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Official Journal of Washington Parish and the Town of Franklinton.
VOLUME .g, "'I N F ANK INT N A.,THU--RS AY M 1 11-----,
VOLUM_ J R,,,MoN ,E.u,. a PRANKLINTON, LA., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1911. NUMBER 49
Peanuts in Louisiana.
The principal crop to which the
* farmers of certain sections of
Louisiana have turned since the
boll weevil came to abide and
worry us is peanuts. In years
gone by when cotton was king in
two-thirds of the State no one
thought of peanuts as a money
crop. Today, many farmers in
north Louisiana will tell you that
they are making more money out
peanuts than they formerly made
out of cotton. On good land, and
especially with a good "live wire"
sort of a farmer back of the busi
ness, yields of 40 and 50 bushels
are made. The average for the
entire country is about 34
bushels. Yields of 80 bushels
and more, however, are not un
common. Peanuts yielding 384
bushels of nuts per acre will
give a ton of first-class legumi
nous hay, worth $10 per ton.
The nuts bring from 75 cents to
$1 per bushel. At 80 cents per
bushel a 34-bushel yield with one
ton of hay means a return to the
farmer of $87.20 per acres
When we consider that this
crop, being a legume, improves
the soil; that the. cost of planting
and cultivating the crop is no
greater than cotton; and that
peanuts are harvested and mar
keted at less expense than is
cotton, we see the advantages of
peanut growing.
The best variety of peanuts to
grow in Louisiana for the mar
ket or for pasturing hogs is the
Spanish, These should be on al
well-prepared seed bed in narrow
rows,. only far enough apart to
permit celtivatiop with horse or c
mule The plants should be 7 to '
9i ces apart in the drill. It may
be better to-shell the nuts before
planting, but it is not necessary
to do so. The nuts in the pods,
of course, do not sprout as
quickly as they do when shelled.
Two or three cultivations should C
be given, and when the nuts g
begin to form some loose dirt
should be thrown up to the plants
so as to allow, the shoot upon
which the peanut isto form, to
enter the groind readily.
The sandy uplands" and pine F
lands of the State Bre the best .
soils for peanuts. Ordinarilyti
but little fertilizer is applied to a
penutse. , A few wagon loads ot
manure pkvare preytog 15
ful, Veh and p a
100 to 1* pouude I t
e plan ag-Dept. 0l
of Agricultural -Exteusion, IL. 8
Sa tary Regulaton of a
Schools. *
Baton Rouge, la., Feb. 201911. i
SuptJ. . Bae'man, h e
Tranklinton, La.
Dep- 'uperiiitendent-I am ai
dseidig you Under seperatecover r
seierp copies of the Sanitary l
e-gulations of the .ouisiana State a
Sr4 r of:' Health conoerninrg a
ene and Sanitation of schools ea
I .h to call yotur attention to ac
to lwing facts: 4
.) 'iPatish school board and o
a s p--s-ipeinteodent are re- re
s puble ir enforcement of the
U aIuregulations. hi
i· ) All.plans for school build- .
, whether the buil di .
or small, must be approved is
the parish health officer, e the
~ib superintendent, and the t
s superintendent. -.
T eofall chool tb
t3ti~gu4i
veben licd
position in the public schools
must present a health certificate
to the parish superintendent cer
tifying that he has no communi.
cable disease.
(5) All children in the public
schools are required to be vac
cinated.
(6) Children having communi
cable diseases are required to be
excluded from the schools.
(7) Schools not having a sewer.
age system are required to be
supplied with the Stiles sanitary
closet, plans and specifications
can be obtained from the State
Board of Health.
It shouldbe the purpose of the
school officials to enforce as
rigidly as possible all of the
school sanitary regulations.
I wish also to call your atten.
tion to another matter: Attorney
General Guion rules that all per
sons voting for a special school
tax or having to vote for a propo
sition to fund taxes into bonds
shall endorse their names on the
back of the tickets. The voter's
name and the value of his prop.
erty will appear on the face of
the ticket in the blanks arranged
for this purpose, but the voter,s
name should also be endorsed on
the back of the ticket.
A Great Record.
SThe record made by Stephen G.
Henry of Melrose, Natchitoches
Parish, as a member of 1910 corn
clubs of Louisiana, is one of
which the entire State may be
proud. Stephen met the full re
quirements of the corn club
managers by making an exhibit
of his corn at the Natchitoches
parish fair, having his yield esti
mated and reported by a coip
mittee of citisens, making a re
port of the cost of his crop, and
writing an essay giving the his
tory of his crop. Stephen is six
teen years of age, joined the corn
club of hisaparish *wben it was or
ganized by Superintendent Bath
three years ago, and in 1910 grew
nine acres of corn.
At the Natchitoches fair last
fall, he won the ilrst prie on
ten-ear exhibits; at the State
Fair in November, he, won a $15
premium for yield, his produc.
tion being 139:8 bnshe.ls on ,95 of
an scre; he received d ne of `the
corn club .digoap s wardIed
the boy that 75
moreitsa cost of 80
r. buhel; he w o'i
s'k*ers' Asspaao ..p tp to
sshinon, D, .0 vs te
capital of the Natie, i the
Secretary of AgiculJ in
spected the publibuall t the
the Department of AgdWi t
and appeared before the commit.
tee on agriculture of j ongress;
and the Climax of his reobrd`Was
made at the National 0orn Show
held at Columbus, Ohio, Febru
ary 1 to 11, 1911, where he was
adjudged to have maedithe bes
record of any of the 41,000 corn
lub boyas of the South, and was
awarded. as his pri a ush
automobile. Stephen Henryi
example and the reco i ofi .
achievements are commended to
all the ;boys of thes tloulist
corn club. His reao was the
result of study s trd worki
The bulletins , sad circulars
him wer, ;
work was well e
labored hard to ahieve
Itis needlesss t Ut S
is a better young
he couldha bee
striven asr
that bh . bee ,
ling aift o.
