New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-01-17

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| the demonstrators.
The tabutation of the year
records is not yet available, bu
we know that the yields vii
show. for the fields worked I'M
der oun' Supervision, about thlrt.
per cent over the average IN 81
miar territory, but ordinary cul
! tivation.
The agent, young, intellhgen
and of good education, has re
ceiyed the benefit of olnr wecl
Sept. general meeting OF agents
when an subjects were treated
and where all give results OF cX
pcrience. agricuIturalist OF thu
Federal Department have glve'
several valuable lectures, also
Expt. Station workers. lie vii
also greatly profit by the ten
DAVIS short course held in the
State. Jan. Goth to Both. whose
attendance is made peremtory tC
all such agents.
Therefore he viii be fitted to
render valuable and varied ser
vices not only concerning deycrsl-
fled crops. but also in the raising
Of stock. the demonstration work
acting in close cooperation with
the bureaus of animal industry.
On the other hand. demands
have been received and are re-
ceived every week for the dem
onstratlon plans to be carried
out i'm the other sections of your
Parish, the sugar cane planters
feeling uneasy for the future aud
desiring to enter In diversified
farming. I'm consequence, the
Federal Government has allowed
$4,000 to pay half of the salary
of the agent employed IN IBERIA
Parish, provided the authorities
appropriate q similar amount,
payable $37 so a month for II
months.
We have mo doubt that your
Honorable Body has at heart the
welfare of agriculture in the
Parish. and that you win look
ON this proposition as u purely
business investment, whs'e dlvl-
dend is unlimited. What the
demonstration has done in the
past, here and in other sections of
the State is guarantee of success
for the future.
Respectfully submitted,
l.. +. PERRIN,
U. S. Dist. Agent.
On motion of Mr.. Landry, sec
onded by Mr.. Valet and car
ried. an appropriation Of x45o.O0
payable in monthly installments
of $37 80 was made to- pay one
half the salary of Farm Demon
strator, provided that that the
Demonstration would be located
in or near New iberia and that
quarterly reports of his work
would be made to the Jury.
On motion of Mr.. Romero, duly
seconded and carried, Mr.. $. ID.
Sorrell wa sgranted permission
to retail liquor in the Third
Ward. At the request of Mr.. w.
s. Patont, the jury agreed to
cause a survey to be made for
the creation Of Drainage Dis
trict in the First Ward.
Acting on the following petit
tions, Mr.. Romero introduced an
ordinance to re-organize the Ba
you Carlin Drainage District
which was on his motion, duly
seconded, unanimously adopted:
TO the Honorable President and
Members of the Police jury o.
the Parish Of Iberia:
Your petitioners, being land
owners of the Bayou Carlin
Drainage District, situated in the
Parish of Iberia, do hereby petit
ton your Honorable Body to APP
point Jules J. Olivier and Honora
Romero, Commissioners for the
Bayou Carlin Drainage District
for the term of two years, and
John G. Curtis as Commissioners
For the said District for the term
of four years.
We further pray your Honor
able Body to Immediately appoint
said Commissioners in order that
The said Drainage District may
be reorganized.
Respectfully submitted,
John 0. Bourke, Duperon
Broussard, II. G. Boutte, Jules
Olivier, c. Duplantis, Louis Pes
sou, A. Norres, Eugene Caps, !
Fred Decourt, J. p. Derouen, 9. /
j. Alexander, Albert A. Lemaire,
J. S. Turner, II. Romero, Ogeme
Bonin, T. Duplantis, Frank Char :
Dentin, Il. p. Duplantis, Sylvester
Mortimer, Sulie Louviere, Elias
Louviere, A. Rodrigue, R. II. Nor
ell, A. Gautreau, p. Pourcian,
John Curtis, Jr. Geo. w. Dallas,
'orteqs r. Burke.
To the Honorable President and !
Members of the Police Jury of
the Parish Of Iberia:
The petition of the Sterling
Sugar & Railway Co. Ltd, I
organized under the
avs Of the State Of Louisiana,
md domiciled in the Parish Of
orleans, shows unto your Honor