The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-06-20
DEPARTMENT ISSUES
IMPORTANT figures
General Conditions Good According to
pata-EIght Parishes Failed TO
Send Information.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Baton Rouge.-The following spring
condition has just been issued by the
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
and immigration, e. o. Bruner, COM
missioner:
The department Is much gratified
to note splendid agricultural pros
pect for the year 1913.
We want to state that the parishes
of Allen, Assumption, Calcasieu, lber-
vile, Lafourche, st. Charles and St
Landry failed to make any report at
all, and as the law positively requires
the assessors to make these reports,
we cannot understand why 1t Is not
done for every one.
Forty-five parishes report the cotton
crop at 119 per cent compared with
last year, and the general condition
at 102 ga, with 1913 IL fertilizers used.
Corn-Fifty-five parishes report the
acreage of corn planted at 107 5-11 per
cent, condition at 107 sill and fertiliz-
er used 102 rs.
Rice-Twenty-fiye parishes report
the area of rice planted at 104 4-5.
| with stand and condition at 100 81
reported by 81 parishes, while the fer
tilizer used was practically about the
same as last year.
Sugar Cane-Thirty-two parishes re-
port the fall plant at 100 ga per cent,
and the spring plant is placed by 80
parishes at Sc IL. The real sugar
| parishes, though, are reporting both
area and general condition as salts
factory, and prospects seem to be
pleasing to nearly all. Sorghum is re-
ported by 10 parishes at 81 ga, with
conditions about the same as last year.
Forty-five report Irish potatoes 102
So per cent and sweet potatoes 106
all. Fourteen report oats at 103 3-5
per cent. twenty-five parishes report
peanuts at 125 as per cent. Thirty
report peaches at 80 3-5 per cent, with
all other fruits comparing fairly well
with last year except strawberries
which are repoterd by II parishes at
ia IL. Four parishes shipped 2,021
carloads. Tangipahoa alone shipped
1887 cars or 1,550,00o cases, which
brought more than $2,125,000.
Eight parishes report the orange
crop at 1O2 IL per cent Forty-eight
report garden vegetables at 1O4 2-S
per cent, with general conditions al
1903 6-22. Forty report clover and
grasses at 107 per cent Labor is re
ported by fifty-four parishes at SO Il
per cent as to supply.
Twenty-nine parishes report tha'
they had on hand May / over % pei
cent of the corn that was made IL
1912 Forty-seven parishes repor
corn selling at an average of IS cents
cash, while the credit price is an aver
age of $1.02.
It seems so unreasonable that ;
country that can produce such splen
did crops Of corn will not plant enough
for home consumption, when the,
know that such prices as those vii
prevail in the spring.
Thirty-five parishes report the sea
! son during April at III 81 per cen
compared with last year. Fifty-on
place the live stock condition at 104.
per cent. Only few parishes repor
diseases In stock. De Soto report
) some blind staggers. Sabine, tina
! nearly all hogs died. ST. Helena, dii
temper Evangeline reports some no
disease. Webster reported red meas
, les in hogs, which killed about rs pc
!. cent In the parish.
j. DR.. f. P. Fowler, Of the Live Stoc
/. Sanitary Board, was spoken to in r
gard to this latter report, but, from tf
symptoms, sore eyes, ETC., he unhes
d tatingly pronounces it cholera. D
- Flower says that every that has wri
i ten to him has been investigated, bl
d Webster made no report, and hene
he knew nothing of the disease unit
we spoke to him about 1t. He will |
10 pleased to hear from any parish whel
a. disease in live stock breaks out.