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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
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STEAM IN THE SILO.
Oregon Experim INT Station Tests Fla.
v0F the SteaminE Of Ensilage, in
Certain Conditions.

Nearly 20 years ago, when silage was
an uncertain quantity, student at an
agricultural college suggested running
q jet of live steam in at the bottom of a
cement silo. The argument was that
this would cook the silage, and, if the
fsilo were then tightly closed, give it
just about the conditions under which
fruit or vegetables are canned. This
suggestion was laughed at as absurd.
From time to time we have seen re-
ports of the use Of steam for preserv-
ing stock food. In one case an English
farmer had quantity of musty or
damaged hay. It was packed into a
small barn-all the cracks and holes
being closed. A pipe was run inside at
the bottom of the hay, and steam
forced in under powerful pressure.
This was kept up until the steam es-
capped at the top. The result was that
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
HORSES IN THEIR KNAPSACKS,
Lawton's Cavalry Were Provided
Agals1t Any Sort Of Expedi.
ton or PrivatiOn.


A well-known Boston lecturer, Peter Mao
Queen, has seen military service in more
tnan one campaign, having been with Roose-
welt at Santiago and with Lawton in the
Philippines. He is IN enthusiastic admirer
Of the regular army private, whose sense
Of humor, he declares, is unfsiiing. The
following is one of his savorite stories:
In the last expedition Gen. Lawton made
against Santa Cruz two regiments, the
Fourth cavalry aud an Idaho regiment,
were sent up the Laguna de Bay in native
boats. In the darkness two regiments ran
into one another and great confusion re-
suited.
What farmer outfit are you" yelled the
Idaho boys, derisively, at the clumsy cav
airy. r,.-y .,..
rs 'Lawton's Fourth cavalry answered
the regulars. rsg No. {~.j-
are YOUR horses! 4j II
Here in our knapsacks,' replied the cav
airy, rafting their cans of salt horse"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Maintenance of u National Service
Would Cost Not Less Than $24,-
100000 Per Year.

The officials of the post office de-
partment look forward now to the ex-
tension of rural free delivery
throughout the entire United States.
They have made their estimates as
to what it will cost to deliver letters
on every American farm or planta-
ton in the sparsely settled and thick
ly settled parts of the country. The
cost will not be trifing. To deliver
every rural American his mail will
take about s24,O0O,o0O year. Should
the present service be extended at
the rate of $4,000 routes a year I'M
til the 100000 square miles of terri
tory yet to be covered have been
taken care. of. there will be for sew
eral years an annual deficit in postal
revenues of from $s,ooo,oo0 to $1o,-
600, 900. This deficit will, it is assert
ed, disappear gradually as the rev.
enues increase by reason of the i'm
proved postal facilities.
Not many years ago rural free de-
livery was questionable sort of ex-
pertinent. The farmers, for whose
benefit it was intended, did not in all
quarters take kindly to it. They are
not eager seekers after novelties, and
the idea of abandoning the custom
airy trip to the village post Office for
mail, a trip which gave them well
come opportunity to gossi p with
neighbors and discuss crops and cleo.
lions, was not altogether attractive
to them. But they appreciate fully
now the advantages of the new de-
parture. There is an increasing pres
sure for the establishment of rural
routes, and the representative of a
country district who cannot secure
something in this line for his con-
stituents runs the risk of losing his
popularity. 49,
So strong is the pressure for rural
free delivery that the post office de-
| partment officials are not dealing
with remote question when they
prepare estimates of the gross cost
| of complete rural service. But
while the cost will be large it will
| not brighten americans. Indeed, they
are in the habit of looking unmoved
on much larger appropriations for
far less useful purposes. +s
It may we'll be that when the let
ter carrier makes his trips to every
farmers gate the farmers will make
a more extensive use of the mails
than they do now. and that the rev.
enues of the department will expand
as they have in the past whenever
better facilities have been provided.
Even if this were not to be the case.
the general welfare" will be pro-
NOTED by an expenditure which
brings the farmers of the United
States into closer touch with the
busy world from which most of them
are so far removed.-Chicago Trib-
une.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
'The Proof of the Pudding Lies in the
ERtinG.O

