The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-09-10
FARMERS CLUB
HOLDS MEETING.
Mr.. Thibodeaux Exhibits Two Cheese.
Will Tell Next Meeting How
He Made Them.
MR. VAIL GIVES A HELPFUL TALK
ON HAY.
Mr.. Lacy Tells How to Grow Satsuma
Cranges-Program for Next
Meeting.

The regular meeting of the Farm
ers' Club was held at the Industrial
Institute Saturday afternoon, Sept. 4,
at 3 o'clock. President ]. A. Roy be-
ing unavoidably absent, the meeting
was called to order by the secretary
and Mr.. Joseph Billeaud was elected
to preside.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
Under the head of new exhibits, Mr..
c. N. Thibodeaux presented two excel
lent cheeses that he had made him
self, following directions given in bull
letins issued by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. Samples Of
the cheese were cut, passed around
and tasted. 1t was unanimously i'll
dorsed as &c cd cheese, and Mr. TaibO-
deaux was invited 10 tell tho club
how he d;I it at the next meeting
Mr.. Vail made a helpful ta,h or
Hay, a subject to which he Eau evi-
IDENTIFY given special study and on
which he had had valuable experience.
He said there is not enough hay made
by our farmers. Making more would
enable them to keep more stock.
This section has the advantage over
the one from which Mr.. Vail came
(Illinois) in the fact that two crops,
one of hay and one of grain, can be
raised on the same ground in the
same year. Hay should be raised at
a small cost. There should be spec
ial hay barns, for hay and nothing
else. Mr.. Vail drew on the black
board an illustration of hay rack,
giving dimensions and details, to haul
a ton OF hay. He also made drawings
showing how hay should be cut and
raked. A nine foot rake covers two
swathes that have been cut by a
four and half foot blade. In raking
cow-pea hay the rolls of hay made by
the rake should be dumped at inter-
| walls and on the next adjacent row the
rolls should be dumped at alternate
intervals in quincunx order so that
there will be no trouble with tangles
when loading the hay into the wagon.
He also illustrated the hay tedder,
the hay fork, and other modern in.
plements for the handling of hay. He
referred the Club to the following
| bulletins of the department of agri-
culture: No. 31S on Cow Peas, No.
147 on Winter rorage Crops for the
South, No. 313 on A Successful South
ern Hay Farm, and No. 1862 on Con-
! ditions Affecting the Market Value Of
(, Hay. These may be had by applying
to the Secretary Of Agriculture in
! Washington. Mr.. Vail said he has
seen about here number Of corn
crops being grown without any re-
, newing crop. This, he says. is poor
economy; especially since experts
have shown that one crop of cow-peas
will raise corn crop from five to fif-
teen bushels.
| Following Mr.. Vail an excellent
talk was presented by Mr.. Durand on
asparagus, and a splendid sample
bunch Of asparagus raised by Mr.. Du-
rand was exhibited. The subject was
further discussed by Mr.. L. E. Perrin.
Then followed paper on Satsuma
Oranges by Mr.. Lacy, being the Sec
ond of series on this subject. The
following is brief outline:
How to Grow Satsuma Orange Trees.
The ground should be in good con.
dition and rich for the trees to grow
we'll; also should drain well so the
trees can be planted nat, not on a
ridge.
| The distance between the trees may
be anywhere from ten to sixteen feet
Dig holes large enough to take in
all the roots; put in the tree the same
depth it stood in the nursery, and Ill
up with good nice dirt from the tor
Of the ground, (no manure Of any
kind). When the hole is nearly full
put in a bucket Of water and when
the water settles down put little dry
dirt on the top and the job is finished
The Cultivation.
Young Satsumas should have good
clean, shallow cultivation all summer
till October.
The Satsuma orange tree has TIVE