St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-10-01
Catalogue Is Now Out and
Shows Fine Prizes Of
Silver Cups, Cash.
TRYING FOR SPECIAL
FROM BATON ROUGE
Big Amusement Program Is
Promised and Farm Ex-
hibits Should Be Fine

Last year the Parrish Fair struck
the rainy season, yet in spite OF all
the downpour everybody had a good
time and the fair was a success AS
the rain is putting in an appearance
at his time, it is a good bet that we
will have fair weather for the fair,
and it is a fair question to ask ii
everybody is getting ready to make
success certain.
The management has worked hard
and the nicely printed catalogue
fresh from the press Of the KentZe1
job printing Office shows that ther.,
are plenty Of prizes worth competing
for The fine silver cups and the
ribbons and cash prizes will be cap
tured by the farmers who take the
trouble to win them. These are the
kind Of farmers who advertise to
the world that St. Tammany parish
is a good place TO come to live.
The amusement part Of the pro-
gram will offer greater attraction
than any heretofore. Felix Bache-
min, Jr., agricultural agent of the
N. 0. G. N. Railroad, says there were
some fine crops raised and that there
are fine stock specimens to select
from This being the case every
thing looks lovely for good show
There is one thing the Fair direc-
tors have barred: There will be no
competition in sale of home brewery
stuff 1t will not be allowed on the
grounds or in the neighborhood.
The N. 0. G. N. is advertising re-
duced rates to visitors along then
railroad and there is talk of a Baton
Rouge special from the capitol city.
If this train comes through the Y. 4
NJ. Y. will bring one of the best
bands in the state and a jolly crowd
that will help things to move. Baton
Rouge appreciates the trade Coving-
ton is giving her.
Mr.. c. G.. Champagne, formerly in
the drug business in Covington, and
now in business in Baton Rouge, has
been working hard to get this special
through, and the Baton Rouge Asso-
citation of Commerce and the Gov
ington Association of Commerce have
been working jointly to interest the
Y. & M. V. Railroad in the matter
We believe that such train would
pay that company and that they
will be convinced that a cheap rate
would secure big crowd from Baton
Rouge and some on the side. They
should give the capitol city boo,ters
a chance to see what kind of bust
ness they are competing with New
Orleans for
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buildings, though not pretentious
and costly, can nevertheless be built
with taste and extraordinary beauty,
enhanced by profusion of flowers
and trees and landscape views such
as are seldom possible to the richest
city mansion. The great English
artist, William Morris, proved a
half century ago that a working
mans house and it's furnishings may
be just as beautiful as million
aires and probably more tasteful
than would content a millionaire.
But such an achievement requires
teaching and knowledge of beauty.
How to make the home beautiful
and a happy place to live Is an OPP
portunity for teaching which the
school has for the most part yet to
develop. When at last we may have
developed such agricultural schools,
! think the city will move to the
country. or want to do SO, and at any
rate the city will abolish it's great
crowded school buildings on one
block of ground, and give the child
rem the healthier surroundings of tho
open country and the more valuable
education which can be gotten di
rect1y out of Natures interesting
textbooks, and school life will be far
happier for our children. Schools
of this kind are already developing.
Mrs. Marietta Johnson some years
ago established such an ideal school
at Fairhope, Ala, and 1t is now at
tracing national attention. The
idea is growing rapidly.
The agricultural high schools In
Mississippi have proven their value
and the value Of agricultural educa-
tion to the community in which such
a school is located. The application
of such education to the elementary
schools has received distinguished
attention from the State Teachers
College, at Maryville, Mo-, which IS
cooperating with large number OF
rural schools in its territory, with
the reported result of a greatly in
creased interest in studies on the
part of the school children and the
gaining of remarkable imDetus TO
agricultural development. The sup
port which that experiment has re-
ceiyed from the business men in the
town where the farmers
do business is illustrated bv their
in two hours time OF
money to employ an assist
ant to give entire time=to supervision
Of agricultural education in thirty
EIGHT schools about Maryyille, ana
the trustees of the country schools
will not emnlov a teacher who has
not had special training in this work
In st. Tammany parish there are
over 5000 children Of school age, bit
less than half OF the number are
regularly attending school, Prob
ably the poor attendance is largely
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