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St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-18
/ FOR SALE.

One undivided half interest In 1865,
acres OF land on Bogue Chitto and West
Pearl River, formerly belonging to
Irbin Cooper. STEPHEN MYER.
to june SlideH. La.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-18
ARTICLE z.

No stockholder Of this CORPORATION
shall be held liable or responsible for
the contracts or fault thereof In any
further sum than the unpaid balance
due the Corporation on the shares sub.
scribed for or owned by him; nor shall
any informality in organtz ,tion have
the effect Of rendering this charter null.
Or exposing stockhoider to any LA.
bility beyond the unpaid balance, II
any, Of his stock.
Thus done and passed at my notar;al
0ff1ce, in the Town OF COvington, Par
ish Of st. Tammany, State OF Louisiana,
on the day, month and year herein first
above written, In the presence OF W.
B. Cowart and Wiley M. Wood, two
competent witnesses Of lawful age, and
residents Of said town, parish and
State, who hereunto sign their names.
together with ssid appearers and me,
notary. after due reading OF the whole.
Henry .. Smith, 10 shares.
Hardy u. Smith, % shares.
&. r. Smith, shares.
.#sssss + E. Theriot, I share.
s. i. BeikDap, 8 shares.
VA. Hoo.t, 4 share.
H. B. Daboval, 20 shares.
,s Peoples Bakery, SHARES.
(Per Maurice Hlanche)
Edmund Stern, shares.
Witnesses:
W. b Cowart.
Wiley NJ. Mood.
JOSEPH b. LANCASTER,
nov I8-6t Notary Public.
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Feeding Grain to Horses.

Many horses have bad habit when
fed oats, shelled corn. or dry ground
feed, of filling the mouth with the food
and then turning the head away so
that much of it drops out upon the
ground and is wasted. On large
farm where all the grain is home
grown. and there are chickens running
at will through the stable, the real
waste is not great But in the case OF
those who have to buy all their feed
and whose chickens can not pick up
the dropped grain, the loss is a serious
matter
We know q case where the loss has
been prevented by putting the feed
into a nose-bag and slipping the cord
over the head back of the ears. The
bag used in this case is regular feed
bag such rs is used by draymen and
teamsters in cities to feed without un-
hitching. They are made Of heavy cam
vas with wooden bottom, there are
holes in front for ventilation while the
horse is eating. They can be bought
at any harness store for about seventy
five cents. 1t is little more trouble
to feed in a bag than just putting the
grain into a box, but the saving is am
pie pay for all the trouble.-Florida
AgriculturiSt.
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An utomatic Ships Register.

A remarkable mariners compass has
been invented by a Frenchman, NJ.
Heit. 1t registers automatically the
route taken by the boat and the speed
minute by minute.
1t is fixed on a steel pivot which
rests on stationary agate. This is
immersed in basin containing 4 small
quantity of mercury which serves for
conducting the electric current that
registers all the movements of the
compass. A small silver pointer is
kept in electric communication with
the pivot by means Of 4 flexible wire.
The index is not usually in contact
with the basin, but the electric cur
rent quickly opens and closes the
circuit, so that the angle Of the boat
with the meridian is correctly regis
tered. The basin is divided into a
certain number of sections isolated
from each other, and each correspond
ing with special circuit.
The registration is operated by means
of an electric spark. Certain sections
of the basin correspond with signal
bells warning the captain of every
time that the boat deviates from its
normal direction. In case Of an acci-
dent causing stoppage, ,he time of
the delay is faithfully noted.-London
Worlds Work.
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About Autumn Chickens.

