The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-14
MODEL FARM FOR ASCENSION,
OrIeanian Buys 3oo-Acre Tract on
Crescent Plantation and will
Conduct Up-to-tne-Minute Auri-
cultural Enterprise.


Crescent Plantation and will
Conduct Up-to-the-M Minute Agri-
cultural Enterprise.
One of the most significant and
important real estate transactions
ever recorded in this section was
the sale Wednesday by the Lemann
Company, Limited, to j. K. Newman,
a prominent young capitalist of
New Orleans, of 300 acres of land
on the Crescent plantation on the
east bank of Bayou Lafourche, about
three miles below Donaldsonyille
The property will BE- developed in
to model farm by the purchaser,
who plans to operate an up-to-date
agricultural enterprise patterned
after the famous Biltmoor Farm
OF the Vanderbilt estate near Ashe-
lie, North Carolina.
a dairy conducted along the most
modern and scientific principles,
with herd Of thoroughbred cows, will
be an important feature Of the farm,
49, 49, - is planned to ship milk,
I l sa1 snd other dairy products to
New Orleans daily in large quanti-
ties, besides supplying the local mar
Ket with these articles. Thorough
bred stock, beef cattle and hogs
will be raised in large numbers, and
attention will also be gwen to the
raising OF hlgh-clas5 poultry and
the marketing OF eggs and chickens.
The farming operations will in
clude the cultivation of corn, oats,
peas, hay and other forage crops,
and will represent the very newest
developments in scientific agricul-
ture A silo will be constructed,
and the buildings and equipment
throughout will be of the most mod
ern and substantial character. Close
attention will be paid to the saving
OF labor and the, observance of the
most rigid sanitary regulations, and
a large part of the work on the
farm will be done by means of
electric power, which will be OBJ
tanned from the municipally-owned
electric light and WaterWorks plant
in this city. For this purpose, the
lines of the local light system will
be extended to the farm property at
the expense Of Mr.. Newman, and pro-
vision will be made for supplying
current to persons living along the
route who may be DESTROYS of avail
ing themselves of the service. Mr..
Newman made an inspection Of the
light and water plant Tuesday, and
expressed himself as being astonish-
ed at it's degree of completeness and
n col Jo 4o
find a small-capacity, second-rate
plant here, suit able for local needs.
when as a matter Of fact the sys-
tenn is one of the most extensive
and up-to-date for 4 community of
this size he has ever seen, not on
ly in the United States, but in the
various countries of Europe as well.
He Immediately entered into an
with the Municipal
Light and Water Commission, by
whom the plant is operated, for an
extension Of the lines to his prop
erty and the furnishing of a large
of current daily.
Mr.. Newman is son of Isidore
Newman, the wealthy New Orleans
financier and philanthropist. He
said it is his purpose to demon
strate that the rich alluvial lands of
south Louisiana constitute the fin
est farming section in the world,
and that he proposes to enter into
he venture on a large scale and
to adopt the most. approved methods, /
confident in the belief that the en-
will prove a paying propo-
slthon from the start and in time
Will yield large return on the in
vestment. Accompanying Mr.. New |
man were an engineer and an eX- |
pert farm manager, the former to
lay out the property on scientific
and the latter to assume
It's management. Work has already
been begun, aud it IS expected the |
arm will be Il operation within the
next few weeks
The Importance of this enterprise
% the agricultural industry of Louis
ana in general, ami that of this
section in particular, can hardly be
It's establishment in
Ascension is a source of intense
and pride to the pro-
5ressive citizens Of the parish, and
every cooperation Will be extended
Mr.. Newman and his co-adjutors to
make the venture successful from
he, outset and productive of the most
beneficial and satisfactory results.