Because of a lackiof ready cap tal,
the new canning factory erected at
Baton Rouge at a cost of $14,000, and
with 1000 acres of truck ready to draw
from, has been unable to begin opera
tions.
John E. Perkins, former sheriff and
tax collector of Calcasieu parish, who
disappeared five years ago with a
shortage of $70,000 in his accounts,
returned from Spanish Honduras and
voluntarily surrendered at Lake
Charles.
Two prostrations from the beat oc
curred at Vicksburg, Miss.
Unprecedented rains in some por
tions of Mississippi caused heevy
damage to property and crops and de
layed railroad traffic.
E. C. M.Keag, of New Brunswick,
N. J., was elected dean of the law de
partment of the Louisiana University
to succeed Joseph I. Kelly, resigned.
In furtherance of an effort to es
tablish the lobster industry on the
Pacific coast, a carload of live lob
sters will be shipped from Halifax, N.
S., to the other side of the continent.
The Brazillian government will es
tablish at Rio Janeiro a zoo-technical
and agronomical institute to be de
voted to the study of stock raising
and agricultural experiments.
For Coughs, Colds,
Throat ana Lung
Troubles
Use
Dr. Davis'
Compound Syrnp
Wild 1erry
and Tar
eru. B sure you get Dvirr ' Wild
Cherry and ram
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DEMONSTRATION FARMS.
Their Metlhods and Objects-Sources of In
lormation Numerous and Reliable.
Common Problems Given
Attention.
In 1903 the first farmers' co-opera
tive demonstration farm under govern
ment control was established at Ter
rell, Texas, on the faim of W. C.
