Lower coast gazette., 1914-07-25

MOnSoc0llrS has UCCu UON6 ~ -,e#tNI l.
cell. Of Kentucky, who already has SzOo orange $
trees from three to five years Ola, ano. VII,
doohle his grove this season. On his rear land
Is q large rice crop, which he claims IS one Oh
tho hest in the whole land, grown by Z. w.
cravolet and brother, Louisiana boys VINO
leased $50 acres, and expect to reap a handsome
harvest. -,
Warren Buckley, a Chicago social leader mas
nroyen his own and the sections merit on ms
Harlem farm of ffty-six- arpents front on the
Mississippi river. He has planted orange trees
along the whole front, a'hundred to the acre.
upon which all the experts now agree as 10 l'e :
hast system. He has also planted. an orchard OIL
necan peach and pear trees, while truck Nils
the rear lands. He is shipping in, carload lots'
and his success has made him an enthusiast on
Pela;r is now mostly small farms. but on the
Fanny nlace William Dynond has established q
model dairy, which he invited Dr.. Downing TO-
come. down and find fault with if ne could. ne
has all the latest conveniences,S Including cleo
trio light. His herd consists Of sixty Jerseys
, and he is shipping his product to New Orleans
which has room for many more such feeders.
Robert G.. Carlisle of the National Chlcie
Company has set the example. Of buying a farm
easily reached from the city. He has also Sc
lected his own crop specializing in the Beau
mont fig, putting up his product IN glass; IN
modern little plant. He is said to Obtain the
top price for his goods, and some OF his neigh-
hors on the train said that he had cleared near
" $500 off Of seventy-ive trees. Last year ne
was only experimenting. but this year he is 60
;np into the culture in earnest. He also devo@es
mnch of his space to oranges, truck and other
crops.
What is known as Bertrandville claims to be
the champion truck section, and Supt. n. han
Of the Louisiana Southern, which now belongs
to the Frisco, is inclined to back up the boast.
The village is the center of ,absut twelve miles
Of farm territory, which has become famous Tor
it's head lettuce and cncumbers, and expects 70
nut it's celery and other vegetables on: the pro-
duce map. Despite individual success, ehe
Bertrandville farmers have decided upon CO
o~neration along the lines that the Times-Plca'
yune has been pointing out, and over nifty o.
them have called a meeting for. an early<da.e :?
organize a selling association and haye op1ainee
q promise from Justin F. sDenecllaud and Harry
Wilsonsof the State Department, ard others {
attend. P. Seton Schneidau, who owns Green
wood. with Sargent s. Pitcher, vice presidenn
Of the Strawberry Growers. at Hammond, hay!
donated five acres Of landsaspon which To- cree
loading shed. ice house, ara 6therfacilitles M
Halls figures show that the BertraadvlAe truck
ers shipped over sixty car leads last winter alon
On Greenwood, another~of the plantation
idle before the good road came, Pitcher an
Schne;dau have set out a hundred acres !
oranges and will probably also join the move
ment towards dairyipg on a large, scale.
Promised Land seems to have become N
ful6llment Of a prophecy. Some twelve yea
ago John Meyer. a German farmer, leased q re
acres in the vicinity, and the soil was so kind
him that he became able to buy the. big plant
tion. His two sons have became sturdy az
canable farmers like himself, and all three no
have handsome homes upon the place. In!
{ specialize in early truck, but their land is new
, idle. practicing Investigation before the rest
Louisiana learned the possibilities OF the plan
E Dalcour is where the Fidelity Land Compa'
Is setting out it's attractive orange groves OF Q
and two acres, to tempt the city dweller to o'
4 suburban home that pays. Forty acres pa
e already been planted, and the entire oO acl
will soon be one continuous grove. The Ste
e plantation with it's frontage Of 1900 feet, ma
r lovely orange grove Of 600 trees, three to
e years old, which are claimed to produce
is finest fruit on this side Of the river II Was:
q Gently acquired by the German-AmerllcalE IS
Ie and Truck Growers, and will be cut up !
t. small farms. !
N One Of the most important projects along
a line is contemplated forthe Scarsdale ana !
to plasir plantations which have been ;;boqlgh1t
N the Liyaudais, Maumus and Perrin syndies'
The front portions will be devoted to q m
moth citrus orchard, but the entire rear a
in Of some 26OO acres, will be taken hold OF BY
Maumus, one Of the principal live stock me-
Of this section, and converted into q stock +
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