The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
NORTHERN EDITORS COMING.
Great Preparations Being Made for
Entertainment of Visiting Jour-
naIists-Papers That Will Partic-
ipate in Tour.

The tour of Louisiana by newspa
per men representing upwards Of
thirty Of the leading and best-knoWn
agricultural journals Of the middle
| west, north and east will begin next
week, the party being scheduled te
Iassemble IN Chicago on the 22nd
inst. and to reach Louisiana the fol
| lowing day. The route Of the trip is
now being finally arranged and vii
| be announced within the course of 9
| few days. Donaldsonville will be one
of the last places to be visited by
| the journalists, the tentative sched
ule providing for their arrival at this
city Friday, July 10. Preparations
for the entertainment of the visitors
are being made by the Chamber OF
Commerce, and the program when
completed will be fully as attractive
and enjoyable as that offered the dis.
tinguisled tourists at any place IN
the state.
The papers that have SO far &C.
cepted the states invitation to come
and "get wise" as well as to enjoy
summer climate cooler than that IN
their own homes, are as follows:
Ranch and Range, Denver, Col. /;
Farm and Home, Farmers and Dro-
vers' Journal, Farmers Review, Farm
Life and Agricultural Epitomist, and
Prairie Farmer, all Of Chicago; In
diana Farmer, Indianapolis: Iowa
Farmer and Successful Farming, Des
Moines; Kimbars Dairy Farmer, Wa
terloo, Ia, and three other publiea-
tons owned by the same company;
Farmers Tribune, Minneapolis,
MINI; Farmers Wife, st. Paul,
rest of the schedule is being worked
Missouri and Kansas Farmer, Kan
sas City: Farm Progress, st. Louis;
Hospodar (Bohemian) and Nebraska
Farm Journal, Omaha; Oklahoma
Farmer, Guthrie; Wisconsin Agricul-
turist, Racine; Farm News, Spring
field, o..
The Orange Judd publications also
will be represented. In addition to
these, some OF the journals that
have been unable to send delegates
have arranged for articles regarding
the trip. These papers range in. circu-
lation from $4,000 to 100000 and Gov
err a large territory peopled with pro-
gressive farmers, among whom they
WELD much influence. Some of the
acceptanees reveal the fact that the
periodicals are eager to learn al
about the possibilities and conditions
in Louisiana to meet the demand for
information voiced by their readers.
The following article from the
Times-Picayune of Wednesday gives
| in a brief and comprehensive way the
plans of the tour:
sE. o. Wild, chairman of the com,
mittee in charge of the tour, ano
Justin E. Denechaud, of the State i'm
migration Bureau, will act as the re-
eeption committee at Chicago, Whefe
the start will be made from the I'LL
| nois Central station June 22. The
next day will be divided between
| Genessee, KentWeod and Hammond
| where the cut-oVer lands and the
strawberry and truck fields VIII ee
the first object lessons. June z
viii be devoted to Baton Rouge, Wltf
J daylight automobile trip, to covel
a radius of a dozen miles, in Whlef
1.-The recent farm development makes
a marvellous story At night there
will be a smoker, with Gov. Hall ant
i Commissioner Bruner as the speak
| ers. and members of the Legislature
as additional guests. After nidn1gh
the party will ride down to New Or
i leans.
t.The morning of June 25 the loca
.Icommittee will have fast steam
J launches ready for VOYAGE through
Harveys Canal to Lake Netherlandi
and a view of the Holland colony an
model farms, then across Lake Saliva
tor to the Delta farms. proeeedIns
/ thence to LockEcrt, Raeeland and De
/ ,AllanaanIes, where are some Of Tn'
most fertile reclaimed fields in th'