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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
BUcKWHEAT,
A Good FiII-ln Crop.

The late season has probably upset
the plans of good many Of the farm
ers in more ways than one. In many
instances the planting of the crop has
been SO delayed that it is questionable
II returns will be secured to repay the
cost Of seed and planting. In still
other instances, it may appear not
worth while" to harvest the crop. Al
though such conditions as these are
not general, they will probably be met
with in most sections of the country
during this most unusual season.
The smaller farmers may be harder
hit" than the larger farmers, but in
some cases, where the larger farmers
money crop is the one effected, he will
also be heavy loeser. To the farmer
who cannot afford to lose crop 1t has
been suggested that a way out Of the
difficulty may be found through the
growth of some quick growing crop.
Such crop is buckWheat.
Some farmers may be somewhat
prejudiced against the growing OF
buckwheat, but it is doubtful if there
is any real basis for such prejudice. 1t
is true that buckwheat makes very
heavy demands on the soil, even
though it natures more quickly. Z
good harvest of buckWheat can be Sc
cured from a sowing made as late as
June 18th in the Northern states and
July 18th In the middle Atlantic and
central Western states.
In order to make sure of crop it 10
well to apply broadcast before SOW
ing five to six hundred pounds of a
complete fertilizer. This fertilizer
should contain at least $50 Nitrogen,
$50 Phosphoric Acid and go Potash,
as this will not only insure good
crop, but will restore to the soil the
plant food which is removed so Vora'
ciously by this particular grain.
Of course, it should be remembered
that there is only a limited demand
for buckwheat, but it is not necessary
to dispose of ones crop in local mar.
ket. Some farmers are able to dis.
pose of buckwheat flour to good profit
locally, but there is also a demand for
buckwheat. cakes in larger cities even
where they do not have maple syrup.
It is, therefore, quite probable that un-
less a very large number of farmers
engage in the growing of buckWheat,
it will prove valuable "fll-in' crop
in almost any season.
To those who are aesthetically in.
c1ined there is no more beautiful
sight than a field Of growing buck.
wheat in blossom; it gives to the late
summer landscape charm that is
said to surpass even the fax fields Of
the Emerald isle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
LOCATIONS OF THE SOUL.
Philosophers Ransack World, But
Spirit Is Missing.

Members of the American Philo-
sophical Society yesterday spent the
morning in search for the location
of the soul, says the Philadelphia
North American.
The world and history were ran
sacked, philosophers of other ages
were dug up and conned over, authori-
ties on the soul, from DIR. McDougal,
of Haverhill, who recently weighed"
the soul, to the learned men of Greece
and to Confueius, were referred to.
But the scientific searchlight availed
not. No explanation ever before &C.
cepted satisfied the soul-seekers, and
when the session adjourned the seat
of human consciousness was still lost.
Of all the theories advanced, that
Of the ancient Babylonians was the
cause of the greatest interest. When
Prof. Morris Jastrow, of the UNIVERSE
ty of Pennsylvania, said the inhibt-
tants of the naughty city of early days
believed the soul was located in the
liver. q smile went around among his
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
Historic island for Sale.

Raasay island, in the Inner Heb
rides, which lies between the main
land of Scotland and the Isle of Skye,
has failed to find a purchaser at the
upset price of $225,000 placed upon it.
Its name is the Scandinavian for "the
place of the roe deer" and the shoot
ings, with the mansion house and
grounds at the southern end, constf
tute the chief value of the island.
Near the northern end are the ruins
Of Brochel castle, the residence CT its
ancient lairds, the MacLeods. In
celtic lore Raasay has place and in
England literature it Is mentioned In
Samuel Johnson's Journey to the
Western Islands of Scotland"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
TREATMENT INDUCED A CHILL.
Remedy Given in Hospital Tent Must
Have Been Pleasant.

