St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-27
TELLS OF GREAT POS
SIBILI1ES OF STATE
OF LOUISIANA
Mr.. EzekieIMixer. Farmer anl
TraEIer, Trftes Lueidly on
Conditions OF To- Day..

! Rosa, La, April "a. A fairer
4 heritage cold not be desired
4 than a mode home on Louisiana
soil. And Louisiana is now
offering through her planters in
alluvial districts some of her
finest land at the astoundingly
low figure of rom $25. 90 to
! SIS. 90 per acre.
] And these lands grow cotton,
corn, rice and sugar cane to as
high a degree OF perfection as
can be attained n any part Of
the land, and the truck farmer,
fruit grower a nd stock k-raiser
scores with t h en- successes
which surprise even the most
sanguine. And she is offering
through her planters in the hilly
sections of the country some Of
her best uplands, al from $500
to 500. 90 per acre.
Leaving out 9of consideration
entirely her wealth of forests,
mineral, fisheries and oil, in
dustries which are Io-day attract
ing the attention If the world.
she offers to the tller of the soil
inducements which would fire
| the ambition Of any man in the
land, who wishes to acquire a
model home and hy by a com
| petence.
Should the boil Yeevil continue
his sojourn with Us for a number
of years to come, and sugar be
placed upon the free list, Louis
| lana would still be enable to
offer to the homeseeker advan
| tages unsurpassed by any State
/ in the Union. The entire State
from the Arkansas line to the
Gulf can be converted into q
great garden which will grow
fruits and truck farm prodHrss,
in endless variety to a b g h
standard of perfection.
La North Louisiana there is 2
vast area which will grow peach
to as great perfection as the IA
NOUS peachbelt of East Texas.
In Northwest Louisiana there
are hundreds of thousands Of
acres upon which wild grape
fcurlsees and produces a fruit OF
very superior quality, watch be
speaks the fact that this section
could be converted into one of
the greatest vineyards in all of
the land.
Down in the fruit and truck
belts of Southeast Louisiana, it
does not require the experience
or skill OF Peter Henderson, or
q Burbank, to make a net profit
of from 5000 to $4,000 per
acre per annum, upon clcunl
bers, cabbage, Irish potatoes and
a long list of other vegeta bles,
and men of but limited ex 1eri-
ence have repeatedly made rom
5000 to $250.00 per acre per
annum ON strawberries.
Louisiana will grow as great a
variety of cheap foods for the
horse, the cow, the sheep and
the goat, as any State in the
Union. The members of the
boys corn clubs of the Southern
States have proven that corn
can be grown here with as great
yield and as cheaply as in the
famous corn belt Of the West,
and in addition we can grow the
cow-pea, the sweet potato, the
velvet bean, h e artiehoke,
Kafif corn, alfalfa, millet barley,
Lespedesa and a great variety of
other clovers, to a high degree
of perfection.
And Southwest Louisiana is
the home Of as great variety of
small fruit, as can be grown
anywhere on the face of the
globe, and is as fair field as
the truck farmer can find, and
lis now offering superior induce
ments, since great network
of canals have been built includ-
ing the great Schell canal, by
which millions Of acres can be
irrigated, at will.
And as soon As the world knows
of the splendid advantages which
this section offers, truck farm
ers, fruit growers and stock
raisers will pour in here as they
did into the fruit and truck belts
of California, and the price of
lands will soar skyWard, and this
section will enjoy an era of pros
perity which will equal the most
extrayagant dreams Of the wild
est enthusiyst.
EZEKIEL MIXER.
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