The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-03-06
WHAT THE PARISH
AGENTS ARE DOING
WEEKLY REPORTS INDICATE
CONSTRUCTIVE WORK
BEING DONE.
WORK IS PROGRESSING
eeoneratlve Purchases Through the
Agents Efforts 10 Saving OF
Many Dollars to the
Farmers.

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 Melted 1926 on three acres
planted to sweet potatoes.
3. M. Jackson, ouachita. hun
dred and eighteen pecan trees were
received on a cooperative order re-
Gently. A demonstration in putting
ont trees was held In Monroe. TWO
cooperatiye cars Of hay were soio'
&. p. sarrios, Lafourche. More
and more tractors are to be founo 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. GuIdroz, Lafayette.-CattI2
purchased recently in Wisconsin nave
been delivered TO their new owners.
The First National Bank furnished
funds for purchasing some OF THESE
cattle, which were sold at cost 10
farmers in the parish.
J. 3. Anthony, Caddo.-The sweet
potato storage-house at Shreveport
with a capacity of $4,000 bushels, has
mt been able to take care OF hall
the demand for curing space. me
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 ESQ bushels was purchased by 81
different people at a saving OF
R23S5O.
E. M. sIedae, West carroII.-Deliv-
cred a car of meal and hulls at Forest
This carload was so much cheaper
than was expected by the farmers that
another car was Immediately SUD
scribed for. | recently ordered two
purebred bulls for grading up local
herds.
c. c. Chapman, Beaureaard'-The
community organization at LOngacre
has decided to order all fertilizers
cooperatively and has appointed
committee to investigate prices, etc
This community recently fed out a
car Of hogs for cooperative shipping
but found it to advantage to accept
local prices.
r. M. Bacuue, Lafayette. Farmers
with surplus crop Of sweet potatoes
ON their 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 &c
supply the agent with tools needed
in demonstration work, such az
complete spray pump, terracine
level and q number Of tools needed
In veterinary work.
|. w. wilkinson, Jetferson.-Mos'
sections of this parish now being
tick.free, indications are that dair!
farming in the parish has brlgh'
future. Every herd visited recently
showed an introduction Of better mill
producers, usually a Holstein grade
with few Jerseys and Guernseys.
A. 3. curet, Pointe coupee.-Plan'
were made recently to organize thu
farmers into an agricultural league
in order that farm demonstration
work might be facilitated. We eXpec
to organize communities or wards a.
units and finally effect a parish organ
ization.
c. p. seab, concordla.-Having go
rid Of the cattle tick, we are nov
working on the eradication of thu
scrub sire. A number of purebre'
bulls have already been purchased
]. A. Anders, 5ienviIe.-Many o
the farmers who were given instruc
lions in pruning last year now hav'
the work we'll in hand However, tn
agent is receiving more calls for he'll
In orchard work than he can possiol,
respond to.
n. r. casseli, Tansipahoa.-Th
sweet potato crop harvested last fal
was the best both in quality and yiel
In q number Of years. The storage
house at Amite was filled with 1900
bushels and another on the farm 0
]. G. Prichard now has 5000 bushel
going through the curing process.
]. o. Montegut, Asoension.--An ou
break of bIacklsg in the Hope Viii
community was checked by inocul'
ton. Farmers attending this den
onstration showed ready aptitude i
learning the technique of inoculatior
A. B. curst, Pointe coupee.-A can
paign was put on during the fall
destroy the Argentine ant. Poiso
was prepared by the agent and sol
to the householders at cost. The ide
took well with the people and tn
remedy was very effective.
w. M. Virgins, Winn.-The swee
potato crop was good and the two pC
tato curing plants in the parish wer
rapidly filled, The agent phot'
graphed field which he estimate
would yield four hundred bushels t
the acre.