The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-24

WHAT HAS THE
HARVEST BEEN.
Yields of Rice Per Acre for the Sea-
son of 1902.

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records, with new canals, and at least
three hundred new wells, with many ex-
periments on trial in engines, pumps,
wells, fuel and even the farmers them
selves on trial, a stranger in a new
strange land, working under new con-
ditions, new farm and a new crop,
requiring peculiar:and new conditions.
! the crop planted was more thanan av-
erage acreage and we'll put in.
But the great essential, water. was
largely lacking, having less than ten
inches of rain fall in the growing sea-
son in place of the average Of twenty
five inches. This with the well known
fact that it requires a vast amount
more from wells and canals to flood
land without rain. Yet, after all, by
the help Of canals and wells, nearly an
average crop was saved. A good
guess would be three-quarters of the
average crop, say seven to eight sacks
per acre, sold at an average of three
dollars per sack (of 1S5 pounds of
rough rice) each sack good for 100
pounds of clean rice.
A plant of 1000 acres would manage
to flood 500 and get S sacks to the
acre: 6400X3i=22, 400 dollars, divided
in two parts. one half so the owner
who furnishes land ana improvements,
water and seed, and hall to the renter
who does all the work and delivers
half the cropin sacks at the thresher on
the farm.
The interest on the Improvements
the cost Of seed and water are 70 be
taken from Sll, 200, the half of the full
crop. 81, 200 less $4,000 leaving 5000
profit on less than 800 acres OF rice,
poorly watered: an equal amount OF
profit to the renter equals SO, 400 in
all, or S13 an acre for tho 800 used.
ACTUAL YIELDS.
Albert Anderson has 500 acres in
corporate limits of Jennings: three
eight-inch and one ten-in@h wei. and
Notwithstanding the terribly dry sea-
son harvested l3 sacks per acre, worth
IS. 80 per sack. 900 sacks at IS. 80
is S3l, $50, less the expense of raising
crop, say twenty dol airs per acre,
being at least five dollars per acre
more than the usual average. S31. $50
less IA, 900 leaves ST., $50, or So. 80 per
acre. He has just put down another
well: tcninch casing: first forty feet
in clay: at 80 feet coarse sand down
to 300 feet: 50 feet of screened pipe, a
six-iuch Morris suction pumpatta ched
with an IS horse power traction en-
CINE tested the well Friday getting u
full ten-inch stream at least three feet
above the surface. the water level
within s to feet Of the surface or top
of the ground, and giving an estimate
of 300 to 5000 gallons per minute.
Gus Jones with one 10-inch well wa
tered 1S5 acres of his own and has
sold seven thousand six hundi ell dol
lars worth of rice, besides furn ishing
some water to Rev. y. B. Welch.
Ed Chartf: from four wells, wateled
500 acres yielding$25, 600 worth OF rice.
T. II. VIM watered $50 acres SUI
ticient to save the crop with one S-inch
well. Carey & Sons did as we'll.
VIM. Lehman with one S-inch well
saved u large crop on 100 acres.
5. Lawson l6O acres.
These parties are near jennings.
Welsh and Lake Arthur: all had more
than an average crop and of ex client
quality. If any well is d failure it is
in the driller or the kind of pump.
The system has passed successfully
the worst season ever known and
al SupspEc nd I-ip-n,,y-
Anciently vast sums of money ana
thousands of men were employed for
ages in making reserv oirs for irriga-
ting waters. Today in the rice belt
we have found the largest reservoir of
irrigating water in the world. tha best
possible for flooding growing veget-
ables, and all this without money and
price. Then add to this the recent
discovery Of oil in the same belt. Civ.
ing US the largest reservoirs OF water
for flooding and oil for fuel, in the
known world. Jennings claims the
latest gusher, cup to date
PROFIT.
The yield of rice per acre has been
increased fifty per cent by flooding,
The cost of water is one fifth the erop
the average yield tsten sacks ,
rice. the whole ran~- ~ rough
to thirtv-''- - is from nothlns
j. --4ree sacks, one hundred anC
onirty-two bushels. The price has hat
a range of 81 up to nine dollars bar
rel of one hundred and siXty-two
pounds of rough rice, giving u fai
average of three dollars a barrel
This would give an average of thirt
dollars per acre at cost of tiftee
dollars net. This would mean five pc
: cent upon three hundred dollars a
acre, and as good rice land can b
bought at from twenty-five to fifty do