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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
Rome Material for catsle.

When cattle chew leather, wood or
old bones. it indicates lack of phos-
plate of lime in their food, which is
required to supply bone material. A
seaspoonful of bone meal, given daily
with their grain will correct the habit
and supply the deficiency which in
duces it. If the disposition to eat
bones is INDUCED in when cows are
in grass, the deficiency then evidently
exists in the soil, and the pasture will
be greatly benefited by top dress
ing of bone dust. Two or three hun
bred pounds to the acre, sown broad
cast, will repay attending expenses
in better yield, and in quality Of milk
and butter,-Midland Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
HAYSEFDS AND RUBES.
s4atiatics Show That the American
Farmer Could Easily Euy Hfs
Arrogant City Cousin.

Urban has always looked down on
suburban. Inhabitants of the cities
have ever smiled on jewellers in the
country and laid uncomplimentary
| stress OH their appearance, manners
| and lack of misunderstanding to city
Measure.
Once a heather" was only dweller
on the heath-one who lived outside of
city. These ''heathens" have ever
since been considered fit subjects for
ridicule and proper objects for the
cunning wiles of the city dweller.
The city smiles at the country, and
grins when it talks about 'Rubes, -
lays" ''hayseeds,'' ''the bush" wild
and woolly west" and other terms
that signify some sort of inferiority.
The grin often breaks into laugh
at the expense of the "heathen,'' with
out the city man going through the
mental effort to inquire what he is
laughing about.
James Wilson, secretary of the de-
partment of agriculture, has compiled
some very interesting figures about
the "jays" and "hayseeds" which may
furnish the proud city man with few
reasons for his smiles and grins and
laughs when he contemplates his coun.
try cousins.
He has shown who 'Rube" is, the
place he occupies in the nation and hia
position as compared with his ''dis'
tant" relatives, Reggie" and "Chollie,"
in the city.
Mr.. Wilson's figures for 1900 show
that there were 100000 "Rubes' in
the United States; actually, that more
than one-half of the population of this
great country is residing on farms.
Think of that, Mr.. Citydweller.
Then he tells us that the ''jays" have a
capital of 1000, 00o,0 900 invested in ag-
riculture, which is four times as much
as is invested in manufactures. Now.
Reggie" laugh at ''Rube" coming to
town: and having a "roaring spree" on
IS cents. when you spend $11 for a din
ner, and give the professional beggar
who waits on you dollar.
"Rube" could buy you, even at your
own estimated value, if he was foolish
| enough to do so, and was looking after
"gold bricks
If you want to know what ''Rube" is
in politics, consider the rural vote.
Laugh at "Kube" if it pleases you, for
he can stand it.-St. Louis Republic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14

lens-in other words, of sun glass
and then focused the suns rays on his
pipe until he set the tobacco afire.
Simple enough, wasn't it? ....
The water that we are speaking of,
however, is boiled in a very different
way. 1t may be ice water, if you
choose; all you have to~do is to put it
into pail and stir it with a wooden
paddle. But it would be advisable to
get some kind of machine to do the
stirring, for it must be done rapidly
and kept up for at least five hours.
At the end of that time the water will
be boiling.
If you can't get machine you might
hire 80 good, strong boys, who have
nothing else to do, and whose pluck is
undoubted, and let them stir for ten
minutes each. Thirty times ten min
utes is 300 minutes, and 800 minutes is
five hours.
It would save good deal Of time
and labor to let the fire do the work,
but then you would miss the fun Of
using the paddle.-Brooklyn Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
Erx L. q Complete Food.

like milk, ap egg is complete food.
!, fed on eggs alone, young animals
furnished with all the necessary
a,.ments for the growing of bone,
.,ecle. and all that goes to make
~fect animal of it's kind. A hen may
POSSIBLY lay 200 eggs year. but ought
Certainly to produce 1ao. Eight eggs
I'LL weigh pound and 100 will weigh
.hout Is pounds. at the cost of about
hushel of corn. worth on an average
..out so cents. At this rate the eggs
st so far as food is concerned, about
three and lone-third cents pound. or
saur and Is hundredths cents dozen.
They usually sell for IL to Is cents
aozep, and are better for food at that
srrice than meat.-Farm and Fireside.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
Selection of Gras. Seed.

