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BULLETIN 66, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 10. — Production of cane sugar in Louisiana, 1849-1912, by principal parishes} 
[Chiefly raw sugar.] 
Parish. 
1549 
1859 
187J 
1599 
1910 
1911 
Ascension... 
Assumption. 
Iberia 
Iberville 
Lafourche. . . 
St. James 
St. John the Baptist 
St. Martin 
St. Mary 
Terrebonne 
West Baton Rouge 
Avoyelles, Rapides, and St. 
Landry 
East Baton Rouge, Pointe Cou- 
pee, and West Feliciana. 
Jeffe ' 
ferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, 
and St. Charles 
Lafayette and Vermilion 
Other parishes 
Short 
tons. 
6,719 
8,580 
Short 
tons. 
8,044 
8,854 
11,604 
5,028 
10, 835 
5,968 
2,094 
12,3S2 
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 
3,132 
2,4S1 
747 
3,296 
3,268 
Short 
tons. 
6,714 
5,9 
3,200 
7,636 
5,592 
7,125 
4,80' 
1,626 
8,268 
6,876 
403 3,162 
2,818 3,042 
1,191 
7,292 
194 
595 
4,150 
14,907 
963 
1,819 
Short 
tons. 
13, 569 
16, S59 
5,991 
15, 533 
10,826 
10,539 
6,2S5 
2,141 
17,015 
Short 
tons. 
16,356 
26, 162 
17, 404 
17,693 
Short 
tons. 
6,004 
13,523 
11,125 
r ,305 
28,345 19,391 
21,644! 10,939 
12,972 8,231 
5,574 3,077 
52,354 26,659 
ll,490i 25,1441 19,981 
10,136 
4,832 
4,402 
13, 739 
1,641 
1,061 
Total 113, 000 110, 363 40,353j85, 853 146,062 
12,893 
5,983 
5,950 
24, 244 
4,663 
1,056 
3,883 
1,833 
1,596 
18,789 
5,895 
1,352 
Short 
tons. 
13,529 
31,90 
33,353 
25,246 
42,639 
21,68' 
13,206 
10,377 
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 
18,040 
23,450 
178,497159,583 
341,995 
352, S74 
Short 
tons. 
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 
153, 573 
i 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 grown; 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 1912, by principal parishes. 
Aver- 
age 
days in 
opera- 
tion.i 
Sugar made (chiefly raw). 
Parish. 
Factories in 
operation. 
Quantity. 
Average per 
short ton of 
cane.* 
Cane used for sugar. 1 
1911 
1912 
1912 2 
1911 
1912 
1911 
1912 
1911 1912 
Ascension 
Assumption 
Iberia 
No. 
7 
23 
13 
18 
16 
20 
8 
4 
26 
14 
10 
5 
6 
13 
5 
No. 
16 
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 
36 
37 
33 
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 
tons. 
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 
139 
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. 
124,934 
243, 864 
140, 932 
141,581 
Lafourche 
St. James 
St. John the 
Baptist 
St. Martin 
St. Marv 
191, 714 
192,537 
161,790 
62,165 
291,357 
Terrebonne 
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 
Vermilion 
35,629 
23,916 
68,365 
164,580 
Louisiana.. 
188 
126 
30 
352, 874 
153, 573 
120 | 142 
5,887,292 
2,162,574 
i Computed from incomplete returns. 
2 This campaign was unusually short, owing to the small crop, 
to end of campaign was 74 days'for the entire State. 
In 1911 the average time from beginning 
