St. Tammany farmer., 1888-03-10

healthy country. and the products
OF the soil woven or adapted to the
uses or wants OF mankind, without
sending to the North for manufac.
ture.
'Then the speaker came to the
average profits per acre of land.
and to demonstrate this he cited
instances II was only during the
past four years that truck-iarming
had been followed in Tangipahoa
parish, and not Q man who had
gone into raising vegetables for
market but had realized from 5000
to $500 per acre oc the ground he
cultivated. Strawberries. cucum-
bers. tomatoes. radishes. asparagus.
were the principal products. Straw
berries were shipped 20 all parts Of
the United States from there; some
went to Boston. Mass, while the
vegetables raised we're principally
forwarded to Chicago.
mo country could afford . bet
ter opportunity to poor immigrants.
Land can be purchased in these
parishes for q pittancs. and as much
can be obtained - desirable. There
is absolutely no malaria, no cases
OF sunstroke aud not Q man, woman
or child who had ever lived there
has ever been heard to say that it
was unhealthy. Tue sun is never
80 hot in summer as to keep men
ont Of their iields. nor tie weather
cold enough in winter to freezo the
stock.
1T is par excellence the grazing
country Of Louisiana. Throughou.
the pine forests the ground is COW
cred with valuable and nutritious
grass. Cattle and eheep are allow.
ed to roam At will throughout the
year, and are never seeu by the
owners until spring time. when
they are looked after. branded, and
again sent forth.
'Some time ago q German set-
tied on q pine hill near Covinyton.
Now he owns o fine farm. has money
loaned out at interest. owus 1000
head OF sheep. several hundred head
Of cattle. and be recently sold the
wool from his sheep. which aver
aged him 96 cents per head. This
IL only one case Of many. and he
aad never met . man in that coun-
try who had the muscle required |
and was willing to work who had |
failed.
THE wool shorn from the sheep |
is what is known to commerce Ii |
AXE WOOL and 10 quoted higher |
than any in the New Orleans mar
kek
"As sn evidence Of the increase
in population within the past year,
he said that two. years ago the
population was about 1000. now il
Is 5000.
Washington parish. two years
,go. numbered about 5000. now the
population is about 1000. st. Tam
many has an area Of .i2 square
niles. and Washington CSC square
niles. hence there 10 plenty OF room
or immigrants.
"Tbey are welcome from any
where. The people don't ask what
heir politics or what their religion
9. but only ask If the people who
want homes among them have good
moral characters. they don't lie.
ire the scum of Europe.
"As regards law aud order, be
'Ould say that locks were almost
ntire!y unknown in the parishes Of
It. Tammany aud Washington.
There were no tramps there and the
all houses were empty.
He urged the Convention to pc
ition their representatives in Con-
'ress to frame q Law to keep the ,
'ublic domain out Of the hands OF
peculators. for fear all the Govern.
aent lands would be bought up by
hem. He didn't like to hear that
his that or the other man had pur- {
hased 5000. 10000 or lou. 1000 ,
cres OF land. but wanted to see im- ,
and the coming Of i'm
,igrants. who would take up as !
,uch land as might be necessary {
or the purposes of cultivation. He {
efsrred to the improved condition
France since the revolution, when
be broad domains Of the privileged Z
lasses were cut up into small
lrms."
The Convention adopted . series
| important resolutions which We
i'll publish next week.