In addition to the above, very fine crops of corn, oats, Irish potatoes and 

 cotton are grown. 



This territory has been termed "The Ozone Belt" of the State and every 

 winter thousands of people from the Northern States flock to this section to bask 

 in its sunshine, to inhale the fragrance and enjoy the beauty of its flowers, and 

 to quaff of the water of eternal youth flowing from artesian wells at a depth 

 of over 2,000 feet. 



UPLAND SECTION 



The Uplands of Lousiana occupy an area of about 5,500,000 acres, lying 

 in the northern and northwestern portion of the State. The land is hilly and 

 rolling, usually covered with hardwood and pine. The soil is not rich, but by 

 growing legumes and rotation of crops can be made very productive and can 

 be bought at prices exceedingly attractive. 



As in nearly all of the other sections of the State, except the Prairie Section 

 and the Alluvial Delta Section, cotton and corn are the leading staple crops 

 in the Upland Section. Other crops, such as oats, clover, hay, sorghum, peanuts 

 and sweet potatoes are grown with good success, however, as the land is en- 

 riched by cultivation of cowpeas, velvet beans and soy beans. Lespedeza 

 clover is now receiving considerable attention in Louisiana as a hay crop and 

 is being grown with great success, not only in the Bluff Land, but also throughout 

 the northern parishes constituting the Upland Section. 



Sweet potatoes are grown in all parts of the State, but especially throughout 

 the Pine Hill Lands and the Uplands. The crop is a valuable one to the State 

 and in 1918 amounted to $6,240,000, ranking sixth in the value of crops. The 

 sweet potato is becoming better known and appreciated throughout the North 

 and the more thickly populated sections of the United States and as a result, there 

 is constantly increasing demand, so that in time it, too, will become quite a profit- 

 able crop. Of recent years canning factories have been established and a larger 

 portion of the crop is now put up and marketed in this manner. 



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