St. Landry democrat., 1884-05-24

Cor rape WotH'
The following paragraphs are copied
from letter in the Milford (Michlgan)
Review Of March 2sth, written by Sam
mel j. Holly to Ed. E. Andrews OF Mill
ford. Mich, dated at ''Rose Lawn Plan
tation," Bayou Chicot, St. Landry par
ish, March goth, 1884:
"My only apology for not writing yoq
At an earlier date has been continual
pressing business getting ready TOT
cronpino some 100 acres OF this pianta-
fion. with three pl0ws going and gang
Of ave to eight men cutting, plilhg any
buTning bush and briars, splltGlhg rams
and making fence, my time mas Deeu
wholly occupied. ON the letn lhs5's ~
rained here very hard, making lana TOO
rat tn nlOw. and it has given me little
Comparative leisure, and embrace the
<onnnrtnnitv to write this. Now, the
Manning is bright and rosy. and the
-oocITin9 birds are making the woods
;o"nnd with their song. The longer l
S+ov here the better like it, as it is Ger
%o;9lv most beautiful section OF the
Great Republic. Most men here work
FOR q living, and the quality OF the Nv
mo denends wholly upon the amount Oh
iaSor performed and the direction given
to il. The same labor in the cultlVatlon
Of the soil here and the same care given
to raising cattle, horses, sheep ana no2s
Az is performed by the farmers OF YAK
land county, is sure TO result ~ colhpe-
fence if not in wealth"
"God speaks to man here, as to the
fertility of the soil, through tne gam
oaks, the mammoth magnollas, sno
large beeches, the tall hickorles' me dig
frame vines and the rank growth OF
TS;Id vegetation, thus assuring those
WHO mt their hands to the pi0W that
there's a good time coming, and at no
very distant period this will be a Land
f1owing with milk and honey, and teem--
;nr With corn and wine. Nowhere
have ever been does Mother Earth re-
Tverd labor better than in this parish.
and the crops produced as l ADVISED
Won in former letter, are sugar cane
cotton, rice, corn, peas Oats' potatoes
and all garden vegetables.
"Plowing here is not as deep as "
Michigan, and the teams not as gooGc
horses can be raised here as at the
North. Oats are only produced limit
aGlv. and horses are fed mostly, on corr
and fodder with plenty of good pastur
ON" Potatoes do we'll, both the swee
netatoes and the Irish OF the latter
two crops can be produced In year
NV notatOes, about II acres, are well III
and growing nicely" 80,
MLand is now very cheap, ana as goOt
asanv in Michigan can be bought 10
"a. Sis and $50 per acre, depending up
on the situation and improvement.
Soil is mostly a rich loan, varying
thickness on a snbsOIl OF redolsn clay
have been setting out some opanls
chestnut and English walnut trees sinc
last addressed you and next year 10
4anJ tn have 1000 nut trees of varlou
kinds. growing. This country, IS tn
home Of the pecan, and have ABOUT y
trees. 40 of which are in bearing, an
have 1850 nuts which We're put ID Tn
1ronnd last November and will be
In April" oe H.
~ cattle feeding in the switch can
ranoe If this plantation this spring, an
fhe mast winter that have never bee
fed IN ear of corn, and in the tall VI
he fat on the natural pasturage OF tll
Tonntrv about here. Last summer III
thermometer registered at the hoSCel
tiroe.93 degrees above IN the snaue' ~
this degree of heat is often RTevalLlLl
in the summer at Milford. no SUI
n1eTs here are longer than there, VII
bnt very little of what Northern ma
would call winter. The Thermometer
now, 3 o'clock P. M, 70 degrees aool
zero in the shade hanging On ad my 1E0l
.:cvoung farmer, who understands the Gu
ivation of the soil, and has the gl no J
and eit' "a him, to start with $IUUU
S15OS. ear be worth more than the san
Find af 4 man in Michigan worth Sic
Go starting there at the same time.
tba end &c ave years. Horace Greeley
advice was Go West, young man, al
Get land lie he were alive to-day al
ACQUAINTED with this parish ne won
say: $50 to St. Landry parish Louis
ana, and get land
"Yours very truly,
SAM. j. HOLLY"