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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
POULTRY RAISING HINTS.

Sand cannot take the place of grit
for your fowls. What they need In
something sharp. The round surface
Of grain of sand is not going to do
much toward cutting the hard outside
husk of kernel of corn, wheat or
other grains.
To increase the egg yield, to cut
down expenses and to accelerate
growth do not require new breeds, but
more practical breeders.
For chicken pox or any sore head
an ointment can be made of two parts
lard and one of kerosene.
For soft-shelled eggs give hens more
exercise. Cut out corn and give vege-
tables in abundance. An injection of
oil into vent may relieve local inf1an~
nation.
White clover is rich in protein and
lime, good for both chicks and hens.
When grass is kept short by a lawn
mower it is much more tender and
better liked.
Let the hens out occasionally when
they can be watched for a scamper
after grasshoppers and grass. They
will not hurt anything after the first
crop is cut.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
FORM DAIRY HERD
First Provide Farm with Suitable
Buildings.
Beginners Should Exercise Much Care
In the Selection of the Parent
Stock and Not Be Tempted
to Buy In Show Yard.

In the case of bulls the need for
such exacting discrimination is espe'
claily necessary, as many herd has
Deen temporarily and some permar
nently deteriorated through injudici-
Gus introductions of this kind. The
Would-be breeder should especially be
on his guard against the acquisition
OF COWS and heifers that have been
prominent prize winners, not only for
the reason that such animals usually
command higher prices, but also on
the ground that they are less reliable
breeders.
AS to the selection of bulls, especial
care should be taken as to the breed
ing Of the animals in relation to the
cows in his herd, and it is also urged
that as far as may be practicable the
sfres selected should be calculated
by their own individual merit to cor
rect any possible defect in the con-
formation of the cows.
The advantages possessed by winter
calves over those born in spring or
summer are sufficiently tangible to
warrant efforts on the part Of the
breeders to have their calves arrive
before the advent of spring.
1t is allowable for pedigreed cows
to suckle their calves, but in order to
encourage the milking propensities Of
the COW it Should be insisted upon
that each animal be MIXED dry at
least once day until such time as
the calf is able to take the whole of
the dams milk.
This is an excellent method and If
1t We're strictly adhered to and no
spare milk allowed to remain in the
cows udder there would be fewer
complaints as to the milking qualities
OF our beef-producing breeds.
From about six weeks old calves
are allowed to lick a little finely
crushed oil cake, and by and by tur-
nips are also given to the earlier
calves, and then for some time before
and after weaving crushed oil cake
is again given, and later on mixture
OF bran, 1inseed meal and ground 10
Gust beans takes the place of the oil.
cake, and later still the turnips are
by degrees introduced to form the
bulky part of the ration.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

Symbols of "Hope' and "charity" Had
Got Away from Unfortunate Sun
day School Scholar.

A young Philadelphia Sunday school
teacher tells this story of the result
of an attempted application of the
principles of economics:
For some time she had endeavored
to impress upon the minds of one of
her charges the names Of the three
qualities, faith, hope, and charity. One
Sunday she presented the pupil of the
poor memory with three new shining
coins, a penny, q five-cent piece, and
q dime.
THE penny" she said, represents
faith, the hye-eent piece hope, and the
dime charity. Keep these coins and
every time you look at them think Of
what they stand FOR"
The Sunday following the teacher
reviewed the lesson of the week be-
fore, and called upon the holder of the
coins to produce them and give their
names in proper sequence. The
youngster shuffied from one leg to the
other, stammered, blushed and seemed
altogether overcome with mortifica-
ton. Finally he burst out with:
please, Miss Fanny, I amt got
nuthin' left but faith. Baby swal.
Tered hope, and mamma took charity
and bought ten cents worth of meat
ter make hamburg steak out wv
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
A Test Of friendship.

