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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-12
FAN work in the Poultry IA

Fall Work In the Poultry Yards.
A neighbor, whose experience in
poultry raising gives weight to her adj
vice, recently informed me that her war
against parasites was pushed into the
late winter months. She says that II
lice are vigorously fought at this time
of the year, they may be entirely ex-
terminated. Clean out the houses and
yards, saving the manure for a COM
post. Mix with about the same bulk
of barnyard manure and wood ashes,
and cover closely with hay or straw.
Leave until spring, and you will have
a rich compost for your strawberry or
garden patch. There is usually a rush
of young poultry, to the markets in Oc-
toher or November. This does not nee
essarily imply that the prices are adj
vanced or the demand better at this
time of year, but rather that there is
a general effort to dispose Of stock on
hands before the coming Of winter.
Very often it is good policy to hold
back shipping stock until the rush is
over. Do not neglect to store the sur
plus vegetables for the hens. Green
food is a great egg producer. Do the
poultry houses and fences need repairs?
Fall is the best time to attend to these
matters, since winter is likely to steal
upon us almost before we are aware of
the fact, and, if VIC wait until cold
comes, the task of repairing
is not very agreeable one.-Cor. Epit-
omist. f
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makes moro money per acre OF his
land and per dollar of his capital than
the one who grows only wheat 'or cc-n
or cotton and sells it. It Is not neces-
sary to entirely discontinue raising
these crops, but II we are to produce
a surplus to be sold in foreign mar
kets it is best to export that surplus
in the most condensed and marketable
form, as meat and animal products.
rather than in the original crude and
bulky state.
In the long run the farmer will
make the most money who devotes his
fields to the growing of forage crops
to feed stock, making use of all the
raw products at home, thereby saving
not only much of the cost of transpor-
tation. butemaintaining the fertility of
the soil. By doing so, corn belt farm
ers will maintain their pre-eniinence
in agricultural lines. Experience OF
the past few months has shown that
the men who stuck to feeding and
were not tempted by high prices to
sell their corn have made the most
money. Anything that will enhance
the productive capacity OF our soils for
the production Of forage conditions will
help the farmer"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-12
IN EXCELLENT Example.

Five thousand Of the public school
children OF Missouri are being taught
the rudiments of agriculture, and 1t Is
expected that as soon as competent
teachers can be secured, agriculture
will be taught in all the rural schools
of that state. In teaching these
branches in the public schools, special
attention is paid to identifying the
school grounds, as we'll as the yards
and lawns of the children's homes
The school grounds are . planted In
flowers, shrubs, vines and trees, and
the work is done by the pupils. The
bulletins to, be used as textbooks in
teaching the children agriculture. In
this matter Missouri has taken an adj
vanced position, and no doubt great
good will result, and it will not be
confined to Missouri.-Farm and
Ranch
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-12

] Mrs. L. G. Glover, Vice Pres :
ident Milwaukee, Wis, Business
Woman's Association, is another
one of the million women VINO
have been restored to health BY
using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound.
"DEAR Mrs. PIEKHAM:-lW was mas'
ried for several years and no cnlio5e4
blessed my home. The doctor said I
had complication Of female troubles
and I could not have any children nn-
less u could be cured. He tried TO cure
me. but after experimenting Tor sew
eral months, my husband became aus
pusted. and one night when we noticed
the testimonial of woman who had
been cured Of similar trouble through
the use of Lydia T.. P1nkham1
Vegetable Compound, he went OUT
and bought bottle for me. nsen
vour medicine for three and one-han
months, improving steadily in health.
and in twenty two months chic
came. I cannot fully express the JOY
and thankfulness that is in my heart.
Our home is different place now. -
we have something to live TOR, ana
ali the credit IS due to Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. Yours very sincerely, NINE
t. C. GLOVER, GA Grove St, Milwaukee.
Wis., Vice President, Milwaukee,
Business Woman's Association. - 5000
forfeit n original of aooUs letter proving eesse.
nsss cannot ~ psodscsd' fss
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Ga1vestcn's Grit.


