The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-07-25
Does Franklin Want 500
Live Wire Visitors :?
IF so, GET BUSY.

MvV vvAIV UANAVVAN
IF so, GET BUSY.
Which city In Southwest Louisi.
ana is most anxious to entertain
Eve or six hundred of the livest
wires in the district. the fret
Wednesday of October9
The place for the annual meet.
ing of the membership of the
Southwest Louisiana Develop.
ment Bureau will be selected soon
and communities believing them.
selves possessed of facilities and
attractions for such q meeting
should present their claims before
Aug. 18th. Address communi.
cations to the Chairman, Execu.
tive Committee, Lafayette. La.
Mr.. Farmer, your crops are
pretty we'll laid by, and soon will
come the harvest. What are you
going to have to sell, and where
are you going to cell itp
Whether your main crop be
rice, cotton, or cane, you should
have quantities of corn Ito market
in lite natural state or preferably
on the hooO, sweet potatoes
pumpkin yams) for early market,
oats and lespedeza hay, and many
other products in great or small
quantities, for which you would
be glad to get real money.
This Bureau is finding no trouble
in finding buyers, ready to pay
cash at the track, for any. of our
farm products where quantities.
sufficient for carlots can be obtain.
ed In one neighborhood. Frequent
" We find buyers at profitable
prices for less amounts. Over
Ave hundred farmers have adv.
antaged by service, already. We
can market for ten thousand more
easily, and ct average better prices
than for the smaller number.
It you want this service, write
ne Q letter telling US. let, how,
much land you are cultivating:
2nd, what crops you grow; 3rd,
acreage in each; 4th, condition of
each. probable yield, and when
ready; 9Th. what stock. (a) cattle,
(b) hogs, (c) horses and mules,
ID sheep; how many for market
this season, and when ready,
Enclose one dollar. for Associate
membership, and address, Organic
cation Manager, South west Loui-.
sians Development Bureau, Lafa-
yette, La. 1
You will Immediately get our
certificate OF membership entitl-
Ing you to this service for one
year, and to the receipts of all
literature issuedyand to be issued.
on potato grpwing, profitable hog:j
production, tick eradication, silos,.
dalfying, and Other proved diver.
sfffed, farming s16ccesses in this.
section. Whenever there are fifty.
Or more farmers In . neighbour.
hood who want IL, enc of our rec.
personalities will come in snd.j
you into local market.
ing clubs with resident manager
under our direction. We hope
soon 70 have q chemist to makei
,oil and fertilixer. analyses forij
vou; q veterinarian to help yoa 4
when charbon and hog chole1a
threaten, and q farm demonsAsa-l
or to help you In starting new
'rops. Il
Ask your banker. your nevs-i)
'aperman. the president of your
police jury, or almost any busi-f
In whom you trust, If he
'nows any better Investment for
J dollar and It he does, We win
end one. II you want to take |
art In the active management Of /
his Bureau, help In its promotion
I better education. better irriga-
lon. better highwsys, and desir-1
BILE immigration, you may join
he Active Membership by subs-
riding ten dollars per annum.
But don't iet. your crops not for
lck OF . ms rket when 4 dollar 4
lay save you.