The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

Laafayette Is: Lafayette. $500; Moutou's
Sunset sOcc S ssTStt soS9 s
100; Duchamp. 1000; Breaux Bridge, 1000:
AAppeyllie' 1000; SoOO; Bayou vermillion, 1000:
bs baisss. Or ' the ferern,nr fanyns q oOo
cotton 10000 are raised In Lafayette par
ish. and the remaining l6. 900 bales within
q fhaGlus hougs. OF 20 miles: In addition, cotton
Martins, Acau.a, st. Landry. Ayoyelies
and Rapides TO Lafayette for concentrs-
up-to-date compress TO be found snv.
where In the State OF Louisiana, except-
Ing only those located In New Orleans.
Lafayette Compress and storage Com.
pany Is now building a 40 Saw Munger
huller gin OUTFIT. which win insure putt
handles 5000 bales Of cotton annually. ''
Large crops OF corn are made In La
pey acre. bu sysTnss ysd 81 sd g 10 100 Ss:
per acre are eften made. and all With
out the use OF fertilizer. Oats. wheat,
barley rye and other cereals arc good
crops. hice, too, Is grown, and tho crop
is found very profitable. Tobacco 10 not
grown TO any extent, but its opportu-
miles are evident. Two crops OF the
each year. and with cultivation by those
who have made the industry a study q
net return Of $3.50 an acre ought to be
easily secured. Bright tobaccos, equal
TO those OF North Carolina. can be grown.
too.
To mention what can be grown IN n,
garden or orchard is to give q list Of
every known vegetable, berry or fruit.
Cabbages. onions, tomatoes. beans. peas.
cucumbers. eggplants, canteloupes, wa
termelons. strawberries. blackberries.
cprrsnts. cherries. pears, peaches. fss.
plums, apples. grapes. olives. pomegran-
ates and sweet and Irish potatoes are
prodgced pro re In Profusion. prof Irish potatoes
pay SO well that the industry Is rapidly
extending. Tie yield OF these is enor
which ranges from 800 to to 400 bus bushes % ps
acre. The climate Is entirely suitabL
for oranges. and groves Of this fruit coub
easily be made to yield large returns
and after the first few years the LAM
under the trees can be used for othe@
cultivation; This nut g becoming
isiana, and nowhere can IT. be grown
better than in Lafayette parish. A ma
ture pecan tree Yields from three to five
an average Of $40 per barrel. with 10 trees
trso,a 20 the acre the gross return is about
sSso an acre. The only expense after
planting Is gathering the nuts.
Stock raising was formerly very pro-
htable In the region Of which Lafayette
parish Is part. There is no reason why
Il should not again be so. All sorts and
ously. and can be planted cat 4 time
when the land Is not in use for some
thing else; Improved cattle have paid
dairy returns sand and @ brought vs good 'yer pr,ces e
when sold for beef Horses, mules and
swine are raised 20 supply the homo
demand, but this special line Of industry
would be remuneratcd In an extended
market
Although agriculture is the chief sup
port or the people of Lafayette parish,
ing industries established. Both city ana
parish offer liberal terms to manufao-
turers In the way Of exemption from tag
diticn to the liberal laws Of the state
regarding manufactures. Coal is laid
down IN Lafayette az about 50 per. ton,
contracts. The excellence of the cotton
grown In the district offers an excep-
tional inducement for the establishment
sf Of a cotton mill. Lanor for q mill Y
working factory. q wagon and carriage
factory, furniture factory and planning
and pulp mills, viii, find an abundance
markets near at hand. A plant for the
OF moss into saddle blan-
kets and horse collars would do well.
made away from home. A foundry
would find plenty OF business Offering.
Straw can be grown and put TO the
Sas tha proSact MoHn Ok % open
kettle strrar hovscs,- which could tbo-
canned and put on the market at a high
OF Il ever reaches the table outside OF
Louisiana In this regular channels Of
trade; The industries of the city o: La
an ice factory, a rice mill. a big cotton
compress, tannery. a brick yard. q
cotton gins, 30 syrup mills and a cotton
II seed each year and makes $4,000 gall
ons OF oil. 800 bales of lnters and 4O0o
ons Of cottonsecd meal.
The railroad service OF Lafayette IN ex-
,siient II is on the main line Of the
southern Pacific system. which comprises
fSo miles Of track. stretching from New
orleans to the Pacific coast. Then there
xtends TO Alexandria, connscting with
ne Kansas City, Watkins e. Gulf, the
l,ssouri Pacific and the Texas & Pacific
teamboats for points on tho Mississippi
tver and tributaries Alexandria is less
han 100 miles away. Lafayette is divis-
'enefited by the disbursement OF 5000 per
month non paid IN wages a projected ray-
minneapolis to vermillion bay. When
MS Is ccmp'eted Lafayette will have ex-
optional outlets for its products. In ad-
Inder government improvements. will
ermit large steamers to reach Lafayette
rom the gulf. Because OF its transpor-
'rocery, dry goods, drugs and other sup
lies OF Lafayette and parts OF the ad-
aeent nc parishss The wholessle and re-
The business OF Lafayette is conducted
hrough two hanks. The First National
3ank has total resources OF Sl7s122 Tho
apl.Sl stock ls $4,000. surplus $500, un
lv1ded profits $3.50, and deposits sl06.iA
NE Bank OF Lafayette has resources o1
"A 92i, capital yi6.100, undivided profits
loss and deposits OF 81. .2es.
One OF the factors which enters into
n a
bundance OF game In the fields and
orests and Of FISH ip tbs streams. Part
dge. grouse. quail snipe and three
hcaply IN season In the strcaml
re sacalait, buffalo. white. catfish. basS
arfish and the soft and hardshell turtle
roducts OF the oea- red snapper. reddish
smpano. buensh and oysters are pnenty
nd cheap. Meat. poultry and other fooa