There has been no finer display Of
American grit Of late years than that
afforded by the people of the edty of
Galveston, Tex. Stree the great storm
which devastated It three years ago.
The city has been practically rebuilt.
Half the work upon sea wall, II 1893
feet long and seventeen feet high, to
prevent future incursions of the sea,
has been completed. The city has at
tanned to the third place among the
ports Of the United States in the ex-
tent of its export trade. It's bank clear
ings for the year ended August 81 were
$413, 1S5, 900. There are hfty-three tines
of steamships between Galveston and
foreign ports and eleven lines Of coast
wise traders. Plans are afoot to raise
the level Of the land upon which the
city stands as security for the future.
Truly, it can no longer be denied that
under certain circumstances men may
lift themselves by their own bootstraps,
plucking success out of the grip Of
overwhelming disaster. Phi1adelphia
Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-12
HERE AND THERE. .

With growing pigs especially the
food should always be given in a
clean, wholesome condition, and never
allowed to sour.
Remember that the size Of trees
does not always depend upon their
age, but upon the soil in which they
are planted and the care they receive
Several Kentucky farmers have
lost quite a number of cattle, caused
by eating green tobacco that had been
sprinkled with paris green to kill
worms.
AS a general rule when necessary
to wean the pigs, it is better to let
them remain in the pen they have been
raised in than to take them away and
let the dam remain.
I'm handling a bull always be care
full lest damage be done, not to the
bull. but to some one else. Some bulls
may be reliable, but it is not wise to
trust one of them further than you
can throw him by his tail, and the tail
we'll creased.
1t may seem extravagant for
farmer of limited means to buy an ex-
pensive stallion, bear or bull <but oft
ener than otherwise it is the best in
vestment he could make Of his small
amount of surplus funds. It is the best
products that esell best.
Fifty fowls can be kept on very
small bit of land If they are given good
care, and they should return at least 81
week the year round. Such flock
would pay good many business men
in the benefit he would derive from
taking care Of them.
Farmers are now giving more at
tention to rotation Of crops and green
manuring than ever before The de-
mand for seeds Of leguminous is great
er than ever before in the history of
the country. In the southwest this de-
mand is for alfalfa, COW peas, spotted
medic (burr clover and the yetches,
lespedeza. etc.
"A brood mare should havep plenty of
light work during her entire bearing
period up to within week of dropping
her colt. Late in the period heavy
work should be carefully avoided, be-
cause q sudden strain may cause her to
abort. Regular, but light work is al
Why's beneficial.
ITO fatten rapidly the hog must be
kept comfortable, as well as being well
fed. Eating is merely the mechanical
part Of the process, which prepares the
food for. digestion. It Is the digestion
that adds to the weight of the animal
Quiet comfort aids digestion. A little
exercise also aids digestion.
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when the Pigs Come.

The exact time when the pigs are
to be narrowed should be known, so
that ample protection can be provided,
and the SOW given the right kind of
treatment. After q SOW selects q
place for narrowing, it is poor practice
to disturb her. Sometimes this must
be done, but If SO. she should be
handled very carefully. 1t is much bet
ter to protect her in her chosen place
than to try to move her. When SOW
is in nice, comfortable house few
days before she farrows, she is not apt
to leave it to go to some out of-the-
way place, unless she has the run of
a large field. r. Jamison, in Orange
Judd Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-12
UNATTRAcTIvE FARMS.
No Self-Reapecting Farmer Will Al
low His Property to Become
an EyesOre.

