The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-08-18
Get Ready for the Bossier Fair,

yet Ned0y Tor the bO881er F01rI
Dear Editor: Thanking you in advance
for short space in your columns to re-
mind our enterprising people of Bossier's
coming fair.
Feeling that Bossier as a whole is very
much interested in this one great enter
prise and knowing, too, that this has been
the medium which has brought the agri-
cultural and live stock interests to the
front and to-day places Bossier Parish at
the head of the list of all parishes in the
State for both quality and variety. This
fact has been clearly proved at the State
Fair at Shreveport by having won the
greatest number of first premiums of any
parish making agricultural exhibits.
However, Bossier did not take first prize
at the State Fair last fall. Why? For
policy's sake. It was plain to be seen by
the several other parishes making exhibits
that if Bossier again took away the blue
ribbon they would forever withdraw, there
fore the managers of the State Fair deem
ed it wise and to the better interest of the
State as a whole to place the blue ribbon
to the credit Of Claiborne Parish. This
was virtually acknowledged by the State
Fair judges, while Boosters people were
not altogether satisfied, holding that Clai-
borne, or any other parish, should deliver
the goods warranting them first place.
We accepted the second prize without
protest, feeling that the great agricultural
interests of Louisiana were as dear to us
as to the judges or the State Fair man.
agement. Knowing such action cannot be
repeated this year, will say to Claiborne
and others making exhibits, you must
detare, the goods or take seats on the Sec
ond floor. No; Bossier's intelligent people
are not mad, nor have they quit to sniff
and snub and say we're done. Instead,
they are going to roll up the greatest and
grandest show this time in all its history.
Look for US, neighbors; we will be there
with produce fresh and fine from our
farmers fields.
Yes, Bossier is to be proud of its many
fine crops. Our reason for saying we ex-
pect to make the greatest show is: First,
with the good yield of the many crops
second, with the great interest of the en-
thusiastic, agricultural people of Bossier,
of whom we are so proud. AS the fair has
gone on from year to year we find not only
farmers, planters and stock raisers, to-
gether with their industrious wives, lend
the hand of help, but lawyers, doctors,
eCoOACA0 ouo uiOICIdutO INV uduO W
realize this enterprise to be to their in
terest, as it serves to stimulate the farmers
to diversity their crops, educating them to
the point that causes them to grow a
greater variety as we'll as producing more
per acre. When this is done, you have
made him better citizen, better man fol
his contracts, a better man to himself and
family and much more pleasant fellow
with whom to do business.
AS to the interest in live stock raising
we haven't space to make known its ad.
vantages to-day as compared with ever
five years ago. am now forty years old
was born and raised in this neighborhooe
and my first privilege to see car of hog:
(fat and fine) loaded out for market was
during December year ago. They were
shipped by Mr.. j. D. Gleason, a vel
known stock man living near Plain Deal
ing. During last December and Januar!
at this same shipping point there wer'
eight car loads shipped to Northern ant
Western markets, receipts for which
amounted to more than $4,000 for thu
farmers and stock raisers of North Bos
sier. About eighteen cars of cattle wer
also shipped from the same place, which
amounted to say, 10000, making tota
of $4,000.
i I give the above as results of diversifi
} cation. While we had the old time Gal
} cotton) system of farming we had ca
loads of corn, hay and bacon shipped t
this point, bought and hauled into tn
} country by our farmers, and by far ex
, ceeding the figures above given.
Your attention is invited to the fact tina
these changes have been brought about b.
the boil weevil, and secondly, through tn
influence of the Bossier Fair, which CAV
to US the work actually demonstrated
which serves as great educator.
| But to more clearly illustrate to 70
} what has been done, what can be done
and what we are really doing now, we in
) vite you to visit the Bossier Fair Octobe
t 26th, 9th, 28th and 10Th. Bring you
| friends, produce and live stock. ''We ar
from Bossier and can show you.''
. Trusting to meet you on the dates abov
! mentioned on the fair grounds at Plai
! Dealing and there extend you glad han
! of welcome, am Respectfully yours,
. e. T. MAYS,
President Bossier Fair Association
8 In Memoriam.
Hall of Haughton Lodge No. IS, F. and A. NJ.
t Haughton, La, August IL, 1870