Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-05-21
RICE GROWING IN EAST CARROLL.

RICE GROWING IN EAST CARROLL.
Lake Providence Hammer. Democrat.
Gentle reader, have you taken
ride down TenSas ami around the
lake lately? In this short trip of
fifteen miles you will see fourteen
pumping stations or irrigation
places. The very fact of their
and that ten of them
have b.en put in this season, is
Of II large amount of
push and energy on the part of
the citizens. Some of these geu.
tlemen have moved with meronri.
al vignr of the victim vi a high
life joke, aud the pleasing results
are apparent to the casual observ-
or. The anlyiical upon delving
beneath the surface digs up this
statement, approximately:
Five thousand acres Of rice in
cultivation. This means 10 gal.
Ions of water per minute for each
acre or $4,000 gallons per minute
for the whole, or 72,000, 900 gal
Ions for each "a hours. A gallon
Of water weighs "A lbs. u, 900. 600
gallons weigh S40,000.O00 lbs.
The lifting Of this great liquid
mass is the work required of these
fourteen pumping plants during
ca ,h "a hours. This means the
patient, skillful labor of 100 OF
more good men for 100 days,
which is approximately the rice
pumping season. The cohsump-
ton Of many cars Of eoal and
large quantities Of cord wood, and
many men and teams for the
hauling and unloading of the cOal
and wood.
In addition to the rice field,
around the lake, Messrs Nichol
sou, Amacker, Nelson, Beard ant
Fowler, have 2 800 acres in cutiva
ton up the river, on Cottonwood
Vista. Donna Vista. Lungwoot
and Childs plnce. All af this vii
bs irrigated by the Mississippi
river. Below tawn Mr.. T. 8. De
Ionay will irrigaie o large fell
from Hasaman laks. Mr.. ALDER
Vaught will cultivate SONS 10
acres Oh his place. Bonner Broth
rrs will have 800 acrss on Ouipos
which will be irrigated by tw
deep wei y which these gentlemel
have had drilled. One 10 q 1C
Inch we'll, 260 feet deep, and fror
Il ten hour test shows flow n
1900 gallons per minute. TIL
other is q 12-inch we'll, 500 fee
deep, and has not yet been tested
Mr.. R. i. Crook will have &c
acres in rice Oh his Valrntin
plantation, and Messrs. W. +
; Spann and George Montgomer
have 400 acres on Bayou MacOr
Approximately 5000 acres wi
he in rice in East Carroll paris
this year. A conservative est
! mate indicates an average yield ,
/, II hays of 1852 lbs each, per acr
and these should sell for SO. 30 pt
? bag or $378, 600, for the who
I Drop.
A large portion of the land no
= in rice was laid out for years, c
o account of bad grasses, seipa!
water and labor shortage. Wi,
the return Of these idle lands
cultivation the productive area
our parish is greatly increase
The demand fur improved farr
81 ing implements and higher ella
D labor, both indicative of more j
5 telligent application Of physic
and mental power, are great
. than at any time in the history
. the parish.
II Intelligent effort, diversifis
= ton, vim and energy. are tosi
front in East Carroll. The q
% parish is on the hand wagon, hea
ing the North Louisiana, proc,
sion Oh the road of pr6gress n
8 prosperity. Let's all pnil tslgei
er, and phil hard, and ina &
3 years we will stand whnreWs jnl
iy belong, at the head OF .tle Il
o ricultural parishes of.tkis Sta'