St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-02-28
After an Absence of Two
Years Mr.. Bachemin Re-
turns to St. Tammany.
STARTS WORK AS
PARISH AGENT
Asks Cooperation of Farm
ers and Promises Work
That Will Aid Them

After an absence Of practically
two years, spent as Assistant Parish
Agent of Webster Parish, l take
Measure in announcing to the farm
ers and the people of st. Tammany
narish that | have been appointed
Parish Agent of your parish and be-
gan work here February 18th.
am in this line Of work because
7 am fond Of it, and l am grateful
To be back in this parish because |
have the interest of its people and
their undertakings at heart, and feel
that the success and prosperity OF
the banks, merchants and other pro
fessional men of the parish depend
largely upon the earnings OF the
farmers, while on the other hand, /
realize that the growth and e0pan-
sion of the towns of our parish mean
a greater cooperation, a chain or
good roads. better rural conditions,
better schools, churches and all other
modern facilities at every farmers
door, giving the farmers all adVant-'
ages his city brother enjoys and max
ing the farm a place really worth
living on,
These, and many other objects
along the lines Of production of crops
best adapted to our soils; the fight
ing and eradicating Of dangerous dis
eases among livestock; the substitut-
ing of pure bred stock in place OF
the scrub; the eliminating OF SCRUB
sires on the open range; better farm
focks replacing the mongrel; dairy
cow on every farm; systematic ro-
tation of crops along diversified
lines; the constant keeping up of soil
fertility; and last, but not least, the
educating of every farm boy and girl
to the fact that the farm is really
fit and profitable place for one to
live. All Of the various items men
toned above, along with hundreds o!
others, consists of the Parish Agents
work, and the working of all of these
many phases between the farmers
and the Parish Agent spell the word
t'co-operation," which is the back
bone of success in this line Of work,
and the paramount issue to show
that the farmer needs the Par al
Agent and the Agent the farmer.
A Parish Agent, or Farm Demon
stration Agent (the mistake Is often
made), is net one who knows every
word to the exact definition of the
vast field covered by the term "agrl-
culture" but is placed as leader
in county or parish to be the agent
the farmers as a body.
looking after their interests at all
times, and knows little about every
thing pertaining to the farm. 1t IS
his duty to locate the fault or. gel
in immediate communication with a
specialist who will aid the Parish
Agent in threshing out such prob
lens, saving the farmers time and
inconvenience Of studying such
problems themselves, and again,
many agents, through our method OF
visiting and looking over one farm,
have saved thousands of dollars TO
other farms by keeping them from
following the principles we found to
be unsuited to the first individual.
Our parish had wonderful forests
years ago, but these timbered lands
are gradually disappearing. Shall
We allow our eye to look on such
cut-over lands and vast barren reg
ions, or will we cooperate and con-
vert these lands into productive fields
and luxuriant pastures? l shall
answer the question for you. You
are progressive, hence you will CO.
operate and through this co-opera-
tien the people of the North AMI
East will learn Of our opportunities
and they soon will realize our ad-
Vantages and will colonize our lands. |
We can grow rice, cane, corn, po-
tatoes and livestock in some or all
sections of our parish, and with the
aid OF limestone, stable and COM !
mercial fertilizers and legumes our
soils can be built up to be as produc-
tive as any Of the pine lands Of the
state, these facts along with the as
that any farm product pro-
duced can always find a market upon |
their quality is the foundation for
greater center.
| shall occupy the Parish Agent Of
fice in the courthouse building IN |
Covington, where l propose to keep |
a complete bureau of agricultural in
formation, and will most likely be
found in that office every Saturday. |
also expect to have a set date In
each week to meet the farmers OF |
Inc southern part of the parish aaf
shall announce my office day and
place in Slidell within the next few
days. My object is to meet every |
farmer in the parish and help all |
san. My success depends upon the
cooperation you give me,
FEL1X BACHEMIN, JR.,
Parish Agent.