The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
TYPES or SUCCESSFUL FARMING.

fTGo Of SuCCEooF VI FARMING.
The following examples Of success.
fnl farming in some Of the Southern
States IS taken fro man official docu.
ment issued by the National Agricul.
tural Department:
while stock raising is not at the
present time carried on to a large eI.
tent in the cOtton-growing portions Of
Louisiana Arkansas and Northeastern
Texas, there are widely scattered pha.
ses of it.
clarifying has made gratifying prog
ress in good many places: for in
stance. Hammond. La, once cotton
growing center, is now shipping 700
gallons of milk daily to New ORLEANS.
At Marshall, Tex, one man has run a
successful dairy for three years. In
that time he has built up his herd to
about 70 COWS, pure-bred and high
grade Jerseys. the returns from which
are over $500 a month. The gross re.
ceipts from each COW in a hard of 40
high-erade Jerseys at Lafayette, La
for the past year ranged from $3.50
to 1922. The milk in this case IS bot,
tied and sold to local customers at %
to so cents per gallon
In the matter of beef production,
the Louisiana Experiment Station has
demonstrated that market tappers' can
be produced for the Chicago market
The Mississippi Experiment Station
has produced high-grade twoyear-old
feeders at 4 cost not exceeding Sl2,
These facts indicate that there are
large possibilities in beef production
in the South.
In scattered instances horses and
mule colts sell readily at | wear old
for $40 to $50, at years old for SIS
to 500, and at 3 years old for $3.50 to
5000. There has never been a time in
recent years when good mules did not
bring good prices Horses are not
usually sold until broken, when they
sell for S1OO to $500
"Angora goats have been found prof.
liable near the northern limit Of the
cotton area, and in rare cases are to
be found furthe South. These should
MANY instances could be given Of
success with hogs, especially where al
falfa has become established and Is
used for pasture. In those sections
where alfalfa has not passed the
experimental stage other crops are
used for hog pasture, and the industry
is bound to be highly profitable. In
fact, there is no portion Of the coun.
try where pork can be raised more
cheaply.
find a place in the timbered sections,
especially in the hill lands, where they
would be valuable in clearing the land
Of brush and where the character OF
the soil is conducive to good health
among them.
AN example Of successful general
farming is found In the hills of Lin.
coin Parish La, where a man on 125
acres of his 19OO-acre plantation has
for ten years raised all the hay and
grain not only for his avn stock, but
for that of all his tenants. For the
markets he produces horses and mules,
mich COWS and stockers, pure-bred
Poland China pigs, and Plymouth
Rock, Rhode Island Red, and Wyan.
dotte chickens. besides cotton, corn,
oats, peas, peanuts, sweet potatoes,
hay. ribbon cane syrup and lard
There is strong, growing demand
In the North for Southern-grown
vegetables and fruits. Many of these
can be put on the markets at seasons
when there is little or no competition
and can be disposed of at paying
prices. Successful fruit-growing and
trnck-growing associations exist In
some portions of this territory, and
the number is increasing each year"