of the world. The Ameri-
can COWS produce 2o,OOO,OO o tons Of
milk annually, which is used in the
creameries and butter factories that
nowadays do most of their work by ma
chinery, the old-fashioned churn be-
ing nearly as archaic as the spinning
wheel.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

Belmont, Mass which supports a
well-organized fire department, went
through last year without even an
alarm. The citizens are so well pleased
that they have bought a new hook and
ladder truck and built a new hose
house. They appreciate a good thing
and understand real economy.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

As 8 reward Of valor an the British
army or navy there is conferred the
j. wss,, Victoria Cross,
made Of iron, and.
Ae worn proudly by
general and private alike. The United
States. for the same purpose has the
medal Of honor, granted by congress,
but it is much more rarely given than
the Victoria Cross, and thousands Of
soldiers have never even seen it. The
bowknot worn in the buttonhole in
lieu Of the medal goes unrecognized,
except by the very few. The medal is
Of black bronze. and is often mistaken
for the grand army insignia, the latter
having been patterned after it to a GER
tain degree. It is much larger than
the latter, and on the reverse side is en-
graved the name, rank, date and the
battle in which the service was rem
dered, and the specific act Of heroism
for which it was given. The medal is
only worn on state occasions, but the
bowknot is always worn. It is a small
affair, with its specific ribbon. 1t is Of
silk, white stripe in center, bordered
by two blue stripes, which are bordered
by two red stripes. 1t is an inch in
length and three-eighths Of an inch
wide. The little emblem shows that
the wearer has received from this pov-
eminent the highest honor that can be
conferred upon man. The secretary of.
var recently issued an order, after a
conference with the executive commit
tee of the Medal of Honor Legion, that
hereafter, on all official occasions, re-
ceptions, banquets, and the like, the
congressional medal OF honor will be
worn resting on the breast and sus-
pended by the broad official ribbon of
the order around the neck.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

The Boston Transcript grows elo-
quent as it discusses the future, and
prophesies that the next century will
be an age of peace and rest. The one
significant, ubiquitous thing now in
evidence everywhere, except the tomb,
is useless, brain-wearying, nerve-dis-
tracing noise. God intended this to
be a world of rhythm, instead it is a
world of dissonance. Noise is discord,
and it tells on the nerves. 1t belongs to
the dark ages, and to boyhood and
Fourth of July. The pneumatic tire
was not the invention of a philan-
thropist, it was brought into use to
enable the rider of a wheel to cling to
the sides of a hill. But what at first
was seer as a necessity is now recog-
nized as an indispensable virtue-a ne
cessity of our being. Planets bigger
than buses and moving more rapidly
make no noise. The wild duck moving
a mile per minute darkens the sun in
passing, but makes no noise. Fish dart
through the seas, but make no noise.
Man alene is the noise inventor; but he
is coming, though it be but slowly,
from the dark ages. Let us nov enter
upon a crusade against ear-spHtting
Notwithstanding noises. The automo-
bile is a prophecy,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

daughter has received from the use Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound. After beginning the use Of
your medicine she began to mend
rapidly and is now able to be at her
work. Her menses are regular and
almost painless. 1 feel very thankful
to you and expect to always keep your
Vegetable Compound in my house. It
is the best medicine 1 ever knew. You
have my permission to publish this
letter if you wish, it may be the means
of doing others good."-MRs. MATILDA
A. CAMP, Manchester Mill, Macon, Ga,
September Is, 1899.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

The following notice appeared re-
Gently in the Gardiner (Me.) ~Independ-
ent; TO Those Whom It May Inter
est: Mr.. and Mrs. William Il. Kennis-
ton' OF Chelsea, wish hat the people of
Chelsea and vicinity would look after.
their own affairs and leave u r alone.
as we can take care Of them ourselves
Mr.. and Mrs. William Remission
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

The national society of Daughters of
the American Revolution has a mem
bership of 31,192, and at the continent
tai congress in Washington, every state
and territory has been represented.
The Daughters" and other patriotic
hereditary societies Of like general
scope and purpose, do a useful work
in stimulating interest in our country's
early history.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

