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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-03-31
Ordinance No. SO.

An ordinance authorizing the clerk to cancel
bond given by II H Hoag and others.
Section BE il resolved by the Police Jury
of the Parish of !Ctferson. David that where
as II H Hoag. and others, made, executed and
delivered to and in favor Of this Police Jury
a CerCain bond dated August 9th, 1912 and
duly recorded in Book b Of Mortgages at page
las in the Office of the Clerk and EX-Ofiicio
Recorder in and for this Parish conditioned
that the buildings would be renewed from
certain property and further therein mention
that the Parish should he furnished with GER
tain property and further therein mentioned
and described, and whereas, all OF the c1nii-
tlOuS of said bonds have been fulfilled and
complied with,
Now, therefore, the Clerk aud Ex-Oflicio
Recorder, |. X. Price. i'll and for said Parish
dState is hereby authorized and instruct
ed tn cancel and erase said bond in full.
Section =. Be it further resolved that all
ordinances or parts of ordinances be and the
same are hereby repealed and this ordinance
shall be in full force from and after TIE late
of the passage and PRONUNCIATION.
NOES
Adopted March ., 1916
Approved March ,, 1915
JNO H COOPER,
Attest: President of Police Jury
LIE ROBINSON,
Clerk of p.I.-- Jury I0-5:
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4 Specific Against Colds.

The nearest thing to specific agains,
colds is a sleeping porch or open bea
room and a cold sponge bath every
morning when you first get up. Even
then you will occasionally take a cold
especially when colds are epidemic, ami
when you do you will find Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy great help in
enabling you to get rid of it. Try It.
ODtalnaole everywhere. Mich.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-03-31
The Guarantee of Water and Our Record.

Vbieour contracts on II So wells have heretofo
"a have invariably all over the proven territory IN Sol
aO gallons per minute, and have never charged the far
be- In the light of our record for years back, the qua
rns a burleSque.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-03-31