Raising fall chickens, to some eAtent,
Is i pretty general custom, anu a soou
one too. we think. But, our oDser'a,
tion is. that as a rule they are started
too late in the season-the setting Oh
hens. we mean. For, like spring
matches, the earlier ones are the Dest.
Most people wait until September 10
set fall eggs, when the best time Is SIN
weeks earlier. In fact, the chicks that
come out between the twenty-hfth Oh
July and the first of September MAKE
the best progress. the most rapid anu
the largest growth. Last year we SCI
orgs from the first Of July until the
first Of October with view of raising
late chickens: and the truth IS, tna''
while the July and early August
batched chickens size up in weight
etc. almost with the spring hatcneu'
and are still developing, those that
were Matched in September and octo'
her are noticeably smaller-the eggs
from the pullets being decidely unaer,
sized. Plumage plays an important
mart in the matter of growth with the
late.hatched chicken, and the chlch
that comes out early enough to get
fairly good coating Of feathers wnlle
the weather is still mild. will continue
an uninterrupted growth during the
winter: while those that are hatchea
so late as to be still unfeathered when
the chilly blasts begin to blow VIII sun
be undeyeloped when the spring shaii
have come again. for it is certain!
up-hi,l business for an illy-feathereo
chicken to make rapid growth III cold
weather.
In view of these facts, we advocate
earlv autumn and fall Matching, for one
early August brood is really worth
two hatched as late as October. An
other thought, the person who aspires
70 raise chickens for market now,
should hatch them of as soon as pos
sible. 1t is possible to begin now ana
raise q number of late chickens up to
the frying size. and market them long
before the season is entirely gone.
Hatched by the middle of August or
first Of September. they would nave
eight to ten weeks in which to grow
while it should be mild and pleasant.
Indeed. as we view it, based upon past
experience, now is an auspicious time
in which to hatch and develop early
autumn chickens, either for market
or for utility at home.-H. 3. Geer. in
Southern Cultivator.
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Prepariug Land For Corn.

T, g. r. CataTba. writes. Where
7 turn under rye and crimson clover
for q corn crop and then use forty 10
fifty bushels of rock lime to the acre
would 800 pounds Of sixteen per cent.
acid phosphate do. Expect TO WORK
the same land in corn again next year.
Answer: You are certainly preparing
YOUR land we'll for corn by plowing un-
der rye and crimson clover. Crimson
clover is to be preferred because Ut Is
a leguminous crop and will thus aoo
largely to the available supply OF nitro
gen in the soil.
By rock lime you possibly mean the
ground rock before i has been burned.
Caustic lime is much more effective
and is to be preferred on that account,
and T do not presume there Is very
much difference il the cost Of the two'
Fifty bushels Of rock lime Is not
heavy application. however, as 1t De-
comes very slowly available in this
form. twenty-five bushels OF burned
lime will be q good application and It
should not be made more than once In
three to five years. Three hundred
pounds of sixteen per cent. acid phos-
phate is q liberal amount to use OF one.
of the very necessary elements needed
in a corn croD. for you recognize that
phosDhorors has largely to do with the
formation Of grain. and as 4 rule there
is not very abundant supply of it avail
able il our soils. You might add nfty
pounds of muriate potash TO your mix
ture with advantage for corn.
While land treated rs you propose
will grow good crops Of corn for sew
eral years it is not advisable to bring
corn on your land year after year np.
less it is absolutely necessary. Put
it down in clover and grass for 4 year
or two and then grow some other Ger.
cal, such as wheat. oats or barley. and
give it rest from corn, and the land
will continue to improve and grow
larger crops from year to year
Knoxville Journal.
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Away From the Rush.


'If you want to see real country lie
come with me and III show 1t to you,
and within fifteen minutes journey,
too" remarked a friend Of mine.
We crossed the river on the little
ferryboat for Upper Rensselaer,. The
scenery is very fine at this time. and
we enjoyed long walk immensely
without feeling the heat that was
blistering Albany. On our way back
we stepped into the tavern. We had
to wait quite a while before We got
served. The reason? The proprietor
was having his portrait painted. This
may sound extravagant, but he was
having his picture painted, not taken"
In the middle of the barroom, sur.
rounded by his paraphernalia for work
ing. stood a typical travelling artist.
Seated against the wall was the pro-
prietor, and the likeness which the
artist was painting in oil on the can
vas was a really good one.
The last time 1 witnessed such a
sight" remarked my friend, "was years
ago and away up in the heart Of the
Catskills. Albany Journal.
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Nitrogen Fertilizer.

