The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-04-10
SOUTHWESTERN
REFLECTIONS.

the matter of good seed aud
thorough preparation of the soil
before planting matters OF the
highest Importance. The success.
full farmer does the principal part
of his cultivation before the seeds
are put INTO the ground With
the soil thoroughly prepared, the
seeds Will come up quickly and
the plants will begin growing at
once. Therefore, the important
things are, see that The seeds are
sound ana then put them into
we'll pulverIzed soil that has been
deeply plowed.
One of the best farmers in
Southwest Louisiana said the other
day:-"l never plant seed IN bad
ly prepared soil. If necessary to
do that much 10 get it into the
proper condition | will plow and
disc and harrow 1t twenty times.
| cannot afford to waste seed aud
labor on badly prepared soii.
Many farmers crowd their seeds
into improperly prepared land be.
cause they far the tate season
makes prompt planting impera.
tive This is an expensive mis-
take which costs outhwest Lou
isiaDa farmers millions of dollars
every year, and yet they keep on
committing it year after year. If
they would only stop to investi'
gate they would find that taking
the time TO prepare the land
thoroughly before planting ls both
time and money saved, as we'll as
big crops assured.
Nor is it too early yet to talk
about COW peaa. The chances are
that the price will be high around
planting time and you are going
to have to pay 70, failing to har-
vest your own pea crop laet year.
Or, perhaps you helo0g to that
very large Southwest Lomeiana
Family who didn't plant peas in
your corn last year. II that be
he case you deserve no sympathy
if you Iiud yourself "skinned" by
the man who was foresighted
enough TO plant peas to sell to
you.
i But it makes no difference how
high the price of COW peas may be
you will find it cheaper to buy
them than it is TO do without
them. Indeed there ought to be a
law--if such law is Constitn.
tional--penalizing a farmer who
refuses to plant cow peas In every
acre of corn planted. OF course,
this does not apply TO corn plant
ed for silage.
i Have you ever planted soy
beansi II you have not try some
this year. Not only does il make
tip top feed for live stock, but be
ing one of the class of niifogt u
gathering plants, 1t adds greatly
to the fertility of the soil, being
listed as one Of the greatest Of
sol! builders. The farmers of he
South have steadily been wearing
J out their farming lands for so
J long that a change of practice has
become imperative. We are
dreaming about bringing in oil
wells and other get rich quick
schemes while failing to realize
that our half titled lands contain
latent wealth greater than any oil
wells or gold mines ever found Oh
this planet, while all that 1t costs
to realize this wealth is to go after
tt intelligently.
i Aud that's the mission of the
Southwest Louisiana Development
Bureau. Have you kept up with
its "Prosperlty Campaign" meet
iDgsg Have you ever thongbt bow
much could be accomplished by
two thousand Of the pick and
tlower Of Southwest Louisiana
banded together with the single
purpose In view of making this
tue greatest and most prosperous
section i'm the United States2
It can be done, and II every
man who reads this will put his
personal intluence and his support
behind the Bureau the most ad
vanced people will come from all
over the country TO see what we
have done and to help us do still
more. Are you going to do your
partY