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The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
PLAN INCREASED
SOIL FERTILITY
Certain Quantity Of Different E|e.
ments Is Necessary to Pro.
mote Plant Growth.
GREEN CROPS SUPPLY HUMUS
Much Of Enrichng Properties Of
Stable Manure Is Wasted by Un-
Wise Methods-Wheat and
Corn Need Potash.
prepared by the United States Department
OF AgriCulture.)

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agricuture.)
Richness and fertility are often sup
posed to mean the same thing when
applied to SOIL but there may be a
wide difference, says the United States
Department of Agriculture. The Diff
ference is one that may mean success
or failure in crop production.
BY fertility is meant the ability of
the soil to produce a good crop. "A
soil is rich if it contains a consider
able quantity of each Of the elements
required by the plant in the PROCESS
of growth. Unless, however, these
elements are available to the plant
and the physical conditions of the soil
are such as to promote plant growth,
the soil cannot be said to be fertile.
Certain elements are always available
to the plant; others must be acted
upon by certain substances under suit
able conditions to become available
or soluble.
Soils may be rendered infertile
through natural causes, such as leach
ing, and through artificial causes. such
as single cropping, improper rotation,
and the improper proportion of live
stock to crop production. One of the
principal methods of increasing soil
fertility is through addition of humuS
in the soil, either by stable manure or
green crops plowed under.
Leaching May Waste Manure.
Too much Of the fertilizing proper.
ties of stable manure is wasted
either by teaching in the barnyard or
by evaporation when spread on the
land and left on the surface. If the
manure is spread and cannot be plowed
under quickly, it should be disked, I'M
less the ground is frozen. If manure
must be left on the surface Of the
field, 1t Is much better left in piles and
spread just before it is plowed un-
der. The effect OF stable manure on
the land is cumulative, and frequently
Is more marked with the second crop
than with the first.
Green crops plowed under provide
another source Of soil Improvement. |
Such crops as peas, beans, clover and
alfalfa are among the best for sup
plying humus to the soil. These crops
should be pIowed under in the soil 50
IS to have abundant opportunity to
decay before the growing season be-
gins the following spring. If legu-
ninous crop cannot be grown for
green manure, other crops, such as
pats, rye, barley, or even sorghum, may
)e used.
If the required elements are not in
the soil or are not readily available,
he need should be supplied by COM
nercial fertilizers. The composition
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
Stable Manure increases Fertility BY
Adding Humus to the Soil.

Of fertilizer used will depend upon the
requirements of the crop to be grown
and upon the condition Of the soil
which Is used for crop production. A
sugar beet crop, for instance, should
have abundant potash, while for a
wheat or corn crop attention should be
given to the nitrogen supply.
Fit Fertilizer to Soil Media
A complete fertilizer consists Of nj.
trogen, phosphoric acid and potash
Materials containing these elements
are mixed in different proportions for
different crops and for different soil
requirements. It frequently appears
that complete fertilizer is not re.
quired. For example, there may be
present in the soil an abundant SUD.
ply Of available potash, but the SUP.
ply Of nitrogen and phosphorlc acid
may be deficient.
Under certain conditions commercial
fertilizers do not seem effective. This
may be due to the fact that the fer.
tilizing elements are not used in proper
proportions, or it may be due to the
physical conditions of the soil. The
greater benefits are obtained from com.
mercial fertilizers when the soil Is
well supplied with Nlmus. There
should, Of course, be a sufficient SUP.
ply Of moisture in the soil to dissolve
and hold in solution the plant foods
that are already present or that NAV
be supplied In the form Of commercial
fertilizer.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
ENORMOUS DAMACf Is
RATS TO FooDs1uFEJ
Loss Of s2oo,ooo,oOo Anpu,|A
in United States,
To Effect Complete Cxtermjn,.,..
Rodent Pests United Effort, !
Every Home Owner and
Tenant Are Needed,

