Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1877-08-25

=. Bny lO,OOO acres OF lana, most
suitable for colonization, have il snr-
veyed and divided into 40-acre farms.
bnilding on each farm a dwelling
house and snitable onthouse and
fence. Supply th. immigrants with
necessary tools and seeds.
I0.OO0 acres If land will cost
eco. 1000; surveying, $500; the dYell-
ing and onthonse, with fence, Spn
each 40-acre farm. S400; tools and
seeds, $50 total expenses. &i:3,OOO.
This amount has not to he paid out
ct once and in fnll. as several items
can he pnt on long terms.
4. Each immigrant pays 500 cash
to association to become an actual
settler Of place Of 40 acres.
From, these 800, one pair Of oxen
s>r 4 hOrse oxen are more usefnl for
R I'll farm work-one cow. a pair of
pigs MeH some poultry shonld be
b0nght. A,Suld the immigrant pos
SEES already the above mentioned
animals. his 3 100 comes into the treas
nry, of the association and isaccOnnt-
ed fNr. Any man of family, who has
the serious intention to become n
farmer, or who ia already a farmer,
il able to realize 800, the more a.
the association put him in snch n
condition that nothing else bnt his
individual and industrious work and
labor. and that of HE family, will he
desired. The association must have
some guarantee, and can't have any
business with idlerr or loafers.
5. The amount of money dine for
each place of forty acres, at S5:2 and
interest. il payable in yearly install
ments, mt 900 or less. in time of ten
years ar less, after the opinion or
Judgment ofthe association. In ord
er to make payments more snre and
light for the settlers, let payments
c0m mence only the second year.
Any man of sonnd arms and legs
10 able tN cultivate ten acres of
ground, and with any produce. A
single person In not able tO pick as
much cotton "a he is able tn cultivate.
This Is but the one produce which
requires more hands in the picking
aeason. There ia no produce in the
State of Lsnnisiana which would pay
less than 4l0 clear per acre. Plant
ing cane or rice, more will be realized,
even II the work IL done in thu most
primitive way and manner. Con.e-
qnently there is no doubt that the
settler wonld he able to pay his debt,
without any difficulty, tn the associa-
tion, and pay oil his expenses and
live alsn. .f,-of ,...l
6. As soon m the debt il paid ID
the association, the settler beco'
mes the owner Of his forty acres.
BY this plan the association viii
indnee hundreds and hundreds ol
poor farmers from other States, and
evsn families from Europe, tn emi,
grate and settle in onr State, and
make waste lands profitable.
2. Farms Nos. I, 3.5, 2 (e. o. t..
win be given away 6rst, ani
2, 4, 6. 8, kept back for later arriv'
ing settlers.
BY tlis plan the valueS of all thoes
kept hack has naturally to increase
and tho asanciatiou able to disp0ss
Ut them nd libitnm.
8. The association should estahlial
4 atOre and warebouse in the midst
of the settlement, simplifying their set.
fIere with the neceasary provisions
till their crop is made, and disposine
oft; the association onght tn charge
them the smallest commission.
I We all--who lived in the cnuntry
know quite we'll what kind of bn.
siness will be done there by aome
atorekeepers, and even by planters
Sfoppage should he put TO sach q
praetice. Honesty creates confid.
ence, VII pays always hest.
3. Tie 1Saociation Ought 10 inducs
= doctor and . druggist 70 settl,
amongst the immigrants, to iusnr,
more safety in case ut srkneas. AL
N, build Z school. house for the edn
cAtinn 0f their children, charging IN,
settlers t. maintain al! these institu
ltiOna. Ei .ts r
10. The Legislature requested {,
pasA bill exempting the settler
from taxati0a for the first fv,
years, which would he nothing NOR,
Int the moral daty Of our lawmak
ers. DANIEL DExNErr.