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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
SOUTHERN
AGRICULTURE
CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO.
Plant With View to Clean and FIRE.
quent Cultivation.

The first essential to growing good
tobacco Is to have suitable land well
supplied with vegetable and organic
matter.
For my section, peas after small
grain is the cheapest way to furnish
the desired plant food. From past
experience, l have found BY blowing
the peavines in early (say by January
1st), that peas are an ideal crop to
follow tobacco.
have experimental on tobacco with
fertilizers of different kinds. I find
that cottonseed meal, 400 pounds;
acid phosphate, 16 per cent, 400 pounds
sulphate of potash 100 pounds, and nj
trate of soda, 80 pounds, thoroughly
mixed and put On one acre is about
right for the average land. If your
land is very poor use more fertilizer;
il good, use less. My experiments
have proved in every instance that
heavy manuring adds profit of from
ten to twenty-five dollars per acre
above the medium manuring. Just
think-if every acre Of land in North
Carolina should give profit of ten
dollars above the usual amount! and
this reckoned on a basis of clear
profit!
For cultivation, I like rows three
by four feet l set my plants nearly
on a level. I so manage to have my
plants on a line the narrow way, so
as to run the Junior Cultivator with
small hoes once to the row the mar
row way. This should be done as
soon as the plants set we'll. Never let
the grass get ahead. You can follow
the cultivator with hoes, a careful
stroke with the hoe on each side OF
| plant. Next put on the small sweeps
of cultivatGr and run right and left
and well expanded; follow with hoes
again, putting the dirt around the
plants on side left uncultivated. This
nearly completes the hoe work and ii
done at the right season requires
very little time. 1 prefer to cultivate
as level as possible. This is for dry
sandy land. I like to plant one row
| of the iron pea close up and mid
way between the hills of tobacco. On
my land no other pea will make with
tobacco or after it. Cultivate often
until laid by-H NJ. Johnson in Pro
gressiye Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18

We often hear dairymen apologizing
for the looks of their COWS. They say
that they can not keep them clean,
and it takes too much time to curry
them, etc.
This is something that is often neg
lected by dairymen. Their COWS be-
come plastered over with manure and
mud, thus not only affording very
unpleasant sight, but are very unsan-
itary. Milk coming from these cows
is bound to be more or less filthy. It
is very easy matter to use the comb
and brush for few minutes each day
and the COW herself will certainly ap-
preciate the extra comfort it will af-
ford her. If care is taken in aCrang-
ing the stalls and in placing the ma
nure gutter just the right distance be-
hind the cows, there will be much less
trouble in keeping them clean. A stall
that is too long will allow the cow
to lie down in her droppings, while if
the droppings fall into the gutter,
which is the case in stall of the
right length, the cow will lie in a
clean bed, provided, of course, that
she has ample bedding.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
1T MADE HER LAUGH.
Husband Could Not Tell Difference
Between Sawdust and Oatmeal.

There was a worried look on the
grocer's face as he rushed hatless
down the street ran up the steps OF
Acacia Villa and gave nervous bell
pull says London Tit-Bits
I'm sorry to say there's been a
slight mistake" he painted, as he
wiped the perspiration from his fore
head with the frayed end of his apron.
You ordered two pounds of oatmeal
yesterday and by mistake my appren-
tlce put up some sawdust that our
grapes came packed in"
Oh" replied the lady, "then my
'usban' must ave got through about
art a pound O. wood for breakfus'. !"
Course he did, was the reply.
Then the lady leaned back on the
doorpost and for three minutes in.
dulged in a laugh that brought all
her neighbors to the scene.
Funny" queried the grocer.
Yes, fnuuy. Ere we've been mar
lied ID years come 4th O. December,
and Georges never paid me a COM
pllment till this mornin' at breakfus'
when blest if e 6idn't pass up is
plate for another go O. that sawdust,
ana told me it reminded i'm O. the
porfldge is mother used to make"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18

transmogrify the empty house and
brickyard grounds into home. The
word home" means a great deal when
we make the most of it. Unfortunate
ly, through lack of early education,
too many people fail to realize it's full
significance. 1t is not the value of a
house or the amount of money laid out
in the furnishing that makes it COM
Portable. Some very expensive estab-
lishments are unsatisfactory and some
cheap houses may be counted among
the most homelike.
Here is a little story-and-a-half
house, rs feet six inches wide by Al
feet six inches long, that may be built
for $1,000 or $4,000 that, in the hands
of intelligent, kindly disposed persons,
may be made model home 1t is just
the kind of a house to settle down in
for the balance of your days with the
expectation of enjoying life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
Remedy for scours In Calves.

