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BULLETIISr 66, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



Table 14. — Proportion of acreage of plant cane to other cane and average yield per acre 

 of cane used for sugar in Louisiana and Hawaii, 1911 and 1912. 



[In Louisiana each planting of cane is generally allowed to bear two annual crops, while in Hawaii three 

 annual crops are generally cut from each planting. The figures in this table refer only to cane used for 

 sugar, thus excluding cane reserved for planting and that used for sirup.] 



Item. 



Plant cane (1st cut- 

 ting). 



Stubble or rat toon 

 cane (2d and later 

 cuttings).' 



Total. 



Average 

 yield of 





Quantity. 



Per cent 

 of total. 



Quantity. 



Per cent 

 of total. 



acre. 



Louisiana: j Acres. 



1911 168,000 



1912 118, 000 



Hawaii: 



1910-11 43.900 



1911-12 37,200 



Per cent. 

 54 

 58 



38 

 33 



Acres. 

 146,000 

 87,000 



73,100 

 75,800 



Per cent. 

 46 

 42 



62 

 67 



Acres. 



314,000 



205,000 



117,000 

 113,000 



Short tcms. 

 IS. 7 

 10.5 



41.3 

 42.3 



1 The term "stubble" is used in Louisiana and "rattoon" in Hawaii to refer to the second or later crops 

 grown from the same planting from which a first crop ("plant" cane) has been harvested. 



Table 15. — Seasonal receipts at New Orleans of Louisiana sugar, 1901-2 to 1912-13.^ 





From Sept. 1 to last Friday in — 







October. 



November. 1 December. 



March. 



Year, 



Year. 



Quan- 

 tity. 



Per 



cent of 

 year's 



re- 

 ceipts. 



Quantity. 



Per 

 cent of 

 year's 



re- 

 ceipts. 



Quantity. 



Per 

 cent of 

 year's 

 " re- 

 ceipts. 



Quantity. 



Per 

 cent of 

 yearfs 



re- 

 ceipts. 



Sept. 1 to 

 Aug. 31. 



1901-2 



Short 

 tons. 

 13,367 

 9,672 

 5,159 

 8,579 

 9,481 

 2,367 



2,010 

 11,062 



8, 275 



2, 893 

 16, 703 



9,085 



Per 

 cent. 

 4.5 

 3.4 

 2.7 

 2.6 

 3.0 

 1.4 



.7 

 3.9 

 3.1 

 1.1 

 5.9 

 7.2 



Short 



tons. 



88,938 



81,608 



60,138 



80,764 



94, 134 



52,723 



86,661 

 111,060 



96, 350 



81,076 

 105,968 



69, 707 



Per 

 cent. 

 30.2 

 28. 6 

 31.8 

 24.5 

 29.6 

 30.2 



28.8 

 39.3 

 36.4 

 29.9 

 37.5 

 55.0 



Short 

 torn. 

 173,571 

 191,558 

 155,045 

 197,847 

 . 189,472 

 121, 533 



198,407 

 221,286 

 215,349 

 225, 584 

 192, 630 

 115,930 



Per 

 cent. 

 58.8 

 67.2 

 81.9 

 60.1 

 59.6 

 69.6 



65.9 

 78.2 

 81.4 

 83.3 

 68.1 

 91.5 



Short 



tons. 

 267,092 

 253,986 

 175, 991 

 281,744 

 ^83,510 

 161,239 



275, 195 

 252, 899 

 247, 521 

 265, 782 

 258,418 

 120,230 



Per 

 cent. 

 90.6 

 89.1 

 93.0 

 85.5 

 89.2 

 92.4 



91.4 

 89.4 

 93.6 

 98.1 

 91.4 

 94.9 



Short tons. 

 2 294,941 



1902-3 



3 285,031 



1903-4 



189, 330 



1904-5 



329,339 

 317, 868 



1905-6 



1906-7 



174,561 



1907-8 



301, 158 



1908-9 



282,800 



1909-10 



264,560 



1910-11 



270,865 

 282, 815 

 126, 706 



1911-12 



1912-13 







Average: 



1901-2 to 1905-6. . 

 1906-7 to 1910-11. 



9,252 

 5,321 



3.3 

 2.1 



81,116 

 85,574 



28.6 

 33.1 



181,499 

 196, 432 



64.1 

 75.9 



252, 465 

 240, 527 



89.1 

 92.9 



283,302 



258, 789 



t Compiled from WiUett & Gray's Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal. 

 « To Aug. 29. 

 » To Aug. 26. 



