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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
MOVING BY INSTALLMENT.
Strange Way Of Changing Quarters
Revealed by a New York
ExprcssmAn.

He looked like truthful man, yet
nobody would believe him when he said
he did not know where the trunks were
going. relates the New York Times.
1T is very strange that you don't
know" said the landlady. You are
the expressman. If you don't know,
who dOes?''
1.-The fellow that will finish the haul
ing, probably" he returned, serenely.
Aren't you going to Go the whole
job?' she asked.
mo, only half of it. l will take the
things to our Office and somebody else
will take them the rest of the way.
The boss at the desk will know the adj
dress. / don't know it. The moving is
done on the installment plan to keep
you folks here from finding out where
the other people went. They were
afraid to trust me with the number for
fear you might worm it out of me,
so they told it to nobody but the man
ager. Lots of people who move often
make the trip in sections like that.
Half the time when take trunk away
from clearinghouse l don't know
where it will wind up. That is gener-
ally done when there has been a row
and the folks who leave don't want
to be followed. Been a little trouble
here, imagine" he added. tentatively.
Yes" sighed the landlady, ga lit
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
Cleaning Oriental Rugs.

If YOU have s. genuine oriental rug
You need OF fear to wash it whenever
the surface becomes soiled, as the col
ors are perfectly fast and the rugs
have been washed many times before
they are brought to this country.
Faster it to smooth, hard floor and
wash xith strong soapsuds, then rinse
thoroughly with clear water to re-
move every trace of the soap. Squeeze
out what water you can by pressing
the rug while it lies on the floor and
let it dry before removing it. In this
way it will retain its shape. When
drv rub with a soft brush to remove
any stiffness there may be. In the
summer the rug may be nailed to the
side of the barn and after it is washed
can be thoroughly rinsed by turning
water on it with . hose.-Chicago
News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
SNAILS FROM FRANCE.
Imported i'm Enormous Quantit es by
the High Livers of New York
and New Orleans.

Grass hoppers and snails and such
small deer are supposed to be con-
fined to the dietary list of the Dig
ger Indians; it may therefore be a
little surprising to learn that the
most fastidious buyers in New York
consume about 10000 snails a week
during the winter, when they are in
season. New Orleans is another
great market for them, and during
the height of the season from $4,000
to $4,000 a week are brought into the
country. They come from Burgundy
and the Bordeaux districts of France,
where all summer long they disport
themselves on the grape leaves that
form their sole diet. Old vineyards
are given over to them, and the snai1s
prove a remunerative though not
hustling crop. With the first frosts
the snails crawl into their shells,
nut ND their storm doors, and retire
for the winter. They are then
shipped to market, packed in sawdust
or bran to prevent breaking the
shells, and kept on ice, for If the
Temperature becomes higher the
snails pop their heads out to see
whether spring has come, and are
thus damaged in transit. They sell
for $3.50 per 100, and usually retail
for about 50 cents a dozen. They
are cooked in a variety Of ways, but
are most frequently served in the
she'll, on a platter having little de-
nressions to hold them. appearing or
the bill of fare as escargots IA
Rordelaise. Snails are now devised
for consumptives, it being believed
that they are so assimilated as to
renlace waste tissue, but this is no
new idea; in England century or
more ago it was customary to order
a snail diet for people affected with
wasting diseases. Common or gar
den snails were taken raw or IN
sca,ded milk, and this practice is still
common in rural England. - Rural
New Yorker.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
RAISE GOOD TURKEYS
trois the Market 20 q
er Extent Than Most pou1.
trymen Suppo.e.

