The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-10-19
EXTENSION DEPT.
OFFERS FARMERS
ALL POSSIBLE AID

Are you a farmer? Are you salts
fled with condition as they exist To-
DAY? Can you go over your business
for the past five years with satisfac-
ton? Do you blame somebody else Tor
your troubles?. Can you face the fu-
ture with confidnc? Do you ever ex-
meet to make farming profitable!
Would you like to own better homes
with all modern conveniences? Would
YOU like to live as well or better than
city folks? What are you doing TO
secure this result? This is not writ
ten for those who are satisfied 70
20 ON receiving in the future what
they got in the past 1t is written for
n man who has ambition and wants
to get ahead. Farmers you can make
your land earn you better living.
The extension division Of the Louisi-
ana state university can help you.
This department offers every farm
er valuable information and service
through its agepts-the home dem
oDstration agent and the county agent
These agents are in possession OF, or,
are able to obtain practicable know
ledee about almost every problem n
the farm or in the country home. They
are in a position to furnish you with
information and advice. which, II fol
lowed will result in greater yield per
sacre-better and more profitable live
stock-more chickens and eggs-bet-
ter gardens and orchards and shelves
Of canned goods and preserves that It
would take two bales of cotton to
buy. This spells success and tn farm
ers OF st. Landry can have it as well
as Ia farmers of Iowa and Illinois. It
ts simply a matter of going after t
with a will. After all farming Is the
biggest business in tn world and 70
make it successful businss methods
/, uRst adopted on the farm. It is your
business to know certain things about
your soil. your crops and your hive
stock and this is weber your agents
can help you through information In
their possession.
It Is a mistaken idea that the coun-
II agent is supposed to vaccipate ey-
cry farmers cattle and hogs. He
could no more do that than he could
pick your cotton, cut your cane or
dig your potatoes. 1t is his business
to instruct the farmers in the use
OF the syringe, and assist him to get
the serum for vaccinating his live
stock. 1t is also the work Of the
agents to instruct the boys and girls
IA their club work. This requires
half their time and it is not the least
important part Of their work. The
boys and girls of today will be the
farmers and their wives Of tomorrow
and the good lessons they learn in
club work will go with them through
their lives. The knowledge they ac-
quire about agriculture is as import
ant as learning to read and write. SO
give the children chance. See that
they get the very best chickens and
pigs you can afford. Give them piece
OF ground for a garden. Give them a
chance to make some money of their
own by exhibiting their things at the
fairs and selling it then which those
chiidrn take an interest in the farm.
Remember you hav a better op9o"-
tunity to become Just as prosperous
as the farmers Of the north and the
west than those farmers had when
they began. If you do not take adj
vantage OF this opportunity and be
come more prosperon than the farm
ers of the north, canyon blame any
body but yourself. Your agents are
interested in you. They want to help
you make St. Landry the most pros
porous parish in the state It be-
longs way up at the top Let us be-
gin today doing something to make
our soils richer. A rich soil is the
very foundation upon which success
full farming is butt AS long as our
sand produces only twenty bushel OF
corn per acre and other crops in pro.
portion so long can you expect the
future to be just what the past has
been. Does the future hold pros
perity or failure for you? The answer
rests with you. You can build up
your land You can grow more and
better live stock. You can grow
more Of the things you eat on the
farm. You can improve your cotton
and corn. There is no secret about
being successful farmer. Every
farmer in the parish can be successful
e he wants to. Watch your paper
every week for something of interest
to farmers.