New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1913-10-11

ment. This assures the pioneers
a profit on their investment the
moment they start development,
and at the same time lends en-
couragement to the hOmeseeker,
as when operating on this basis
the greater portion of lands sold
will be put under cultivation.
Therefore, it is the ColOnlzer
that the homeseeker must go to
if he expects to get the worth OF
his money.
Louisiana offers to the settler
the following essential facts
proved beyond question:
A delightful climate, partlc u
larly favorable to those who sui
fer from the rigors of a northern
winter.
Fertile farms, none better in
the world
A rapidly developing country,
where energy and ability reap
their just reward.
Perfect security for person ana
property.
A variety of vegetable produc-
ton such as no other country can
equal.
Lands of great fertility.
Transportation facilities OF the
first order.
Plenty of cheap labor.
Pure and abundant water.
The prices are right.
The terms are reasonable.
The farm can be made to pay
for itself. =.
There are only five essentials
in good farming. The first is to
determine by analysis what the
land lacks. The second is to
supply that lack by proper fer
tilization. The third is proper
selection of seeds. The fourth
is proper rotation of crops, so
that one crop will put back
what the previous crop has tax.
en- out. And the fifth is just hard
work in keeping the land cult
waited.
1st There as much differ
ence in land as there is in stock
and if you want the best returns IS
from land You have to handle |,
Just as tenderly and feed 1t 1ms' u,
as properly as you do stock. The
next time you plant d corn helo
don't think of it as field, bu'
as a wellbred cow or horse
Groom it as you would youl
horse or cow, and feed it will
the same care. Remember, too
that just as you don't expee'
your horse to give work or you
,cow to give milk without supply
| ing the necessary material out o
which to make work and max
milk, you cant expect yoar nell
to give you back corn unless yo'
supply it with the material 10
making corn. That sounds rea
sonable-doesn't it? The poo
farmer is the only working ma
in the world except the wa
Street sucker who expects to &c
something for ndthing. Natur
supplies most of the element
free of charge. but whatever yo
take out you have to pat back;
End. It's an amazingly simpl
proposition when you stop I
! think about the matter OF fertll
zation-the restoring OF the Ian
, of such elements as had bee
t used up by previous crops an
given back to the farmer in tt
: form of produce. It's merel
: paving back money you've bo
$ rowed If after doing that
2 profit isn't left yon, you can
e blame the money.
n 3rd. As to the proper sele
1 ton of seeds, all that is need
t, is the substitution of horse-sen
r and care in place OF the prese
: haphazard methods. No mo
d than all dirt is land, are
n kernels seeds. You must be su
s that the seeds you plant are Ii
l. seeds. The usual method Is
It plant them, and if you get
Y crop the seeds were surely ali'
% if YOU don't get crop
r seeds were surely de'
Sc But there is so need
a risking your seasons work
p such experiment. Take a sa
le pie of fifty from your seeds
I'd month or so before planting til
d. place these u \ hax and Co