The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-08-07
IOUISIANA'S RED HILLS.

LOUISIANA'S RED HILLS.
Ruston Calipraph.
It is generally admitted that in
bringing every thing down to al
average it is evident that Nature
has done no more for one part of
the country than she has for :noth'
er. Apply this rule to Louisiana,
and We have singularly apt illus
tration of this proposition. 1t car
not I've denied that in the Southern
portion of this State the lavish band
Of beneficent Creator has never
been IT. ore generously displayed! so
far as richness of soil. eluability
and salubrity of climate are con
cerne,l, and the general adaptabih.
ty of the soil to the agricultural and
horticultural wants of man. In an
ersectiOn of the State, the south
west, the famed stock ranges OF the
West are successfully rivalled, and
bl.iating tlecks- sini lowing iieius
cover the face Of the country, and
the wealth the spontaneous growth
brings to men seems incredible. In
another section, the river bottoms,
the fabulous productiveness OF the
soil and the amazing generosity
with which it yields to the efforts
Of man, is truly wonderful to the
outside world. These sections OF
our State are rich in their already
developed resources; and if nausnt
exists beneath the surface OF their
soil besides the constituent element
Of vegetable prO,luctivcness, they
vet have that which will recon-
mend them to the world and the IA
yorable consideration Of the agri-
cultural home seeker who desires
to live by not too much sweat OF
the brow, the stock raiser, the low
or of ease aud comforts and the
competence seeker.
In contratlistincti0n to the above
mentioned sections, we havea Sec
ton comparatively poor in the clc-
meuts which most contribute to ag-
ricultursl wealth With = natural
thin soil which needs to he cOntin'
uxlly n0urished by artificial means
aud thoroughly cultivated, and an
undulating surface which needs to
I've scientifically cultivated to be
kept from being carried away 10y
tho floods, we are poorly equipped
to compete with our sister sections
in agricultural productiveness on
IN extensive scale. Hence; it is cas-.
lily understood. why the hill sections
oftle State have never heretofore
received that favorable consiJera.
ton byi home seekers and capital.
lists that other sections Of the State
have. The farming class Of people
from the older States which bave
sought homes in our State, as gen
eral thing, have been infuencell by
q desire for richer land aud more
bountiful crops, and consequently
have settled in those sections of our
State which I assessed these adyan.
tages. Tue mineral prospectOr and
capitalist who have been forced in.
to new fields by the progress ofsthe
age and the necessity for new devel
opments, have found the vast and
unexp1ored West q more inviting
fieid f0i operating than the Sunny
SOutb. It haA therefore devolved
aponthe people ofthe South to Dc.
yelope their own mineral resources
and disclose to the world by their
own exertions tie subterranean
wealth u their respective sections.
TIN 6einS' The 'csse; and owing to
10 imbeYerished and demoralized
ceullition Of the people and affairs
il the South Tor the past twenty
years, the important work Of devel-
oping tho country has, Of necessity.
t,esn neglected. Happily. these
di1ienlties. are now passed, aud the