Heat as a remedy and also ash pre-
ventive for this dreaded disease is
entirely relia bic.
This is not q mere
scarlet @eveF theory, for it has
been for many years thoroughly dem-
o~nstrated. There are various methods
OF applying 1t, but the higher the tenn
perature the better. says Z. P. Haskell.
"a Hinsdale Nlich.) Beacon. If access.
could be had to the Turkish bath,
chat would be preferable, as its high
temperature Of dry heat is far more
potent as remedial agent than moist.
The next best method is the use OF
the ordinary bath cabinet. Next in
order is. the ~old-fashioned ecorn
sweat" Take a half bushel of corn
in the ear, bring to a boil, and cover
the patient with a sheet, pile the corn
all over from feet to the neck, then
cover with blankets and quilts. Have
a good fire in the room. After a half
hour or more, wipe off with tepid wa
ter, dry and place in bed. Renew this
daily. A now noted physician in Chi
cago, upon his graduation from the
medical college about 20 years ago,
went into the office Of a country ply
stefan, and during the first winter scar
let fever was very prevalent. He had
under his immediate care 20 or more
scarlet fever patients, whom he treat
ed by this method, his attention hav-
ing been called to it by an old ply
stefan a year previous. Their recovery
was rapid and without any Of the I'M
fortunate sequels Of this disease af-
fecting the eyes, ears, etc. This ply
stefan related the facts soon after.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

TO move an immense building, con-
tanning the executive offices of the
UnisedStates government in Cleveland,
q and weighing over $4,000, 1000 pounds,
without 60 much ra cracking the plas-
ter IS the gigantic task which con-
Fronts the Cleveland government an.
.ehorifies
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

A Washington exchange says that
the Chinese minister is proving to be a
speaker Of so much ability that China.
would not surprise people if it were to
put forward a claim that it was the
original home Of the after-dinner ora
tor, as well as of gunpowder and the
art Of printing.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

A man who lives in a thriving town
not far from Kansas City, a blacksmith
by trade, makes quantities of toma-
hawks and sells them to Indians at
western agencies, and they in turn sell
them to eastern tourists as curiosities.
The tenderfoot is still an easy mark
for the willy w~esterner.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

The bicycle, the automobile and the
use of rubber tires upon family car
riages r great helpers in the good
roads improvement. Americas rail
road system is so complete that this
country has rather neglected its high
ways, by comparison with the older
countries of the world, but influences
are now at work which promise to eff
feet great changes.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

In a sermon at South Bethlehem, Pa,
the pastor turned to the young men
and said: $40 your indifference and
bashfulness is due the maidenhood Of
about 500 young women Of the parish,
and the number is increasing" The
bashful one have no further excuse
for inhction.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

Some attention was recently directed
IN an American medical journal to the
professional fees paid to physicians in
the states, and the curious fact was
pointed out that a fee Of $500 was quite
exceptionally netted. In the land
where millionaires abound, as well as
men Of large wealth, this certainly
seems a surprising thing. A surgeon
not long ago operated successfully for
appendicitis in San Francisco and his
millionaire patient voluntarily handed
him a draft for 100000. This fee must
eclipse any record we have in this
country, says an English paper. If
anything, however, there are signs
everywhere that Operation stock" is
a falling market. That is to say, the
fees for operations are not what they
used to be. Many causes, no doubt, are
contributing to this doleful state Of
affairs, but perhaps the most active Of
all is the Increasing number of those.
Ia whose hands the public find that
their surgical needs can be placed.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

A foreign exchange says that Prof.
Kollicker, of the Naples aquarium, re-
Gently went down into the Mediter-
ranean in an iron cage lit up by cleo
tricity. With the aid of a powerful re-
ceiver and a specially constructed pho
nograph he registered the expressions
Of surprise with which the fish well
coined his appearance. He notes that
the sound made by one fish differs
greatly from that of another, and has
summed up the results Of his expert
ment in the conviction that the sounds
by fishes will yet be recognized as a Ian
guage. Persons who are accused of
talking like fish may yet find that the
simile is not so far fetched after all.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

