St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

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ers Summer and winter he is al
ways on the job, always has the best
Of vegetables to sell, appetizing veg
etables and a good variety OF them.
So. Mr.. Vegetarian, wisely have
YOU learned to go ask. MT. Esqu1-
nance what you can have LOT any
DAVIS dinner An acquaintance mas
interestingly related to me the pleas
ing sensation of internal fermenta-
tion from yeast cake taken to supply
one Of the three needed Vltamlnes.
BIT. Mr.. Vegetarian tells me that'
although yeast provides water SOL
mile B. fat soluble A and water SOL
uble c are abundantly and most
cheaply obtained in vegetables.
Possibly the food source OF tnoSe
vitamines, as stated by an eminent
authority, Prof. Harrow, will pc
valuable information to those IN \
lowered state Of health. F'at-soluDle
| 4 "is present in abundance IN mlih
and in butter and in egg yolk, anu
| IL y lesser extent, in beef fat and IL
| MANY vegetable foods (lettuce, CAP
| Dage. spinach, carrots, potatoes, etc.
This vitamine is present IN green
leaves and in the embryos OF man:
! seeds. Water-soluble 3: Neafay
| all natural foods contain some OF It.
Yeast is particularly rich III TINS
vitamine. So are milk and orange
mice" Hooray for St. Tamman5
oranges! "Water-soluble c. Most
| q
tain this vitamine. The emphasis IS
adyisedly put on fresh matefla4 =,
The orange and the tomato are par
ticularIy good examples Water
soluble B sis more abundant than
either of the other two Isn't that
a first-rate argument, most conVlne-
ling. that when fresh vegetables are
hard to get in the North, one who
lean afford would increase his health
by spending the winter in st. ram
many parish where green vegeta pies
can be bought fresh right IN the gar
den. Mr.. Esquinance makes sales 20
those who can come and get and
carry away what they want. Long
since has he ceased seeking trade
So this is not an advertisement fol
him. He doesn't need it. His loca
fame and the demand is more tha-
equal to his supply.
But St. Tammany parish needs tn:
advertisement I believe the day
will come when every product Whlcl
lcan be raised in this parish Will Of
able to find a market within thirty
miles. l am thinking Of the DAY
when this will be a great winter re
sort. AS a mater of fact we nav:
now in New Orleans an undersup
piled market in many products which
we could :I'oftably raise here, an
as long as our parish is agricultural
ly undeveloped we are letting OH
chief opportunity for greatly increas
ed wealth go by. But Mr.. Esqui
nance is a notable example of Wha
thrift, industry and Intelligence l
able to accomplish right now. II
sells right in Vaudeville everythin
he produces to customers who com
to get such vegetables as connat b
purchased in the French Market il
New Orleans And yet the parish i
full of croakers who will tell you W
can't raise truck crops here.
Now, listen! These are some Q
the vegetables Mr.. Esquinance ca
sell you in season right out of hi
garden: Cabbage, November t
July; lettuce, November to June
onions, the year around; beets, Nc
vember to July; carrots, all tn
year; sweet potatoes, all the yea
or as long as his supply lasts. HI
caulif1oWer are enormous; som
heads will weigh ten pounds.
summer his supply includes okra
tomatoes, eggplant, sweet peppers
beans (string and butter), cucum
bers, muskmelon, etc. The Mande
Vile strawberry used to sell on tn
New Orleans market at fancy. pric
because Of it's flavor; now it is n
longer shipped; the home consumr
ton exhausts the supply.
The average Mandevillian believe
that Mr.. Esquinance uses some kin
Of hocus-pocus to make his vege
tables grow so big and fine H
does He told me all his secrets
While his neighbors plant by tn
dark or the light of the moon an
the more superstitious say certai
words during the operation of plan
ing, etc, he places reliance simp1
on three principles: cultivation, fe'
tilizer and seed. s
His rule for cultivation is plo
deep with a big plow, and cultivat
plants shallow so as not to distur
nlant roots.
His method Of fertiliaing tt
round is commercially simple an
fasv to understand. Stable manu1
rnlied mainly in the fall is tn
ISIS Of soil fertility. and CONNER
fertilizers are used only to stin
ate 0r~force growth. The manu-!
mt IN the row and mixed with tn
80 that al the roots Of the plar
~ utilize it besides other advan
res Of this method.
OF course, good yegota bles cam;
Is. grown from inferior seed B,
Mr.. Esquinance goes further tina
this. He raises his own plants IL
: setting out. With good reason /
le thinks it is absurd to buy cabbaa
u and tomato plants when he can rais
S. them as good as any one else fro:
is cpa1 for whom hn trancn1ontc fro.