The Importance of seed selection is
not recognized on the average farm
and where it is given considera ton,
the work has been confined chiefly to
corn, potatoes and occasionally to
wheat and some of the legumes. Prac-
tically nothing has been Gone with re-
gard to grasses and clovers, yet good
seed of these crops is the most difficult
to obtain and the most expensive to
purchase. Probably one-half, yes, even.
two-thirds of the failures recorded
with these crops could be traced de
rectly to bad seed, so that the matter
of improving grass and clover seed
becomes OF the utmost Importance to
every farm.r.-A. n. Soule, in Farmers
Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14

have five nests in coop, a dirt floor and
a slant roost made from two 2x4's, six
feet long, with nails driven in to hold
in place five round poles five feet long.
My hens lay in the coop, on the stable
wall, and in end of manger, hay stack,
etc. They are shut up every night
and let out about seven a. m. and fed.
At noon they get scraps from the table.
or shorts, and are fed again in the
evening. They have free run to lime.
brit and coal ashes, have plenty of
fresh, cool water in summer and
warmer water when needed in winter.
My chickens are mixed Brown Leg
horn and Black Spanish. They are too
wild to suit me, and / believe the Ply
mouth Rocks, dark and light Brahmas
are as good layers and better sitters
than the above breeds. I have had
ready sale for all the eggs and chickens
l could spare, and could have sold
many times the amount did. gather
the eggs every day.-Mrs. j. S. Allen,
in Orange Judd Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14

around on the inside of tank near
the bottom, as shown in the tank and
after standing for day tor so, with
occasional STRINGS with a wooden
ladle, so as not to tear the burlap, draw
off the brine. To be sure that the
water has dissolved all the salt that it
will, it is we'll to filter the brine through
the salt in the tank several times. In
the illustration a is the tank, b burlap,
c water, d salt and faucet. The
barrel in which the butter is picked
may be filed full. The brine should
come in contact with every roll OF
butter and surround each roll. Further
than this there are no essential pre-
cautions to be taken.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
IMPORTANT INVENTION.
New Marine Brake That Will Stop
Any Ship, Sail or Steam, In Its
Own Length.

Brakes for ships have long been
needed, but no one has ever been able
to supply the want until Louis Jo-
seph Lacoste, of Montreal, son of the
chief justice of the supreme court of
Canada, turned his attention to the
task. 1t took years for him to per-
feet a satisfactory device, but recent
experiments at Montreal show that
he has succeeded.
It is well known that the larger
ocean going craft. when heavily laden,
require quite a mile in which to come
to full stop. Mr.. Lacoste, by his
models, demonstrated that vessel
equipped with his appliances could
stop within its own length.
The vessel used in the experiment
was the Dominion government boat
Eureka, 1O3 feet in length, % feet wide,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
Evolution of the Senses.

Our senses, it appears, have devel-
oped through gradual evolution. Ma
tives of remote Pacific islands are
still unable to distinguish between
blue and black, and DR.. F. w. Ed
ridge Green, whose Investigations
have covered many years, concludes
that the color sense-which is dis.
tinct from the mere perception Of
light and shades one of mans re-
cent requirements. Primitive man
could not distinguish colors at all.
Red and violet, the colors of great
est difference in wave-length, were
learned first, all others appearing
gray; then green was detected on the
gray field, followed by yellow, and
finally by blue and orange. In
form of trichromic color blindness
that now exists, only three colors-
such as red, green and violet--ars
distinguished, yellow being men
toned as red green.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
roboay want. Belgian Hares.

