St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-11-05

Hon 16ot Oh III S1cOSVe0 PAV~ANss0e a
wonderful plant has been erected In
Slidell containing some Of the most
unique machinery which has yet been
devised by modern. science for the
preservation Of woods used In heavy
construction work. The products
Of the Southern Creosoting Company
are shipped throughout the United
States, the West Indies and Central
America. The company has ordi-
narily one hundred and fifty on its
pay role. ar. H. =. Headley, OF
Lexington, Kentucky, il the presi-
dent, ]. D. Grant, vice-president. and
A. D. Croker. secretary and treas
urer.
Mackie Pine Products Company.
The ablishment In 1912 Of the
Mackie Pine Products Company
marked . distinct step for the in
dustry progress for the town Of Gov
ington. Mr.. H. Il. Mackie. the pres
ident Of the company, after years I
experiments In the extracting and
manufacture Of turpentine products
from the pine knots and stumps. has
succeeded in making this plant one
of the few successful factories Of its
kind in the country. The discovery
by which turpeEtine. pine oil, rosin.
ETC., can be made from the refuse
left in the cut-oyer pine forests. was
4 discovery Of an entire new source
Of wealth. The sale Of the articles
manufactured By the company II now
made in the principal markets OF the
world. Shipments are being made
to England, Canada, Germany and
Japan, and 1T the present time in
quiries from Russia are being re-
ceived, through the port Of Arch
angel. The domestic market in
cludes New York, Cleveland, San
Francisco. Chicago and Seattle.
The plant employs about forty men
including labor and wood-choppens.
Rice Farms.
Prominent among the resources OF
the parish Of st. Tammany IL the rice
industry, which must not be over
looked. Located In the fertile low
lands on the shores Of Lake Ponc-
chartrain, Mr.. =. J. Frederick. Of
Covington, has = four thousand acre
tract, with one undred and 6fty acres
in rice fields under cultivation.
Here IL produced the "Blus Rice
Honduras" and Japan," under the
most scientific methods Of modern
rice farming. This plantation has
wonderful facilities with respect to
water transportation, u equipped
with . modern pumping plant cap
able Of lifting ninety-six million GAL
Ions Of water In twenty-four hours.
has IN average yield Of dfeteen BUSH
els to the acre. In . few years It
will DO possible, according to Inn
provements that are planned. to in
crease the acreage under cultivation
to one hundred and nifty acres. with
70 yearly yield Of twenty thousand
barrels Of rice. The Frederick plan
tation II protected BY strong levees.
and during the recent hurricane dis
asters which affected the lake coun-
| try, this plantation remained practt-
cally untouched.
Adjoining the Frederick planta-
| ton are the handsome and modern
rice fields Of Nessrs. Koepp and
Peters. These gentlemen. in con-
| junction with Mr.. Frederick, have
built and maintained ct their own
expense . drainige canal thirty feet
wide, with IN average depth Of fve
| feet. It 10 not too much to hope for,
that with . view Of the progress
which has been made In the past,
this section Of st. Tammany parish
promises to become one Of the most
prolific centers for rice growing in
l |hn ,Q%a+n ~ I0uiaiar,A tn near.