St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-05-19
WHAT IS DOING
IN N.SLIDELL In
BUSINESS AND
SOCIALLY.
Baltic II Will Leave Yards
May 20, Weather
Permitting.
THE DIXIE RANCH
ONE OF BIG ONES.
Lumber Industries Well Or
ganized for Big Busi-
ness Coming.

Steamship Baltic II will be ready
to leave Slidell Shipbuilding Co.'S.
yards on MaySe0. wind. tide and
weather permitting, and will pro-
ceed to Pensacola under her own
power after passing through the Rig
olets.
The Baltic l, now known as
"Flush." has been warmly praised
by those capable of judging, as be-
Ing we'll constructed, durable sea-
worthy and for a new boat excep-
tionall light and stiff. II the mid
die grounds can be negotiated as we'll
as done by Baltic II, and the tide
favorable. little trouble is anticipat-
ed in taking Baltic II out to deep
water.
Baltic III is now being planked
and she will shortly be ready for
launching. Baltic Nv is entirely
framed and work on her progressing
finely.
The ocean going steamer Maple
is also being planked and will be
launched in the near future. After
the completion of these boats, and
as space is available, the company
expects to begin building six ships
! of about $500 tons, being nearly half
again as alrge as any built here. on
governmentescontracts. We hope
that when the time arrives for get
ting those ships into deep water that
the middle ground channel will be
dredged-the only obstacle in the
way of building big ships in th s
section-as any boats built on Lake
Ponchartrain Twill necessarily have
to pass through that channel in or
der to get into deep water
The Slidell Live Stock and Farm
Co.. through one of their officers
Mr.. l.. T. Miles, reports fine progress
being made at their ranch about
eight miles from Slidell, where sew
eral hundred native cows are bred to
high grade Hereford bulls, and the
results being obtained fully justify
the expense incurred, and with the
splendid future which seems assured
for the cattle industry, by reason Of
the great new packing house which
Morris & Co. are inaugurating in
New Orleans, and the high market
prices prevailing all over the coun-
try, this section would appear to
have almost a golden opportunity
which the people should not fail to
take advantage of.
In addition to stock raising the
Farms Co., known as "Dixie Ranch,
have approximately 100 acres in
corn. 100 acres in oats, 100 acres in
crimson clover, large fields Of alfalfa.
rye, ETC., and where 20 bushels of
oats is considered a fairly good yield
and rs to 30 bushels exceptional, 1t
was estimated recently by an ex-
perienced farmer, that the yield
from the oats on this farm should
be at least 40 bushels to the acre.
They also have pigs (high grade
Duroc Jersey. chickens. and are en-
deavoring to raise mules and horses,
however, the progress along the lat
ter line has not proven very sue
cessful thus far. A trip Of inspec-
tion to this ranch is we'll worth while
and no doubt would be Of benefit to
a great many of our home folk by
way of illustrating the possibilities
Of our parish.
The lumber industries are SEEM
ingly well organized to take care OF
the large business expected, and lum-
ber furnished particularly In gov
ernmental ship yard material will be
subject to standards as to grade, di-
mension and maximum price, so that
with we'll understood lines to work
along the mills will know exactly
what is wanted and price will be uni1
form so that the mill desiring to
produce the stock can do SO with
the full knowledge of what is de-
sired. While was is exactly what
General Sherman said 1t was, 1t has
its recompenses and no doubt will be
of great benefit to our part of this
'Great Country"
SlideH School League met in regu-
lar session on Tuesday at the school
auditorium, twenty-five members and
Mr.. and Mrs. e. E. Lyon being pres
ent for the annual election of of
ficers. Supt. Lyon gave an interest-
ing talk principally upon the pro-
duction. of garden truck, and the
| handling of same for future use by
! canning, and advised that Miss Mar
tina Williams, parish demonstrafor,
would gladly respond to any requests
for advice along these lines. Also
said that he desired all teachers to
! be members of School Leagues, that
! it brought them in contact with
! workers for their benefit as we'll as
the. school children and that they
should have a live interest in the
League.
(Cnntinued nm napo ~