New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-07-26
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.

INF FARMtkS INSTITUTE.
Last Saturday for the first time
farmers institute was held in
New Iberia. 1t was not as vel
attended as it should have been
although the event had been posted
and mentioned in the local papers
two weeks ahead But neverthe.
less a fair representation of oul
farmers and planters were present,
who. soon became interested in the
proceedings and were unconsciously
drawn into the discussions. AT
1920 the Institute was called to
order, Mr.. R. S. Mcmahon, Presi-
dent of the Progressive League,
introducing Col. A. Morrow of
Vida refinery, who as Director of
the Institute after making a few
remarks, introduced the Hon. L.
T. Dulaney who delivered the
address Of welcome, which was
hearty and very cordial and babe
the assembled farmers and workers
welcome in an eloquent and earn.
est manner. He was responded to
to by Prof Davidson of the Louisi-
ana State University and Director
of the State Experimental Station
at Baton Rouge, La, in a most APP
propriate language, in which the
fine boquets thrown by Mr. Du-
laney were matched by those CT
equal size and fragrance. which
put everybody in good humor.
Prof. Dodson then addressed the
Institute in lecture full of power,
information and food for thought,
setting forth the need and import
ance of institutes and the great
amount Of good they have accom-
plished in educating the farmer
along agricultural lines.
Hon. N. H. Storms, of Georgia,
followed in an address on fertil-
ization, first paying high tribute to
orr lands that seemed to be of in
exhaustible fertility. He had
examined the lands of twenty
states but had never met with such
wonderful soils and conditions as
greeted him here, but he insisted
that the day would come when our
fertility would be gone and we
should have to resort to artificial
stimulants to produce paying crops.
He then showed that all plants de-
pended on three elements for their
growth and fruitfulness, viz,
nitrogen, potash and phosphorus,
that whenever any one of these
were absent the crop suffered The
nitrogen supplied the food for the
stalk or vehicle, the potash and
phosphorus supplying the element
for the fruit and maturity, that
whenever one of these FREEDOM
mated the crop. was sure to be
affected disastrously, as too much
stalk would be the result of too
great a preponderance of nitrogen
and no fruit, and too great a pre-
ponderance Of potash would make
an over abundance Of fruit, coming
to naught, in other words, bearing
itself to death. His remarks were
very attentively listened to, as he
described the renovation of old
Georgia pine land TO the standard
Of production of one bale of cotton
per acre by what he called tri
ennial crop rotation, a system of ,
fertilizer combined
with cowpeas, every year followed
BY change of crops. He was
frequently applauded as his good S
lits, which were many, were .
made. :
Col. Charles Schiller of Desoto
parish, the great stock man who {
'wns and conducts personally one
# the finest stock farms in the
south, followed with presentation r
# the subject Of stock raising and b
he curing of meat. The Colonel o
hallenged the closest attention :
rom the start, and many pencils :
we're at work taking down his q
POINTS and recipes for curing meat b
\ very animated discussion fol- a
owed, in which the Colonel was a q
|eluged by eager questioners, who :
eemed bent on absorbing as much 81
t his information as possible. a
Col. A. A. Morrow opened the = =
iscussion on crops in general, in 7
7hich} all took part, many fine d
oints in cultivation, preparation N
f soils, harvesting of crops, were . .
rought out. The making of hay it
as we'll discussed, in which Mr.. III
[enry Pharr gave his experience N
] Alfalfa growing, Gen. Avery in 81 9,
'ab grass, hay and the great le- W
nme, the cowpea. In discussing tie
lie extended drouth of the present TO
JASON, it was conclusively shown =,
lat where soils had beenthoroughly vi
in the Spring, before Sc
anting, and kept in fine filth, no TO
reat damage had ensued, but that n
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