Give calf four teaspoonfuls of castor
oil in boiled milk and follow with tea
spoonful of mixture of one part Of
salol, two parts subnitrate of bismuth
in a little boiled milk, two or three
times daily. If the calf is very weak,
give half the dose Of castor oil and
in the other medicine mix at each
dose a teaspoonful of brandy. There
are different causes for the scours. As
soon as calf is born it is well to
disinfect the navel. Sometimes the
scours are caused by too rich milk.
Sometimes too much skimmilk is fed.
Sometimes the quarters are wet and
damp and cold and the result ia
scours. The disease Is contagious,
and all quarters must be disinfected.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
New York Real Estate vaI,as

trinity building, just north of the
ola cnurchyard, in Broadway, pays re-
turns on valuation of $4,000 600. In
1857 the land with the building ON It
"hlcn stood until few years ago. was
bought for 100000. Farther up Broad.
way, for the site on which the Astor
mousse stands with the original build.
ing on it, John Jacob Aston paid $780,.
200. The land alone is now worth So.
OOO,000.-Cent Per Cent
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18

aries and their sons is an accuration
familiar to almost everybody.
Hawaiians Still Worshipng Devils.
Even more serious, to my mind was
the charge made by Prof. William T.
Brigham, director of the famous Bish-
op Museum of Polynesian Objects in
Honolulu. Prof. Brigham has spent a
lifetime in the study of South Sea Is
land history, manners and customs,
He declared to me that the work of
the Characterization and civilization Of
the Hawaiian people has been alto
gether superficial, and that, if the
whites were to move out tomorrow
the native would be found restoring
his old affairs and worship the very
next day.
AS proof of this he said that he had
recently found native judge in one
of the Honolulu courts-I think he
said a United States court-Worship-
ing at an old native altar in one of
the remote parts of the Island of Oahu
Within stones throw of the Bishop
museum, where we were talking, was
a broken down altar, which, at the
time of the political overthrow in 1898,
was reestablished, along with a some
what general recrudescence of idola-
try throughout the islands. Within
three months, he further said, in the
city of Honolulu itself, native priest
had fallen dead while conducting
heather rites before the altar. The
worshipers, fearful that the devil
would catch them also, quickly
bundled up the appliances of idol wor-
ship and carried them to Prof
Brigham, for they said, he would know
what to do with the devil better than
any other man of their acquaintance.
obookiah and the 4aystack.
Before setting down the conclusioc.l
of d first-hand investigation of re-
ligious and social conditions on these
islands (Which investigation has in.
cluded interviews with tlRoroughly-in-
formed representatives of all parties,
and study of a great mass of docu-
mentary evidence, available only here)
it is necessary to tell the story of
Obookiah. ant of the islands as the
missionaries found them.
The Sandwich islands, as the Ha-
waiian group were named by their dis
coverer, Capt, Cook. were populated
rs a race Of remote Aryan origin, who
in the sixth century before had been
driven north from the Samoan islands.
over thousands of miles of sea, in
canoes of their own making. AS late
as the thirteenth century they main
tanned relations, mostly warlike. with
the people of the southern Polynesian
archipelago They never practiced
cannibalisrn. though human sacrifice
was one of their religious rites. They
were race of unusual vigor, longevity
and comeliness. Their skill in handi-
craft Is attested by the marvellous
feather eI0aks once worn by Hawaiian
royasty, and now the almost priceless
possession of a few museums.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
Use Modern Methods.

There are many good things wIlif
were good il their day and generation
but they have been left behind as ma
ticnal heirIooms, and rightfully too
It is a waste of time and money for
a man to use antiquated machinery
no matter in what business he is en-.
gagged. How long does a business
house with old-time methods of book,
keeping, letter-iling, packing and ship.
ping keep it's place in the front ranks
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18

