The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-04-20
FARMERS CLUB.
CONTINUED from front page).

Martin. The plan to organize a per-
manent fair association has taken a
deep hold on the minds of the farm
ers and business men who recognize
it a means of improving conditions
generally and of advancing the mater
ial welfare of the entire community.
The men appointed on the committee
are deeply concerned in all that at,
fects the prosperity of the town and
parish, and their character and bust,
ness integrity insure beyond the pos.
sibility of a doubt the success OF an
institution that cannot fail to slim
ulate interest in every department OF
agriculture and rebound to the happi-
ness and prosperity of town and coun-
try alike.
DR.. Stephens reported he had re-
ceived three books on fairs and would
hand them to the committee. He also
offered the following which was adop-
ted. Resolved, that the members of
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they can to promote its welfare and
secure as large an attendance and
membership as possible. DR.. Stephens
also invited the members to attend
DR.. Dodson's lecture Saturday evening
at the Institute, and the games and
exercises connected with the annual
Athletic Meet to be held on the Cam,
pus of the school Saturday, April "a.
Mr.. J. c.. Nickerson presented the
ture through DR.. Stephens:
To the members of the Farmers
Club, | wish to say what | will tell
| you about the culture of oats is from
| actual experience | have had here in
Lafayette parish during the last fiji
teen years.
would advise planting as early as
August Is. this would give you a sure
and good stand. When the ground is
dry and hard, stock should be turned
in on same, and thereby saving con
siderable of your winter feed bill.
You can plant oats as late as the
| first of March and with a good season
get a good yield, but when you are
planting with the intention of thresh
ing your oats, | would advise early
fall planting; as the crop is ready
for harvest before the usual rainy
weather of June sets in.
For three years l cut my oats witt
a self-binder and threshed them will
a rice thresher and got an average
yield of fifty-five bushels per acre, the
grains were large and plump, weigh
ing thirty-four pounds to the bushel,
| found a ready market at fifty cent:
e bushel, besides this / had thu
straw of over a ton to the acre wortl
eight or ten dollars per ton. which
makes good, rough food for both hors
es and cattle.
In getting your land ready for plant
ing you should pillow from four to- eigh
Inches ueep, udIIOWIHS IhC Siouh'
thoroughly before sowing, making
good seed bed, then put from one ant
a half to two bushels of grain to tn
acre cover it with a disc harrow Sc
to run one or two inches deep. B,
! running a roller or board side owe
it the seed will come up two or thre'
days sooner
The most important fact of all is t
see that you get the right kind o
seed. Rust proof oats only should b
used; those grown around Dallas
Texas, have always given me good re
suits.
For the last few years oats hav
been almost an entire failure in Ii
fayette parish. / believe that the tro
BILE lies in the planting of the wrOn
kind of seed.
Never plant oats on low, wet lant
To get good results your land must b
well drained.
An oat crop "a be followed b
sweet potatoes, cow peas or late corr
, An acre of oats from the time 20