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The True Democrat.
L XvllI St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish La., Saturday, October 16, 1909. No. 3t
VOL XVI
LAISING COTTON DESPITE WEEVIL.
giCIlTOCHES PLANTER GIVES EXPERI
ENCE WITH CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO
THOSE EXISTING IN THIS PARISH.
Mr. K. ('. Sitl, cashier of
people's Bank of St. Fran
pille, kindly hands us for pub
tion, one of the best, most
tical letters, as he truly
,0on the boll weevil question
we have sot'in. It is from
r. s H. Hill, c.ashier of the
's Bank of Natchitoches
d a large planter. He talks
from theory or hearsay, but
what heo sees and knows.
r. Bill writes as follows:
*"NAT'| 'iroI'U i:s, L..,
Septecmber '19, 1909.
SK. C. SMnII,
St Francisvillc, La.
dear Mr. Smith: -
"Ihave your letter of the 27th,
notecontents. Your )present
tion is the distressing his
yof the boll weevil repeating
f!as he makes his march into
cotton belt.
fiye years ago we had, what I
ne, exactly the same ex
nce as you are having now.
n he made his appearance
us, we thought we were
d. Our people had no con
in the advice given by the
employed by the Govern
to make all the various
They went about in their
way, to fight him, and al
a man met with disaster.
yhave finally come around
:e in the government
fMich is embodied uni
r or five heads, viz: Early
g of a quickly maturing
intense cultivation, reduced
, and diversification.
your cotton stalks in the
fall, clean upl your ditch
and hedge rows, and des
all hibernating pllaces for
toll weevil.
"The time for the tenants on
plantations trying to cultivate
, forty or fifty acres per
of two, three or four
rs has p)assed, Hie will
to content himself with cul
g about twenty acres for
if and assistant. And in
of breaking up his land in
late spring in a half-ham
way, throwing his seed
and going off into the shade
> tree and waiting for it to
a crop, lie will have to com
making his crop in the
fall of the previous year by
his stalks, cleaning his
-adand getting it into shape
plowing early in January,
about the first of March
e his ground (we planted
Cotton this year in the tirst
of March) and plant his
You may be ablh to plant
r than we do here, being
degrees warnmel, and
it from the time it comes
the ground until you start
SIt should i)e gone over
t twice a week.
en the first crop of weevils
their appelaraln ce in April
y the squars sllould be
by hand and buIIned. The
Way to do this is to have
hands sling a sack over
shoulders and as they plow
, they can pick tlhe squares
-ave fallen or ta "ned yellow
stalk and burn tlem, thus
two birds witlh one stone.
r people have cin,, to the
U8ion that the govecrnment
have solved t:' qluestion
rn extent, aii if yours
i'h~lhow thei ..i .. :. . ,
work greatly to their advantage
It took the actual experience for
us to learn that they were right,
and we lost several years' time,
and a world of money before we
were convinced.
"Then you people will have to
learn to diversify. Raise hogs,
cattle, corn, potatoes, plumlpkins,
peas, hay, and in fact get on a
self-sustaining basis, and make
cotton a side line. Then if they
make any money it will be a
money crop, and will not be their
only dependence. It will take
time to do all this but in the end,
they will all find it easy.
"Our big plantations have been
converted into hay fields, cattle
and hog pastures. Where be
fore not enough corn was raised
to make meal for the place, to
say nothing about feeding the
stock for another year, now every
barn and crib is full, and some
being sold. Where before the
farmer turned his stock into his
field and let them destroy and
trample down worlds of peas and
pumpkins, he is now gathering
them, and pulling the vines and
making hay. Where before he
bought all his meat from the
packing house, you will find he
has a pasture full of fat stock
and on Saturday instead of issu
ing rations of Chicago bacon, he
is selling his niggers fresh meat,
at almost half the price paid for
bacon.
"We have a corn elevator at
Lake End, on the Natchitoches
Branch in this parish, that has
been running for 40 days now at
full capacity, and is, I under
stand distributing thousands of
dollars in that section of the
country for corn. This was once
a fifty thousand dollar oil mill,
but I dare say it will do better as
a grain elevator than it did as an
oil mill.
"Our people are all going to
make some money this year. We
are making a good average half
crop, which means about 15,000
bales for this parish. In the
best cotton season we ever had,
we only made 25,000 when they
planted the fence rows, and river
banks. We are making this
15,000 on half the acreage that
was planted the old way.
"We have customers that are
making excellent crops. One
large firm says that they will
make 180 bales on 210 acres of
ground, which is all river front.
