The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-12-18

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Gretna.-The police jury Of Jefferson
parish will hold a regular meeting in
the near future, while the finance
committee will meet one day earlier
The meetings were delayed because OF
the regular meeting date falling on the
first Of the month.
Ruston, According to an an
nounCement Heceived from District
Manager C. E. Woolman of the Louis
lana State University, Extension De
partment for North Louisiana, the
next meeting Of the North Louisiana
county farm agents will be held at
Ruston in the near future.
RuStOn.-The Ruston Chamber OF
Commerce has been selected as meet.
ing place for the convention for both
day and evening sessions. The meet.
ing for Tuesday evening will be at the
same time as the membership meet.
ing of the Ruston Chamber of Com.
merce
Pioneer.-The ginners' report shows
that up to November IA there had
been ginned throughout the parish g.
400 bales of cotton against $3.50 to the
same date last year. The acreage will
be cut more than 0ne-third next year,
1t is predicted, because of the poor re-
turns.
University Station, Baton Rouge. -
twenty-five registered hogs, all
brought into the parish for club mem.
bers, were exhibited at the Franklin
Parish Fair, writes w A. Givens, farm
demonstration agent. Many other farm
and home agents over the state report
godo gains made.
University Station.-Velvet beans
have been grown for four successive
years by some of the club boys and
have become part OF the regular
cropping system in these communities,
reports E. w. Jones, assistant agent in
Caddo parish. The velvet bean crop is
exceptionally good this year
University Station.-DeSoto parish
club members won first place at the
Louisiana State Fair, won first place
in the poultry contest, first in the
dairy contest, reports Mrs. Lillian
Stille, home agent. A Jersey cow was
awarded to the girl winning the dairy
contest.
University Station.-Club members
will be required to have record books
brought up-to-date at each monthly
meeting, writes NJ. N. Stafford, agent
in Jefferson Davis parish Club work
will be carried on in some of the small.
Ter schools located near schools with
clubs.
Gretna.-The committee of nine
named by the police jury to investi-
gate the finances of the street railway
companies across the river, who have
applied for permission to raise the
car fare, will resume sessions soon,
when the books will be examined at
the companies office In Algiers.
University Station. - Schools at
Yellow Pine, Adams, Andrew Chapel
and Hefiin We're visited recently for
the purpose of recognizing the boys
and girls clubs, reports Mrs. Julia
Cooksey, home agent in Webster par.
ish. The attitude of the teachers was
all that could be desired, and from
sixteen to twenty children took en-.
rollment cards at each school.
Lafayette. - Lafayette's tourist"
season is on in full blast, and the city
streets are presenting much bright.
er appearance as result. Mayor
Mouton has ordered the police depart.
ment to gather thin in as fast as they
pile off the box cars, and every morn.
ing the roundup at City Court is from
six to ten strong. In default of the
usual five or five" they take their
tools and go to work on the streets
1t is helping to solve the labor prob.
lem.
Arcadia. Hog killing time is at
hand for the local farmers and a large
number of porkers are being slaugh.
tered during the present dry, cold
spell. Generally, hogs are in fine
shape, due to the fact that the country
raised an abundance of feedstuff IN
this section, and doubtless every farm.
er will have enough meat u furnish
his own larder-and then some. Most
of the hogs raised here are Duroc Jer.
seys.
Observation-Disclosures who have &C.
casion to use the Southern National
the Old Spanish Trail, will
be pleased to know that the notorious
bog between Lafayette and Rayne.