The captain tells q story which runs
something like this: In camp one
morning the first sergeant reported
that Private b had a chill. rs 1t
q serious one?" asked the captain.
We'll, sir, don't know just how seri-
GUS it is, but it's big one, for it
seems to be all over him, and he
weighs 200 pounds. On seeing him
the captain found him looking rather
blue, and instructed the first sergeant
to send him to the surgeon in charge
of corporal.
Soon after breakfast the captain
saw the corporal and asked him how
the man was getting on. ooh, he's
all right now" was the reply, IT took
him up to the hospital tent, and when
I saw what kind of medicine the doc
or gave him I had a chill too. Army
and Navy Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
rnEREis no Excs1sE F "a 80 r,s.
800 ROUGH pIRT Ao4a'''

!.
!. t.r,,,ars can once get clearly n1ea
!. !. ., IN Z. minds that there II no soOu
= s,sos' for rough roads n any 49,
$3.50 6 s,e com sor hell during the summer
= snn ~ viii Get along much fastef
ii the solution Of the dirt Foa1
lem. ,sod when
the roads are wet, in some SOILS . 49,. Z.
thew thew are quite muddy and u olnsl
TD1ns thew are beginning to be cry anu
a a.a,rr. no The intelligent use oI tne
s ,snaa 1yhara tl,e roads have peen
nronerIv drained and graded, win az =
solutely prevent al rougnness 49,
viii not prevent the wheels. lfoln 49, .,.au
ing in While the road Is soft, put satss
will NOT sink in nearly as Tar as = .sno
drag was not used; and all LA q
necessary Is simply to dras ass =
when there is sufficient moisture - /
the ground to permit It.
Where the roads are too dry to dras
the harrow can be used, not qnlse 81
effectively. but Still with very s7ou
eject Where they are too cry 70
harrow then there Is nothing DelleE
than 4 good sharp disk followed Dy
tha harrow. we have seen some very
excellent roaes made this year, says
wallace,s Farmer, when there was not
enough moisture to use the oTas' sOus
where the harrow was used with gooo
effect.
When the roads have become airy
and rough the usual way is simply "
drive horses and wagons over them
and thus smooth down place IN tno
middle. If any man will think Two
n1inutes he will see that this is an ex-
ceedingly expensive way Of smootnlng
the roads, which can all be avoided py
the intelligent use of the drag, the
harrow, or the disk, as circumstances
require.
Anyone can see that If the drag II
used intelligently and at the rlgng
time the ruts will be filed up, the
surface water will run of, and the
wind will dry out the road in short
time: and instead of wearing down
these Jumps by driving over them you
| prevent their formation.
1t is not always possible to avoid
rough roads in winter. but u each
farmer had before his mind the
definite idea OF having smooth road
1 in front OF his farm, and would drag
at the right time late tn the fall, ne
] would have smooth roads.
4 When driving along road one day
we compIimented a farmer In the fine
condition of the roads Id his neigh
borhood. He said: Yes, where they
are dragged; otherwise not We
soon came to the end Of the dragging
and there was a road rough from one
side to the other except a tolerably
smooth place that had been worn
down by passing teams
OF course some of our readers who
do not know what can be done by
these modern methods may shake
/ their heads and believe this to be en-
fYrely theoretical We will not argue
the question; we never do. Simply
follow our suggestions and be con-
WINGED. The whole battle is won when
we get the farmer to determine that,
so far as his farm is concerned, the
Il drag shall have a fair trial Il we can
get our readers In the various states
IstA believe that there is no necessity
for rough roads In summer and but
little necessity for them In the wins
ter season. we viii have made great
strides in solving the good roads prob.
lem, and save from ST 900 600 70
i S2,000,000 year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
THE STORY.

