The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-07-13
DEMONSTRATION AGENTS
REPORT FARM PROGRESS
FARMERS ARE RAISING MORE
FOOD AND FEEOSTuFFS
THAN EVER BEFORE.
PLANT BETTER SEED
Show Great Increase In Many
Parishes.

Farm demonstration agents are IN
close touch with the farmers of the
state, and are in better position
than any one else to know what Louis
lana is doing along agricultural lines,
Their weekly reports this spring and
early summer show that the farmers
have made an excellent start toward
producing large amounts of food and
feed crops. Much attention has been
paid to the quality Of seed planted
and to preparation of the land. Great
ly increased acreages have been sown
to grazing and soil renovating crops.
In some parishes the acreage in vel
vet beans have been increased many
fold.
Extracts from the reports of agents
are given:
Better Poultry In Livingston.
]. 0. Bethea. Livingston-Farmers
as a rule are increasing their farm
fccks. Some are raising pure bred
poultry, and in some cases they are
making poultry paying part of their
farm business.
Selected Seed Corn Planted.
8. w. Vance, Madison and East Car
roll--We will have the largest corn
acreage this year that has ever been
planted in my territory. Land is IN
better state of cultivation and moro
attention has been paid to selecting
seed corn.
Large Acreage Of Food Crops.
T. l. Watson, Tensas and Madison
Everybody Is In earnest about plant
ing food and feed crops and indica-
tons are that there will be the larg-
est acreage of food and feed crops
ever grown in this section Of the coun-
try.
As 900 Acres In Velvet Beans.
T. W. Patten. Bienville-There WIN
be about $4,000 acres planted to vel
vet beans in Bienville Parish this year.
The banks bought the bean seed and
let the farmers have them at cost.
Cooperative Shipment Of Wool.
b. M. Jackson, Ouachita-I have
collected 1.400 pounds of wool for a
cooperative shipment during the COM
ing week, and expect to have some
thing like 1000 pounds by that time.
Corn, ccwpeas and Velvet Beans.
w. NJ. Crampton, Lincoln-One Of
our demonstrators pastured during the
winter two head Of horses, three cows
and number Of hogs on a ten-acre
field planted to corn in sixfoot rows
with peas In the middle row and vel
vet beans between the stalks of corn
on the row. He has made $500 from
the sale OF peas. has plenty for his
own use. and without any other feed
sold milk and butter from the three
cows during the entire winter.
Velvet Beans Increased 1000 Per Cent.
S. w. Houston, Union - This parish
will plant 5000 acres in velvet beans.
an increase Of more than 1000 Der
cent over last year.
Big Profits In Hogs.
w. H. Humble. Rapides-One Of my
demonstrators in hog raising and feed |
Ing recently shipped two cars OF hogs !
which sold for more than $4,000. This |
nan plants grazing crops for his hogs.
leeds them every day, and makes big |,
profits from the business.
Sheep Increase in Beauregard,
c. c. Chapman, Beauregard-Thc |,
amb crop in this territory is the best ,
n years. One sheep grower says that
ais flock would be increased 70 per !
cent or more.
Buy Seed Comparatively.
Paul D. Perkins, Calcasieu - Our
Police jury seed supply project has
proved to be life saver. Farmers are
loading up" with the low-priced (com-
,aratively) seeds that are offered
through this Office. Thousands of
bushels Of seed corn, velvet beans and
,owpeas have been bought in this way.
y Large Food Supply Grown.
T. I. Watson. Madison-Farm gar
lens are contributing an abundance
II fresh potatoes. peas, lettuce, mus
ard. turnips. radishes, onions, berries.
tic. These with plenty of homemade
yrup, bacon, lard, chickens, eggs,
milk and butter, make the farmers in
dependent and able to help supply tho