St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-11-04

lion fest Of it, :reosoto products. 4
wonderful plant has been erected In
Slidell containing some Of the most
unique machinery which has Jet 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 ordiA
narily one hundred and fifty on its
pay role. --r. H. :. Headley. Of
Lexington, Kentucky, IL the presi-
dent, J. D. Grant, vice-president, and
A. d. Croker, secretary and treas
urer.
Maclkie Pine Products Company.
The esta blishment in 1919 Of the
Mackie Pine Products Company
ma. ked = distinct step for the in
Idustry progress for the town Of Gov
lngton. Mr.. H. A. Nackie, 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 III making this plant one
OF the lew successful factories Of its
kind in the country. The discovery
" NA4cu turpeEllne, pine oil. rOsln
etc., can De made from the refuse
4 1850, e. u N entire new source
vi WeA4Ia. Zoe SAFE OF Iae artlcleS
ca nuAAc.u. ed BY lne cOmr aAy u NO.
1aauc "A TIC PRINCIPAL MavAeLS o. the
snor4u. oallMents are Delng made
~ nsla4lu, LAna4a, GerMany An4
.-k..AA, s.A4u AZ .Ae preSeAt TIME IN
Qu4rles from ausSia are beng ie-
ceased. Through the po1t OF Arch
anoel. Inc Qvmes.lc market IN
c4n4es New oTk, Cleveland, san
Francisca. Chicago and Seattle.
The pant employs about forty men
including labor and WoOd-chOppe1s.
Rice Farms.
Prominent along the resources Of
the pa4lsa OF st. Tammany is the rice
industry, which must not be over
lUukeu. Located in the fertile low
l~nuS ON tue shores OF Lake Ponc-
qua. tram, MT. =. j.. Frederick, OF
Covlns.o ION, nas a four Thousand acre
l1acl, W4.n one undred aud My acres
in rice. Aelus under culIlyataon.
Here Is produced the "blue tice.
Honduras, and Japan," under the
most scientific methods Of modem
rice farming. This plantation has
wonderful facilities with respect to
water transportation. II equipped
with . modern pumping plant cap
able Of lifting ninety-six million gal
Ions Of water in twenty-four hours,
has an average yield Of afetesn bush
els 70 the acre. In . few years 1t
will be possible, aceo1ding- to- Inn
that are planned, to In
crease the acreage under cultivation
to one hundred and nifty acres. with
. yearly yield Of twenty thousand
barrels Of rice. The Frederick plan
tation ID protected BY strong lsvees,
and during the recent hurricane dts-
astars which affected the lake coun-
try, this plantation remained practi-
cally untouched.
Adjoining the Frederick planta-
ton are the handsome and modern
rice fields Of Messrs. Koepp and
Peters. These gentlemen. In con-
junction with Mr.. Frederick, have
built and maintained 1t their own
expense drainige canal thirty feet
wide, with an average depth Of i've
feet. It 10 not too much to hope for,
that with 4 view Of the progress
which has been made in the past,
this section Of st. Tammany parish
oromises to become one OF the mos
10 -..l c, nloIs lor rice growing N
ne State of Louisiana Its neal
ness to the New Orleans port and
the direct water transportation
enhance the value OF these planta-
tion1.