The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-12-20
The Lake Shore Country.


Our Home Journal.
The recent epidemic will doubt
less, for "A time, dissuade many from
. coming to our section, until they
, can be made to comprehend how
! such visltations may be prevented,
5 aud will be in the future, by proper
, sanitary measures. Nevertheless,
, such are the attractions aud advaIi.
tages OF this quarter OF the Union,
many will be here, during the com
ing winter, "t0 spy out the land.'
| desire to call their attention, and
the attention of our own citizens
who fear overHows and malarial
fevers, to the country across the
lake. In the parishes of Living
ston and st. Taminany, and in ad-
joining parishes, aud the seaboard
counties OF Mississippi, there are
many productive tracts of lands
that may be purchased, leased,
rented, or worked on shares, on
very favorable terms. The whole
district is intersected by navigable
streams dischargiug into Lakes
Maurepas, Pontchartrain and
Borgne; and along those rivers
and their tributary bayous and
creeks, bodies of land, more or less
extensive, timbered with ash, ma.
pie, gum, holly, oak and magnolia,
may be seen, which will yield Il
bale OF cotton to the acre, and the
timber on it may he sold on the
bank or in New Orleans at remu.
nerali,e prices. These lands sell
dom require drainage, but wien
they do the process $ very easy 10y
short cuts into the natural drains.
From 30 TO 80 bushels of corn to
the acre may be relied on, aud eX-
perlments with sugar cane prove
that 1t tLiiNes as well, aud Yields
as much as the alluNions of the
Mississippi river. The largest and
richest cane | ever saw was on the
farm of DR.. COlmar, near Spring
| field, aud on the iarm of Luthtr
Russ, Esq, near = .ariinSton, who
| has most successfully demonstrated
the adaptabllity OF pine lands TO
the making of sugar.
! Our resent system of farming,
in general, is rude and primitive,
and Yet reasonable results are Ub,
tanned. Sub-sOilng, tertilizing and
rotations Ot crops, would acnieve
wonders. No district in the world
has greater resources for improN-
lns land. Every stream has Il mar
GIN on Que, often Oh both banks. OF
marsh, from fifty yards to Il quarter
OF d mile wide, Over1owed, To some
extent, by veIy high tides, bat
usually dry, aud sufficiently firm
tur cattle to grgze on the luxurianl
grass, rush aud pea vine. The an
aly sis of this marsh mud or muck,
shows it TO be prolific with all the
elements of fertility, particularly
in pbosphates. | have seen it ap-
Piled in two ways with very bene
hcial results carted out ana
spread OH sandy land, and immedi-
ately plowed under. On stiff clay
lands it Was dumped in piles in the
winter, aud in the spring IL shorei
lull was applied to each hill OF
corn. The supply of this material
is iuexhaustiye.
Again, the rank vegetation OF
these marshes furnishes for the
barn, stable and cattle pens, abuu
dant litter, convertible into the
best manure. AT almost every
abrupt point, bead-land or bluff un
these streams, aud along the lake
shore. there are extensive deposits
OF MUSCLE, clam and oA sIer shells,
some decomposed, others perfectly
sound so every farmer may uiake
his own lime. Besides this, III u
farmer has not enough stock to sup
ply droppings for the tarn, 10y send
Ing over his own carts. on a scLOOn-
rr, to the city, he can Soou load the
vessel with manure from the livery
stables, dairits, soap factories, etc,
aud have it delivered at his own
landing at tritie over the cosl
of transportation. In addition,
there are the Oleu pine woods--tlIr
leaves of the fOrrst--and any qnan.
tity of charcoal at baud--a mate.
rial yer; valuable indeed, but not
by ii m. jority of our
larucrS.
Thus, you see, what may be done
those lands, so long overlooked,
though right at the door of your
great metropolis. Introduce a
proper ~ stem OF mixed crops and
aud there is no better
;ouutry in the world for agriculture
al enterprises aud capitai-none
y here productive lau'., in n healthy
convenient To market can
be procured so cheap. Land in
Ihese parishes, aud ON and adja- {
cent to the sea beard of Mississippi,
such as | have described, may be I
iad from 81 % TO 50 per acre, {
according to The situation and iIn- |
Sea Island aud Up Z
aud cotton. rice, sugar cane, sor- {
yhum, tobacco, indigo, oats, castor
pit beans, Irish ard Sweet potatoes, u
,ras, melons, are all profitable Il
;rops. Plams, pears, peaches. a
ranges. grapes, strawberries, aud {