The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-07-13
DEMONSTRATION AGENTS
REPORT FARM PROGRESS
FARMERS ARE RAISING MORE
FOOD AND FEEDsTuFFS
THAN EVER BEFORE.
BETTER SEED
Livestock, Poultry, Truck and Gardens
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 anu
early summer show that the farmers
have made an excellent start toward
producing large amounts OF food anu
feed crops. Much attention has been
paid to the quality Of seed plantea
and to preparation of the land. Great
" 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.
J. O. Bethea, ingston-F'armers
as a rule are increasing their farm
hocks. Some are raising pure bred
poultry, and in some cases they are
making poultry a paying part of their
farm business.
Selected Seed Corn Planted.
S. 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
a better state Of cultivation and more
attention has been paid to selecting
seed corn.
Large Acreage Of Food Crops.
r. /. Watson, Tensas and Madison
Everybody is in earnest about plant
ing food and feed crops and indica-
lions are that there will be the larg-
est acreage OF food and feed crops
ever grown In this section of the coun-
try.
$4,000 Acres in Velvet Beans.
T. w. Patten. Bienville There VIII
be. about A., 900 acres planted to vel
vet beans III BienviIle Parish this year.
The banks bought the bean seed and
let the farmers have them at cost.
Cooperative Shipment Of Wool.
B. NJ. Jackson, Ouachita-I have
collected ], 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, cowpeas and Velvet Beans.
w M. Crumpton,= Lincoln One of
our demonstrators pastured during the
winter two head OF horses, three cows
and. a number ct hogs on a ten-acre
] field planted 70 corn ii six-foot rows
with peas 81 the MIDI De row and vel
vet beans between the stalks Of corn
on the row II e has made s Is. 90 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 Cert
S. w. Houston, Union This parish
will plant 6, 600 acres IN velvet beans
an increase Of more than 1000 pei
cent over last year.
Big Profits ii Hogs.
w H. Humble, Rapides One Of M,
demonstrators in hog raising and feed
ing recently shipped two cars Of hogs
which sold for more than $4,000 This
man plants grazing crops for his hogs
feeds them every day, and makes biz
profits from the business.
Sheep Increase in Bealresard,
G. G. Chapman, Beauregard-
lamb crop in this territory is the bes'
in years. One sheep grower says thai
his flock would be increased 20 PEI
cent or more.
Buy SEED Comparatively,
Paul D. Perkins, Calcasieu Gu
Police Jury seed supply project ha!
proved to be a life saver. Farmers ar
loading up with the low-priced ICON
paratively) seeds that are offeset
through this office. Thousands o
bushels of seed corn, velvet beans ant
coWpeas have been bought in this way
Large Food Supply Grown.
T. T. Watson, Madison-Farm gar
dens are contributing an abundanc.
of fresh potatoes, peas, lettuce, mus
tard, turnips. radishes. onions, berries
etc. These with plenty of homemade
syrup, bacon, lard, chickens, eggs
milk and butter, make the farmers in