The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-01-23
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.
BENTON, La, Tuesday. Jan. IA. 1905

session this day, with all members present at roll
call, to-wit: J. T. McDade, J. C. Logan, T. j.
Tidwell, S. r. Strayhan, G. T. Mays, A. Hoffpauir,
c. D. Sandidge and j. w. Elston
The minutes of the last meetings were read and
approved in open session.
The following premiums were allowed and war
rants ordered drawn for same
E. M. Laughln-
Best acre of potatoes-2OOb bushels 49, SIS
Best acre OF corn-431a bushels - Is
W. A. Bounds
Second best, 13, 776 pounds - - 10
Best acre of cotton-870 pounds ..-,.. 49, Is
j. E. Adger-
Second best acre of cotton-672 pounds $40
J. J. Robertson
Second best acre of corn --.-............. $40
Following the reports of the premium win
ners of their mode of culture:
Mr. Laughlin's mode of culture of potatoes:
! Gentlemen: l submit herewith my method of
preparing the land and planting and cultivating
my crop of Irish potatoes. About half the ground
potatoes followed with peas the previous year.
The corn stalks and all weeds were piled and
burned, leaving the ground clean. During the
latter part of January the ground was plowed
broadcast and SUBSIDIZED by running four-inch
scooter in bottom of turning pillow furrow. Just
before planting the ground was cross plowed with
six-inch double shovel, leaving it level and well
| pulyerized.
1t was laid off in three and half foot rows run
ming twice to the row. The potatoes were covered
with two burrows with shovel pillow.
When the potatoes were ready to come up dis
tributed $50 pounds per of Virginia Carolina
fertilizer by running on each side of the row with
an ordinary distributor, followed Immediately with
shovel pillow and tweve-inch heel sweep, covering
up the fertilizer and leaving little bed to the pota
! toes. When the vines were about half knee high
the middles were plowed out with shovel and large
heel sweep.
/ This all the cultivation they had, except to
run sweep once in middles to keep down the grass
until digging time. The crop was planted Feb. IA
and ID, using 231s bushels of the red Triumph po-
tatoes, cut two to three eyes to the piece, and
dropped twelve to fifteen inches apart. Amount of
ground planted, pa acres.
Results: l shipped to St. Louis little more
than 240 bushels, which netted me 1878 cents per
bushel. shipped only first-class potatoes, leaving
out all that speckled and less than two inches
in diameter. l have sold in the local market to
date nearly Is bushels at ST per bushel.
On account of SO much rain in May there was
big per cent of small and speckled potatoes which
| have fed to my hogs. The best acre, weighed by
Mr.. S. r. Strayhan made something 200
bushels | still have few bushels of fine potatoes
for home use that are keeping nicely and a lot of
small ones that have planted this week. l now
have fine crop of whippoorwill peas over knee
high growing in my potato field.
Yours very truly,
Alden Bridge, La, August s. 1907.
Mr.. Bounds mode of culture of ribbon cane:
On March 1 cleaned off and burned stalks on
land, 10th off A.. foot rows with shovel
pillow. Put cotton seed in furroW, dropped cane in
on seed and covered with same pillow with two
burrows. Set out 20 bushels per acre. On April 20
narrowed off and raked off drill; May Is plowed
middles out fiat and then sided up the drill with
small sweep; on June 10 again powed out middes
and sided up with Is inch sweep; on the Goth put
two burrows to it with turn pillow; July l run one
furrow in middle. Laid by with Is inch sweep.
w. A. BOUNDS.
Mr.. Bounds mode of culture of cotton:
! Cotton cleaned off ground April /; planted on
the 10Th. On May 10 l sided it up with small
sweep and replanted; then on May 20 went in
and hoed the drill and narrowed Off On June l l
powed out the middes with a turning plow; on
June Is sided up with sweep and picked boil
turn pillow and again picked weevs. No fertilizer
used at all. On July 10 run one sweep furrow in
mddles and quit it. w. A. BOUNDS.
Mr.. Adger's mode of culture of cotton:
Bedded with double team four foot rows on
March 1. Rebedded April II, after putting in 500
pounds OF Virginia-C Carolina fertilizer. Planted
April Is, narrowed off, hoed and replanted May H.
Cost, 50 to hoe and replant first time. Dirted up
June s. July plowed out, using a Perry Guilt
vator. June Is treated one row with Bulkleys in
oculation. Hoed over third time July 3. July Is
plowed out with Perry cultivator, and picked 200
squares to acre.
Mr.. Hoffpauir measured the land and weighed
the cotton. J. E. ADGER.
! Mr.. Laughlin's mode of culture of corn
Gentlemen: | submit herewith statement of my
method of preparing ground, planting and cuit-
| waiting my premium acre of corn last year.
The ground was planted to oats the previous
year and followed with crop of peas. 1t was
plowed broadcast and SUBSIDIZED with four inch
scooter following in pillow furrow. The ground was
laid off in six foot rows and planted level. The
corn was drilled and covered with two burrows with
shovel pillow and harrow run over it before coming
up. The corn was thinned to about fifteen inches
in the drill. failed to get good stand account
of moles, cut worms, ect. cultivated entirely
with scooter and shovel pillow with heel sweep at
tached, blowing out thoroughly each blowing.
Next to the last blowing after running around the
corn, put down about $50 pounds of fertilizer on
one side of the row, and when the corn was plowed
the last time put down about the same amount OF
fertilizer in the manner on the other side OF
the row. used the Virginia Carolina fertilizer,
costing S21.25 per ton.
In the middle of the six foot rows planted whip
!: poorw peas, and gave them one blowing after the
corn was laid by.
Results: Gathered 49, bushels of corn from
: the best acre, and made a fine crop of peas.
If our hill farmers will adopt the wide rows fol
: corn q would say seven feet where the ground is
thin) and viii plant and cultivate a row OF peas
between the corn rows, they will build up theil
lands beyond their expectations, will get more corr
per acre and crop of peas that will be of as much
value for stock food their corn and every bushe
: they will gather will bring $3.50 per bushel an6
: upwards every spring. Put your peas up in the
hull to keep out the weevils.
: Very respectfully,
E. M. LAuGHLN.
; Alden Bridge, La, Jan. 10, 1908.
; Mr. Roberson's mode of culture of corn:
Gentlemen: On Feb. IS hauled lot manure ane