The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-07-16
Farmers Institute.

DR.. W. G. Stubhs, Director O
the La. State Experiment sta
tlons, called the meeting to orde
Wednesday morning at the Cour
House, and after an informa
talk by him on the geological for
nation of the soil of Louisiana
which was much enjoyed by thos,
present, and some excellent mu
sic by the Misses Kane, of Clar
issa Plantation. q recess was tax
EN- until 4 O'Clock. DR.. Stubb.
then formally o, ,encd the Insti
tute, explaining the objects anc
purposes of these annual meet
ings throughout the State, which
are held by authority of the State
Board of Agriculture and Immi
grafton, and strongly advocated
the formation of Farmers Clubs
throughout the State, and the
holding of Parish Fairs every
year where the products of the
farm, garden and orchard could
be exhibited, and thus stimulate
the farmers and stock-raisers,
and at the. same time provide
amusement for the people gene
rally and an advertisement of the
resources and products of our
country.
Judge E.. n. Cullom then adj
dressed the Institute on the sub
ject, "Diversitied Farming" and
proved the necessity and benefits
of planting various crops rather
than relying entirely upon one.
This subject was then discussed
by the people present.
At night another session was
held, the program being rs fol-
lows:
A paper by Mrs. Addie II.
Read, entitled "The Farmers
Wife
An address by Prof Stubbs, en-
titled ''The Proper Rotation of
Crops
A paper by Mr.. S. +. Read,
on the subject, ''The Farmers
Education
Thurday's session began at elev-
en- O'Clock. Thos. II. Lewis,
Esq, discussed the subject
"Stock- Raising in St. Landry
and as. usual, handled the ques-
ton admirably. DR.. W. II. Dal-
rymple, NJ. r. G. Y. S., -Aeteri-
marian Louisiana State Univer-
isty, delivered an excellent ad-
dress on ''Veterinary Hygiene and
Sanitation He paid particular
attention to the disease of cattle
called "charbon,'' which, unfor-
tunately, has made its appearance
among the stock of our parish,
as we'll as elsewhere. The Police
Jury attended the meeting in a
body, and it is understood that
they will, at their session which
convened that evening, take
proper steps to eradicate the
uCIulJ uiSCaSC.
Mr.. Jas. 0. Chachere read
paper on tsOur Public Roads and
How to Improve Them,' and
among his auditors were his col
leagues of the Police Jury. It
was a practical expose of the
road question, i'll which he de-
clared the present system a fail
ure, and advocated the adoption
Of the plan authorized by articles
291 and 292 of the new Constitu-
tion, which provide that the Po-
lice Juries may organize their
parishes into road districts and
levy a vehicle tax, poll tax and
even a property tax. for the
maintenance of the public roads.
He announced that st. Landry's
Jury had already appointed a
committee to consider the ques-
tion of the adoption Of this plan,
and expressed his belief that they
would soon do so.
Messrs. W. j. Sandoz and Ray
mond Breaux acted as secretaries
during the several sessions.
To Mr.. NJ. L Swords much of
the credit of the success of the
is due. His efforts were
untiring. It is a great pity, how
ever, that more farmers did not
attend the Institute as it was
principally intended for their
benefit.