The industries of New Orleans, her rank, resources, advantages, trade, commerce and manufactures, conditions of the past, present and future, representative industrial institutions, historical, descriptive, and statistical . oil. These lands are capa-ble of producing nearly every description of plant and fruit adapted to apeculiarly rich soil and a semi-tropical climate. And even more, for thereare many varieties of fruits native to colder latitudes, which thrive success-fully in our sunny clime. Vast regions of virgin forests are to be-found waiting for the blade andthe saw of enterprising lu
The industries of New Orleans, her rank, resources, advantages, trade, commerce and manufactures, conditions of the past, present and future, representative industrial institutions, historical, descriptive, and statistical . oil. These lands are capa-ble of producing nearly every description of plant and fruit adapted to apeculiarly rich soil and a semi-tropical climate. And even more, for thereare many varieties of fruits native to colder latitudes, which thrive success-fully in our sunny clime. Vast regions of virgin forests are to be-found waiting for the blade andthe saw of enterprising lumbermen. These beautiful timber lands are beck-oning with their perennial foliage the lumber Industry from the frigid North,w^ith its hardships and wasting forests, to the clime of genal skies and wealth-of uncut timber. Cotton, sugar and rice are the staple agricultural products. The par-ishes bordering on Red River are adapted to their cultivation. Corn, oatsand rye are grown successfully in that region. There are two varieties ofrice, one of which can be grown in the marsh lands and is known as the* lowland rice, and the upland, which is grown on high land. Lands can be obtained cheaply in the choicest
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