New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-30

IFron, the East Fellclana Democrat

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which it would be impossible to answer sep
rately with the limited time at our command, "
have concluded to make one answer for all.
This section is embraced between the Pea
river on the east and the Mississippi river on IL
west and from the Homochitto river on the nori
I to the New river on the south; and for climat
Health, productions, and facilities for manIfactn
ing, is unsurpassed by any region of equal area
| the world
4 The climate is less rigorous than that of En-
land, and almost as soft and bamy as that of Ita
Outdoor labor can be performed the whole We;
round. The summers are never very sultry, bein
tempered by the breeze from the Gulf and II
i winters are always mild. snow seldom ever beir
seen.
The land is high rolling, above overflow, co
cred with growth of magnolia, beech, oak, DO,
lar cherry and gum and towards the Pea
river, on the east, with dense forests of nine,
Clear streams and hillside springs abound ever
where, furnishing an abundance of the e!eare
and purest water. On the creeks are alreai
erected saw and grist mills sufficient for the wan
OF the present inhabitants but capable for fn
nIshing water power for the largest manufacture
The streams are filed with tish-trout, the horne
or catfish, the sun-perch, and many otht
varieties. & ltyff f@ VII
No portion of the South can compare with th
region IN health the diseases being few and easil
managed we venture to assert that the statistic
will show mere old persons in proportion to popu
laton than any other portion of the South of equa
area. 81
| School and church privileges are abundant, am
meet all the necessities of the residents They are
continually extending and widening their IN
huence; and Centenary college, we are glad t.
learn, is about to reopen with as good prospects
as of old. ..- }a
In relation to productions, this section is an
rlValled and unsurpassed.
The principle articles of production are cotton
corn, potatoes, sugar, rice, oats and tobacco.
Many plantations produce bale to the acre
and as many as ten bales to the hand has beer
made, though the average crop is only half Iha
sum.
The planters, as a general rule heretofore. have
always made as much corn as they needed on theil
farms. g.
The quantity Of rice per acre usually raised is
from thirty to fifty bushels in the rough.
OF sweet potatoes, four hundred bushels pc,
acre on the poorest lands is not considered an ex
traOrdnary yield, and two or three hundred
bushels is customary crop. For consumption
and for raising hogs, this crop is invaluable.
Tobacco of the finest flavor is produced here
though but little is cultivated. and none for export
The Louisiana perique has already become famous
and is destined to become an article largely pro.
duced and exported. fgt M
It is too well known to mention sugar and mo.
lasses, which, with cotton, has been heretofore
principally cultivated to the exclusion and posi-
tive injury of almost everything else. @
NO liner rye ever grew OF ripened than that
produced on this sell during the late war; the
yield being very productive and highly satisfac-
tory 55l ks s5s,i 4s5S E.. ls.es,55' '5s5 (.
Oats grow luxuriantly, and reward the laborer,
but have not been extensively cultivated, the
farmers being under the impression that they ex-
hausted the soil. sSir5g 7EaE-
Men of small means and limited capital can
here make all the provision that their families may
consume, and, in addition, produce four or five
bales OF cotton annually for sale, and sometimes
more, besides raising all the stock they may re-
qure for the farm, and enough bacon each year to
do them They also can produce their own sugar
mOlaSSeS and t0bacGO and those who think
need it, their own rum. sg 9gsg @5@ss .ffa ~ :
q The winters being so mild, the stock can forage
all the year round, and certainly can be raised
cheaper here than where they have to be fed dur
ing four or five months of winter. There is no diff
fculty in purchasing them at reasonable rates
And should the attention of farmers be given to
the subject large amount of butter and cheese
could be produced yearly, not only for home CON
sumption, but for export. l8ral5s
Besides these staple articles of produce, the
finest and most delicious fruits grow here in abun-
dance and perfection. ~
In the production of peaches, for size, color and
flavor, no land can compare with this. The exper-
iments made in the last ten years have shown that
apples of the finest size and favor can be produced
here but the cultivation of this fruit is still in its
infancy. But in the production of pears, OF every
season, size and flavor, no portion Of the world can
compare with this as the infant orchards of the
last five years have fully and completely proved
All that is necessary to extend and develop this
production to supply the markets of the North and
West with the most delicious of all fruits, is labor
and skill.
y Besides these, plums of twenty varieties, apri.
cots, nectarine, almonds and pomegranates grow in
pr0fusion. sg
Pecans. q barrel of which is equal to barrel if
not two of flour. grow wherever planted, and pre-
duce from one to five barrels per tree, without any
cultivation.
But of all fruits, this is the land of figs and
of the former, enough could be pro-
duced on ten miles square to supply the commerce
Of the world, yet our people import all they use of
dried figs.
Besides these fruits, the Germans who have set
tied among us, have introduced the cultivation of
the grape, and some few of them make their own
wine. They say this is as fine wine country
both for quality and favor, as the banks of the
Rhine or the sunny slopes Of France. We have
seen punches of the finest grapes produced hut no
one has attempted as yet to establish vineyard
or to make wine for sale. a few years, however
will see this done, and eastern Louisiana wine an
Important article of export.
y In the minds Of many skillful agricnturists no
doubt exists but that coffee can also be produced
here successfully as yetno one has tried it,
Among other products, we may mention the
castor oil bean, which grows almost everywhere
IS huge weed, covered with tremendous punches
Of the beans If this were planted, it would require
no further labor than to harvest and send to
market. But heretofore the whole and exclusive
attention of farmers, has been given to the cutiya
ion of sugar and cotton, to the neglect of every
)ther interest. a new state of affairs is beginning
20 dawn, and will be soon realized.
In addition to the fruits the variety in size color
rider and quantity of flowers which grow here at
II seasons, gill strangers with ulbonnded wonder
md admiration From the ehalicea magnolia to
he modest violet; from the queenly japonica TO
he oderOus rose; there is no country to compare
With it in their production andno doubt can exist
hat perfnmery eau be produced here cheaper,
nd ingreater variety and in larger quantities than
anywhere else in the United States.
AS for manufactures, the water power of the
treanls everywhere, furnish everything necessary
+ required and cotton cloths, and cotton prints
ught to be manufactured here where the raw ma,
erial is SO abundant, cheaper than anywhere else;
nd instead OF our people buying these things,
hey ought to have them to sell; as for paper it
an be and ought to be made here for the world,
n manner better and cheaper than elsewhere,
nd in the end 1t will be.
We have made no mention of the production of
WOOL, nor Of any OF the manufactures of leather
~ bone, which are varied in their character and
extensive in their operations yet in these large
population can be and will be proftably employed.
y "a well known that all kinds of stock are pro-
a,uced, and can be produced here cheaper than
they can be bought. Before the war, mary per-
sons mad commenced to raise their own horses
lnalss. cattle and hogs, and some have for years
proauced as much meat as they needed for the
ear. bououess hereafter those with limited CAPT
family supply. Is''- -s'iis'' i,N's '''SS1A
The disastrous effects of the late war have left
Two thirds Of these lands without oceunants
their owners having fallen in the field or tbe NOS,
ptat. They can now be bought at from one Ia |
1fteen dollars per acre, according to location i
ertillty and Improvements. Already we are glad
ions, and are preparing to cultivate them next
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