We have another small custom
er that planted 1i acres and
worked it himself, with the as
sistance of labor when he needed
it, under the supervision of one
of the Government Demonstra
tors, and he has gathered 14
bales and expects to get two or
three more.
"We tried Paris Green and
Marston's Boll Weeyil Destroyer
on our private crop, and it was
time and money thrown away,
for it did absolutely no good.
There is nothing to it but the
Government Cultural Method.
"We, (the Banks) went right
along helping our p)eoplle, but
made them keep close to shore,
and diversify, thus enabling
them to go ahead if their cotton
did fail. Our lands went down
to where there was absolutely no
market for them, and now they
are back to their old value very
)Continued on last page.)
MR. EVANS SAYS
BURN THE STALKS.
M r. J. A. Evans, State Agent,
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
in a letter to this paper, says:
"I regret that I could not be
present at your meeting on the
6th, but was engaged in a tour
with Cong. Ransdell, speaking on
That date at St. Joseph, La.
"I sincerely hope your meeting
was a success from every stand
point. The one important thing
to do now is to get cotton picked
as early as possible and at once
destroy all cotton stalks. This,
I regret to learn, your large
planters, especially, have so far
shown but little inclination to do."
We believe the meeting refer
red to by Mr. Evans was prolific
of good. Even before the meet
ing, many of our planters were
engaged in destroying their cot
ton stalks, and since the meeting
this work has been given a decid
ed impetus.
But They Didn't Need Revising.
Crowley Signal:
Let us admit that the books
needed revising. Let us acknowl
edge that we had to overhaul all
the school books used last year
and make each child get an en
tirely new set. What's the ob
jection?
The objection is that it bars
the door of the temple of learning
against whole families. It con
demns many a poor boy and girl
to stay at home who otherwise
would haLve a4ired'om rudi,
ments of an education. Would
the world have had a Henry Clay
if the father [sic] of the Millboy
of the Slashes had been obliged to
buy twelve dollars worth of books
before Kentucky's child of genius
could learn to read?
The Camel.
The camel is the "desert ship,"
And carries with him every trip
Water enough to keep him going,
Which-for a shi--is rather
knowing.
-Frederick White in The Deline
ator for November.
The farmer, who argued that
if Angola farm could not put
down the weevil with its im
mense force to clear the fields,
had evidently never passed An
gola by train. The weeds left
standing along the track could
alone harbor a host-of weevils.
A NEW FORM OF DIVERSIFICATION.
TRUE DEMOCRAT'S
NEW MACHINERY.
Ti.; Ttnr: |)i't:1t':.\r,- has rý
cently :(Iddled a mno(hrn Wvir,
stitching machine to its alrealy
superior mechanical e(iIuipl,,nt.
This new piece of maeliinery was
made necessary by the large
amount of book and l)amlihict
work now being (lone in Tim.;:
TRUIt DI:NMoct.\1T ' l'N'l 'l :luY.
This machine is the best of its
kind made and covers a wide
range of work. It will bind fro'm
two sheets up to one-half inch in
thickness. It is a )ipower ma
chine and runs as nicely as a
sewing mnachinE.
By putting in this machine,
TIlE TtRUE DmM0ocIt.V'T a g a in
brings St. Francisville a few
paces to the fore inthe I)rinting
industry. We already have one
of the best appointed and equip
ped printing offices located in
any country town in Louisiana
and we can state with absolute
certainty that there are not a
half dozen of these stitching ma
chines in Louisiana outside of
New Orleans and Shreveport.
With our superior equipment
it is unnecessary for people of
this parish to send away from
home for printing,' unless it he
of a most extraordinary kind.
We do a large majority of the
printing of West Feliciana and
have built up a substantial pat
ropge in a half dozen neighbor
tug parishes. Where quality ands
prIk art, taken ints co),tidera
tion fIlTE: 'lTtut DthMoct'ur gets
the work.
To printers in this section of
L)uisiana and Mississippi Imatving
work beyond the c:apaity of
their plants we offer sp5 -ial in
d uceinents.
Planting Cotton Seed.
C('oushatta ('itien:
Most farmers are learning tnat
it doesn't pay to buy )lan:tinmm
cotton seed at a fancy price and
let them run out, as tlhy will in
a few years. The sensible plan
is to improve your own cotton by
selection. Select your best seed
every year and plant them, and
in a few years you can develop
as showy a variety of cotton as
any. All better varietieýs are de
veloped in practically the same
way.
The Constant Exodus of Money.
The following from the Arcadia
Arges is largely true of every
section of the country:
"In conversation with one of
the rural delivery :carriers, last
week in speaking of advertising
and whether it paid or not, he in
formed us that of $1300 worth of
money orders issued by him
over his route the past twelve
months he was satisfied at least
$1000 of this went to Sears. &
Roebuck, of Chicago. We are
sure that the other carriers of
tle parish would make similar
statements if consulted. Adver
tising and keeping everlastingly
at it is what is doing the work.
