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UIIIUIIIIIIuIII OUR MAIN MISSION : THE UPBUILDINC OF SHREVEPORT AND NORTH LOUISIANA.
VOL. I. SHREVEPORT, LA., SATURDAY, MAY "':, Y.. NO. 'i.
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DENTIST,
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CEO. W. KENDALL,
NOTARY PUBLIC
-and
Abstracter of Land Titles.
FuIll :aahtra·ct? of all landtl in ('adldo
Pari-h. and all lots i iShrtbeveport.
Lists of all avatct IU('it."id States,
state, Hailhofal ad ( ' tI,1 Lands.
t )ftimes 5N Texas Bt. P. (. By(x 6.L
FOR 10 DATS 0NLT.
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CITY PROPERTY.
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For the next sixty days only, I °
will sell the several choice pieces
of building and tenement property
below enumerated:
This list embraces some of the a
finest building lots in the city, as a
well as those suitable for well pay- w
ing tenement houses.
1 Lot Ground on Jordan street, on ti
Belt Line,140s150 feet extra, ine a
for family residence. P
1 Plat of Ground corner Texas -
Avenue and Murphy streets, em
bracing an area of 1$5x208 feet, i
and opposite Izard's store. L
2 Beautiful Lots on Crockett .
street, on ene of which is a nice
ad eoiforL two-eto re- _
sappliedr with swerage
I_ ýr aspitl, on of
which is a tenement house
Swhich bringse artin rental of a
s per matt. a
6 Lots n ouer of 8pr e and
S Lawsreeeon atwoo wh there p
as thre tenements which bring b
s, pO r amoath.
f D on D snovan vrmt, on Belt a
on osa of which are two a
* tenements which rent for
Sper month.
2 Lots n Davis street, on oe a s
boas which rents for $ per f
SLotsbear BateH's ill.
d M Lots in rer of Judep A. W.O.
I Hsose a d Log which rent for
6a peramouth. I
'his property will be on the
marhet t sr sitdo caly, andif tf
adt smd wfhin that tMeWf PO
L itivey beswid
an e d sq ae a my e, t
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PRACTICAL FARMER '
COMES TO THE FRONT WITH HISI dry
FIGURES, c,1
pu
And Proves His Proposition Without ali
Doubt. ,
Editor 'RO;REe: p
KEACHI. La., May 12. 19'J2. ac
I see from your issue of May 7, a ,
that your correspondent signing de
himself "Reason" seems to think of
that you have been imposed upon a'
by some clod-hopper farmer in of
reference to the cost of labor for pi
the production of corn, and the of
cost of raising pork on a hill farm at
in North Louisiana, and he goes ce
right into figures to prove his po- of
sition. Now let us suppose that SI
he is right and I am wrong. What pi
then! w
Corn was worth in Shreveport al
on May 7th, 62 cents per bushel. ci
If it costs 26 cents to raise and
harvest it, including a very fine t,
per cent on the capital invested in b
raising it, it seems to, me it would c<
pay to raise it.
Bacon was quoted steady at 7 h
cents. What a profit. if it onlyt,
I cu-,ts 2 cents to raise pc rl:.
lie seems to think that h.eI
river land is too rich to plant in
corn. Well, that is a new idea to t
me. I have always thought that
the better the land the more corn
could be made. Land which will
make one bale of cotton per acre tl
will, with proper cultivation, aver
age 50 bushels of ccrn. Count the r
difference in cost of production
and harvesting of both crops, fi tl
the market price on earn at 50 al
cents per bushel and cotton at 6 It
cents per pound, and you will sfon r1
find which is the most profitable.
Don't let me create the impres- 1
sion that I favor the ra'.hing of
corn to the negleht of a reasonable
cotton acreag.. Cotton will al
ways be the main mn:)Iey crop for
the Southera agriculturist, but I
mean plant corn and raise hogs in
connection with cotton. Any prac
Stical farmer knows that the corn
e and cotton crops, in the hills, when
properly managed, do not cunilict
s with one another very much.
Now as to his cLot of raijiag
corn. He charges fir-t rent of
land, $2 per ac e. W\\e 11, I hsrly
I think that a land ove, r ougLt to
e charge himself up with the rent of
Slands he works, and then expect
an additional profit on the crop he
raises on said land. A capitalist
d would hardly expect to loan out
Shis moneyat at an interest of say l
I about 40 per cent, and expect to
use the same money in business,
a that he may realize another 100
e per cant profit. There seems to
- be a wrong impression on this
smbject. Land is the farmer's
Ittoek in ad If any charge is
Smade at all, it ought not to be
Smrcie than a legitimate interest,
with a credit of raent for house and
a seuh other conveniences had on a
Sfarm, which in most cases strikes
an baanc . He next charges
$3 !fertilizers. I think it hardly
a falto arge. Iam oftheopinion
that he does not exhaust all the
beneflit of the application tine fiatt
year. If fertilimrs are beneficial,
ad I believe proper ones, and
properly applied, they are, the
extra yild will more than pay for
Haunetafrg 8 for pep.
ratios of land and plantinug cr.