Maryland station experiments with
nitrogenous fertilizers are published
in a bulletin that discusses the early
use of nitrogenous fertilizers. the i'm
portance of nitrogen as plant food.
loss Of nitrogen from the soil, general
conditions indicating the need Of nitro
gen, quantity Of nitrogen annually re-
moved from Maryland farms, the ori-
gin and supply Of nitrogen in soils, nj
trlfcation, sources of nitrogen, the use
of the free nitrogen Of the atmosphere
by plants. and artificial incubation.
The object was to compare different
times Of applying nitrate of soda, just
before planting with or without lime,
at period of most active growth, ana
one-half before planting and one-halt
at a time Of most active growth, to
test the comparative effects Of nitrate
of soda and sulphate Of ammonia ana
of lime applied with mineral sources
of nitrogen, to compare nitrate OF soda
combined with sulphate Of potash with
nitrate of potash, to compare different
sources of organic nitrogen, including
dried blood. raw and dissolved hair
waste. bone tankage, dried fish, cotton
seed meal and stable manure, and 10
test the effect of treating hair ana
leather waste with acid.
The materials were applied III
amounts supplying thirty-two pounds
of nitrogen per acre. The crops for
which data are given are eorn' wheat
and hay.
The results in general favor the ap-
nlication of nitrate of soda before
planting rather than after the crop IS
partially grown, and indicate that
topdressing of this substance pays well
as n rule on wheat which Tor any
cause either poor land or from late
seeding. is backward in the spring. al
though its use is of doubtful beneht on
land which is we'll supplied with plant
food.
Nitrate of soda gave uniforml! ana
dec;dedly better results than sulphate
of ammonia. both with and WITHOUT
line
Nitrate of potash gave better results
than nitrate of soda combined win a
notash salt Csulphate), but the advan-
tage was not great enough 10 warrant
the difference in cost which usually
prevails. oro
The organic sources of nitrogen were
not as active as nitrate of soda. vi
the three principal forms tested pioou
stood first as regards effectiveness
leather second and hair last.
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Odds and Ends.

1t often happens that good taker
is a poor thinker.
About the only thing sold in SELL
ing race is the public.
A spendthrift gets sight OCCASION
ally, but miser is always tight.
Logic proves or disproves all things
but it accomplishes none.
It's better to smile and be william
than never to have smiled at all.
Sometimes the race is. to the swift,
but more often it is to the bookmaker.
Summer girls are again vowing
eternal fidelity-untl this end OF the
season.
1t is easier to get wise man 20
give advice than it is to get a TOOL
to take it.
A man in Kansas recently eloped
with his mother-in-law, and Kansas
is a prohibition State, too.
Our idea Of a true heroine IS q
married woman who doesn't say that
she wishes she had remained single
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my medicine. I ought to have had II
long ago. but Dora was sleepy-so
sleepy and-and couldn't give it to-
her"
"And what did you do, little one?"
CounSers voice trembled.
"I-I got the bottle. and poured out
the stuff in q glass
She hesitated. looking frightened. A
kindly court attendant patted the fair
curls. and she continued:
"And Dora was so sleepy and was
so glad cause l could play doctor. 1t
was such fun. l climbed on the bed
and said so fiercely. Open your mouth
and nanny opened her mouth and
made her drink all the stuff
"And what did nanny do?"
Muffin. She went sleepy again"
The unconscious little murderesS lost
her grip Of things and cried as if her
heart would break:
Mammal want my mamma-my
mamma"'
Tender hands carried the poor child
away.
Dora tainted when the jury. without
leaving the box. brought in verdict
of Not guilty" and Jack took her
home in cab.
In the quiet Of the house she recov.
cred. and went to her room and locked
herself in. Now that the trial was
over. the sense that she was free
woman again swept over her and al.
most crushed her. Jack paced silently
up and down the passage outside her
room for the remainder of that day
and all through the long night. When
dawn broke he tapped gently. and tn
door was opened from within.
Without a word lie lifted the girl in
his arms and kissed her tear-stained
face. And then suddenly he CAV" a
low cry. for the beautiful reddish
golden hair. whose soft waves he had
so often caressed. lay in streaks across
a wrinkled brow. and in the place OF
the gold was the sheen Of many silver
threads.-New York Weekly.
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Sch ool of Roal Building.