The doctors are dumbfounded, the drug
gists astonlshed, and the people excited anG
joyful over the wonderful cures and tremen-
dous sales of the great Remedy, st. Jacobs
Oil. Every case of Rheumati sm-some of
many years, stsndin a. given way to this
like the following can be furnished as to its
value:-
George Scleyer, Publisher Of the Chiffon,
Wis, "Volksbote," used St. Jacobs Oil for
almost unbearabfe pains in the back, which
had completely Frustrated him." A few ap.
plications cured him entirely.
Mrs. Fred Eberle, Bellaire, O., was for a
long time severely troubled with Rheuma:
tism. st. Jacobs Oil instantly relieved and
entirely cure her.
Rev. DR.. B. Pick, of Rochester, N. Y, suf-
fered so intensely from Rheumatic pains that
he was unable to preach. Several applica.
tons from q bottle Of St. Jacobs Oil IRE
Eeved him."
F. Raider, Cleveland, Ohio, says: 1.-TWO
applications of St. Jacobs Oil cured me Of
great and long. continued pain in my foot"
.. Ms'f Mu, e m BM1 eS 9as s9 D
cobs Oil has wonderful sale. We sold
eight bottles at retail yesterday. This will
give, you some idea of how well it is liked
in this section"
Mr.. Louis Hinkel, of East Poesten, Kill,
n. Y, says:-"I cali St. Jacobs Oil the best
liniment ever used. It cured me of Rheu'
matism and pain in the back"
Herman Rittner, Manchester, N. H.
II have tried St. Jacobs Oil, and found it ex.
cellent. All those who have purchased it
speak Of it as simply incompatible
Geo. G. Erffle, Palestine, I'LL was in
bed suffering from swollen leg, I used st
Jacobs Oil, its effect was wonderful. The
following day l attended to my business
again"
DR.. Otto Ful., Reading, o.. writes '"The
sale of St. Jacobs Oil is constantly increas
ing; it is praised by everybody, and never
fails to give entire satisfaction"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
rh. H-,ter,. First Calf.

There should be no such thing as
"breaking in heifer" when she has
her first calf. She should be so care
fully handled that there will be no
necessity for doing the thing after
that: it should be done before calving.
IF this has not been done before, be-
gin some weeks before calving to fam
iliarize the heifer with the mixer.
Stroke her, caress her, handle the
udder, doing everything SO carefully
that any advance in the process will
he unnoticed by the animal. Within
a few days the udder can be handled
at will, and the heifer will soon come
to enjoy and even expect such caresses.
If this work is carefully and kindly
done there will be no trouble when
milking time comes.-Cincinnati Com
mercial.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE.
Although Sharp and Cautious the
Wildcat Has Not a Good Meme
DRY for Traps.

Our almost extinct wildcat is beast
which for want of memory has not
been able to hold it's own. While the
tox and the badger, especially the lat
ter, are adopts at avoiding traps, the
wildcat seems quite unable to keep
out of them, says the London Spec
tator. Yet the glutton, another car
nivore of the northern forests, with
out any apparent brain endown ent OF
the positive kind, has learned the
whole art of trapping so successfully
that it will follow along whole line OF
40 miles of traps, break into every one
from behind and carry off the bats
without being caught. In the same
way the balloons of Africa, whether
north or south, maintain themselves
in locality in their full numbers long
after most other creatures OF equal
size have disappeared. The part OF
the Matoppo hills in which Mr.. Rhodes
tomb is cut in the rocks is deserted
by the Matabeles because, as they are
now disarmed, the balloons carry OF
all their corn and pumpkins.
The rat and the rabbit are not very
different in point of fecundity. But
while the rabbit, except on very favor
able soil, disappears in a cultivated
country like England, where it is not
afforded any protection, the rat is
practically master of the situation, SO
greatly does his power of individual
experience, and probably also of COM
munica ton, exceed that of the other
rodent 1t can hardly be an accident
that the gray parrot, one of the clever
est and most thoughtful of birds, is by
far the longest-lived. There is an I'M
doubted instance of this bird surviving
for century, and half that time is
quite a common age. But in the case
of birds so many other considerations
than those of brain intervene in deter
ginning what leads to longevity that
or'y vague g.neralizations are pos
sible. Size, food and species all have
their known results on the duration
of birds life. A gannet has been
known to live for 40 years, Spanish i'm
perial eagles to nearly that age, an
Egyptian vulture to AZ, ravens for ~
years and swans for nearly as long.
But it is fairly safe inference that
the life of birds is, in proportion to
their size, longer than that OF NAM
mails. Comparing the general average
of brain power, that of birds is much
higher than among the average
beasts; and it is quite probable that
it is this excess of brain vitality which
gives the birds also an excess IN bodily
vitality.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
A PREACHER IN QUEENSLAND.
The Strange Reception OF ""A''
e# Minister ut the Hands OF
Group of Natives.

