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"One of the biggest things done for the farmers of our section in pi
years," was the comment of a leading citizen of Colfax in discussing the y
erection of this storage house. The local company is planning to increase
the capacity of this house from 16,000 to 50,000 this season.
This house was erected under the supervision of the Horticultural W
'Department, Extension Division, Louisiana State University. The Depart.
ment furnishes plans' free of charge for the erection of Sweet Potato' Storage
Houses.
Recordes recently compiled by the horticultural department, Extension tc
Division, Louisiana State University, show that Louisiana . has 108 sweet 01
potato storage housds with a total capacity of 629,400 bushels. Fifty of
these with a capacity of 265,000 bushels were eriected the past season (1919).
The average Louisiana farmer little realizes what vast stildes the sweet ri
potato industry has made within the last five years or the importance this u
crop plays in agriculture of the state. From an acreage of 603,000 and a so
production of 60,000,000 bushels in 1914 this crop has grown steadily year b
by year to an acreage of over one million and a production of 103,579,000
bushels in 1919, valued at $138,085,000.
That Louislana has kept pace with the other states in the development u
of this industry is shown by the fact that within the last five years her 0
acreage in sweet potatoes has increased from 28,000 to 70,000, her production a
from 1,428,000 bushels to 6,300,000, per, acre yield from il bushels to 90 i,
bushels, per acre value from $48.75 to $103.50, total value from $1,365,000 0
tp$7,245,000.,
¶Fh'i't increase has been a healthy one and not accompanied by the
Ilutted marketa and low prices that usually follow such increased yields,
ip. evidenced -by the price of this crop having advanced from 78 cents
p bsihel to #1,48 in the same period. b
When our fsrmeip, especially those in the hill and cut-over pine land b
sactioiis of our state, compare these figures with the 94-pound acreage J
< `.16 and per acre vfale of $82.20 : r,eotton, and the 17i, bushel yield
u y u f 25 for corn (191)9 * op) they. shdold have no trouble
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WHAT TIE PAlSi
AGENTS ARE DOING
WEEKLY REPORTS INDICATE
CONSTRUCTIVE WORK
BEING DONE.
WORK IS PROGRESSING
Cooperative Purchases Through thi
Agents Efforts is Saving of d
Many Dollars to the
Farmers.
A. A. Mendoza, St. Landry. -
Farmers are highly pleased with the
results of their experiences in potato
curing and planning to increase the
acreage of this crop this season. One
man netted $825 on three acres
planted to sweet potatoes.
B. M. Jackson, Ouachita.-Foulr hun
dred and eighteen pecan trees were
received on a cooperative order re
cently. A demonstration in putting
out trees was held in Monroe. Two
cooperative cars of hay were sold.
E. P. Barrios, Lafourche.-More
and more tractors are to be found in
every section of the parish. Many
of the large sugar planters are making
daily use of tractors, and smaller
farmers are purchasing these ma
chines after seeing their advantages.
V. A. Guidroz, Lafayette.-Cattle
purchased recently in Wisconsin have
been delivered to their new owners.
The First National Bank furnished
funds for purchasing some of these
cattle, which were sold at cost to
farmers in the parish.
J. B. Anthony, Caddo. The sweet
potato storage-house at Shreveport,
with' a capacity of 25,000 bushels, has
not been able to take care of half
the demand for curing space. The
potatoes put in the house cured out
nicely.
C. W. Davis, Morehouse.-A carload
of corn purchased cooperatively by
.. people in Bastrop was distributed rc
cently through the agent. This car
of 530 bushels was purchased by 30
different people at a saving of
$238.50.
E. M. Sledge, West Carroll.-DeliY
ered a car of meal and hulls at Forest.
This carload 'was so much cheaper
Sthan was expected by the farmers that
Ity another car was immediately sub
scribed for. I recently ordered two
purebred bulls for grading up local
herds.
