The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-28
WHAT THE PARISH
AGENTS ARE DOING
WEEKLY REPORTS INDICATE
CONSTRUCTIVE WORK
BEING DONE.
WORK IS PROGRESSING
Cooperative Purchases Through the
Agents Efforts Is Saving of
Many Dollars to the
Farmers.

A. A. Mendoza, St. Landry. =
Farmers are highly pleased with the
results Of their experiences in potato
curing and planning to increase the
acreage of this crop this season. One
man netted $825 on three acres
planted to sweet potatoes.
3. M. jackson, ouachita. Four hun
dred and eighteen pecan trees were
received on a cooperative order re-
Gently. A demonstration in putting
out trees was held in Monroe. Two
cooperative cars of hay were sold
e. p. Rarrios, Lafourehe. More
and more tractors are to be found in
every section of the parish. Many
of the large sugar planters are making
daily use of tractors, and smaller
farmers are purchasing these ma
chimes after seeing their advantages
v. A. ouIdroz, Lafayette. Cattle
purchased recently in Wisconsin have
been delivered to their new owners
The First National Bank furnished
funds for purchasing some OF these
cattle, which were sold at cost to
farmers in the parish.
J. 3. Anthony, caddo. The sweet
potato storage-house at Shreveport,
with a capacity of $4,000 bushels, has
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. carload
Of corn purchased comparatively by
people in Bastrop was distributed re-
Gently through the agent. This car
of $40 bushels was purchased by 80
different people at saving OF
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Z. M. sledee, West carrOII.-Deliv-
cred a car of meal and bulls 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
purebred bulls for grading up local
herds
c. c. Chapman, Beauregard.-The
commit nifty organization at Longacre
has decided to order all fertilizers
comparatively and has appointed
committee to investigate prices, etc.
This community recently fed out
car of hogs for cooperative shipping
but found it to advantage to accept
local prices,
r. M. 5acque, Lafayette. -Farmers
with surplus crop of sweet potatoes
on ths If hands now see the necessity
of having a large sweet-potato curing
plant in the parish to take care OF
this years crop.
n. v. Harris, caIdwelI.-The police
Jury has voted an appropriation to
supply the agent with tools needed
In demonstration work, such as a
complete spray pump, a terraclng
level and a number of tools needed /
in veterinary work,
[. w. Wilkinson, Jefferson.-Most /
sections OF this parish now being /
tick.free. indications are that dairy
farming in the parish has bright /
future. Every herd visited recently
showed an Introduction Of better milk
producers, usually a Holstein grade
with a few Jerseys and Guernseys.
A. 3. curet, Points cOupee.-Plans
were made recently to organize the
farmers into an agricultural league
in order that farm demonstration
work might be facilitated. We expect
to organize communities or wards as
units and finally effect parish organ
ization.
c. p. seab, concordla.- Having got
rid of the cattle tick, we are now
working on the eradication of the
scrub sire. A number of purebred
bulls have already been purchased.
J. A. Anders, RienvIlle.-Many Of
the farmers who were given instruc-
lions in pruning last year now have
the work well in hand. However, the
agent is receiving more calls for help |
in orchard work than he can possibly |
respond to.
n. r. casseIl, Tansipahoa. i
sweet potato crop harvested last fall /
was the best both in quality and yield
In a number of years. The storage
house at Amite was filed with $4,000 /
bushels and another on the farm of
]. G. Prichard now has 5000 bushels
going through the curing process.
J. o. Monteeut, Ascension out
break of biackleg in the Hope Villa
community was checked by inocula-
ton. Farmers attending this dem
onstration showed ready aptitude in
the technique of incubation
Al 3. curet, Pointe coupee.-A cam
paign vas put on during the fall to
destroy the Argentine ant. Poison
was prepared by the agent and sold
to the householders at cost The idea
took well with the people and the
remedy was very effective.
w. M. Virgins, Winn.--The sweet
potato crop was good and the two po-
tato curing plants in the parish were
rapidly filed The agent photo
graphed a field which he estimated
would yield four hundred bushels to
the acre.