The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-11-23
FARn2AS AIRS RAISING MORE
200 ANs FeEpsTUFFk
TsaAs Eves BEFORE.
PLANT BETTER SEED
Livestock. Poultry, Truck and Gardens
Show Great Increase In Many
Parishes.

rdTm demonstration agents are In
| close touch with the farmers of the
state. and are in a 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
reed 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.
j. o. Bethea, Livingston-Farmers
as rule are increasing their farm
Hooks. 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.
T. !. Watson, Tensas and Madison
Everybody is in earnest about plant
ing food and feed crops and indica-
lions are that there will be the Iarg-
est acreage Of food and feed crops
ever grown in this section of the coun.
tr1
$4,000 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. NJ. Jackson. Ouachita-T have
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, 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 of hogs on a ten-acre
field planted to corn in six-foot rovs
with peas in the middle row and VEL
vet beans between the stalks of corn
IN the row. He has made SIS. 90 from
he sale OF peas. has plenty for his
'wn use, and without any other feed
'old milk and butter from the three
lows during the entire winter.
Velvet Beans Increased 1000 Per Cant
s. W. Houston, Union - This parish
will plant 5000 acres in velvet beans.
m increase Of more than 1000 per
'ent over last year.
Big Profits In Hsos.
w. H. Humble. Rapidss-Oue a. NV
demonstrators in hog raising and feed
ng recently shipped two cars of hosr
'hich sold for more than $4,000. This
ian plants grazing crops for his hoe,.
eeds them every day, and makes big
rofits from the business.
Sheep Increase in esaursoard,
c. c. Chapman. Beauresard-rbs
'mb crop in this territory is the bes.
years. One sheep grower SAYS that
Is flock would be increased 70 per
snt or more.
Buy Seed Comparatively.
Paul ID. Perkins, Calcasieu - Our
olice Jury seed supply project has
roved to be life saver. Farmers are
oading up" with the low-priced (com.
iratively) seeds that are offered
rough this Office. Thousands OF
lshels Of seed corn. velvet beans and
'wpeas have been bought in this way
Large Food Supply Grown.
I. |. Watson, Madison-Farm gar.
ms are contributing an abundance.
fresh potatoes. peas. lettuce. mus.
I'd. turnips. radishes, onions, berries.
C. These with plenty OF homemade
rup, bacon, lard, chickens, eggs.
Tx and butter, make the farmers in
pendent and able to help supply the
eds OF soldiers and allies.