The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-10-03
WHAT AN EDITOR
SAW IN LOUISIANA,

tors of the leading agricultural
Journals Of the central states to
make a three weeks tour OF this
great southern State, as her
guests. Recognizing the rapid
advance that Colorado has made
in the advancement OF her agri
cultural resources and the ipfiu
ence Of Ranch and Range, the
leading agricultural journal of the
west, The managing editor OF this
journal was included among the
invited guests and met the other
agricultural editors and hosts
from Louisiana in Chicago on June
%, where we took q special Puii'
man for Louisiana. reaching that
great commonwealth on the morn
ling of June %.
/ | want to cay in the beginning
that ! am going TO write the facts
IS they were given me and AZ l
actually saw. Some Of them will
appear as exaggeratlons to The
casual reader, but everything that
| may say can easily be verified
There IN no object in making any
Misrepresentation; this series oil
articles will he written voluntarily
without any compensation With
The view of furnishing something
exclusive, very interesting aud IN
structive to our readers and OF
COZ reciing the opinion commonly
held by the general public regard
iog the great State Of Dcu's'ana.
Louisiana IS the NEST greatly
mlsrepreseDted State in tie Union
and the editors who made this de
ligh,ful trip and who reach more
than 8 100000 paid subscribers
with their combined Journals, viii
endeavor to correct the error.
We came down with tho opinion
held by 90 per cent of the general
public. e., that Louisiana IL a
state Of swamps, mosquitoes, ALI
gators and her products are con
fined to cane, rice and cotton II
10 also the Impression that her
summers are unbearabIy warm
and that her people are very clan
nlsh. These opinions al applied
TO the Louisiana of today are erro
neous. In former years her pr"
ducts were confined almost exclns
lively to cane, rice and cotton, but
the ravages of the boil weevil in
the cotton and the reduction OF
the tariff on sugar have greatly
reduced the acreage Of these crops
and diversified farming is becom
ing popular.
AS to the swamps, they are
there-9,OOO, 600 acres Of them,
but they are being drained and
when reclaimed they are the rich
est 10 the world. The hnmus or
vegetable mold on these lands IL
"a inches deep, which means they
are practically inexhaustible. l
saw az varieties OF crops growing
on one place aud the corn was II
to Is feet high and in full roasting
ears, the last of June. The sane
land is put in crops three to fou'
times year and produces beauti-
full barvests.
was IN the State for nearly
three weeks and did not see a
mosquito, and | have seen more
dies in one day in any one Of the
central states than | saw in Louis.
lana on my entire trip. was ad.
vised, however, that in some parts
of Louisiana the mosquitoes are
somewhat annoying, but not more
so than 10 many parts Of Colorado
and other western states.
Louisiana perhaps has the most
temperate climate the year round
of any State. A prostratiop from
heat Is unknown in the history Of
the State. We were there during
the warmest season they have ex
perienced for many years and oul
party did not suffer nearly go
much al one would in any of the
central states. The gulf breezes
tempers the heat in the southern
half of the State, while the eli
mate in the northern part ls not
uDbearable in the summer by any
means.
The temperate climate adapts
the country especially to the live
stock industry, for the succulent
grasses can he grazed almoet the
entire year.
saw one alligator swimming at
large and one iD captivity and
learned Of no cases of malaria, in
fact people are strong down there
at SO.-Denver Farm and Ranch.