The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-06-24

Editor Wasl.ly Esho


able silence resume the thread ofrag
Communication by taking up the great
themes oi our tanners. viz the d5aaFant
crops. tho yield 81 each. ETC. ete and
il doing 81, 7 only rendsr due tFibuie
u The pride oE tie farmer. b placing
at fac head Of ihe list The great South
ern staple The storm which swept this
coast il 1871, das foged this as wslI
every Other tall-groHing crop, and each
year since that time the visits from the
cotton caterpillar have been as s1rs "a
those Of the tax gatherers and. eonse
queutly there has not been even q fair
crop Of cotton made during these years
But great confidence seems to be felt
now IL the efficacy of d certain liquid
poison which IS to Be- distribukad upon
the cotton plants through perforated
nozzle III sma POI table force pump,
at very srifing cost 7 am not GER
tain that this destroying agent was
fairly tested here Last season, but think
il was and ] notice that farmers ara
almest universally psoFiding themselves
wish the pumps and poison for this
son. Should this agent of destruction
prove 9 success, we msy reasonably ex
peo6 ia q few years. to SEQ tie day of
comfort and plenty once more dawn
upon this valuable class Of our people.
Sen Island cotton was for few years
cultivated extensively. but It has bean
displaced altogethe9 within tile last two
years. Depreciation ia It's market value
Is the principal cause Of its being now
eliminated from the list Of the pro-
ducts Of this parish. although there are
several serious objections. Its market
price ID three years retrogsaded from
nearly one dollar specie. down 70 twen-
ty-tive cents currency, per pound. 81
lint There was no regular market ior
il III Galveston or New Orleans il was
therefore necessarily shipped to, and
sold IA Liverpool Englaad. and the
producers were often forced to wait
more than twelve mouths foE the ra-
turns of this crop. IT is verg trouble
some e gather, and from its being very
slow to mature, Is much more injured
by the cotton worm.
The prolific varieties 81 short. ssapl
cotton win readily produce upon our /
lands except 81 Warn spots seven
hundred and fifty pounds 81 lint This
Yield wii not be realized except at the
end ol an excellent crop year, nor If Tie
plants be destroyed from any canae be-
fore the tirss of October but such
crops have been frequently made and /
gathered here Five hundred pounds
ol lint cotton Is confidently expected by /
file farmer when the caterpillar does /
not make its appearance early u the I
season. Scarcity q gins was Formerly /
q great obstacle % tho general grow /
ing of this crop. tat now these ars 4
quite numerous. and the number as
well IS the acreage of this crop Is ia.
creasing every year and there are very
few countries eompo g of small iafInss
betier sn hed with good eius than
this is and Ia short while she shin-
msnss of eotten lrom this parish vial +
favorably with those af any
other in proportion to the population
should there not meanwhile. oeenr
some overwhelming disaster Is she s
ton growing interests.
sngir care j. raised by only few
hut these have been very ancceasful. IT
viii never bea crop 81 prime inpor
tanoe anywhere ia thia parish, nom
scarcity 81 foel Should that great INF
sernal navigation scheme be carried
through which proposes to connect by +
oaual the waters 81 tbe Caleasisn and
MeFmenlau rivers with the watef 81
the MissinTi yes coal maY then he
had Il ptea tbat would iuss,ty @
il boiling ue and if shos wha age
dispo 20 SO into tie pto5aciioa ol I
sugar had the capital g hoat down
laf s ef io 9ed nhs nos
psoy G be ta pensive ba. lheR
II mu be me0hsfed that
81 he aFm hss lhe advantage of +