Tn recent book Edward B. Kennedy
thus describes the welcome given by
black natives of Queensland to white
preacher who visited them: "A black
fellow came up to me and placing his
hand gently on the bride OF my horse,
nodded his head in the direction OF my
friend. with That fellow priest l
agreed; upon which, sinking his voice
to a mysterious and hoarse whisper.
he proceeded: 'Budgery. That fel-
low like it put on shirt over trousel,
get a top O. waddy, and yabber bout
debit. debil;' which, rendered in plain
English, reads: Good. That man puts
his shirt on over his trousers, gets
top of wood, or pulpit, and talks
about devil, devil Before l could
make any remark upon this new and
startling manner of describing a
preacher, the whole mob of blacks.
who had been listening to the infor-
nation youchsafed me, commenced to
dance about with joy at having par
son: and we soon found out the rea-
son, for my instructor, signing to the
others to be quiet, struck an attitude,
then turned to his reverence with an
air Of pride and satisfaction, and thus
addressed him: You give mine Tx
pence mine say lorsprer tin commands
burgery quick all same white fellow
which meant: Give me six-pence, I'll
say the Lords prayer and ten COM
mandments splendidly quick as
white man does in church. Then,
without a moments hesitation, he rat
tied soff like lightning, as far as we
could follow him. page of the church
service, throwing in a few responses
here and there. The parson looked
grave, as the black, the very second
he had concluded, held out his hand
for sixperce, and upon the coin being
refused him evidently considered
that he lad not spoken his piece fast
enough, for he called up another
member CT his tribe, saying as he
pushed him forward: This fellow
cabon quick one shilliD'.' This ma1
very quick, one shilling.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
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DEVICE FOR srEAM1NG sILAGE.

decay of the hay was prevented So that
it. made fair fodder.
Now we find in Bulletin No. u of the
Oregon experiment station Corvallis
an interesting account of steaming
silage. The silos, made purposely for
the experiment, were constructed OF
we'll seasoned yellow fir dressed
tongue and groove lumber 1M inch
thick, 312 inches wide and II feet long.
When completed the silos measured
approximately five feet in diameter
and ~ feet deep. They were con-
structed plain, having no doors, so that
the only way of filling and emptying
them was by way of the top of the silo.
Five such silos were constructed; two
of them, Nos. l and 5, were fitted with
1A-inch piping SO that they could be
steamed after being filled.
The picture clearly shows how the
steam pipes were connected. In one
case the steam was delivered near the
bottom only. The other was fitted 80
that steam could be liberated in the
silo within two inches of the bottom
at G, and also midway between the
bottom and top at F. The upright pipe
EFF in the silo was covered with cap
at F so as to prevent fodder from fall
ing into the pipe. Ten to Is holes
three eighths-inch in diameter were
drilled in the pipe near the cap at F
as outlets for the steam. The elbow at
G turns directly down and comes to
within about two inches of the bottom
of the silo. This elbow G prevents ma
terial from getting into the pipe CHI:
and serves as an easy outlet for the
steam when forcing it into the silo
near the bottom"
The corn cut into these silos was
quite green. It was cut into three
fourths-inch lengths and packed down
so that each silo contained little over
three tons. Steam was introduced I'M
der pressure of first 20 and again later
at 40 pounds. This was kept up until
the steam escaped at the top and the
Temperature rose to 212 degrees. Then
the steam was shut off and the pipe
stuffed with sterilized cotton, while
the top of the silage was covered with
the same material. AS a result of the
steaming the silage shrunk about rs
per cent. When opened there was some
loss at the top, as the cotton did not
prove a good protector. Below the
moldy part the silage was bright and
sweet-"with the odor Of cooked sweet
corn-not at all like ordinary silage!"
Analysis Of this silage showed that it
did not undergo nearly as great a
chemical change as the silage put up
in the ordinary way. Of course such a
small silo does not give fair chance
for practical investigation. and this
year the experiments have been re-
peated on larger scale-in silos nine
and ten feet in diameter. These have
been filled with corn and green clover.
and thoroughly steamed. While no ac-
tual feeding results can be given until
this silage is taken out and fed we
feel very confident that ssteaming. in
tight silos, will be found very useful
in some sections of the country.-Ru-
raj New Yorker.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
lLHluJl4lz3W.
EASILY. MADE STONE BOAT.