Belgian hares are good to eat, but
Americans do not seem to care for
them enough to create demand that
& at all regular. They were doomed
until the Belgian hair craze became of
large dimensions and then the demand
d;ed. out almost completely. The
trouble was not SO much in the hare
:. in the claims that were made for it.
when the truth became known hun
dreds of breeders became so disguised
that they ceased to breed them and
began to declare them good for moth t
~ roing to the other extreme. This
..n.ed a revulsion of feeling, and now
~. little animals can hardly find
t-;end anywhere, although they GER
fainly have merit as a source from
which very good meat at a very low
cost may be procured.-Commercial
poultry.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
STABLE MANURE CARRIER.

are abolished and the manure is better
when carried directly to the land. The
expense of handling manure two or
three times over is saved and the
satisfaction of having the premises
right is worth more than dollars.
In the cut the track is true and level.
Ihere are two trucks "a AZ of four
wheels each connected with the bar o. F..
The hanging rods e. G g are the
proper length to suspend the cage near
the floor and braced front and back to
prevent swinging. The hinges &c 9
permit the cage to open at the bottom
to dump by pulling the rope (e). The
hooks (d) supporting rings and trip
rope should be adjusted to work easily.
H. c. Aldrich. in Farm and Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
RUNNING AN INCUBATOR.
Not . Hard Thing to Do for One Who
Unde rsta n dA the Principle Of
His Machine.

have run two incubators, one hot
air and one hot water. I start the
incubator by lighting the lamp and
running the heat up slowly to 1881
degrees, then put in eggs and set the
regulator at 1O3 for hot air and 104 for
hot water. Let it run "a hours, then
begin to turn eggs once each day and
twice every other day. I turn them
by hand, as think it is best. Iput
pencil mark on one side of the egg,
SO am sure it is turned. continue
thus until the 18th day.
AS for cooling them, if the incubator
is in cold room, they will be cooled
enough in turning; if in warm room
or in hot weather, they should be
cooled longer, say down to Is or 80 de-
grees. I do not turn the lamp up to
make them come up to 1o4 quick, but
let them come up with the light as it
was before took them out.
| use no moisture in the hot water
machine, but l do in hot air machines
from start to hatch, with ventilator
half open at start, increasing as hatch
proceeds. Following this plan have
fairly good matches, and strong,
healthy chicks.
l have run only one kind of manu-
featured brooder. If am to put the
chicks in at night, light the lamp in
the morning, let the heat come up
slowly all day, then I'put the chicks
in and watch them. If they spread
out and settle down to sleep I know
the heat is all right. If they crowd to-
gether it is too cold, and 1 turn the
light higher.
l give the chicks nothing to eat or
drink for "a hours, then make them a
johnnycake baked in oven, made of
two-thirds corn meal, one-third sifted
ground oats, with little meat meal
in it. give them this every two hours
on board or tin pan, with milk or
water in a shallow pan with flower pot
inverted in it to keep the chicks from
getting wet. I feed them this with a
little oat fakes for say two weeks, then
scatter little cracked corn and wheat
until they are old enough to do with
out johnnycake. On this plan, my
chicks have done well.-Frank Drans-
field, in Farm and Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
keeping Up Appearances.

You will see plenty of women who
will look smart for few weeks each
season and then degenerate into
dowdiness. It is because they do not
take good care of their clothing and
its freshness lasts only short time.
Sometimes they are women who have
both time and money, but are lack
ing in good habits and for them no
excuse can be found. A tired body
and very little spare time will re-
ceive pardon for many omissions Of
duty, but, truth to tell, not among
such surroundings do we find untidi-
ness as a general thing. Business
women are compelled to keep up APP
pearances, sometimes by the rules Of
the house which commands their
services and always by the knowledge
that pleasing appearance is of finan-
cial advantage to them in any en-
ployment.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
A TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE.
Boiling Water Without Fire sounds
Impossible, Yet Such q Feat
Can BE Accomplished.

Perhaps you think there is joke
or a trick concealed in the title of
this little article, for how, you ask,
can water be boiled without fire?
Did you ever hear of the man who
lighted his pipe with a piece of ice?
Don't you think that would be about
as hard to do as to boil water with
out fire? And yet the mamie was
college professor, by the way
found it the easiest thing in the
world.
He was out skating with party of
his pupils, and, desiring to light his
pipe, and not being able to get a
match, he picked up piece of ice and
trimmed it with his pocket knife until
it had the shape of a double convex
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
A Needed Rebuke.

