A hand-book of Louisiana, giving general and agricultural features . ffland. The soil is exceedingly rich and productive. Itis drained by the Atchafalaya River, Grand Lake, andBayous Teche, Sale and Cypremort. The Southern PacificRailroad extends through the parish. Franklin, situatedon the Teche, is the parish seat. Water is plentiful andgood. Sugar is the chief crop product; rice, corn, oats,hny. peas, sweet and Irish potatoes, and garden varietiesare extensively raised. This is one of the best sugarparishes in the State. The fruits and nuts are, the orange,lemon, mandarin, fig, grape, persi
A hand-book of Louisiana, giving general and agricultural features . ffland. The soil is exceedingly rich and productive. Itis drained by the Atchafalaya River, Grand Lake, andBayous Teche, Sale and Cypremort. The Southern PacificRailroad extends through the parish. Franklin, situatedon the Teche, is the parish seat. Water is plentiful andgood. Sugar is the chief crop product; rice, corn, oats,hny. peas, sweet and Irish potatoes, and garden varietiesare extensively raised. This is one of the best sugarparishes in the State. The fruits and nuts are, the orange,lemon, mandarin, fig, grape, persimmon, pomegranate,guava, plum, peach, pear, pecan, olive, banana and prune. Cattle, hogs and some horses are raised. Game con-sists of snipe, becasine, pheasants, rice birds, partridges,squirrels, rabbits, coons, opossums and deer. Fish areplentiful in the bayous, lakes, lagoons und inlets, andovsters, crabs and terrapin are taken in the brackishwriters. The timber is, cypress, oak, cottonwood, gum,elm and Lands are worth from $ to $ acre. 78. Mpilei . : ^ :t iiiWl^Mm, nu^ Ey!^^ MOUNT CARMEU CONVENT STATE DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM, BATON ROUGE
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