prepared by the United States D.,.-
OF AgricuIture.) "aVl
Damage totaIins S2Oo,oOO0n d
stored foodstuifs, grain, field cron.
other injurable materials il don.
rats in the United States amman
Only the united efforts Of ever, ~
owner and tenant can effect tho i.
ton of these rodent pests. Thu \.
logical Survey, United States n..,.'
ment of Agriculture, is starting /. ~
campaign against rodents throua..1
the eastern United States. Much
ready has been accomplished in tho y,
ter of control in the Western and M
die Western states, where effective \
operation was secured. On the a..
hand, residents Of the Eastern N
ooulierl states, as a rule, have n.
exposed to widespread rayages III
attacks from rodents for such ID,
periods that they have become \.
accustomed to the nuisances az IA !.
cept them as a matter of course, IND.
Sam is doing his utmost to awakn
these sections to the need for GRADES.
ing rats. &,
TO illustrate the enormous damaa.,
which rats annually accomplish i
grain and corn fields, the experienc
Of the state penitentiary farm, cove,
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
E)O(L<1M'
n|2 ~ ]
PRACTICAL FATTEN|NG WAYS
Where Crates Are Used Little Space Is
Necessary-Exercise Is Not
Desirable.

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agricultural
Three methods of fattening poultry
are used in this country-pen fatten'
Ing, crate fattening and machine cram.
ming. The first two are the most com.
mon; the third is used only where but
a few birds are to be fattened.
Pen fattening Is practiced by many
persons who do not have the time and
inclination to use other methods. The
essentials Of pen fattenlng are quiet,
darkness, except at feeding time, and
plenty Of soft feed given at regular in
tervals, usually three times a day.
Birds may be kept in flocks of 10 or 20,
but the sexes should be separated.
In crate fattening few chickens
are kept in crates and fed from a
trough. A crate 6 feet long, 10 inches
high, and IS or 20 inches wide, is suit
able and is large enough for a dozen
birds. Sometimes the crate is divided
into two or three compartments, four
to six birds being kept in each COM
partment. Little room Is desirable, for
the less exercise, the birds have the
more readily will they fatten. If the
crate Is to be left outdoors the top
should be covered. The sides should
be made of Stats about two inches.
apart, so the birds can eat from the
trough which IS hung just outside the
crate. The bottom of the crate should
be Of Stats about an inch apart, to per-
nit the droppings to fall through, or
dropping pans may be used and the
crates arranged in tiers. In indoor
feeding the crates should be put in a
Well-ventilated room. Usually the
birds are fed three times day and are
allowed to eat for half an hour at a
time, when the uneaten feed Is re-
moved.
Crate and machine examining are de-
scribed In Farmers Bulletin PSI, is
sued by the United States Department
Of Agriculture, and it would be adyis-
able to procure a copy.
Crate-fattening birds should always
have soft feed. AS they have no exer-
else they require a feed that can be
digested easily and quickly. This mix
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
PARKER|S BACKED
By LOCAL CLUBS
AGRICULTURAL EFFORTS ARE AP.
PROVED BY kIWANIS AND
ROTARY CLUBS.
MUCH IS CONTEMPLATED
Governor Gets Lumber And OIL In
terests To Agree On A Two Per.
cent License Tax, To Be Used
For Colleges.

Baton Rouge, La.-Governor Parker
in an address before joint meeting
of the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs in
the Senate chamber at the capitol re-
Gently, explained the plans being pur'
sued for the construction of the great
err Agricultural College.
Virtually all members Of the Kiwan'
is and Rotary Clubs were present.
Resolutions pledging the support OF
the members of the plan of the agri-
cultural college were unanimously
adopted.
The governor said the rumors which
had been reaching his office were to
Che effect that there were certain
forces, some Of them among the
Louisiana State University professors,
who were opposing the plans of the
agricultural and mechanical college.
He asserted that there were many
among those forces who did not real.
ize tina THE great resources of the
state such as oil, gas, lumber, sulphur
and salt, were being used up and that
soon the, people Of the state would
have to depend on the agricultural
industries to bear the burden of gov.
ernmental expenses.
81 am going to work heart and soul
for the welfare Of the farming inter.
ests Of this state, and as long as | am
governor" he said, I'm going to
move heaven and earth to give the
boys Of limited means an opportunity
Of getting the proper kind Of an edu-
cation. don't intend to play politics
in the discharge Of my duties"
The governor then explained in de-
tail the work which has been done on
the college grounds and the work con-
templated in the construction Of the
buildings. saying it is planned to have
everything completed and ready for
opening in the fall of 1924.
In referring to the question of the
severance tax, Governor Parker told
Of getting the lumber and oil interests
to agree on q 2 per cent license tax,
the money derived therefrom to be
used In the construction Of an agri.
cultural college, an institution of |
learning that would benefit the whole
state.
DR.. W. R. Dodson gave brief his |
tory of the severance tax, telling Of |
the opposition Of one Of the leading |
lumbermen Of the state who threaten
ed to fight the measure if the money
was to go into the geeral state funds |
but eventually agreed to a 2 per
cent tax if the money was to be used
for the construction Of an institution |
Of learning.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
SvNFLoWER SEED IS COSTLY.
Ordinarily It Does Not Pay to W.
Product for Feed Except In cAss
Of Chickens.

