The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1901-10-05
Beef Cattle.

Of cattle (abOut three hundfed
head) were received at the st.
Landry Cotton Oil Mill. These
will be fed on the hulls and meal
and fattened, after which they
will be shipped North and mar
keted. This Is only the first ship
ment to the mill, and it is ex-
pected that during the season
sixteen hundred head will be fed
there.
The prices now paid for choice
beef cattle are twenty-five to forty
cents per hundred higher than a
year ago, and the prospects are
that they will continue to advance,
owing to the increasing export
demand for our cattle-but par
ticularly for dressed beef, the
shipments of which have increased
fully fifty per cent during the last
decade. Another factor that is
likely to tend to promote good
demand for beef cattle, is that
the millions of acres of Western
prairie lands which were at one
time devoted exclusively to the
grazing of beef cattle are fast be-
coming settled up and cultivated,
thus curtailing what was at one
time almost the sole source of
supply Of the American packing
houses.
In the face of the above facts,
and considering the small outlay
of labor and feed that would be
required, it seems like it might
be a good plan for every farmer
(particularly those who own small
places) to begin to raise three or
four head of cattle a year for
marketing purposes. Of course,
it would not pay to raise scrubs or
the inferior grades, for never be-
fore did the markets make such a
wide difference in the prices paid
for good and inferior cattle as
they do now, and this difference
is still widening. Select some
breed of cattle that will supply
the necessary amount of milk and
butter, and will also produce good
beef animals (there are several
such breeds) to raise from, and
you will always find q demand for
them. The farmers in many sec
tions of the North and West have
been doing this during recent
years, and have found it profitable.
One of the most pleasant af
fairs of social nature that has
taken place in our community for
some time was the progressive
euchre party given by MIR. and
Mrs. Lionel Bienvenu last Satur-
day evening in honor of Misses
Edna and Rosalie Knost, two
charming young ladies of Pass
Christian, Miss, who are visiting
at their home. The games were
very interesting and warmly con-
tested, the handsome prizes being
captured by the following fortu-
nate players: Ladies' first Miss
CEeyie Dupre, second Miss
-, BOBBY, Miss Lucille Lar
cade; gentlemen's Robt. Perkins,
second Austin Perkins, BOBBY
Ariel Fontenot. During and af-
ter the games delicious refresh
ments were served, which were
highly enjoyed by the guests.
The latter part of the evening was
devoted to dancing, delightful
piano music being furnished by
the amiable hostess. A large
numer were present, and all are
lavish in their praise of this en-
joyable entertainment.
The. long-talked-of base ball
game between Dietlein's clerks
and the Saizan Building aggrega-
ton was played at Haas Park last
Sunday afternoon, the net pro-
eeeds going to the Convent of the
Immaculate Conception. A large
crowd was present, the gate re-
ceipts amounting to $14.S0. The
teams were made up of the fol
lowing players:
Dietlein-C. Allen, Heno, Hol,
lier, Reynolds, McGraw, A.Allen
Durio, Duflho, Eckart.
Saizan--A. and r. Perkins, Nc.
Bride, Dejean, Perrault, Fonte'
| not, Chachere, Pickett, Rills.
The Dietleins won the game by
a score of II to s. AS will be
seen by the score, the game was
not so funny as people thought i
would be, the playing being fine
for players who had had no prac.
tice-eyen the .tbig'' nine ha'
played 'sfunnier games thar
that. The game was umpired b,
Creswell.
A committee on ways ant
means has been appointed b.
President Rienvenu Of St. Ian
dry's Branch, G. K. Of A., will
Rev. j. Engberink as chairman
whose duty it is to decide upor
the best manner of raising fund
for the purpose Of building tht
lnew Catholic church. This wa
done at the earnest solicitation O.