The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-03-18
WHAT THE PARISH
AGENTS ARE DOING
WEEKLY REPORTS Indie TIE
CONSTRUCTIVE WORK
BEING DONE
WORK is PR0GRESS] g
Cooperative Purchases Through the
Agents Efforts Is Saving or
Many Dollars to the
Farmers.
A. A. Mendoza, St. Landry. -

Farmers are highly pleased with me
results Of their experiences in Il @to
curing and planning to increase ne
acreage Of this crop this season. re
man Melted $S25 on three .es
planted to sweet potatoes.
B. M. Jackson. Ouachita. -Four h2n-
dred and eighteen rc"an trees N""e
received on a cooperative Orde: re-
Gently. y demonstration in pu 'l5
out trees was held in Monroe. 70
cooperative cars of hay were sold.
{. p. Earrios, Lafourche. lore
and more tractors are to be foun N
every section of the parish. My
Of the large sugar planters are M tn5
daily use OF tractors. and sE'a 2r
farmers are purchasing these pa
chimes after seeing their advantas s.
V. A. Guidroz. Lafayette. c 2tt:e
purchased recently in Wisconsin lave
been delivered to their new own rs.
The First National Bank furn: I'd
funds for purchasing some Of t csc
cattle, which were sold at co.. 10
farmers in the parish.
J.. 2. Anthony, Caddo.-The set
potato stcrage-house at Shreve @rt.
with a capacity Of $4,000 bushels. las
not been able to take care of half
the demand for curing space. The
potatoes put in the house cured out
nicely.
c. w. Davis. Morehouse.-A ca Hod
of corn purchased comparatively by
people IL Ecstr0p was distributed re-
Gently through the agent. This car
of $50 bushels vas purchased ~ 80
different people at savin& CT
s23S.5G.
< M. Sledee, West CarrolI.-Nri iv-
cred car CT meal and nulls a. Forest.
This carload was so much che ger
than was expected by the farmers that
another car was Immediately Sub
scribed for. l recently ordered 40
purebred bulls for grading up local
herds.
c. c. Chapman, Beaurcaard.-
organization at Lon , &c
has decided to order all ferti :"o"s
comparatively and has appointe a
committee to Investigate prices.
This community recently fed G. 4
car of hogs for cooperative ship irg,
out found it to advantage to ac,e.A
ocal prices.
r. Nj. Bacque, Lafayctte.-Tar ars
With surplus crop Of sweet pot1'"cs
N their hands now see the nects ity
# having large sweet-potato curing
liant in the parish to take care Of
his years crop.
II. v. Harris, caldwelI.-The ro Ice
ury has voted an appropriation to
upply the agent with tools nee ed
n demonstration work, such 9i
omplete spray pump, a terri. ing
svel and number Of tools nc ed
] veterinary work.
L. W. Wilkinson, Jefferson.- ost
nc;ions Of this parish now ! ng
ck-free, indications are that { ilJ
.r-ning il the parish has a ! ht
.tura Every herd visited reC@1 ~
lowed an Introduction of better Tx
'3Gucers. usually a Holstein lie
iii a few Jerseys and Guernse. ?.
A. 3. Curet, Ponte Coupee.- ms
ere made recently to organize 20
ynars into an agricultural Ia u.,
order that farm demonstl !, m
)ik might be facilitated. We vet
organize communities or war as
its and finally effect parish N
ltion.
c. p. sca.,. Concorda.-Havin~ OF
Of the cattle tick. we are w
,rking ON the eradication C he
rub size. \ number Of purt red
rs have already been purchase :.
}. A. Anders, BienviIle.-Mar Of
, farmers who were given in; &C.
us IN pruning last year now e
: work we'll in hand. Howeve. he
CT IS receiving more calls for he
orchard work than he Can pos ID y
'pond to.
4. r. casseII, Tansipahoa.- q
Get potato crop harvested las tail
s tie beet both in quality and = ID :
a number of years. The ste 20.
use at Amite was filed with % 4
shells and another on the fn Of q
G. i'riIhard now has 5000 bu> Is
ng through the curing process III
. 0. Montegut, Ascension.-A; IT.
ak If bla2kleg in the Hope la
nmunity was checked by i'm. a.
T. Farmers attending this & II
tration showed ready aptitut n
ruing the technique of inocul n.
!. z. Curet, Pointe Coupee.-k n
IN was put on during the f to |.
trey the Argentine ant. .s3n ~
prepared By the agent and I'D
he housah0lders at cost TIL ga IS
K we'll with the people an.s he
edy Was very effective.
!. "A. Virgins, Winn.-The ct
ito crop was good aud the tN o.
curing plants in the parish re 4
dly filed The agent .I,,ro-
)hed a field which he esti..:ted
Id yield four hundred bush, II, to
acre.