The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-03-18
WEEKLY REPORTS INDICATE
CONSTRUCTIVE WORK
BEING DONE.
WORK IS PROGRESSING
Cooperative Purchases Through Hhs
Agents Efforts Is Saving OF
Many Dollars to the
Farmers.

curing anu planning w o
acreage Of this crop this season. ono
man netted sS25 on three ao'o'
PLANTED to sweet potatoes.
3, N, Jackson, ouachita.-four hun
dred and eighteen pecan trees "e.e
received on a cooperative order re-
Gently. A demonstration III pu,rns
ant trees was held in Monroe. l"o
cooneratiye cars OF hay were so'u'
E. P. Barros, La'ourche'-Moie
and more tractors are to De louHu ia
averv section of the parish. Many
IT the large sugar planters are making
daily use of tractors. and smaller
farmers are purchasing these ma
ch,nes after seeing their advantages
v A, Guidroz, Lafayette.-Cattle
purchased recently in Wisconsin nave
been delivered to their new owners:
The First National Bank furnisheo
funds for purchasing some OF 1nese
cattle which were sold at cost 10
farmers In the parish.
J. 3. Anthony, csddo.-The sweet
potato storage-house at Shreveport
with a capacity of $4,000 bushels mas
not been able to take care OF nan
the demand for curing space. Inc
notatoes put in the house cured OUT
nicely.
C. w. Davis, Morehouse.-A carload
of corn purchased comparatively py
neople in Bastrop was distributed re-
Gently through the agent. This car
Of $50 bushels was purchased by ~
different people at a saving ol
$23S.50.
E. N. sledse, West CarrolI.--Deliv'
cred a car of meal and hulls at Forest
This carload was so much cheaper
than was expected by the farmers that
another car was Immediately sub
scribed for. recently ordered two
nurebred bulls for grading up local
herds.
c. c. Chapman, Beauresard'-Ine
community organization at Longacre
has decided to order all fertilizers
comparatively and has appointed q
committee to investigate prices ETC.
This community recently fed out a
car Of hogs for cooperative shipping
hut found it to advantage to accept
local prices.
r. NJ. eacque, Lafayette.-Farmers
with a surplus crop of sweet potatoes
On their hands now see the necessity
of having a large sweet.potato curing
plant in the parish to take care o.
this years crop.
H. v. Harris, CaIdwell-The police
,ury has voted an appropriation II
supply the agent with tools needed
in demonstration work, such as
complete spray pump, terraclnt
level and a number Of tools needed
In veterinary work.
/. W. Wilkinson, Je4erson.-Mos
sections of this parish now beln'
tick.free. indications are that dalr.
farming in the parish has a brlgh
future. Every herd visited recent
showed an introduction of better mill
D producers usually Holstein grad
e with few Jerseys and Guernseys.
A, 3. Curet, Pointe Coupee.-Plan
we're made recently to organize tn
v farmers into an agricultural leagu
in order that farms demonstration
work might be facilitated. We expec
to organize communities or wards a
- units and finally effect parish organ
- Ization.
J. c. p. seab, coneordia.-Having 60
It rid of the cattle tick, we are nov
Is working on the eradication Of tn
a scrub sire. A number of purebre
II bulls have already been purchased.
" j. A. Anders, BienvIIe.-Many
the farmers who were given instru'
1t tons in pruning last year now hav
IT the work we'll in hand. However, tn
N agent is receiving more calls for hel
70 in orchard work than he can posslbl
10 respond to.
:. H. F. cassell, Tangipahoa.-Th
y. sweet potato crop harvested last ia
.. - was the best both in quality and yiel
~ In number of years. The storag
house at Amite was filled with. 1890
10 bushels and another on the farm {
70 II. G. Prichard now has 5000 bushe
ID going through the curing process.
at J. o. Montegut, Ascension.-An on
break of blackleg in the Hope Viii
= community was checked by inocul
ton. Farmers attending this der
onstration showed ready aptitude
4 learning the technique of inoculatio
A. 3. curet, Pointe coupee.-A car
paign was put on during the fall {
- destroy the Argentine ant. Poisc
was prepared by the agent and so
to the householders at cost. The ide
took we'll with the people and Il
remedy was very effective.
w. N. Virgins, Winn.-The swe