The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-24
OF PRACTICAL OF
FORgS OVER IhE OLD WAY
CONGRESSMAN WATKINS
his Emesgency Bhl-TIas Asked &c a
Fiffy tGousana Glohars Appropriation
&C. ThmonsGaeion Farms tn Che Mex
ican goll Weevil Terrienrs.
Washington, d c. Jan. 70 toqz.

Washington, d c. Jan. 70 toqg.
! TO Che Caucasian: On Decembs Q
] Sled d- R. 2245a. asking &c 80 al
propriasios oS fits thousand do'lass
cdoduce demonstration earms IN Or
Mexirae boli wees1 scrsitorN as a
emergency fund O. be Immediate
avai1able.
1 AS Aearing Gas SO sor 1aneasy ..
and IlF knapp q Gousianae who ha
charge q ehis worl<e gas notified G. ap
pear on Chat day, ] expec5ea g. appea
with him bcgore che commatee aad urg
Che appropriation flr Npape basing ar
s1ved On Che 14tl. and Cor his accommo
dation she hearing 6aving been ee-fxe,
for che days as Ds Knapls De- Gstho
way ana cshers psesease4 their siews.
now wish O. emphasize my claim for th'
appropriation
GnEess these demonstration Farms ar,
|enablea 60 &c operated at once. Che de
stree eesults eaa not be accomplished
70 eonducs successful demonstration
farm ehess eus Se hrss thorough pre-
paration oa the so1 Second earlg paant-
ling. 9hiras sapid ana thorough cultiva.
sion. Fourths the COWS mus De wide
apart Fiftls Che crop must Dc highly
Ifertilized Sixtle an early earieey Of
Iseed au4 be elanted; and seventh, all
tin staFks and subbish in the Geld alust
be destroyed aNer the crop ds gatheeed
Sou will eeaGk see Gha ghis pro-
gramms eequires early preparation
which mua De ena8e before Che general
agricultural appropriation Dill goes into
effect II this appropriatios is anaSe im-
mediateay avadaBses ana she semonstra-
tior farms Ore sufficiently numerous end
properly conducted, Che 6on weev1 cap
be ehoked off and killea out in louisiana
before @ eeathes Mississippa
Thss the people ase 10 eaeneS is evi-
dencea by Che ea4 Chat . am daily ee-
ceivins q Rrge numbs 90 letters be-
sides petsions and memorials signea by
farmess, meschantsa Bankers and eeople
% aG avcoations in my dissrica
Jha Che demonstration fasms wiz ac-
complisi, Che desired eesuits o sAown
not onk ey Che Statements made Co your
committee 6y Drs Gallowas ana Knapp
but Sy Che statements q Co. Charles
Sch,iiero Secretarg % Agriculture fds the
State % Louisiana. dc says:
I'm DeSoto earish Ghere are s3s de-
farms TGey do more good
than schools. They are supervised by a
man paid by DR.. Knapp, and they will be
in every parish in which cotton is raised
before long 1t is sery important that
the demonstration farms be established.
One planter planted forty acres and
made four bales. His neighbor put seven
acres in cotton and made FIVE bales.
The firA man planted and cultivated
in the old way, and Che FAST used che de-
methods.
A negro living on Golonl Schuler's
place raised I6 bales of cotton on "a
acres of top land, following the demon
stration plan; neighboring negro on
he same kind of land, not adopting the
demonstration plan, made only 364
pounds of seed cotton on ~ acres. He
to give number of illustra-
ions of a similar kind
While the white farmer greatly bene
its by these demonstration farms, the
negro is more particularly benefited.
He is. great imitator, and when he
ices thing done and knows that it can
oe accomplished by the white man, he
goes about doing the same thing for
There are about as many negroes de-
pending ON agriculture for living in
louisiana as there are white people
md they will be the greatest sufferers
rom the ravages of the boil weevil, as
hey can not put their talents to work
O advantage in any other line than rails
ng cotton.
If this fifty thousand dollars asked
or is appropriated to be Immediately
AVAILABLE, it will do more good than
vice the amount after the crop has
,een pitched for the season.
Earnestly requesting that the appro-
'riation be granted, to be made imme-
iiately available, I am, Most respectful
y. J. T. WATKINS, NJ. c.