The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-09-04
= "h'te Labor in Louisiana.

. W.. ~ ,l'e south, to which our COT
respondent Mr. bennett il inst NOV No,
contributing 9, series of valuable A.
"c!es 10 the iicaynue, it is worthy q
; ;o'"a1k mat tho present crop, unouest
i ,nna the finest We have had SIM"
10y, i y to. a very great extent tn,
.es",t q q white mems skill and whit,
h %ens industry. Never before in III,
. "!s;ory OF Louisiana have 80 man.,
WI, wn' a.: men taken active part in th'
! = details Of agriculture, and Il
LIZ. - y! .ease q singular, coincidence thu,
= II eyer before has there bcen
. .,, crop q, 20 pr''nising 10 nil respects IS
: :" H.. me simple truth Of tho matter
- . "n!'s W!llte men are physically Quito
H. ~ ISx ..Tss as negroes to perform
tne neid labor incident to sroar ~
cotton growing, While 'intellecna,lv
n lucy are able to reduce the volume in
ihe! they increase the effect Of
s s%a: .eess 3FAkfg agriculture as applied
to the two great staples IT Louisiana
is to abbreviate the cultivating sea.
SOD BY Fastening the period at which
the crops are 'Iaid BY" or, ia Other
words, consigned to the hnaided care
Of nature. Experience has shown
that in proportion ~ this period is
FASTENED the value of the harvest is
enhanced, and. il therefore follows
that as white labor imparts intelli-
gence and efficiency to the system Of
agriculture the pursuit of that isdus-
try will become better adapted to the
constitution and physical conditions
Of white men. Tho best crops are
those which are laid by earliest in the
summer, and the judicious distribu
ton Of labor necessary to this eud il
what white men are most fit to plan
and carry ont. On a we'll managed
plantation, nine years out Of ten,
there need be no field labor perform.
ed between the lst of July and the
middle Of September, or between the
middle of June and the first Of Sep,
tember.s During that hected term,
which Is supposed to be so fatal to
white men whose occupations expose
them to its rigors, tho most vital in.
terests ofthe crop require that cul-
tivation should he suspended. Ac.
cordingly a. this rule il observed the
reward Of agriculture are augmented.
The poorest crops are those in which
misfortune or Encouragement has
prolonged the cultivating season. The
best crops are those in which scien-
tic and intelligent administration
has brought that season an early close.
Perhaps the finest cane field in Louis.
lana to.day-and we have heard it
said that there was never finer one
at any time in the past-is to be seen
on the plantation of John B. Lyons,
ESQ.,, St Mary parish, abnut two miles
ofICo V'Fo Htec Oh Uurtt.- A.-l.af..lava.
This Idea Of the inability Of white
men to endure field labor in Lonis.
lana is, like the popular idea a. to
the unI,ealthiness Of New Orleans. an
absurd and antenable error. White'
men need no other qualities here
than elsewhere in order, to become
efficient aud successful farmers.
With the same care, skill and indus.
try that characterize agriculture in
the North and West, and at far less
risk from, the effect Of climate, white
men Of any nationality can work in
Louisiana with a sure prospect Of ricu
reward for their labor. en-