The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-17
coLoREo FARMERS INSTRUCTED

The closing day Of the Farmers Con.
ference Of Southern University and 4
VI College vas a record breaker In
attendance and enthusiasm. The prn.
ripal speaker Was Prof Geo " Carver
director Of the experiment station at
Tuskegee Institute. Alabama lie dis.
casscd the meHey making side from
the raising OF pigs and chickens. aud
urged the establishment Of pig clubs
IT'S told What the people In Mississippi
are doing ia organizing boys pig clubs
and sad the same could be done in
Louisiana
In speaking of chickens be said the
trouble with the farmers is that they
have too many varieties on the ward
he urged tho farmers to get one good
breed
IN The afternoon program the Uni.
yergity SANG America aud a pianta
ton melody "Couldss't Hear Nobody
pray, which were greatly appreciated
by the visitors leo NJ Favrot state
supervisor OF rural schools for eolored
people. then addressed the conference
He spoke Of the Roscnwald fund as a
means of helping the eolored public
schools Of Louisiana bat said he We
must do something ourselves tie en-.
phaslzed the need OF industrial work
Ia all ST tie public schools
Col / n Wall Of Baton Rouge In
his address said that he felt that this
school vas serving the needs Of the
coiored people Of the stslc Col Wall
urged the coIored people to respces
themselves and to live lagabiding eiti.
Gems and get training that viii III them
for an the walks OF Ife tie urged
the people 20 save and not waste In
closing he assured the eelored people
that they had many friends among the
whites
Governor Pleasant, ia addressing the
audience. said In part
"lou have come here from al parts
Of the State in this Farmers Confer
ence, to better yourselves and there.
fore to better your race. and eonse
quently 10 better the State Of Louis
lama.
Tie commended most highs the work
81 Mr.. leo VI Fayrot. State inspector
Of colored schools. and at the same
time eomplmeuted Col Wall.
In speaking Of the address OF Prof
George " Carver Of Tuskegec instt
iutc, the governor said 4 listened
with peculiar and particular interest
and benefit to that portion which ! had
the pleasure 81 hearing and consider
Il wholesome advice and excellent ia
slfuetien said he u Is men Ike
him. like your president and Ike Others
to ahom could refer such a. the late
Booker r Washington, whom the white
people joined the oolared people III
honorlug 1t is men like these that you
want 20 produce 10 take their stand
among the chief men Of the nation
We have % million acres OF land
With only about five million acres un.
der cultivation, leaving some "a mil
Hon 80 be- brought into Subsection nB.
der the hand OF man some of the rich.
EST soil on Gods green earth the Val
ley Of the Nile hardly compares with
some Of the sell W. have here. added
the governor We have certain see.
tlons Of the State 10 which The allnyial
soil Is a thousand feet deep and as a
Roston chemist said. Ii would be worth
s5 ton as fertilizer on some of the
bleak hilis ~ Massachusetts and yet
compare car state Wlth the wealth az
Massachusetts, aud how far are we
behind wilh all Of these great natural
resources
IT Is the work Of the institutions 81
this kind The Louisiana State tfniser
sity at Baton Rouge, the agricultural
and high schools throughout the State
10 see that all the people Rhe compose
n,1r alflrnnahIn ere edneaind % IhnI