St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-05-08

|! the year admirably adapted by climate
and conditions of soil to all kinds OF
| farm work. Even the dairy business
would find conditions we'll adapted to
assure success from October till April,
or May perhaps. Corn is planted from
| February till June, oats sown from Oc-
tober to April. potatoes from January
till November. We were treated with
a mess planted last SeDtember and dug
the first Of December, as fine specimens
of early rose as ever saw. The fact is
$50 it seems to me) these people, nor we
hardly begin to understand or appreci-
ate the resources and capabilities OF
this country. Nobody knows whether
wheat barley, rye, red clover, or any OF
the tame grasses will grow here, but
think so, yes, is the invariable reply.
No horticulturist has ever half inves-
tigated and tested the different kin DIS of
fruit that would succeed here. No breed
er of fine stock has ever given a herd OF
Shorthorns, Herefor,'s, or Polled Argus
half a chance to live aud succeed in
this climate, so far as can learn. MIR.
Westlake, an Illinoisan, who spent three
years here said to me the other day that
he never saw cattle fatten faster in any
country than this. nor better, sweeter
beef than is made from the gason grass
vi UHCSC ~ dltfOS. LIS Iudy uV Oil u oC
and hope it is, and if so | hope to
verify if next fall Certainly the cattle
are lean enough to be good specimens
for an experiment of that kind. But
why are the cattle so poor in this warm
climate 7 Simply because they are al
most starved to death. They eat the
grass as fast as it grows in summer and
consequently have none left for winter,
when they need it most. Hardly any
provision at all is made for winter feed
when there was plenty of range. (years
ago) cattle are said to have Kept fat all
winter on the prairies, but the stock
raiser has failed to appreciate and pro-
vide for this changed condition and
consequently the stock suffers and Of
ten dies as the result of this oversight.
Men owning SO or hundred head of
cattle iu this vicinity don't cut five
tons of hay, OF provide any other feed.
| would like to see hundred good en-
terprisiDg farmers settled contiguOusly
IN this parish and watch the result of
their operations for FIVE years. / have
no doubt IN my own mind as to the re-
suit. believe every one would succeed
and present to the observant traveller
community enjoying all the comforts
and most OF the luxuries obtainable
from any one spot of ground in Uncle
Sans wide domain. Why not come
here and try it. Thousands, so the pa
pers say, are going to Kansas, and even
Dakota is getting large immigration
this spring. Why avoid just the eli
mate everybody likes. healthy as any
in the world, rich and cheap lands as
anywhere obtainable in the west or
northwest, presenting like advantages
Oh the "big niger" and the wicked
1t is time these bugbears
should be utterly abolished, expunged |
from Memory's page. The six months
we have lived here, although the dar-
kies are all around us, they have not
in the slightest degree interfered with |
us or our business. Are polite and I
obliging, ready to do any service, and |
very grateful for any little favor. Our |
southern friends continue as true and |
social as at first described, and we can
find no fault wife our social relations |
here. Quite number of Iowans have |
been here during the winter and we
strongly anticipate an accession to our
neighborhood of some of Iowas best
blood during the coming year. CD.