The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-02-06

City d4u Lie au1IOuuu4HS tCEIlIOiS J
anxious to secure the pick of the bar
gains and establish regular sources
of supply for the future.
THE advance since the inaugural
| was marked. There was consider
ably more variety, and the quality
was also finer, for production has al
ready been encouraged and keene1
competition inspired The farmers
| also took note of the commodi-
ties demanded and brought in
what the people asked for last time.
Live and dressed poultry, eggs and
other articles lacking last month
Were plentiful today.
THE prices were placed close to
the rate at which they are sold on
the farm, eggs, for instance, selling
at #25 cents a dozen. The parcel
post, too, played larger part, be-
ing utilized to mail hampers and
| packages to friends in New Orleans
and elsewhere The merchants con-
tinued their policy of offering prizes
for the best display, this time or
| ders for goods being donated by the
various stores, which find the mar
I |ket a potent means of attracting
the country population, besides in
| spring the farmers to the diVersifi-
eat&a that means prosperity, and are
theNeYore anxious that the idea be-
come permanent. Despite the fact
| that there was fully five times as
much exhibited as last month, the
| large space was virtually bare be-
fore supper, so great was the volume
of business. The live stock breed
ers have not yet grasped the oppor-
Itunity, but there were poultry and
pork products on hand, with mutton
land other home grown meat, and it
will not be long before animals will
be brought to market on the hoof.
/ Before next market day Tobias
& Bloomenstie1 will have their jit-
ney auto service in operation to
Napoleonville. making special trips
on the monthly occasion, thereby in
creasing both the number of farmers
and@gonsumers. It will not be long
befSSN there will be similar transpor-
tation to Plaquemine. J. Stone
Ware, of Whiteeastle, announced
that the monthly market will be du-
plicated there on the third Saturday
of each month, and the spread of in
terest will benefit Dona1dsonvilIe' S
fourth Saturday in many ways.
The market patrons learned more
about the growth of diversification
/ in Ascension than they realized ex-
listed.
Evan Mccall was the first pig ex-
hibitor, and also had quantities of
dressed pork and mutton.
Charles Landry brought artistical-
ly dressed pigs, dressed poultry,
many home-canned products, eggs,
homemade sausage, hogshead cheese,
and many jars of pickles and condi-
ments. He runs the Golden Ridge
farm, at Peytavin, a mile out.
THE Fordhook Vegetable Farms
Company made an exhibit that testi-
| fled to the versatility and thrift of
| the Belgian farmer. Three men and
a woman are the adult heads of the
little tWo-year-old colony, half a mile
from town, and they covered the cen
ter of the market with Louisiana
Snowfall caulifloWers they grew,
some of them weighing thirteen
pounds, selling them at prices rang
| ing around fifteen cents. They also
made fine showing with Brussels
sprouts, which some people fear can
not be made profitable because of
the public's unfami1iarity The Bel
gians say they get a fine yield and
obtain 25 cents quart right in New
Orleans. Red cabbage is another of
their specialties, but DonaldsonvilIe
bdys it all up, SO other markets are
not needed. They also sold radishes,
carrots, parsley, onions, shallot, tur-
nips, and preserved figs.
"Joe Cataldo also had a banner di.
versification booth, with mound
| of 10-pound cabbages as a center. Be.
sides vegetables already named, he
had beets, pumpkins, spinach, sweet
potatoes, and a large pile of new
Irish potatoes. The Italian truckers
are making the DonaIdsonville sec
tion prosperous by their successful
intensive farming. Like the Belgians,
they have some crops to sell all the
time. The above are samples of
what both planters and farmers are
contributing to the new agriculture
around here.
President A. Bloomenstiel, secre,
tary R. S. Vickers and other mem
hers of the Chamber of Commerce
not only worked hard, but We're de
lighted with the outcome The follow.
ing awards of prizes serve to give
an idea of the scope of the market
already established:
@CaulifIoWer, Fordhook Farm Cab
bage. Joseph Cataldo. Carrots, Frank
Deluca. Beets, Charles PHzolato.
Onions, Leonce Legendre Turnips,
Frank Mareello. Breakfast radishes,
Tony Saltilo. Spinach, j. HeuveI.
Best display of general farm produce,
Charles Landry. Sweet potatoes
Tom Cox. Chicory, Tony Latina,
Best home-rafsed meats, Evan Nc
Call. =
Tell saTu Won saw III in The Chief.