FOR SALE. Tomato plants PonderoSa
Sparks Early and New Stone. lOc. per
dozen or IS per hundred. Willard Kim
ball.
Leroy ThaCkSton, son of Mr.. and Mr..
I. A. ThaCkStOn was taken to the SUR
set Central Hospital at Houston, Texas
Saturday evening for an operation. B.
was suffering from al acute attack Of
appendicitis.
FOR SALE-G0Od team general prrt-
pose horSeS-ChaS. Ryder 37t.1.
The Civic League will meet with Mrs.
j. A. Martin, Friday April 7th.
Mr.. A. R. Arceneaux was a Crowley
visitor Tuesday,
MeSSrs. j. M. Booze, w. F. Tietje AID
daughters and Mr. and Mrs. D. NJ. Be-
bin OF Roanoke were among those wDo
attended the big Pleasant rally Tues-
day night.
Hon. J. Sheldon Toomer of Lake
Charles candidate for district attorney
was in Welsh Tuesday afternoon and
stayed over to attend the democratic
rally Tuesday night.
Ben Ferret of Ward eight was in
Welsh Tuesday and remained to hear
MeSsrs, Bailey, Thomas and Robira es
pound the democratic law Tuesday
night.
What about Tornado
Insurance? We write it,
Ring up 40. Calcasien
Trust & Savings Bank.
Miss Edna Bourgeois visited reh.
tives and friends In Jennings Saturday
and Sunday returning Monday.
MeSSrS. S. L. Doiron, Lekoy Ellio&,
Oscar Agillard, Leon Pittre, Frank
Reed were among those who attended
the democratic rally in Welsh Tuesday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Barnett and Mr..
and Mrs. c. Lafleur motored over from
Kinder Tuesday. From here they Were
accompanied to Lake Charles by MR..
d. C. Bottorff.
The man who would be leader murt
never keep the procession moving.
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Mr.. S. A. Suffer OF Jennings was
Welsh business visitor Thursday.
Mr.. j. S. IRENE Police Juror from
Ward five was in Welsh Thursday on
business.
Eggs from my prize
winning Reds, $500 per
fifteen. q. K. Boiling,
Mrs. R. E. Riley OF Iowa is spending
several days here this week while her
husband has charge Of the Southern
Rice Growers office.
Mrs. X. H. Miller and two children of
New Orleans arrived last week to Join
her husband who has accepted a posi-.
, ton with the Armstrong Machine and
Well Works Co.
Wade E. blanche the Insurance man
of Lake Charles was a Welsh visitor
Thursday.
Eggs from my prize
winning Reds, $500 per
fifteen. C. r. Boiling.
Rev. N. L, SayerS, Financial Agent
Gulf Conference Claimants Fund, will
! give an illustrated lecture with his
microscope at the Methodist Church
Friday evening March 31St 500 o'clock,
Every one invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Potter and baby
| were up from ThornweIl on business
! Thursday.
Car |, II. Flour just re-
ceiVed Welsh Grocery.
MeSSrS. +. S. Goodreau and V. Ro.
nero were in attendance at the Buyers
! Convention in Lake Charles Wednes-
day, enjoying the entertainment fur.
niShed by the Lake Charles wholesale
dealers.
Mr.. H. c. Fondren, parish demonstra-
tiOn agent, was in Welsh Thursday
morning. He is very busy at this time
looking after the interests of the farm.
erS who are coming more and more to
take advantage Of his services.
Eggs from my prize
winning Reds, $500 per
fifteen.-G. r. Boiling.
Mayor W. 3. Gabbert left Thursday
for Shreveport and returned via Alex.
andria where he attended to business
matters.
MIR. R. E. Rilly who has charge of the
Southern Rice Growers Association of.
fee in Welsh during the absence of Mr..
R. L. Abbot spent Monday at Iowa in
the interest of the association.
Mr.. R. F. Weichert left Monday for
Houston, Tex. on matters in connection
with the development Of the Welsh
oil fed.
Car |. H. Flour just re-
.Ceived. Welsh Grocery.
Mr.. r. L. Abott our genial manager
of the Southern Rice Growers AsSocia-
ton left Thursday for Taylor, Texas in
response to message announcing the
Illness Of his son.
Mr.. 7. F. Ewing Of Lake Charles was
guest Of his brother NJ. j. &. Ewing
! Monday.
Car |. II. Flour Just re-
ceived-Welsh Grocery.
Mrs. A. E. Bourgeois returned last
Thursday evening from New Orleans
where she underwent an operation at
the Touro Infrmary. Mrs. Bourgeois
many friends will be glad to know that
she is recovering rapidly.
Miss Anita Hebert, chief operator for
the Cumberland Telephone Company at
their Eunice eXhange was guest Sun
day of Mrs. Lognion and other Welsh
friends.
Honduras Seed Rice for
sale, grown from import
ed seed OH virgin land,
free of red a. I. Jones.
Mrs. Ida Odom and four children Of
Beaumont, Texas, visited with Mrs.
Odom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. 7. "a.
ThaCkSton SD Pay.
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Getty Well Pump and Screen
Estimated Delivery $500 Gallons per Minute

shows on.t NJ H. Robbins farm at Mowata "a du
be fully $500 gallons
picture perfectly pipe
hert
1%rey water out and show
The Robbins Well Has Been Watering 700 Acres of Rice
and Doing it Easily
sa far can depended to easily water
practically
recognized for the
@me es ne
weighing IS his foot
and hight very cheap 10 and are big
nsbwhhh subjected while
The Guarantee of Water and Our Record.
vorr only guaranteed gallons wafer nor rino
Invariably over the proven territory Southwest Louisiana obtained
and charged
our record for years back the guarantee much talked
usabweae
The Question of Larger Pumping Plants
per minute and
1000 $500 gallons
ahADds inches in diameter?
Points to be Carefully Considered.
There larger individual farmer demand or
mdAm?
larger power plant needed pump them to full
capacity
Large always them not realized
Unless ire equipped with suitable pumps and power
be taken whether in
into we'll than surrounding sand
rggdO the WELL
would be practical to mt
down. hhcreas size this limit would result advantage but good
ddalftOa cost.
would practical just much water per minute
with draw out of the ground from point fully
mmd
G well and pumping outfit however secured largest delivery of
& the rice farmer with the greatest degree
upon respond any may arise YOU prefer
having capacity per minute
dofSNO 4OOO call and We know just how
FRED |. GETTY, jennings louisiana
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a 100000 SSASeNN@N@~~'
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machinery and other equipment then
on the farm. The stock consisted Of
three horses, SO cows, IL head of cat
tie and few chickens. The ordinary
equipment was left on the place, to-
gether with some hay, grain and
roughage. About 80 acres of the farm
lie In the broad, level valley, the
remainder being on slope too steep
for cultivation, and on the top of
hill nearly 500 feet above the valley.
About 30 acres Of quite level and
easily tillable land are on the hilltop,
but it is difficult of access. For this
entire property $4,000 was paid-$S,-
900 in cash and $4,000 as mortgage.
The land and buildings were valued at
$4,000 and the stock and other NOV
able equipment at $4,000.
The former owner had been in pos
session of the farm for 81 years. It
had been profitable 80 or 40 years
before, and had been recognized as
a farm of considerable fertility. In
the years Immediately preceding it's
purchase by Mr.. English, it had not
paid expenses, to say nothing of the
interest on the investment, and the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-28