Ihardlynowwhbtto sa about
. tha H eeither pqr. very ar -
Pvhm
Cultivator for listing and c Ahi
v"iting: middle breaker to finsh
beolding out: corn planter to open.,
drop and cover at the same time:
common hoe, and a pair ,f steady se
pulling horses, mares or mules. In
listing land my lab, rer is em-T,
ployed one-eighth of a day per
acre in bedding out, one-eighth of
a day in planting, one-eighth of a w
day in cultivating, three-eighths e
of a day in hoeing, four-eights of li
a day in harvesting, making a total li
of 10-8 or 1t days of labor to pre- y
pare, plant, cultivate and gather u
one acre of corn at a cost of (labor
at 50 cents), 62) cents; board 10 "
cents, a total of 721 cents per acre, o
or at a cost of 7t cents per bushel. [
Should the average production k
per acre be higher, the cost of corn n
will proportionately be reduced a
and if lower, proportionately in- s
creased.
My average last year was nearly a
twenty bushels, the corn deriving
benefit from fertilizers put under
cotton the year before. tU
II 'lext will attempt to show
how to raise pork at . cent. Yours
truly, PA' I" 1, I AI:MI:.
Getting Ready to bo Happy. a
T,.o masiy of us are lo,.king for- r
w:;r: to happiness in the f iture in- r
sta.l of getting all possible enjy- e
mount out of the present-planning ii
to be, rich or famtous or prospers us o
in the future instead of taking g
thankfully and enjoying fully the .
bleurings of to-day. But it is well to ,
remember that the time will never t
come when we shall have every- 11
thing we want, just how and where ,
and when we want. It is right to a
lay up for old age, and to make ,,
reasonable provision for the future, j
but it is neither right nor wise in
doing this to putoff to some possi- E
ble future the happiness we might
.uij ,y to yl.ty-to de~ly ourselves
rroper recieation and comfort now,
tb;it we may buy more land. or
build a more elegant house or lay
up mn;ney for chi!dren. thinking
when all this is accomplished we
will take comfort and be happy
the hoped for paint may never be
reached: or if it i=, siekne -s or
death may come first and- the dear
ones with whom we sxpect to be
hippy may ho gone forever. Far
better take thaukfully the good
f things of life as every day given
to receive every one of them as a
memento to ddy, and also to live
so as to make every day a progress
in right living here and prepara
t tion for the better life beyond.
Y Detroit Free Press.
10LO WATO~NMS. "
D Angel faces watch my pillow,
Angel voices haunt my sleep,
And upon the winds of midnight
Shining pinions round me sweep;
s Floating downward on the starlight
i Two bright angel forms I see,
e They are mine, my own bright dar
lings,
Comne from heaven to visit me.
Earthly chlldjen smile upon me,
But those little ones above
e Were the first to stir the fountain,
s Ut a mother's deathless love;
- And as now .bey watch my pillow.
SWhile their soft eyes on me shine,
God forgive a mortal yearning
e Still to call His angels mine.
Earthly children fondly call me.
But no mortal voice can seem
Sweet as those that whisper "'Mamma"
- Mid the glornes of my dream;
Years wall pass and earthly prattlers
Cease Ierubhance to lisp mv name,
Bo) my angel baby's aeceuts
) Shall be evermothe same.
Aid the bright band now around me
- 1m their home peroLbooe wBI
rove
SIa their stsegth mo more depeudlug
on s eeasst eas. sad ove,
a .i ha weader
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A I MI* A r
RAISING APPLES.
See What "Boss;er" Has to Say Ab "
That Industry in Lcuisiana.
T', Th,' r'r .rew~
P Iu " N )E liL IN (. L At.. M Iy 1, " .
