St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-02-03
TOWN MAKING
IMPROVEMENT
IN WHARF AT
MAIN ST.
New Flooring Will Be Put In
Wharf and Landing Made
Convenient for Boats.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
MAY BE MADE LATER.
Value Of River to Town
Demands That Improve
ments Be Made.

Work has been commenced by the
town on the wharf at the foot OF
Columoia street. New flooring wall
oe put in and the wharf reconstruct.
ed SO as to meet the requirements OF
vessels ianolng and putting on
freight.
1nls is an important matter, and
only the limited means OF the town
has prevented this needed improve
meAt. The government app-opria.
tions for the keeping of the river in
a nayigable condition are small, ana
its Importance has not been fully
realized 1t is probable that il no
Improvement had been made to the
wharf, dredging of the river would
have ceased altogether, because local
interest would have been shown to
be so small as to encourage the be-
lief that the use OF the river was Of
no great Importance.
Judge II. J. Smith offered to do
nate 500 to the improvement of the
river front if other donations could
be secured to make sufficient fund
to do the necessary work, requiring
probably $500, Further effort would
probably be made to raise this
money.
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am not going to take or enroll any
boy unless he fully agrees to cult
vate and manage his crop all the way
through as Instructed, and that he
keep a record OF all items and work.
Ii do not get more than ten in the
parish l want them to get results
1t is better to have a few and make
a showing than to have one hundred
and nothing done by the majority.
l am going to try to make arrange
ments this season to. furnish boys
with seed and assist worthy boys in
getting fertilizer, but work must be
done and not play. AS soon as the
weather and roads will allow l am
going to visit most of the schools in
the parish and try to get up a good
enrolment, but no boy need to join
and think of backing out. The OBJ
ject of the work is too important to
backslide. would like to hear
from teachers who would like to have
club work done in their schools, and
if they could themselves muster up
some interest in the club work. {,
also would like to get letters from
boys who would like to join the club,
either pig or corn.
For information to the readers of
The Farmer l give below the state
club record in corn. production as
given by Prof. Richardson's:
Corn Club Boys Make 40 Bushels
Per Acre.
Louisiana corn club boys produced
an average yield of As bushels Of
corn per acre in 1916, which is more
than twice lne yield per aGre for the
entire state. This corn was pro-
duced at cots Of 46 cents per bush
Ell. Rent of land; preparation of
seed 'bedj and cost of seed, planting,
manure, fertilizer, cultivation and
gathering were included in the
charges.
The corn club enrolment was
1900, of whom 524 have made writ
ten reports of their work. OF this
i115 planted their acre plots
to winter cover crops, and 2O4 Sc
lected their planting seed in the field.
Many of the corn club boys, by care
fully selecting their seed each year,
are laying a foundation for profit
able seed business. In fact, some
of the boys, especially prize winners,
have already been able to sell part
of their corn to farmers for planting
purposes
There were 5O3 ten-ear exhibits of
boys corn on display at the Louisi-
ana State Fair and probably as many
others at the various parish fairs.
Cash prizes, farming implements and
L. S. U. short course scholarships
were awarded the members who
made the best exhibits.
also give the bugle call as issued
by the Junior Department. When
farmer reads this, if he has boy
and does not see that that boy joins
the corn club and works like farm
er boy ought to work, he should be
taxed for wilfun negligence:
Parents Asked to Encourage
Club York.
The enrolling of boys and girls for
in the industrial clubs
for 1917 will soon be taken up by
the Junior Extension division of L.
5. U. This division earnestly de-
sires to obtain the cooperation of
he parents of club members in car
rying on the club work, as it is only
through the encouragement and as
of the parents that the best
results are to be had.
If boy wishes to join the corn
club he should be allowed the use of
an acre of good quality of soil. and
be provided with good seed and the
proper implements for cultivation.
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