The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-19
WELSH FARMER HAS 100 ACRES CUM
p.t,wated To BE Upwards or TWO
Thousand Acres OF cor" lr'"'
utary 10 Welsh.

in the past and Will con'"N0 49,,
=, ,ho fpture when properly hahuieo'
49, a.vs Ut rice and rice only are
thing of the past in this section o. '"e
state. Farmers have come 10 'ne 'ea
i,o,ion here, as in every other pros
' A r.rt of the country, that Il one
crop proposition is not SUCCESS A ~.
rbile the time was when it was m"'"'
, " ,hut this country would not
successfully produce ANYTHING ou'
rica that day has passed ana Is oh''
~ ,,ou.mhersd with other deluslons
of former times.
Twas our privilege in company
.;,, Nossrs r, T.. Robinson, Il. w.
1ow;s and J. L. Byerly to pay t"
pleasant visit to the home OF Mr. ~
ppnoit the first of the week Mr'
Hepoit is IL native OF this country
and he and his estimable family 1--we
IN their beautiful country home some
eight miles south of Welsh 10 "h'en
Mace wa were conveyed over excellent,
~ GRADED roads in Mr.. Lewis "Fora
in something like twenty minutes
Uvou arriving we found Mr. beno's
and his boys" just preparing W
round no q couple of cars OF cateie'
which he expected to ship to the Ne"
. Orleans market the following day.
y The selling OF IL car or two OF ca'tle'
n va may remark in passing, is not an
i rr.,u,uon Occurrence with Mr.. benol''
, ,s ne has large herd that cost MN
d practically nothing to Keep s'no'
~ rnuisiupa pasture will keep them III
y rood order the year around anu "N''e
, ,.ahor.nneyact figures for the state
"a meut, we believe We are sale III say '"S
IN ,bo, he will clear above actuaI coS'
~ nroouctioa $4,000 or more ON
every car of cattle he sells
After The cordial handshake all
/ around which is characteristic u ''o
rs ,,na southerner, Mr., Robinson s'a'eo
~ to Mr.. Benoit that it was fepo''e"
n' that he had 100 acres OF corn ana ''''
ol- we had come out TO look at IL. o"i
rs boste smilingly plead guilty 10 the
ioU o,,roa and asked us TO accompany
10 him over his place and see tor our
ION .e,vas Before starting however, -dr'
- pob;rSnn. on behalf Of the Caicasie'
ha' T,nst and Savings Bank, presented
els Mr. Renult with box Of fine cigars d
thav stand ready to do to ally Dune
Welsh farmer who can sue" up ~
use acres of good corn.
the A triy was then made through tn
fter folds of early corn, which was Jus1 pe
the ginning to tassel. Here we io"no :. d
lied nooa looking dfield as one could WIS
MIS- to see. a field of corn that for eVenhes'
amy thrift and color, is equal to any usua
last " found IN Ohio or Kansas. IL
So, corn in this field stood at Il uhi1or
IN. heiuht of from seven to eight teet, WI
every stalk showing from TWO I" IL
ears starting. Upon this helo NJ
7'i'e' Ranoit said he had used about
w mounds of fertilizer per acre. a'
l ''' ;udoino from ANYTHING we kno"
corn in the north it should Yleio III
"'1' 6fty to seventy bushels TO the ac.
~" We also passed through some hei
of later corn that stood aoout II
w :, hiph, which was planted on last yea
rice land, aud was fully as thri
looking as the earlier planting
Aside from his splendid corn CT
riding Mr.. Benoit has fine showing
they cane. sweet potatoes, peanuts, pope
put to and watermelons, as well as an
mum. limited supply of all kinds OF gary
'eish' truck.
'f'eh' When asked If he expected TO
NC Tue his corn, our hoste replied tina
on 10 might be that he would have ooi
ouIlnS soo bushels to sell, but that ne expe
RI feed the most of his surplus to
hoys of which he has between
at you and Ia hundred head.
ort OF Added to this we might say
break while looking oyer the place we
about a number of peach, orange an
collect trees. that naturally lead one to
ion an- conclusion that Mr.. Benoit PROV
at YOU for the delcacies, as we'll as the e.
pit, a tials OF life.
We have narrated, at length,
we saw at Mr.. Benoit's home, ou
pndered would not leave the impression tn
is the only one who is making l.
Sharp" lana sun ''''' ~ ..,o.oua \
r,,o.da, on our trip, as we'll as large
- an Der OF fields of corn. In fact, the
: nv. seeming, larger acreage OF
49, .na south of town than there is OF
and it is safe to say that there a