The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-11-13
WHAT THE PARISH
AGENTS ARE Dome
WEEKLY REPORTS INDICATE
CONSTRUCTIVE WORK
BEING DONE.
IS PROGRESSING
Cooperative Purchases Through Ws
Agents Efforts is Saving o.
Many Dollars to me
Farmers.


Farmers.
A. A. Mendoza. ct. Landry.
Farmers are highly pleased with tns
results OF their experiences n PocoD
curing and planning to increase me
acreage Of this crop this season. oos
man Melted $s76 On three scFes
planted to sweet potatoes.
q. NJ. Jacobson, ouaoastta -Eo0r nan'
bred and eighteen pecan trees Wefe
received on q cooperative ORDER -
Gently. A demonstrattpn IN patle
ont trees was held b Monroe. TWO
cooperative cars q hay were sofo.
e. p. earrios, t,afesreise.-More
and more tractors ere to be found u
every section Of tie parish. Many
Of the large sugar planters are MAKING
daily use OF tractors. ana eenef
farmers are puzcnAsfRs @ese mo-
chimes after seeing their sdvanfases.
V. A. QsBdros, kazayexae-osehs
prrchased recently b Wleconsm hsse
been delivered to ther new o~ness.
The First Nationaf Bank fl1inisneo
FUNDS for purrhasins eoms a u.s.
cattle. which wVfe sold At cost TO
farmers Ia the rartuh.
). D. Anthony, oaddo-The syees
notato storage-house OF Shreveport,
with q capacity Of 5000 bushsts, hes
not been able to take care OF han
the demand for curing space. TIE
potatoes put In the house esred out
nicely.
c. w. pavts, Morehpuss-A eaaoea
OF corn purchased cooperaoseay "
neople n Bastrop was distributed re.
Gently through the agent. This Gag
Of $50 bushels Yves purchased by y
different people ct SAVING q
| $2sS.50.
z. N. sledas, West carroslCpelay
erred a car Of meal and bulls q EofaDk
This carload YES 70 much cneseel
than ives expected hS the fafmess ~
another ear vAD immediately up
ecrtbeA Tor. recently oe0eeed ~
pursbred bulls Tor grading up Oca'
herds.
| C. G. Chapman, esauss0efd.-an1
community organisation at Longaec.
has decided to order all fefunsss'
eooueretivety and has appointed
committee to investigate prices, go
rhfs community recently fed out
car Of hogs for cooperative shiu0dna
but found It 10 advantage TO acceV
local prices.
p. M. aaequs, Lssaystte~S1mef'
with a surplus crop Of sweet posasoe'
ON their hands DOW zee ne necessst'
of having large sweetposaso eafna
plant In the paFish to take care o
this years crop.
n. v. Harrss. csidwsaa-he Pc
tury has voted "A appropfsaoo1 :
su,pply the agent WITH tools nssoa
in demonstration work. soea q
complete spray pomp, . tessaem'
level and a number d tooas nes0e'
in veterinary WORK
l. w. Wilkinson, jesfsFseM-
sections Of this parish NOW pen
tick-free, indications ere thAe daar
farming in the parish has . betgn
future. Every herd visited rece0tt
showed an introduction Of better MI
nroduoere, usually Q Holstedn grad
with a few Jerseys and oueTnseys.
/ A. q. curet, Points coupee.-Pfan
were made recently 70 organize tn
farmers into an agricultural leoeu
In order that farm demonstrate
| work might be facilitated. We exps<
to organize communities OF wards
units and finally effect parish orgal
ization.
c. p. seab, Conoordta.-Havfng q
rid of the cattle tick, We are NO
working on the eradication Of Il
scrub sire. A number Of pnrebre
bulls have already been purchased.
, ]. A. Andsrs, 1isaviiis.-Many I
the farmers who were given tnstr'i
) tons in pruning last year now hay
: the work well In hand. However, Il
, agent Is receiving more calls tor he
In orchard work than he can possib
respond to.
n. r. casseiI, Tangipahoa.-Fi
sweet potato crop harvested hast "a
was the best both In quality and yie
, In a number Of years. The stcrae
house at Amite was filed with l6,0