St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-10-15

The first day of the fair is never
a big one, but those who attended
the opening Thursday had the graft
tication Of looking over the exhibits
without being jostled or having their
view obstructed.
Mayor Badon made the address of
welcome and Judge Prentiss B. Car
ter, in a speech that had much in it
for reflection Of ST. Tammany citi-
zens, paid a compliment to the ST..
Tammany Parish Fair Association
that should add pleasure to the very
arduous work of pulling off a fair
every year, increasing it's popularity
and at the same time making it SELF
supporting. He said he had attend
ed all our fairs for a number OF
years, and he found that each year
showed an Improvement; that he
found the fair this year even better
than last. ,.aa i,
With the exception of the stock
show, the fair undoubtedly has pre-
sented to first-day visitors field Of
amusement and instruction that has
not been exceeded in any of our fairs.
The poultry show is finer than ever
and we believe there are birds there
that will take first prizes at the State
Fair if they are entered, and we un-
derstand entries will be made.
In the Agricultural Department.
while the exhibit is not extensive, an
excellent showing is. made of the
posi- bilities of St. Tammany in farm
production, and in some respects IL
is superior to last year. The lack
of the assistance of farm demon
strator was in measure overcome
by the work of Mr.. Bachemin, agri-
cultural agent for the New Orleans
Great Northern Railroad Company.
that St. Tammany parish need not
fear competition in the production OF
vegetables and many field crops that
are standard market products.
The most valuable exhibit in the
department was that of Mr.. Paul
Friedlander, because it proves the
adaptability of St Tammany parish
to orange production, the cultiya
ton OF which for market will put
a new money-making crop in the
hands Of the farmer and fruit grow
er. Mr.. Friedlander has exhibits Of
Louisiana sweets as well as the Sat
suma, but he stresses the fact that
st. Tammany can raise the Satsuma'
Of finer quality and productiveness
than anywhere in America, and he
has the fruit raised here to maintain
his contention. He has very in
structive and convincing exhibit.
Mr.. Stevens, of Folsom, in charge
Of the Department Of Conservation,
had some interesting exhibits OF the
results of tree planting, showing the
growth and adapcu bility Of timber
for use II :c:lst1l c.ion as Weii AS
for paper pulp.
There were exhibits Dy the st.
Tammany Hay & Gfai,s Warehouse,
the Birmingham Graphite Company
of Slide1l, >Covington Paint Company,
inc, ]. A. Domergue Grocery, Burns
Furniture Company, Covington Opti-
cal Parlor, Covington Fire Depart
ment.
L uc ~. AuIO SOulpduy WILL
the Nash Six and Nash Four, Chevro-
let, Oldsmobile and Hudson, had a.
very nice exhibit, and the Star Ga
rage exhibited the new Stevens car,
a six that is giving promise.
L. F. Wehrli had Ford Sedan and
Ford Coupe that looked quite styl-
ish in their polished coating of
black.
In the Machinery Department Mr..
Wehrli had quite an exhibit Of the
Fordson Tractor, Ford machinery,
farm implements, etc.
Alexius Brothers & Co., of Coving-
ton, and the Baton Rouge Imple-
ment and Tractor Company, were ex-
hibitors, and -the St. Tammany Ice
& Manufacturing Company operated
"a centrifugal pump driven by a sha.f
horsepower motor that was a Won
der in efficiency.
The Women's Department was full
of fancy work, embroidery, woven