St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-04-13
EVERY LOUISIANA FARMER is
EXPECTED TO HELP.
Every Parish to Devote Efforts to
Lay Aside a Surplus OF
Fuel for Winter.

New Orleans, April 10th.-Every
Louisiana farmer is expected by the
United States Fuel Administration to
do his share in helping win the war
through supplying himself during the
SUMMER with wood cut from his
land
Fuel Administrato O'kelly OF
Louisiana is considering plans for a
week to be set aside later when 1t Is
hoped every parish in the State Will
devote it's efforts to laying aside
surplus for the winter. The use OF
prisoners Of the various parishes III
the cutting Of wood for winters re-
serve is being considered. Thous-
ands of cords of wood could be got
ten during week with the co-opera-
ton of parish officials, the schools,
churches and individuals.
Coal will be hard to get at any
price during the winter and the Fuel
Administrator is taking steps through
out the country to arouse everyone
to the necessity of ordering coal dur
ing the summer when the railroads
TRANSFORMATION problem will not be
so difficult and also stressing the I'M
portance of "Cut a Cord Now
Fuel Administrator OKelly has
received statistics from the Conser-
walton Board of the Fuel Admins
tration at Washington showing that
approximately 100000 cords OF
fire wood were used on the farms OF
the United States in 1917, The av-
erage number of cords per farm was
1925 in 1917. The price of wood ad-
vanced 25 per cent during the. year
from an average of $2.75 per cord
in december 1916 to S3.42 in De-
cember 1917. The value OF the
SO 100000 cords Of tirewood used on
farms in 1917 is figured at about
1888. 100000 or $43.13 per farm.
The Fuel Administration statist-
les show that Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama rank second or thlfd
in number of cords OF wood per farm
In Alabama there are Is cords per
farm valued at $50 a cord and the
total cords of the farms In the state
is 4.s6O,O0O. The value is w.
900.
Mississippi has II cords per farm
valued at $3.50 per cord. ,4S45,ooo
cords in farms Of the State and valu-
ed at $9.206,0o0.
Louisiana also has I cords per
farm but the value Is $40 cora
there are 2,074,000 cords OF wood on
the farms and valued at S4.666, 900.
Texas leads all States in value or
firewood with $1,000, 900, but there
are only l 0 cords estimated per farm.
Fuel Administrator O'Kelly OF Lou
isiana is compiling statistics showing
lust how much the farmers can actu-
ally save for themselves and IN rail-
road transportation by using IRE
wood instead of coal.
| The Fuel Administrator at WASH
ington expects an increase OF ~
OOO. 900 cords of firewood over 1911
which will represent saving OF o.
| 100000 tons of coal. In the citles
the housewives are expected by me
| conservation campaign to save H.
600 900 tons of the 1870 100000 tons
annually consumed.
! Fuel Administrator OKelly will
confer with the New Orleans wood
dealers on April Oath when plans Will
be discussed for the coming winter
The support Of the city adminsstra-
! ton in keeping the price OF wood on
fair mark has been enlisfe dand
the Municipal Wood Yard will have
A supply to throw on tn market in
tn event there is a, repetition OF the
shortage of last winter,