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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

but 1t is not cooperation in which
the missionary plays almoner In fact
since the Japanese churches have
their own mission boards they feel
or, at least, an outspoken wing of
them feel-that tie latter should have
the entire administration of mission
methods and money, with, of course,
the full counsel of the missionaries.
The Congregationalists have gone
practically thus far The "Kumiai"
are practically Independent. The
American board makes to them an
annual grant of money for a specific
term of years, at the end of which
time, it is presumed, the churches will
have become self-supporting. The en-
tire independently movement faces to-
ward the day when the Japanese
churches will be self-governing. self
supporting and self-propagating." The
missionaries of the American Board
very generally yield themselves to the
counsel of their Japanese associates.
One man told me the other day that,
in council with the native pastors
they had assigned him his work for
the coming year. He says that he
finds this relation perfectly satisfac-
tory and that the attitude of the JAP
anese is in no wise dictatoriaI. but
that all are together seeking the one
end of the works welfare.
The Japanese Type of Christianity.
All this is no mere racial jealousy.
1t goes deep. Are the Japanese quail
fed for ecclesiastical self-government,
as they have proved their fitness for
political self-government? Akin to
this is the consideration whether a
mission land is forever to remain a
mission land, nurtured by outside
agencies. The native church in Japan
covers the entire empire. 1t has many
self-supporting congregations, and
powerful leaders not few. It is said
that in remote government schools
where there was not single Chris
tan, the students are nevertheless
divided into Uemura and Ebana camps
these latter being the names of the
preachers who are the leaders of two
parties in the churches, whose vigor-
GUS newspaper controversies are IA
miliar to a wide constituency. The
Japanese church has an established
foreign mission work of its own in
Formosa and Korea.
/ have been at pains to inquire as Co
the character of Japanese Christians
On all sides hear that the intelligent
devotion of Japanese Christians to
the central truths of Christianity is
unquestioned. Whatever the outcome
of the present controversy, the native
church will remain loyal to the teach
ings which it has had from the mis-
sionaries. | personally have seen con-
gregations Of Christians here, OF sew
eral UNCONVENTIONAL names, whose de-
votion and sincerity was apparent to
any observer. A ripper OF more sanity
character it would be hard to and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

where the Conflict Comes.
The paradoxicaI statement is true,
broadly speaking, that while the rela-
tons between the individual mission
airy and the individual Japanese Chris
tan have been cordial, the relations
between the missions and the native
churches have been strained,
The crux of the question has been
the control of the forces and the
funds. The missionary and his per-
sonal helpers have worked in and for
the local congregations, but the latter
have had no control over them. The
missionary is entirely outside the Jul
works when and where and how he
pleases, or as his mission directs. SO,
too, the evangelists employed by the
missionary are governed In the matter
of salary and labor entirely by the
missionary. When it has CHANGED that
one of these evangelists has received
a larger salary than the regular pas
tor of the church itself, there has nat
urally been feeling.
1t must be remembered that the
missionary in Japan is not a pastor.
He has no congregational duties and
responsibilities, such as ordinarily are
borne by preacher in America Ev-
cry congregation has its own native
pastor and officers. These may con-
suit with the missionary, but he can
not boss" them. The preaching mis-
sionarys work is evangelistic; he
pioneers Christianity into new places.
In this he is assisted by evangelists,
who work under his personal super.
vision.
The money, however, is in the mis-
sionary's control. Not all the churches,
by any means, are self supporting.
They must look to America and Eng
land for help. With the control of the
money has gone, to greater or less
degree, voice in the direction of the
work. Right here comes the rub. The
Japanese want to control the money,
and in some cases the missionary,
too. The talk Is all Of Cooperation"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
Revivinu Meadows into vioor

