The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-04-30
COTE CELEE AND
TOWNSVILLE
Crops Well Advanced Except Cotton
Which in Many Places Had to
Be Eerianted.
HIGH GRADE STOCK AND PoUL-
TRY REPLACING ORDINARY
KIND.
YoungsviIIe GroWing-Sugar Refinery
Begun-Port Barre-AbbevIIe
RaiIroad-First Communion
Last Tuesday.

A trip over the Cote Gelee hills to
Youngsville during the week still fur
ther heightened the admiration OF The
Advertiser man for this most beauti-
full section Of our peerless Attakapas
Familiarity they say breeds contempt
and distance lends enchantment to
view, but the more one gazes upon
the broad undulating fields of sugar
cane, cotton, corn and oats, now III
all the freshness of spring growth,
and the nearer one gets to the kindly
generous hearts of these industrious
and enterprising people, the greater
admiration does he feel and the grand
er is the conception of the possiblll-
ties in the development of this COM
paratively virgin country. Not only
has there been vast improvement in
method of culture, visible in the mag
nificent crops on every hand but great
strides have been made in beautify-
ing and adding to the comforts of
home life Fine groves of shade trees,
gardens and other ornamentation, lend
charm to the perspective and neatly
built cottages and even commodious
residences now dot the country where
a few years ago the prairie rolled in
broad and vacant expanse. The more
intensive methods of farming are doing
wonders in bettering the condition of
the people and the adoption of improv-
ed agricultural implements is now re-
volutionizing the industry.
The crops are well advanced except
cotton, which in many places had to
be replanted after the recent late
frosts Sugar cane the principal crop
of the section was never finer, and
the fields now present most beauti-
full appearance. A young man, Willie
Garbar showed the reporter field of
third year stubble equal to any plant
cane to be found The young mans
field certainly gives prospect for a
magnificent yield. Many fine oat fields
indicate the attention farmers are CIV
ing to forage crops, and the largely in
creased acreage in corn will no doubt
keep much money at home that for
merly was spent for Western feed
stuffs. High grade stock is replacing
the ordinary kinds and the poultry
yards are now filed with Plymouth
Rock and other improved breeds OF
chickens. Many farmers are also turn
ing their attention to raising pigs and
will soon cease buying Chicago and
Kansas City meats.
The town of Youngsville, despite
the hard times, is steadily growing
and her municipal limits may soon be
extended in the direction of Lafa-
yette, so says several prominent cit
izens. Just at present Mr.. Robley Du-
pleix is building very pretty cottage
in the suburb near the public school,
Mr.. ]. A. vandyke of Lafayette having
the contract The Youngsville Louis
lana Syrup Manufacturing Company.
DR.. r. o. Young, president, is laying
the foundation for sugar refinery OF
500 tons capacity and Mr.. Alexander
Mouton, manager of the syrup mill, is
in charge of the work. The refinery is
being built adjoining the syrup mill
and will be run in Connection with it.
It is not the intention however to
abandon the syrup mill, for this insti-
tuition has already proven most pro-
fitable investment.
According to Mr.. Mouton, the refin-
cry will be constructed with view to
doubling it's capacity next year, and all
the machinery etc., being installed to
make the change at very small addi
tional expense Work is being rapid
ly pushed, but is somewhat handi-
capped just now by the difficulty in
capped just now by the difficulty in
securing a sufficient force Of work
men. Mr. Mouton says. however, that
the refinery will be up in ample time
to take off the crop next fall.
Along the lines of material progress
the town soon expects to have rail
road running from Port Barre to Abb
beville in connection with theT. P.
system. Mr.. P. A. Duplex, promi-
nent merchant and business man of
the town went to New iberia Tuesday
and consulted with F. M. Welsh, the
promoter of the proposed road, and
reports most encouraging news as to
the prospects. The company has in