New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-01-16
ORANGE GROVE TALE POINTS
WAY TO FARM SUCCESS.
Instead of Running Him, Tariff
Showed Right Road to
Success.


the Daily States of last Monday
being so full of good sound logic
that we seen fit to reproduce 1t
for the enlightenment of those
who did not read it in the States:
"In looking for local exemph-
fication of diversification, rota-
tion of crops, on intensive farm
ing, one would hardly be seen
among the sugar barons, for an
example.
1t wouldn't be your idea would
itg 1t wasn't mine-until lately.
/ have just come from "Or-
ange Grove" plantation and ordi-
narially l might have been aston
ished at what | saw and heard
knowing the man, | WASH but
let me tell it.
Henry n. Pharr, who with two
brothers, constituting the Pharr
Company, owns and operates four
large plantations in Iberia and st.
Mary Parishes, lives on and man
ages Orange Grove plantation, To-
Gated some five miles east OF
New iberia and in close touch by
reason of connection with Sol tn
ern Pacific and Frisco trunk
lines, Interurban trolley and 'Ba-
you Teche.
Were I to say that Mr.. Pharr
was the original pioneer IN the
diversifcation fixed in Iberia
Parish, | would be not far wrong.
In a large acreage sense ! am
positive my assertion will go with
out challenge.
"A year before there was only
thought of the doing away with
the tariff on sugar. Mr.. Pharr
saw the trend Of events, he began
to take close account. Leaving
nothing to chance, he figured the
results Of the past, piece by
piece, acre by acre, and summing
in all up the result did not satls-
fv him. So far from satisfactory
was it that Mr.. Pharr began to
wonder. Then he began to read
and inquire. He bombarded both
the State and National Agrlcul-
tural Departments for informa-
ton, bought all the scientific farm
Journals and later went to Baton
Rouge and absorbed all that DR.. s
Dodson and Dalyrymple and 9th
ers could tell.
He returned to the plantation,
with a mind full to overflowlng
with practical ideas and immed-
lately began to put in practice.
"The soil Of the farm" says
Mr.. Pharr, 'is something to be
taken care Of. 1t can be ruined
by i'll treatment, just as anything
else can. Its needs are as def
mate and necessary as those OF
any living thing, from which re-
suits are sought to be obtained.
"There are three vital and OBJ
solutely necessary elements to
the soil, namely, nitrogen, which
can be supplied by leguminous
crops, such as cow peas, Lespe-
deza or other Clovers; CALCIUM
and Phosphorus. A sufficient
amount of these three essentials
supplied to the most worn out soil
will eventually bring it back to
its virgin strength, and to good
land, lead to greatly increased
yield
1--WE on Orange Grove do not
intend to abandon the growing
of sugar cane," continued Mr.
Pharr. 1--WE intend to produce
Just as many tons. but on three
fourths the former acreage.
Every foot of the plantation Is,
ana Will Dc III CulAn shSAoi s
year round, but by fertilization
and careful attention we expect
that with the same amount OF
money and labor used formerly,
we will produce, not only otr
usual cane tonnage, but corn.
oats and forage sufficient for not
only our mules and horses,but for
hog. beef and dairy stock as well.
Get this, Mr.. Farmer, this prog
ressive farmer is going to make
three plans flourish where only
two formally grew; he not only
is going to do it, he is doing 1t.
Some idea, isn't it:
Mr.. Pharr is not in the mar
ket for carload. lots of corn, oats
or alfalfa, nor is his grocery &C.
count top heavy.
Located in convenient places
on the plantation are four silos,
two Of ! capacity Of 120 tons;