Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-15
Fertility Of Louisiana Lands.


The Ia, census furnishes some astonishing
figures in resHcc, 20 the fertility OF The Sonih-
ern lands, devoted TO the production Of cotton.
Fro,,, these figures, the following is 'hs aver
are ,,cr acre and the ,c;ai prodncron of the
urea, cotton States Mississippi is fist in
p,oductinn. On 2,r"3,3}O acres Of land
planted IN option in 1879, 955,sos bales were
crown; IN Georgia, acres 26lI.l3o, baie.
sIlIll; Texas, acres 2,l73,732, bales SO3'-
Gt2; Alabama, acres 2 .330,Os5, bale. EH9,-
e5i; Arkansas, acres l.0;2?76, bales $685.
25G; South Carolina, acres 1861 PIG, bales
522,jlS, Louisiana, acres s6l,797, bales
sos 500; North Carolina, acres S93,l 81, bales
ISL, 59s; Tennessee, acres 742,j6s, bales
33O,Gli
But the test Of the fertility Of Sor'hern
lands Is found when the production of cotton
per acre is a.ccr,ancd In Mississippi it -eN
ar,re, 1.ig acres to produce bale OF cotton,
in Louisiana the same quantity Of cotton is
grown on 10 acres.
Arkansas stands next in point Of fertility,
for in that State, which is comparatively new,
a bale Is grown on III acres. la Texas it
takes 276 to make a bale in Tennessee, IL;
in Georgia, 3 81; Alabama, 33l; in South
Carolina, 81, and in North Carolina, = -.
! In respect 10 Louisiana the figures are re-
mars.hle and convincing. 1t puts this State
a,:, in fertility of the States o. the fertile
South and great Southwest.
| These facts are timely. There are thou
| sands Of industrious people in the North and
West who are looking with longing eyes and
ca ger hearts toward the South They have
hear tor four years of its mild and salnbrious
climate. They have read Of the opportuni>
ties for fortunes to be met with on every side
from legitimate investment. In the statement
given above, they will find an official guaran-
tee by the government, that what they have
been told OF the matchless fertility of the soil
of Louisiana, is not exaggerated at ak. The
diversity OF -oiI in this ST is so grea, that
almost every crop grown anywhere between
Louisiana AM the Northern frontier Of the
United States can be produced within the
borders of Louisiana.
Sugar planters iind here a min" more mex
haustable than any in the golden West. The
intelligent fruit grower sees his labors
rewarded beyond his mos: erdent aniicpa-
tons. Rice is planted in all Southern Lou
isiana and is becoming s.aple crop. The
cereal. also can be probably grown in the
northern parishes.
White Mediterranean wheat has produced
thirty bushels per acre in Northwestern Lou
i>iana. Barley grows here as well as in
Ohio. Oats has long been one Of tie most
Ieliable crops. Corn average. on good lands
forty barrels per acre. In fact, almost all
varieties Of grain required by man, and grass
used for food by beast, produce c:'ps rs walls
liable az they yield elsewhere, when properly
cultivated. Winter, that season 80 dreadful
to tie POOR of colder and,, is shorn OF its
tcrTors in Louisiana. There is not single
month from December to April in which some
valuable crop cannot be grown. The heat of
the summer is so admirably tempered by the
Gulf winds that the sunstrokes IF Northern
attitudes are seldom heard of here. Tie
death rate is less in LouisaDn than in any
agricultural coun, ry in the United States North
or South. The districts of the State away
from the river, are almost unknown beyond
our borders. Writers have talked and poets
sung Of the beauties OF the Teche and Alta
kappas, of the picturesque scenery lying along
the Bayou BGuh county of Rapilcs ard St.
Landry, bu, Of tina. beautiful region north OF
the Red rivera gently rolling fertile lanr,
we'll watered by never falling springs, with
hills covered with forests Of walnut, oaks OF
all Kinds, elm, hickory and pine, nothing is
known. Then there are the Florida parishes
containing lands undu!ating and of wonder
ful fertility suited to nearly every kind OF
crop. Here it is that sheep growing can be
so successfully practice!, for no other fool is
required for sheep than that which is afforded
by the forest grass and nativs pastures, and
here sheep and cattle are liable to fewer d;s'
eases than anywhere in the world. The EN-.
iyrant, let him come from whence he may
will be welcomed to Louisiana. The people
of this State will gladly aid him in all negh-
borly and kindly ways. They will sell him
land. a, onc-qnarter Of their real value, which
cannot be excellcd for fertility and healihiul-
ness anywhere in the world
Those who come irst will ye, the best and
insure comfort for themselves and fortunes FOL
then children.-N O. Times.
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