a sloping front. At front and at rear
end bolt a 2x4 inch or 2x6 inch cross
piece. The front crosspiece should
be beveled at one side, to fit close
to the sloping front.
A piece of strap iron OF reasona-
BILE strength is bolted or spiked on,
as illustrated, to hitch doubletree to.
A strap of 2x1-inch lath may be
nailed at each side of the boat, it
desired. Planks the size mentioned
will make boat 2h feet wide and
six ybr seven feet long. If a wider
boat is wanted, use three planks.
Three 12-inch wide plants will make
convenient sized boats.-L. E. Turn-
over. in Farm and Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
THE VALUE OF WHEY.
For Feeding Pigs, the wisconsin Sta
ton Reports, 1t Is Worth Seven
Cents Per Hundredweight.

At many cheese factories the whey
is an incumbrance rather than a
source of profit. 1t is usually disposed
of at almost any price, yet it is of con-
siderable value for pig feeding. The
Wisconsin station has determined that
whey for pig feeding is worth seven
cents per 100 pounds, and if properly
combined with other feeds is worth
ten cents per 100 pounds. The greatest
trouble with whey is that it rather de-
moraHzes the handling of the milk
supply. As soon as a patron empt1es
his cans he wants to fill them up with
milk. and this prevents his cans being
washed and steamed at the factory.
There are various ways OF getting rid
of this necessity. One method that is
practiced at some cheese factories is
worthy of consideration. Pig pens are
built far enough away from the factory
to prevent the odor from reaching
that institution, but near enough so
that the whey can be easily run to
them on tram tracks. All the whey il
fed at the factory in this way. and the
profits from the operation 60 into the
general fund. In this way the profits
oct back to the patrons. There are sew
eral advantages about this plan Of
feeding whey. One of them is that the
whey can be fed in better condition
than it usually is when it has to be
hauled back TO the farm. Spoiled
whey at the factory is put into cans
and is certainly not improved when it
arrives at the farm. The cans thatcon-
yey it are never or seldom properly
cleaned and the milk brought to the
factory in those cans is injured in quail.
ity.-Farmers' Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
very Hard to Understand.

Official records show that new kind
of American invasion is occurring on
this continent, rs $4,000 citizens OF the
United States have settled in the rich
wheat lands of the Contemporaries.
Why anybody should want to emlgratte
to Manitoba, where sub-arctic climate
provides almost perpetual winter,
while rich farming lands are to be had
in Missouri and adjoining states, where
an almost perpetual summer provides
the most equable climate in the world,
is beyond the comprehension OF cltl-
zen of a republican form OF govern
ment.-Rural, World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
The Worm Turned.

