Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-07-01

Eolt0r IensaS Gazette, st. Joseph,
La:
Dear Sir:
will greatly. appreciate you pub
fishing this letter anu the enclosed
letters in the next issu, of your paper.
We Must Divsrsify.
The time is now mere to get away
from the One Crop Idea: for cotton
at present prices can not be profit
ably grown. The planter who will
plant pant Of his ac- age in alfal-
ia, oats, corn, wheat, rye and barley
will have something 70 sell just at the
tim4 wheE his funds are exhausted,
and he will then be able to raise cot
ton as a surplus crop, and not until
this is done will the depression now
existing be overcome.
It does no good to 60 around and
talk depression and be respondent
and blue over the situation:
"For a Man May be Down but H.
is Never Out"
Why not, each ana every one Of
us, plant q few acres of tomatoes,
peas, carrots, beans, crcumbers, ETC.,
that find a ready market in the North
and East? We can do this as well as
and better tnan the hill farmer who
has to use commercial fertilizer,
which our lands do nos need and our
soil will produce more than theirs.
The Rail Road Company will fur
nish every facility needed and win
cooperate wssl us provided we raise
sufficient quantities to make car-lot
shipments.
l would suggest calling a meeting
of all the planters to organize, SO
chat we would have the cooperation
Of all who are willing TO try q few
acres each next season.
A first class agricusturist and DEM
onstrator will be needed so that we
will know how to proceed to raise
the products that win meet with ready
sale and Be profitable.
l have taken up this matter by cor
respondence with a number Of people |
w.lo are well informed on this SUBJ
ject and have made = success and who
claim that their kinds have materially
enhanced in value. II W.. are sue
eessful our lands will again be sought
after and probably by the small farm
er at better prices than heretofore,
and the depression now upon us viii
be forgotten.
Thanking you ir advance for your
kindness, / remain,
Yours very truly,
MARTIN JACOBY.
Letter Frea Assistant General
Freight Agsnt.
Mr.. Martin Jaooby,. Mayor,
Newellton, Louisiana.
Dear Sir:
I am pleased to note the farmers
in your vicinity are considering di-
versification, which, I am sure, is TIE
proper thing to do.
The farmers in this territory plant
their early crop Of potatoes and start
shipping to the Northern markets
about May 18th. This year we will
have approximately 400 cars Of Irish
potatoes and our schedule from Alex
andria has been the third morning |
delivery At st. Louis, fourth morning
delivery in Kansas City and fifth
day delivery in Chicago.
There is no reason why we would
not give you the same good service
from Nevellton and from all points
on the NJ, H & l. division. We can
furnish you with refrigerator cars but
some arrangement must be made for
the Refrigeration and icing Of the
cars before loading. However, during |
the movement Of the Irish Potato
crop we use stock cara entirely which
gives the best ventilation and place
the potatoes in the Northern markets
in good condition and I can assure |
you, the same or better service than
is accorded shippers from points
South Of Alexandra.
If you find II win be necessary to
candle your products in refrigerator
cars, kindly advise me and / win ar
range for . representative Of the
American Refrigerator Transit Co., to
call on you personally and make nee
essary arrangements, for the furnish
ing of cars, icing them, etc.
Yours truly.
DAN JACOBS,
Assistant General Freight Agent. !,