New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-11-28
SOU WESTERN REFLECTIONS

nevertheless all important tn;
every farmer should have vii
ter pasture. This is especial
Necessary in the ease Of those ia
mels who may not have siios, OF
Of which to supply snccuIent foo
to live stock during the winte
season. Crimson clover. vetche
and Louisiana grown oats, wit
lespedesa planted among the oat
III the Spring, are the cover crop
best adapted to winter pasturag
III Sol Invest Louisiana.
These cover crops grestly ben
eft the soil in addition to theil
value for grazing.
Speaking of pastures calls to
mind the fact that it was a
SoJ Invest Louisiana school boy,
Henry Martin. of Acadia, who
walked off with the grand cham
pion prize for the best hog at the
State Fair at Shreveport this
month. And in the contest he
went up against professional hog
breeders from several states and
led them all. This fact suggests
that our school boys are assuming
leadership i'll agricultural matters
and are teaching. their dadies
how to farm.
Still, an encouraging symptom
is that several Lafayette men III
creased their dairy herds by buy
ing a mum GER of registered Jer-
seys at the great Jersey sale at
the Fair In such a country as
We have there ought to be several
thousand pure-bred dairy COWS in
each parish, not to speak Of the
supreme Importance OF beef cat
tie.
And yet the cattle industry is
becoming an important factor in
Southwest Louisiana; with the
Demonstration farm located in
Iberia, with 26 silos constructed
in jefferson Dayis parish during
the current year; with two par
ishes assured Of being free Of
cattle ticks within the next few
month, i and half a dozen others
we'll on the way Southwest Lou
isiana is doing pretty well.
This is one reason why this
bureau strongly advises it's men,
Bers against selling corn and
sweet potatoes at the prevailing
low prices. The war has created
a depression in business and un.
scrupulous spectators. take adj
Of that fact to beat down
the prices Of farm products. Both
corn and sweet potatoes make
fine stock feed. Those who are
able to hold them until the mid
die of December or January are
advised to do SO; those who can
not hold would better food them
to their live stock and pigs, rath- !,
or than sell them for less than
81 .25 for corn and $3.50 for po-
LatOes.
Why is it that the farmers who
produce cotton do not insist that
heir cotton bales be wrapped in
cotton bagging instead Of in i'm
ported juteY Suppose it should
'eem little more expensive to do
10; it would provide certain
market for 10000 bales and keep ]
even and half million dollars in !,
he farmers pockets.
Then, there are SO many other /,
Kings the farmers buy wrapped
n material other than cotton,
aerely because the cotton roducer e
J not in a position to take such b
Kings up and have them COR t
ected /,
These are matters in which the
'outhwest Louisiana Develop. >
lent Bureau would be in position a
. accomplish valuable profit a
aving results, if only the cotton s.
armers would get behind the Blu E,
eau and help gave the force :
ecessary to make their united de- y
ands heard and respected. IL
Mr.. Cotton Grower, what about G.
liss "