St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-31
Meetings Held in Many of
Towns of st. Tam
many Parish
ORGANIZATION
MUST COME
Talks by Prominent Busi-
ness Men and Farmers.
Have Point of View
BY Staff Correspondent.

In meetings held on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week
at Pilgrim Rest, Folsom, Waldheim,
Bush, Central, Lacombe, Slidell and
Pearl River, the farmers OF the par
ish met to consider and plan for a
permanent Parish Farmers Organiza-
tion in addition to community organ
izations. At all the meetings held
on the east side Of the parish a dele
cation Of Slidell merchants and busl-
ness men attended, and Mr.. Henry
Keller by request acted as chairman
A resolution was passed by unani-
nous vote at all places excepting
Central (where there was only one
dissenting vote) to request the Police
Jury at it's meeting the second Tues
day in January, 1922, to employ a
farm agent for the parish for the
year 1922. It was also urged that
arrangements be made for employ
ment of Parish Home Demon
strator.
At the east side meetings presideu
over by Mr.. Keller resolutions were
also passed to have enacted all
amendment to the game laws max.
ing the hunting season begin Nov
1st and end March 1st FOR all game
Although the program everywhere
included speeches at some length BY
Mr.. l.. w. Wilkinson, OF the Exper5-
ment Station at Baton Rouge, by MI
Felix Bachemin, agricultural agent
OF the N. 0. G. n. Railway, and D;
Mr A. E. Briggs, others present frez
quently expressed the needs and Oh
jects Of the meeting in a most e.,
effective way. As we are unable ii
this article to give a full report o:
a many very important things which
$ ware said and later will make use
OF some Of the data in other connec-
tions, We will recount only what had
more direct relation to the imme-
G.ale purposes Of The meetings.
No Deter expression OF the neces-
sitJ Tor cooperation and Indication
or tie way 10 go about it was madt
tn.&n by MIR. Neuhauser, Of SlideI.
He said in part: 'We merchant
Who depended On the timber realiz
that It is gene. If we stay in busi-
ne S III this parish we have to create
new sources OF wealth. We are not
moved merely by benevo!ence-al
though the christian note is co-opera-
tlon-bLt from selfish motives th1
nlol chants realize they have to. he'll;
the farmers. Thai vas what led tn
business men Of Gldell some month
ago to cal it's neighboring farmers
together. First, we tried to get the
farmers to build potato storage
house themselves: But they pre-
ferred that the merchants do it ami
buy their potatoes. Now, the mer-
chants are not interested in farm
ing, but if the farmers are to buy
our merchandise they must get mon
ey, cash, from the sale of their farm
products to buy with. We mer-
chants must get out the trade ru.,
for it is to the advantage neither OF
he farmers nor ourselves Let US
do all we can to put the farmer on
cash basis. That is what we are
trying to do in Slidel. So we went
up to the truck district in Mississippi
and we were encouraged to learn
that the truck growers there realize
that because their crops get onto the
market several weeks later than is
possible here in St. Tammany parish
they would be glad Of the opportuni-
ty to come here and truck If condi-
tions were favorable, for !, they feel
that they are too far North to get
the best results Therefore we en-
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