New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-08-15
LOUISIANA.

In the latter part OF May, the
state of Louisiana invited twenty
editors of the leading agrlcul-
sural journals Of the Central
States to make a three weeks
tour Of this great southern state,
rs her guests. Recognizing the
.apId advance that Colorado has
made in the development OF her
agricultural resources and the
influence of Ranch & Range. the
leading agricultural journal OF
tie West, the managing editor OF
this journal was included among
Abe invited guests and met the
Dther agricultural editors and
hosts from Louisiana in Chicago
on June the twenty-second,
xhere we took special Pullman
for Louisiana, reaching that great
commonwealth on the morning OF
June the twenty-third.
This NEST interesting and de-
hghtfnl trip will appear in serlai
Dorm in the columns Of Ranch 4
Range under the caption Of
s"Trsvels En- Louisiana with the
Editor"
I want to say in the beginning
ahat l am going to write the
facts as they were given me and
Is I actually saw. Some of them
will appear as exaggeratiOns to
the casual reader but everything
l. may say can easily be ve"-
aied. There is no object in max
ing any misrepresentation; this
series of articles will be written
voluntarily without any compe i
xztion with the view Of furnish
Inx something exclusive. very IN
seresting and instructive to our
readers and of correcting the
spanion commonly held by the
general public regarding the
great state Of Louisiana.
Louisiana Misunderstood.
Louisiana is the most greatly
uisrepresented state in the ID
son and the editors who made this
delightful trip and who reach
more than 100000 paid sub
scribers with their combined
journals, will endeavor to correct
this error. We came down with
zhe opinion held by ninety-fve
per cent. Of the general public
). e.. Louisiana is a state OF
xwamps mosquitoes. alligators
and her products are confined to
fane, rice aud cotton. 1T is also
fhe impression that her summers
are unbearably warm and that
her people are very clannish
These opinions as applied to the
Louisiana of today are erroneous.
In former years her products
we're confined almost exclusively
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 re-
.auced. the acreage in these crops
and diversified farming is becom-
ing popular.
As to the swamps. they are
xhere- 100000 acres of them
nut they are being drained and
when reel they are the rich
at in the world. The humus or
vegetable mold on these lands is
tsenty-four inches deep, which
means they are practically mex.
Azzstible. l saw forty-three va
zieties Of crops growing on one
pl1ce and the corn was twelve to
eighteen feet high and in full
roasting ears. the last Of June.
The same land is put in crop three
70 four times year and produces
Aountiful harvests.
I was in the state for nearly
three weeks and did not see a
mosquito, and l have seen more
HES in one day in any one of the
Central states, than l saw III
Louisiana on my entire trip. l
was advised, however, that in
some parts Of Louisiana, the mos
suitoes are somewhat annoying
but not more so than in many
parts of Colorado and other
Western states.