St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-03-31
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To Bring immigration to
the South.

the South.
The following has been given ont
from the Office Of the State Board of
Agriculture and Immigration:
George E Bachnke, writing from
: Aalborg. Denmark, where he is
stationed as the representative of
the Louisiana State Board OF Agrl-
culture and immigration, for the
purpose of exhibiting and explain
ing the possibilities and advantages
for his countrymen in this State,
writes as follows:
The people here have no idea
whatever of Loulsiana, but that it
is one large swamp. They have
never IN all their lives heard one
recommending word about the
South; there has never been seen
one line of advertising literature
about Louisiana in north Europe,
where the famous farming natives
of the world live; on the contrary,
every railroad; every steamship
line interested in the North, the
West and Canada has traduced the
South, and warned the people not
to settle in the South.
GAS long as nothing has been
done to bring to public knowledge
what enormous resources the South
has 10 offer, it will be necessary TO
give 10 prospective Immigrants
some special Inducements. 1t Is no
Involvement to q man who considers
himself comparatively we'll 6xed
to offer him land At $50 per acre,
the quality of which land he knows
not about. He does not know that
he can have TWO or three crops a
year off of the same piece of ground;
he does not know that his expenses
for fuel, heavy clothes, strong
built houses, food for cattle and
horses, etc., are only one-quarter
of what he Is used to paying. He
knows only that The South means
lntoierable heart, and mosquitoes,
snakes, alllgators. lions, tigers, In
dams, large swamps, malarial aud
yellow fever; and he goes to the
North.
"ro change the prejudice it has
proven to be necessary to have
references TO show. settled =
colonly Of poor people in M1ssis.
slppl. They came IN January. 1905,
on prepaid tickets from the land
owner. They became tenants and
were we'll treated; but they had no
money. In March the tirst i've
families had sent tickets for ten of
their friends, who all wrote back
how satisfied they were; and now
there are about 900 Danes in that
place, three OF whom came over
with from $4,000 to $4,000, and
bought large farms. | know this
to be positive fact, as | transacted
their business for Them
Mr.. Bachnke suggests to those
who wish this kind of farmers 10
give each tenant twenty to forty
acres, not more, for two years, on
the halt-share contract, and after
ward the tenant may buy the farm
on terms agreeable to both purties.
ST recommend this plan, instead
of attempting to sell outright on
long terms,'' said be, ..because II
hae worked satisfactorily. Start the
colony with q small stock Of poor
people as the tenants; and the pay
ment of their fare is q great induce
ment. Treat these people we'll, and
they will write home TO their
friends. This is the best advertise
ment 70 be had; and the settlers
will come to you rs fast AZ you
want them. The fare for the peo-
pie ls,of course, taken out Of their
share of the crop. The moving Of
small family from Denmark to
New Orleans will cost about $50
to $3.50.