St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-17
COMPULSORY SCHOOL


People have begun to see the real
question is not whether the state
has a right to interfere with the
parents control of the CHILD. The
real question is whether a parent
has a right to interfere with the
| child's own divine right to a chance
in life through the unfolding OF
his God-giyen powers of mind and
soul. When a parent is SO heart
less or ignorant as to prevent suca
development and unfolding, the
| state, in the name of God and hui
mainly, ought to step in. As Viii
liam j, Bryan puts it: II a father
were TO set out to cut off his boys
arm, manning him for life, the state
would prevent it. Yet in denying
his child an education the father is
just as surely Gripping him for life
and the state therefore has just
definite a right to intervene.-The
Progressive Farmer.
HOW TO LAY BY CORN
Laying-by is a term given the
last blowing. II peas are sowed at
this time, further cultivation is inn
possible. It is usually a better plan
to SOW The peas on the sides of The
ridges, leaving space to work the
middles VITA a one-horse harrow.
Should rains occur during the sum-
alel. a cril5t is apt TO forn.. there
fore, it is to nave the middles free
for cultivation.
The old practice Of stirring the
soil deep and making high ridges
is less prevalent each year. FARM
crs in many localities work their
corn shallow untls time for the last
blowing, when the turn pillow is
used. making ridges a fool or
eighteen inches higa. Nothing is
more injurious. The moisture
supply TO the plant IS decreased TO
| such an extent that firing may
be noticed III a few days. This al
ways denotes need Of water. Flrth-
er, it generally occurs at a time
when the plant needs water most,
The early cultivation should be
such as to help conserve soil
water for this period of growth,
and the good work done early il
the season should not be destroyed
by late barring off.-The Progress
siye Farmer.
Although we grew more feed
stuffs last year than ever before in
the history Of the South, feeds are
now scarce and high priced. In the
face Of this it seems little short of
suicidal to- neglect to plant an
abundance of forage crops this
year. If any individual grows
more than he needs the price will
certainly be such as to make the
growth of Til crop profitable. This
being the case. no me should fail
to plant sufficient to insure the
production of all feedstuffs needed.
A solution of the feed problems of
the South will just about solve our
livestock problem.-The Progress
siye Farmer.
RICE CROP AN IMPORTANT FAC
TOR IN DEVELOPING SOUTH
THE work of bringing the old
lands and the new lands of the
South under cultivation says a
writer in Farm and Fireside, us
undergoing a marked change. The
task is no longer SO much an indi-
vidual one as it is a cooperative or
communal one. Two factors are
primarily responsible for the
change; the capital required and
the difficulty in securing efficient
labor.
Take the case, for instance, Of
the Grand Prairie of Arkansas,
where tie culture Of rice has revo-
lutionized conditions within the last
six or eight years. Land which will
produce from 40 to 80 bushels of
rice to the acre, selling from IS
cents to 81 a bushel, can be had
for $50 to $50. Sometimes one
years crop pays the original price
OF the land. The lure to the north
ern farmer, accustomed to no more
than 40 to so bushels of 60 to 70
cents corn to the acre on $3.50 to
$500 land, has been more than he
could resist. The result has been
such an influx of Northern farmers
to the Grand Prairie of Arkansas.
within the last five years, as was
never IN all the South before.
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