1t ordinarily costs considerably
more to- produce 100 pounds Of sun
flower seed than 100 pounds Of corn *
oats, and for that reason sunfower
seed Is ordinarily so high in price that
1t does not pay to use it as; feed, e.
cept perhaps in the case Of chickens
Sunfower seed contains In every 100
pounds II or IL pounds of digeshble
protein and 81 units Of energy, where.
as corn contains in each 100 poundS
about six or seven pounds. of digesibls
protein and so units of energy. Theo
retcally, 100 pounds of sunhower eed
should be worth around SLIGO a hun.
dred when corn Is worth 70 CENTS q
bushel.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
PREVENT INJURY IN. ORCHARD
Clear Away All Litter. Such al Wssds
and Grass From tho Bast Of
Fruit Trees

Guard against miee and nabbits II
first clearing away all litter, such q
mulch weeds and grass from the bast
of fruit trees. They form Ideal places
for mice to spend the wInter. Lizzie
damage occurs Ia the cultivated o.
chard except from the rabbits. Soil
can be .nounded about the base At tn
trees before the soil freezes II Thu
Is done and the grass and weeds ~
moved little damage can be expected
from mice. Such mou1ding is not =
protection against rabbits, however.
There are many methods OF ~
protection that give good results
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05

ture Is used in New York poultry
farm: 100 pounds finely ground barley,
100 pounds finely ground corn and 100
pounds finely ground oats with hulls
sifted out). Buttermilk or skim milk
is used for mixing to the consistency
Of thick cream, the buttermnk being
preferred A little salt sometimes is
added. In this instance the birds are
fed twice a day at intervals Of II
hours and are fattened for about three
weeks. Il is important that the inter-
walls between the feelings should be as
nearly equal as possible.
Another ration is: 100 pounds ground
oats, 100 pounds ground corn, 50
pounds low-grade -four and 4 pounds
tallOw.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
SALT ESSENTIAL FOR STOCK
Dairy Cow Requires Ounce or nfes
0aiIy-5est Plan to Let Animals q
Help Themselves. y

Salt Is required by all animals n
United States Department of AgrtcsE.
ture says that the dairy COW requires
an ounce or more a day and, while she
should be given all she needs s.s.
should not be forced to take more
than she w0nts. It IS best, Therefore.
to give only q small quantity on the
feed, and to place rock salt In ths
boxes In the yard, where the stock can
lick It at will.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05

into the street and was struck BY 4
passing auto, being knocked down and
suffering a bump on the head. She
was able to hurry into the house, where
she said to her father:
Daddy, do you think this bump q
big enough for me to go to that hos.
taly"-lndianapolis News.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
Hospital an Attraction.

