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winter, for $20,000, containing 600 arpents, without 

 stock or tools — 300 arpents in cultivation, with sugar 

 house and engine and two moderate dwelling houses, with 

 other buildings. The place made 100 hogsheads of sugar 

 last year and 110 the year before, with plenty of corn. 

 The corn on hand sold with the place. The price of an 

 adjoining place is $20,000 for 370 arpents. A general 

 average price of sugar lands is $50 an arpent, including 

 improvements. 



Thomas Pugh's Plantation.^ — This is one of the best 

 in the state. Not the largest, though quite enough so to 

 satisfy any man of moderate desires, as the value of the 

 annual crop is from $30,000 to $40,000. Mr. P. owns 

 here about 3,000 arpents — 1,000 cleared, 550 in cane, 250 

 in corn, and 200 in pasture, yards, gardens, &c. Of the 

 first-named crop, 440 arpents made 700 hogsheads of 

 sugar, and about 60 gallons of molasses to the hogshead. 

 The remainder of the cane was reserved for seed plant- 

 ing. One acre of cane is required to plant five acres. Mr. 

 P. has 100 working hands, producing about seven hogs- 

 heads of sugar to each. But this is not all profit, for the 

 annual expenses upon sugar plantations generally, will 

 average about $100 to the hand. 



As this amount will appear so enormous to some of my 

 readers, let me give the items upon this place last year :- 



Wages of overseer per annum, $ 1,200.00 



" engineer, tending sawmill and sugar 



house, 700.00 



Average annual outlay for mules, 1,000.00 



" " " to keep up supply of 



plows, carts, wagons, spades, hoes, chains, 

 harness, nails, iron for blacksmith shop, &c., 1,000.00 

 Average annual outlay for repairs of engines, 



mills, and kettles, 200.00 



' Thomas Pugh of Madewood plantation beyond Napoleonville. 

 His splendid house, still in a fine state of preservation, was built 

 in 1846. In 1929 the owners were Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Baker. 

 Saxon, Old Louisiaiia, 341. Spratling and Scott, Old Plantation 

 Houses in Louisiana, 81-82, give the name as "Maidwood." 