Just before Artemus Wards death
Robertson poured out some medicine
and offered it to the sick man, who
said: MY dear Tom, / won't take
any more of that horrible stuff"
Robertson urged him to swallow the
mixture, saying: do, now-there's Q
dear fellow-for my sake. You know
I would do anything for you"
Would your" said Ward, feebly,
grasping his friends hand for the last
time.
Il would indeed" said Robertson.
Then you take tt!''
Ward passed away a few hours aft
Observation-Disclosures of the Ban
crofts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
USEFUL DAIRY NOTES.

IL you haul your milk to the cream.
cry invest SIS In a cover for your
wagon. 1t will save its cost in a
week.
Don't forget to salt the COWS. They
need it now as much as in the winter
time.
The big, raw-boned crib-like dairy
COW is going out of style and the
smaller, welcomed animal is assert.
ing her superiority.
oliver Gridley, an Iowa dairyman,
uses gasoline engine, a milking ma
chine and lights the barn with cleo,
tricity. He began with a few COWS.
A Wisconsin man fed one of his
cows $50 worth of feed last year, and
her pasture, feeding, milking and
stabling cost $11.50 more, making her
total cost s71.50, but she produced $50
worth of butter, s17.70 worth Of ma
nure, 81 worth of skim milk and a
calf worth SIS, making her total in
come STA.
Sailing cows regularly has much to
do with the ease or difficulty with
which the butter will come. Let them
have access to salt at all times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
ACCOUNTING ITCHING.
Eczema for a Year-Got No Relief
Even at Skin HcspitaI-In DespalF
Until cuticura Cured Him.

II was troubled with a severe itch.
ing and dry, scrufy skin on my ankles,
feet, arms and scalp. Scratching made
it worse. Thousands of small red pim-
pies formed and these caused intense
itching. I was advised to go to the
hospital for diseases of the skin. did
SO, the chief surgeon saying: 'Tnever
saw such bad case of eczema" But I
got little or no relief. Then I tried many
so-ealled remedies, but I became so
bad that I almost gave up in despair.
After suffering agonies for twelve
months, was relieved OF the almost
unbearable itching after two or three
applications Of Cuticura Ointment. I
continued it's use, combined With Cuti-
cura Soap and Pills, and I was COM
pletely cured. Henry Searle, Little
Rock, Ark, Oct. 8 and 10, 1907"
Potter Drug 6 Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
PROPER WAY OF DEHoRNING
Mistakes Made by Using Instruments
Which Cause Lasting Injury and
Sometimes Death.

Whether or not dehorning is cruel
depends upon the methods employed
and the instruments used. It is stated
by an authority that in the dehorning
of over 10000 cows with the saw there
were no deaths due to the operation,
while in cows dehorned by shears
there was trouble afterward in heal
ing of the wounds, due, no doubt, to
the crushing, fracturing action which
this instrument has upon old horns
where Justification of the cores is ad-
vanced.
1t is not usual to apply any prepare
ton after the operation of dehorning
to prevent bleeding, as the loss of
blood is not sufficient, as rule, to be
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
IMPROVEMENT ON WHEELCART
Simple Arrangement Added to Car
riage, Making 1t Practical
HiVe-Lifter.

have added very simple arrange.
ment to my wheel cart that use for
moving hives, making it a practical
hiye-lifter, says H. R. Boardman. in
Bee Culture. A weight is placed be-
tween the handles of the cart in such
q way that it may be easily removed
to and from the axle. The object of
this weight is to counterbalanee the
weight OF the hive. When lifting a
hive slide the ends of the frame
work under the hive cleats In the
usual way and then move the weight
back far enough so that it will hold
the hive suspended. In this way the
upper stories can be removed and held
10 one side while the frames in the
lower story are examined.
For weight use an ordinary hive
body in which | put whatever heavy
material / desire. The illustration
shows the trunk-rollers on the under
tide OF the cleats, so that the weight
Nv be slid back and forth without
mach exertionr
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