=, LUZ lew have any conception of
number of fowls consumed IN
c. iarge city during Thanksgiving and
~ ,ias weeks. For Thanksgiy
V week there were sold in New
oiN city over $4,000 turkeys. In
Aoi.her years there has been sold
: fourth more than this. ana AZ
many as $4,000 have been sold i,
we week. according to the New
OK Herald. This season turkeys
nave been scarce, not well finished
ana lgh in price. This is TIL. ex-
Pianatlon for the falling off in sales.
Last year turkeys sold at from four
20 nVe cents per pound lower in
price than this year The same is
true OF chickens, ducks and geese
ana even guinea fowls sell higher
than ever before. All this should
prove OF advantage. to the grower.
The day has about gone by for low
prices for poultry and eggs. All that
IS needed now is for us to have
good quality in our poultry and eggs
Tor market, and they will sell we'll
NOW is the time to begin to plan
for living better than ever before.
Full away from old-time methods OF
poor quality market poultry and
work to have the very best. For
example, turkeys sold in the New
York market all the way from JIG
cents per pound to 2s and 30 cents
more cent per pound to grow the
higher priced ones than the cheaper
ones. 1t is simply question Of care
and feeding. Those who feed prop
erly and well have the finer quality
and the greater size or weight, while
those who do not feed properly and
well have the lesser weight and the
lower price. Quality controls the
market to greater extent than is
generally supposed.
1t is all very well to allow the
growing turkeys to hunt for bugs
and grasshoppers so long as they are
plentiful, but SO soon as this kind OF
food dwindles we must supply its
place with other food as good. for
two reasons-to give them Is full
food supply and to prevent them
from walking the flesh from their
bodies going about in an aimless
way in search of food they will not
find. Just as soon as the cool or
cold nights begin to lessen tie sup
ply of wild food of all kinds then
we must feed the stronger. Always
see to it that they have all the good,
wholesome food they will eat at all
times. That is the way tc grow
turkeys. If there are not plenty OF
bugs, worms, grasshoppers, berries
and nuts for them, give them all the
corn they will eat every night and
also good, strong feed of IL in the
morning.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
The Selection Of Bree ds.

One of the first things beginner
desires to know is which is the best
breed for him to handle. 1t would
appear to him that this ought to be
an easy question to answer, and yet
T. f. one that can hardly be answered
nv even the veteran breeder. 1t is
M nearer a solution now than it was
a score of years ago. 1t PROBABLY
never will be answered satisfactor'
ily to all breeders. It is very read.
ily seen that the breed that would
be best for one person or one local
ity would be wholly unsuited for an
other. For this reason, the person,
the environments, the climate and
the market conditions must be fac
tors in determining which is the best
breed.-Commercial Poultry.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06

"a, good ear; B. faulty ear; c, section of
Kernel; u, endo sperm: E, plumule; F.
embryo; q, radicle: H, kernel rich in
protein; I, kernel deficient in protein)
end should not be large enough to be
fiat. 1t should be well filled out with
kernels both at base and point of cob,
see Figs. A and B. The grains shoulG
be long and thick, spreading out well
at the outer end, so that there will
not be deep assures between the rows.
A thick grain contains more nutri-
ment in proportion to the hull than a
thin. fat grain does.
Corn, as every feeder knows, has a
very wide nutritive ratio. This may
be narrowed considerably by select
ing grains with large germs, Fig. Fl
and l. The protein lies in the germ.
BY germ | mean the part mouse
gnaws out of the grain. The endo-
sperm, Fig. C, is principally starch.
Corn for seed should always be Sc
lected from the most fertile portions
of the field, for there the plant has
formed the habit of appropria ting
more plant food than has that grown
on thin land. This may be demon
strated by planting seed from rich
river bottom by the side of the same
kind of seed grown for few years
on thin clay farm.-F. c. Murphey.
in Ohio Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
ONE OF THE FISHER GIRLS.

