The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-03-08
FARM TALKS,
An Interview Containing Some scrars :
Information.

<AA AA'eh'Ao" CONTAINING some Scrapa M
Information.
Mr.. Jones-I think 1 shall 90 over ~
to Paulsen's plantation and put in
crop of corn this year.
Mr. Smith-But don't you run n hi.
risk? 1t is several miles from yorn
home, and if a drought should ca+ob
you, your labor will all be lost Broyvn
tried it two years ago and he told mo
he lost his seasons work and was ont
at least two hundred dollars bv his
venture.
Jones-That all came from his l,cl,
of judgment. He planted northern
corn, and his neighbors told him il was
all mistake, but he said he would
show them, and the result was he did
lose his crop Northern seed corn will
not do for our sandy lands.
Smith-But if the drought comes on
in this sandy land, be your seed north.
ern or southern, will it not be all the
same?
Jones-Not if you get the right va.
riety and work it we'll 1t will stand
almost any drought. The fact is, we
are finding by experience what's adapt-
ed to our soil and climate. There is .
variety Of rye and variety of corn, if
the seed is grown in southern soil
will do well nearly every time, where
seed grown in northern soil is sure IN
be failure. This is partly true of the
watermelon and several other seeds
Then there are other seeds that must
be grown in the north or imported to
mature early enough here to meet the
market, or competitors who use judy
rnent in selecting their seeds and hay-
ing them tested, or purchasing of deal
ers who do test their vitality before
selling them.
Jones-What kind of corn will Won
plant If you rent the plantation?
SMITH shall plant the long
toothed, red cob variety. The seed is
grown to order, on high pine land.
The cob is very small, the kernal large
and is the most productive, and with
good cultivation, a crop is reasonably
assured, be the season wet or dry.
Jones-By the way, heard you had
your barn stored with the wonderful
pea hay. What do you think of the
pea?
Smith-Yes, 1 am feeding the won
derful pea hay to three horses and four
cows, and for the first year in the south
am free on the hay questions, having
enough pea hay to carry me through,
and my horses work as well, and nv
COWS give as much milk as when fed on
northern hay. / think, with the won
derful pea, Florida clover (beggar
weed), crab grass, the red cob corn, cas-.
sava, sweet potatoes and other products
we know are adapted to our soil and
climate, any farmer or horticulturist
who pays tribute to the north or west
for hay and grain, or who does not
have butter and milk, pork and lard,
chickens and eggs, from stock fed from
the products of the farm, and with the
stock make his own fertilizers, is at
least not thrifty farmer. | have had
hold of the wrong end of the poker
long enough, and had my hands pretty
well burned. Last year l got hold of
the other end, and see daylight
ahead, and prosperity even for a
southern farmer. That pea was a
salvation to me. 1t excels all other
vine crops suitable for hay in its
enormous productiveness of vine and
seed, and may be called the entering
wedge or keystone to the arch that
opens the way or completes the struc-
ture of southern farming, making the
south no longer dependent
Jones-I am glad to have met you
this evening and to have confirmed
very strong convictions that the south
has prospect of the removal of the
next greatest incubus to slavery, and
that her redemption, agriculturally, is
nigh. l shall seek another interview
soon, for there are other points wish
to get your opinions and experience
upon. Good evening. w. Hast
ings, in Texas Farm and Ranch.