The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-06
PARISH AGENTS
REPORT BUSY WEEK

Boys and girls of Morehouse parish
are not relying this year on the hard
pressed bankers and merchants for
assistance IN their club wrok, but
will raise the money they need fo4'
the purchase of p4.~0- ed seed, ETC..
by means Of box suFpers. At the
Huges' chapel school $21 was raised
in that. way, 4riteE;T. H. Milliken,
parish agent.
Two cars of corn were ordered and
purebred bull bought for his de-
monstrators by Agent T. |. Watson Of
Madison parish. Several orders of
seed corn were filled by demonstra-
tors. The agent was visited by District
Agent C. E. Woolman during the
week.
| Cotton acreage has been reduced
fifty per cent in Caldwell parish and
great deal of lespedeza sown. Many
former cotton growers will not plant
a seed of it this year, reports H. "
Harris parish agent. Sweet potato
and sugar cane crops will be increased
and three private sweet potato curing
houses will be erected.
Several of the parish agents are al
rady busy rounding up carloads Of
pigs, to be shipped out with the train
load of boys pigs this fall. T. H. Cas-
anova OF Vermilion parish writes that
many boys already have selected their
pigs to go in this shipment and the
parents have promised tp provide the
necessary feeds. B. w. Baker of Rap
ides reports that eight clubs will con
tribute at least fifty hogs to the train
load, and that the parish will make ny
full car. Other agents report pro
gress in arranging for boys pigs to.
accompany the big shipment.
The agent in Pointe Coupee parish,
A. B. Curet, will be provided by his
police jury with a motion picture ma
chine for use in farm demonstrates
work There was not a dissenting
votee among the jurors when this
question was presented to them. In
addition to the agricultural work, the
machine will be used to promote other
rural educational advancement AMI
health work
Five cars of fertilizers, purchased
comparatively, have been delivered to
farmers by E. v. Elliott, agent in
Beauregard parish. A carload of alfai-
ia was also purchased comparatively
a ia saving of $12 a ton.
"By far the most important work
that has been done this week was
with the club organizations" writes
w. A. Givens agent in Franklin par.
ish. 81 completed the parish organi,
zaticn, making total Of 10 organized
clubs; with a total eneroIIment Of
412 live and enthusiastic boys and
girls. After the organization had been
completed meeting was called by the
parish president Of clubs, Marshall
Reese, and myself. The four officers
and representatives from fifteen clubs
were present We outlined the pro.
gram for the parish rally to be held
at Winnsboro April So There prom
ises to be keen competition among the
clubs for first prize, to be given to
the club that has the highest per-
centage of members present at the
rally"
Something should be done about
the ticks here writes o. &. Price, |
agent in St Helena parish. "PeopIe
are -0~v much upset about SO man.
OF their cattle dying Of Texas fever
The warm lays have Matched out a
full crop Of ticks and so many that
have grown up under dipping reguIa-
tons and become immune die soon
after the first ticks get or them. Peo-
pie ccme to me daily to diagnose Tex
as fever and treat their cows"
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