If $1000 left the country over so
small a scope as this mail route
traverses, how much do you sup
pose it would foot up if the
amounts obtained over the other
rural delivery routes and the
various post offices of Bienville
parish were given? The figures
would be a eye-opener, no doubt.
And all this to one house, rememn
b'er. There are otlhers as eager
as Sears & Roebuck and they are
reaping the benefit of advertis
ing also.
"There is a great deal of trutliI
in the old adage, "tign res w,,n't
lie," and it has been '(,arl"y
demonstrated again and again
that advertising pays, and otlhrs
who cater to the tradel of tlh
public learn to invite the farnmi rs,
bone and sinew of our land. Iy
means of printer's ink to tlih ir
stores they neeedn't. be .sur,
prised if the money tihey might
easily handle continues to pour,
into far-off Chicago and other
distant cities.
"The thing is to have what the
people want, tell themn so through
the columns of the local news
paper, not once, tvice, tlhrte
times, but the year round, and
our word for it, thousands of
dollars that are hourly leaving
our country for- foreign i (onceln
will be slpent at hIorn,.
[L.arn a trice or twE from) t i
Yankees: advertise.
FIRSI RICE RAISED IN THIS PARISH SINCE
THE WAR IS NOW BEING HARVESTED.
MAKES A PROFITABLE CROP.
Ardl in tIlt lF'rbvl,.i n iigiil -orz
h l , , 1C( \\'rI(' ;:u'co(l ' t ti ill!ti' -
vi,-w \vit I t M r. \'ickliil'. \'lliee
d( 'scriiption ((f his t ripl, ('olltlinl
d( t , foll n ll;11' ljIleresti ullg in
fi1'l' I itt l I:
"alt vin ll· o til ' I' I o ,,he agricul
tural inno(vatio n in W\est ',li c"i
a1ia ill the way (f I 'i,. -CU'ltur,,
along the valley of Thoil)lison's
creek, \I r. Aid,'(4 l4eonarti
and I drov(e out to the rice'-ti.I.ds
on1 Tuelsday for tlih .splciil pIur
p)Ose of 'ieWig tl t l the West
F'eliciana industry at close range.
"\We found two threshing out
fits l)U.ily engagd aboilult t wo
nmiles apart, onle on tIll, Iplace of
Mr. Fletcher Hlarvey and the
other on that of Mr. Jno. F. Ard
.Ir. lBoth of these gentlemen,
having seen during the year past
that the raising of cotton here in
I,¶(09 would be extreitlely pirob
leinatical, (ldeteriined in the be
ginningi of this year to try ric .
"Mr. Harvey pIurchased a
large l)ortabhle engine and a lirst
class rice-t Iirsh(er, the engine
being also suitable for running
the )puiming-Ihlant to scentu' wa
ter for his rice, as well as for run
a the thresher. Mr. Ard
u tased the most improved
comnbined pfr aind binder for
harvesting the crop anmd a gaso
line engine to run his primping
plant.
"Mr. ilarley ºIlanle'(1."mleP 1:)
a8(0l08 f tII' l)'.t stoillfl oll'x f .i;
piai rice. laying, ofif his lihi a:c
ordling 0t tImll'' i in n tuthou(tls
byV ('(list etding thlie n'ec''ssrly
canails :;n(Id dvkhs and Ilanting
thel grlin in tIhe' sp iing: tilt'i(
Ilooding thI ( li,,11 with w;1 .,r
piumnpe(d frolm1l Iiluliller'. (.reek,
raising the i t ler fully sixty ft,
through live inch pipi ling, tn(
into the main cauril.
"Mr. \Ard plantedh a bft,,utiful
level field right in the vahllV of
Thomnpson creok, alongi its banks,
laying off his tield in the same
manner, in acc'rdclani(' with te
best methods of ri' c-culture and
also planting the lies! storm
roiof .Jtpal rice and s.i'('l'c ing
water direct f row Titl l~jllllll'llllI
crdýtiP VIipin'il)i1i Iwith )(.flº.IS -
tiCclky littluj xlg2n,(", as it dull
neucessairy to rl is( the. w~ttir only
aIbout liftu un ft-("t after Ifu iinI
4\ri1I did nult urhasri~ie ai t!IIodi(
thiis yer but is thi(ihuing. his
cropj) «"ith ii sii:h111 (it-thiruºýhºr.