Little Marjorie. age four, was tn,
I only one Of the family Of four to es
cape Injury when their auto was In
enlllsion with another. Mother, fathe,
- I sister went to q hospital with
11ntsefious injuries and when they
rutuzned home they we're loud In their
jAises u the attentions Of the nurses
and Tie Kindness Of neighbors In send.
! Anti, flowers md bonbonA
Il nv daJs ~ Marjorie toddled
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05

Monroe.-K. D. Lenaru, motorman
for the Monroe Street Railway Com.
pany, was seriously injured when a
train and engine on the Missouri Pa.
cific Railway at the end of the Lee
avenue car line struck his car.
Lake Charles.-H. G. Chalkley,
president of the Rice Growers Associ.
alton, in a Christmas letter to farm.
ers, said that the association has sold
in Louisiana and Texas $4,000 bar.
rels at an average price, covering all
grades of $3.77. Distribution of rice
for the month Of November, reported
by the millers was 744,0OO pockets,
leaving little more rice In the farmers
hands than may be taken care of in
domestic consumption.
Monroe.-Voters and taxpayers of
Road District No. / Of Richland par.
ish have petitioned the parish police
jury to call election February IA for
the purpose Of voting an additional
bond issue Of $4,000 to construct ad.
ditiOnal roads.
Baton Rouge.-Injuries in an auto.
mobile accident on the Hooper road,
seven miles from Baton Rouge, Thurs.
day night proved fatal to Miss Wilma
Crumholt, lS years old, who died at
the home Of her parents in the Tenth
Ward.
Monroe .-Plans are being made for
the establishment of two large lum.
Der mills in Monroe territory, accord
ing to information received by the
Monroe Chamber of Commerce from
}. M. Goff, Memphis lumberman ad
planter. who Is an official of the Ar.
kansas Timber Land Company Of
Memphis.
Monroe.- Christmas celebration in
Monroe was featured by a community
Christmas tree and Christmas carols
sung by a choir Of two hundred or
more men and women.
Monroe.-E. G. Paul and Fred Fud.
ickar have leased to Frank T. Smith
the killoden plantation Of 1414.76
acres for three years beginning Janu.
ary 70. $4,000 a year ana have also
sold to Mr.. Smith the mules, horses
cattle and other livestock and farm.
Ing equipment foy $11,SO0.
Shreveport. Burglars stole s15dV
Of diamonds and 5000 from Brocato
and Bronomo barber shop across the
street from City Hall by drilling into
the safe, according to reports to the
police.
Jennings. AT q meeting Of the Jen.
nings Rotary Club the committee on
public highways, Charles R. Houssi.
ere, chairman, reported that the Ar.
cadia police jury had let the contract
and citizens Of Jennings had agreed
to supply the money with which to
finance the construction Of the bridge
and approach across Bayou Nezpique
leading to the oil field, which wall
amount to approximately $4,000. The
money will b refunded as the taxes
come into Arcadia parish in the next
two years.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
Idle Hens Grow Eat.

Close confinement without exercise
Is not conducive to the best results 10
the poultry yard. Idle hens soon grow
too fat to lay and in the plans Tor
the winter It Is well to provide some
means to compel them to work.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
Rhode Island Reds.

One Of the most remarkable breeds
Of poultry that has appeared in To
forefront Of popularity in the pa&
quarter Of century has been ~;
Rhode Island Reds
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
DUST BATH FOR FOWLS

Fowls will keep themselves
free from vermin during the win.
ter months II given a convenient
place to dust. A box 80 inches
square and IL inches deep may
be built In one corner Of the
house or pen, or such q box NAV
be made with legs SO as to raise
1t above the. floor. Almost any
fine dry powder will make good
Z busting material.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05

W ooSSs ttfPf f5sa3
ing $500 acres at Baton Rouge, La
Is Of interest. Last year 3 1pDAcei
field Of corn was planted on this farm
The rats worked their way thrvssA3
the field, stealing all the seed befots
the kernels could terminate. The TIA
was planted second time, and agaia
the rats overran the prospective cssN
field, leaving In their wake paths Of
destruction. Undeterrd, the farm
manager planted the field to corn I
third time, and ultimately secured /
poor stand, which resulted in the pfc-
duction Of about one-third Of Z nof-
NAL corn crop.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
Salt 10 Essential.

Salt Is necessary in the diet for
poultry as for any other animal. ac.
cording to some experiments recently
completed.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
Improbable 1urkevs.