Sthat1
IS Ordinances of Police Jury.
Be is ordained by the Police
i Jury of Washington parish, that
all parish male conviots, over the
C age of eighteen (18) years and un.
d' er the ageof fifty-four (54) shall
be wrked upon the public roads
under the provisions and in so
e eordanee with the regulations of
Act No. 204 of 1908; That such
? onvicts asare serving terms upon
e default of payment of cost or fines
J ehall be paid for their services,
Sthe sum of Eight ($8.00) Dollars
a per month, which shall be
credited towards the liquidation
a of quOh costs or Anes. That each
convict so worked upon the public
road 'who renders efficient ser
vices and complies with the rules
and regulations adopted for their
discipline shall have deducted
from his term of imprisonment,
whether such term shall be for
default of payment of costs or
fines or otherwise, One-sixth
thereof. That ten honre of labor
shall constitute a days work.
Be it further ordained that
such convicts who shall fail to
comply with the requirements of
'the person in charge or who shall
attempt to escape shall be forced
to wear spurs of steel or bars of
iron chained to their legs or be
subjected to such other reason.
able humane penalties as the
exigencies of the case may re
quire.
Be it ordained by the Polioa
Jnry of Washington parish, that
the proposition of John Ulmer to
to guard, overeer and work the
parish convicts on thopublio rnads
at a salary of Ninety ($90.00)
dollars per month for the first'
month and at One hnndred
(8100.00) per month thereafter,
should his services be satisfao,
tory, be accepted, and thepresi-
dent of the Police Jury is hereby
authorised to enter into contract
for said services. That the said
John Ulmer shall have full con
trol over said convicts and en
force such regulations and dis
ciplhnrs may be adopted by the
Police Jury.
BEOLWUTION
Be it resolved that the presi
dent of the Police Jury shall ap
point fEom this body a committee
of two, of which he shall be a
metbek, whose duty it shall be to
diett overpeer of the convict.
t bo beoredl on the puolorads
' tto bat roads he shall work.
taid ~gmnittee shall meet at
tat~4ani teivels, not les often 1
thanrP iery tea ys, to give the
said or eh ul iaptruDions as
maey lenapbc p, to InSpect, con
demn. recsive the work aooom
plished
1Be tt olvedd,~ that the presi
debit $the Polio jurybe, and he
sa i'* y, autborlep to purohase
the toIowing liv stook, vehiles
nd tools: 2 dos. lonaghandle
.pad-,, Black Dkmoud spadee,
8Psteel l q, 1 4* plow.
$2. pI s nattookes, 6 matt·ks ,
p--o. bandl.,,., "az ,,
~go3, ·1 pair atpuaking
I pu opaag cbelp. 2 dqu8Jip
4slngk tres., rad 2 8u
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ASSiTH,·
When you get ready
for Fertilizers, Seed Irish
Potatoes and early Seed
Corn come to us as we
will try to make it to your
interest to do so.
Yours truly,
BIJRRIS BROTHERS, LIMITED
Constable Sale.
SacoN~ wARD JuITICr CoULRT-wAu
INOTON PARISH, LA,
T. Roland Tate
Versus
Carter 6 Holliday
By virtue of an order of leri
aola, issued out of the above named
cort In te ve entitled cause and.
to me diraced, I have seised and
wl offer for sale, at public auotion,
to the last and highest bidder, at the
oaose Of the Second Waid Justice
COort, at 11 o'clock. a. m.. on
Saturday, March 18, 111
the following described property
to*wit:
The half Interest in one certain saw
mill and flutres, situated at Bunny
Hllswitch. Seised as the property
of Felder Cnter under said writ of
Fo Fa ra. e
Dated this Slst day of February.
C. J. M l,
Censtable,
wn.IRr ni 6tlhminI,,
Fast Freight Line
BETWEEN
Franklinton, LLa
AND
New Or-eans, La.
a•, iss.
iss.
1. , 1910
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For furthpoiomjio ply
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JOHNSON & BROCK
Insurance Agency
IN!RANCEI
Health, ý.
IWe represent several str
and ree companis
Summer Time, Fly Time,
Screening Time
Now is the time to do your screening. Before tahe figs
get into your house and you can't get them out, we have a
big stock of these goods which we are selling as follows:
Screen Door Sets, consisting of one pair steel spring
hingers that you cant break, one fancy brass handle, and one
door latch all for 25 cents.
Screen Doors, aise 2-66.6 for $1.20 each
" " " 2.-86.8 " 1.30 "
" " " (-210x:610'?" 1.40 "
" " " 3z " 1.60 "
Dont think because-we are seling these goods so low
they are not a good grade, we gutarantee them t"to
the best on the market. If you so desire we will putn
your doors for the sum of FIFTY CENTS added to
above price per door, .
HB PAIPLI18 r0
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