The deadening area consisted of between 300-400 acres between the Cane Road and Highway 15 on land belonging to Mr. Tom Chisum. There was much cane from the Krause place all through this area toward Wisner.
After the crops were in, the trees were ringed so they would die and the cane cut to make more land available for tillage. Of course as the trees died the limbs would fall.
One year, in order to get some of the limbs out of the way, someone set them on fire. Not only did the limbs burn, but the trees did also. The fire spread so quickly and widely that it also burned a number of tenant houses.
There is no sign of "The Deadening" now, but this area of land is still referred to by this name.
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