, 1913-01-11

VI \ldOiC IL Wv III III 1JCN'ANllItt AANiN'o
during the early part of this year, but that
the demonstration, on account OF excessive
rains and for other reasons, had not come off.
Maringonin is situated near Baton Rouge
and is about 1870 miles west-northwest of
New Orleans. We trained to this place and
motored out to MIR. Blakemore's plantation.
There we saw the Big -Four 30 at work
narrowing with q disc harrow in land which
had been laid out III u series OF banks and
burrows. The eng ne when turning went
across the banks quite easily. Later we saw
the Engine at work ploughing in a field 81
milarlv laid out. The field was a mass of
COW pea vines and weeds of various kinds,
and these choked the plough very frequent
w.. Mr.. Blakemore explained that tins was
due to his not having the proper %cou!ters on
the machine. The plough was working to q
depth of about I inches, and SIX bottoms
were drawn by the Engine at one time. The
Engine went over unevennesses III the lana
with great ease and without excessive JOLT
ing and it negotiated the bitches between
the fields quite easily by climbing over them
on rough logs Of wood. Mr.. Blakemore was
quite enthusiastic over the work Of his ma
chine. He stated that he used y gallons of
gasoline to plough an acre, and usually
pIoughed 10 inches deep. He employed one
IlEuu W Kun Tic 1uS1IO uINi q ~ WIN
the plough and relieve the man at the En-
gtne now and then. The mans wages were
$500 a day. He estimated the cost OF
ploughing ut 64ct. an acre and said that 1t
used to cost him So 90 to : 90 an acre when
he used mules.
He ploughs 10 to Is acres a day and could
do much more if his fields were not 50 small,
about 5 ncres. Much of the time Of the ma
chine is lost in turning III such small fields.
The soil of MIR. B~lakemore's plantation n s on
alluvIal clay but is not particularly heavy.
On our return to New Orleans we visited
the Agricultural Experiment Station AGAIN.
There we met The Entomologists Mr.. Barber
aud Mr.. Holloway and the Chemist DR.. w.
7. Cross, We also met DR.. w. ID. Hunter
tue CHRONOLOGICAL in charge of Southern field
crop Investigations. From DR.. Hunter we
lenrnt that Paris Green is being given up as
an insecticide for cotton worm III the States,
on account Of It's bIistering acton and on &C
count Of the ease with which it is washed off
The leaves of the cotton plants by q shower
# rain. In place Of Paris Green they are
using Lead Arsenate, a white powder which
udheres closely TO the leaves and does not
blister them. This substance is no more eX-
pensive than Paris Green, and does not re
quire mixing with lime. It is best applied
with a powder gun made by the firm of Lee
gett Bros. of New York. One of those guns
and some of the lead Arsenate has been OF
dored for II trial at the Agriculture! Expert
ment Station here.
Much other useful and Interesting infor-
mttion was obtained from DR.. Hunter and
the officers of the Experiment Station.
Among other things we learnt something
of cotton picking machines and saw several
of these on the junk pile at the Experiment
Station. The latest machine is made by
Theodore Price, Wall Street, New York, and
is said to do good work. 1t Is a very heavy
and expensive machine however and would
not be likely to be of use III the harvesting
of Sea Island Cotton here.
At the offices Of Messrs Avery & Sons we
were treated very courteously by DR.. Nor
gan, who showed US many interesting imple-
luents in use in Louisiana in Cane aud Cot
ton cultivation. We were particularly struck
by u cotton planting machine which cuts u
turrow and plants the cotton seed at the
same time. The seed can be planted by this
lnachine at a definite distance 0ad definite
depth and it drops a definite number OF
seeds in each hole. We tested one of these
machines at the Agricultural Experiment
Station by the kind permission of DR.. Chi
quelin and found it to do this work so salts