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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-20
HERE AND THERE.

Natures own remedy for lice ON
pigs" says the Australian Agricultur-
list, sis mud" Natures remedy is out
of date. Kerosene emulsion sprayed
ON is far better.
This has been one of the best sea-
sons in all history for growing prov
idence" rice, and we learn some good
crops have been made on this sytem,
but it will not do to depend upon.
Much fruit that is unfit for mar
kct may be canned, or made into de-
liciors forms that will keep in cans
indefinitely. A farmer who has fruit
only during fruit seasons during fruit
years, il mot living up to his privi-
leges.
Every farmer should have a
plentiful supply of fruit all the year
round, when the fruit crop fails az
well as when it il abundant. Mason
jars are cheap and will last q life
time, and sugar-well. they must pay
trust prices.
The only way to raise first-class
turkey stock is by giving poults plen-
ty of exercise. The more of it they
have, - = rule, the better they viii
grow and be in the end. Ranging
about the fields. catching grasshop-
pers and other insects is the only
thing that will give.a growing poult
the vigor that will develop it into q
strong adult fowl.
The Georgia Poultry Herald ssyz
statistics furnished by the govern.
ment show that the average number
of eggs laid, for all the hens of the
country, il about sixty eggs each pei
year, but good average hens of any
breed. or even good mongrels, vel
cared for. win produce ten or twelve
dozen eggs year each.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-20
SOY BEAN EXPERIMENTS.
A Plant That Has Been Much Neg.
lecfcd Owing to Ignorance
Of Its Value.

The soy bean. commonly but incor-
crctly called sofa bean, is a legumin-
Gus plant and q native of southern
Asia. 1t is said to have been cultivat-
ed in China even before the time of
Confucius, but its spread to sur
rounding countries was very slow.
This plant has been very much neg
lected, owing to the ignorance of it's
value as n crop, and not until recent
ly has the great value of the soy been
clearly demonstrated. In 1878 Prof.
Haberlandit made series Of expert
ments in Hungary with the soy bean,
and strongly urged its cultivation as
plant has been grown in our own
country for great many years, prin-
cipally in the south. So we see it is
not a late discovery, as many of us
think, but this has been used in Japan
and China for centuries as food for
man. The fat that the soy is self
pollinated makes the yield independ-
ent Of insects, and q crop o. seed is
insured wherever the conditions are
such as to allow proper vegetable
growth. There is no other crop 70
easily raised and that can be used to
such good advantage is compounding
feeding rations u the soy bean. The
value of feeding stuff is measured
by the amount of fat and portein in
it, and the chemical ANALYSIS show the
soy bean to contain three times more
protein than corn and one-third more
than COW peas. Farmers are just be-
ginning to see the necessity of high
" concentrated food. Hence the
great demand for bran, and what ! am
endeavoring to show, is that we still
have better and cheaper way Of get
ting our protein and fat forming elc-
naeats.. To make this plain we will
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-20
The Fowl On the Farm.

Every farmer, or anybody else, who
raises fowls below the grade Of pure
bred should buy cock of some pure
breed which he likes, or two of them.
if he has too many hens for one. By
continuing this course, and carefully
selecting pullets for their conformity
to the markings of the cocks, in three
generations it will take an expert to
distinguish between them and stand
ard fawls. In fact, it is fact well
known to all breeders that sometimes
a half-breed may possess better mark
ings than many full-blooded ones.
Hence, whether handling pure breeds
or mixtures of breeds, there will be
many culls, and some will throw back
to one of the breeds used in creating
the breed originally. We can point to
n flock of about twenty white Wyan-
dottes, bred from prize winners, in
which some four or five are fairly well
marked white leghorns. This is not
unusual with the newer breeds
Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-20
new bleed fer the Herd.

Fancy breeders of stock for the
show ring have to consider points of
color, form, and similar character
istics in way that the average farm
er who raises stock for the market
entirely overlooks. A slight variation
in any of these minor points might
prove q defect that would condemn an
otherwise fine animal for the exhibi-
tion ring, and fancy breeder would
sooner dispose of such animals at q
nominal sum than to hold them for
further breeding. The farmer or
breeder who is on the lookout for new
blood, would find rich prize in these
animals. A boar pig or bull of this
class cum nearly always be purchased
comparatively cheap, and as the head
of the herd it would prove of the
greatest value to the farmer. New
blood is needed continually in every
herd, but it is never needed to the
extent of justifying the Introduction
of inferior blood. Better constant in
breeding, until something better can
be obtained, than the introduction OF
inferior or unknown blood.-Epito-
mist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-20
RHINOcER0S IN CAMP.
AreckinR IN Africa-Red Blanket
Caused His Death.

