New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-06-05
LIVE STOCK FAIR TO BE
HELD HERE.


4. held at Franklin on Tuesday las
= it was decided by that Association
to hold a live stock exhibit her
during the month of Septembe
Z and the members present at tn
> meeting from this City ASSURED
0 them that the citizens Of New he
ria would do everything possible
. to make it a success. inasmuch a
Iberia can boast Of having more
: hlooded stock than any Parish II
. the State. the exhibit will be ONT
that will draw from every nook
and corner in the State and moth,
ing better could be done to in.
crease the interest now manifest
ed by our farmers in raising more
end better stock. Secretary-M an
agpr Bernard who was present at
the meeting assured the members
Of the Stock Association that the
movement to hold the first Fair in
New iberia would meet with rea-
dy response.
Those from New iberia who
were present were Dr.. J. A. Good
win who inaugurated the move
ment for the Fberia-St. Mary Live
Stock Association and who was
elected Secretary at the initial
meeting, Hon. Geo. w. Dallas
the Treasurer and who Blythe
way has done much to assist in
encouraging the breeding of pure
bred stock in the Parish and we
believe was also the first to build
silos on his different properties,
Emile Gajan another enthusiastic
stock raiser and farmer: p. E.
and Rene Broussard. J. c. Kend-
rick, E. H. Buffinton. P. E. San
dagger, w. L. Grant and others. !
Next year the Association will
work with Franklin to make the
exhibit a success in that Parish.
President Henry n. Pharr
called the meeting to order. Fol
lowing the reading of the minutes
of the organization meeting, which
We're approved, a set of bylaws
and constitution were adopted
which provide that the regular
annual election shall be held the
second Wednesday of each Sept
ember.
Following the official business
the association listened to DR.. G..
E. Nesom, superintendent of Live
Stock Extension Service of the
United States Department of
A Agriculture.
Speaking on the subject, "The
of live stock on the
FARM" DR.. Nesom stated that cir
weather conditions,
or whatever the cause,
had brought the question of the
raising Of live stock and diversi-
fication to the attention of the
cane grower in a way which he {
could not avoid without positive :,
failure He argued that cane
could still be raised at a profit,
but only when in combination !
with other crops, by utilizing ev-
erv by-product Of the cane and by I
fertilization. y
Shows How Yield
Will be Increased. |
He urged the following Of cane t
With two years Of corn and peas, I
instead Of the old method Of fol- 1
owing two years Of cane with one
7ear Of corn and sometimes peas.
3y this method, he showed that
he hitherto worn out lands,
ten to twelve tons of
lane per acre, could be made to
7ield 20 to 30 tons. Instead of
'lanting two-thirds of the land
a'cane and one-third in corn to =.
everse the order, and that by so r.
[oing lands planted two years in =,
orn and peas and then planted y >,
n cane will double the tonnage, "
ouble the yield of corn and peas, ,;
ut down the annual expense, and %
y utilizing the cane tops the Z
ouble yields of corn and peas, IL
S feed to live stock more than ,
ouble the farm s resources. y
He urged the importation of
rood mares for the raising of - =:
Jules, stating that mules as good u
5 are grown anywhere could a.
nd should be raised in South d
especially when it +
Duld be done at smaller cost
IAN in Missouri or Kentucky. 81
Prof. w. R. Perkins of the ex- II
.nsion service of the federal gov. p
speaking at length on tn