Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-07-25

/ $ genr {ua1e.!a-d1 imported mo Grea:
! Britain ast :czr, aad soietno3 sy7 nome
e2n8uu2n nt,ors. amounting 10 5,st3,4To
v<yt, al but ! l,ls6,75g c~,. came from
tie British Colonies
TIE aaau@tq Ct hefe,ga sugar ron-
suned il Great Brte,h has 3asu ge.a-
.ive1v 3.mlafsntnr tos seyerat raGfa pas,
while tha.o of cc.c45st tugar % steadily
Increasing. The qaaaitt9 e iors21a in
ported sud retained ior tosuestIc con
aoptIon Ias: yaar vas BIS SO cn:.,
and IL f9r44eg voess waa as foilors.
lameiY. in 800, e.34i 45s cFft.; in
1885,, 2,43Q=29I c~t, 1883, i,32' a7s
owt., II 1852, 6o3, ,5ze ewJ., ia 1856
$4,000 cBt., IN 1870, sos, ,895 c~t.
Tia entire ,mport Of colonial sugar
last jesr, rs stated, IL boe5nesa, OF 10
cwt each, f2r :he purpose Of compa,}soa
wit. ,be Louisiana article, Hzt ~ fol
.ow. Un.s.a West Indies, ISL, ,+Zs
a13. Msoritius, l6a, 7o2 hhds; Pas:
indies, 1883 Lids. Fetal, 552,e5s
4hls.
Tie principal portion Of dat fom tale
British Wes. ladies' 4aaat have been
from Jamaica, -s Barbados IL small
s1ao4, aot capablo probably ofrroduciag
more than 40,90G bids. auj tAa oitet
sasa'i isfand4 produce but is.5e.
0f .as for=lga su9er5 tbe lrnpor. iss2
yeAr vas from the f2tIo7.uE places
Cuba. 49.577 u21lrads: Porto is5eo,
1882 Dutch G9:aaa, a,85t ; United
States, I.sse Brarat, 1896: Philip
f,inss. 18, 8,722 Holland, 9,s72 por't-
ga, 2,ieE hozsise@1s. Iotai, 1850.
lte a1tise consprng.ion y sgsar u
3rcs: Britain is abou. fly por cent,
more ih.n 1ha quantity of !. Iuii crop 10
loaisi.ns, though It ID aiaa ar lea .:uaeE
he quantity q that crop last year,
,sAlci, Tas Tue smaleat ever made,
ta.u4g into consideration Tie land under
cultivation. a fai! crop II Louisiana
would probably nou be ..a.f 4 million
Of hossheaas. Il mtjt reach 2oo,ooo
this wear, and cn.a probably $4,000,
Last year /, nas iess haH s0,Go0 binds.
TIE Eagiis.- f.apars est'tnase tha: Tie
t.igh cos. af sugas has eliminated ths
eois; naptioa one th!fG IN ,ha. country.
Ia tia En;ted States the consumption
has also cen greatly checked, while the
lock $ large, I!let= Vii, he in The
5ou,5ed warehouses u iho GoFe'nlnont,
m .ae Is. Of j5y, rot Ieas than go
000 .aOU ~erta Of sugar aua gnoisssas
s@a i Is aa3te ptobabIa the elders, be
.yrs thav are through with It, will be
,olaaet.ga 70 suueaj: to at average de-
ei,ps u 20 per cent equal te 4 l98s n
= 9o0. 900.
Tie amount Of sugar exported fron.
tnt aiaritius, o. the $50 u France, IL
1s43, ~as SIS. .J2s ,756 pounds IL 1850, |
!. va. TO, as7,s8s pounds and IN
1855. il reached to 253, ,ee2, t. 3 pounds, !
THIS Was an iucresse Of nearly 100000, |
Geo pounds IN twelve years and This !
;ncrassa was very steady, Tie oaly years
bat showed q falling of, ~ compared !
With their in'tned,ate predecessors, being |
284I. ls4e, 1850 AMI 1854. being !;
earlier than .hs eomlnsncement q the |
present high prices .. sngas The |
amount exported frorl .hs isian3 since |
1855 10 tsys DO II neaus Of a:ooftaln- /
ng.
The ,,ue disease Of MslieFs has
,aussd tbe sugar cane 10 be sgaIn caf,l |,
sated in tia. island. ohoft,o after the !;
Discovery Of Madelfa, the csne ~ss /
here introduced from ono Of The Med !
.erEaneah countries, and aeon became |!
he staple Of tia. place, 40 that sugar
caves form part Of taa Madeira coat Of
arms. The abundant produce ct :he
West Iudis Esiauds, which esrs DIS
covered about three quarters O century |
after Madeira uaa first visited II The
rendered the production q
,upar N The latter unp7o!staoie, #iiia the /
Madeira v.atsge Was unFssler. In 1852
.ha y'no disease frat showed itself. anc /
grapes will soou become as
much a matter Of tradition as .ho golden |
apples Of .Ae Llsspsr!des. ihe people .
.nrne;4 sAet. attention 10 tbs cultivation i
Of csns. Il. Y7oich their ances!crz mad /
Dean 50 successful, and ttousauds q
acrss were planted 3;;h It, Tie b'ss.> |
less lsps l,een found 10 pay we J. much |!
better. .ndead, than that q a!ne,Eaak'ng. /
Unfortunately. no sugar has been made
from. ti.e cane Of Madeira. 7ost Of the
;uics being converted INTO ardent spirits. |
II 1885 Ins number OF gallons Of
1ui5e made wss 371.501. !: tases .iTe
gallons ,,f juice s2 maize one gallon Of
sr;,.,, IN 1855 thsfe we're eighteen
sugar mills on .na island st aoFk crush
;3e cane. Tie ysason why no sugar
I 80. f--,. <.rF4 Il