10 ali my life. I recommend nd. + ~ wen e.
r I'm Vegetable Compoumnsdp 70 III II
CSlu np1Snds Mr. Mrs. VIII YOU'VE" q .
Backache is q sy 1tn1nll u Ne We
SE asad Or arrangement. # 1 vng
nave s, backache, don't neglect Il. y To
E E5 Teo az mt relief you must reach
of will do this 80 safely o anu a1sre we
R Tasail,, Cure the cause 81 these G dis
bE ecomeg w aches j, and pains and you viii
The great volume Of ,nso,;c;+aa
Gestlmony constantly pouring IL nragea
STG sHatabTe that Lydia T. Pnk hams
s nSg5 laps compound, made from roots
sands of women. A0s'i'1 70 Chou'
MIS-. Pinkhan1, of LYNN. Mass.
hm er fe,. al = l sick women to write
tson ~ aaViee. She has guided
Charge AA 10o VI
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
INTERRUPTED the weddIna.

The other day. at the Shawnee
county Court House. Probate Judge
schoch was about to marry a young
couple He pronounced the prelim.
mary words and told them to join
hands, and started on the ceremony.
Hey, there! Hold up a minute!
Wait, say!" This series OF startling
ordinations came from the door.
The groom was Mortified the bride
badly scared.
Just minute. / want to give you
each an apple before you are married"
said the man who had made the noise.
And in he calmly walked and handed
each Of them a Grimes Golden.
It was one mans idea OF q joke
Kansas City Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Head of Steer
Showing Result of
Proper Dehorning.

will rub their heads against dirt or
gravel bank or the rough bark of q
tree, and foreign material may thus
get into the cavities, though usually
the soreness of the parts is sufficient
to prevent this.
II the animals are dehorned in warm
weather it is well to apply some pine
tar with view to keeping flies from
the wounds. Some operators do this
in nearly all cases, thinking that it
facilitates healing. The dehorning
operation should always, when pos
sible, be performed in cool weather,
and upon animals which have at least
attained the age of two years.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Ate n Chick with Rio eyes.

4 trainman is telling an incident
that occurred on o Mohawk & Malone
train up In the woods the other day.
The train was standing on a siding
waiting the arrival and passing of an
other train when an italian walked
through the coach, his hands crossed
on his stomach and his head wagging
from side to side in a doleful manner.
What's the matter, John?" some
one inquired.
"Oh, me sick-me sick as dew" re-
piled the man, rolling his head still
more distressingly and continuing the
rubbing of his stomach.
Sick? Well, what you been eat
ing?" asked the sympathetic passen.
ger.
"Eata de chick with the big eyes,"
responded John, as his groans in
creased.
John had killed an owl the night
before and it didn't agree with him.
Utica Observer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

of consequence. Care should be taken,
however, to prevent substances from
getting into the openings left after the
horns are removed. The horn cores
are elongations of the frontal bones OF
the skull, and are hollow. They COM
municate with the frontal sinuses, or
air spaces, of the head; therefore for
eign substances or fragments of horn
which act as an irritant in these cavi-
ties are apt to set up an Inflammation,
resulting in the formation of pus or
an abscess, which may prove quite
serious.
Occasionally animals after being de-
hornef nd turned out of the stable
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

and the kidney action improved right
away. Large quantities of sediment
and stony particles passed from me,
and finally the stone itself, part dis
solved, but still as big as pea. With
it disappeared ali symptoms of dizzis
ness. rheumatism and headaches. I
have gained about SO pounds since and
feel well and hearty"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
81 would indeed" said Robertson.
NO Rntler for Pnanrlteh.-

Wen have to get a butler, you
know" said Mrs. Pneuritch.
What for?" asked Mr.. Pneuritch.
well, to look after the wine cellar,
and"
Not much, Priscilla! I'm capable Of
looking after the booze myself"
"A butler lends dignity to an estab-
lishment, too"
We'll, when I get so hard up for
dignity that have to borrow it from
a butler, I'll quit and go back to the
retail grocery business. You manage
the hired girls. Priscilla, and I'll at
tend to running the man part of this
shebang."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Helm for The Artists.

