The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1915-12-16
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Correspondence
Thurmouns, Md.

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: AS silk hats are out of season il
; these mountains shall have t
! dotf my cap to you inE consider
, alton and in appreciation of tht
lines IN our behalf that you kindly
headed the article on New Grass
Tho far away, Madame, we are
still LNuisianians who are not YET
weaned from our people, oul
Parish and State as We bear in.
terest to all, your interest is our
interest.
RetOurnonS a nos mouton. Our
work on grass is about half begun
az according TO letters from our con-
stituents. Where shall we get
seeds of the Sudan Grass some
would like to knowl With your
assistance, grant, kind Editor, the
request; on my part is easily COM
piled to. The intended planters
will write to j. S. Rector, Mum
day. Texas, who has some for
sale and should be gotten under
the cooperation plan, and here let
me suggest to the planters of the
Sudan grass that if they succeed.
that they must not forget Mrs.
Breazeale and send her a quart
bottle of the best Champagne, &C
companied with a fine pound cake
decorated in latest style, wishing
her good health and prosperity to
the Enterprise.
Under another cover / send you
one OF our weeklies which unites
strongly for the cooperation plan
which our farmers and planters
should try and initiate the
example. | also enclose you
several interesting clippings on
agriculture which will undoubtedly
please the Editor who is always
in consort with agriculture, the
foundation of the best We enjoy
on this Foot Stool" 1t may be
a blessing in disguise" to show
our farming community that which
transpires with the help of the
plan in other sections on this great
continent. Cotton at 10c. per
pound and cotton seed at $40 per
tonsdo lot touch with a % foot
polegE22 bushels of potatoes at
f6gFgtssg fgFss s bashel; WHY l.ll.. do you not
early potatoes and If you Send them
by carload, under the cooperation
plan, to the right market, upon
which you should be kept posteu,
you can do do better than cotton
Diversity and plant both. The
Pennsylvania farmer which l
send you is another reliable paper.
Its lines on Farmers cooperation
and argument and example are
complete. Our farmers would
have hothing to lose and much to
gain by adopting them.
Our people made move in the
right direction when they adopted
the cooperation plan of the grain
elevator, but they stopped too
short of the mark. All your
waste lands which are grown W
in briers, brambles and bushes
should have been planted ii
small grains. Drills, spring har-
rows, binders, threshers road or
traction engines should have been
introduced by the cooperation
plan. Whenever you will decide
to make grains and live stock your
staple crops, you will gradually
drop cotton, because they are to a
superlative degree more easy to
make than King cotton. But
tins change cannot come at once.
Time turns the mulberry leaf
into silk" and as the years reYolye
we may yet see Natchitoches Par
ish at the head of the small grain
producing Parish of famed Louis
lana. Those who have a moder-
ate capital should not hesitate to
lead. We have heard of Dutch
rides )" where all chip-in and hire
a vehicle and go to enjoy a good
time, why can we not chip in and
get those implements9 You
will not need them all to start the
crop. Get the spring-harrow first.
just when YOUR grains begin to
get in milky state, get tine self
binder. In October get t h e
thresher and traction. The drill
is positively needed in all small
grain sections. The drill has a
place for the grain and one for
The fertilizer at same time. The
cid practice of sowing grain by
hand is dams les rococos. Winter
oats must have TO succeed, deeper
bed than the surface planting with
our common twoI onies plows or
else they will freeze. As We
touched upon the subject of our
,eathered tribe in our previous
scrawl, it may not be amiss to
Ienvthen this ntte with the bipeds
and quardrupeds OF our Industry.
Besides their visit to the Frederick
Fair, they played their part in che
arena OF the HazeIton Fair. Tney
brought home with them Twenty
One Dollars ($2l.O0), Paid all ex
penses aud pocket money to enjoy
Thanksgiving. We have rubbed
our elbows with I'll e Yankees
New York and Fl iladelphia anC
came back with ri ons fro II thos,
two fairs. We gave Baltimore ;: