Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-08-03

! were, after the Christian religion,
the most venerated by the Ameri.
can people; and when il is remem.
hered AS peculiar to the people of the
United States 10 perpetnate the
memory Of their great men and iav.
orite ideas in giving names TO cbil.
dren and places, il will be- nn,lrr
stood VIII, the Legislature Of 1887
called this portion of the State of
Louisiana Union parish.
THE AREA AND WATER SUPPLY.
Although some portion OF it's ter
ritory has heeu taken away, Union
has yet an area of nearl, 800 square
miles. The surface of the country
in nndnlaiing, hut has no hills Of
any great height. There are numrr.
Onsr small streams over the parish,
some of them perennial and AFFORD.
ing water for stock. aud in some
instances for proi#lling machinery.
Perennial streams are rare til this
portion OF the State, at least those
affording q sufficient volume of wa.
ter ter u,ilis, etc, aud 80 tar have
only been found hy your corrpspon.
dent in Bienviite and Union. 1t ia
said that they are more frequent in
Jackson, Vim aud Catalonia.
Pure cold water in springs and
wells abound in all parts Of the par.
ish. Underground veins are 80 nu.
merOus that water may be found
within twenty or thirty feet any
where except on the highest hills.
This water is acceptable to the pa.
late. having no nauseous taste.
There are mineral springs, too,
scattered all over this country,
which. if analysed. would, there is
no doubt, he innnd 10 contain ,alu
able healing properties.
CHARACTER AND VALUE OF THE
SOIL.
The light colored sandy lands
abound in Union, IA well as the
richer aud more productive swamp
lands, The peculiarly of the first
named is that while To the uninitiat
ell they do not seem fertile, they
are vet very productive, and after
the second or third year are remark
ahl, easy of cultivation.
Lands vary in valnr according TO
locality aud state of Improvement.
The bottom lands OF the Ouarhita,
when IN u lNality not subject 10
overflow, are, of course, the dearest.
As these lands produce ~ least
bale of cotton, aud fifty or more
bushels of cort. it may bt seen that
their price either when sold outright
or leased would be very high. In
the hills land may be had from 81
To $40 according 10 improvements,
tWation, etc. Such lands rent a.
from g. I" - per "cre; or for one
third the corn, and one fourth the
cotton.
In Union there is the nsnal great
variety OF timber An abundance
of pine we'll adapted for lumber for
all purposes, very nearly all the va.
ricii-s of the oak family, hickory.
ash, beech, sweet and back gum.
some walnut, chinqnapin, etc. A
tree known as the lin or warhoO, il
found III the svamps. An excellent
hors,. collar ia made from iis bark.
An enumeration of all the trees,
shrubs, NUS, berries, fruits, etc.
common 10 The forests oi this parish
would he tedious and nnProtitablr
to the reader. Suffice. il To M, tina,
Union is not less lmHHiiiall, sup.
piled than her Hrighlmrs.
III speaking of her soil aud timber
one of the more Intelligent citizens
at Union SAYS 1.-THE soil il almost
~ varied ~ the timber, for We
have red loan, grey Sand and red
clay. with an occasional blending OF
tn, ~ primary qualities, which are
specially adapted to the great va.
ririy OF crops raised III the parish"
PRODUCTS OF THE PARISH.
/ III tuion parish the usual variety
ct ttr,slHris that are grown ia other
similar localities, are easil, raised.
/ First, of course. is cotton, the aver.
age yield pr acre heing about $40
pounds. There are farms winch
{ produce ~ much ~ 1900 pounds OF
seed cotton, without fertilization,
aud any fresh land will produce
more than this average, but ~ there
in mnch old land badly worn, it
seems SAFE. to make the general av.
-rag- one third of ball. of Int or
800 pounds of seed cotton.
Oh corn the usual Yield ia from 10