The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-03

This table we suppose to be nearly correct, though
the parish Of Bosser made returns and the parish
o. Orleans IL not represented into 900 of the
population in lS47 whcr il shown to have by the
census of the United States for 1870 The census,
from which the above table is constructed contains
many facts In relation to the population which we
shall have occasion to use hereafter when we come
to other parts of our review
OF the productions of the State-there are in Loui.
siana 1908 1886 acres of land of which Il5O5l2 are
part waste and fit for cultivation of the part un.
fitted at present for cultivation, but capable Of being
redeemed and made productive shall speak more at
large in another article t is design In this
Der only TO speak of results The principal agrcul-
tura products of the State are cotton, sugar, and
The cotton crop Of ls47. which was grown in every
parish Of the State except Lafourche Interior Terre
bonnie, St James, st. John, st. Charles, Jefferson
222 665. This year may be larger but the culture
Of cotton will not think, be much extended for
and western part of the State lands be brought
into cultivaton and increased quantities be produced
by plantations already opened yet the low price which
the article bears and is likely to bear until the
known period when peace shall be restored Europe
and the commerce and manufactures resume their
accustomed activity, will prevent any from entering
into the business who are situated as to employ
their capital and industry with profit sewhere and
numbers those who have heretofore raised cotton
are turning their to the cultivation of
which with but little additional capital and no add.
tionsl labor affords better compensation for the
The sugar crop Of 1916 amounted to 100000 and
that Of 1S47 to hosshesd and 900 barrels
OF mel6t5tb lbIs year III Will PROBABLY De much
larger. The culture Of sugar has but begun in this
State few years ago, the plantations confined
to the banks of the Mississippi and the rich alluvon
Of the bsyous in the southern part the Stste but
In three years the production has been doubled it
found that the highlands of the Florida parishes the
alluvons Of Red River far up the parish of Nat.
chitoches, better adapted to sugar than the
heavy soil Of the bottoms, and accordingly the
has suppanted the cotton In what was considered the
best cotton region of the State and has ourishe
where cotton had refused to yield any ger a remu-
neratng profit The making of sugar will be the main
business of planters in few years and the culture
will be extended to the adjoining States least to
that portion Of them which lies south of the parallel
Of 80 30 north latitude. The probable extension of
the sugar culture, and its evident effect upon the
commerce and policy of the country are of SO much
interest that they deserve and shall receive separate
article.
We find, however that this article 10 stretching out
further than We intended that any number of the
series should, for az intend them to be read we
must In the progressive age make them short
or We shall be disappointed We cannot close, how
ever without adding that among the produ ctiens of
the State were S433077 bushels Of and 2Ol3023
pounds Of rice.