7 SRAEL was to have a king. Sam
uel the prophet has yielded to the
demands of the people and had prom
ised that in due time after he had
communed with the Lord the desire
fer king would be granted. Thus
assured the elders had returned home,
and great rejoicing had followed
In Gibeah, of the tribe of Benja-
min, as in the other towns and cities
of the COUNTRY, there was great jubila-
ton. Everything else was forgotten
for the moment as the people gave
themselves up to the merrymaking.
They were like children with a new
toy They found the prospect of a
king like unto the nations about full
of bright contemplation. The chief
men of the village gathered in the
court Of the assembly in the gate
of the city and discussed the outlook,
vieing wish each other in picturing the
future of the kingdom and speculat-
ing on who might be chosen king
from among the IL tribes, while the
rest of the people of the village gath
cred round to listen to the CONVEX
sation.
So great was the interest and
excitement that servants at work in
the fields and those watching their
flocks left their tasks and joined the
company at the gate. Among the lat
ter was one of the servants of Kish,
q wealthy land owner of the village,
who had much substance and f1ocks
and herds That morning he had
been sent out with the herd of asses
of Kish, and attracted by the commo-
ton in the village, had left the asses
grazing in the field and slipped in
to learn what it was all about. With
absorbed interest he listened to the
conversation concerning the prospec-
tive ling and like many another in
the crowd forgot his duties, and where
as he had intended to remain but a
moment and get back to his a~sas be-
fore they had wandered away every
thing but the thought Of king was
driven from his mind, and, ne re-
NAMED to share in the talk and the
merry-making.
Late in the afternoon when at last
he thought of the asses which he had
been set to watch and had FASTENED
out in search of them, he could find
no trace of the animals whatever, and
shame-facedly sought out his EN-,
ployer Kish, and told him the asses
were. lost.
Let me go in search of them, .
urged Saul, who overheard the CON.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
a IIninna Plan.

Pot a single sweet potato ana sea
that 1t keeps warm, especially at
night. Do it now Then when it be.
gins to vine, trim the vines on treI-
lis in the window. It will soon be j
thing Of beauty. Two weeks before
yen want to set out your plants, cut
up the vines into cuttings Of one leaf
each and put them to root IN i box Of
damp sand, In a warm sunshiny place.
When you are ready there are Your
plants with little trouble and 40 ex.
pense. OF course. this is Just Tor i
family patch
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
Ersnuent cultivation III sornhnr.,

:
Sorghum makes q light, small
growth at the start and unless the
field Is kept clean. ii ii quickly snoth-
cred out BY weeds. Frequent and
shallow cultivation is necessary to
keep the weeds In check. The first
cultivation should be given with har.
row lengthwise Of the roots. III order
not to cover the young plants. The
harrow may be used until the plants
are six to IL inches high. when the
ordinary walking or riding cuItivator
should be used. On sod land, good
crops are frequently grown with one
or two CIVILIZATIONS, but on fields that
have been cropped for some years.
frequent cultivation Is essential.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
llTTLE cAusE FoR WORM.
More or Less Glitterlng Bait Held on
to Cow Punci1ers.

Over in the Salmon river meadows
country, in Idaho, ranged wild AND
woolly bunch of long-haired COW
punchers, whose knowledge OF the
world was confined mainly to Trips
after cattle into surrounding counties.
Into this reckless but Verdant COM
munity there came the smooth
tongued representative OF Wiid
west show, who hired several riders
at a high salary to do a hair-rais1ng
act, the chief feature being that they
should appear to be thrown from rhelr
horses and dragged by the foot.
After they had practiced in corral
for a while one of them loosened
himself and rising from the dirt, dis
heveled and dazed, inquired:
"Say, mister, amt this ruther dan
gerous? We might git killed.
That's all right" chirped the
shows representative cheerfully.
"Your salary will go on just the
same" Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13

The wife of naval officer attached
to the academy at Annapolis has in
her employ an Irish servant, who re-
Gently gave evidence Of nostalgia.
"You ought to be contented and
not pine for your old home, Bridget"
said the lady of the house. you are
earning good wages, your work is
light, everyone is kind to you, and
you have lots of friends here"
"Yis, num-" sadly replied Bridget;
shut it's not the place where be that
makes me SO homesick; it il tins
place where I don't be-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
and to-day they adhere to a modifica.
ton of the Babylonic belief.
Not Very msnirited" Wine.

To save his home and belongings,
Joseph Benjamin, of TO North
Eleventh street, broke open three bar
rels Of homemade wine in the little
court in the rear Of his house and
threw the contents on flames which
threatened three buildings with de-
struction. he wine did the work as
effectively as water and when firemen
arrived danger had been averted.-
Philadelphia North American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
A snldsr That Elahea.

