The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-09-19

Good nplands 5,2io.003
Pine hills J.497 900
Pine Hats l,5o5,OO0
Bluff lands I.5o7.32D
Prairie region 2,4s3,tOO
Arabic ailuvial 3.6l5,0OO
Wooded %alluviul tSwampl 2.752 ,00C
Coast marsh :3.3333S. 900
lDlanl water surface LOS. 900
Coast havs LOO. 600
Such is the Irregular shape of these
land and water surfaces that it is i'm
possible t" obtain an accurate state
ment OF any OF them.
WEALTH LOCKED Up IN LOUISIANA
SoIL.
The most Of Louisiana soil is rich.
The pine hills and pine. fats are usual.
~ considered poor, but under high cnl-
tivatlon the most Of these lands may
by made very productive. They con-
tain most of the elements of a good
soil, and only need humus and lime to
make them rich.
Some Of the prairie land is poor, but
most Of it is itch.
The good uplands are productive.
The bluff lands are composed chiefly
OF fine silt, and are very productive.
Some of the finest forests and noblest
trees in State are on bluff lands.
The arabic a%liuvial lands are all
rich, most Of them wonderfully produc
tive.
Wooded alluvial, or swamp lands,
are all the richest lands in the State.
When reclaimed and properly drained
they will produce crops for centuries
equal to the richest lands Of the Nile.
The sub>Oil is as rich as the surface
soil to the depth of ten or fifteen feet.
Underdrained. the value of this soil
could not be surpassed Oh this CONT
nent or in the world
The coast marsh soil is usually rich,
made up Of vegetable and animal mat
ter and shells, sbounding in humus
and lime, two invaluable fertilizers.
/ osterity will convert the lands on
the Louisiana coast and the swamp
lands into gardens, and orchards and
meadows, and fields more beautiful
than anything ever seen On this CONT
nent. Fruits aud undetdrains will
drive malaria and mosquitoes and 9TH
er annoyances from these wet regions,
and health, beauty and fertility will
spring up in their places.
1t can be easily demonstrated that
the soil of Louisiana, in a high state
of cultivation, is capable Of producing
the following crops:
The cotton lands~1.O coo. 600 bales of
400 pounds each.
The sugar lands Il 500. 900 hogs
heads OF sugar of 100 pounds net, or
$4,000 tons of 1000 pounds, and $500.
600 barrels molasses, 40 gallons net.
The rice lands-3,O0O,O 900 bushels, or
100000 barrels of rice, 23O pounds
net.
The corn LANDSLIDE, 900, 900 bushels
corn. Also. 100,000,0OO bushels rust
proof oats, rye, barley and other small
grains ; $4,000, 600 bushels sweet pota
toes; 100000 bushels peas and
beans 10000 900 gallons of honey;
100000 tons of hay.
Broad surfaces to meadows and pas
lures capable of making three to five
tons of hay to the acre. Add to this
100000 acres devoted to fruits
oranges. figs, strawberries, grapes,
pears, apples, peaches, plums and 9TH
er fruits adapted to varieties of soil in
different portions of the State.
The treasures of natural fertilizers in
our vast and numerous she'll banks, in
our swamps, in the bottoms of our ba-
yous, vegetable deposits ten to twenty
feet deep, and our field pea, more valu-
able than all of the other fertilizers ma
med.
Millions of cattle, horses, mules,