The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-01-25
LOUISIANA CROPS
MAKE FINE SHOWING
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Time ppaFHHet
The rebaet oi the United states
Crop Estimate Department an agrI
cultural conditions and yield e
l.e4iS ana is NOR than Iat'prug in
nearB e,ery respect Ia yield , the
value "a The product IN the enc ~
and industry If OH lsrmsr ana farm
bands aud especially .p the improve
meats uage the better method
adopted the great use q maehlp
cry and FERTILIZER The state WIS n9i
without man. difficulties and many
selbarks yei there vas . universal
improvement IN aIl ia fiEur
The shoftaess H the supply @. farm
labor seriously trterfercd with wCrk
bat there was, uuHe'hee-s onsid
erablo uerpaae eiraf per cen. in the
arefarr put under cultivation. aud 4
was better cultivated There we're m.
favorable atmosphere, conditions in
some sectIons srd ia tine ear" 81 some
creep Ito aud dry Weather bart the
core. ard too mu Il ratu seriously in|
teliofed atth lhe rice harvest
nut in suite n these ard other
similar DISADVANTAGE Louisiana uf
felnd less ihan most ether states This
point las been clearly established ever
Ianr period uf years that Louisiana
loses less from bas weather coudi.
tiops. drouths rreezoa and rains than
It's neighbour
The total crop value faa up to|
s2tA 023 ia. exclusive ~ cur stock
holdings, amounting rs So 5is o9H
A lentiou hrs been called before to
the latter Improvement The Board
Of State tauIrs. ltfor investigation
found that wo possessed. in tack ~
all kinds mere than twice a. many
animals as the assessors Ind rrey
ously reported II Mas pointed cut
also that there had been n greet I'm.
prcvement n the character Of the
Gaitle hogs etc. ne we are now i'm
porting "bloaded stock in large mum
Der
Tbis Improvement IN methodg is
Characteristic 81 our present agrl
culture There II more general use
Of farm machinery and implements.
Of more fertilizers. rrd the hand is
better plowed A. consequence. the
agricultural output a. the stat + far
the largest ever recorded on rice
crop breaks IN records. IA dee our
cotton crop IN value. and the yipld is
the best Tor many years past
Finally there has been as improve
meni in the diversity In which respect
Louisiana Is leadine all the states of
the South except perhaps, Texas This
Is n splendid showing and ve could
have done even better but for the
shoTthess in the lsbor SUPPL WEI
could OF course have doae still
more had ws used al the available
baud of high grade within or reach
On tlis poiri rs 80 The fertility NJ
the soil and lrg So HbI.y 10 crops
Of III kinds tie returns speak most
tavorehly II Is. Indeed aster' hing
to learn That In spite OF these great
eacoHragementf on!y ohe-third ol the
land Is In farms and ouly ON half Of
the fafms or one sixth Of the acre.
~" WIS under crops hast season
There Is room here for miEl.en or
"n farmers In this eonncctlon II
Is ereear rigging to uCte that the ten
lenes ts towards small farms. the
ay"rare faf the state being firms ofI
etehiy seven acres
This II thoroughly good how
Ing for wartime year with the labor
suppl, 81 the state cut down a. grea;lr
ak II has been, hy the needs af the
f. defal governments and the patriotism |
81 the Pc ple Of Louisiana