The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-21
jackson on The Job.

Jackson on The job.
(Ey +. G. Miller, Shreveport, La,
Times)
(The following article has refer
encc to the successful work OF q SUM
ter county boy, Mr.. B. NJ. Jackson.
son of Mr. J. Jackson, Of Horatio.
He was one Oh the original corn club
boys, Of this county, and subse-
quently attended Clemson College,:
One of the top-notch agricultural
parishes of Louisiana is Ouachita.
One of the real, live, hard-workinG
result-getting demonstration agents
in the State is B. NJ. Jackson. And
he's in Ouactita. Jackson is on the
Job from u hours day up, helping
the big and little farmers around
Monroe, Calhoun and every other
community in the parish acquire new
ideas about farming. A good part
Of Ouachita's agricultural progress
can be attributed to Jackson's worK.
Even the big BUSINESS men and bank
ers give Jackson credit.
What's going en- in Ouachita this
season? Well, according to Jackson.
there is Is per cent. more cotton IN
the parish than there was year ago.
IN spite of the shortage of labor.
The parish harvested $50 acres OF
wheat. which was 100 per cent more
than in 1917. This wheat, by the
way, is going to be nlilled for hone
use. Twenty-eight cars Of Irish po-
tatoes were shipped out of Ouacnita
under Jackson's direction this year:
only eight cars were shipped last
year. The sw~.t potato crop is enor-
nous, Much bigger than ever. The
increase in acreage to. velvet beans is
probably 500 per cent Jackson says.
The oat crop was sffoTt, but some
Yields ran as high asE;4o bushels per
acre. Ouachita he's the best fruit
crop in years About $50 farmers III
the parish have good orchards, from
which they are realizing neat cash
sums this season. Hundreds Of bush
els of peaches. pears, apples and
plums have been sold for good prices
There is only e5 per cent as much
hay in Ouachita this year as usual.
The high price of cotton forced hay
lands into cotton.
How about the livestock in Ouach-
ita? Compared with two years ago.
the parish has 50 per cent more hogs.
25 per ent more beef cattle, 20 per
cent more sheep. These sheep are
ranging about as much on free
land as on fenced-in pastures. Farm
ers shipped 5000 pounds wool that
averaged so cents a pound. Most OF
the big plantations OF the parish
keep few good brood mares and
raise their own mules. Good Jacks
are used.
Ouach:ta's best livestock develop
nent is in the club work. of which
JACKSON is also boss. It will take a:
;east a full column 70 tell about It
out. anyhow, Jackson is arranging to
ship from, eight to twelve cars O.
purcbled hogs-raised by the chil-
dre!l-to market this fall. There
ere $50 boss in the Ouachita p.g
Club. The Ouachita National Bank
has financed every one Of these boys
who was not able to finance himself
This bank has loared two or three
thousand dollars 10 these boys-an@ 1
! has never lost a penny.
one Of the pig club boys, Robert
Holmes, bought Poland China SOW
in the spring Of 1917 for SIS. Dur
ing the spring Of 1918 he sold eight
pigs at $15 cach---and he still has
! the SOW.
Who are some Of the farmers in
! Ouachita? 1t would be. impossible
to name all the good ones, but some
of the leaders in their respective
lines are:
Dairy T2armers-Miss Genie Mi
/ Ter. Hamp Moore, Z. S. Ei'y. Mrs. j.
j y. rilhoil, ]. NJ. Saclling. w. i. Al
len. Mrs Manning Mcguire, Joe 1sen-
wick.
! Reef Cattle Haisers-Charles ".
Phillips, L, Fudic!ar, john F. Pa
l;er. Il. r. Allen. II. NJ. Mcclure. J.
II. Perry. j. NJ Stanley, y. II. Kelly.
! i. l.. Moore.
Sheep H.aisers-R. r. Allen. G.
x. Phillips. e. L. Moore, ~ ". VII
?i;lms r. r. Faulk Miss Genie NH
ler. J. p Parker. E. L. Webb, j. +.
irIhicl The NcGuircs and }. p
G'asilcr have the biggest number OF
goats.
+. ASK ary OF the above named best
farmers about Jackson and they II
tell you he's always on the Job. aG@
that they could hardly get along
without him.