St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-31

uedu dulmHl must De looked alIcT.
1t should be burned. The germ Of
charbon can stand a temperature of
boiling water for ten minutes. 1t
takes thousands of charbon germs 10
fill the eye of a needle.
The Lord only knows when we will
get rid of charbon. It is one Of the
hardest questions to solve now before
US. Tick eradication is easy, but not
SO with charbon.
A few years ago Italy les. $4,000
people from charbon from eating in
fec.ed meat.
The disease is introduced three
ways. Swelling is not a sure sign.
and in the most vital cases they do
not swell.
Prof Tiebout was then introduced
and spoke on trucking.
He said the only way to go after
real trucking is to do SO on large
scale SO as to sell in carload lots.
You must grow sufficient truck to
have advantage of carload shipments.
There must be e way Of marketing
the produce. You cannot carry ship
ments of truck to the depot today
OAu AOI hAOW WAC1O " SVAG ~ 49,
just say "send it north This was
the old way. A man to make a sue
CESS of farming must be able to get
his crop Gut to the consumer in the
quickest possible time. in trucking
you either have to get into it or stay
out, and you have to go in deep
enough to make it worth while.
Today in the trucking business it
is a question of marketing.
Different types of soil have dele
gated to them certain classes Of
crops. The lands around New Or
leans are adapted to certain kinds Ct
crops, while the sandy soil, such as
around Covington, are adapted to.
others. The New Orleans soil is rich
in nitrogen and grows large leaf
crops. They can grow these cheap
er than other classes. Remember
we must grow what seems to be bet-
ter suited to our soil. Strawberries
grow much better in the pine hills
than in the flats. The sandy knobs
around Hammond make fine berries.
The sandy knobs also make better
truck crops than the heavier clay
soil.
The pepper growing in Louisiana
is good because our soil turns out
fine peppers of fine quality. .,er-
pers grow here cheaper than toma-
toes. They are very easy to grow.
Peppers have been shipped from this
state by express practically al.ogeth-
er. The price is getting SO that We
can afford to ship them tha. way, and
they get in the market still fresh and
have not the chance to spoil.
A word about Associations. be-
lieye in the formation of Farmers
Associations. Keeps the farmers to-
gether and they all work together
and help develop.
In regard to COW peas. Plow as
deep as subsoil will let you. Good
seed must be procured. Without
good seed there is no need OF worry
ing about crop. When you are in
the business long enough you ought
to have your own seed grown es-
pecially for you. / have seen lots Of
failures simply from poor seeed.
l belive caulifiower should grow
well in this section. This land will
grow better beans than it will car
rots. Sandy soil is well adapted to
carrots, however.
Tomatoes are hard crop. Ey
that l mean that it takes skill in
their handling.
Time to plant cauliflower is from
now until the first of September.
Booklet No. 40 is on growing of
caulifiower at Experimental Station.
When the soil is rich, cauliflower
grows just as easily as cabbage.