The comic supplements are filled
these days with pictures representing
some of the foolish questions that
people ask. Here Is 3 suggestion for
one:
"A man was walking hastily through
the rain yesterday afternoon, his um.
brella raised and his head bent. An
acquaintance, standing In doorway,
hailed him:
Say be shouted, "are you going
to use that umbrella? II you're not,
lend 1t to mel"
Doesn't that capture the icing?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

Rough on Rats, unbeatable exterminator
Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, 25c.
Rough on Bedbugs, Powder or Liq'd, CSC.
Rough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid, 25.
Rough on,Roaches, PoW'd, 15c. .Liq' d, 25c.
Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, Csc.
Rough on Shelters, agreeable touse, Csc.
E. S. Wells. Chemist, Jersey City, N. J.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Good Stroke Of Business.

The 81 note is not the smallest is.
sued by the bank of England. BY
mistake a note of the value of one
penny was made and issued in 1928.
It was in circulation for many years,
a source Of annoyance to the cashiers
In making up their accounts. At
length the holder OF 1t brought it to
the bank and after considerable argu-
ment persuaded the authorities 10
give him g5 for it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
&C. Ina VIesory over TuberouIoe

sees Final Victory over tuberculosis.
Or. William 0sler says: Whether
tuberculosis will be finally eradicated
IL an open question. It IL . foe that
Is very deeply intrenched In the hui
man race. Very hard it win be to
eradicate completely, but when We
think of what has been done in one
generation. how the mortality In
many places has been reduced more
than SO per cent indeed. in some
places 100 per cent.-it is battle OF
hone and SO long as we are lighting
With hope, the victory Il In sight
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Who He Relonned tn

4 matron of the most determined
character was encountered by young
woman reporter on a country paper,
who was sent out to interview lead
ing citizens as to their politics. MAY
see Mr.. -" she asked of stern
looking woman who opened the door
at one house. mo, you can't" an
sWered the matron, decisively. But
want to know what party he belongs
to-" pleaded the girl. The woman
drew up her tall figure. "Well, take
a good look at me-" she said, I'm the
party he belongs tot"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
To Advance Tender Vegetables.

Lima beans, melons and other ten
der vegetables may be advanced two
or three weeks by starting them in
pots or bits of inverted sod In a hot
bed. When the weather becomes
warm enough transplant without dis
turbing the roots.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Celery Is Good Remedy.

Probably no class of people suffer
more from rheumatism than farmers,
and yet the remedy for this dreadful
disease is, or should be, right at hand.
If celery were eaten freely sufferers
from rheumatism would be compare
lively few.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

on for stone in the
kidney but not cured
and some time after
was feeling so bad
that I knew there
must be another
stone that would
have to be cut out.
I decided to try
Deans Kidney Pills
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Cool the Milk Promptly.

The prompt and thorough cooling Of
milk is generally recognized to be of
prime importance in preventing the
development of bacteria, which under
ordinary conditions are always pres
ent in milk as soon as drawn, and to
which the souring or curdling OF milk
is due.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
ASK FATHER.

CIergyman-What would your IA
Their say If he saw you digging for
worms on Sunday?
Willie-I don't know; but know
what he'd say if I did not dig for them.
That's him fishing over there
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

until [ was Eas'' flisl
Stsonraged, an d
thought / sh e = i
never get well. /
aead q testimonial
a about Lydia q.
IRiinkham's Vegetas..
q PIE Compound, and
thought L would s11ld
try II. After tax.
ing three bottles i
!, was cured, and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
XieWnoints.

Poet-Tsn't it a shame the way
those vandals are blasting away the
beautiful Palisades?
Business Friend-I should say SO.
Why. that was the finest place in the
world to paint patent medicine ads!
Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Among the Fighters.

"Has your pugilistic rival longer
reach than yours?"
81 don't know about the reach, but
my vocabulary contains the longest
words"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Plant Sweet Corn.

