The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-09-14
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Amd stock Raising aa Dome nv
the Natives.

Amd stock EkaEsing us Dome nv
the Natives.
We propose iii this article to
give To our readers abroad some
idea Of the manner iii which farm-
/ ING IL done Iii Galeasiea parish,
especially in tile timber section
north of Lake Charles, by the ma
lives, Farming ia this parish ii
generally done on a small scale.
There are no extensive plantations
aS arc generally found III the cast,
ern parishes, on the large sngar
plantations, where they are oeeu-
pied principally BY the eolored pop
ulation. They are denominated
aUn6-horse farmers ID term long
In use among the natives lii speak.
ing of farmeps the labor on whose
farms are confined principally to-
their own family.
| The crops usually grown are
corn, cotton, potatoes, rice and
sugar cane These are the main
field crops; of course q great variety
of others may be raised ia this soil
and climate. In this article our
principal aim will be To give some
of the fotine work and manner of
living There III al old adaae
among farmers that 1t requires
thirteean months ~ the year to
make Z cotton crop, This, however,
lsn0t the case with the small farmer.
lie may, II is true, borrow d little
of me Old year by ploWing q por-
ton pt his ground N the fall ln
January his first work Is usually I'M
repairs OF fencing ssoon as this
has been accomplished he starts
his pi0W rldglng up his land this
he uses daily niliess the land be-
comes toe wet from rain, until
about the middle of February, from
which time OIL the first OF March
corn is usually planted and such
fertilizers used II used AZ all, as
may be gathered about the barn
yard When this work il accom-
pllshedi the land previously ploW.
"a ~ then reploWed for cotton, pea
tatoes, rice, &eg and the planting
pushed, usually ending in the
planting nf cotton the first week ID
May
During this period also the
corn receives its first working and
is laid BY the latter part of MAY
and peas planted III the middle Of
the rows, From about this time
until the middle of July, comes the
main war of the season. IA strug
gle is going on between the cotton
and the grass, tlle farmers usually
e0nquering tile grass by the mid
die 0f July. From tlIe middle of
July till the first of Saptembar the
time is spent laaily. The farmer
usually lolis about eating fruits
and melons and attends pienies
and pFatFaetad meetings, enjoying
himself generally. Iu September
he gathers his corn, and with hts
family, even down to the small
children (if there are any turns
hls every day attention TO picking
cotton, Whleh ~ usually kept tlp
until November Potatoes are dug
also the latter part 0f 0etohep and
III November The latter part afI
November and in December the
small patch OF sugar cane, usually
from q half acre TO an acre, is fax
On off and made into syrup and
open kettle sugar Oh the small cane
mill and eYapofat0r. In eonnee-
ton with tins routine tarm work,
there Il the stock They take the
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