Unproftabte Turkeys.
There Is no profit In sending moor
turkeys to market and absolutely no
excuse for doing 50. II they are not
ut for sale before Thanksgiving, hold
them and keep on feeding for Christ.
mas or New Years.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
For Pedestrians

look out for loose motor car mutt. =
warns q motor Journal. We always d
before crossing the street. Bostae
Transcript.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
Returns From Aeifsr.

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The heifer should be ready to give
Z return by the time she is "A to q
months old.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05

Concrete Feeding Floors.
Concrete feeding floors save feed and
help to keep hogs healthy
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
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The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05

Get Rid Of crow.Hsad.
Have you q cfow-head in your hen
yard? The long-headed slim.beaked hen
does not belong In 4 good flock.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05
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The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-05

=. r. Tnornhill presented to the church
one Of Kelly's pictures Of Washing.
ton at Valley Forge.
Lake Charles The grand jury made
It's final report to Judge Porter in
District Court, reporting twenty-five
true bills and twenty-three not trus
bills. S1'
Monroe.-The Aren't Investment
corporation, which was organized here
oy Abe Aren't and other Monroe bus,.
ness men a short time ago, announces
that steps will be taken in the near
future to build fifty new houses for
Monroe at a total cost Of $15O,oo to
100000. or $4,000 to $1,000 a resi-.
dence
Angie The residence and content.
OF Enoch Pittman Of this place were
destroyed by fire. Mr.. Pittman and
family were away from home. The
origin Of the FIRE is unknown.
Columbia. W. Didd, Miss Girls.
tine Brown, q teacher in the Clarks,
High School, and Miss Clara Rrioht
principal Of the Yelly High School.
were motoring to Monroe when the
car got out Of the drivers control, ran
on an embankment and turned over,
Miss Browns collar bono being trao.
tured. Others escaped without injury.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-07-29
WOOL RATES PASS
OVER PROTEST
IN SENATE

WASH1NGTON.-With little dis
cussion other than the registering
of a formal protest by Democra-
tic leaders the senate today APP
proved rates on wool waste, shoddy,
mungo, etc., as originally recon-
mended by the committee, which in
cluded thirty-three cents a pound
on top, stubbing, rowing and ring
waste.
The first reduction in the wool
rates proposed by the committee
was recommended in the paragraph
dealing with wool advanced in any
manner beyond the washed OF
secured state.
The compensatory rate of thirty
six cents a pound was unchanged
but the protective duty off twenty
five per cent ad valorem was cut by
the committee to twenty per cent.
Discussing the committees re-
commentator that this reduction
be made, Senator Walsh, Demo-
crat, Massachusetts,, said the ma
jority was putting itself in the
position before the senate and the
country of saying that it did not
know itself what was fair and
just rate. He added that the Demo-
Gratis could know no better service
to the country than to keep the
bill before the senate for another
year.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-07-29
Do Your Part

You sometimes wonder, mothers
and wives, why life isn't just what
you thought it would be when you
and the one man joined hands, and
pledged your faith in each other.
What hopes you held for the future
when you started down life's broad
path, side by side.
Go and stand for moment be-
fore your glass, just as you are,
and be honest in the analysis OF
what you find there. Is your hair
dressed as attractively as it might
be? Your dress as fresh and charm
ing as possible? Your collar dainty
and clean?
"Ah," you reply, 'but no one
cares for those things; and besides
I've not the money to put into q
charming gown for a day at home. y
You are wrong; someone does
care. The man who sits opposite
you at the table cares, and even
IiohSi hS may NV appeal " sec
yet he does; for men have sharp
eyes for sweet, wholesome cleanli-
ness.
The man who held you close to
his heart that day when the words
of the minister made you one
loved you. Wives, be honest. Have
you done your part to keep that
love alive? Have his interests beer
yours, also? Have you made home
a place of joy and freedom? Ii
short, have you made it honey
home, or is it oppressive with tn,
shut-in closeness, the vigilance ant
repression of a prison?
If we don't find comfort, free
dom, in one place, We seek it il
another, and human nature is thu
same the world over. It's giv'
an take, live and let live, a real
working partnership with both part
ners on the job, that makes hus
bands and wives lovers, comrads
and friends all in one.