While trekking in South Africa, Par
ker Gilmore often outspanned on the
open veldt. 1t was life of discomfort
and adventure. which he wildly de
scribes in his book, The Great Thirst
Land" Contrary to what would be
commonly believed, wild beasts not in
frequently came about the camp. and
even into the heart of the campfire.
One night we had outspanned rather
late. and the boys" had built an enQr-
nous fire close by the wagon, and be-
tween eating and shouting kept me
awake. Toward daylight this was still
going on, when l heard several excla-
nations of terror. I looked out of the
front Of the wagon. The boys were fly
ing helter-skelter everywhere, and a
rhinoceros was trotting backward and
forward across the fire. tossing car
cases. skins, cooking utensils and
blankets about as if each of them con-
tanned somebody.
A red blanket seemed particularly
to take the fancy of the irate beast.
At it he went. and got his horn well
into it. But there it seemed to stick.
The more he shook his head, the more
tightly the blanket wrapped itself
about it. entirely hiding the eyes.
He shook his head, paved with his
forefeet, lay down his clumsy length
and rolled from side to side, strug-
Cling in vain to get free of the envel-
opinp blanket. I laughed aloud IT
his grotesque antics.
Suddenly he gave . snort, bound
and kick. and started for the somber
shadows Of the forest; but he carried
a two-ounce bullet behind his shoul-
der. How he escaped knocking that
ornamental head-piece Of his against
tree was a wonder. In the morning
he was found dead. The bullet had
done ite work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-20
IT WAS ONLY ABABY.
The HorriAea spect.tSrs Theufh
They Saw Frightenya Horses
Run over 1

A tragedy was avertes in rag eme4
IN the park recently. she day sEas
bright and balmy, and the u;uaI
throng of rich and pooS were gath-'
cred there to enjoy tae fresh air
and see the usual sighis. The fich
rode in carriages, the poor waiked,t
and the tramps, to whdm every gay
is Sunday, lounged uponf the benGaes,:
relates the New York Times.
About three o'clock in the afternoon,
over near an entrance, p shout fTass
heard which at once attdacted thu at.
tention of hundreds of persons-f A
span of terrified horses sttached 10 =
hight road wagon appeated aroui.d =
curve and sped toward she cente: OF
the park. Then out from one off the
walks, 200 yards aheaa IDf the rlna-,
way horses, came a LITTLE girl. sShe
was about six years old. In her afms
she carried baby ALMOST as bie as
herself. The infant was decked With
q sprig or two of green. ].
The little mothers back war
turned to the oncominy horses: A
seedy-looking man with. a dirty taee
and greasy clothes sprang from sthe
sidewalk and threw hitnse1f at the
horses reins. He caugEl them, 5eld
on for a moment, and sas hurled to
one side. A moment later a distin-
guished-looking man in the walking
garb of fashion saw the child ahaad,
and as the runaways charged Test
him he threw away his cane snd
dashed into the roadwas. He caught
the bit of one of the hosses, and vas
also flung violently to oIse side. pig
policeman saw tragedy impending
and ran to reach the child. The little
girl turned. saw the hnrses coming,
and stood for moment paraly:ed
with fear. At last she darted forward,
but as she did so she stumbled end
fell, dropping the baby. Then she
made one feeble scramble. just a4ffi-
cient to clear her from the horses'
heels, but the baby lay quietly, knd
the next moment the horses and whg-
on wheels had dashed sover its listle
body.
A cry of horror arote from ihe
spectators. The policeman reacaed
the baby first, closely followed by Che
man of fashion and the tramp. bpth
breathless. The little dirl was stsad-
ing crying at the side of the roadway.
The policeman stopped and tend4rly
picked up the baby ffom the dust.
Then he smiled.
"Why. it's big rag soll!" said;h he.
Pom my word, it is,s said the Iian
of fashion. Z.
"well, I'll be blewea." remarked
the seedy individual. !:
"Here. little girl" sid the police
man. cheerily, "here's your baby. Not
hurt bit. Now so and find your
mother
"And buy some candy on the way,
said the man of fashion. squeezing
dime into the little girls hands.
"You wus born lucky. you was"
said the tramp to the child.
And the three kinsmen, made ID by
one touch of nature. struggled .out
from the gathering crowd and went
their several ways.t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-20
HOW TO MANAGE A HUSBAND
1t II Easy. Enough when Wife Mas
something 10 Hold Over the Losd
OF the Hpusehold.

Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Deming gre
neighbors and visi; each other quite
frequently, and Mrs, Fuller has ao-
ticed with surprise that Mrs. Detn-
ing's husband never scolds when .he
comes home and finds no supper
ready. She asked Mrs. D about
it, and was told it was as easy as rssll-
ing OF log, says the Chicago Times
Herald.
"You have only to use little tacj,
she said. "Why, any man can be mdu-
aged by a tactful Wife" !.
Just then Deming came in looking
rather tired ard Cross, but his wife
took his hat, WHISPERED somethingsin
his ear, and asked him if he was very
hungry.
He said he didn't mind waiting, dnd
at her suggestion3he took his paper
and went into thel other room.
"There!" whispered Mrs. D to
her neighbor, "didh.t tell you it only
required a little tl.t," and she went
about getting snpper while Hrs.
Fuller went home to try how fact
would work on her husband.
She found him with thunder cloud
brow, and at once began the Jew
treatment.
'.Please go into the parlor and read
the paper while / hurry up the 3up-
per-"
"Well, you have nerve! Do jou
s'pose I can satisfy my appetite With
news from China. like that. A luan
might as well be bachelor and done
with it as have wife who is FOREVER
gadding to the neighbors."
II was over 10 Deming's a few min
utes, and Mr.. Deming came homo
while was there, and he wasn't 4 bit
cross, and her supper is late. toa."
"Of course, it is. Gossiping round
and hindering each other. / woAder
you ever get anything DONE"
Mrs. Fuller had tried tact, bit il
didn't seem to work. Her feelings
were hurt and her temper was rising.
She concluded to take heroic measures
and see what would happen. She5took
on the white apron she had pinned
on, and turned, as only a worm can
George Augustus Fuller, III you
want any supper tonight you can get
it yourself. I'm going home ta eat.
and will stay there until you know
how to treat me. You should. have
married q cook"
'.Maria," piped Fuller, feebly, sdon't
60"
"Then will you be more r.ason-
sble?"
"why Of course. I was only.bluf-
ing"
They made it up, and got SUPPER to-
gether like two turtle doves. Mrs.
Fuller thinks it takes different kinds
Of tact for different men. bus she
doesn't know yet what it was that
Mrs. Deming whispered 80 swe.tly to
her husband. II was this:
If You cay one crosa word While
she is here, I'll tell how much ,mcaey
you lost on that last deal in Nheat!n
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-20

compare the soy bean with bran and
oil meal. Prof. Henry, in his book ON
Feeds and Feeding" gives the
amount of digestible nutriments in
ton Of oil meal to be 1.422 pounds;
bran, 1862; while soy beans contain
1895 pounds per ton. Now 1,422
pounds of digestible nurtiments in oil
meal costs us $2s; 1862 pounds OF
bran costs us SIS, while 1926 pounds
of digestible nutriment per ton Of soy
beans can be grown at cost OF two
dollars in work and small cash out
lay for seed. Steward. in his book
on the feeding of animals, estimates
the feeding value of a ton OF soy
beans to $44, while the fertilizing val
ue of the decaying roots is $1s per
acre.
Our experience with soy beans il
this: They have no equal a. . feed 50
far as we have tried them. For hogs
and dairy cattle they are superb. The
increase in the milk pail and butter
tub confirms us in the belief that they
have no equal as feeding stun. TAX
ing into consideration, first, their
great nutritive value, second. cheap
ness, and, third, fertilizing value
which il equal to that of clover-they
are certainly valuable crop. Our
cattle will leave clover knee high and
eat soy bean forage in preference.
Ground that produces one and one
half tons of timothy hay will pro-
duce three tons of bean hay, which
is worth $3.50 more per ton than
timothy, says Prof. Norris We find
we can produce pork, beef and milk
at q very low rate with the soy bean.
We fattened bunch of hogs last fall
almost exclusively on soy beans. just
three weeks before selling, we COM
menced feeding corn. The hogs were
fattened in the shortest time and
made the finest meat we ever pro-
duced. Their coats had = glossy ap-
pearance which would cause one to
think they were kept curried. Mr.. w.
III. Wilson, of Virginia, gives five rea-
sons for growing more beans than
corn. He says: "First, I can get more
net money out of one bushel of soy
beans than can out of five bushels of
corn; second, think that corn is five
times harder on ground than the soy
bean; third, corn costs me five times
more to grow; fourth. / think the soy
bean FIVE times greater in oily mat
ter than corn; fifth, think the soy
bean five times better for producing
meat, milk and butter than corn" :"
This man has grown this crop IT
years. As food for man the soy
bean is good, whether cooked. like
green peas, parched and eaten as pea
nuts or ground and used as coffee. 1t
has been sold as the coffee bean by
some seedmen. No farmer would be
without this valuable plant after
once giving it fair trial.-Evan B.
Davis.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-20
origi. Of the Chinese o-e.e.