We have often been asked wLy l
we can't raise good aplles here. J
especially winter apples, and why ca
do they rot so badly I nould
like to say here that six or eight or
years ago I could grow and keep f'
until spring winter apples, and I to
have kept fall apples until Febrnu- W
ary; I packed them in sand. But d(
of late years they, the fall and tL
winter, all rot, and I have none to na
keep. We hope, however, in the ,
near future, to again have apples Ha
all winter of our own raising. as it ti
has been discovered that bitter rot
of the apple is a fungus disease. tt
and can be fought successf ully f3
with spray pumps and fungicides. t
Mr. B. F. Galoway, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, at Wa.hing- 1t
ton, and his agents, have been sn('- w
cessf ully treating this di-se;-e inu'la
Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and
Arkansas. MIr. Gi. G. Curti:. an 1,
agent. at Drook. Va.. abouit t ,,
middle of August. 1"89). was di- f:
rected to spray four trees of differ
ent varieties with fungicide-. no t
ing the results. He used salIaLiiO
of potassium. one-half onCe.' to 1
gallon of water. The variti--. i
Abraham, York Inmperial. Fall
water. Fall P'ippin and Li:Lber- x
twig. were selected for the experi- f;
ment. Their conditions with re
spect to rot at this timewere about tI
as follows: Abraham, one-half s
showing rot spots: York Imperial,
Fall P'ippen and Limbertwig. 5 to
10 per cent; Fallwater, 90 per cent
affected and many entirely rotten. c
Three applications were made at 4
intervals of ten days, it requiring o
about nine gallons of liquid to d
each tree. The result on the f
Abraham was very marked, the j
disecse being arrested after the
first application, no more rot f
specks appearing, and the fruit t
ripened perfectly, a tree of the ;
r same variety not sprinkled drop
ping all of its fruit. Practically r
Q the same results were obtained in
r the cases of the others, except the
Limbertwig, owing doubtless to
its very dense foliage and droop- t
ing habit, Mr, Curtis made sev
eral ' xperiments, with fungicides,
and prefers the ammoniacal copper
solution, made as follows: ICop
per carbonate 3 ounces, ammonia
1 quart: mix, and as soon as all ae
tion has ceased, dilute to 28 gal
Ions with water and spray with a
good s-prayer. This should . 1
done as soon as the rot is seen to
have commenced, and repe.ite.l
every ton days for at least one
month. There are now experi
ments being made with the peach 1
rot, as seen on our May peaches
especially, and with almost a cer
tatint of success.
Eternal vigilance is the price of
fruit, as well as liberty, and we
must read, observe and act it we
would succeed. Yours truly,
Bosasrin.
**
r Cows for the outh.
Some of our Southern exchanges
I re advising the farmers to engage
more in mixed farming and km
otton oulture tLhi yea .
, don't the.. papr ta
I jeetofdairyaimgad
are to make a
Sbwruachof
eat
iinekene s .en
set Wr ***
asibdr deas~5-i
sear es d
t hrItio - Ti L - I ;ai:Vy \V., 11.
Sheep Raising in KM:sissir:x
111 a recent i--1llO oe m e.
quoted the SuutLt'.:r Liv, Stock
Journal, having giiiin it credit for
saying that fifty sheep lnIi a clover
patch of live acres would net the
owner from .I(N) to f200t every
year. It should have been credited
to a California paper, a State
wherein they evidently raise fewer
dogs. and consequently more sheep.
than does Mississippi. The Jour
nal, commenting on the article
which contained this statement.
and bewailing the shortcomings of
the Mississippi legislatulsays:
Ootr legislatures grapple with
the ,dg question. and venture so
far as to anthorize, the levying of a
tax. t util our lehrilatnres can
t::l crirage ei.ough to do, away
w ith ti ,1,. ,,ti rely. (or to put
thea ulIler iit ;] it1' rt'c raint. it is
wu - e tl.a:t f ,,lisi: .- to talk
soutlt r:,i-ig s.he;p in tf:.: farm.
H,-'ce it is we ci :.:, it. at e-tly
lanl l,,!.t blh e ,'.,' L . , thi'
SrJm.( ,. r I . oi. n . 'n11
ther thilln i f leý :i .tl e . tad to
k,:hop kli,, g n,.te l ,..,, i- ho'und
witn: Ler;'\eto, d1al J': " dog
t1ie" Ir ais t -'cAlea 1V, dealt
wit. ( i or twor t n, w:i.ths curs
it a ni1h-"? lt tim 1 (cat, do mi dam
'age to ia thock of she p than all the
1,is of Mii-.i ili are worth.
Yet ounr solohs tmany of them
furnier-l -ay. in ettoi't: The dogs
of Mi is.-ili art'e 1i more value
than the sheep. Every man of
them that will ý(o stultify himself
[ should be elected to stay at home.
t Cabbage and Squash.
The starket gardn-rs near large
cities, with their lands worth from
L $5J00 to$1,000 an acre, must econ
omize in the use of land and pro
duce as many crops as possible
e from the same piee piecn one in onseason.
e This can be done by the aid of
e hotbeds in starting the plants, and
fertilizing the land, ketpling it ab
to a high state of productiveness.
eA mistake is often made in plait
ing two crops on the same land to
9 mature about the same time.
n An Eastern seed-grower and
e market -gardener attempted to
Sgrow cabbage and squash upon
the same land by planting the
squash seed in the cabbage rows.
The result was a maximum crop
r of cabbage and a minimum crop
of equash. Another equally soees
a cfl gardner planted the two eops
Suni omitted the cabbage o !1 ';
1 third row, planting his uquas"
a 'cdtl there. The result was a
lar;e crop of both products bar
u vested at the same time
.1 Squashes and peas ae, ia
grown profitably on the ese al1
- Oe) gardner gives as a wr J
h the crops, grown simulamasis
harvest of 200 bushels of
r- peas and 6 tons of equaab5 a -
same piece of land. But
f attempt to get retrasm
re either simultaneous or
re farming, we must und
land mnst bhe m
itngly, as the soil c
out of a crop.
aP ea
a a miq.ranasi
eli i a'aus d•
sa'd due ro
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