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December 9, 1904
The Rice Belt Journal
Welsh, Jefferson Davis County, Calcasieu County, Louisiana
What is this article about?
Cotton expert J. E. Adger praises this section of Louisiana as ideal for cotton due to its soil, owns a 10,000-acre plantation, and advises farmers to grow their own food necessities while transitioning to cotton.
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An Ideal Cotton Country.
Jennings Record: It is natural for people to speak pro and con on the good and bad merits of a country—its people, climate, resources in various ways, but when a man expresses his opinion from an unbiased standpoint and especially one who is thoroughly familiar with the subject in controversy such an opinion has more weight and can be relied on. The farmers of this section are to a certain extent turning their attention to cotton and in many cases its cultivation is new to them. In conversation with a Times Record representative last evening a gentleman who knows what he is talking about in the cotton line—namely Mr. J. E. Adger, who is a cotton expert and is at present associated with Prof. S. A. Knapp in making report on the cotton conditions for the United States government, stated that this section of Louisiana was an ideal cotton country.
He owns and superintends a cotton plantation of 10,000 acres and is fully versed in the matter. He sees no reason why cotton can not be produced on this soil and in his opinion we have a good soil that is adapted to cotton.
He is of the opinion that the farmers of this section will gradually become cotton planters but he is a firm believer in the opinion that farmer should raise his own necessities of life.
Jennings Record: It is natural for people to speak pro and con on the good and bad merits of a country—its people, climate, resources in various ways, but when a man expresses his opinion from an unbiased standpoint and especially one who is thoroughly familiar with the subject in controversy such an opinion has more weight and can be relied on. The farmers of this section are to a certain extent turning their attention to cotton and in many cases its cultivation is new to them. In conversation with a Times Record representative last evening a gentleman who knows what he is talking about in the cotton line—namely Mr. J. E. Adger, who is a cotton expert and is at present associated with Prof. S. A. Knapp in making report on the cotton conditions for the United States government, stated that this section of Louisiana was an ideal cotton country.
He owns and superintends a cotton plantation of 10,000 acres and is fully versed in the matter. He sees no reason why cotton can not be produced on this soil and in his opinion we have a good soil that is adapted to cotton.
He is of the opinion that the farmers of this section will gradually become cotton planters but he is a firm believer in the opinion that farmer should raise his own necessities of life.
What sub-type of article is it?
Agricultural Report
Expert Opinion
What keywords are associated?
Cotton Farming
Louisiana Soil
Agricultural Expert
Self Sufficiency
Plantation Management
What entities or persons were involved?
J. E. Adger
S. A. Knapp
Where did it happen?
This Section Of Louisiana
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Key Persons
J. E. Adger
S. A. Knapp
Location
This Section Of Louisiana
Story Details
Cotton expert J. E. Adger states that this section of Louisiana is an ideal cotton country with good soil adapted to cotton production. He owns a 10,000-acre cotton plantation and believes local farmers will gradually become cotton planters but should raise their own necessities of life.