St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-29

n ments. That the able work of Pre-
T Us. Az Knapp, zof tn Farm Demo
f stration Work, had been instrument
|. i in inere asing the average ,.productie
S of land throughout the country. Th,
h in this State, while the average vie
e of corn for 1893 was 1873 bushels, tt
j estimated yield for 1909 is >Ra bushel.
& Instances Of yields of so: bushels t
u tie acre awae no pnger remarkable
e and ole nan made ann average yiel
of go bushels on 4O-acre tract. sThs
an increase Of bushels to the acr
r would give an Increase, Of 81 1000, 90
| Or enough to bui lid good road
throughout the State. .s3.} 1o ,4st!ss 4:
Prof. Roy cited ap instance in whiel
a graduate of Tulane toliege, after
successful business career, had enter
ed the agricultural course Of the Stat,
University At Baton Rouge prepara
tory to entering agricultural pursuits
One farmeg who attended a. course
at the College of Agriculture of the
State University at Baton R6uge sale
I that the knowledge he gained of. the al
seases of Irish potatoes was ialonf
worth more atoshim than the entire
cost of the tefrns The free':s short
course offered>by this, college from
January 10 toi22, 1910, opened with
but 6 attendants. Ten thousand eli.
culars were sent out and other advie;rr.
tising methods adopted and, the term
closed with sixty students, represent,
ing twenty-four parishes The rail
road gave round trip rates to students
of one and, ope-third fare, and it is
understood tn that pext year they will
give free transportation. To SHOW
how much farmers who attended this
college appreciated the benefits, Prof.
Roy read the following.
At meeting of the farmers and
sothers interested in agriculture who
Fare attending the Farmers Short
Course offered by the College Of Agri-
culture of the Louisiana State Uni
veraty held at AeElstroumay Hotel,
JANUARY ls, 1910, 1t (which all farmer
students were present, stheafoalowing
resolutions were adopted, to wit,
I Il Sa,fEs Eagl -.gs
Whereas, we believe that the Farm
er's Short, Course, offered January 10
to %, 1910. by the College efAgricul-
ture Of the Louisiana State University
is a move in the right direction, 5ttioi11 and
feel that it will prove of incalculable
benefit to us who are in attendadce;
therefore, be it .'7<'zsf'* r. 5ss's7
Resolved, that We hereby express
our appreciation off the instruction
given by the faculty of the college;
that We firmly believe that the best
/ and most practical results viii come
from out attending the lectures, tax
ling part in the pr Rctice work, and
witnessing the demonstrations which
formed 'parttof the| Short Course. %, p.
Resolved, that we express our gra-
titudeg to. the faculty of sthe College
for their many courtesies extended US
during the course, for their readiness
at all times to help JUS in every way,
eAnd 3for. their Kindly efforts to make
our attendance at :the College 10TH
profitable and pleasant.
Resolved, that the thanks of this
meeting be extended to the railroads
of Louisiana efsr The encouragement
given the Short Course movement by
offering reduced rates to those attend
ing. . .'.-.fss = ST., ,S, =. - > !.
Resolved fnrther, that we hereby
commend the Short Course to- the
farmers of Louisiana. their wives,
sons and daughters; that we know the
course to be inexpensive and instruc-
rtive,sthat We believe it will pay in
dollars and cents any farmer to attend
the Short Course and that we we feel
the course to be SO valuable that NO
progressive farmers or others inter
ested in agriculture in Louisiana can
afford to be- absent from it in future
years. y1a,tt +., s5:.ag&
Resolved further, that we hereby
pledge our support to the College Of
agriculture in fthe upbuilding Of the
tanners ShGe eGourse, believing that
If wiA prqfs sne the most effective
agents yet devised, for spreading a
gknewlsdn ri scientific and practical
sagfRuHute among the farmers of
louisiana, and, finally, that copies:of +
the foreaoing resolutions be forward
ed to the newspapers of the State for
publication. u: .A;..'',
Signed by Geo. Mercier, chairman,
and 49 farmers.
Prof. Roy congratulated Thomas
Mlllar, son of Capt. G. E. Millar, of
Abita Springs, upon the excellent
success Of his corn-growing as men,
ber of the Abita Springs Corn Club.
He said that the boys frequently beat
the old farmers, and cited an instance
where on farm the boys hauled two
wagon loads of corn from an acre to
the fathers one wagon load per acre
on adjoining ground. He said this
was due to many causes-seed, ferti-