Prof. Berg, in Buenos Ayres, has
discovered a spider which practices
fishing at times. In shallow places 1t
spins between stones two-wInged,
conical net, on which 1t runs In the
water and captures small fish tad.
poles, etc. That 1t understands its
work well Is shown by the numerous
shriveled skins of little creatures that
lie about In the web net
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
shakesneare Insinid.

Pepy's Diary, 1659-1669, comment
ing on Shakespeare's plays, says of
Midsummer Nights Dream" ''It is
the most insipid, ridiculous play ever
saw in my life;" and upon reading
'Othello, the Moor of Venice which
have hitherto esteemed mighty
good play; but having lately read the
Adventures of Five Hours, it seems q
mean thing"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
childhood,s Worst Terror.

An examination Of 900 children re-
Gently made shows that thunder
storms are by far the worst terror of
childhood. Afterward, in the order
set down, come snakes, strangers,
darkness, fire, death, disease, wild ami
mails, policemen, water, insects and
ghosts. In the fear of rats and mice
girls exceed boys in the ratio of IS to
16. In boys fear begins to diminish
after the fifteenth year, in girls after
the eighteenth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
Bad Flavcrs ii Cream.

Most of the bad faYors Of cream are
those acquired By absorption, taken
up from dirt and decaying vegetables
kept near the cream There Is RIO rear
son why as good or better butteg cam
not be manufactured BY the individual
dafryman on the farm ali ins the
creamery. The small hand separator.
IL PROPERLY cared for. will greatly "a.
cilitaks the work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
SERMONETTE.
(Copyrigh., 1907, BY the Author, W. 5. Edsoh.l

: "A choice young man and a
+ qoodIy."-This is our first intro
!: duction to the young man who
+ afterward became king and
{ around whom some of the most
+ tragic and sad Incidents of the
+ Bible center. How large he
+ looms up as he steps out into
{ prominence and power and how
: small he becomes as the fatal
( weaknesses in his character are
Z revealed by the wiIIfuIness and
/. pride that plunge him to fall
4 ure. After all one is not big
I. ger than the character which he
{ possesses. 1t is not the exter-
+ nal appearance, but the inner
4 qualities of heart and mind
I which determine ones fitness
{ for the place of prominence
/ and power.
!. Saul could not stand prosper
+ ity and promotion. 1t is so with
( many a man. They are choice
+ and eoodly in the small place,
but their moral qualities do not
+ expand with the enlarged
( sphere TO which often fortune
+ or favor brings them, and as
+ a result pride and the sense OF
: seIf-importance lead to the mis-
/ step which results in ultimate
: failure.
! "A band of men whose hearts
E God had touched."-A leader by
! the favor of God and man, and
Z now a following for that leader.
+ New responsibilities, and new
!. resources of strength and power
+ for their fuIfiIlment. Although
I. God had not wanted to give
+ them king, desiring to hold
I. that relationship to his people
: himself, he was ready to en-
+ courage and help the newly
: chosen king, and so his spirit
+ touched the hearts of some
8 choice men of the kingdom and
+ filled them with desire to con-
{ secrate their lives in service to
J. the newIy-chosen king. Who
4. can estimate what this must
]. have meant to Saul. Here were
Z men in whom he could put his
+ trust, because God had touched
g their hearts. Here were men in
+ sympathy with him in the diff
+ cuIties and perpIexities of his
! exalted office, because Gods
I spirit had breathed into their
: spirits a deep purpose to stand
+ for that which was right.
: To say of any man that God
+ has touched his heart is an &C
9 curate index to his character.
+ God cannot touch the hearts of
& good many men, much as he
+ desires to do SO. Business,
= worldly ambition, self-seeking,
]. love of pleasure, etc, prove i'm
{ pregnabIe barriers against the
( touch of the finger of God.
:. God seeks to touch the heart
+ of every man, and except the
( Divine impress is received quail
+ tiles are lacking which can best
fit one for the discharge of the
+ duties of life. In direct con-
+ trast to this band of men we
! find there were the children of
! BeliaI, or naughty men, who re-
+ sisting the work Oh God in their
! hearts gave themselves up to
{ wicked opposition to the new
!. king. 1t is always so. The
= forces of evil are always on
< hand to Withstand the good. We
E stand with one or the other.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13