for export. The best of years produces
a total income upon which an artisans
family in London could not live for
more than four months; when the sea-
son proves an absolute blank, as did
the last one. starvation is the inevitable
result. For weeks the Bretons suffered
the pinch of want without a murnlur.
They made no parade of their poverty
Then the truth leaked out, and Europe
was shocked to learn that 100000 PEG.
pie were on the brink of starvation.
Fifteen thousand families owe their
livelihood to the sardine fishing, OF
whom $4,000 members go out in the
boats and $4,000 work at the packing
houses or at home. For the first time
since 1881 the fishing last season was
practically nil. Four factories that in
the previous year packed $4,000 cases of
sardines sent out only 800. Another
firm which normally exports 100000
of fish yearly shipped no more than
$500. 900. Several factories did not open
their doors.
Each fisherman catches, in an aver
age season, from 100000 to 100000
sardines; he did not net more than
1000 last season. In 1901 the men of
Gulvine harvested 100000 sardines,
representing $4,000. No more than
1.50O. 900 were taken in 1902. producing
$1,000, to be divided among the adult
male population. In other words, a
fisherman who earned $40 during 1901
received last season only $3.50. The fe-
male curers who earned $35 in 1901
could only contribute $3.50 toward
keeping their families during the late
season.
The wages of the fishing crews are
arranged on a sort of sliding scale. The
owner of the boat recei ives about $4.15
for 1000 sardines. He takes half and
the rest is divided among his men, who
usually number five.
In the best of times Breton family
of six or seven mouths has to live for
- months on about $685., but it was a
wear totaled $6O-five dollars a month
to keep a healthy, hungry family of
half dozen! The good folk are now
at the end of their resources.
The Bretons are picturesque race,
almost primitive in the simplicity of
their wants and aspirations. In the
matter of industrial developmtnt they
are, perhaps, half a century behind the
times; in the observance of certain Gus
toms they live in an age long past and
unregarded in regions nearer the 'hub''
of modern enterprise and ntilitarian-
ism-London Daily Mail.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
POINTS TO REMEMBER.

No class of grains will bear pas
turing closer than rye.
Send the corn to market by way
IF the fat hog or steer.
The good farm horse is OF medium IN
eve we'll muscled, active and OF
good disposition. ,.+
Il is not what is eaten, but VIVA" ma.
- disested that furnishes Inc
strength and muscle. ~, .
Growing animals especially . l,ne % q
variety and do better 'nus ''" ~
he fed on one kind of grain
oo,to and develop them into mature
and thoroughly broken horses - 81,
If hog is worth keeping at an
= Is worth keeping well; ther t
~ should be well fed and cared .or'
The man who raises hogs TOT =, a
protit should raise good good. hogs egss; hD -
r. have the largest prom po
- Don't get the idea into your f nraa q
that anything is good enough erisndl and
hog The hog is good a fri Mpra IRE
should be treated - s"'n
Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
FAMINE IN BRITTANY.
Sardine Fishers and Their Industrl-
Gus Wives and Daughters oD
Brink of Starvation.

England has not forgotten the fish,
ers of Brittany in the hour of their
need. Out of sympathy for people
that can suffer uncomplainingly and
in recognition of the kindly and rever-
entail treatment they accorded the
English victims of the Drummond cas-
tie disaster, many Englishmen have
subscribed substantial sums toward
the relief of the distress brought about
by the failure of the sardine fishing.
Though the keen edge of the hunger
which scores of thousands of men,
women and children silently endured
for several months has happily been
removed, much want and misery still
exist. The people of a country of null
Hilarious industries, upon no single
one of which the workers as whole
are dependent, cannot appreciate the
abyss of despair into which the Bretons
were plunged in consequence of the de-
sertion of their coasts by the sardine.
Upon the catching, curing and pack
ing of sardines thousands of Bretons
exist. Fathers and sons engage in the
fishing, while mothers and daughters
work at the preparation of the ''catch'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
Reware the Floating Egg.

A new method of testing eggs for
their freshness has been communicat-
ed to the Agricultural society of Sax
onv. An egg plunged in water tends
to rise with more buoyancy, according
to its age, owing to the enlargement of
the empty space at the thick end by
evaporation of water from the white.
Hence the egg takes a different posi-
ton in the water. Fresh eggs remain
horizontal, an egg three to i've days
old makes an angle of 20 degrees with
the horizon, one eight days gives an
angle over As degrees, and at the end
of II days the angle is 60 degrees. An
egg three weeks old lies at 10 degrees.
One three months remains vertical. and
when it is older still it floats.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
Chicks Killed by Heat.

