Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-03-21
caampomier's Lat Report.
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Iopistaaa, drawn ia4an facts and observations,
! az / have been familiar, since the efop Of
~ISiD-3l, with whatever has passed III the
sugar parishes Of THIS state.
i. il seems 10 rae that the winter Of i53i-sJ
No.. ave been very fa.nIliaf to last WRITER
from Tia. crop mafe IL ls55-3s. which
.tIY alaortl;ed 20 6.GGp ilossiea,is, the
extel4t Of cultivation beng about one-haif
J what ii unE ia. S0aIe .iapte tore eEteT-
legisIHs than others. had Iaa4sa trial ar. tof ttp
as Alexandria te Introduce the culture Of tee
cane. but irout ttat year It had been abandnn-
ell until ISL. @fea several F'aateTs lit Ra-
usies undertook 10 uaas a Gea trial. ard
they, | 80 HAPPY ta sas have me- Win d de-
gree Of success u tneiI undertaking quite
4tfuai 10 their expectations coHRii5e1fg re
~ their crops that the Impression long prev
aIent shat tue were IL d latitude .9o lar
!ofttt isr the cattiyatluH Of cane vas efFone-
Gus. :or tacly lands this season nave produced
a better weld per acre tHan those OF a Y SEC
tlnu nj lie STATE. except the kaceeurei IaH5s
| iii pofng-seupee, " alen Hattpf have produced
| about the sauie ratio hatt not toutd that
they suffered comparatively greater injury
II the hard wiatef OF last yeas. nor did
1ney suffer more than lher parts O. the state
from ti- very saycfettreeZe Of 1872. II
taat tame gre lad a covering oi sttoT - pro-
.eet our iaIlis III Lower L9alssasla, while
/ .t.EiTS We're EI fFJsEt. 40 Eff tat cEEt53tils : aLl
ret tftf maize a good crop III le52. vhiea
proves to nay satisfaction that there lltst be |
SOME otber difficulty besides cold when Lou
ls.aua fails 10 t.sak, a cfap, as mas been tie
case tai, Sgas9tf. We fIaEe ETai 5sF.Fa4 ~
less.se dry springs and summers, AID las
etgter was not only very cold, but also ust
it.e Iaads : ere Ia the worst kiad oi order,
and entrusted 10 the aaIta be-
sois aue GROWTH seemed 70
dets 'iFoe. lay 10 as, unEii
Gu l.4ase.- - dassrpe,a.e1 aH.. perl
J sfexe4 ttat t.ley 5fastXA1 tl.et@ vas stHte dis
see4. =Sac4 tsr Ter4ats
uaI, aa3 have ~
! ss45.ez1= u - planters Of Cs;a 70
| rtasica III - tssfs~2 tnaE LOUISIANA c4u pro-
! dIse 10 more a.saE. Qat u5aya rerr4. Fol
sf3 IL + aat disposed - believe IS Some
DO sat. s,xEy-shIee years base
! 3zsscti g head, and thu. a,ve demon
STATED To T. tat aitnotstF they came o."
atf~r the ether isseg wef- no Always aifxe,
a.os- particularly IN the production Of the
esrta. |. seems 10 me tia. II { iEo>s all sorts
IS produce some seasons .lHc 6zfg4 :1ott aoas-
dant retuffs gaan others, ! have lived ioag
saot,ga 70 see LOUISIANA nfo4Hea, III r~o sue
easst4sg eaH,-say io52-2j ani lSz3-2t-E@&
aSt3H.s5ti4stg ia7ge crops, In I'll. laGnsag wear
tie YleIl n ne care was really Surprising 70
j great many PLANTERS. As teF myself | Am
lea1iIf tsat eaai.ot live long eHoagh II vii
.rs> tie 5taEizat4an u a~tatGer sUsa yield -
The following e4op Of Is53-5i was the lar
sest ever produced ny Louisiana. and caEf.a
oat OF = vast deal OF good cane III fact the
crop oil tn. year before, large as Il was, was
the aF3attet oil comparatively tew acres OF
t4at, 0HIte the larger crop - lS33-54 was
s~saiszett o.. O al the best sort Il stubbEes Q: ,
jHr previous crop AMI a la's= planting ue-
Sides ami aaa the yieIl OF sugar been as {
abundant Is i was the year previous. ire
sta:e e.qnftld have pFudHcsd over 600 coo
fsa1 &aeaas. provided out planters had the
ahfists TO s-cuFe II, ait4ea | have NV doubts i
aaaas, Tor sumo woaia aaye done better 10 |
has" lett lac cate II. t:lc heiJs instead es ma !
King sugar. as they ran themselves "a debt by /
tn operation. Marx that the crop 81 1852 7
U.s. III = alter 4 severe wiateF, which had '
frozen the Stables 50 deeply Iii the ground y
ffat | saw myself, travelling in tie fail In p
tielGs NGeIe tue caee had been cAs ard pat !.
II lnatetas. the Stubbles come Sat Of the ground t
IS thick a. could be, and they would, | have a
10 doubt. have made good cane ii tie planters +
had not Ptu'.sard them n, after II lad takea !;
III saEatutg to bring them out Of the ground. l.
AS climate III nay iatrodte5arg remarks 7
q last z"sf, . vas fearful Of havius d very P
poor report H. Faahcct rste present crop. bat | G
eastta l.et haze seess easily persuaded 10 be- a
tssye that = wogio turn ont II be as snail as
| iiaa II Yseif ia duty b0f3att 10 rerort it. IhIs
remarkable result. hatgt yer, | attribute 80 two
ia~eltieets the first being the killing frost oil ii
0etoi1eF. $50 Which blasted the hopes oiasl !,
tie planters ot the fine ssssar-aFGw,ue parish
IS 81 I~bstYltte. West Baton Rouge aast some Il
other parishes IN which II eonif not haze :,
as severe; faI [ know iotE. the iands !
the tlEfers Of the lands; BAT wien tsse 4
large h4ts q them make 10 sugar at all, | am :.
forced % tie cnncsnstat that something ex- =
tfaofatnary, and something which | 90 not
understand. must have occurred III thar sec !
ti0a OF the State; something different from
ass oi the g.clssituaes experienced in other Y
pats Of the State. The second is the hurri- -
cane or August. which nut cnlY caused great u
destruction OF lie arsl- pro peFsy on Last IS "a
sallf, pGt itlat'e great aayec among the crops
% Inc Elcit aud productive sugar parish Of St '
MARY, besiaes pTestrati0g a great nanvl
evenings, out-haHses and s'3sar-houses. tnts :
an almost entire failure OF both the b
sugar and com crops OF that parish. Tie T
vas alniost severe. and the destruc- ;,
tsatl most complete in the parish Of st. Mary. :,
out wherever 1t passed land it took a wide !!
sweep IT forced the cane nearly to the ground D
IN one dmeetioa, and then by a change OF It's ~
raised and bent it in the other diree- ;,
ton. after d lew weeks the crops thus atiee- :
ted seemed to reco"cf, and to present a toIer- Ia
ahly ialr promise, but when they were staksa O
II there was found to he a deficiency In the al
oil cart .oads OF cane to the acre, and :.
a remarkably. n1eagre yield Of sugar. This | Z
Ind has been the case more particularly in p
ierrebonne, Laioarche Interior, and Plaque 81
.aanest where seine planters have hardly re- II
aiized one-sa!i the expectations vhch they
iad formed ifofa the appearance offheir fields,
In the result OF these three parishes an,
greatly disappointed. | mad hoped aud ex- I
eected to give a better account Of these ti.an =
leeessaEiIE appears Ia nv renart. y