The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
poNAIDsoNYIILE. La. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1911
Advertising Louisiana.

The April issue of the Southwestern
Trail, periodical published by the ROCK
Island Railroad system, is devoted to the
subject of profitable dairying, and, with
reference to the favorable conditions Tor
this line Of endeavor which obtain through
out the south and southwest, gives LOUIS
lana q .send-offf" which should attract
wide attention. The advantages offered
by this state are clearly pointed out in IL
Illustrations, editorials and letters. among
the interesting articles which make up
the number being the following open let
ter contributed by II. M. Cottrell, asrlcui-
tural commissioner for the Rock island
lines:
Not a single town on the Rock Island
Lines in Louisiana has enough milk,
cream, or butter. was in Louisiana last
summer when the people in Chicago and
New York were dying of heat. Down
here the thermometer did not go above
#96 degrees. The middle of February !
held outdoor meetings; the men in shirt
sleeves and the women wearing roses that
bloomed outdoors. AT that time you were
shoveling path through the snow from
vour house to the barn and warming the
water your cows drank. Cheap land, root
crops growing all winter, corn IL feet
high-think what silage il would make!
NY wife was born in Ohio and has always
lived in the north yet when she got to
Louisiana she felt that she had gotten
back to her home people. Your wife will
feel the same way. Louisiana people
spell welcome in capitals
IN letter to a northern relative, man
who formerly lived in the north, but VINO
| is now resident of Louisiana, says:
You have no idea of the fine pasture
| we have here. These lands produce SIX
cuttings of alfalfa year; they produce
corn like the best of the Illinois or Iowa
farms; the cows can have green pasture
absolutely all the year round. There ism {
a month here in which the grass ism
/ green. and Just now the clover is six inches
high. Do you see any clover from your
front window as you read this? Isuppose
not. It looks white out there on YOU
Michigan farm, doesn't it? How do yol
] like chopping ice in the morning SO the
COWS can drink? Pretty cold out in the
barn these mornings, eh, John?
There are two kinds of lands herr
4 which are to be had at reasonable prices
\ some Of it being very cheap. One kind i
& what they call the cut-over pine land
This is the cheapest. It is fine for ho
raising and that is the line am going t
take up. I'm going to fatten hogs on pea
nuts. Now laugh, John, but do you kno1
), they make $50 off an acre OF this peanu
land here in pork, and the hogs haryes
the peanuts? They do; that's a hea
easier than what you and have bee
i used to in the north. The other kind
/ land is the rich bottom of the Red rive
.. valley, which is, like the Nile in Egyp
I the most productive on the GLOBE
! raises two or three crops year. You ca
take your choice of the two kinds, for thel
. is plenty of each on the market. l coul
1 quote you prices, but you wouldn't belleN
: me, SO Ill tell you what to do. lake
Z trip down here, spend a week with US
Z won't cost you cent and we'd be avn
: Glad to have you. Ill bet if get ye
= down here you won't go back without bu.
q ing and deciding to make this your hom
ave have every advantage Of the nor1
: in the way of schools, city and countr
8 the people are the incest ever me
d d everybody is hospitable. These southe
. people can't be beat for making strane
u feel at home. The climate is mild al
= healthy. The breezes in the piney WOO
remind me of the summer air Of Colorao
the palmettos give the forest troplc
appearance. 1t is a combination OF ra
natural conditions and opportunities
making money you can't overlook. Iha
my arrangements for moving on my pla
about completed. got the lumber ire
saWmill mile from the place at a
dicuIously low figure, and the house, VII
it looks rustic, is just as neat as
would want. Gertrude is just wild over
she sees only the romantic side OF Il
life, and / have to look out for the doN'
and cents. but you bet your life ! am
good hand at that. and when can ma
money under such conditions as the
why, life is worth the living.
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