Why are there SO many unattrac-
tive farms in the country-lack Of or
namentation about the dwelling, di-
lapidated buildings, ramshackle
fences, and gates that have to be
propped up to keep them from falling
down, and that require as much time
and labor to open and shut them dur
ing single day as would be required
to give them all needed repairs? We
hesitate about answering this query.
1t is not probable that the cause is
laziness, for the owner may work from
sunrise to dark. Perhaps it is lack of
pride in his farm and home, and per-
haps he is content if his equipment
can be made to serve the purpose for
which it was intended. It may be
partly lack Of appreciation for the
virtues of paint, or tendency to pro-
vide for the present only, and ,let the
futre take care of itself. However 1t
may be, such farms are offensive to
people of taste and give the passer-
by low estimate ofithe intrinsic worth
of the lord of the manor. We have
seen farm houses where children have
been born and raised to- manhood and
without yard fences, shade
trees or artificial ornament or convent
ence of any sort, where the open coun-
try about the house resembled a COW
lot, cattle, horses and hogs seeking
the shadow of the house for protection
from the hot sun. and the leeWard side
of the same structure for shelter
against the cold winds of winter. OF
course, such cases are extreme ones,
but their rareness adds to their de-
formit5. No self-respecting farmer
can live in this fashion, be he white,
or black or brown. One such farmer
can do more harm in a community
than ten model farmers can rectify,
unleas they adopt the plan of buying
out and expeiling him from the neigh
borhood. Texas Farm and Ranch.
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
HANDLING MANURE.
A Few Hints ON Conserving and
handling Properly the Ma.
nure on the Farm.

Many feeders OF cattle, muleS, etC',
feed in large sheds and allow the ma
nure to accumulate until it is from one
to two feet deep, cleaning the sneos
two or three times a year. Where
such sheds are to be cleaned of ma
nure it can be plowed to loosen 1t II
one hand puts his weight on the Deam'
thereby gouging it out. Then. to pull
yerize it, a heavy weighted harrow IS
dragged over it, or corn is scattered
over the plowed manure and hogs al
lowed to root it UP. They do a good
Job, too. Some resort to the slower
process of digging and pulverizing
with hoe or mattock. Loose manure
can be handled with manure fork
all right, but this process has to be
used in stalls in which the manure is
hard packed. For handling loose, light
manure prefer a four tined fork, the
short handled hay fork is just as good
as the D-handled manure fork, and
serves both purposes. For heavy or
very fine manure the 14-inch coal SHOW
ell is excellent, and at least one should
be found in every outfit Low, broad
tired wagons are best for hauling. For
short trips loose board platform with
movable side and end boards is excel
lent, and is easier unloaded than the
wagon box. The box, though, has the
advantage Of always being ready. Hav-
ing previously pulverized the manure
fine at the barn, spread it evenly over
kh4
great chunks of manure to the field
and throw them often several feet
apart. What benefit they expect the
intervening ground to derive l cannot
see. If the manure is to be spread on
ground on which you expect to sow
clover or grass seed, SOW these first,
and spread evenly well pulverized ma
nure over it. A fine stand will be the
result If the seed Is good. Thin spots
in the pasture or meadow can be doc
tored probably by this method. The
amount to spread will depend on the
soil, kind of manure, kind Of crop For
instance, use a light coating OF fine
manure for top dressing the pasture
and meadow. DO not use coarse ma
nure or litter on this ground-it will
do for blowing under. On small grain
damage is often done by too heavy
manuring, causing too rank growth,
consequently falling of the grain. But
corn is not often injured in this way,
though there. Isl no advantage in put
ting on an excess. The effects OF
good coating in clay soil is often APP
parent four or five years after, while
wet, crawfishy land will require ma
nure every season, since it soon sinks
out of the reach OF the. rootlets. con-
slider composing not only needless
but foolish. Nor should the manure
be piled in the barn yard or field, as
the small space undeG the pile re-
ceives an excess, and the action Of
the weather causes deterioration of
that in the pile at greater rate-E.
w. Jones, In Agricultural Epitomist,
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chnrch Yeatments.

