.STATISTICS OF SUGAR^ 1881-1912. 



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Table 12. — Area of sugar cane, of other principal crops, and of total improved farm 

 land in Louisiana, 1909, by principal sugar-producing parishes. 



[Census.] 



Parish. 



Acreage of 5 principal crops. 



Sugar 

 cane. 



Cotton. 



Rice. 



Corn. 



Hay and 



Total 5 

 crops. 



Improved 

 land in 

 farms. 



Ascension 



Assumption 



Avoyelles 



East Baton Rouge. 

 Iberia 



rbervUle . . . 

 Jefferson . . 

 Lafayette. . 

 Lafourche . 

 Orleans 



Plaquemines . . 

 Pointe Coupee. 



Rapides 



St. Bernard . . . 

 St. Charles..... 



St. James 



St. John the Baptist. 



St. Landry 



St. Martin 



St. Mary 



Terrebonne i 



VermUlon 



West Baton Rouge 



Total, 23 parishes. 

 All other parishes 



Total, Louisiana. 



Acres. 

 9,628 



27, 852 

 7,335 

 2,107 



36,585 



20, 764 



2,104 



12,218 



33,200 



1,653 



6,643 

 3,806 

 7,452 

 2,335 

 6,757 



20, 526 

 12, 669 

 6,423 

 11,365 

 42,324 



23, 797 

 7,637 

 10, 271 



A cres. 



7,277 



244 



26,634 



23, 812 



3,252 



1,839 



A cres. 



4,867 



19, 929 



1,810 



565 



3,912 



4,559 

 1,075 

 2,508 

 1,402 



18, 164 

 15, 420 



55, 169 



14,699 



6 



15, 733 

 3,350 



7,222 



4,176 



22 



725 

 4,287 



4,551 



4,655 



21, 592 



581 



400 



38 

 29,595 

 3,397 



315,451 

 14,233 



205, 631 

 751, 380 



101, 939 

 215, 579 



957, Oil 



317,518 



Acres. 

 17, 730 

 19,888 

 58, 847 

 26, 701 

 44,476 



20,203 



1,595 



67,317 



28, 479 



762 



2,774 



53,071 



39,526 



941 



4,874 



12, 150 

 6,534 

 126,257 

 37, 900 

 27,436 



15, 745 

 53,075 

 13,515 



Acres. 

 2,050 

 7,542 

 2,946 

 5,617 

 5,267 



6,275 



962 



4,830 



10, 902 



73 



1,039 

 7,342 

 8,797 

 1,913 

 562 



7,315 

 2,979 

 2,903 

 2,504 

 17, 454 



10, 168 

 1,696 

 2,087 



Acres. 

 41,552 

 55, 526 

 97, 572 

 58, 802 

 93, 492 



52, 640 



5,736 



106, 802 



73,983 



2,488 



17,678 

 86,559 

 71,217 

 5,914 

 16, 484 



44,641 

 26,837 

 212,344 

 67,049 

 87,620 



49, 748 

 107, 736 

 32, 620 



Acres. 

 57, 119 

 54,069 

 126, 440 

 103,481 

 121,436 



64, 422 



14, 196 



141, 762 



86,281 



5, 187 



30,397 



115, 829 



108, 742 



9,882 



21, 250 



48, 755 

 29, 438 



327, 623 

 87,320 



102.938 



49, 428 

 177, 824 

 39, 866 



679, 796 

 911,034 



112, 223 



1,415,040 

 1,960,814 



1,923,685 

 3,352,331 



1,590,830 



180,811 



3,375,854 



5,276,016 



i.For this parish the census shows 320 less acres in "improved land" thaii in the 5 prlacipal crops— 

 apparently an error. 



Table 13. — Percentage of cane acreage in Louisiana reserved for seed, 1909, 1910, and 



1911.^ 





Number 

 of planta- 

 tions re- 

 porting. 



Total 

 area. 



Saved for seed. 



Year. 



Area. 



Per cent 

 of total. 



1909 



Number. 

 28 

 38 

 56 



Acres. 

 14,832 

 18, 037 

 32,075 



Acres. 

 3,641 

 3,651 

 6,519 



Per cent. 

 24.5 



1910 



20.2 



1911 



20.3 







Mean 









21.7 













1 Computed from report on The Sugar Industry, by F. J. Sheridan, Department of Commerce (Miscella- 

 neous series No. 9) p. 2. 



