St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-08
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The st. Landry Clarion is in
receipt of a letter from the Hon.
Frank Anderson, Director OF
Development of the Frisco Lines,
wherein he calls our intention
that that progressive Company
has created a department OF
development, as they are vitality
interested in developing the
country and towns along the
line of their road, and that they
will in every possible way assist
in bringing about such a develop
ment as will return substantial
profits to the farmers, since the
farms are the basis of all proper
ty. 1t is the earnest desire of Mr..
Anderson to personally keep in
touch with what is going on. we
therefore urge upon our readers
to send in to this paper any in
formation calculated to benifit or
improve the community, the
perusal of which may help Mr..
Anderson in the furtherance Of
his most worthy object.
Our own farmers may not re-
alize the fact that the Parish OF
st. Landry possesses some OF
the finest farming possibilities in
the entire Attakapas country,
and that this country is the
finest one hundrsd square miles
of farming country in the world.
Having an equable and salub-
nous climate, where for three
hundred and sixty five days in
ae year farming operations can
be carried on in the open by
white farmers.
That all of the staple crops of
the temperate and subtropical
zone can be cultivated with
profit. That Northern farmers
who have visited this section are
simply amazed at the fact that
many farmers make a living by
working practically only four
months in the year. Of course
there is a gloomy side to every
picture and we in the past have
been practically a one crop
people, placing all our eggs in
one basket.
So that when the basket drops
as was the case when the boil
weevil arrived the entire com-
munity suffered from the dis
aster. But it is ill wind that
does not blow somebody some
good, and our farming element
has awaken to the advantages of
raising home supplies.
La urging Northern farmers
to settle along the lines of the
the Frisco in this Parish Mr..
naturally would like to.
be in a position to definitely in
form prospective settlers what
they may expect. For his guild
ance therefore we beg to set
the following facts:
That Good agricultural lands
free from overflow can be pur-
chased from Is to 100 dollars per
acre, depending on location and
improvements; that these lands
will produce profitably cotton.
Germ, sugar cane, rice, tobacco.
one cpop of sweet potatoes
two crops of Irish potatoes.
,itrus fruits and pecans.
lnexaustable and portable
water can be obtained at a depth
rom 80 to $50 feet.
That the worse worn out farm
hat has been in continuous Gull
walton for nearly a hundred
ears can be reclaimed by three
secessive crops of cow-peas.
That the beef raising and
possibilities are far super
or to the Westesn country, on
ccount of the equable climate
inch enables stock to roam all {
1e year around in the open, and
re nutritious native grasses
'hich never fail and can be I
lplemented by cotton seed meal Il
1d c~intrifical molasses so much 4
reaper than elswhere, being at
le base of supplies. a
The Health of the community h
superior to any other agricul- r,
raj country in the world of n
IuaI fertility.
The bonified settler who de- Y
10 establish a home here Ii
II dnd 40 open welcome re-
OF hig politics or re- te
lon, UsQylding ha is sound ON B
HGUegflon and this is the supre-
lcy OIL the white race. W
Dur citizens have no earthly h
'ire that any one shall move
here who is cranky on that R,
sect and who seeks social w
with the dark race.
he c0lored population of this Oh
'ish is kindly and fairly in