Such was the stock from which
came the 14-year-old boy, bearing the
euphonious name of Obookiah, who,
in 1909, was found weeping on the
doorsteps of Yale college. He had
fed from Hawaii, having seen his
parents slain before his eyes in a
civil war, and had made his way to
America in one of the New England
ships which then piled all waters. His
thirst for knowledge and religion at
tracted widespread attention. Samuel
]. Mills, young man who had come
to New Haven from Williams college,
was especially interested in this lat.
est man from Macedonia" and he
took Obookiah to his own home, at
TOrringford.
Mills was a missionary enthusiast.
He was the prime mover in the little
band of Williams students who had
devoted themselves to the cause of
foreign missions, and whose historic
prayer meeting in 1906, under a Will
Jamestown haystack. is regarded as
the beginning of the American foreign
mission enterprise which to-day en-
braces practically all Christian
churches in the land and has made
the American missionary a conspicu-
GUS figure on all the continents and
islands of the earth. Out of that hay
stack meeting-the site is now marked
by a monument-grew the American
I'd
grationalists and Presbyterians.
Obookiah's pleadings pointed to
Hawaii as the first stronghold of
heathenism to be attacked by the new
movement and the. young zealots who
were it's real leaders. In 1919 a party
of % persons, seven of whom were
wives and five children, set sail for
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
Indictment of Wheeled Traffic.

Or the noise of London streets.
caused by the hackney coach, Taylor,
the old water poet, wrote: 1T makes
such hideous rumbling in the streets
by many churches doors, that peoples
ears are stopped with the noise, where.
by they are debarred of their edifying
winch makes faith so fruitIess, good
works SO barren. and charity as cold
at midsummer as if it were a great
Irost. BY this means souls are robbed
ana starved Of their heavenly mama. q
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18

The more we Investigate tho differ
ent soils, the stronger we are con.
WINGED that the dead soils need the
life-giving power of lime. The Agri.
culturist is satisfied that lime and peas
are the greatest formula known to
put energy and activity into lands.
Try to put 20 bushels of lime on each
acre, disk or harrow in, and when the
corn is foot high, plant sofa beans
or cow peas between the corn rows.
The lime will start microbes in the
soil, and the bacteria from the pea
soil viii be improved and the corn
crop will be wonderfully increased.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
Good Year For Sheen.

Sheep men were phenomenally pros
porous during last season, and 1906
will go into their history as a veri-
table year of jubilee" At the recent
Chicago show the exhibition of pure
bred sheep was the best ever seen
on this continent. At the auction sales
prices were exceptionally high and
proved that there were more men aft.
er good sheep than ever before. Lambs
brought $1125 per hundred, sheep 81
and one ram lamb realized $305 for
his owner.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18

Copyright, by Joseph Il. BoWLes.)
Honolulu, +. H. = AS "a para
disc of natural beauty, Hawaii is
of interest to the tourists; but
to the student of religious, social
and political questions it's greatest i'm
portaRce lies in the swiftness of it's
transition from savage community,
bound by the practice of human sacri-
flee and the allied and greater curse OF
the taboo, into self-governing, order
ly and prosperous community, admit
ted into the sisterhood of the Amer
lean union within rs years after the
tfTae it began to emerge from rank
barbarism
\ a Complete Product of Missions.
AS a widely-heralded completed
product of missions Hawaii has long
been advertised by missionary work,
ers 1t has been said times without
number, that this is one of the few
places on the globe where the mis-.
sionaries finished their task; leaving
to support and direct themselves as a
Christian nation, the people whom,
little more than a generation before.
they had found naked savages. For in
1858 the American board formally
withdrew from the Hawaiian islands.
which it had entered in 1920
Are the Missionaries Grafters?
There, broadly stated, is one side of
the situation, On the other hand, it
has been charged, by innumerable per,
sons and publications, that while the
missionaries to Hawaii pointed the be,
nighted native to mansions in the
skies they at the same time quietly
took possession of the natives earthly
real estate. That the whole Island
even since it has become a territory,
is the private graft of the mission,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18

the same vines would have to be sup
ported on a wooden house, and then
they would prove disappointing. Even
the trumpet vine fails to climb up
boards, but it will attach itself very
firmly to a barn or outbuilding that is
boarded up and down.
The architect can furnish the plans
for house and the carpenter, plum
bers and painters can leave it in fit
condition to live III, but only the own
er and members of the family can
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
TO Tobacco Growers.

Have them properly transplanted.
Do not disturb them until they have
taken root and have begun to grow
Plow whenever there is a crust up.
on the soil, as you wish to prevent
evaporation as much as possible.
Keep the suckers off.
House when ripe and not before.
Take it from the barn as dry as
you can well handle it.
When all your neighbors are selling,
don't sell; wait awhile. Tobacco
never sells at its best upon a glutted
market
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
Sleepy Juror Made Trouble.

