Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-08-18
SAYS LOUISIANA IS ALL RIGHT

county James Hawkes., formerly of
the Banner neighborhood, tells of the
advantages of that country he sees
them. The letter is interesting and
upon request of Cal Lloyd, the local
agent for these lands, we are giving
it publication.
Ludington, La, August 3, 1921
Dears Ones ALI
Well, have been pretty busy since
[ arrived, looking around and study
| ing soils and crops. I have not
bought yet but expect to.
I think this country is far ahead
of Florida or California. Here is
| cheap land, plenty of rain, lots of
| sunshine, plenty of the best of water
ever saw and it is hea1ty. Every
| one here claims it is the healthiest
place in the world. They say this is
the hottest weather they have had
for year and it is about 90.
! Soil needs a little fertilizer at first
but it soon gets so it don't need any.
/ One can raise the best fed you ever
saw and raise two and three crops a
year. One can surely raise all kinds
of vegetables and all kinds of fruit
| I expect to go into pecans and fruits.
/ and vegetables. They need machinery
| here awfulIy bad. There isn't a
threshing machine here, or a bean
thresher or peanut picker and they
| surely need them all. This is a natural
fruit country, every kind grows extra
/ well Figs grow from cutting in two
/ years and bear in abundance.
One can raise five times as many
1 hogs an acre as he can in Kansas.
They turn hogs into a big peanut
patch and then into big sweet pota-
| to patch and then into big patch of
| velvet beans COW peas or soy beans.
A man here has rs hogs and is farm
| ing 40 acres and will buy a lot more
to help eat his feed.
/ L can buy land for $500 an acre
yet but I have not picked a farm. I
i may buy forty or an eighty of i'm
i proved land for $4,000 an acre. I
wish E. w. and Charley Riggs would
come down before land gets any
| higher. I believe this is the easiest
| place in the world to make a living
The natives here are fifty years be-
hind times and do not know what
will grow here. They farm with one
| horses and a seven inch p1ow. This
| neighborhood is nearly all northern
people. They are extra fine people,
the whole bunch. Have good schools
commodating.
now. I went fishing a little while and
caught an eel thirty inches long, three
dandy cats and 35 pound turtle
| Turtles here are very much better
than they are in Kansas and get to
weigh fifty pounds, Catfish get to be
SO pounds here. The creeks are swift
and clear. We do not have one-half
as many flies as Kansas and just once
in awhile a mosquito.
I got a bucket of real sugar cane
syrup and it is fine. You can have
wa terme1ons and musknelons from
June 1st to November 1st and they
are real melons
Chickens do extra well here and
eggs are worth twice as much as in
the north. They are selling here now
for 35 cents per dozen. The butcher
is paying the farmers 21 cents per
pound for hogs dressed There is
plenty of wood here to burn and use
for posts and one go naked all
summer. About all he needs to buy
is flour. If one buys raw land it takes
a little time and work and money te
> build and clear the land but after that
he is sure lucky guy. I wish half a
dozen could come down and L can tel
you all about where to get good land
at good prices not far from town.
on m1gnG FORWARD our mail &C
Ludington, La, for the present.
mean what we have on hand. I viii
probable locate before long then ]
will know where to have the boxes Oh
junk sent. We are feeling well and
having good time. This country is
said to be few feet higher thar
Shreveport The creeks run swift and
look clear enough to drink. One car
get all kinds of oppossum and coon
Mulberry trees get two feet through
and 25 feet high and have bushels OF
berries and they are ten times better
than Kansas berries.
The best way to get rid of stumps
is to punch a hole down by the stumT
with bar and put in dynamite ano
blow the stump clear out. A farm
house here costs about $500 If it is
l pretty good one. The natives pa.
, about $4,000 at the most. Wher.