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BULLETIN 
IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 14. — Proportion of acreage of plant cane to other cane and average yield per acre 
of cane used for sugar in Louisiana and Hauaii, 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 rattoon 
cane (2d and later 
cuttings). 1 
Total. 
Average 
yield of 
Quantity. 
Per cent 
of total. 
Quantity. 
Per cent 
of total. 
acre. 
Louisiana: 
1911 
Acres. 
168,000 
118,000 
43,900 
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 
Short tons. 
18.7 
1912 
205,000 ! 10.5 
Hawaii: 
1910-11 
117.000 
113,000 
41.3 
1911-12 
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} 
Year. 
From Sept. 1 to last Friday in- 
October. 
November. 
Quan- 
tity. 
Per 
cent of 
year's 
re- 
ceipts. 
Quantity. 
Per 
cent of 
year's 
re- 
ceipts. 
December. 
Quantity. 
Per 
cent of 
year's 
re- 
ceipts. 
March. 
Quantity. 
Per 
cent of 
year's 
re- 
ceipts. 
Year, 
Sept. 1 to 
Aug. 31. 
1901-2 
1902-3 
1903-4 
1904-5 
1905-6 
1906-7 
1907-8 
1908-9 
1909-10 
1910-11 
1911-12 
1912-13 
Average: 
1901-2 to 1905-6. . 
1906-7 to 1910-11. 
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 
tons. 
173,571 
191,558 
155.045 
197; 847 
189, 472 
121,533 
198, 407 
221,286 
215,349 
225, 584 
192, 630 
115,930 
9, 252 
5,321 
3.3 
2.1 
81,116 
85,574 
28.6 
33.1 
181, 499 
196, 432 
Per 
Short 
cent. 
tons. 
58.8 
267,092 
67.2 
253,986 
81.9 
175, 991 
60.1 
281, 744 
59.6 
283,510 
69.6 
161, 239 
65.9 
275, 195 
78.2 
252, 899 
81.4 
247, 521 
83.3 
265, 782 
68.1 
258,418 
91.5 
120, 230 
64.1 
252, 465 
75.9 
240, 527 
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 
3 285,031 
189,330 
329,339 
317,868 
174,561 
301, 158 
282,800 
264, 560 
270, 865 
282, 815 
126, 706 
89.1 
92.9 
283, 302 
258, 789 
i Compiled from Willett & Gray's Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal. 
2 To Aug. 29. 
3 To Aug. 26. 