A French barrister, whose client
had the misfortune to be found guilty,
appealed on the ground that during
the trial juryman was asleep. The
court of cessation has held that the
juryman, being asleep, was technical
ly not present during the hearing, and
has quashed the verdict and ordered
a new trial.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
A PROFITABLE INDUSTRY,
Good Butter Can Be Made In the
South.

A skilled northern dairyman who
went to Georgia some years ago once
wrote that he found he could make
as good butter there as he made in
Vermont, could make it at a lower
cost and could get a better price for
it. When once the live stock industry
is well established in the south in
connection with cotton growing, we
will soon hear less of it's taking four
or five acres to make bale Of cotton,
for the men who rotate their crops
and feed stock and make manure will
soon put a bale as the minimum per
acre. More pea hay, more corn and
more cattle will do more for the cot
ton farmer than anything else, when
they cease to look upon everything but
cotton merely as supplies" to enable
them to plant more cotton, for they
will find that the supplies" will soon
be as profitable a part of their farm
ing as the cotton.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18

To give some idea of how weeds
multiply it may be stated that a sin
gle plant of pepper grass will produce
$4,000 seeds; dandelion, 10000; shep-
herds purse, $4,000; wheat thief, T.
o0G; common thist1es. $4,000; chamo-
mile, 10000; ragWeed. 5000; purslaine
$4,000; piantain, $4,000 and burdock,
43, 900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
Two Utter ImpossibiIities,

Palpably spurious is the claim of
Boston man that he has discovered a
method for producing an exact coun-
terfeit of the best grade of maple
sugar. 1t would be no more possible
to counterfeit real maple sugar than
it would be to develop even a plausi-
bic imitation of Boston man.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
Too Much Of a Task.

A London professor has been count.
ing the germs that were picked up by
a woman who dragged her skirt
through the street. He found 16, 500,-
900 of them. We are authorized, how
ever, to say that he did not take the
trouble to name them all.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18
EDITOR

side and the kitchen porch IS just tne
Mace for large-leaved vines like the
Virginia Creeper and Dutenhl@n
Pipe. o,,
Not all kinds of vines do well on
wooden house. The florist or nursery
man. however, will take a great deaL
of interest in advising vines that are
most suitable for the exposure, Gil
mate and soil. There are some KINDS
of hardy ivys and other climbers tnat
will creep up brick or stone wall
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18

The cost of keeping 1 hen on the
farm is less than 50 cents a year.
An average hen will lay ten dozen
eggs year. Good layers will lay
many more.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-10
CITY REAL EsTATE-continusa.
LYON & HOAG.
636 MARKET ST, AT MONTGOMEriA'
uxrrsr.I. MARINE VIEW PROPERTY.


