New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
MAKING FARM LAND
1000 900 NEW -ACRES.
Erery Tegetabie Raised IN
iSouthresteyn Louisiana.

,,-.t,,,sae L.. March There is an
I.-..l,r m ihis town known as the
r,vocress;yo League II is composed Of the
T.ssip~ men OF the place and near by. The
,ht,,r Is 20 progress. 10 80 ahead. 10 apply
,cre al :hat is &C the best IL the advance
-. ~ modern ideas I'm tho development
- the country. in the adoption OF all the
b,st tbar civilization has evolved This
.,-or-cseiyls. spirit has spread 70 the NORTH,
-. rasf % and including the lake regions
- ia, strte. 10 trc Gul'. and west u the
Texas t.rdtr.
4-be sahiae RIVER. which separates Louis
,s,s from Texas. is just about ono hundred
,rfey from here as ere crow fiics. The
,-urf Is about siziy miles swly fifty 20
where tho marshes beEiu-those great
stretches II salt meadow land. picturesque
seH r~7ir5s is to tae mar with an magma
,,c- Where We arc and norJh~ard and
--ssfusrd and 20 the ncar south The pro
sressirists have undertaken scheme OF
irrigation that is a monumental one.
From here westward and 10 the Gulf is
sog-hvez,e,n Louisiana. 4 company was
.a--0e5 after rHe soil Lad been iuEestisate6.
srs rIars we're made 70 irrigste one million
sores n rre most productive lanI in the
,o---r.. The plans haze hecn carried out
7--.es-.oa has teeI established orr plane
u5,s TIE bes: government undertakings
lands for the Cultivation IF rice have beer
r7sde a,snsaic. and farms. great and small
re growing f--fE FeE table used on the
American table Sugar cane IS staple
with Transport atio14 10 great re&ae3 Is easy
anu ot moderate oApeus-.
Praised by Or. Kns7p.
U- : A. Knapp. % the I-it-I States
Deuartnert ol Agriculture. visited the isrl-
CATION plant Hc seid;
= have nercr sc-n dc.u.ls so thor0Ecit.y
worked ost. Everything 3as received care
n stea;3or-tEe soil and natural ooudi-
tloHs. Tie kind of plant. foundations. fae
production O. steam most economical, and
milling and marsetlug. J did not hnd an
thiug nut thai was absolutely sound.
Canals run - the horizon from the plant
Cane ueids ruu aIc1Esida ard far fro5u
them. veil cultivated. stout huretius with
tae sweet SAP. Vegetables would grow be-
ycn6 bounds were fh-v NOT controlled by
cultivation There vould he aB oyerproduc-
tc1 ir TIE transportation facilrics were
no. excellent A. IT IS. al that can he
grow whether Of sugar cane or v1Eet4-
blzs. has ready market.
0reiousas is fourishing. So are Washing
soutl and west where the rice fclds are.
Norrherners are coming IN daily To take up
lands IL our great Southwest They are
Eeski1E an cquab!e cimsJ-. with facilities
q al au-the-year-round opportunity 10
grow profitable things. ~ in Texas and I
fev other states. there is d cooperation /
with the settlers which assures immediate 1
progress and growth.
Rice needs wer land. The irrigation ca I
nsls are operated tn regulate the floods /
wanted 70 further the growth when the .
harvest comes there is aTl The fecyor of in (
teTest seen on great %hcat farms. To a T
visitor here not intent on joining iu the .
community, making Of this vast territory a /
busy area. but here only 10 sce and 10
learn, and occasionally TO hunt there is a
growing desire 10 take part IN the pro
duc1ive activity.
Ne Time Need Be Wasted
Come ana see, Is the invitation that is /
-et On every side. Accepting the re-
quest. littl= time Is left fer mere iding. Il /
would be thought that IN the operations of 1
al agricultural enterprise there would be
Esrneness. q similarity 70 what could be
seen Up North. q vista Of growing things, 2
rush a harvest. q rest before seed time. 4 (
routine ss old as the Phsraohs. But, some
how. l. Is different here.
This difference may he because OF the
Irrigation. which is not old 10 the visitor IN
tnts instance. The canals cal for q canoe
IT'D, and for z brief time the business of
the comm Unity is forgotten. The canals do /
look ent1cirg- They never run dry. Of /
course. The drainage from the lands re-
leves tne farms when relief is necessary.
hgt when the lands are flooded the canals /
show little depletion. Any one who has
been iu Holland viii note the similarity in {
the aspect OF the country. But in place of /
tulip gardens bordering the canal path or
road o. areas f dsfodus. there are vege-
table. cane and rice fields. which stretch
E"sy from the waterways.
q course things down here are not in the
ordered beauty 50 distinctive OF Holland
To- ihe uses 70 which the soH IS put are
ei1eTsnt and the irrieating canals are new
Blt there are finish and regularity. The
IaRness q newness has disappeared. There
hss been no limit set 70 the operations OF
ne ET-eatiIg scheme, and as settlers reach
ne Emit cf what IS now IN hand exten-
hons vi rapidly be made. But there IS
slH plenty cf room, plenty Of land for the
settler ana an aboundinr heIpfulnrss for
LII -ro1l tlo-e On the SPOT when he comes. .
Conquest OF Cypress swamps.
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