whicha, whie int hlain g (icalf t be
(uf1;ue~itv of 011" i4"ru ir rie
tluiueh, Is, i i ln Wilwi tl si."i'ls
sir (Iuil (" hiCi?.itl
.(1and t~r ulh i aid " ph. ,i
utah in thi:tt suctionf busily i-nag. I
euli in gairwu'ing; lii ,rain,~ adfl
their ljehht,u ,Iii' th(. wceevil apº
wake fui lh line I liutusanul sacks of
thus :IccucIlIn: th gross:. vIulu of
11i4i Irlull') dult s;;75''r. .nd this
is 1 hiu producit if less thldan I ºTi
;Nr' ofs i ;1i1. ';Mlili. it p~lantedl il
xi.-sfor this yea':iP and meet
:ii i r '' s,!·;'c ti tll i as :11r'1 dull' this
fall.
"No\ .t1I (1'r 1111' roisi sd.rs tha~t
tli i.. 11ra Ii1 ll; the irst rice
ii' 1Ii rais:!. iii West Ftliciana
"s!i'i Ih 111' t!' 1 t all of thiei
(httill?.. l c anu! Ifit1'ot ruction, ini
.5;111,!11 t! (f 1,:11I)? Iilills, ip ng ('t4..
l·i tIee di nt this year, blesidie
\,'i -ll~ wSltnle stoIrmi
Is \\ll :is sol~llt o(tier speills (f
~ti 'ta iý' notI i' fa f:1 Io alhlf to rice
'tilt Ni'. and tii~tt thisi cropj wa.s
ail-d 1) 11I11 c(iolllaratively
st irIfl;s to Ic 1k Ids, it is in
4111 I takEe t ilt showing
the hw tavye inmade.
"Bothl diir. Ard and1( dlr. liar
VcV air' elit litisiastic oveir the sUr
cer~ of their venturie and will go
Int irice incli more ' ext4nsively
fl'xt y1t':i; and profiting fronm
S I iii.o' i llnr istakes they have
madce this y rcl' aind Iett4'r equip
ped1(1 1 by e' xpeIl triln'e will uIIIIdouht
edly d'Ic'Iurst rate to all that they
himl acc t'eh the boll1 weevil proli
Ic u inifs'ifar as they atre concern
ed v bile1 st'V'fi'i oIf their neigh
bor: ;Ion; ~tI(hi, i' 'Phoopson's creek
tiecul and inclined to 'knock' the
undertaking at first arc' now
zttr~n~gi: tiiotisl admjitting their
liii ,.iI W and have left t heir bar
31,11 lilt 11111 `t;iit~s lund are' buily
luins o theil lst (rop i if rice ever
"if liiie thil live'(re~ Septemberiii~'
Wits fhffif1. ;i tile kind of rice
111l1l11l.li Wv;i j JU-' lI] aLs is beIst
,o ft i co(0m)ing in Steptein ir
wiuin tII crop is in lull grain.
11()any oneV ho1) ha ill) e l, Ien the
pr *s nit oft lt irintcrl.aise, it ust u
Ili, idtmntt'd Iihut M('WMt Aril andj
Iia';a y aw ci la,·) l dvtiiionstrat
("1 1I-it ill t I, \a·lleysi of such
strit'a 'i s ;:s T(1lrll son's c ree'k,
I sa v'I Stiaa c ratck, anti 1x)!sibiy
ari iva"1I *ttitiiti~tof laud ai, 1' tive'
or 1t "n r ift a" 't felt highi r than
the hetI of tlii -r'eek, rice can be
mijad : mosl t pro'it:able crel' in
Wt I'- 1 itiaflla, by punming from
the adjatcent st reaum.
" Tihlº,t' ot'. ning lands along thetf~
Vaiii 'y 'i Ia~ i 1~ S; ra creek wou Id
i1)etlt'a h1' intta'it'atad to set' \1r.
A ,*d' \ "(" fii A s1 tu d find how
"uir it 11 Itathtait lands Iin every1'
Ljraigbllt in faiur huinlh's of un
tltrl"lihlt rit Jt, t WI froIrm tlt' titid
of Mr. .1 rd. aindI two from ti tli'
fit oi t M i. lit. lrw. in- being
cut befoit the statI: arm ed one
afte rwa rdl, whIiicli by~ coni;zirison
j i shal ll'V r-'II thi s rice weatli',r
7'1'la' h11;Il o 4f. itie' may to'
WeVst, Iýtlii~tji iji andt hil' i'eIle'4IDt
Bank.
('I.,r'.i it. i ~t'~ tºtale 1'11t m Igh
%%it'. Vt' . ºi hal a-'red l.I t'iciglmtg

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