A great many chicks die from be.
ing kept too warm during the night
in brooders. They get SO warm they
fairly steam, and when let ont in the
morning they get chilled, and this
brings on bowel troubles. We are
certain this is true from seseralex'
periences of our own and this agrees
with what others say. On the other
hand, brooder can be kept too cool
We believe very few take. into &C
count the temperature of 81 chicks
blood. A bunch of chicks can keep
comfortable where man would feel
cold. When the chicks spread out on
the floor of the brooder to sleep they
are in a temperature that is just suit
ed to item. If too cold they bunch
up. and if too warm they are restless
Commercial Poultry.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
THE BIRTHSTONE FAD.
After u Lapse Of Some Years 1t Has
Been Taken Up once More by
SOcietr's Leaders.

Old saws and superstitions associate
percious stones with the signs OF ma
tivity. According to the old astrol-
ogers the import of the different pre-
cious stones is altered somewhat when
they are considered with reference to
the planets, ant, only certain of the
vast array of stones have potent in
fuences. Thus. classified May, June
and December are lhe months most
lucky to be born in--lucky, that is, SO
far as material benefits are consld-
cred. But other months augur good
character influences, and no month OF
the twelve but offers home inducement
to the mortal born within its orbit.
Even October, with whose governing
influences the opal is interviewer, en-
dows her children with hope and
strong optimistic leanings.
January's child has the garnet for
a birthstone. With il go the attributes
of integrity, generosity and the pow
er to attract many friends.
Fehruary's nestlings must wear
amethysts. The birth augury is
mild, pacific disposition, refined tastes
and a smoothly uneventful course
through life.
The bloodstone is identified with
the career of the: person born in
March. 1t signifies wisdom, courage,
self-contro], all the dominating quail
tiles.
April's child has for birthstone the
diamond, typical Of innocence and
hIhmindedness.
The emerald has to do with the child
born in May. 1t is a most favorable
natal stone, sigaifying a future
abounding in love and happiness.
June has the agate as keystone to
long life, wealth and felicity, with no
modifying. auguries to cloud the horo~
scope.
July has for guiding star the ruby,
imparting good telaper, calmness, pa
tience-the temperament that is con-
tent with a small share Of life's vani-
ties.
August is coupled with the sardonyx
and implies for that person born with
in it's sphere strong love OF family and
many of the domestic virtues. Pride
is indicated, but not arrogance.
The sapphire, for September, in
sures it's BARNS fine sense Of justice
and philosophic temperament, favor
ing peace and ease of mind.
October has the opal for birthstone.
It's wards are born optimists. looking
ever on the bright side, and comfort
able companions to live with. 1t is be-
lieved that most of the indomitable en-
4husiasts and visiona ries come into the
world in October.
The Child born in November is by ma
tureloyal. The topaz is his ruling in
fuence, signifying warm heartedness
and proneness to put sentiment be-
fore business.
December has the turquoise for a
talisman. Children born within these
81 DAYS are endowed with ability for
getting on in the world. Success is
their manifest destiny, not to be
avoided.
The old treatises On birthstoEes and
their meanings are set forth in the in
volyed old-fashioned language that
has gathered ceremony as it has
changed tongues in many TRANSACTIONS.
But the above represents the mean
ings which have come down to mod
ern times, and which the jewelers. take
for a standard in filling orders for
customers.-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
Feels Younger and STRONGER.

Festus, Mo, May 4th-Mr. January s.
Lilly, a highly respected old gentleman,
aged IS, and whose home is in Festus, says:
My kidneys were weak and gave me no end
OF trouble. | had pains in my back and
hips SO bad that l could not sit up straight
without bracing my back, and could not sit
only few minutes in any one position.
frequently to relieve myself.
Our doctor said had Kidney and Blad-
der inflammation. l have suffered for over
tive years in this way, always worse at night.
Il could get, no relief and was getting
worse till | used Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"After had used few boxes of this rem
edy l felt stronger and better than l have
for Years end years. My pains all left me
and can rest and sleep.
Every old man or woman who feels as !
felt should use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and ]
am sure they will not be disappointed. They
brought me out wonderfully
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
How Pat Lost His Beauty.