Once when Queen Alexandra was re-
turning from a sail with her daugh-
tiers, who were then little children, an
old sailor instinctively said to one of
them, who was walking up the plank:
''Take care, little lady!" I'm not q
lady," haughtily retorted the child,
'.I'm princess!" The queen, who
overheard the kindly injunction and
the rather ill-bred reply, said, quickly:
''Tell the good sailor you are not a lit
tie lady yet, but you hope to be some
dav"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
SOLE MATCH scRATcHER.
An Appropriate Gift for One of the
SNerner Sex Who II Addicted to
the Smoking Habit. ,

How convenient TIE sole of ones
shoe has many times proved for
striking match. The idea has been
adopted for scratcher that would
make nice gift for one of the
sterner sex.
and brown in the decorations if ono
has topographic talent. If not stir
cardboard, mat board or cartridge
paper will do. A color that will con-
trast with the sandpaper will be
most effective.
Cut the sole of sandpaper, and to
make it more realistic build up the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14

heel with several thickneszes of CARD
board, having the top lift of sand
paper. Make the nail heads and shad-
ing of sepia, and the lettering OF
black or gilt. Struggling characters
are best, and they should read:
1T is my sole intention
to bravely meet my match,
And tho all SCARED and battered,
I'll make light of every scratch.
A few real matches sewed on the
card here and there will appropriate
ly complete the design. Ribbon to
hang it by or brass rings should be
fastened to the two upper corners
Gauge Judd Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
THEY LIVE IN SILENCE.
Carmelite Order, a Relic of MedLae.
val Times, L. Showing Some
Gros b in This Country.

Prayer, penance, fast and silence
during all the 365 days of the year, is
the manner of life of an order of wom-
en- who have just established another
branch of their institution in the
United States. They are known as the
discalceated nuns of Mount Carmel
and are followers of the Church of
Rome. Despite the fact that this
strange order of women is a relic of
the medieval age, and that the daily
routine of their lives is entirely con-
trary to the dictates of modern civili-
cation, they are gaining a strong
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
HOW TO PICKLE BUTTER.
A Good and Simple Method Suggest d
by q Successful Pacific COa0t
Dairyman.

In picking butter, the brine should
be made as strong as possible; that is,
all the salt the water will take. After
putting the salt into the water, it is
we'll to let it stand for a day. Then
draw off the water through cloth so
as to remove all sediment from the
brine.
A good and simple method suggested
by w. n. Housed, of San Francisco:
is to tack few thicknesses of burlaE
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
He Was Not Surprlsed,

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-I see by this pa
per that it is becoming quite usual for
girls to take part in bull fights in Span
1sh cites.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Well, suppose if
they're not married they've got to fight
with something-Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
SOD POULTRY HOUSE.
She Made the Hen and Egg
Business a Success.

We have AT acres of land, an in
closed cattle shed 3Ox69 feet, two tanks
of % and ten-barrel capacity, sod
built on east end. The coop is made of
lumber and sodded all around as the
cut shows. The roof is of lumber. I
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
xot solyable.

"WeL, these great European diplo-
mats dent seem to be any nearer solv.
ing the Chinese problem"
mo; and I'm in the same boat. For
the life of me can't trace seven col.
lars, eight cuffs and three shirts."-
Brooklyn Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
A Terrible JOIt.

Mr.. Poeit-Genevieve, if the house
should ever get on fire while 1 am away
1 hope you will remember to save my
poetry before anything else.
Mrs. Poeit-Yes I suppose will.
During a fire they say one always does
the IN ost foolish things.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
The Dogs Name.

Jack-Tom calls his little trained
dog postage Stamp"
Kae-What ever did he give him
such queer name as that for?
Jack-Because he will carry letter
and he can lick him easy.-Comfort.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
9&G
5jY;{SEN us Hz'
ME;: :; WORLD
STABLE CONVENIENCE.
handling of Manure Several
Times Over.

a stable necessity of great value is
manure carrier. Why it is not more
IN use is mystery.
with good track and trucks prop
erly put up, it will move half ton at
. road and drop it in low wagon or
SEQ s' to be at once removed to the field.
1he stable is kept cleaner, with less
work, nasty mire holes about the door
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
nenoxatlng F.ncx Deplms.

