New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-12-19


In charge of this work is A. c.
Bernard, secretary-manager, who
is experienced in things agricul-
tural and who is native of the
parish, having been born in the
vicinity of Jeanerette. He at
tracted attention by making sew
eral agricultural speeches in the
parish and made his auditors feel
that he knew what he was talking
about.
It is not the intention of the
| Chamber of Commerce to do any
direct farm work, but merely to
advise farmers. The advice to
the farmers Is accurate, ecausc
Mr.. Bernard is the right man In
the right place.
An illustration will serve to
show the point. One day during
last September, two farmers rode
round trip of twenty-four miles
to consult with Mr.. Bernard on
the question of beet culture.
They wanted to know what kind
of beets they should plant for
general feeding purposes, table
purposes and long-distance ship
ing purposes. Mr.. Bernard was
able at once to supply the infor-
nation. 1t was busy day in the
country and the farmers might
well have spent the day on the
farm with present profit to them
selves, but they sacrificed a day
which was unimportant, to build
for the future, which was all-im-
portant.
In addition, he will carry the
work right into the country. He
will help the farmers organize.
He will show them how to de-
velop the trucking industry;
how to establish canning factor
les and help the farmers find
market fou their products. AS
stated before. Mr.. Bernard will
conduct a regular clearing house
for farmers. AS far as is known
the New iberia Chamber of Com
merce is the pioneer in this sort
of work in the United States.
Associations will be formed for
marketing in car lots. That
means that a vicinity Of farmers
will plant certain things at the
same time so that the harvest will
be uniform. The work general
supervising agency and a selling
organization. Mr.. Bernard will
undertake to tell the farmers
what to plant and when to plant.
The main cooperation Mr..
Bernard wants from the farmer
who may be laboring in the dark
to say: 81 don't know, but |
am willing to learn"
That is the great idea the
Chamber Of Commerce will at
tempt to carry QUITO direct in
the right paths of agriculture
those who are willing to learn.
Dipping watts are being, or
probably by now have been, es-
tablished in several parts Of the
parish. When a committee went
out few weeks ago to select =
site for one of the watts, two or
three available places were
looked at. However, one planta-
ton there was location that was
better than any in the vicinity.
To be perfectly candid, the COM
mittee did not ask for site on
that plantation because they
feared the owner might not look
with favor on the proposition.
While the committee were
talking among themselves as to
what one of the less available
sites to select, the over of the big
plantation approached them and
asked their mission in the neigh
borhood. They told him.
"Why l have the best corne.
acre in this section of the parish
for that vat" was the unexpect-
ed statement from the big plant
er. It is needless to say the vat
was established there.
This only illustrates the point
that iberia parish is wide awake.
The people in the town and in the
country have caught the inspi-
ration Of efficiency. They are
building silos and filling them.
They are buying cattle and feed
ing them. In the next few years
there will be intensive diversified
farming in Iberia.
This does not mean that sugar
cane, which is a leading crop,
will suffer. In the south portion
of the parish cane will be the