when the labor was not fully and prof
itably employed. The distribution OF
labor was so poor that the men could
not be given steady employment by
the year, and some difficulty was ex-
perienced in getting satisfactory labor.
So this farmer wanted to add to his
income without cutting down the in
come from milk, and by this means to
secure better distribution of labor.
Sugar beets were first tried, as
factory was then in operation at Bing-
hamton. It was found that an aver
age Of from 10 to 20 tons of beets
could be raised per acre, which
brought SIS per ton. An average in
come of at least SIS per acre could
thus be obtained, besides saving as
many tops as there were beets sold
These were of considerable value as
succulent feed for the cows.
Potatoes Were Next.
The next crop tried was potatoes,
and it proved to be so good money
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"a player on a tail-end team ought
to hit from 10 to 30 points higher than
he would if he were on a pennant bat
Ting crew." ventured fan the other
day.
"HowZatY'
"Well, pitchers rarely work their
heads off against cellar champs. Glass
tells In baseball. Usually before the
fifth or sixth inning comes along, the
good team is so far ahead that the
game is practically sewed up. There
fore, the pitcher on the top-heavy
team saves his arm. He doesn't pitch
his mightiest. De lobs them over, and
Of course, the batsmen get more hits.
"Now take the case of the Giants
and Larry Doyle last season." con-
tinued the tanner. "In 1915 the Giants
blew themselves to be first champion
batsmen they have had for many years,
Also, the Giants finished in the cellar.
After August Is they never haA q
chance to win the bunting.
"And so, from that time on, the op-
posing pitchers didn't work so awfully
hard against the Giants-and Larry
Doyle's average grew so large that
at the end of the year he led the pack.
Napoleon LajOie never played on a
championship team. Yet his batting
average, year after year, was wonder
full. His grand hitting mark ranks
among the highest ever turned in. Only
twice during his long career had La;
joie been on a club that actually was
in the fight for any extended period.
Opposing clubs rarely found it hard to
beat Lajoies team and so the rival
pitchers frequently took it easy when
heaving to Napoleon.
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every DEPARTMENT. Of farm MUST
:IBEWELL ORGANIZED FOR SUCCESS
New Yorker Works Out Profitable Solution Of Farm Problems in His
Region-Staed Enterprise Without Previous Experience to
Aid Hm-Aways Weighed Advice Carefully and Meas
red 1t on Basis Of His Own Conditions. = +