AT the Art Students league, where I
studied in 1884 and 1885, said c. d. Glib.
son, the illustrator, there used to pose
for me an extremely unprepossessing Irish:
man. This fellow was asked by young girl
one day how he came to be so ugly.
"'You see, miss, he replied, it came
about like this. When l was a baby there
wasn't prettier, sweeter child in all Ire.
land, and should have grown up to be a
very handsome and attractive man by
rights; but my mother put me out to nurse,
and the nurse changed me for the ugly, i'll
favored creature that am. IN. Y. Trib'
1Inn
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
HUMOROUS LAUNDRY LIST.

in Den and ink work. India ink may
be had in various colors, and is best
for such work.
The pad may be purchased at any
stationery store for very few cents,
and if it cannot be had in the right
size, which is ~: by 3A inches, sharp
knife and a ruler will soon reduce it
to the proper proportions. One of the
small pencils, sold for use with dance
programmes, tied to the card with
baby ribbon, ACIDS to its convenience.
American Agriculturist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
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MODERN CORN BREEDING
II Is an Important Pract,.,
with Which Every Farmer
should BE Familiar

That great results NAV be a+t.,no,
IN plant breeding may be easily sas..
oy comparing some of our hors-
plants and cultivated flowers with ths
wild Mowers from which thev we 70
developed. The same laws hold ooo,,
in the breeding of corn that are re-
cognized by the live stock breeder -
when the TWO most important are
Like produces like under like cond;.
lions, and Improvement is made Nv.
selection and culture"
In selecting the ear of corn the c,h
should be comparatively small the
stem small and the ear shon,d tonou
as niue as possibleand still retain it's
cylindrical form. That is, the smaller
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
POULTRY DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

It has no equal. In order to use it
fill small tin can with water or
food, lay on it two pieces, & B, one
ha]f-inch thick, and on these put
lid of larger can. Invert the whole
quickly and the lid will remain filled
with water till the can is empty
Richard Scheidcrer, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
To Keep a Carpet Bright.

One housewife says that wiping
carpet with a cloth wrung out in warm
water and ammonia, in which a tea.
spoonful of kerosene has been mixed,
cleans and brightens the colors won.
derfullY.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06

The Place for It.-"What are you snort
ing abouty" asked the young walrus of the
old one, who was perusing scrap OF news
paper. Here's doctor who says it's un-
healthy to go into the water after meal.
How would we get it if We t?'-Phlla-
4 al
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
when Pots Are Discolored.

If teapots or coffeepots become dis
colored on the inside, boil in a strong
solution of borax for Is or 20 minutes.
Borax is excellent for cleansing dis.
colored tinware of any kind.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
UNIQUE LAUNDRY LIST.
1t Makes u Pretty Little Present fer
a Friend and Can BE Put To-
settler for 4 Few Cents.

To make this article requires piece
of cardboard seven inches long and ~
inches wide. The "China boy which
is a figure adapted from picture
found in a humorous journal, is done
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
FOUNTAIN FOR CHICKS.
Handy Form of ID nj n king Arrange
ment Which May Also Re Used
aA q Feed Trough.

The illustration shows very
handy form of drinking fountain for
young chicks. This may also be
used as feed trough, for which
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
Well Vp.

The Professor-Have you had any mu.
steal education at all!
Prospective Pupil-Oh, yes, sir! l can
pronounce Paderewsk.. Tchaikowski and
Gsbrlowitsch -Woman's Home Compan.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06

81 have no doubt you have heard come
stories to my discredit," he said. II don't
like to put it in that way" she quietly re-
Piled. "How them" he hopefully asked.
IL have never heard any stories to your
credit" said she.-Cleyeland Pain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06
Ladae. Can Wear shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating,
hot, aching feet. At all Druggists, 25c: Ae-
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06

i. going to- marry noblemsn Yes,
swered Mr.. Cumrox; but he's only noble
man by profession. Personally must say
he strikes me as pretty common sort.
Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06

He Was Moved.-"Did the notes of the
bird move you?" asked the poetic girl.
"Yes,' replied the young man. 81 used to
call on a young lady and every time the
cuckoo announced the hour of ten went
home."- Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06

Grover-"What did you say to your wife
when you got home last night?" Wilder
"Oh, didn't have to say anything. She
was fully able to furnish all the converse
ton that the occasion seemed to require. -
Boston Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-06

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from
joyous heart, for without kindness there can
be no true joy.-Carlysle.