UNUSUAL MARINE VIEW. IasHs Pa4RsEEIi'
500. .OOOAFronfing on the Paciae Ocean; sa, sas
kers Beach, north OF Lake ST. aa.,Sad ~ and
Of 26th ave- This land could be suodivldsd aao
elegant site for a residence. This lot Is n ~ a
class distinctly by itself as residence
GREAT BARGAIN RESIDENCE 4,
So. 0o0-The HallMcAllister rsss.saehsse Co =
beautiful Mira Monte, at ksnsnssS sseeb eonId be
subdivided at any time and sold for wnas 49, W
asking for the house and Land. H Ln ,9vfn< 1shS
the purchaser grand old home which cost over
$50 600 to build for practically nothing "SHlS s,S
class summer resort: house is equipped with
complete heating apparatus large erersn Ins7s.
bathing facilities with bath house See 1t and
HRSDS11NF MARINE VIEW RESIDENCE
SIS COCOON Pacific ave-. unoDstrueted marine
view elegant residence OF 10 rooms Inls -
modern house and a & beautiful @ Iso,s home "p ~
MODERN RESIDENCE IN TOWN.
SIS. MISUNDERSTANDING Alamo Square, oeauu.
snd 1Pns easement billiard room hardwood doors
in hall; ceiling artsteany frescoed, stea,n ,s
heating furnace; see this II you want some'ni"s
PARK RESIDENCE
S13. .500-Elegant residence OF 10 rooms. near
old in perfect Condition; marble vestibule. hard.
wood doors In hall. handsomely nae-l finished
throughout billiard room, furnace: beautful
view may be obtained from this point.
RICHMOND BARGAIN -,
81. 5O0LFifth ave-. near Clement ST.. nann-
/some modern fats Of and rooms ana ,p.S psSn
each: upper OF 8 rooms. handsomely 1urnisne1... ..
which Is included: this property Is rented "
low for SIS per month We present this as an
unusual bargain and urge upon yOu the neees-
sity Of immediate action II you want soOu
thing. -
81, s7,500-Near Guerrero and 2Sth at, sur.
stantial dats OF rooms and bath eacns renteu
very low for $3.50 per month We take Fsag s-s
pleasure In recommending this property 20 ~, ~
one who Is looking for an investment OF t9ls
amount; II would produce $13o per montn' ioe
81 :Sx114
IN TOWN RESIDENCE.
s5750-CIose to Eddy and Steiner ste spien-
did 2-story house OF rooms. IN nrst-elass cor
dition with stable in the rear; lot 25x9O. Ine
location OF this house should sell the proper
place will End a quick buyer. IL you are inter
ested. about II tomorrow
GRAND SUNNY CORNER
S5250-Northwest corner Of Fulton and ParA-
Gate Park a decided bargain the only corner
vacant in this excellent neighborhood. McAlhs-
ter street cars pass the lott both streets paved
and a big lot. 52:6x100. and small hats on THIS
COZY HOME IN 1sSION-BARGAIN-
$4500-Near Guerrero and Path St. splendid
2-story house Of rooms and bath. IN hrst-eiass
condition: excellent neighbOrhoOds laundry, etc.
mortgage OF $1,000 on this property. which can
PARK RESIDENCE REDUCED IN PRICE
S4IO0-To effect quick sale. we are 0nerlng
S47O0 cash. but IL must be sold at once 70
get IL at this figure. Handsome 2-stOry residence
Of rooms and bath. large lot 152 feet in depth
This place will find a ready purchaser ~ seen
Of Stanyan and Frederick sts This is most
excellent residence section.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-10

railroad and shipping facilities; $50 feet
street frontage; ideal site for warehouse
manufacturing concern.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-10
CITY REAL EsrATE--Continued.
Members of the S. +. Real Estate Board

s55, ,ooo-Rents s40o per month: lot 5o-foot front;
building Of storesi leased to one tenant
for a term Of years: good income buy;
Fillmore ST., Steiner
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-10

$4,000
WILL BE THE PRICE FOR THOSE
Two fine business corners on Telegraph ave-,
Dwight way and Regent st, where the cross
town car line runs. We only asking $S2.50o.
Do not let this chance for good investment
sd5 900 improvements, now bringing a good in
come, with vacant lot s0x60 TO further i'm
prove, the property with three stores and apart
ments and bring the income up TO 500 per month
with 16 per cent interest the investment. Look
over the situation in Berkeley and you will not
find another business opportunity like this with
the promising future Ii has in sight. Buy now
while there is a market
Pictures and details upon request.
f. BoEGLE.
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE,
eoe BROADWAY. OAKLAND.
CRANsToN, BELvEL & DwYER,
951 Fillmore, near McA1lister.
(Our number has been changed from e23 to 951
Fillmore ST.
s3l00--Lot 50x120; looks straight out through
the Golden Gate straits
s5125-Beautiful marine view corner on Russian
Hill; 30-foot frontage.
$4000-Another marine view corner on Russian
s5ooo-Very choice residence lot, 27x75, COM
manding grand marine view:. in q choice
block Russian Hill; see it.
SIS, ,o00-Grand marine view fats 6, I, 10 rooms
and bath: large key lot on Presidio
Heights; beautiful sunny exposure; elegant
nats.
cRANsToN. BELvEL & DwYER.
LIPMAN & HIRsCHLER. 1880 sutter st.
LIPMAN & HIRSCHLER. 1880 Sutter ST.
Phone West 1873. Near Fillmore
Branch Office open daily. also Sundays.
-. .749 ii St, near 9th ave. Phone Park 543.
-. Largest selection of Buflding Lots.
.....-N North and South Golden Gate Park. -. j.
In Sunset and Richmond Districts. -.
1890. :, on easy installments ........... :.
Sole Agents for ..SUTR0 HEIGHTS ADDITION
- the cream of all beach properties. -.
Some excellent bargains in the Western Addi-
tion and ia the burned districts.
LIPMAN & HIRSCHLER. 1890 Sutter st
SIS, ,000--Magnincent residence; Haight and Ba-
marine view; lot 2sxi21. l4lo Haisht St.