The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-08-24
SOUTHERN RICE GROWERS
STOGKSALDER5 MEETING


fecto.s of the Southern Rice Crow
-, associatios a. their annual meet
ing Thursday afternoon fixed the MIN
mum price Of No. l and No. 2 ce at
$3.50 a bag-the highest prce ever
asked by the growers Of the producE
nd one tkat is expected by rice men
to set a precedent lot price setting
in the ysars to come.
The price is to apply part cularly
! 10 Honduras and Japan but it is eX-
that it will apply to Blue Ro-a
and oilers as they gain in promi-
hence Never before haya the grow
ars demanded price as high as that
seC by the association Thursday
heretofore the price has ranged abou:
100 and $500. The b s increase IN
Inc price to be asked by the growers,
however, was not a great surprise to
hose who have been carefully watch
ior the market, due to the shortage
Of TIL years crop and the loss the
.rowers would have to stand were
not the prices raised esough to partly
offset the .Css. While majority OF
the rice raised this year is of the
three well known varities, Honduras,
acreage has been planted in the
| japan and Blue Rose, considerable
,oaisiana Pearl, early prol iic, new
variety Carolina and Edith varieties.
| It is Understood that the price set is
The minimum for the var cites spec
led and that the price obtained by
he growers for the other varieties
the product will be left to their
discretion.
Reports received by the directors
Thursday indicate that the Texas
crop viii be about so Per cent short
/
of normal. In addition to the large
area affected by salt water, protract-
ed drouths have seriously affected
he chances for making a crop in the
Bay City section, which is the second
largest rice producing area in the
state.
While the crop conditions in the
Louisiana belt are somewhat better
than in the Texas region, delegates
attending The meeting Thursday stat
ed that the growers of that section
we.e not expecting to make better
than rs per cent of a normal crop
The yatsribute the poor conditions Of
he crop to the fact that large fields
f il have been damaged by salt
water and that the extended droutha
have damaged it in other sections OF
he state.
In spite of the drouths OF the last
three weeks members of the associa-
| lion from Arkansas say that the
crop in that state will come within b
per cent of the normal yie,d. Thu
comparatively good condition of the
Arkansas crop is due to the fact that
the early growing cond tons were
ideal and that in cases where irriga-
ton was necessary the canals were
not filed with salt water
The California crop is in cool
growing condition, accord ng to wires
received from that state at the head
uarters CT the association. No at
tempt was made, however, to estimat,
the yield for the reason that Cali
forn'a rices does not come in unit
about five months after the gulf coas
g crop, and it has not yet matured sui.
j., ficicntly to form bass for an es
innate.
7 The directors Of the association me-
' Immediately after the annual stock
holders meet ng adjourned and al
officers were reelected without oppo
sition, w. r. Dunlap Of Beaumon
was reelected president for the eight
7 consecutive time, having been tn
3 n eff executive of the association
since its organization in 1911. E. A
= Eignus, who has served as secretar,
manager of the organization for tn
asst three years, was reelected TO
'stef year, as were each Of tn
: vice presidents for the three state
from which the membership Of tn
organizat on is obtained-Dr. w, "
y Duson, Ell Campo, vice president 70
Texas; D. C. Ritchie, Jennings, vic
y president for Louisiana, and j. l
Ducharme, Carlisle, vice presiden
, for Arkansas.
; All directors of the assoc,atio
were in attendance with the exceI
: lion of Fox Stephens of Eagle Lake
( II. D. Chalkey of Lake Charles all
( w. Fulton of Arkansas.
( Other than fixing the minimum
? price, election Of officers and hearin
: the reports of the various members
} the meeting of the board of director
J was taken up by a general discussio
( of ways and means of lettering tn
( conditions of the rice growers and c
z takinr Dracautions apainst croD fai