A hand-book of Louisiana, giving general and agricultural features . FIRST STREET. AMITE CITT. IN OCTOBER ABITA SPRINGS MOTEL J. XX VI acres of land. The formation is bluff land, alluvial land,and a little wooded swamp; soil fertile and productive. It is drained by Boeuf River and Bayous Macon, La-fourche and Big Creek. Water is abundant and gener-ally good. The Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific, and the NewOrleans and Northwestern Railroads pass through theparish. Rayville, situated on these lines of railroad, isthe parish seat. Cotton is the chief crop produced for export; corn,oats, ha
A hand-book of Louisiana, giving general and agricultural features . FIRST STREET. AMITE CITT. IN OCTOBER ABITA SPRINGS MOTEL J. XX VI acres of land. The formation is bluff land, alluvial land,and a little wooded swamp; soil fertile and productive. It is drained by Boeuf River and Bayous Macon, La-fourche and Big Creek. Water is abundant and gener-ally good. The Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific, and the NewOrleans and Northwestern Railroads pass through theparish. Rayville, situated on these lines of railroad, isthe parish seat. Cotton is the chief crop produced for export; corn,oats, hay, sorghum, peas, sweet and Irish potatoes andgarden varieties are grown. The fruits and nuts are,peaches, apples, pears, pecans, plums, grapes, figs, pome-granates and quinces. Live stock raised are mostly cattle and hogs. Gameis found, consistinsT of deer, bear, coons, opossums, rab-bits, squirrels, wild turkeys, wild ducks, partridges, ricebirds, woodcock and snipe. Fish of good quality areabundant in the streams and lakes. The timber is, oak, gum, cypress, Cot
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