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

our Good Roads And the best
roads! Think Of it! out in the coun-
try, between towns, are paved with
composition and asphaltum and ce
four mics one passes through bead
tlful little villages, with brick pavet.
streets. Mr.. David was struck with
admiration for the beautiful lawns
about the town and city houses, the
view Of which from the street was
unimpeded by any fences or hedges.
OF course, such country forgot a
long, long time ago that there could
be any possibility of two different
opinions concerning the advantages
Of stock law. 1t would be an in
teresting speculation to determine
the annual cost of fences to st. Tam
many parish people to keep stock
from our yards and gardens.
1t was matter. OF continual sur
prise to Mr.. David that even in the
country there were few fences ex-
cepting about pastures and stock
pens. There were miles Of orchards
and vineyards along the roads with
not a fence to keep anybody out.
No one thinks of driving livestock Gil
foot to market. Almost daily he
took trips with relative who is a
stock buyer. When they bought
calf they loaded it into small truck,
grown stock were carried to market
in larger trucks. Loss in weight and
waste of time driving cattle and pigs
on foot have been eliminated by
automobile haulage, and this e1-
plains why no fences are needed
along the highways.
A joy ride for the calf and the
cow on the way to market was not
the whole Of his establishment at
methods Of farming where drainage
is in vogue. A cow house whic1
costs several thousand dollars and is
cleaned and scrubbed out thoroughly
every day and old "Bossy" given d
manicuring and hairdressing as care
fully as if she were to go on parade
like a New Orleans "vamp,' makes
the bovine very attractive lady
and gives one real appetite for
milk. Mr.. David asked a farmer
how much his COW barn cost The
farmer replied in an Indifferent way
Mot very much. Only twelve thous-
and dollars 1t lis a great dairy
country. Everywhere one sees beau
tiful big black and white .Holstein
cows. Every farmer belongs to the
cooperative creamery company. He
puts his cans of milk on platform
beside the road, a truck comes Dy
and loads it, carries the milk to the
creamery, and at the end of the
month he is paid according to guam
tity Of butter-fat test OF his milk.
Townspeople don't go to market to
buy country produce. They drive
out to the farms and get the best ct
fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs, etc. At
every farm one sees the farmers
signboard, on which he advertises
what he has for sale that day.
Drainage brought prosperity and
good roads, and the good roads
brought the market right to the
farmers dooryard. And what the
farmer has to sell is Al. And most
surprising Of all, it is compare lively
cheap to buy. With so many good
things to choose from, people in that
country are very choice about what
they eat. No corn-fed chicken for
them, no sir, only milk-fed chickens
Indeed, when one hears Mr.. David
telling about it, he begins to wonders
how those Yankees, mostly of Ger
man descent, have time for anything
besides joy-riding and eating. 1t
does make ones mouth water while
listening to the story of the abund-
ance of fruits, vegetables of every
kind, the best Of milk, and the finest
# meat, al homegrown, direct from
he farm to ones own table.
Country produce there is cheap
compared to what we have to pay
here, and yet their farmers have
crown rich. Mr. David visited the
)lace and talked with millionaire
farmer ConWell, a real dirt farm
er, who knows no happier life than
5o-live and work with his own hands
on his own farm. Conwell has a lot
Of farms, but it doesn't take so very
many in that region to amount to a
million dollars. What would Lou
isiana money-lender think if he were
asked to make twenty-five thous-
and dollar first loan and fifteen
thousand second on one farm, q