The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-05-25
TH1B0DAUX, LA, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1889

InIS tOWu ny railroad INTO the plrlSheS !
Of Terrebonne and St. Mary, to be
used for fuel in the manufacture OF !
sugar and for other purposes.
From the great West also com.
boats fteighted with hoop poles, lime |
and produce, all of which find ready
market along the banks Of that stream.
Bayou des Allemands. being til.
eastern boundary Of the parish, is Il I
fine navigable stream upon which the
residents adjacent export their pro-
ducts to market and receive such NOR
cl'andise as their necessities may re-
Quire.
At a point near the mouth Of bayou
LafUurclie Il canal crossrs.tIlat str, am,
which gives, i'll connection with other
canals, lakes and bayOus, water COLI
nection from Hounla, in the parish Of
Terrebonne, and the lower part Of TINS
parisl, tu New Orleans, through which
pass boats carry ing the products Of
the soil, fish aud oysters 10 that
market.
Four miles below this town the Sou
them Pacific Misunderstanding the
eastern limit Of the p;lrisl, at bayou
DIES Allemands-crossest the Lafourche.
In connection with this road is Il
branch at Raceland, sixteen miles be-
low, aud another coming to this town.
THE SOIL
is entirely alluvial aud Of great fer
tility.
When the pioneer first came here he
found the lands denstly covered with
l.
species of oak, the magnolia, gum,
ash and all varieties Of trees indigenu-
GUS to alluvial lands grew to immense
sizes and heights apon the highlands,
whilst the swamps We're filled with
gigantic cypress, whose rough branches,
| fe>toned with moss, presented IL grand
| and novel view to tue stranger.
Sugar cane, rice, corn, p"tatoes and
| onions are the staple products grown
by the planters and farmers, hut every
species of vegetable AID truck grow
in great profusiOn, when properly cul-
| tivated.
The records put down the number
of
ACRES OF LAND IN THE PARISH AT
369:162,
of which are in cultivation about SO, :
! 600 acres.
There are large sections If the pa
risl, composed IF sea marshes under
going the process of forming into land.
Some of these, sufficiently solid for
pa>turage of stock, will in y generation
or two be ready for the plow.
During the last five years the atten-
ton of the Police Jury and the citizens
has been directed towards the more
thorough drainage Of the lOwlands.
Large areas have already beea re-
claimed in whole or in part. 1t will
require but a few years more to un-
cover thousands Of acres of lands now
designated as swamps, and render
them suitable either for cultivation Or
pasturage.
It is safe to say that one-t third, or
over 1OO, 900 acres Of fertile land can
be rendered arabic within the limits
Of the parish.
The soil Of Lafonrche is peculiarly
adapted to the cultivation of sugar
cane, now its principal product, and
under the influence Of the rapid i'm
prOveMents annually made in its
manufacture, destined to become al
most the only product that will be
grown for the markets Of the world
The annual yield IF sugar cane iu
this parish varies materially, accord
ing to the conditions of the seed that
may be planted, aud the injuries in
tlicted by early freezes.
! s...r TX ono mn r,ouvva or
1 ANNUALLY MANUFACTURED.
How mucl, may be grown is an uu.
known quantity, but the soil in La
fourche could easily produce from
seventy-five to ore hundred million,
of pounds of sugar each year.
Rice follows next to sugar, Of which
from thirty to sixty thousand barrel,
are grown annually. Rice is general
~ irrigated ty water drawn from bay
GU Lafourche, but occasionally a re-
sort to the use of pumps becomes no
cessary.
There are grown in each year from
: fifty to one hundred thousand barrels
of Irish potatoes. This product i
, adopted to the soil, and farmers OBJ
; tain from Is to 35 barrels for each OH,
planted. 8s.
Onions grow we'll, aud there are sew
l eral thousand barrels annually sen
out Of the parish.
Corn will produce from thirty t
! sixty bushels per acre. All that
t grown finds ready sale in the hom
market.
S Peaches, plunas, apricots, pcars, an