St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-09-30

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the cheaper grades of rough rio,
or red rough rice-Which II
/ always cheap-is one of the best
and cheapest foods with which
TO balance a corn ration for adult
and growing poultry / have ever
used and too much cannot be said
IN its praise. It takes the place
OF wheat in the North and West
for poultry. There is much
more in rough rice for the poul-
tryman of the south than he has
ever had a vision or dreamed of,
ne simply wants to raise or buy
1t as cheap as wheat sells, and
another great feed problem for
the poultryman of the South will
have been solved and place him,
as to food, on an equal footing
with his Northern or Canadian
brother, and I must say-and my
friends will pardon me for say
ing it-that st. Landry, with
the aid and capitalo of the friendly,
Industrious people of Pennsyl-
Vania, is going to do more than
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any other section Of the South
toward the permanent establish
ment of the greatest rice grain
belt in the United States. I
speak of the great Schell Canal,
now an assured fact-the Nile
of St. Landry, to Southwest
Louisiana, what the river Nile
has been and is to the hungry
hordes of Egypt.
As an evidence Of the growth
of the poultry business, | cite the
big shows held $500, 1910 in
Nashville, Tenn, Birmingham,
Ala, Augusta, Ga, Knoxville,
Tenn, and Atlanta, Ga, where
thousands of the best specimens
in America were on exhibition
and quality was manifest in
every coop, The judges pro-
nounced many of the specimens
the equal of anything they had
seen.
The fertile lands of Tennessee,
the limestone hills of Georgia
and Alabama, the sandy soils Of
Mississippi and Texas and last
but not least the rich alluvial,
grub-producing dry lands of
Southwest Louisiana offer unex-
locations and opportunities
for the production of poultry.
Louisiana is fast coming to the
and besides supplying
many exhibits for the large
has held many shows in
the smaller towns that have
proved uplifting to the business.
N some localities five years ago !.
thoroughbred poultry was practi-
sally unknown, but now in these
sections almost every breed is ,
represented, and many handsome
md valuable specimens are being
produced, as is made evident by
he score cards of competent
Judges. The Shreveport show
asst year was a hummer. 1t was !
much larger than the previous !
year and many Of the birds were ]
excellent. The show was con
lucted in an honest, business !
ike way and was a success from :
every standpoint. The same is
he history of most all the shows {
being held in the South. Atlanta !
promises one of the biggest and
pest in the country next year. !
Another big advantage offered |
7ere in st. Landry and contig- {
1ous parishes in fact the asser- {
ion will cover the whole State
S in the matter of housing and :
a plant. It is not
necessary to make large expendi- ]
lures to build brooding and lay
ng houses. The open front :
house of sufficient size to give :
he fowls room is all that is /
necessary. 1t must have three
light single walls and a good
.oof, and it is best that the open
front should face the south; for
extremely hot weather a large {
opening in the northern tight I
should be made and closed
ID tightly again in November
or December. It is not at all
necessary to have expensive {
louble-wall lined houses. Leave /