To clean fancy denim or cretonno
soft pillow covers, where soap and
water cannot be used, make thick
paste of starch and water and cover
the soiled and stained surfaces; let
it remain till perfectly dry, when it
can be brushed off. Repeat the opera
ton if the stains have not entirely dis
appeared.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
An Early Morning Thought.

Patience-What are your thoughts
when you first awake in the morning?
Patrice-Well, this morning, I
thought that the man who invented
the alarm clock was, to say TIE least.
mean old thing.--Yonkers States
man.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-07
LEGAL.
Department ~ the Interior.
once Of Indian ATairs.


Washington. - g MAJ 81 $50
The tCSu lots Ia the town u Washuuzs,
on tho kaW reservation Oklahoma viii
be offered fcT sale al public agction. 10
the Highest bidder. in accordance vita
the provisions ef the kaN aEfefrneuf.
the sgie o. commence on Thursday. June
=. 1853. AZ clock a m. The townats
Is situated adjacent a. The KaW sub
agency. On ihe southern part % the reseF-
yatiou. IRE sale WI continue from day
20 day BntH al tho lots are offered AT
bids viii hc subject to TIE approval Il
the Secretary ~ tho fpfcrfef ard tho
right o. hereby reseEve1 g. reject any or
All bids Inf purchaser - each lof will
be required So dsunsit lNentv-frs pr
cent q the purchase price 90 the datr q
sale payment O. DE made sifhnr in cash
or ~ ctTtiacd CHECKS 20 drHfts EncTr-
tihsG checks vrfn not Pc accepted Ths
remainder % fhe uurrhaEs price must -
raiI upon tne delivery % the deed al
checks ard drafts should b. made gev-
able 70 - 4. HitHLhcr. Ihifed states In
dian agent DEEDS in Zee simple uiH -
executed and delivered - fhn purrha srss
- early a. pfscfsrAA8a amer gar approved
- the bids Purchasers vii fps H. ger
rlsttea q take possession until after ti8s
ard regulations ccserinE tire fale. sed al
other n~clsFrfy infsrrnaf.ea naF b. 3D.
szine8 - adArs szinE fhe Celfals.ioner
81 Iadaau Afaifa. Washington. ~ g., -
ihs T. s inlian agent. las husss Okla
hons. A. Fy%H f-h
Inst Actirg cr1nfr siaa~f-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-07
FOR EXCHANGE.

FOR EXCHANGE
No. l-a.s0o stock or general mer-
chandlSe and ST. $40 store building.
in Oklahoma town OF GO. Owners wife
is in poor health Wants good farm -
Kansas Missouri o. Oklahoma terri
tory Farm must be worth price asked
No. &23o acres. well improved faru
land. lse acres OF school land. miles
from town. in Garfield county. o. r.
wants hardware stock
No. S-I6o acres OF fine bottom land. .
miles OF Chandler. O. T. s. acres culri-
waited. fine timber: no better soil any,
where; rented this year for 900 cash.
IN advance. Want good farm IL south
ern Missouri or Arkansas
No. ~ acres OF tiue orchard land. -
acres hearing orchard. fine barn. well
watere6. ! miles FROM Tsilrcsds locates
IN Benton county. Ark. the great frutt
belt az the world Cheap for cash.
No We can sell your real estate or
merchandise. 10 matter where located.
Place a fair value and be wiili7g 10
paw commission. Write today
PECK & GORDON.
Room s Oklahoma Bank Building.
Shawnee. o. T. 'izs-sun-tt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-07

STORAGE

STORAG Good clean. brick building.
where y0u car store your stoves or
furniture. ana borrow money on same
40 +. Douglas. New phone isIi.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-07

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-07
OFFICE ROOMS FoR RENT.

FOR RENT-A front once. Freeman. SIS
e Douglas avenue E-5t