Scientists tell us that worry injuries
beyond repair certain cells of the brain,
and the brain being the nutritive cen
ter Of the body the other organs be-
come gradually injured, and when
some disease Of these organs, or a com
bination Of them arises, death finally
ensues. Then let the Don't Worry"
clubs multiply in the land!
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

Philadelphian notes that alayer Of
snow over the country saves thousands
Of dollars to the people by the saving
1n gas. Snow is so powerful a reflector.
that one a see to read at least a
half-hour longer on account of it, and.
thus about IS cents worth Of gas is
saved each evening.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

Iennyson Jones and Byron Brown
r two worthy citizens of a Georgia
settlement. Recently, on a wager,
Iennyson deVoured two baked pos
sums at a sitting. Byron is distin-
guished by having consumed seven
boxes Of sardines in as many minutes.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
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Lady-You tell me that you do not always
chop wood?
Sandy Pikes-No, muml When I'm up
dis way / chop wood; when I'm down in
Chinatown ! chop suey.-Chicago Evening
News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

The value Of the egg crop of the
state Of Missouri exceeds in amount
the value Of the cereal crops Of that
state sold on the market
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

A New York expert says that a coun-
try girl is better than her city-bred
sister as a saleswoman. He gives as his
reasons for this that the country girl
Is not so likely to have her head full of
social amusements; that she is, as a
rule, more attentive to her business
and that she studies the wants of her
customers more than the city maiden.
Many business men are of the same
opinion.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
Americans who have travelled abroad,
especially in Austria, Italy or France,

Americans who have travelled abroad.
especially in Austria, Italy or France.
defect, n know of the SUI
perior excellence of
OU N"U' European bakers
bread, but it is not admitted by Ameri-
can bakers as a rule. The National
Baker is, however, frank enough to
confess the shortcomings of the trade
of which it is the organ, and sensibly
seeks to learn the cause and advance
a remedy. 1t declares that the millers
are not to blame. America has the
most capable miIlers and the best mill
ing processes in the world, and the
wheat is as good as that grown in
Hungary, if not better. The bakers
themselves generally ascribe the in
ferior quality of bread to the modern
fad of making it of whole wheat -four,
from which the bran and other fbrous
matter have been eliminated in the
process of milling. The National
Baker, however, declares that the bak-
ers are chiefly responsible for the poor
results. The millers will always give
the bakers the kind of -four they want.
1t is to their interest to do so. The
public will agree with the trade paper
that something should be done to
place on the tables of Americans the
white, faky, healthy bread, of which
the people of Paris and Vienna are so
Justly proud.'
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

A current report says that the trus-
tees of IN Indiana church have barred
the doors of the church building
against the minister who has been
holding revival services with remark
able accompanimcnts. 1t is said that,
IN the midst of his exhortations, the
minister would leap over the pulpit
to the floor, and then with a hop, skip
and jump, go down the aisle like a
whirlwind and back again, jumping
yer benches, chairs and ever mem
bers of the congregation. When he
reached the pulpit he would take up
his discourse where he had left off.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

DEAR MRS. PNEa
A SIT affords me
great pleasure to tell
Won of the benefit nv
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

id has been for about
rec months. The doc
r does her but very
good, if any. I
thought I would
Try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
"a Compound, but I
want your advice
before beginning its
use. I have become
very much alarmed
about her, as she Is
getting so weak. -"
Mrs. MATILDA A.
CAMP, Manchester
Mill, n aeon, Ca,
May 81, 1899.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
A STORY.
Tells About Her Daughters Illness.
and How She was Relieved
Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham.

"MRs. PHKHAM 81 write to tell you
about my daughter. She is nineteen
years old and is flowing all the time,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

Heat as q remedy and also asa pre-
ventive for this dreaded disease is