The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-08-26
The ITALY OF AMERICA.

souri, Pacific Railway Company
Crops, Timber, Minerals, Indus
tries and Natural Resources O
Pelican State Effectively Ex
| plotted.
The traffic department OF the
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
has favored The Chief with a con1
of it's official folder for the month
OF August and a recent issue of its
Louisiana book, . the latter hoin,
an attractively illustrated namnhla1
OF some thirty-five pages oonta;,
lug lug numerous well-Written and high11
na4'g interesting articles exploiting ths
naeural resources and ADVANTAGES ~ =.
Cnls state, which is aptly deserihed i =;
as Ihe Italy Of America-and =,
sunny skies, mild winters and h1oon, ~
ing flowers s'uu piooln
Pages five and six Of tho fo,da,
are devoted to a special men+io,, 80. :,
Louisiana, as follows: ''o1 =
While looking for new hon,e
opportunities and farm land val,as
get this from a former secretarv ~
agriculture: = 1''siy -
y were a young man Won conld
not Keep me out of Louisiana with
shot gun. ~e'-1A -
And get these facts fresh fron,
the fields: ~ = oiil
+. 3. Miller, of Curtis. Ohio
,noaeu ,n,.e TO Louisiana in November
lslo, settling on 100 acres Of cut,ova'
pine land. Mr.. Miller is FOLLOWING .
diversified farming and stock raising
growing chiefly Irish and sweet nota
Toes, corn. peanuts, oats and fora ee
erops. On Feb. Is. 1911, he planted
i've acres in Irish potatoes har.
Yes1ng the same on May %. ann, tbe
patch yielded so bushels Of mercha IT
aDle potatoes to the acre and IL
oushels of seed potatoes. He shinnai
= solid car to Toledo, which natted
MN 20 cents per bushel. or s5e -
the acre. The land III now nlanted
n peanuts, which will be harvested
N t1me to put in a crop Of winter
oats. Mr.. Miller paid SIS per acre
tor his land. which Ii located near
Simms, La. - =
y Is peculiarly sheep and hog
country. Spring lansssWiIl come infr
he market in time for F,astar
bringing ton llotch There arf
yary feNf sss ies 8
fEss'11 & FssIs5f fIle sfo ocK
this section Of the conntr nth
weather reaches neither extrenae.ssl&o
neat nor cold, the thermometer rana-
ing on ten-year average-for T,i55
q degrees and for January 81 ID
grees.
These lands readily yield 2ot
oushels or more of sweet potatoes
which are usually sold at rs cent,
per bushel, and are grown as a sec
ond crop. Peanuts are also grown
rs a second crop and are sold at s.
Der bushel."
me former secretary OF agricuI
fure referred to above is Norman
J. Colman. who was appointed BIZ
the late President Cleveland as tht
first secretary of agriculture. Mr.
Colman had just returned from {
trip to Louisiana and he was enthu
siastic about it. He said the soil wa:
one hundred feet deep and absolute
ly the richest on earth, and he fin
ally declared that if he wore a youns
man he couldn't be kept out Of Lou
isiana with a shotgun. This state
ment of Mr.. Colman's is being
quoted by the Missouri Pacific Com
pany in all it's literature concerning
Louisiana, and is certain to prove
one of the most effective pieces O.
advertising the state has ever re
ceived.
The folder is distributed widely
over the United States, Canada, Mex
leo, on the transatlantic ant
trans-Pacific steamers and the prin
cipal cities of Europe. The Louisi
ana booklet is sent out to those max
ing inquiry about Louisiana as a re
suit of the extensive advertising
done by the Missouri Pacific in the
large daily and farm papers in tft
thickly populated section to the mort
and east of st. Louis.
In buying cough medicine, dom
be afraid to get Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. There is no danger
from it, and relief is sure to follow
Especially recommended for coughs
cold and whooping cough. Sold 3!
all dealers.
Roosevelt Not in the Race.
Former President Theodore Roose
welt, in a letter to Alexander T
Moore, editor Of the Pittsurg Leader