The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12
Conservative Farming.

This interesting bit of news about
Lafourche parish, comes from The
Lover Coast Gazette, published al
Point a-la-hache, La,
During century past the Bayou
Lafourche country has been known az
one Of the most successful sections OF
the southern part of the state. The
Pugh family came into upper Bayou
Lafourcbe We believe sin 1916, when
Col. W. W. Pugh, the we'll known
sugar planter who died couple of
years ago, was but small boy. The
Minors of Natchez established them
selves in the parish of Terrebonne on
Bayou Terrebonne, which is branch
Of Bayou Latourche, at about the
same time. From the location Of the
present town Of Thibodaux down the
huyon 10 Lockport, q great many
AcadiaDs and other French families
we're located q century ago and as at.
that time sugar planting involved Of
y necessity the ownership OF sugar
house, the smaller farmers of the
country could not well engage in cane
growing and were restricted to rice
culture, to corn culture and to truck
garden crops. Poultry raising and
potato growing have always been
prominent; features 10 this conserya-
tive farming community and the finan-
cial results of their Iabors have for a.
hundred years been so successful that
it is commonly reported that not on.
of them has ever been sold out by the
sheriff and that sales of the ,Iands of
these small farmers have only been
made with the purpose Of closing III,
estates and settling with the various
heirs.
There could I've hardly any higher
evidence of the value of these allu-
vial lands than can be fairly inferred
from the facts that We have stated. |
These farmers have been subjected to |
the vlcissltudes of foods, and of
frosts as much SIS the sugar planters,
but the production of several crops
asnually has SO divided up the risks
that these farmers have taken that
The final result with them has been
general success. 1t WAS recently
stated to us by gentlemen very fa-
niliar with the locality aud interested
here in lands himself, that these
arms fronting upon Bayou La
ourche and extending back forty
could not be bought at less
han $4,000 to $4,000 per front az
tent. In other words, when sales
we're made for the settlement Of es-
ates. there were buyers at such prices,
nd of course no such figures could
e got for the lands unless they had
reat merit.
In this parish, where the orange In
ustry 10 q very conspicuous one,
ONE OF the fayorlte orange farms .
ave at times brought very high
rices, and somewhat similar to those
nat are secured on Bayou Lafourche.
4 course the lands here are very !,
aaliow, running but few arpents
eep Of tillablc land and then running
! into sea marsh. worthless at the
resent time from any industrial point .
view. Again, the revenue produc-
g feature Of our orange orchards is !. .
ased npon permanent culture and !.
e development of trees Of several
'ars growth. Any disaster IN the ,
~ OF storm freezing of flood to tbeI
ang trees does harm far a number
years thereafter, whereas 10 ordi-
ry farming the damage Is only for
e season. We only utilize this
mparlson, however, to lead to the
tier appreciation of conservative
ming, particularly to such farming th
Is now and has tor acentury been "
ing on Bayou Lafourche. Dlversi- b,
! farming has proven so profitable be
t" particslIy eliminate from quite at
non OF the country any such things