It is announced that the Iowa State
Highway Commission will conduct the
first good roads school in America at
an extra session of the State College,
ut Ames. The Good Roads AsSocia-
.tion has wisely decided to hold its an
nual meeting simultaneously with this
session so that the attending members
may have the benefits Of the system
attic, practical instruction which will
be given in the fundamental and essen
tial features of road building and
maintenance. An extensive exhibit or
modern road building appliances will
be shown in operation by experts in
the different lines of work, short Sec
tions Of road being constructed during
the demonstrate tions. The all important
principles of road drainage for both
surface and soil water will receive
proper attention. and full detail plans
for culverts and drainage systems will
be available. Road surveying and pro-
file map work are also included within
the scope of the lectures.
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AGAINST FREAK NEWSPAPERS.
Significance OF Recent Decision OF Post
office Department.

Significance OF Recent Decision OF Post
office Department.
In their struggle for business some
newspapers have found it necessary to
bolster up Indifferent publications by
the addition Of calendars, sheet music.
patterns, blocks Of postal cards, cut.
out animal pictures, animal masks,
cut-out dolls, soldiers and naval ves-
sells, circulars, hand-bills and card
board sDectacles. The purpose is to
make the customer believe he is get.
ting a bargain, and this forced circula.
ton, which is not won on the merit OF
the paper itself, is offered as proof to
the advertiser of actual worth. Il is 4
deception to both the reader and ad-
vertiser, and has been made all the
easier Of accomplishment because the
publisher has been permitted to circu-
late his cheap John assortment through
the mails at second-class rates.
The Postoffice Department, casting
about to decrease its enormous expen-
ditures, has discovered that these
newspaper owners have been imposing
upon it, and has issued notice that the
practice must cease. The point Is made
that this matter is purely extraneous,
and cannot come within the provision
of the law of 1879. which permitted the
mailing of newspaper supplements at
the second-class rate Of a cent per
pound. 1t is estimated that this action
will work material reduction in the
amount Of mail handled, and will, to
that extent, relieve the present conges'
ton.
1t should also have the effect to in
crease the standard Of the newspapers
that have engaged in the business. The
publishers will be forced to furnish a
higher quality Of news in order that
their publications may compare with
those newspapers which have been
hewing strictly to legitimate lines
Toledo Blade.
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Pointed Paragraphs.

Stolen fruit may be sweet, but
there is sorrow in its assimilation.
What happy world this would be e
if a woman could convince herself
that her married life is as happy as
she tries to make others believe it Is.
Some spinsters spend lot of time
looking for husbands-and so do some
married women, according to all re-
ports.
1t is surprising how widow can
make love to a man in way that
makes him think he is the first man
ever really loved.
The reason many go to sleep In
church may often be found, not III the
sermon, but in the Saturday night.
There is no salvation without SIN
ceritx
The denial of self is the secret of
delight.
The isms make the schisms.
Morals determine manners.
Greatness depends on grace.
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Faithful Failures.

Such was the quaint description an-
piled by Robert Louis Stevenson to all
human beings who had done their best
TO do we'll in life. He felt that how.
ever much we tried. we should hardly
be able to realize the highest ideals;
we should be failures. judged by that
lofty standard, but we should at least
be faithful because we had done our
utmost.
To get on in life speaking Of mate
rial things only. is the desire Of every
one. yet it is only the minority who
do their best. There is lamcntaole
lack Of determination. deficiency Of
grit and go" in so many of us. We
see the object, we sigh for its attain
ment, we make spasmodic attempts
to reach it. but we shrink from taking
too much trouble about it. and We
cannot strive steadily and unswerv-
ingly for it.
Those are not the faithful failures.
We cannot impress too strongly upon
our children and upon those older ones
who are just commencing life. that il
they would succeed in climbing the
ladder to any appreciable extent. they
must cultivate the quality of sticking
at ito use popular phrase-and
that they must aim high. If we so
seldom reach the rung Of the ladder
which we have in view, and experience
teaches us that this is more frequent
than We like to believe. then it is bet.
ter to fight for a still higher position.
The probability is that we shall fall
short of that position, but attain one
higher than would have been the case
had we not been aspiring.
Stevenson. doubtless, had the moral
side Of things in view when writing
those words, but they apply equally
well to the material facts Of life.
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s5o, ooo 600 Yearly For Golf.

