La Junta tribune., 1910-04-09
Boil weevil Changing the Industries. the Crops
the Customs. and Making New Civilization.
Crops BeinG Diversified. No More Land Of
Cotton and the Cane.

cierks-nothing but the Niger the
I ignorant and low black man and mis-
family-a vast wilderness in lis hui
man loneliness. yet As fertile a. the
prairies OF the north and in a high
state of cultivation and where in
those days just passed there wa one
vast cotton field. paradise ot Gov.
ers and snowy cotton. the most
charming sight In the world
There is certain to come a diver.
sification OF crops because Of tn. raw
ages OF the boil weevil. The crops
which have SO far proved a success
In this country. excepting the one
heretofore great staple. cotton. are
corn. oats. alfalfa. field peas. pota.
toes. sweet potatoes, sorghum. sugar
cane. peanuts. johnson grass. B,rmu-
da grass. tomatoes aud all kind OF
vegetables. peaches. plums. fixs pc.
cans. blackberries, Strawberries and
others OF less importance, not TO men.
ton cantafoupes. watermelons, pump
kins. etc. Other crops will be test
ed. The soil and climate are adapt.
ed 10 most wonderful variety of
useful productions and what thc fu-
ture has In store for this country no
one can guess. Rice is grown In
southern Louisiana In immense crops
The FIRST rice crop In northern Louis
lana was grown last year and proved
great success. One planter raised
five hundred acres OF rice las, year
few miles below Shreveport, which
yielded about forty bushels per acre.
Many more acres will be planted.
Rice. however. can be grown on level
land only where there u an abur dant
supply OF water az rice grows only
when covered with water. when the
rice Is about mature the water must
be drained Of, Rice grows o. a
straw like wheat and u harvested
and threshed like wheat I vii dis
cuss rice growing later when I visit
the rice growing country. Now /
will take up the other crops above
named
The valley lands will produce from
thirty to seventy-fise bushels Of corn
per acre. n they farm at this time
More than 100 bushels Of corr Lave
been grown on an acre: In aA. an
entire field has produced io0 bush
els OF corn per acre In the Valley.
Corn growing has been done By plant
ing in drills. with a little mule and
seven inch bar plow and double
shovel or single shovel plow 4 few
have begun to use modern mschin-
cry and those few are getting the
latest. the most improved and up-to-
date machinery OF all kinds may
have mentioned In a form.r letter
a visit TO the BoIsseau brothrrs plan
tation.
This plantation Is about t'u miles
from Shreveport. In Bassief paFiah
county. and on the opposite side Of
the river. II consists of or. thous-
and acres Of fine valley land There
are two brothers-smart. genial and
hospitable fellows and full Of enter
prise. The family Was a great veal.
thy planter family. These two boys.
Jim and Pete. came In possession Of
this fine plantation. but the boil
weevil and cotton brought loss and
started them on the totoggan jim
IL q hale fellow well met" a base
bah player and q prime shot at .
target or = shot gun tournameat. and
one OF the hardest men TO beat m .
days duck hunting. for he has bagx.
I'd more than one hundred ducks In
= day. and he Vas the eleventh from
the last man In the Kansas CITY
shoot = couple Of years ago uhea
there were more than one hunlsod
crack shots. You would like tAs
hospitabie fellow II you we're to nsse
hin. He u the moving spiri, Of tAs
p,astation. and now lives on the Dann-
tattea aaA = sAovtag the same e.
bltioa asa snersy In farming that -
1isp1aysd IN spost.
The sirse ! noticed - I drove -
70 tAs placs vas Ais cuitivators n
ost aat freshly painted. Nsee ~
were tvo otAss hessss Tor the ia0De'
neaes asA oacAiacry. all moossa.
rAsy I'D all he attachments foe II
0psovs1 go es1sivatos. There QuBu
bss1G1ng paevs ffoa tAs north. -,
. ~ v1tA AAssov tsssh insiee1' q
tos1o saDsl . ssasvaass. novsse -
solsss. havsuADs, buAhssAs. stselPa
oaeueU epsuo1sss. 1rtiis. corn ~
coetoo Oonaeosu. reaA GRADER -