The custom of Cinnamon wearing
pigtails is not ancient, considering the
period that China has existed as .
nation. It dates from 1927, when the
Manchus, who then commenced the
conquest Of the celestial empire, en-
forced this fashion IT doing the hai1
a q sign of degradation. The average
queue is three feet long. says the
Golden Penny, and, reasoning that the
adult Cinnamon number zoe, ,OO0. 900, we
get . united pigtail veasuring 1855
miles long, sufficiep, to 20 four and
Q halt times Eoypd the earth!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-20
The stanAara.

The Hother-How can you Iaarry q
man who il beneath You socislly?
The Daughter-Why, mamma, ]
didn't know he was.
His people are worth only halt a..
much q ws srA"-DetEoit Frs Press
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-24
CENSUS BEGINS JUNE |.
Enumerators Will Have a Month for
the Work.

Census enumerators will start to
count noes on June /. Bright and
early on the first day Of summer they
will spread over the country like an
army of grasshoppers. They will
visit every section and will ask all
kinds Of questions that must be an
swered under penalty Of the law. II
any one shuts door in the face Of the
"censuS man. he will be violating q
federal statute and will be liable to a
fine.
According to the census law, re-
turns must be made on the basis Of
June 1. la man is alive on that
day he will have his name, place, oc-
cupation and all other facts relating
to him duly tabulated in the census
returns, even II he has died before
the "census man" comes around.
There may be a kicking, vigorous ad-
dition to the family on June 5 or
June 10 when the man with the pen
Gil and blank forms visits the house,
but that particular baby will have to
wait ten years to be counted. As far
as the census enumerators are con-
cerned, the world will come to an end
on June /.
In the large cities the census will
be completed within two weeks from
June !, and in the country until July
| will be allowed. As soon as the
returns are complete they will be for
warded to Washington and no one is
allowed to give out any information
regarding them under danger Of i'm
prisonment. There the returns will
be assorted, tabulated and footed up
and prepared for publication.
W. II. Smith of Marysville is super
intendent for this district and II
enumerators will do the work for
Dickinson county.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-24
NOW A NOTED STUDENT.
Father Philip, Of Atchison, Was Once
an Orphan Boy at Solomon,

CHAPMAN, May 22.-The Memorial
sermon will be preached here next
Sunday by Father Philip of Atchison,
who twenty years ago was an orphan
boy in Solomon. He was known then
as Wlllh Williams.
Father Philip is in every sense OF
the word a self-made man. When he
was a boy he was a great student, and
by hard work he made his way
through college and secured a finished
education, graduating with honors.
He was ordained a priest eight years
ago, but has continued the literary
work which he began while in college,
and he is the author Of standard
work on English grammar. He is also
a Shakespearian student and will de-
liver a lecture on Shakespeare while
in Chapman.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-24
INSTITUTE ON JUNE 4.
]. H. Niesley, ], B, stauffer and H.
NJ, Ambrose TO Be Instructors.