Bishop Phelar. of Pittsburg, owns a
remarkable set of church vestments.
They were brought into this country
from the Philippine islands at the time
of the Tenth Pennsylvania regiments
return. They are supposed to be the
work Of native Filipino sisters. and APP
parently are 100 years old.
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tIR text is the testi-
mony of Gods
Word against Is
raeL and we ask:
Will not this in
dictnent stand
with equal force
against the people
of to-day? 1t de-
scribes the way
of the natural man.
Is there less stub
bornness in the
human heart in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-12
Sermon by the "1z.shw.y ana Byway'. Preacher.
Copyright, 1908, by ]. NJ. Edson.)
Chicago, Sunday,

Text: They ceased not from their own
doings, nor from their stubborn way
Judges ZIG
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Caller-'Is the man Of the house in!
Maid-"Yes, but the woman Of the house
won't let him come out. San Francisco
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-12

Beware Of threats. People may not pay
any attention to them, and then You are LETT
in an embarrassing position.-Puck.
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Pointed osery.

Pointed Qaery.
She-I might have married foreign noble.
He-rh.t so-who did pay his debts!-
Iu1ce -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-12

Money refunded for each package Of
Putnam Fadeless Dyes if unsatisfactory.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-12

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
Robbins, Norwich, n. Y, Feb. II, 1900
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-12

To Cure Cold In One nay.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 2oc.
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that block the entrance to the promised
land, ard gives them possession-and
yet. despite all this wonderful leading,
despite this faithful protection, the peo-
pie are stubborn, and persist in going
their own way and doing as their feelings
prompt them. Why did He not utterly
forsake them? Why did He not de-
stroy them as He did the people Of
Noah's time? We thus ask, as we view
all the marvellous history of Israelsand
Gods dealings with them. We think it
the mystery of the ages how they could
be so blind and stubborn, but OH we
forget that with more awful blind
ness. with more determined stubborn
ness, we are standing out against God to-
day and refusing to have Him rule over
us. The light of the twentieth CEN
fury is thought sufficient to walk by, and
God is despised and forgotten. If the
revelation Of God to Israel was remark
able. if it was positive and clear, what
think you is the revelation of God to
the world to-day, which has had the
God Man dwell among them and fulfill
all of Gods wonderful plan of salvation
by which man may get back to God? Is
raels God lowered over them in the
cloudy pillar, He dwelt in the Holy
Of Holes in the Temple, but now the
veil of that temple is rent and God de-
sires to find dwelling place in the hui
man, heart. Israel is. monument of
Gods mercy and patience, but redeemed
man TO-DAY ic tho prnwninu p1nrv 0f His
great love and mercy and patience.
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'yY7HAT an example of Gods patience
w and mercy is Israel. The miracu-
lous hand of God leads them from the
bondage of Egypt; it cuts the black wa
tiers of the Red sea and makes broad.
smooth roadway for their feet; it guides
them through the wilderness; it feeds
them when hungry, and brings forth
wells OF springing water for their re-
freshing; 1t smites the enemies that would
harm them; it throws down the Jerichos
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
Success Is Assured if
Married i'm LibertyviIse