There are hundreds of meadows in
Tennessee, also in other states, that
are now slowly sending up spindling
grass, which is furnishing very infe-
rior grazing for stock. Such pastures
can be renewed and grasses made to
come forth in much yigor by running
subsoil pillow under such a packed
soil. A one-horse subsoil plow run at
distance of one foot apart in such
hard soils will completely revive such
a meadow. The land has become SO
compact by the tramping of heavy
animals that the lower roots of the
grasses have died, and the only sup.
port the grasses and clovers receive
are the top soils. Air and water have
been kept out of the land, and the use
OF subsoil plow will bring about
perfect revolution in such meadows.
This work should be done before corn
planting.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

The first important work in build
ing is the excavations for the founda-
ton walls All complete plans speci-
81 that trenches should be left with
natural bottoms, level and smooth for
the reception of walls, piers, etc.
Not long ago workman in digging
a trench for a center wall in large
city block misread the. directions and
got the excavation a foot deeper than
the specifications designated. The
contractor called the owners atten-
ton to it, as an honest man should,
and offered to build the wall from the
bottom up if the owner would pay the
bare cost of the extra stone, but this
the owner refused to do, whereupon the
contractor very naturally dumped IN
loose earth enough to fill up to the
original depth. The building was COM
pleted and accepted by the owner, but
after lapse of five or six months the
center wall settled sufficiently TO
crack the plaster in every room above
it clear to the third story. E
1t was block of fats occupied by
six families. Three of the families
moved out because they thought such
a building was not safe to live in.
This led to a lawsuit between the
owner and the contractor which is not
yet settled and which may last for
term of years in the courts and cost
each party a good deal more than the
excavations and walls for the whole
building
I mention this simply to call atten-
ton to the necessity for the exercise
Of a little common sense in connection
with the different parts of the build
ing reaching all the way from the bot
tom of the trenches to the peak of
the roof. 1t is not always best to
stick hard and fast to the strict terms
of the contract, even when you know
you are right. OF course, a man don't
want to be run over by anyone. Every
one in business finds out early in life
that he must stand up for his rights or
have them taken away from him. The
old Bible admonition which instructed
everybody to accept a whack on both
cheeks won't work in this country as
society is constructed at present.
Another thing the owner needs to
have an eye to is the excavation for
drains, catch basin, cess pool, etc. The
workmen are not interested in the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
Cotton.

Would you have believed few
years ago that South Carolina would
today have more cotton factories than
Massachusetts,? The cotton plant is a
necessity in clothing millions of peo-
pie. The wisdom and economy of
manufacturing cotton goods nearest
where the lint is grown can not be
questioned. The south, within the next
few years, may reasonably be ex-
pected to grow 20,0O0OO0 bales of cot
ton annually and manufacture the
greater portion of it into cotton goods,
thus clothing the world, and enjoying
a degree of prosperity not even
dreamed of. Nature has provided her
with practically monopoly, and as
her people become more and more
educated she will more generally en-
joy those natural advantages until her
wealth is beyond estimate.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
spravino For coddIinu Moth.

The coddling moth is very destruc-
tive to the apple crop, and the time to
destroy this pest is when the blossoms
have fallen in the spring. Mix one
pound of paris green with two pounds
of freshly slaked lime and add to these
100 gallons of water, and spray SO as
to fill each calyx or blossom cup with
the liquid. Insect pests are now so
numerous that it is practically i'm
possible to grow an average crop Of
fruit without spraying the trees thor
oughly. 1t will pay the fruit grower
to watch the trees carefully.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
superiority on the part of the mission

