St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-05-13
THE CLARION IS Com.
MENDED FOR ITS
farm FEATURES
Very Few of the Farmers of
This Section Are Subscribers
to Exclusive Agricultural
Papers

NAF0ON NJ NAN AAA0OA"
following communication, from
a prominent farmer of the Sum
set section of ST. Landry, is
particularly gratifying to the
Clarion. It speaks of this
papers efforts to give succinctly
the farm news Of the country.
These efforts, as suggested by
the correspondent, could be made
an interesting feature of the
paper, and a profit to the far
mer, if the latter class would
contribute occasionally news Of
the farm, their experiences in
eradicting enemies Of the plants
of the soil, and other matters
PERTAINING to the farm and home.
The Clarion will gladly welcome
articles on these lines. Follow
is the article from the Sunset
farmer:)
Sunset, La, May 6, 1911.
Editor Clarion: Allow me to
commend you for the interest
you take in the welfare Of the
farmers. Your paper is growing
more interesting every week.
There are not many farmers who
subscribe for agricultural jour-
mails, therefore it will be a great
help to them If you continue the
good work you are doing-giving
a few columns to general farm
topics, also letters of progress
i've farmers who would, / am
sure, contribute sometimes; we
all like to know what others are
doing. New methods will be
learned this way, which can be
applied to our farm If we think
it practicable. Farmers must
work their head as well as hands.
We can learn a great deal by
reading farm papers and farm
bulletins published by the De
partmento of Agriculture. I have
in mind too very good bulletins:
No III, Rotation Experiment
with Cotton, Corn, Cow Peas
and Oats the other a bulletin
of the Agricultural Experiment
Station of the University of
Tennessee, Variety of Soyl
Beans All farmers should
write DR.. w. r. Dodson, Baton
Rouge, La, for a copy of each,
which will be sent free.
Soy bean is the most wonder
full grain and foliage crop / ever
saw. It does best planted in
June after oats, it will fatten
without other grain. It can be
cut and cured for hay as cow
peas. It grows upright from
three to four feet high and make
beans from the ground to top.
They are much easier to handle
than pea vines, and are sure to-
seed every year. The beans
will keep from year to year and
will not weevil. There is oil in
the beans. Even If it shells and
falls to the ground it will not
spoil for weeks. Hogs will leave
corn for it. They are also as
much of a nitrogen gatherer as
COW peas and will make more per
acre soWn broadcast or drilled in
rows from eighteen inches to-
feet and one-half. There
are several varities, but mammoth
yellow leads them all.
While waiting for the public
dipping watts to eradicate the
ticks, | suggest to those
with the parasite to use
this simple preparation:
Take two pounds Of sulphur,
one pound of saltpeter, one pound
copperas mix, thoroughly latter
saltpeter and copperas
then take one pound of
this mixture and six pounds of
coarse salt and mix well, and
keep a constant supply before
the cows. Do not give any other
and in six weeks there will
not be many ticks left on the
if any at all. This remedy
is a good iron tonic and blood
Respectfully,
I. VAUTROT.
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