rugged constitution, however, and had
been brought up on hard work. 80 that
he was not afraid of it. To the college
and the agricultural press, and espe-
cially to the personal help and inter
est of one college professor, he as
cribes all the success he has ever
made. These forces stirred him to
study his business and to use in every
way possible the agencies at hand
which would help him and which
would aid him in obtaining better
knowledge of the principles of farm
ing. He had observed that rapid prog
ress was being made in every line OF
industry but agriculture, and he took
a new interest in everything pertain
ing to better farming. Yet he never
made the mistake of taking advice
wholesale. 1t was always weighed
carefully and measured in the light
of his own conditions.
When Mr.. English took stock of his
resources he found that his income
was practically confined to one source
-dairying. Some cows were making
a good profit; others were causing
daily loss. The fertility of the soil
was maintained by the use of manure
alone, and this went to produce feed
crops for the cattle. Very little hay
was sold. There was no systematic
plan of crop production or rotation
or definite method of soil improve
ment.
System Had Faults.
Such a system had several faults,
the correction of which was early rec
ognized as essential to success. Un-
profitable cows were destroying the
profit of the better ones. The limita-
ton of the income to practically one
source put upon that factor the entire
burden of the farm expenses. Labor
was poorly distributed and was Of ne
cessity frequently employed on unpro-
ductive enterprises in order to hold it
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During q thick fog the incoming
steamer Comus from New Orleans col
ided with coal barge off Sea Girt.
N. j. The barge's crew Of seven men
was rescued. The barge sank rapidly.
The damage to the Comus was slight.
Fifteen men were reported killed
and Is overcome by gas in the new
waterworks tunnel extending from the
shore to the West side crib at Cleve-
land, o.
Thousands of men, women and chill
dren, admirers of the works Of James
Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet,
passed before the casket In which his
body lay in state In the capitol at In
dianapolis.
The general education board founded
by John d. Rockefeller announces at
New York that it is about to undertake
study Of the public school system In
Gary, Ind.
Two hundred and eighty-one women
in Kansas are running for office. Ten
want state or district offices. Two hun
dred and seventy-one are out for cOun-
ty Offices. Ninety-two Of these are
candidates for reelection.
J. Frank Hanly, former governor Of
Indiana waS nominated for the DreSi-
dency at st. Paul, Mimi, by the Prohi-
bition convention. DR.. Ira J. Landrith
Of Nashville, Tenn, was named as
Hanly's running mate by reclamation.
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for the dairy work, and this was
unsatisfactory both to employer and
men. No definite system of crop pro-
duction was in use to provide the right
proportion Of each crop with the
proper distribution of labor. The
maintenance of fertility was expensive.
All these things it was determined to
remedy.
The first step to be taken was the
improvement Of the dairy. The per-
Torrance of each cow was studied
and the Improbable ones disposed of.
The next important step was to in
crease the sources Of income by grow
ing such other crops as the labor nee
essary for the dairy could handle with
out extra expense, or, in other words,
to diversity the farming. The third,
but by no means the least important
step, was to be the development of a
rotation that would improve the soil,
furnish the maximum feed for the
stock and provide a cash crop.
These were taken up and carried out
as rapidly as possible.
A herd of so fairly good COWS was
purchased with the farm, and at the
start dairy products were about the
only source of income. Gradually this
has been changed, and at present,
even though the dairy is an important
part Of the farm, attention is given to
several lines. A purebred sire was
included in the farm purchase. It has
been the policy at all times to keep a
purebred sire of good quality in the
herd. The heifer calves from the best
producing cows were grown and test
ed out for dairy production, the best
being kept and the others discarded.
In this way the quality and the pro-
ducing power of the cows have been
constantly increased. The herd today
is uniform and able to produce results.
Several cows have produced 60 pounds
or more Of milk day and have main
tanned this record for continuous peri
DDS Of from four to six months.
Limiting Factors.
Mr.. English found that with this
method the cows were the limiting
factors in the profit No matter how
large the crop or what it was worth
in the market, its value was measured
entirely by what the cow could make
out of it. II the price of the milk was
low, so was the price of the crop. If
the cow was poor one, the price
of the crop was still lower. Moreover,
there was much time on this farm
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-28

Joe Jackson averaged somewhere
around $40 while he was with the
Cleveland club. He was shipped to
the White SOx, team that was in the
pennant hunt for while in 1915 and
Joe turned in an average of 1903 last
year. HI
Practically every batsman in the
game hits far better during the last
month of the season than he does dur
ing the first four weeks. But that
is easily explainable. During the
opening month of the campaign most
Of the pitchers are on edge. They
twirl their darndest. And only the
star fingers work during that period.
'But toward the flag end Of the sea-
son managers of clubs that are out of
the race, begin experimenting for the
next season. They work their young
batters find 1t easy to connect with
their twisters and slants, and, as q
result, the averages fatten.
"YOu've often noticed, too, that
some of the minor league batting
stars, getting major tryout in the
fall show up well with the bludgeon.
1t seems then that the majority will
land. But in the springtime they can
not do any consistent hitting. Here's
the answer:
"The minor league batters, getting
fall trial in the majors, rarely face
major league pitching. They 90 up
against the minor league hurlers, who
are getting their trial. The bush
hitters, therefore, face the same cali.
Der and, of course, find no trouble
maintaining their minor league aver.
ages"
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DIAMOND
NOTES

