The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

Fertilizers Instead of whisky.

eIGAAAeIS 4uSGeau VI w uASRy.
Hr. Hope Phillips bought the Lam
bert place, near WasEnso2tn on, II years
ago, worn out and run down. But by
liberal fertlizing and .judicious man
agement he has made very paying crops
all along and brought the land up to
the production of 10 barrels of corn or
ii vile of cotton to the acre. There is
th'Ilaud and the property he has made
OMIT to show for themselves. He says
"a worth of the ammOniated raw bone
H5uperphosphate to the acre will enrich
the land to yield from SO to $l2 more
than it would without it. He speaks
not from guess, but actual results OBJ
that our lands, without fertilizing, have
been running down right along, until
they don't average more than bale of
cotton to 3 or acres, or 10 to Is bar
rels of corn. And yet, what Mr.. Phil
lips has done and is doing, another man
with good Judgment and energetic man
agement can do also. And why not all
do so?
Now, suppose We take the money that
is being wasted for whisky, that causes
SO much poverty and trouble, and buy
fertilizers to enrich our lands and make
40 barrels of corn or bale of cotton
per acre, too, instead of throwing it
away for poison that maddens our
brains and causes us to do SO many
foolish rthings we would not do but for
the evil influence of whisky. How
much better times we will all have if
we will make this good change! Every
family will have plenty of everything,
and be happy at home, while there will
be no more drunken rows, nor shooting,
nor stabbing. Neighbors will all be
quiet, friendly, prosperous and happy.
God grant it may soon be so!
Mr.. Phillips also uses his cotton seeds
to feltiIize his lands. No farmer ought
ever to sell grain of his seeds. If he
will put them on his lands he will real
ze from them in the increased yield of
his crop three or four times more than
he could sell them for. And he don't
get all the good of them the first year
but by fertilizing arery year he can
bring his lands up to fabulous fertility.
D. W. FOSTER.
Plaisancr, May 25th. 1889.
Not only did New Orleans decline to
take any paving and drainage Sin hers"
but she tor the Dinth ward) insisted on
taking Dudenhetfer, and would be sat
istied with Nobody else. Has the bet
ter element completely lost its grip 2
There seems to be some hope in refer
ence to drainage; but what, oh, what
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Department of the Hnterior-CensHs
Ohiee.
a~' WASHINGTON, d. c., May /, 1889.
TO the Medtcdt PROCESSION:
The various medical associations and the
medical profession will be glad to learn that
DR.. John g. Billings, Surgeon u. 8. Army, has
consented to take charge of the Report of the
Mortality and Vital Statistics of the United
States as returned by the Eleventh Census.
AS the United States has no system Of vital
statistics, such as is relied upon by other civil
lized nations for the purpose of ascertaining
the actual movNpent of population, our census
affords the only opportunity Of obtaining near
an approximate estimate of the birth and death
rates of much the larger part of the country,
which is entirely unpfOvided with any satisfac
tory system OF State and municipal registra,
tiOn
mouth of May this year, will issue to the medl-
cal profession throughout the country "Physi-
clans Registers" for the purpose of obtaining
more accurate returns OF deaths than 1t is pos
sible for the enumerators to make. 1t is
earnestly hoped that physicians in every part
of the country will cooperate with the Census
Office in this important work. The record
should be kept from June 1, 1889, to May 81
1890. Nearly 5000 of these registration books
were filled up and returned to the office in 1880,
and nearly all of them used for statistical pur-
poses. 1t is hoped that double this number
will be obtained forthe Eleventh Census.
Physicians not receiving Registers can obtain
them by sending their names and addresses to
the Census Office, and with the Register, an
official envelope which requires no stamp will
be provided for their return to Washington.
II all medical and surgical practitioners
throughout the country will lend their aid, the
mortality and vital statistics of the Eleventh
Census will be more comprehensive and COM
plete than they have ever been. Every physi-
clan should take personal pride in having
this report as full and accurate as it is possible
to make it.
1t is hereby promised that all information
obtained through this source shall be held strict
ly confidential.
ROBERT P. PORTER.
Nrarry ENrrNy