The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-19
OPT0MlSTIC' IS
VIEW, FONDREN
PARISH AGENT
Jennings, La, July I, 1918.
70 the Honorable Police jury;

70 the Honorable Police Jury:
Gentlemen: | submit herewith INV
Semi-annual report for demonstra-
ton work for the first six months of
The current year, ending June 80
1918:
Total miles travelled by auto 5l22;
average per week 1877.
Total miles travelled by railroad,
1870; average per week, 80.
Official visits to farmers and
stockmen, 494; average per week 10.
Official visits to schools interest
club work, So; average per week 2
Official visits to individual club
members Sc; average per week, 2.
Number hogs vaccinatel against
cholera 2505; average per week SO.
Amount serum and virus used
tcubic centimeters) 10000; AVERAGE
per week, 2400.
Number horses and cattle vacci-
mated against Charlton double and 81
simultaneously 1896; average per week
PA.
Number cows vaccinated against
abortion, sc.
In connection with above vacci-
mating work | wish to say we have
had few outbreaks Of charbon the
past few days most of which has
proven to be Of a strongly virulent
form. Some stock that had been thor
oughly vaccinated in the spring have
died from anthrax but these cases
have been confined to o he to four
animals to a herd. No wholesale
losses have occurred in herds that
had been vaccinated while in several
herds that had not been treated the
loss has been very large; thus prov
ing the efficiency of the vaccine
treatment against the disease.
There is present in several herds
of the parish what may be termed
contagious form of abortion. Tho
disease is readily communicable u.s.
ually through the herd bulls, and has
spread from year to year till it is
now grave menace in some loeali-
les, the ratio of loss being as high
as four calves in every five. Hereto
fore sanitary measures were the
only recourse but we have now a
serum which is being tried out and
which bids fair to prove a boon to
infected herds. We have used the
serum on SO head as reported above
and from reports the results a re
very gratifying. We are watching
these experiments and hope to report
more fully in the near future.
Much of the agents time has been
taken up this year with special du-
ties imposed by the Government, such
as Liberty Loan drives, Thrift stamp
campaigns, Council of Defense work
and agricultural furloughs The lat
ter organization has been very active
for the past few weeks looking after
the matter of labor supply, slack
ers, loafers, ETC., and with plans per
| fected as they now are we hope t.
have come very near to salvation
of our labor troubles for this har.
vest.
The farmers of the parish have
just harvested the larger and best
wheat crop ever grown in this sec
ton and with the cotton and corr
crops equal to and in most case!
; above the average for the year, fee
quite sure that this parish will come
as near meeting the call of TIT
President that we feed ourselves ant
have a surplus for our Allies as an!
section of the country. War garden
have been planted everywhere ant
every article of feed is being scrupu
lousy saved and with the idle labo
! of which we have quite a bit goinl
, to work / don't believe we are goinl
to have any serious trouble in meet
. ing the harvest demands this fall.
Respectfully submitted,
H. C. FONDREN, Parish Agent
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