The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-11-09
BOssIER PARISH ADVERTISED
Continued from Page Ttoo.

"Potatoes planted in January are
harvested in May. The land is then
planted to corn, and at the last working
cowpeas are eown in the corn. The corn
is pulled about September 10th and
stock is allowed the run Of the field un-
til October 18th. Then broadcast the
land and SOW oats. Pasture through
the winter and harvest about May 18th.
The land can then be rebroke and plant
ed to either peas or peanuts, which are
harvested during October. Plant cotton
for the third year CROP"
Mr.. Gilmer figures that the careful
farmer can on the three years opera
ton make S24Q an acre from his land, to
say nothing about the value of pasture
his stock has had.
At Plain Dealing one may meet
most interesting parsonage in w. D.
Dawson, an English gardener, who has
had remarkable success with truck and
forage crops. Mr.. Dawson also has an
apiary, and at a recent exhibition in
Shreveport displayed some prize honey.
IThe writer has reference to Mr.. w.
J. Dawson Of this place. He has had
successfully conducted apiary here for
severl years and also has bees scattered
in this and Caddo Parishes. Every
wear at both the Parish and State Fairs
his honey wins prizes and he usually
takes the majority in sight as well as
the first prize for the best display OF
honey and other apiary products. And
this is not all. Since he has made a
practice of exhibiting at the fairs the
products of his little farm near this
place he captured no less than 175
prizes, we should say-perhaps more.
He is Secretary for the local Parish
Fair Association and has been greatly
instrumental in the Bossier exhibit win
ming four out of a possible six first
prizes for the best agricultural exhibit
from any parish, and two second prizes.
e Mr.. Dawson is untiring in his efforts in
this direction and we are indeed fortu-
r nate in having each year his well di-
n rected assistance.-Edi
: MORE TRACTS FOR DEVELOPMENT.
: Charles Antrim owns II, 600 acres and
e Whited & Wheeless 81, 900 acres OF
unimproved cut-over land in this section
that could be quickly settled if subdi-
yided into small farms. The Antrim
d tract is near the Bolinger property.
e Alden Bridge is an important cotton
shipping point on the Cotton Bel
a Route. L. c. Buckley, formerly st
a Louis architect, is successful farmer il
this section, owning something like
l. 1900 acres of choice farming land, which
in he is developing.
THE SEAT OF BOSSIER PARISH.
re- When you reach Benton, the parisl
in seat of Bossier, you see evidences o
older settlement. More land is unde
or cultivation, the Improvements seen
~ longer established. Benton has, i'm
: mediately on the west, the rich Re
49, River valley lands, and on the east tn
=. sshill'' section. Cotton is the principe
crop around Benton.
FERTILE RED RIVER VALLEY.
Soon after passing Benton, on til
~ southwark journey, the traveller passt
- out of the hills and into the rich sand
loan soils OF the Red River Vale,
us where the lands are in large plantatie
'aS tracts and have been in cultivation +
30 fifty to seventy five years.
ay' Until the boil weevil came to Loui
a lana some years ago these lands We
MIC planted principally in cotton, corn al
req peas. The ravages of the insect caus
ing the old time planters to turn to 9th
crops than cotton, and they planted
eek falfa and peanuts. These crops ha
OF led them to raise high-grade cattle
ace registered hogs, and the country is me
ere prosperous than ever before in its h
tory.
h a ALFALFA RAISING AT VAUDEVILLE.
,nts Notable among the live stock men
tate Red River Valley in Bossier Parish
ing the Boisseau brothers, whose.farm is M
VAUDEVILLE. In one season, on 300 ac
of their t20O-acre plantation, tn
average profit from alfalfa was $40
- acre. They are giving their attent
now exclusively to corn, alfalfa and no
az These valley lands along the +
lays River are thoroughly protected II
overflow by system of levees VIII
Will extend the full length of Bossier
the Caddo Parishes on both sides OF
are river. These are the choicest and n
so productive farm lands in this sect
TO In price they run from S35 to $50
*. acre. some of them near Shreveport
ing held at even higher figure.
fertility they will compare with the $
,ort- $3.50 and $500 an acre land in the No
king ern States.
per GREEN ALFALFA FIELDS
'rked Through files of green alfalfa fie
un- within sight of the Bermuda carp
per levees, the journey continues in Bos
re in Parish to point opposite the big
what dustrial and commercial city of Shr
yuo port, when the Red River is crossed
oook- entrance is made to the city, the
hand, finally halting under the roof of
Tyler h,nasomo new Messenger station. Of
'exas, ...e..;o,t =, Tho South
- e.. Here is a city of IS 900 people
Study second CITY IN houisiana' wiz.
skyscrapers and it's miles OF lndus'