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BULLETIN 66, U. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



Table 10. — Production of cane sugar in Louisiana, 1S49-1912, by principal parishes} 



[Chiefly raw sugar.] 



Parish. 



1849 



1859 



1869 



1S98 



1911 



Ascension... 

 Assumption. 



Iberia 



Iberville 



Lafourche. . . 



St. James 



St. John the Baptist 



St. Martin 



St. Mary 



Terrebonne 



St. 



West Baton Rouge . 



Avoyelles, Rapides, and 

 Landry 



East Baton Rouge, Pointe Cou- 

 pee, and West Feliciana 



JeSerson, Orleans, Plaquemines, 

 and St. Charles 



Lafayette and Vermilion 



Other parishes 



Total. 



Short 



tons. 

 6,719 

 8,580 



Short 

 ton^. 

 8,044 

 8,854 



11,604 

 5,028 



10, 835 



2,094 

 12,382 



4,586 



3,960 



7,522 



7,817 



18,716 

 1,750 

 5,439 



5,414 

 7,368 



6,868 

 2,490 

 3,750 

 15,366 

 8,511 



5,088 



9,984 



8,832 



15,596 

 1,276 

 3,422 



Short 

 tons. 

 3,212 

 4,779 

 927 

 2,454 

 3,564 



3, 1.32 



2, 481 



747 



3,296 



3,268 



403 



2,818 



1,191 



7,292 

 194 

 595 



Short 



tons 



6,714 



5," ' 



3,200 



7,636 



5,592 



7,125 



4,807 

 1,626 

 8,268 

 6,876 



3,162 



3,042 



4,150 



14,907 



963 



1,819 



Short 

 ions. 

 13, 569 

 16, S59 

 5,991 

 15,533 

 10,826 



10,539 

 6,285 

 2,141 

 17,01.8 

 11,490 



10,136 



4,832 



4,402 



13, 739 

 1,641 

 1,061 



Short 



tons. 



16,386 



26, 162 



17, 404 



17,693 



28,345 



21,644 

 12,972 

 5,574 

 52, 384 

 25, 144 



12,893 



5,983 



5,950 



24,244 

 4,663 

 1,056 



Short 

 tons. 



6,004 

 13,523 

 11,125 



7,305 

 19,391 



10, 939 

 8,231 

 3,077 



26,659 

 19,981 



3,883 



1,833 



1,596 



18,789 

 5 ' — 

 1^352 



Short 



ions. 



13, 529 



31,907 



33,383 



28,246 



42, 639 



21,687 

 13,206 

 10,3"~ 

 54,397 

 30, 392 



15,164 



3,848 

 5,229 



19,714 



18,27^ 



Short 

 tons. 

 14, 496 

 35,950 

 29,949 



23. 759 

 42,001 



20. 760 

 14,935 

 13,719 

 57, 602 

 27, 462 



17, 235 



3,558 



9,928 



18,040 

 23, 480 



Short 

 ions. 



8,342 

 14,457 

 10,999 



7,942 

 11, 728 



9,368 

 11,289 



5,382 

 25,597 

 14,463 



9,328 



2,423 



2,237 



5,471 

 14,547 



113,000 



110,863 



40,353 



85,853 



146,062 



278,497ilo9,583 



341,995 



352,874 



153,573 



1 Data for 1911 and 1912 from Bureau of Statistics, United States Department of Agriculture; 1910 from 

 Louisiana Sugar Planters' Association; other years from Census. Census data refer to parishes in which 

 the cane was gro'mi; other data (1910-1912) refer to parishes in which the sugar was made. 



Table 11. — Sugar made, factories operated, and cane used for sugar in Louisiana, 1911 

 .and 191-2, by principal parishes. 









Aver- 

 age 

 days in 

 opera- 

 tion.! 



Sugar made (chiefly raw). 







Parish. 



Factories in 

 operation. 



Quantity. 



Average per 



short ton of 



cane.! 



Cane used for sugar, i 





• 1911 



1912 



1912 2 



191l' 



1912 



1911 



1912 



1911 



1912 



Ascension 



Assumption 



Iberia 



A'o. 

 7 

 23 

 13 

 18 

 16 



20 



8 



4 



26 



14 



10 

 5 



6 



13 

 5 



7 

 IG 



9 

 11 



9 



10 



5 

 3 

 15 

 14 



10 



5 



3 



3 

 6 



Days. 

 29 

 29 

 27 

 26 

 23 



32 



42 

 31 

 34 



28 



26 

 35 



30 



37 

 33 



Short 



ions. 



14,496 



35,950 



29,949 



23,759 



42,001 



20,760 



14,935 

 13,719 



57,602 

 27,462 



17,2.35 

 3,558 



9,928 



18,040 

 23,480 



Short 

 tens. 



8,342 

 14,457 

 10,999 



7,942 

 11,728 



9,368 



11,289 



5,382 



25,597 



14,463 



9,328 

 2,423 



2,237 



5,471 

 14,547 



Pounds. 

 124 

 107 

 129 

 99 

 119 



115 



108 

 1.39 

 133 

 124 



110 

 101 



116 



125 

 140 



Pounds. 

 134 

 119 

 156 

 112 

 122 



97 



140 



173 



176 



» 150 



147 

 136 



187 



160 

 177 



Short tons. 

 234,719 

 673,263 

 464, 491 

 481,545 

 707,764 



361,537 



275,. 536 

 197,614 

 866,744 

 442,218 



314,472 

 70,534 



171,763 



288,665 

 336,427 



Short tons. 

 124,9.34 

 243, 804 

 140, 932 





141, 5S1 



Lafourche 



St. James 



St. John the 



Baptist 



St. Martin 



St. Mary 



191,714 



192,537 



161,790 



62,165 



291,387 



Terreboime 



West Baton 

 Rouge 



191,984 

 127, 196 



Avoyelles, 

 Rapides, and 

 St. Landry 



East Baton 

 Rouge, Pointe 

 Coupee, and 

 West Feliciana 



Jefferson, Or- 

 leans, Plaque- 

 mines, and St. 

 Charles 



Lafayette and 

 VermUion 



35,629 



23,916 



68,365 

 164,580 



Louisiana.. 



188 



126 



30 



352,874 



153, 573 



120 



142 



5,8.87,292 



2,162,574 



1 Computed from incomplete returns. 



2 This campaign was unusually short, owing to the small crop. In 1911 the average time from begiimmg 

 to end of campaign was 74 days for the entire State. 



