Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-01

The parish tai for az vafposes i,
ten mills the State tax sit.
! No cndesvor 10 now being made
to procure immigration. Negro Ia
Dor 10 generally preferred, although
sober and industrious white meu
can get WORK on fArms = 016 per
month. Laborers usually work for
one'half the crop, feeding and cloth
ing themselves, the farmer furnish.
ing land, mules, implements, tear.
etc. There are but few white labor.
ere 10 the parish, !. O., those Who
hire to farmers for Q stipolsted
price.
At present there IL no demand for
mechanics. In Minden there Arc
several fine carpenters, smiths, etc,
not all Of whom arc continually EN-.
ployed. An increase Of population
and the general improvement of the
country will Of course ureste Q de.
mand for skilled labor q yarioas
kinds. Away from tho town Of
Minden log houses arc the rule;
Framed aud painted bulldogs sfe
% much the exception that they be.
come landmarks of great use in civ:
ing directions describing localities.
Although tue frontier 10 many
hundred miles to the west, the PEG.
pie here and In all the other parish.
es still are animated BY the feeliud
which causes every man to aid his
neighbOr In any labor OF moro than
ordinary magnitude. House rails.
lngs are not uucOmmOn. Away from
the villages no mans house need
cost him q great deal. With one or
Two bands be can get out the logs
and shingles, the heighbors helm to
raise the house, and tho buIk of the
work 10 done; one load Of lsmber
md the nails 10 ell he need 10 boy.
This parish IL healthy. There
ire no epidemics, chills and fever
,nce 90 common, arc no longer
dreaded. yellow fever would Be-
Utmost an impossibility. A case Of
has never been heard OF
n the parish. The average temper.
stuTe 10 summer 10 aboat s. degrees,
q winter 60. This, however, 10 on.
y guess work, az no record Of cham
yes has ever been kept.
ARM PRODUCTS AND THEIR VALUE.
Corn In tie fall 10 sometimes a.
ow as forty cents per bushsi, bat
'efore the winter has ended Il com.
hands seventy i've cents Peas are
worth not less than o. per bashel,
weet potatoes Ut nfty cents, oats
re sold By the hundred pounds in
he bundle, unthresbed, at rom six.
y to seventy.6ve cents pr bushel,
'ork is worth seven cents per pouud;
attic. when sold By the QusDtity,
ring % q head; beet In Miuden
market sells at from eight To ten
ents per pound; mules are brought
o the parish from Missouri and
kentucky, and were sold this win.
er (1SSO.Sl) from e13O to tl60 PER
lead.
Thousands Of dollars are carried
rom the parish each year for stock;
although a. fine mules have been
aised In Webster parish ss Arc ev.
Il driven down FROM Missouri.
ADVANTAGES NOT YET IMPROVED.
Many industries could be made
'e-y successful here. A foundry,
wagon and buggy factory in Mindeu
. very remunerative to the owner.
Stock raising could be made profit
bile. The fat lands west OF Dor.
'hete furnish fine pastursge. The
,ottom Of lake BisteDsau, covered
With water 10 the winter, 10 covered
With grass and would fatten tisou.
ands OF cattle 10 the summes
Should the railroad from MontoA
o Shreveport ever be finished many
Industries now neglected would
pring up.
Market gardening would b. d Ia.
rative business. All known vAse-
ables, berries and fruits, S1eept
hose peculiar to q tropical climste,
TOW we'll. Bee keeping, silh worms,
aw-mills, tanning, ETC., arc profit
BILE pursuits. Jute grows remark.
bly, we'll. The bsyopet, best erass
nd many other Abrous paauts do
1ell. Tho palma christi or castor
IL plant Is often noticed growing
pontaneously by the rosd side,
eacbiDg height of 10 feet or Nero.
Iibbon cane and the African cane
oil It's varieties may be grown
MANY fnrmors maize