Lower coast gazette., 1909-07-31
HOME N FARM.

the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District.
HOME AND FARM.
The Possibilities Of an Acre in
Louisiana.
From a paper by H. c. Wallis read
before the Farmers club of Lafayette.
perhaps l should begin by saying
that the acre of ground which intend
to discuss is a little above the average
in fertility and is only t~hree-fourths of
an acre, after all. My first crop was
Irish potatoes, planted first week in
February. The ground was first
thoroughly ploughed broadcast, then
narrowed and afterwards bedded in
three and a half feet rows. The seed
used were Boston Peerless, costing 3d..
70, and the potatoes which were dug
about May Is, sold at an average Of
So per barrel and brought some $50.
The land vas again plowed and planted
in COW peas. The hay was cut Septem-
Der l. yielding n ton, five hundred
pounds, which even at the low price of
$l2. so per ton was worth $l5.6 81. Ny
next crop was turnips, for which the
ground received the same preparation
that it had for peas. l used a pound
and a half of seed costing go cents,
which was twice as much as ! should
have used. l sold less than one-fourth
of the yield for $25 and the remainder
fed to cattle, finding it very excellent
for pigs and cows. The ground was
ready for another crop Feb. l, exactly
n year from the time l planted the
first Of my three crops. The total ex-
pense for seed and labor for the three
crops was $$33. 70 and the value of the
crops raised sl75.62, leaving a net
profit of Sal. g."
Mr.. Wallis explained that in his est
mates no accounts were taken of tur-
nips used for household purposes. He
was still using this acre Of ground ard
would this year raise a crop Of melons
on it. A kind invitation was extended
the club to visit the patch and taste
the melons when ripe. Many interesting
points were brought outby Drs. Hopkins,
Moss and others, and everyone seemed
much pleased with Mr.. Wallis success
full operations, and especially elated over
the prospects of a delicious melon
feast next June.
Stick to the Farm.
The young mar who stays on the
farm and makes but a few hundred
dollars a year over his expenses, is apt
to think that he might have done bet
ter had he gone to the city and worked
for a salary, as n of his friends did.
But experience will convince him that
he has chosen the wiser course, for he
has supported himself and his family in
comfort, and has a home of his own
for his old age; while his friend in the
city, though receiving a good salary,
has had to pay much of it away in ex-
penses.
The city employee remaining in one
position, as he is apt to do, is untitled
for any other, and after a while young
men are working up around him, and
he is growing older and the firm thinks
it is best to make a change, 50 he is
thrown out with no hope of getting
another position; for business firms are
all looking for bright, energetic young
men, and do not want one who has
passed his prime.
An egg is a little thing, but it is not
considered too unimportant for consid-
GRAFTON by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. In view, how
ever, of the fact that it was shown by
the census of 1900 that the yearly pro-
duction of eggs had reached 1898, &c.,
433 dozens, or Is, 1923, 9s59, 1856 eggs, and
the value Of the poultry production, in
GLIDING eggs, was in that year $780,
623, ia, this interest is not surprising,
especially since we are advised that the
value of poultry and eggs is increasing
in the state of Kansas alone at the rate
81, 600, 900 a year. In the production Of
eggs Iowa leads all the other states,
and the Agricultural Department has
published a table showing the profits