AS a, rule ballplayer's popularity
fades with his batting average.
You can't expect those Washington
Nationals to move very fast without
Shanks.
Harry Howell and Garnett Bush, UNI
pires, are having trouble In the North
western league.
Whitaker and Krepps, pitchers on
the Tufts college team, VIII get try
outs with the Athletics.
Jack Dalton Is back in the game for
San Francisco and the Seals now ex-
pect to climb to the top again.
Maynard, a pitcher who has made
a reputation with the Marshall col
lege team, is now with Lexington.
Connie Mack has signed seventeen
year-Old schoolboy pitcher named
Crisp. Betcha this kids snappy
player.
AL Mamaux, Pittsburgh's young
pitcher, stands firmly between the Pr
rates and the deep, dark waters of the
Monongahela. 'wf
There are more than 100000 kinds
of flies. says scientist. Not count
ing the long ones that Ty Cobb
catches, we presume.
Lee Tannehill, who played third
base with Jones' world champions in.
1905, is playing third for South Bend
in the Central league.
Ed Walsh attempted a comeback
for the Chicago White Sox In a game
of the Washington series. He started
well, but that was all.
The Cardinals have signed a rock
pitcher entitled "Mule" Watson.
"Mule" is promising young pitcher,
barring slight tendency to balk.
Those Giants are anything but devils
in their own home town. They haven't
won enough games on the Polo grounds
this season to save their franchise.
If big league teams were given tray-
cling accommodations according to
their standing, the Athletics would be
sent around the circuit by parcel post.
According to Sherwood nottingham
Magee, the Braves are going to start
climbing soon. Probably on some poor
luckless umpire's neck.
From Boston viewpoint the singing
of Elijah" by great chorus was the
finest performance that has been
staged at the Braves field In some
time.
The Mackmen do not seem to b
able to stand prosperity. After max.
ing a pretty fair squirt couple OF
weeks ago they have now subsidized, anc
do not seem to give anyone much OF
q battle.
Same Jones, the pitcher Carrigan got
from the Cleveland club as part Of the
price of Speaker. has not been doins
much for the Red Sox. Jones saya
he Is being kept In shape for thu
worlds series next fall. =
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The full report of Maj. Gen. Tasker
H. Bliss, assistant chief of staff, on his
inspection of National Guardsmen in
the Brownsville district, made public
at Washington, says that In an inspec-
ton Of all camps and more than 10000
men, reports Of inefflciency and bad
ratiOns were found to be wholly false.
Between six and seven hundred men
Of the First brigade were bOwled from
the line on the hike, San Antonio to
Ten-Mile hill. Almost every bush be-
tween Camp Wilson and Ten-Mile HILL
was doing umbrella service for ex-
hausted militiamen.
Augustin Gomez, villa chieftain,
and ten followers were captured and
executed in Zacatecas by constitutions
alists under Captain Rodarto. accord
ing to Mexico City dispatch.
Mexican snipers reopened their at
tacks on outposts of the Ninth Massa-
chusetts infantry along the border near
Ell Paso. The militiamen returned the
fire and sharp skirmish fight fol-
lowed. Three companies of the Ninth
were rushed to the outposts' assistance.
80
First Chief Carranza has submitted
to the government Of the United States
in formal note to Secretary Lansing
at Washington the proposal that the
de facto government and the United
States government, each appoint
commission of three members to meet
and arrange basis for the settlement
of the differences between the two
countries.
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By g. H. AFFORD, State Demonstration

(By g. H. Afford, State Demonstration
Agent Maryland.)
The purpose of this article Is to en-
phasize the following facts: It Is
not enough to raise good crops or to
secure large animal production; these
must be economically secured. This
is only accomplished when capital and
labor are SO adjusted to existing con-
ditions that maximum yields are OBJ
tanned at the lowest cost. To farm
successfully every department must
be well organized and must be CO.
ordinated with the others. Labor
must be fully employed, capital must
be well utilized, both quantity and
quality of products must be secured,
and the products must be well market
ed. All these things come as the re-
suit of close attention to and a de-
tailed knowledge of the business.
The reasons and at the, same time
the justification for recounting the ex-
periences and the methods of any indi-
vidual farmer, however successful he
may be, lies in the fact that definite
illustration brings out the underlying
principles most clearly and effectively.
To most practical men the concrete
appeals more strongly than the abb
stract. Especially is this true in the
teaching of better farm management,
because it is comparatively new
method of attacking farm problems
which is not yet clearly defined. 1t Is
because Mr.. L. j. English of Bing-
hamton, N. Y, has worked out prof
liable solution of farm problems in his
region that his success is worthy of
telling and of reading.
Had No Experience.
Mr.. English purchased the farm in
1897. He had no previous farm expert
ence to aid him in starting the enter
prise. His new possession consisted
of 1872 acres of land, more or less"
with good buildings and all the stock,