St. Tammany farmer., 1909-10-23

oatu1 lay, October %, 1909.
POTATOES FOR SHIPMENT

AC is notable that in all nroornseivo ,,o,,o
ments those who have been s11ccoSsfr1 i,
t!lelr own employment are the most respon.
owe 10 Cne development of new resources and
'"Ae tne lead in any march toward better
oollolClons' The Germans are notorio1slv
successful as farmers, and those of the Ger
1iie'll oeCtlement about seven miles north
east OF Covlngton, have proven no execution
10 the general rule Many wears AGO the
1rugal thrift of the Germans of this settle
!aenC made them Independent even under
'he Woetul conditions created by the civilwar.
among those in and near what is now
known as the German Settlement were
Cnrlstlan Schultz, who came here in 1854.
rather of Herman Schultz, police iury mem
Oer Tor the third ward; Harry Dutsch, whose
numerous progeny are useful citizens of St.
1ammany Parish, many of them still in the
German Settlement; Helmuth Voss whose
son Robert is still in the settlement; Ludwig
voss' rather OF Charles and Louis Voss; Rev.
r. Matthies, still in the settlement: Fritz
bouchln and Charles Strattman, whose son.
QUO, recently moved to Bogalusa. Rev. T.
Matthles and Fritz Bouchin are the only
SURVIVORS OF these old-time Germans of the
German Settlement, who raised their own
meat and produced from the soil, with the
crudest OF agricultural implements, the kind
OF vegetables that are now needed for ship
nent to other markets.
That which could be ACCOMPLISHED under
the methods of those early days should be of
easy accomplishment to-day. With an in
herlted tendency to thrift, it is not surpris-
ing to find the descendants of these old
farmers among the first to take advantage
OF the opportunity offered to raise vegetables
for shipment An organization for this pur-
pose has been formed through the insistance
and perseverance of Capt. G. E. Millar, of
Abita Springs, who has always been an en-
thusiastic believer in the possibilities of st.
Iammany Parish as producer of early vege-
tables for shipment. The crop chosen for
this experiment for next year is Irish pota-
toes. Bliss Early Triumph will be the va
rlety grown, and twenty-five or thirty acres
have been pledged to this crop up to this
time, divided among the following growers:
F. L. Dutsch H. A. Dutsch, C. w. Dutsch,
c. F. Dutsch, J. H. Dutsch, JOS J. Schech,
G.. II. Downs C. R. Schultz A. Lenel, w.
H. Galloway, Lawrence Cole, Jr., Arnold
Kustenmacher, A. R. Cook and Capt. G. E.
Millar.
Others will be added to this list and the
venture will be stepping stone to a much
larger engagement in this business in sue
ceeding years.
A very great benefit to the members of
this association are the periodical meetings
held at the different residences of the men,
bers, at which subjects of interest are dis
cussed and plans laid for the successful car
rying out of their project. There is much
useful information that can be obtained on
the subject of potato growing in the litera-
ture published by the State Experiment Sta
tions and the y. S. Department Of Agricul-
ture, not alone in the growing of the crop,
but in preparatory work and cover crops
proceeding the planting in spring Among
the very interesting documents from the U. |
S. Agricultural Department is ''Fall-Break-
ing and Preparation for the Seed Bed," by |
Prof. A. S. Knapp. It is specially designed
to meet conditions in the South and is in
pleasing contrast to the many bulletins is
sued that are inapplicable to this section
it is our intention to publish it in full the
first time we have space. In the meantime
we will willingly lend copy of it to the as
sociation if application is made at this office.
It should be read by every farmer.