superiority on the part of the mission
aries.
Underlying the problem, also, is the
;ngrained and ineradicable Angio-Sax-
on sense of superiority to other races
myself have seen enough to warrant
the belief that there is ground for the
Japanese sensitiyeness on this sub
iect. Not all missionaries conduct
themselves toward the Japanese
preachers and Christians as toward
man, brother and an equal Such
men are few, but they should be
called home Their usefulness here is
ended, il it ever existed To this at
titude on the part of certain foreign
ers may be traced the ecclesiastical
inconsiderateness, not to say hostiI-
ity, Of the Japanese. Missionaries not
a few know as well as the native
ministry what it Is to have their feel
4 ings hurt.
Church Union Ahead of Homeland.
The upshot Of the matter has been
the growth Of self-governing Japan
ese denominations. The largest of
these is 1.-THE Church of Jesus Christ
in Japan" which includes all the Pres
byterian and Reformed bodies; there
are here none of the Presbyterian sub
divisions that exist in America. Next
In size comes the 'Kumiai,' or Con.
gregational churches, with whom will
shortly be included the United Breth-
rem and Methodist Protestants. The
Japanese Methodist bodies-North.
South and Canadian-have been seek.
ing consolidation. At first the mis-
sion boards across the water which
are interposed obstacles to this union.
objected. but the Japanese Metho.
dists spoke out so promptly and
loudly that all barriers to the
creation of one Methodist church
in Japan have been removed. The
Protestant Episcopal church and the
Church of England have likewise
Joined forces here. There is little
doubt that this union movement will
continue. the Congregationalists and
the Presbyterians coalescing at an
early date. Many predict a speedy
union OF all native churches into one
Japanese Christian church. Certainly
it is the consensus OF opinion that the
minute UNCONVENTIONAL and sectarian
divisions OF American Christendom
cannot be perpetuated here.
The present enrolled membership
of the Protestant churches of Japan,
BY the way. is about $4,000. the past
year showing an apparent decrease
through an error, it is claimed. in the
statistics Long before the churches
Of American got together in New
York In the Interchurch Confer
ancs on Federation, there existed .
soundIy established federal organiza-
ton here, the Standing COMMITTEES OF
Cooperating Missions" which has eff
fected several practical results, In
cluding the production Of common
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
FARMER AND
PLANTER
USE OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER
The More Judgment Used the Better
the Results.


In order to get commercial ferti-
lizer where it will do the most good,
and do it quickly, drill it in at the
time of cultivating by having the
fertilizer distributor attached to my
cultivator. By getting a portion of
the fertilizer drilled in about two OR
three inches from the plant at the time
of the first cultivation 1 get it in
moist ground, where it is immediate.
ly covered and chemical decomposi-
ton begins at once. In three or four
days I can see the results, and if /
examine the root system I am sur
prised TO see how eagerly they follow
their food.
I find it is much better to make
several applications of fertilizers as
I cultivate, for by SO doing l do not
oyerfeed the plant at one time, and
then have it go hungry, but the sew
eral applications, alternately on one
side of the row then on the other side,
keep up strong continuous growth,
which gives me a vigorous growth, an
earlier crop and greatly increased
crop.
l used to drill my fertilizer in with
corn planter, using the drill attach
ment, this giving me my marks at the
same time, but I found | had all my
plant food locked up in very smaT
soil area, where only small number
of plant roots could get at it, but now
since | am drilling it in as I cultivate
l get the fertilizer spread out more,
thus making it available to a great
many more roots,
The more judgment I use with my
fertilizer the more results l get from
my crop. One would not think of feed
ing a horse enough feed at one time
to last it month, yet some people
will persist in giving plant one good
glorious dose of commercial fertilizer
that will sometimes stimulate the
growth for awhile and then the plant
must show by its growth that it is
getting hungry again; it is much bet
ter to divide the plant food. Nitrogen
Is a great element to promote leaf
growth, and this / supply at the first
and second civilizations, and then at
the third cultivation I drill in more
phosphoric acid and potash.
/ am getting excellent results by
using these principles in connection
with commercial fertilizers, and al
ways feed them behind the inside
shovel of my cultivator, so they sure
go in moist ground, near to the root
system, and 1 always get them on my
fields without extra cost of labor,
which is a great time saving to me
G. B. Richardson. Muscatine, Ia.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
Motor Farming. R,nnahl

the problem of making self-moving
vehicles to plow and SOW, to reap and
NOW, has been solved. It has been
demonstrated that they can be made
to do all the work Of this kind under
favorable conditions and ON all classes
of soil at less than half the cost and
time and with less than a third Of the
number OF men required to do the
work by any other method. And. adds
Motor Car enthusiastically, after these
self-moving machines have titled the
soil and harvested the crops they WIN
take them to market.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

