Louisiana Beef Cattle

The following remarks relative to Louisiana Beef Cattle are proffered to the public to show the marvelous advantages possessed by the alluvial lands of Louisiana, for the growing of cattle. The early settlers of Southern Louisiana raised cattle after the fashion that prevailed on the plains of Texas; that is, great herds without care or attention of any kind increased and multiplied and were annually rounded up and marketed; the returns were virtually all profit, as the cattle found their sustenance entirely in the luxuriant natural pasturage.