The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-09-30
FINE CHANCE FOR FARMERS TO
GET FLOODED STOCK.

There is to be offered next week to
the farmers Of this community who
desire to take advantage of it an ex-
cellent opportunity to purchase
thoroughbred hogs and cattle, and the
lack of ready money for the purpose
need not be an impeachment. From
the installment Of Herman }. Sell
ferth's admirable Lay of the Land.
contributions to the common veal
which appeared in the New Orleans
Times -Picayune of the 22nd instant,
we quote the following:
"Another helpful announcement IN
regard to the improvement Of Lou
isiana live stock is that of Prof. E. L.
Jordan, who adds the volunteer task
Of secretary Of the swine breeders to
his other official and personal encour-
agement Of the. industry. In order
to assure greater profit to the home
breeders and the wider distribution
of foundation stock among the farm
ers, he has organized a chain OF auc-
ton sales at the fairs in the various
parts of the state this fall. All the
forces concerned with the betterment
of agricultural conditions have been
enlisted in cooperation. Expert
judges will inspect every offering, SO
that the farmers will be protected as
they never have been. The sale ex-
penses will be reduced to the mini
mum, so that both the breeders and
the buyers will derive the fullest bene-
fit. To make sure that the farmers
will not be prevented from carrying
out their desire for higher grade stock
on account of the lack of ready
money, statement is printed from
C. C. Gaspard, secretary of the agri-
cultural committee of the Louisiana
bankers, that every and any bank in
the state will extend credit to parties
wishing to become purchasers at these
auctions, which will be conducted by
home auctioneers. In case any farm
er is unable to make arrangements
with his local bank Mr.. Gaspard asks
to be notified, so that his promise can
be otherwise kept. Those unable to
attend the sales can mail their wants
and bids to Prof. Jordan and their
orders will be faithfully observed.
The series of sales will begin at the
Jefferson parish fair on September
20 and will eliminate at the National
Farm and Live Stock Show at New
Orleans, November II to 10. The
intervening auctions will be at the
South louisiana Eair, Donaldsonville,
Oct. z; Madison, Tallulah, Oct. IL;
West Feliciana, St. Francisville, Oct.
ID; Lafayette, Oct. Id; Rayville, Oct.
80; Baton Rouge, Oct. 20; Alexan-
dria, Oct. 27; and the state fair,
Shreveport, November 2, 3 and 4.
The rules framed for the chain of
events cover almost every possible
contingency and the excellent plan
will undoubtedly be carried out with
out hitch"
To this interesting announcement
may be added the information Chat
Col. Chas. S. Pitcher of Hammond
will be the auctioneer at the local sale
on Saturday next, Oct.7, when the of
ferings will be 90 Duroc-Jersey hogs,
5 Hampshires, Poland-C hinas and
5 Chester Whites, together with
number of Hereford and Shorthorn
cattle.
With such chance before him, no
reputable and progressive farmer of
this section need hesitate to attend
the prospective sale and lay the foun-
dation for improving the quality and
increasing the quantity of his live
stock.