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St. Landry Clarion

Who the USDA Helped: Three Crop Notices from One 1909 Louisiana Newspaper

May 22, 2026 by The Kinstructure Company

Composite image showing three newspaper clippings from page nine of the St. Landry Clarion of May 22, 1909, arranged left to right: "Crops In Lafayette" reporting boll weevil damage in Lafayette Parish, "Farmers Disappointed" reporting Irish potato crop failure in Avoyelles Parish, and "Other Moneyed Crops" reporting James Clayton's USDA-backed oats and hay success in East Baton Rouge Parish.

On May 22, 1909, the St. Landry Clarion ran three short notices on one page. Cotton was failing in Lafayette. Potatoes were failing in Avoyelles. Oats and hay were succeeding in East Baton Rouge with USDA help. This is what those three pieces document together.

Filed Under: Louisiana Heritage, The Great Migration, This Day In History Tagged With: 1909, agricultural extension, Avoyelles Parish, Black agricultural history, boll weevil, cotton, East Baton Rouge Parish, Great Migration, James Clayton, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Creole history, Louisiana diaspora, St. Landry Clarion, tenant farming, USDA

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