Where everything is favorable the
house could be built without furnace,
mantel or gas fixtures for about.
$4,000, say $500 complete and ready
to live in.
The house has many features to rec
ommend it. You will notice that the
rooms are especially large and that
every room is bright and sunny. OF
course, it is expected that the house
will face the south or the east. If
should build such house on lot fac
ing north or west would reverse the
plan because I think the best rooms
in the house should be continually
used by the family and they should be
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
1t Was stlll There

The story is told of a clergyman,
who, after he had finished his sermon.
heard one Of his congregation say.
Yes, 1t was a good sermon, but ne
stole it,
A short time afterward the preacher
called on the man, resented the accu-
sation, and asked him to retract what
he had said.
Il am not" answered the man "1ike-
ly to take back anything that / have
said; but In this case viii, for on re-
turning home and referring to the book
whence ] thought you had taken your
sermon, ! found that it was still there"
Sunday Magazine,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

little details the same as the owner,
and the health of the workmen and
their families is not at stake after
wards SO the escape of a little sewer
gas here and there does not mean the
same to them that it does to the own
er of the property, especially if he ex-
poets to live there himself. You mag
make solid contract and the contrac-
tor may live up to it, but you have
no guarantee that he will do SO and
you can't get at the underground de-
tails after the trenches are filled, so
the only way to know whether the
job is done right or not is to inspect
it as the work progresses. OF course,
you can hire man to do this and gen
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
Love We One Another.

Isn't it the open secret? Little chill.
dren, love We one another" It is the
universal law. It is the law of heaven;
it is the only law that will make the
earth like Paradise. Little children,
love We one another!" Neither king
nor peasant, neither high nor low,
neither rich nor poor-only one great
human family, with one great human
Heart yearning warmly over tho be.
ing it created, with the one great law
pulsing through it's arteries: Little
children, Oh, my little children, love
ye one another!" Grace Keen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
His 5s.Year.old Goat.

John P. Ledyard of Clinton town.
ship. Wayne county. Pennsylvania, is
wearing an oVercoat the wool of
which was pulled from the pelts Of
the sheep, carded and spun, and the
cloth was cut and the garment made
So years ago by his mother.
The coat is without rent or break
and as perfect as when made, with
the exception OF showing slight fad.
Ing with age,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

as bright and cheerful as it is possible
to make them.
The unfinished attic room over the
kitchen is a convenience that every
housewife would appreciate In the
winter time when she is obliged to
hang the family washing inside be.
cause Of snow and rough weather. A
good many conveniences are required
in modern house and some of the
things are never thought Of until after
the house is finished. Then it is easy
enough to see how things could have
been different.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
TDTTOR-.

very pleasant experience to come IN
contact with a great many such men
in the building trade. | think SO per
cent of the mechanics that have work
ed for me are upright and honorable
men but am all the time looking Tor
the one-hundredth man because
have a deep-seated conviction that he
is tricky. You might happen TO meet
him first go off. The little rascal
might be the first pea out of the pod
when you open your building contract
bids.
This house is IS feet wide and 45
feet long, exclusive of porches.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
| good cow is one irresnective of

A good cow IS one, Irrespective of
breed, that pays her owner a net
profit. The cow that produces a profit
can not always be distinguished from
one that does not by external appear
ances. Signs Of good cows many times
fail. Looks, in COW at least, are
sometimes deceiying. The value of a
COW is not told simply by the amount
of milk she gives for a given period
or the richness Of that milk.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

The corn that catches the progress
sive farmer is not necessarily the corn
whose grains completely cover the
cob and makes the ear beautiful, but
the corn that produces the most bush
els to the acre and commends the
highest price in the worlds markets.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

