The weekly Iberian., 1914-08-15
DEMONSTRATION
STOCK FARM.
500 Acres of Hope Farm
made Available by Spe-
cial Act.
Conditions Inspected by Mr.
Rawls, representing the
L. 5. Agricultural
Department.

On Monday morning OF thls
week L. ). Senator elect Btous.
sard, DR.. Dodson and Mr. KawIs
arrived here, stopping at Hotel
Frederic, After breakfast they
went down to Hope TO inspect the
500 acres of land proposed to be
set apart under the special act
of he Legislature O9lD, intI0-
duced by Senator W. J. Burke,
for the United States Stock
Farm demonstration work. On
The return trip the party Wis.
tied Mr.. Broussard's new home
place, where he proposes TO build
his home,
Upon returning to this city an
impromptu meeting was held at
the City Hall Mr.. Broussard
was the first speaker. lie gave a
clear outline of the proposed work
of establishing demonstration
stock farm in this State by the
United States Department of Ag-
riculture and gave general re.
view of all governing legislation,
state and national, had upon the
subject up to date.
Mr.. Rawls followed next in a
plain and straight forward bust
ness talk. and, after explaining
some of the details of what it Is
proposed 10 do in putting the
farm into operation, gave a clear
idea of what is expected of the
people of this parish aud section,
The proposed demonstration farm
has the view of trying out fully
the commercial and practical fea
lures of stock raising in this sec.
ton. 1t Is not proposed to make
of the farm place for the raising
of pet or fancy stock. Every
thing that will be undertaken will
te from the point of practical util
| ity for the greater interest and
profit Of the small farmer. The
commercial test will be applied to
all experiments.
What does it cost to raise a
carload of hogs or beeves'
What will it cost to improve the
stock of the country by breeding
them up to commercial stand
ard'.
The practical treatment of the
soil 80 as to bring it to it's highest
productiveDess.
Can local customs and methods
be utilized, and what will be ne
cessary for their Improvement
Mr.. Rawls then outlined the ar
rangement of such farm as pro-
posed, saying that 100 acres
would be devoted to hog and dai
ry experiments. This plot would
be divided into several sub-divi
sions, devoting a part to pasture,
another part to the growing OF
feed, another to the necessary
buildings-barD, cribs, sheds, etc
THIS farm would be stocked with
selected animals, the best to be
had from the local region. For
both hogs and cattle imported
thoroughbred sires would be used
Kinds of feed and what proper.
tions would be tested out practic.
ally; also, the best methods OF
curing and storing of winter feed.
Winter and cover crops would be
tried out. The silo would be test
cd with view of ascertaining by
positive data its commercial value
as a saving power. Accurate re
cords Of dates, labor, market
value of feed used, cost of santa
ton and incidental expense and
Irepairs would be kept. Against
this would be the commercial re-
turns of such a farm These ex
perilnents would also undertake
to show what number of hogs and
what number of cattle could bes
be employed upon such a tract
how much land would be neces
sary for pasture; how much shoult
be planted and to what!
Another lOO-acre unit would b'
; devoted to hogs without the horn
ed cattle. This would determin
many of the questions and demon
0 strate the advantages of hog rails
ing where undertaken not In con
I junction with any other line 0
) farm work. This farm would ais
/ devote a part of its land to pas
8 ture and feed raising The SAM
systematic records would be KEEP
n as in the first instance.
! The beef cattle unit would b
!. the next line of experlmen
h This farm would also be a 1O'
: acre tract. 1t would be stOcke
:. with selected cows gathered frol
this region in conjunction wit
,horoughbre sires--the best ol
tai able. This policy is.featuret
/ for the reason that there are bl
few farmers who could be persl
4 AIDED to dispose>of all their stot
n and replace it with Thoroughbred
FIRST, because OF the heavy ou
II lov IN mopav. and second