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LOUISIANA. 



able and the excellent quality of the 

 liuiiber lujide therefrom. Only a tew yeara 

 pgo and our cypress lumber was but little 

 kiiowu aud appreciated; to-day it ranks 

 with other varieties of timber in quan- 

 tity anu surpasses all other in quality. 

 'J'U't! Cypress Lumber Manufacturing As- 

 sociation, which meets monthly in New 

 Orleans, represents an owtput of over 

 ;;'X).OUO,000 feet of finished lumber per 

 j-ea r. 



Ihe adaptability of the cypress to the 

 mniiy uses in building— doors, blinds, 

 windows, floors, inside finish, outside 

 work, bezels and drop siding, etc.. aud 

 its wonderful powers of duration, even 

 when exposed to the vicissitudes of sun- 

 shine and rain, heat and cold, dry and 

 wet cliHiates, have made it a favorite 

 wherever known since the times of the 

 I'haraoh of Kgypt. So highly has it been 

 appreciated of l.ite, that its current mar- 

 ket prices have scarcely depreciated at 

 iill during the recent trying financial de- 

 pression. It will receive paint easily or 

 can be hard-finished with the most 

 beautiful effect. 



Other Woods— Next to cypress stands 

 in iinportauco. both as regards the quan- 

 tity and excellent quality, our long-leaf 

 piiie. This tree furni.shes also a largo in- 

 dustry in each of the states of Alabama, 

 (Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas 

 and Texas, and is well known all over 

 the Americas, i^ not over the civilized 

 globe. The area covered by the long-leaf 

 pine in this .state is enormous and may 

 be approximately estimated by the total 

 area given for the long-leaf pine hills 

 and flats given in the agricultural part 

 of this pamphlet, for very little compara- 

 tively of the original growth has yet been 

 removed. 



The short-leaf pine forests abound in 

 the region of oak uplands, and furnish a 

 large number of square miles of available 

 ttaber. 



Ash, oaks, magnolia, beech, walnut, 

 gums, Cottonwood, maples, etc., are found 

 in large quantities upon the bluff lands 

 and inland streams of the state, and no- 

 M-here on earth* is there presented finer 

 opportunities for all manufactories of 

 Vt'ood tlian here in Louisiana. Factories 

 for wagons aud carriages, hollowwarc, 

 barrels, staves, hoops, ax and hoe han- 

 dles, etc., could all be carried on here 

 successfully with the materials gathered 

 cheaply fi-om our forests. Our cotton- 

 wood and tulip (poplar) trees could be 

 converted into boxes and paper, right on 

 the banks of our streams, with cheap, 

 deep water transportation to almost 

 everywhere. Next to the wealth of our 

 existing soils, comes the wealth already 

 drawn from these soils in the shape of 

 forest growth. 



The fores^try bulletins of the last census 

 of the United States give the following 

 estimates of long and short-leaf pine 

 standing June 1, ISSO, viz: 



Long Leaf. Short Leaf. 



Feet. Feet. 



Alabama ..18.885,000,000 



Florida 6,61.5,000,000 



Arkansas 41,315,000.000 



Oeorsia ... 16,T7s,<Mi0,i)iin 



Lfuisiana . 26,.5ss,(I(M),o(iii 21,625.000.000 

 Mississippi I7,2(i(>.ouo.(i(i0 6,775,000.000 



N.Carolina. 5.2L:'.t,niMi,0<>i> 



S. Carolina. 5,:Ut;.n<ii»,()()0 2fi,09.S,2(Mt.000 

 Texas 20,508,000,000 26,093,2O0,00t» 



Total. ..117,119,000,000 121,901,4110,000 



i EIDTJG-A-TIOIiT 



in this state is largely done by private 

 schools and colleges, though the state 

 supports liberally public schools in every 

 piirish, a state normal school, well-ad- 

 ministered and attended, at Natchitoches; 

 a state industrial school at Iluslon. re- 

 cently organized, and the I^ouisiana 

 State? Tniversity, Asricultural and Me- 

 chanical (College at Baton U(uige. La. The 

 last is an institution of high grade, well 

 otticcred and attended by over 200 young 

 men from all jvarts of the state. 



Connei-red with the latter are three 

 agricultural experimental stations: No. 1, 

 the sugar experiment station, located at 

 Audubon park. New Oi'leans; No. 2, state 

 experiment station, at Haton Rouge, aud 

 No. ?t, north Louisiana exi)crim(>nt 

 station at Calhoun, in tlie hills 

 of the state. Tliese stations are 

 well eo'.Tlpped and are doing extensive 

 work along the linos of agricultural re- 



search. Over a thousand different va- 

 rieties of plants are under cidtivatiou, 

 and one of the leading objects of these 

 stations is the introduction and trial of 

 new crops. Bulletins are issued regularly, 

 giving the results of the niimerous ex- 

 periments in the field, laboratories and 

 sugar-house. The Audubon Sugar School, 

 located at Audubon park. New Orleans, 

 in connection with the sugar exi)erimeiit 

 station, gives thorough instruction in the 

 agriculture, mechanics and chemistry of 

 sugar growing and manufacture. 



Besides the above public .sjstem of in- 

 struction, from the public school tn the 

 State University and Agricultural and 

 Mechanical College, each city, town or 

 village has its graded schools, reaching 

 through an academic course. To theso 

 must be added the private and denomi- 

 national schools and colleges. The Meth- 

 odists have a college for young nien at 