It is very difficult to engage in the
artificial Matching of chickens for
early broilers unless a sufficient num-
Der of hens are kept to provide the
eggs for that purpose.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

The number of fowls being kept on
farms is doubtless on the increase.
as new facts are being brought con.
stantly to light that increase the
profits from the farm flock.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

Be sure and feed a variety of feeds
at this time of the year. You should
no more expect your animals to exist
on one or two kinds of feed than you
should expect to do SO yourself. Just
because you are out of one feed is no
excuse for not feeding a variety. Sell
some of the feed you have and pur-
chase other feeds to make the variety.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

We must know the cost of keeping
as well as the production OF the cow
to determine her value.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

According to the Horse World, 26O
OF the trotters which took new or re.
dueed old records last year were the
produce OF mares with standard rec
oris.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

Sheep are very efficient aids in
making clean pastures by keeping
down many kinds of weeds,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
Where the Conflict Comes.

hymn book for all the Japanese
churches.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-03-01
SMITH COUNTY STORM.
Terrific Downpour of Rain and Hail,
Accompanied by High Wind.

TYLER. Texag. Feb. 2S=Ih.s az
about 5:5O q uerriiic .fsiIfi. -
wind STORM visited this place, the rain
falling in such quantities that the
streets, cutters and small streams
we're overfiowed. In several places a
cloudburst is reported, and a laundry
plant, planning mill and other places
we're overfowed and considerably
damaged.
The roof of the High school build
ing was blown off and the Postal tel
egraph and telephone poles were
blown down. Wires are down, and the
total damage viii amount to several
thousand dollars.
For a short time hail fell in large
quantities, doing but little or no dam
age, however.
1t is impossible at this time 60
o'clock to get any authentic news
from the country, as another rain
storm is raging. Rain is falling in tor
rents, and reports say that streams
are so swollen that bridges are wash
ed away and much of the lower lands
are overlooked. There is some fear
for the luscious strawberry.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-03-01

FLARES Dr.. Evans on the Witness
= band, and Gives Reasons for Belief.
iecial to the Herald.

S1ecial to the Herald.
New York, March More letters
from Thaw to Banker Lyon were in
troduced in the Thaw trial today.
DIR. Evans said that Thaw,s will and
codocil, where it provides for a fund
to be used to punish men accused of
wronging girls. showed evidence of de-
fusion; said Thaw had continual de-
fusion that innocent girls were being
wronged. He said there was enough
in the document to determine the con-
dition of the writer's mind.
District Attorney Jerome brought
out the fact that DR.. Evans believed
Thaw was insane when he wrote
Longfellow letters in 1903, at the time
of his marriage, April 4, 1905, and the
night he killed Sanford White, June
%, 1906.
Evans on being asked what is his
scientific opinion as to the sanity or
insanity of the defendant, taking into
consideration all of the exhibits in the
case and all of the facts assumed in
hypothetical questions, and all facts
the witness testified to regarding the
mental condition of the defendant, re-
piled that he could not form much of
an opinion as the present state of
mind differed at times. After some
questioning. Jerome asked what was
the defendants condition at the time
Of the killing? Evans answered:
Il am firmly convinced that he suf-
fered from an explosive outbreak of
adolescence insanity"
Then you say" asked Jerome, "that
he was insane in 1903 when he wrote
letters, insane when he wrote his
will in 1905. insane when he killed
White. then his insanity is chronic"
Evans answered again: IF there
were no intermissions | should say so.
But merely because there was evil
dence Of insanity at these times and
,r>Ren he may have been entirely lucid
M> Sc meanwhile, could not say his
insanity was chronic"
Evans>said the killing Of White was
an outburst Of adolescence insanity,
and that defendant suffered from at
least three such attacks, and probably
four. He asked to hsle Bingaman's
testimony before he Expressed an
opinion.
Court here took a recess.