east of Libertyville. This historic
stream washes the site of an old court
house, and thereby hangs a tale that
tells of the undoing of the original
town, for Libertyville has not always
been known by that name Originally
1t was known as independence Grove,
which was located on the stage line
that led from Chicago to Milwaukee.
Some time after this epoch in the
towns history Waukegan, over on the
lake. was taken with what is known as
De Kalb fever. This is a boom dis
ease that preys on old time county
seats, and in this instance Waukegan
was taken with yearning to get the
court house away from independence
Grove, and it got it. From that time
the world heard little of LibertyvilIe
until late years.
This fact, however, did not keep the
town from holding place on the map,
nor deter the Yankee farmers from
amassing great wealth. Most of these
farmers have retired and are now liv-
ing in the finest houses of the new
Town. OF these agriculturists an unu-
sual story is told.
1t is generally said of the farming
class that when they become possess ed
OF town property they are slow in vot-
ing money for improvements, and re-
Gently, when it was proposed to bond
the town to raise money for water
works system, the projectors, were wary
about broaching the subject to the re-
tired farmers. In fact, the matter was
Kept secret until it had to be divulg-
ed. one evening after dusk one of
these citizens was seen to mount the
steps at the home of one of the pro-
Jectors. He hung around the office un-
til everybody save the man who had
started the scheme had left
Say" said the farmer, ''I understand
that you're agoin' to bond the town. Be
it SOP"
The young man shook in his boots.
but concluded to draw out his visitor.
What, what would you think of such
a thing?" he asked.
Good idea, good idea. 1 calculate
that the bonds ought to be worth about
0 per cent, and 1 wouldn't mind taking
some myself"
Willing to Help Some.
About this time the town improve
ment enthusiast felt like an individual
who has had his breath taken away by
cyclone, but in aStonishment man
aged to ask, How much would you
Want?"
Well" came the answer, as the man
looked about to see that no one was in
earShot, If 1T would not kick up too
much of stir I'd like to take the hull
lott
Libertyville is built over a great sys-
TEN Of springs that supply the inhabi-
tants with the finest water. Being
tapped. the springs have the artesfan
power to force the water to every room
OF house. The water is said to have
medicinal properties, and is largely
shipped to different parts of the coun-
try. The Indians in early times made
long pilgrimages to the locality and
spent much of their time in camp there.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11

these, is the lessening of the death rate
of Infants and it is probable that among
the infants saved there is a larger pro-
portion who grow up relatively feeble
than there was among the smaller num-
Der who We're tough enough to survive
But 1t is obvious that with the weak
who are saved from perishing there must
be considerable number of fairly strong
who are saved from inValidism, who
would have been sickly In the past and
now are healthy, In these cases there
is a substantial increase in vitality. The
exact effect on longevity ana on vigor of
the changes in modern existence is. Of
course, a tangled inquiry 1t Is easy
enough to give offhand solutions of it
that may well be too optimistic But it
too pessimistic Not that Mr.. Lewis does
this. but others who have followed his
line of argument have tended to do So
New York Times
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
sANIFARluM FOR CRIMINALS.
Remarkable temperance Lecture Delivered
in Largest Prison in World. u

IN largest Prison in World. !
The new French penitentfary at Fresnes.l
situated about eight miles from Paris, Is
the largest prison in the world. the Ave
huge rectangular blocks, together with
the gardens and the warders'{ Quarters
covering Wen oyer haf a square mile land
containing acc6mmodat ton for . 1000 Grim !
Inais. Situated jim healthy district. with
air and sunshine. proyidedttwfth hot and
shower baths. and every one Of ats 1000
spacious cells lit by electricity, it, pre-
SCENTS! as great a, contrast to the Old order
OF fnlngs as can wen be Imagined.
NO less different from ancient usage rs
the tFea tment of the prisoners. Their food
IS wholesome and. abundant; they go to
school;" they are allowed to work at
trades and to purchase any luxuries but
topacco with the money thus earned, and
everything possible is done to deyeFA,
their better Instincts There is in Paris a
Society for Lecturing ia Prisons" which
frequently sends lecturefs@to address the
prisoners, the evils of drunkenness being
favorite topic.
The lectures are given in an immense
hall, on one side of which. reaching almost
to the roof. are what look like steps. but
on closer inspection prove to be rows of
boxes with openings about four inches
nigh. through which can be seen the
heads of the audience In this strange
manner the prisoners are enabled to see
the lecturer, but prevented from holding
any communication with enc another Mu-
tual recognition on release is thus also
rendered impossible. These lectures
against drunkenness are believed to have
had some influence on the diminution of
crime, which hasE lately been marked in
France, and in fuflte they are to be given
more frequently and in larger number of
prisons. Whatever may be the effect of the
system now being tried at Fresnes, it has
been hailed with delight by the Partisan
Jallb1rd, and to have been at FreSnes