C. C. Chapman, Beauregard.-The
community organization at Longacre
has decided to order all fertilizers
' cooperatively and has appointed a
committee to investigate prices, etc. 1
This community recently fed out a
car of hogs for cooperative shipping,
but found it to advantage to accept
local prices.
F. M. Bacque, Lafayette.-Farmers
with a surplus crop of sweet potatoes
on their hands now see the necessity
of having a large sweet-potato curing
plant in the parish to take care of
this year's crop.
H. V. Harris, Caldwell.-The police
jury has voted an appropriation to
supply the agent with tools needed
in demonstration work, such as a
complete spray pump, a terracing
level and a number of tools needed
In veterinary work.
L. W. Wilkinson, Jefferson.-Most
sections of this parish now being
tick-free, indications are that dairy
farming in the parish has a bright
future. Every herd visited recently
showed an introduction of better milk
i l ' producers, usually a Holstein grade
the with a few Jerseys and Guernseys. O
A. B. Curet, Pointe Coupee.-Plan5 f
were made recentty to organize the
tral farmers into an agricultural league 1
part- In order that farm* demonstration
irage work might be facilitated. We expect
to organize communities or wards as
weon units and finally effect a parish organ
.y of Isation. a
919). C. P. Seab, Concordia.-Having got
weet rid of the cattle tick, we are now
this working on the eradication of the
nd a scrub sire. A number of purebred
year bulls have already been purchased.
,,000 J. A. Anders, Bienville.-Many of
the farmers who were given instruc
mentt tions in pruning last ycar nowv have
her the work well in hand. However, the
.itinn agent is recciving more calls for help
to 90 in orchard work than he can possibly C
15,000 respond to.
H. F. Cassell, Tangipahoa.-The
the sweet potato crop harvested last fall t
' was the best both in quality and yield
In a number of years. The storage
house~ at Amite was filled with,16,000
land bushels and another on the farm of
raeae J. G. Prichard now has 3,000 bushels
yield going through the curing process. (
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meeet J. 0. Montegut, Ascension.-An out- I
break of blackleg in the Hope Villa
community was checked by inocula- I
tion. Farmers attending this dem- I
sb onstration showed ready aptitude in
learning the technique of inoculation.
A. B. Curet, Pointe Coupee.-A cam
paign was put on during the fall to
-,destroy the Argentine ant. Poison
was prepared by the agent and sold
JE to the householders at cost. The idea
-took well with the people and the
remedy was very effective.
W. M. Wiggins, Winn.-The sweet
:OPl potato crop was good and the two po
tato curing plants in the parish were
rapidly filled. The agent photo
graphed a teld which he etlmated
b* would yteld iour huntret busaels to
The Famous
Charter Oak
Stoves and Range
Ranging in Price From
$15 to $100
A Size and a Price to Suit Everyone Interes
In Getting the Best Stove Value Known tor
Charter Oaks measure up to the claims made
for them. Better buy a Charter Oak than
wish you had. Their measure of success is
71 years in length. Sold and guaranteed by
BURRIS BROS., Lt
BABINGTON'S
Big Store News
Now is the time to get your
Farm
Implements
and we beg to announce that
our stock of all kinds of
farming tools and imple
ments is complete and the
rprices are right.
If you are going to make
a crop of
Irish
S Potatoes
Ycall on us as we can make
you a good proposition on
the Red Triumph-the best
Sseed to plant for the market.
0
i We still have some of the
Sdamaged Cotton Seed which
-we are still offering at $25
per ton-the cheapest priced
fertilizer you can buy.
Buy Where You Can Sell
0 and
d Sell Where You Can Buy.
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THE
SBABINGTON STORE
Itnprperate.
!lardware You
For Spring and Summer U
"THESE ARE THEM"
Rakes
Soes Prics
are
Potato Diggers so
low
Forges we
wae
Curry Combs thate
pl menti
Brushes
them
Back Bands here.
. Single Trees
SDouble Trees
Better Come and S
Noble's Hardware S
Franklinton, Louisiana.
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