Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-25

the consumer, Unhappily for many OF our
truck gardeners in Plaquenines, the whole Sl5
has often been taken and bills have come BACK ;
for freight and incidental expenses and fna5 IS
the reason why our truck gardeners feel SO us
aeartened at the present time.
u is hardly fair to Judge OF the success Oh
! great industry like our truck gardening IN
rerest. or any other one Of our many permanent
Industries by the results Of one, Two or 5hTee
seasons, These particular seasons may nave
heen quite disastrous, as has been the case
from the sugar planters point OF view II
seems almost impossible Of accuracy and YET u
is difficult to produce green corn, OF sweet po-
to4oas in PlaouemHles Parish and get them onIo
Tho tables Of the consumers in New Orleans or
Chicago without paying a considerable amount
plao1enines Parish for the last three or IoaF
wears. There is, however, one salient tact ana
fhaf is that if thirteen dollars worth OF produce
on an average only brings back SIX oollafs "
the party who produces it, 1t IS manlIesI Ihas
The producer should first Of all supply nlmselt
ard his household with adequate supplies ana
not 90 and buy in New Orleans or elsewhere
thirteen dollars worth Of some one elses pro-
WILL ~ q
duct. but avail himself Of his product and
thus save all charges.
TO do this It would be necessary Tor our
DeoDle to raise more meat than they now uo.
II wc1Id be necessary for them to have fences
10 keen their W hogs and cattle in pasture
. and to fence other p~eople's hogs and cattle oub
Of their lands. Fencing is an expensive COM
modify. but it is imperative that good fencing
should be had if we are to have any livestock,
and livestock is universally considered to DC
the real heart Of farming and more valuable
than any other single item.
There is no particular difficulty in the Paflsn
Of Plaquemines in curing pork, provided the
work is done in the winter time and it would be
q comparatively easy matter if a farmer had
sufficient corn to raise q few hogs by letting
them Craze in we'll fenced pastures and then TO
fatten them with corn off the corn land OF the
farm and thus avoid buying meat at the nigh
nrices that are current in New Orleans. When
ona raises his own meat on his own place it IS
he then who gets the high prices, or their equl-
yalent in meat.
It is often spoken Of that the Parish OF
Pl2GuonllnGS Is IGiatiEGiy ObG " tiio ieSiS
suners Of condensed milk in the country. Con.
densed milk is bought at high prices and YET
we live in a land where the grass grows 51e
wear round and grows with such rapidly ane
persistence that it frequently makes the culture
of whole crops too expensive 70 secure any
profitable results therefronl. Certainly IN
country Of that kind, where the growth 0
grass is SO luxuriant, owing to the rainfall an
sunshine, We ought to be able to get all tn
milk tkat we need and ali the butter Wltnou
buying either Of these commodities in the city
and in this way realize the entire S and nc
nav over to the middle men the 81 as is nov
done.
The chicken crop is said to be one of tn
largest sources Of revenue in the United state
amounting to many millions Of dollars Chick
ems and eggs are always in demand and in
country where there is plenty of grass Q
which chickens can Craze and opportunities 4
growing corn in large quantities, as can De
i readily done here in Louisiana, the poultry ar
egg question ought to be che OF easy solutlo1
Yet we find a = practical famine IN the egg ma
\ .ket and our country people often go to the CT
to buy eggs and thus pay out their 81 TO GOV
\ the expenses of the middle men, who give Z
: farEnal but Sc for S13 worth Of eggs in the b
/ ginning. The old fashioned up-eountry farm
q wo,iled these things all out and, in fact,
i old sashioned farmers have been working the
Il things all out for many centuries, not only
f in the western states, but everywhere in
It world. It was only when manufactured CO.
n moditiesa came down SO much in price Decal
y OF the invention Of new methods and new n
o chimes chat the production Of clothing on
K farm ceased to be q leading feature OF the fol
j. work. In the old linsey woulsey days the DC
and girls were clad in homespunsof their o
mothers manufacture.
A careful study of all our resources ala
AGRICULTURAL lines we believe would be very b
e0cial to everyone. 1t requires care and pr
ence and constant Watchfulness and with
ID these We believe that there is NC place on ca
to where the cost Of living can be so comforta
ZI &a q $3.50 L - Tz,.1IE1H d. yoJY Vie