The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

and fat, so are the pigs and the hogs,
all of which receive the fullest care
and attention.
This farm is a model farm not
withstanding its name. Indeed, it
is a demonstration farm where there
is exemplified the advantages re-
sulting from subsoil blowing fol-
lowed by surface cultivation, inten-
sified with fertilizer applied when
it will be productive of the most sat
isfactory results.
The Old System and the New.
The method practiced on this
farm, in its. application to the soil
and its cultivation, is the opposite of
the old system, which yet prevails
throughout the country. Although
late in the preparation of the soil
and in the seeding, due TO facts al
ready stated that Mr.. Wynn assumed
charge late in March OF this year,
the varied crops were not impaired
lin growth through the drouth of
several weeks but kept on luXuriat-
ing as green bay trees, while corn
for instance, planted on ridge and
then barred and with the middles
busted with a pillow fired from the
roots to the tassels. On this farm
lis demonstrated the effect of a sys-
item which leads to order and to
good results, it is such a system as
lis creditable in the highest degree
Ito Mr.. Wynn who unquestionably
is the right man in the right place.
1t should be mentioned that the
Board of Supervisors is comprised
of Captain Crawford, president OF
the Police Jury and P. P. Keith, and
IL. B. Phillips, who are the represen-
tatives of the people on this board.
And there is another significance
which should be drawn from the
farm incidentally. AS managed, il
would intensity, perhaps, indirectly
the principle involved in the man.
tagement OF public institutions
which wherever tested intelligently
lhave been developed into substan-
tial successes. It must rest on the
man or the men entrusted with the
responsibilities arising from such
trust. And on this basis, if there
should be failure, it is not the sys-
Item but the men in charge who
should and must be held account
liable for any failure or for any in
deficiency of management t.
Visit and Inspection
The visit and the inspection of tht
poor farm by Caucasian represen-
tative Friday was on the invitation
<of Captain Crawford who with Mr.
Levy, deputy clerk, formed the par
lty, who were delightfully."- entertain
ed, at the home of Mr.. Wynn. The!
lfeasted on a sumptous dinner pre-
lpared by Mrs. Wynn in the mos
Iexquisite style of the country eul-
.linary art, such as is frequently thy
dream of the denizens Of the cities
i From a practical view it shoult
lbe said that the requirement by th'
lpolice jury of this farm is splen
Ibid investment, the cost of which
will be submitted, tabluated, at tn
next session of the police jury OF
September IA.
& From the visible demonstratlol
/. this farm is being made self sus
| tanning and with continued goot
management there will be realize,
in a few years just profit in dol
lars to the parish.
! The Paupers and the Prisoners
In an article limited by spac
Imany details are necessarily elimin
lated. To realize what the poor farm
is, must be viewed and obtained b,
personal inspection.
For the accommodation of pauper
lDtIt ID a WCll COlISt ii uSLCQ bo11tille
divided into compartments an
lrooms furnished plainly but sub
|stantially with a purpose single t
: the comfort Of the inmates. Indee,
, There are hundreds if not thousand
, in the city who do not fare as wei
las the destitute on this farm an,
many now struggling for bare ex
Iistence would welcome this shelte
j but for the name. It is a prejudic
which is not confined nor limite
j to Shreveport nor Gaddo Parish.
The paupers on the farm ar
richard Long, white; Nathan Gler
, Lu Hall and -Molinder Martin, color
ed.
j Before the establishment of thi
farm there was paid to the pauper
5Iby the police jury from S2500 t
i $4,000 annually. This charity ha