The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-09-07
Northwestern Louisiana.
N. o. Picayune.l

VA paiHPutoo 1oSuCo AoA 6oAA No
tribution in the interest of fmmigra-
ton by the Northwestern Louisiana !;
Land and immigration Company,
domiciled in the town of Benton,
parish of Bossier, of which w. j. |
Hughes is Presidents A R. Thomp- !
son, Vice President; I. Fl. Martin,
Secretary, and W. H Seanland,
Treasurer. The printing of the
work was very neatly done in the
Office of the Caucasian, at Shreveport.
The book starts out with brief
account of the State of Louisiana,
giving historic, geographic, climatic
and social information. It then sets
forth more particularly the attrac-
tions and advantages offered by
North Louisiana to the immigrant,
and in detail what it offers to the
agriculturist. From it the following
is extracted:
''In North Louisiana the hill lands
predominant, and are mostly titled in
fields ranging from forty acres and
upward. Throughout the uplands,
though there are not great many
ever-running creeks, water is found
in abundance for man and beast and
of the most desirable quality. The
people residing in the hills or uplands
Ears generally in good circumstances.
By diversifying their crops and CIV
ing attention to stock, they are self
sustaining, prosperous and happy
The character of upland soil is sandy,
of q gray and reddish cast, with a
clay sub-soil. These lands are fertile
and yield astonishing returns when
assisted with manures and fertilizers.
If the same care and the same amount
of labor devoted by farmers in East
Eern and Western States on their
Eacres were bestowed on these lends
they would equal, If not exceed, the
products of the low and bottom
lands, which are cultivated ali q
greater expense and held ct higher
prices. The lands on the streams
comprise thousands of acres, which
are divided into large plantations
and devoted to raising cotton, chiefly
by negro labor. Lands of this kind
are worth from $40 to $50, according
to the improvements and immunity
from overflow.
"The price of hill or uplandG
ranges from 81 to SIS per acre, and
higher with expensive improvements
There are thousands of acres o.
> Government lands which can b.
entered by complying with the home
stead law at from 81 Is to 50 81
per acre. The railroads also have
large tracts of very desirable ane
. fertile lands which can be bought a
So per acre and upwards. The prod
ucts of hill or uplands are cotton
corn, tobacco, cane, sweet and Irisl
9 potatoes, oats, rye and millet fo
I forage. The various grasses grow
( luxuriantly and yield remunerativ'
Z Ecrops. Peaches, pears, apples ane
: the various small fruits grow in larg
!. perfection. Grape culture has BEEF
0 tried with marvellous success. Earl,
s vegetables of all kinds are raised witt
= very little trouble and with profit
The staple product of the country i
cotton, which commands o ready sal
= at all seasons of the year when place
on the market. Nature has bee
benefcent and done wonders fo
!. Northwest Louisiana, bat her magn
ficent resources, still dormant, avail
= further development. Instance
could be cited where hill lands i
Bossier and adjacent parishes hav
been made to produce from so to 10
lbusheas of corn to the acre and hav
- yielded from three-fourths to bal
of 500 pounds lint cotton, worth frol
$40 TO S45 A hale.