St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-09-16
THE FLORIDA PARISHES.

edlt0n> gives m ,exVenoeo aoe-
scription Of Louisiana, but In allud-
ing to this portion It Is enigmatical.
It says:
The bluff region is . narrow
helt OF country adjacent 20 the Nis-
sissippi, between Baton Rouge and
and the Mississippi line, thirteen
miles wide from east 70 west, and
about fifty miles long. it, total
area h only $50 square miles includ-
ling nearly al East Baton Rouge
and West Feliciana and The western
portion Of East Feliciana. The
coll b naturally very fertile, bat It
has been cultivated . very long
time, this being one Of the Oldest
settled regions on the Aisstestppf,
and some Of It has been greatly ex-
hausted by improvident cultivation.
but it can easily be restored to pro-
Effectiveness in . little time. The
country i covered with Bermuda
grass which affords . splendid
pasture In summer. Corn, cotton
and sweet potatoes are the princi.
pal crops produced, and the coun-
try is splendidly adapted 70 the
production Of fruit, but % yet COM
parativsly little interest is shown in
horticulture.
The parishes Of East Baton
Rouge, East and West Feliciana,
St. Helena, Livingston, Tangipa-
boa. Warrington and st. Tam
many form the Florida division Of
Louisiana, and comprise about 1000
square miles, Ill Of which, except
about 200 miles, IL undulating
table land from ten to sixty feet
above sea level. The surface -.
cends from ito southern boundaries,
Manchac and Maurepas, to the Mis-
siesippi State line, and i highest in
West Feliciana. There IL no strip
along the river, fifty miles long by
thirteen wide, that is. materially
different from the entire surface
Of the country, and the bluffs,
SCOTS, Port Hickey and Port Hud.
son, are formed BY the Mississippi
cutting into the projecting edges Of
this great expanse Of table lands.
The coil IL naturally very fertile,
but it Is only cultivated. It may be
said, in ''spots," compared with
the vast forest covered area which
. virgin soil. and although there
b due proportion OF old fields
utilized for grazing purposes, large
crops Of cotton, corn, hay and. po-
tatoes are grown upon cleared lands
with little fertilizer except home
made farm mauures.
There is room for 200, 900 more
people in this section, and Why
they do not come thronging in,
mill men, timber men, farmers, |
cattle men and mechanics, is . mys-
terry to -. It Is . land Of promise, |
md every year more and more |
Dtrangers move In and settle. but |
when We compare this thin stream
With tie multitudes rushing intoI
he Oklahoma and southwest Louisi-
ma sections, We confess that for
once mildness q climate, winter
md summer, fertility Of soil, cheap
lands bordered by clear running
rivers, heathfulness and facility TO
railroads 10 not the winning card.
It Is true that our people are not
Il the boom making class, have
title gush, and are content to take
Kings easy-but they are kind,
and helpful to strangers,
re law-abidiig and have no white
up organizations, are most Ill
hurch members and are improving
oads and building bridges and
chool houses - rapidly - are tie
eople in any part Of the State.
Game and Ash are abundant, and
ears, peaches, Ags, plums, grapes,
berries, pomegranates and berries
nd here . coagenial soil and eli
'ate. The gulf breeze constantly .
'eshens the atmosphere, and 80 ,
egrees Is the highest degree Of
eat occasionally experienced. |:
With fortunes dormant in it,
road expanse Of timber and farm
g lands, with mineral springs Of
'e highest degree Of medicinal ex- l
.llence, and the nearest Of any to
ew Orleans, with . copgenial peo- ,
|e hostile 70 no one whether from /
'e North, East, West or foreign q
with fine lines Of railroads | I
I'd the finest river transportation &
the country, there b no reason q
pass East Louisiana BY and rush ,
} the wilds Of the Indian Territory, | q
Texas, or even to the COW par.
hes Of southwest louisiana ~ {
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