He loved her devotedly. He was also
bow-legged. Both facts gave him pain at
times
He passed it by with rueful smile, when
she merrily said that his affection gave him
such an arch look, and that, after all, he
was a pretty good sort when you got onto
his curves. He bore it patiently, when she
referred to his walk at his parenthetical
progress. But he rebeled, and broke the
engagement, when she called her pet dog
through the wicket formed by his legs.
II NAV not be so overly ornamental"
said he, "but l emphatically object to being
made useful, SO unseasonably early in the
game!'-Smart Set.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
DURABLE STONE BOAT.
Small Expenditure of Time,
Labor and Money.

Many regard stone boat as indis
pensable. To make one as portrayed,
procure two sound oak planks, each
about 2x15 inches and seven or eight
feet long. Cut piece about IL inches
long from one end of each plank,
making the cut at bevel of 20 or 80
degrees. Turn the cutoff pieces over,
and bolt to the planks SO as to make
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

She-"My mind, I'd have you understand,
is on something higher than my dress" He
-"Oh, it is? On your hat, suppose?"-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

"No." said the bride to-be, II didn't ac-
cept Jack the first time he proposed"
GLOW could you?" replied Miss Wryvell,
"Why not?" "You weren't there PHI
adelphia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

Ethel-"Father, please give me a nickel. :"
Father--"Don't you think you're too big
to beg for nickel" Ethel" 'Spose you
give me quarter, then."-Detroit Free
Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

If YOU have a tenant You want to
hold, it will certainly not drive him
away to give him an opportunity tc
repair his house and fix up such con
veniences AZ he needs badly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

l am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.--Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Norwich, N. Y. Feb. II, 1900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

The man who pays his rent must hustle
keep moving.-Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

More people might wake up to find them
selves famous if they wouldn't sit up 80
late at night.-1ndianapolis News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

A close friend is one who declines to lend
you mouey.-Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

When man dies they who survive him
ask what property he has left behind. Tae
angel who bends over the dying man asks
what good deeds he has sent before him.
Koran -..-+ ls-s. & g=s.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

"Some men bets on a boss race" said
Uncle Eben, can den talks about bein'
onlucky instead O foolish. "-Washington
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed with
Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

Men who pursue impossibiities enjoy the
activities of life and none of its rewards
Chicago Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

To Cure n Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinne Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

A false friend il worse than fair foe.-
Rams Horn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

Don't Neglect Cough. Take Some Hale'a
Honey of Horehound and Tar instanter.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

Most people would succeed in small
things if they were not troubled with
great Observation-Disclosures.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
THINGS BETTER LEFT UNSAID.
Avvkardly as to Give Wrong
ImpreAgi sion.

Under the caption, 'The Art Of Putting
Things" an English author has given some
very amusing examples Of saying things in
queer way. One of the most unfortunate
recorded attempts to escape from CONVEX
sational difficulty was made by an East end
cura.e, who cultivated the friendship of
mechanics. sy
One day carpenter came to him and
said: Il have brought my boys likeness,
as YOU said you d like to have it."
How good Of You to remember!' said
the curate. What a capital likeness! How
is . hsm -: ,,. ,. o, :, :,
ooh, yes, Of course know that" replied
the curate 81 mean how's the man that
took the photograph"
A story is told of young laborer who, on
his way to his days work, called at the
registrars Office to register his fathers
death. When the official asked the date of
the event, the son replied:
"He amt dead yet, but he'll be dead be-
fore night, so l thought it would save me
another journey if you would put it down
now"
ooh, but that won't do at ALL" said the
registrar. Perhaps your father will live
till tomorrow"
"Well, l don't know, sir; the doctor says
as he won't; and he knows what he has
given him"
A Public Need. 5.,5-
"Yaas, sab. De ting what dis eah coun-
try needs is more prisons, sah-more pris-
ons"
"Why, Uncle Ned, there are plenty of
prisons. Every state has its penitentiary
and"
"Oh, yaas, sab, knows about de penny
tenchures. Dey's penny tenchures enough,
but de penny tenchure is chock full of penny
eaint git in, sah What dis heah country
needs is some million dollar tenchures, and
it needs 'em mighty bad."-kansas City
journal.
It is safe to assume that the tall story
has grown SO by stretcaing.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

The test of any recreation is, does it re-
create!-Ram's Horn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

Crabs and misers hate to shell out
Chicago Daily News.