The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-05-08
lbe DoDaldsopviue Chief,
Written Tor the GHIEr.
THE sHOWEns OF SPRING.
Two Dollars q Year.

Written Tor the GHIEF.
THE sHOwEns or SPRING.
respectfully dedicated to the Police Jury OF
Ascension Parrish.
By TOMMY j.
The showers thst fall in the spring, tra-la,
Knock out Of our muse all his rhyme,
And profanity gets q full swing, tra-la,
oh. gorn the blamed danny ole spring, tra-Ia,
We can't get about half the time
And We rear and we kick as we gaze at the ditch.
And our voices go ont to their utmost pitch;
Tra-la-la-la-la, tra-la-la-la-la,
oh. hang all these showers Of spring!
The showers that fall in the spring. tra-la.
Have foated the New River Lane,
And the crayfsh control the whole thing, tra-la,
How We wish we had hold Of the string, tra-la;
The Police Jury all are to blame
OF their Road Machine they ga;ly do sing;
Would they'd just introduce to the Lane the
thing;
Trarla-la-la-la tra-la-la-la-la
Oh. but wouldn't we have our fling this spring?
Oh. hushl
TOBACCO SEkD.--Mr. VIM. Eggert, Jr.,
OF Eggert, Miller Il Co, Cincinnati, dealers
in imported and domestic leaf tobacco,
sends us several packages Of choice Tobacco
seed and requests that it be distributed to
intelligent farmers in this parish who will
undertake to plant and cultivate it properly
according to conditions and directions
given in q circular which accompanies each
packet. Mr.. Eggert says the seed is from
the finest grades OF cigar leaf tobacco, and
he thus explains his reasons for desiring it
planted in the South:
The Northern States are rot progressing in
the quality OF their crops of cigar leaf-entirely
the contrary l8 the case-and one OF the leading
causes IS that the seasons are too short for
proper FEATURING and curing of fine quality ci-
gar leaf. Another cause is probably that soils
are exhausted, or becoming SO, Of the original
food elements, from long continued raising of
bfn cigar leaf raisers have made use OF SUBJ
stances whose influence is such that each sue
ceeding season records degeneration in de-
slrable Qualities; The tobacco produced keeps
10 unreliable IN burning qualities, is coarse,
harsh and woody, and not as attractive in APP
pe4rsnce IN taste or aroma. as in former years.
From necessity manufacturers of fine cigars
are now compelled to use imported cigar leaf
TOR wrapping purposes, whereas formerly the
domestic leaf was entirely satisfactory. gu
cellent in texture and burning. that the domes-
tic cigar tobaccos, as now produced by the old
cigar Leaf States, are disliked by manufacturers
of fine cigars.
The remedy ie-entirely different but choice
seed; q different SOIL or one rich in organic
matter, and not yet exhausted by repeated crops
of Tobacco, and different growing and curing
season, which latter is Of the greatest impor-
lance. and beyond the reach Of the Northern
States. cohse9uently believe that some one of
the Southern States will eventually produce a
finer grade Of cigar leaf than any now pro-
Inced by any Of the Northern States.
We shall take pleasure in distributing
the seed as requested, and readers Of our
Paper desiring to obtain supply aad will
ing to conform to the prescribed conditions,
should make application without delay, as
We have only small quantity at our dis
posal and tirst come first served" will
pc the rule observed in its distribution.
Each packet contains seed calculated to
produce sufficient number of plants to
cover one acre of ground; these in turn
should give from 800 to 1000 pounds of to-
bacco, worth from five to twenty cents per
pound, according to quality.