Sweet corn planted at intervals
during the summer will give one any
number of delicious puddings until
frost.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
a Rarn Gnna Thing

Sam using ALIENS FooT-EAsE, and
can truly say would not have been with
out IT SO long, had I known the relief it
would give my aching feet. / think it a
rare good thing for anyone having sore
or tired feet.-Mrs. Matilda HoItwert,
Providence, r. l." Sold by all Druggists,
Csc. Ask to-day.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

A cold on the lungs doesn't usually
amount to much, but it invariably pre-
lns W;1srd III a and ~ ohest
once will break upSa cold in a night.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
The Only Wav.

We all make b1unders. thought
once l was a square peg when was
really round one"
How did you find out your mis-
take?"
Il got into a holei"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Try Dfurine Eve Reuaf,v

For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms to the Pure Food and Drugs
Law. Murine Doesn't Smart. Soothes Eye
Pain. Try Murine for Your Eyes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
For Colds and Gripp-capudine,

The best remedy for Gripp and Colds is
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feverishness. Cures the cold-Headaches
also. It's Liquid-Efects immediately-10.
Is and SOC at Drug Stores.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
W0MAN'S WORTH.

WHey-I see by this paper that a
man in America sold his wife for
shilling.
Hubby-Well, II she was a good
one she was worth it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

All pleasure must be bought at the
price of pain. For the true the price
is paid before you enjoy it; for the
false after you enjoy it.-Foster.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Sunnestinn.

Knicker-What reform fs most
needed?
Bocker-Politics should be taken
out of politics.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Hard TO Handle.

'How are you going to keep COM
plants from arising among con-
sumers?''
81 don't know" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax. Consumers are mighty trouble.
some. Sometimes think they take
advantage OF the fact that we can't
get along without 'em In our bual.
ness %
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Euu Plant REQUIRES Carr.

The egg plant belongs to the same
family OF plants as does the tomato,
and requires about the same treat.
ment.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
A correctinn-

Her card club has quit playing for
the season"
You mean scrapping. don't your.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Don't,

Do not begin with exaggerated ideas
9 your own worth.-Beecher.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

Marriage will change mans views
quicker than anything else.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
GOT TO THE CAUSE
And Then All Symptoms OF Kidney
Trouble Vanished.

c. J. Hammonds, SIT s. Hill ST., Fort
Scott, Kansas. SAYS: 81 was operated
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

Gladness is appreciated only by
those who know what sadness is.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
YOUR
BACKACHE
WILL YIELD
T. TO Lydia E. pinkbam,s
vegetable Compound :

for F q iona An Mda inc was tronb,aa
and SIDE a I1me with pains IN nv IaV9 bae1
- S-- 49,, 6lu was misarahIa - Dach
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

During Hot Days and Cool Nights
Take DR.. Biggers Huckleberry Cordial for
all Stomach and Bowel Troubles, Children
Teething, etc. At Druggists 25c and soc,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

The ballet girl trust is . tights
squeeze.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
SHERLOCK HOLMES.

Tired Tom (sadly)-Ah, that patch
tells me that my old pal, Flooding
Pete has been this way. Poor old
Pete!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03

For Headache Try Hicks capudine.
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous troubles, the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's Liquid-pleas-
ant to take-Ehects Immediately. 10, %
and Soc at Drug Stores.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
EXPRESSIVE REPLY.

Freddie-Your father told me that
was the black sheep of the family.
Gertrude-What did you say?
ETeddie-Rahi
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
Post
T castles

1 new dainty Of pearly white
corn, BY the makers Of Postum
and Grape-Nuts.
Toasties are fully cooked,
ro1led into thin waters ana
soasted 4 crisp, golden-brown'
Ready to eat direct from tn. the
box with cream or go0a mn. mn,
The exquisite favour ana es'st !.
tenderness delights the :, mos
fsstidious epicure Or inval'o'
..The taste Lingers
Popular PKG. roc. j. -. &c.
Large Family SIZE %
Sold By orosef'-