St. Landry democrat., 1880-11-13
Louisiana Oranges.
New Orleans Democrat.

There are not many persons who APP
preciate the extent Of our orange trade,
OF who realize what an enormous source
OF revenue the culture of this delicious
fruit may be made. On the twenty
sixth of this month there were shipped
from here on the Chicago, st. Louis and
New Orleans railroad, eleven cal loads
of oranges, destined to Denver st.
Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago and Evans
vile. There were in this shipment 1920
barrels, and averaging the barrel at 300,
we have a total of 39G, 900 oranges sent
in one day by one railway to supply the
increasing demand in the West for
Louisiana's juicy and luscious fruit,
which is far superior to the oranges OF
Cnba, and even the much -vaunted fruit
of Florida.
Between the first Of October and the
twenty sixth there were shipped by the
same road to the Western cities 81 900
barrels, and an aggregate of 6,3oOoOo
oranges. The demand for this health
ful and universally fayorite fruit is such
that it can never be fully supplied, so
that there is every inducement for our
people to go largely into orange culture,
which, when pursued with intelligence,
will yield a much larger return for the
capital invested than either cotton or
sugar. The orange crop Of Florida will
soon assume enormous proportions.
Owing to judicious advertising, it be-
came the fashion for Northern people to
go to Florida for their health, and they,
seeing what mine Of wealth was in the
culture of oranges in that State, invest
ed largely in groves, which are now
rapidly bearing and from which are
supplied almost exclusively the cities of
the North and East. The State is be-
coming vast orchard grove and mil
lions of dollars of Northern capital are
invested there in orange farms. The
Louisiana orange, as we have said, is
finer than either the Florida or Cuban
orange, and our climate is peculiarly
favorable to the growth of the trees,
hence we should either ourselves in
crease our production of the fruit or
else invite Western and Northern capi-
tai here to plant new groves and make
Louisiana what she should be-the rival
of Florida. If that State supplies the
North and East with oranges, Louisiana
should certainly be equal to supplying
the West and Northwest.
IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.-Judge Rich
ardson this morning rendered decis-
| ION in the case of Schultz vs.. Robinson,
which will prove of interest to large
class OF our readers, both commercial
and agricultural. Schultz advanced
supplies for Robinson to make a crop.
and sequestrated Robinson's crop of
| cotton to secure his privilege. Robinson
is a colored farm laborer and had con-
tracted with Mr.. Raglan to make crop
on what is known us the share SYSTEM
that is, Robinson was to receive one
third of the cotton raised for making
the crop. Robinson excepted and moved
to set aside the sequestration on the
ground that his interest in the cotton
seized was the wages of his labor, and
therefore not liable to seizure. The
judge sustained the exception and dis
solved the sequestration holding that
the portion OF the crop coming to the
laborer under such Il contract as that
recited was the wages of labor; and
that such contract was not one of part
nership between the planter and the
laborer. As we remarked, this decis-
ion is of considerable interest to our
merchants, as many of their contracts
for supplies are made with laborers,
who are working under exactly the same
contract as Robinson.-[M Monroe Hule-
tin.
4 strange disease has seized upon the
deer in the mountains Of Kentucky
Fourteen vera fouud dead in one day