The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-22
RICE PLANTERS HOLD MEETING.
Discuss Present Conditions and Ap.
point Representatives to Take
Acreage Statistics.

The Louisiana Rice Planters assO
citation, met in Welsh Monday, at II
O'Clock. The representation, while
not large, was representative, dele.
gates being here from the principal
rice districts of the southwestern sec.
section of the state, which is, with the
exception of small area in the north
part of the state and along the river,
, the rice belt.
The meeting was called to order by
the president, W. B. Gabbert, and
the objects OF the meeting set forth,
the principal object being to appoint
representatives to secure an accurate
and definite report of the available
rice acreage of the state The dele
gates appointed for this work were in
part as follows: Acadia parish, j.
treeIand, of crowley, with such help
as he may need; Cameron parish, p
7. Unkel; Jennings and Lake Arthur
Districts, Rev. Jas. Ellis: Iowa dis
trict, h. |. Longenbach; ,North Ameri-
can Land and Timber Co., II. G..
ChalkleY, the company manager.
Other representative were or will be
appointed.
1t is the purpose of the association
to get this report into the hands OF
the government StatiSticians prior to
the time they make up their acreage
report, which is usually about the 10th
of August. 1t is believed that by Civ
ing an accurate acreage report, that
much of the damage which has been
done heretofore by erroneous and in
hated reports may be obviated.
1t was the consensus of opinion that
the government report recently issued,
in which the acreage is given as + per
cent less than it was at this time last
year, and the condition as but per
cent less, is far from correct, as the
rice throughout the rice belt, with but
slight exceptions, is far from being
equal to what it was a year ago.
Reports submitted from the Arkan-
sas districts indicate an acreage of
about 10000 acres, as compared to
$4,000 acres for last year ana an esti-
mate of 100000 a few weeks ago. The
Arkansas crop is also found to DE in
poor condition, both on account of
the late spring and the prevailing
drOnth.
REPORTS made on the river
crop by several gentlemen, who had
recently been over much of that terri
tory, indicates that the river crop,
while showing a slight Increase in
acreage, will not develop an increase
in Weld, this owing to the lowness Of
the river, and tie inability TO success
fully cope with the weed and grass
proposition, which seems to be al eS-
pecially difficult problem this year.
1t was ALTO reported that the crop
on the lllinCis plant, Monroe and
some of the lower coast plants had
been wiped out by the continued heavy
rains of the past two months.
The belief among the delegates pres
ent seemed to be that the crop this
wear would not exceed the five million
mark, if it reached it. 1t was also
generally conceded that with the ex-
tensive advertising that has been car
ried on during the past year, the con-
sumption would readily care for a
five million bag crop, and the live
hundred thousand sacks of carry-OVer
that is in prospect.
One of the favorable indications. OF
the times is the fact of the unprece-
dented amount of five hundred thou
sand sacks having been distributed
during the month Of June.
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