Would you imagine that something
like S5O,OOO,OOO could be spent yearly
on the game of golf? To begin with,
there are $40 golf clubs in England,
I6O in the United States, GO in canny
Scotland, 134 in Ireland, forty-three in
Wales and siXty-three in different parts
of the continent. There are, all told,
probably not less than 5000 organiza-
tions devoted to golf playing.
These clubs, counting their grounds,
buildings and preliminary expenses.
represent a permanent investment OF
$4,000, 900 to S5O,OOO,OO0; and compar-
atively few of them can be run at a
yearly expense of less than $4,000. The
average membership is about 200 and
the average yearly subscriptions of
these 100000 golf players amounts
to nearly S2O,OOO,OOO. Each of the play
ers is equipped with an outfit that costs
on an average about $50; and the year
" purchase of golf clubs, all over the
world. amounts, therefore, to several
millions of dollars.-Springfeld Union.
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A PARABLE OF PROGRESS.

Said the placid pool to the ripping rill.
As it rolhcked along on its way down the
hill:
$Oh, stay with me here. 1t is foolish and
wrong
For you to forever be rushing along.
Stop here on the heights; for, as sure as
you flow,
You will only sink further and further be-
low
You are noisy and boisterous: be quiet
and hear
The choir of the song,birds carolhng near.
Be contented, my brother, and patiently
To remain where the God Of the clouds
made You lie.
Il is wiser and easier far to lie still,
Said the placid pool to the ripping rill.
Said the ripping rill to the placid pool.
AS 1t lay IN the shadows so quiet and cool:
Il know 1t is easy and pleasant to stay
In ones tiower-circled bed on the hillside
all day;
That each leap leaves me lower; and that,
Some desert OF death may await me below.
Vet some spirit impels, in such magical
way.
That feel it Is better to simply obey;
And, somehow, as onward | leap in the
night,
Toward the strange, distant valley, l know
II is right,
And that safety is sure if l keep natures
rule
Said the rppling rll to the placid pool.
So the placid pool lay selfshly STILL
Reheeting the stars and the sunshine, until
Its purity paid the high price of its peace;
Its water grew stagnant; its very life-leaSe
Was cancelled in scorn by the sun over
head.
And the placid pool died in its flower
circled bed
Bat the ripping rill, as it sped on its way,
Grew larger and stronger and deeper each
day.
The sunshine strewed gems on its breast
as 1t ran,
To do useful service for nature and man.
1t grew to a river, and, when 6uty-free,
1t found permanent peace in the infinite
sea.
Charles Wesley Casson, in the Christian
Register.
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SOUTHERN :: FARM :: Notes.

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as is described in the following from
the Family:
An object lesson in daily manage.
ment was furnished me recently, which
helps to prove common error among
a certain class of farmers. This farm
er sold to the butcher two very young
calves that had been with their dams
getting all the milk for seven months.
They weighed little over 1000 pounds
and sold for $31. The farmer was
pleased with the transaction. and re-
marked that he was making some
money. Upon investigation l learned
some facts which will illustrate what
I have in mind. The cows were good
grade Shorthorns, above the average
as mixers.
They were fed on fine blue grass pas
ture. and estimated that while these
calves were following them they gave
at least fifteen pounds Of milk eacn
Der day for the seven months period.
Thus the two calves consumed at least
63OO pounds Of milk, which ut very
moderate estimate would have been
worth $50 to S34 if sold at the shipping
station in the form Of cream. 1t is not
surprising that the calves were very
fat fed on such expensive feed. At q
moderate estimate and with good care
the farmer should have sold at least
S25 worth OF milk and cream from each
COW and raised calf worth $40 Oh the
skim milk, or as much profit from one
cow as he received from the two.
This is but a concrete example OF
what is taking place on hundreds OF
farms where the old idea is still heid
that it pays to raise calves by giving
them the entire milk Of the COW. one
of the greatest profits to be made FROM
the combined dairying and veal raising
is because of the fact that skim milk
will produce calves Of almost as hign
quality as will whole milk and at
greatly reduced cost.