The Rice belt journal., 1919-01-25
EMONSTRATION
And FIGHTING
STOCK DISEASE
AGENTS WORK

the Parish Police Jury Thursday,
January End, Parish Agent H. G..
Fondren hade his annual report COW
ering his various activities during the
year which shows a wide range of
duties and reflects a great deal of
light upon the work being done by
the office of farm demonstration. The
report in detail follows:
q 80 demonstrations were conducted
in better cultivation and care Of
corn; % such demonstrations in cot
ton and 2 in oats. AZ other dem
onstrations were conducted includ-
ing among them, cow peas, velvet
beans, sorghams and hay.
7 car loads of beef type cattle
were purchased for farmers and
stockmen during the year and 5 cars
of dairy cattle have recently been
brought in, 20 pure bred hogs, II
males and 9 females have been pur-
chased for farmers and 4 registered
rams.
Much of the agents time was TAX
en- up in fighting animal diseases as
the following report will show:
1882 head hogs vaccinated against
cholera.
386 head sheep treated for foot,
rot and stomach worms.
230 head stock treated against
blackleg.
1875 head cattle treated against
abortion.
$500 head stock, both horses and
cattle treated against charbon and
anthrax.
312 letters written in interest OF
farmers and demonstration work.
In addition to this work many con.
sultations have been had and bulle'
tins furnished on many subjects such
as feeding and care of all kinds o1
live stock; treatment for certain ills
ETC., etc.
18 cars of fertilizers were made W
on cooperative basis among far
mers, the agent corresponding will
the different companies and securing
the, best price to the farmers in ca
lots. This usually resulted in a say
ings of $500 to $500 per ton
Five cars of cow peas and velve
beans were secured at cost to tn
farmers of about $3.50 per bushe
besides the convenience Of gettin!
these seeds at the right time and de
sired quantity.
The greatest service of the agen
to the people was probably in tn
matter of live stock sanitation an
vaccination against disease. Thos
who understand the situation FEY
|years ago will recall that hog choler
and charbon made such inroads upo
1.-THE stock of the parish that ther
twas little encouragement ofere
along this line but with thoroug
vaccination of all stock against thes
diseases there is not SO much to b
IIreckoned with and the farmers Q
the parish have begun to fill in tn
Iempty rice fields with stock with tn
assurance that some revenue can b
had from these resting lands wit
much less danger from disease an
loss than heretofore.
| Agent Fondren conceived the ide
that the price of material and pr
fessional service often stood in tt
way of many farmers vaccinatin
against charbon and other disease
and at once went about an arrang
ment by which these serumS, vaccine
etc., could be furnished to the farr
|ers at cost, he performing the pr
fessional service gratis, taking IL
stand that any demonstration toy
ard stamping out or even reducir
live stock diseases was good demo
stration work. The results have be'
"a saving of many hundreds of dc
lars a year in the price of materi
and thousands in the saving of Ii
stock.
Agent Fondren Travelled a total
17,648 miles by auto and train, co
siderable of which was taken up
war work, thrift stamp drives, liber
II = I.