A hand-book of Louisiana, giving general and agricultural features . TOBACCO BARN AT STATE EXPERIMENT STATION A FIELD OF TOBACCO AT STATE EXPERIMENT STATtON. BATON ROUGE. XX FERMENTING TOBACCO AT STATE EXPERIMENT STATION oordia, entirely, -and parts of Morehouse, Ouacliita, Union,West Carroll, Eichland, Franklin, Caldwell, and Cata-houla. South of the mouth of Red Eiver the whole ofthe following parishe,s are included in this region:Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Ascension,Assumption, St. James, St. John, St. Charles, Jefferson,Orleans, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Lafourche and Ter-
A hand-book of Louisiana, giving general and agricultural features . TOBACCO BARN AT STATE EXPERIMENT STATION A FIELD OF TOBACCO AT STATE EXPERIMENT STATtON. BATON ROUGE. XX FERMENTING TOBACCO AT STATE EXPERIMENT STATION oordia, entirely, -and parts of Morehouse, Ouacliita, Union,West Carroll, Eichland, Franklin, Caldwell, and Cata-houla. South of the mouth of Red Eiver the whole ofthe following parishe,s are included in this region:Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Ascension,Assumption, St. James, St. John, St. Charles, Jefferson,Orleans, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Lafourche and Ter-rebonne. Parts of Avoyelles, West Feliciana and EastBaton Rouge are also alluvial. In treating of the soilsof this region it would be best, perhaps, to adopt thelocal custom and call all of that portion north of themouth of Red River north Louisiana, and all south ofit south Louisiana. This should be done, also, from anagricultural standpoint, since the soils of the northernsection are of a lighter, sandier character than those ofthe southern section. Cotton is the chief crop in theformer, while sugar-cane dominates among crops in thelatter. Alluvial Lands of Miss
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