The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-02-11

EDITOR BossIER BANNER-Dear
SIR: Having read, a few days since,
a letter from Stafford county, Kan
sas, inquiring about the lands of
Bossier, Webster and Claiborne
parishes, and of their relative value
and quality, and thinking few dots
concerning the lands of our parish
might be of advantage to some who
may contemplate settling in North
Louisiana, we hope you will indulge
Us by publishing the few facts which
we herewith submit:
Mr.. c. M. Maxfield, of st. John,
Kansas, asked very particularly con-
corning the quality of lands and
their products; and in answer to
him, and for the benefit of others
who he said contemplated emigrat-
ing to North-Louisiana, we are
proud to give a favorable report of
our lands.
Bossier Parish, fronting as she
does, for one hundred miles upon
Red River, and gently sloping north.
ward for twenty miles, presents one
of the finest farming and stock rails
ing sections in the State. Upon her
river front she has thousands of
acres OF land which challenge the
South for its fertility of soil and its
semi-tropical productions. Nor can
she boast of her river front alone,
but may feel equal pride in her hill
lands, which, while they do not
possess that productive power of
her river bottoms, nevertheless, are
as equally noted for their magnif'
ceut timbers and fine pasturage.
Upon these lands can be raised
almost all the semi-tropical fruits
As for the production of cotton,
corn, potatoes, wheat, barley, rye
&C., there are few that equal the
lands of Bossier. For grazing, there
is no finer section in the South
Texas not excepted. Her old fields
prairies, and even her woodlands
are covered with fine grasses, viii
the names of which we are not ia
} miliar, yet know them to be yer,
nutritious for stock. On her prairies
upon which great herds of cattl'
feed daily, may be moved thousand
of tons of the very best hay TO
feeding purposes in winter. Ii
short, Bossier is fine grazing cour
{ try, and we are glad to say thai
] Notwithstanding thousands of cattl
D and sheep are being driven from be
!. field every year, her prairies ar
still swarming with bovine life.
Besides the natural grasses whic
grow here, may be successfully Gu
tivated many others, such as Glove
> (Japan) johnson grass, Herd grass
Bluegrass, Bermuda, millet, mill
maize and many others that "
might mention were we more fami
g lar with the botanical names.
IF As to the cost of these land
o which is the next consideration
e. one who may want to come and Sc
D, tie in our parish, we can truthful
say that they can be purchased
n. gerry loac prices. The bottom lan'
70 on Red River and the adjacel
ia bayous can be bought from S5
40 to $40 90, and the hill lands fro
;s so cents to $5 90, per acre. v
"a mean unimproved lands. The cles
.r ing and fencing of said land won
n not exceed six dollars an acre actu
expense. There is in Bossier pari
very little public land, yet this ia
need not deter emigrants from CO
Ill ing to settle here, for land can
70 purchased from parties owni
ID large tracts of it for mere son
IN Large tracts of land have be
a. bought up by parties who fors'
10 that North-Louisiana would ve
at soon be the magnet of emigrati'
~, Rut ovnoriopca has tanpht them