which are two and one-half inches
square. It is hinged at x and the
draft Is attached atK This makes i
cheap harrow, says the Missouri Farm
er, with no mortises to rot out Use
teeth of any size and any quantity.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13

gilt frame, bearing the inscription:
Catherine Ii to her faithful servitor.
Count Marmonoff." This frame had
originally held the portrait of the
great empress, but the whole thing
had been carried off, along with the
greater part of the valuables this
house contained, by the French troops
at the time of the invasion. The
frame was afterward found in a field
many miles distant, where it had
been cast aside by the retreating
army as too difficult of transportation,
but the portrait had been removed,
and of that no trace has ever been
discovered.
The house stands on the crest of a
hill which slopes steeply downward
toward bright little river called the
Desna. From the front of the house,
which faces the great plain distant to
me left but stones throw, stands
one of the most remarkable churches
in Russia. The foundation stone was
laid by Peter the Great toward the
close of the seventeenth century,
when in place of the palatial residence
which now adjoins it, there stood on
the same spot modest hunting lodge,
which was one of the faVorite resorts
of that emperor. AS rule, no carved
or craven image is ever admitted in
or about a Russian church, while this
one, which is entirely of marble, is
profusely adorned, both inside and
out, with statues of the same material,
and following the inner curve of the
lofty dome is a magnificent high-re-
lief of the crucifxion.
Many are the Russian psychologists
who come to admire and wonder at
this beautiful place of worship. A
very noted one had, in fact left there
day or so before our arrival, though
his visit has had to do with matters
other than those of relating to the
church.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
Knowledge AID RELIGION.

A little philosophy inclineth mans
mind to atheism, but depth in philo-
sophy bringeth mems minds about to
religiOn.-Bacon.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13

1t is built in the Italian style, a
fashion greatly in vogue in Russia at
that day, and is entirely of white
stucco, with marble porches, ter
races and colonnades. The rooms
are vast in size, as is indeed usual in
all the fine houses in Russia, the cell
ings lofty, and the whole most beau
tifully proportioned. Everything in
the house is of the time of the imperi-
al donor. In the ballroom stands a
huge mirror with magnificent bronze
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13

That is never to be called little
which man thinks TO be enough
Danish.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
MAKE YouR own HARROW.
How 4 serviceahIe Implement Can Be
Constructed On the Farm.

A is a fat iron one and one.half by
three-eighths inches, split from g To
d, and bolted to the pieces OF wood
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13

Damage by Surface Cars.
Surface cars on Manhattan island
do daily damage to persons and prop.
erty in the average sum of $2,750.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13
A Glimpse Of
Russian
Country Life
By Nine. De Metssaer

Russian Families Spend the Brief
Summers in Charming Country
PIaces-Description of q Beauti-
full Home-Quaint Church Cere-
mony Over Installation OF a Sacred
Image-Horses a Necessity on
Account of Great Distances
Life Still Observation-Disclosures
to Aged Pensioners.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13

A strange ceremony. the like of
which could be witnessed in no coun-
try other than Russia took place one
Sunday. AS we were leaving the
church directly after the morning
service, a servant met US, informing
our host that the people were on their
way to his residence, bringing with
them a greatly revered image from a
far-distant church.
These images are from time to time
borne with great pomp and solemnity
about the country and are supposed
to confer especial blessings upon any
household whose portals they may
enter.
We found the maids and servants
already busily preparing the spacious
hall for the reception of the image
A table covered with spotless linen
cloth had been placed in the center,
facing the double glass doors that
opened from the wide porch or ter
race. Upon it stood two high silver
candlesticks and silver basin for
holy water, while all the furniture had
been removed from the hall in order
to make space for the image and it's
accompanying throng.
From the terrace we could see, in
the far distance, a dark, waving line
making it's way along beneath the