The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-01-08
Webster Parish Clubs Succeed.

L. s. U. Press Bulletin.]
Nearly one thousand boys and girls
in Webster Parisll-9S2. to he exact
were enrolled for club work last year.
each Of whom is carrying on or has
completed definite club project. re-
ports Felix Bachemin. boys club agent
in Webster.
The club membership is divided as
follows: Pig club. 139: corn club. 1'2;
fat hog shipping club. 100. cotton club.
II: poultry club, 215: garden club.
23S: dairy club II. and miscellaneous.
including peanut. wheat and sheep. l..
Each of the pig club members is feed
ing and caring for one or more regis
tered pigs and hogs of one of the lead
ing breeds. During the year the pig
club members have sold 125 registered
pigs mostly from first filters, for Il
total Of approximately $3.50.
The 152 corn club boys planted at
least one acre of corn and Il legume
each. Their average yield Of corn was
10 bushels to the acre. Most OF the
corn-club members plant good seed and
can spare. 1t Is expected that they
will sell Mt least one thousand bushels
of seed corn for next season. at an
average price Of $3 bushel.
The hog-shippins club shipped four
carloads. or II total Of $50 hogs. to the
#. Worth market during the twelve
months ending November. 1919. For
these hogs they received an average OF
$500 net per carload.
The cotton club members. working
under extremely difficult weather con-
ditiOnS. made an average of about one
thousand pounds of seed cotton on the
two acres planted by each member.
More than ten thousand chickens
were Matched by the poultry club men,
bers. of which 1913 were raised. Many
of the club members had charge Of ell
tire tiOcks. In addition to selling many
chickens. the members sold 40 dozen
eggs ut an average price of 52A cents
Il dozen.
The 23S garden club members put
out an average of 100 tomato plants
each. Besides these they grew quanti
ties of beans. peppers. cucumbers. cab
bage. okfa and onions. The club mem
bers filled nearly ten thousand contains
ers with canned vegetables during the
. season.
The dairy club members did active
work in some form Of dairying. Some
attended to the milking and cared fol
the milk. and others attended to feed
ing the cows and calves in their charge
The plan is to extend this work unit
the boys and girls are the real owner
of their cattle.
Felix Bachemin. jr.. is in charge 0
the boys club work in Webster Parish
and Miss Julia Cooksey. the parisl
e home demonstration agent. looks afte
the work of the girls. w. NJ. Mcbride
y parish agent. has also done Il grea
v deal to help the club work get goo
+ start. According to Mr.. Bachemil
much of the success of the club wOr
3 in Webster Parish Is due to, the heart
Il support given it by the First Nationi
, Bank Of NIinden. This bank h
y says. will start boy in any line G
n club work he wishes to undertake b
lending him the necessary funds at
70 reasonable rate of interest. No el
4. dorsement or security is required. Til
v bank now holds the notes of about tw
r. hundred club members. averaging abo,
t. SO each. 1t has been helping IL
% boys and girls in this way for veal
ID and has not lost cent of such loans