| To the Teachers of Dickinson county;
The annual teachers normal insti.
tute will be held in the Garfield school
building, Abilene, commencing Mon
day, June 4, and continuing four
weeks. At the close will be teach
ers' examination for certificates. The
teachers Of the county and all those
expecting to enter the ranks Of teach
ers next year are urged to attend.
While it is not compulsory on the
part Of the tesoAsr to attend, yet any
one who desires to keep up with his
profession, and be considered an up
to-date teacher cannot afford to miss
this opportunity of bettering himself.
Work will be done in all common
branches but only so much as it be-
comes necessary toilustrate methods.
The object Of the normal Is to give
professional training and we hope,
this year, to stick more closely to this
than ever.
The institute will be conducted by
the county superintendent and the
following will be the instructors:
supt. j. II, Nleslcy, Of the Abilene
schools,
j, b. Staufer, principal Lincoln
school, Abilene,
II. M. Ambrose, principal Enter
prise schools
These instructors need nointroduc-
ton to the teachers Of Dickinson
county. They will give the attend
ants on the institute the best possible
instruction both in methods and re-
views and oil will feel well repaid for
attending.
State Superintendent Of Schools
Frank Nelson will deliver an address
during the institute; Prof. J. W.
Hullinger, the new principal Of tho
county high school, will also make an
address and other speakers will be
secured.
The institute sessions will bo open
to visitors, and schoolboard members
are requested to call and inspect the
teachers work at any time.
l.. G. HUMBARGAR,
County Superintendent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-24
GOING TO INDIA.
Dickinson's Contribution Being Fol-
lowed by the State Aid.

Dickinson county's India relief corn
has already been distributed in BON.
bay. The Kansas India Corn Relief
committee, Of which Gov. W. h. Stan
ley is chairman, has arranged to have
the first solid train of corn consigned
to the sufferers in India leave Topeka
Thursday, May "a, at noon, over the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail-
way, via Holton, Horton, st. Joseph,
Trenton, Mo-, and Davenport, Iowa,
for New York.
This train will be made up Of 20 or
more cars, loaded with Kansas corn
to their fullest capacity, and contain.
ing over 10000 bushels in all. The
train will be properly hammered and
run on a through schedule to New
York via Chicago. The corn will be
consigned to h, G. Hobbs, manager
Of the Christian Herald India Famin g
Relief work, and' is transported free
Of charge by the Rock Island and con-
Meeting lines.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-24
FEDERAL COURT AT SALINA.
First Term Ever Held There Is in
Session.

The first term Of United States
court ever held in Salina began Mon
day afternoon. 1t is the United
States district court for the first di.
vision OF the district Of Kansas. Judge
William Hook and the other court
officials arrived Monday afternoon
and the petit jury was at once i'm
paneled to try the criminal cases.
The officers Of the court, besides
Judge Hook, are United States Mar
shal W. E. Stone and his deputies,
Don F. Willis and f. A. Prescott;
Frank L Brown, clerk Of the district
court; |. S. Lambert, United States
district attorney, and his assistant,
H. J.. Bone; and the bailiff, Henry
billiard.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-24
Death of George Gift.

NAVARRO, May 20.-On Saturday,
May 10, at 1910 p. m. occurred the
death Of George Gift. His suffering
has been long and intense, but he has
at last found rest. He was born in
Pennsylvania, April 10, 1919, and
was aged 81 years, | month and s
days. Many acquaintance had been
made during the journey of life, who
will sorrow for the loss Of a true
friend. He leaves a wife and son to
mourn his decease, and to them the
community extends sympathy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-24
ASK RURAL DELIVERY.
North Dickinson Farmers Petition for
New Route.

A petition for new rural delivery
route to start from Abilene and make
a circuit through the country north
Of the city was forwarded to Wash.
ington today. The route will be
great accommodation to farmers in
that section Of the county. Rhine
hart already has a petition in for
route from Chapman south to Liberty
township.
In the west the rural mail service
is new thing and the country people
are largely unacquainted with it, but
II the system is established in this
county it will be very advantageous.
The routes are mapped out by the in
spector, who allots certain districts
to each carrier.
The rural free mail delivery will
work very satisfactorily to the farmer
and will enable him to receive his
mail daily, which will offer many
conveniences. At present the farm.
ers do not come to town more than
twice a week and sometimes only
once. Under this system all the gov
ernment require is that each
farmer shall erect mail box along
the route to be determined upon later
IS the carrier will not be allowed to
take the mail to the house. In some
instances the houses may be off the
main route, and in this case the farm
er can get his mail by going to the
public road or on the mail route.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-24
The Best Cultivator

Made is the Ohio Riding cultivator
sold by D. l.. Pisle. 1t has stood
every test and is the iavorite among
farmers who know what good machin-
ery Is. It has six shovels a hammock
seat; wood or steel beams and is made
for service. No cultlyator in the
market accomplishes so much in as
sisting the farmer in his work Try
It and be convinced. For sale by d.
L. Plsle, Abilene. T'2