New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-04

h scre "a IiSt 10 l01-that II, II requires 10
arpents to make 100 acres
We vyill head our liz. with a wellnown name
that Of The Right Reverend Bishop Of Louisiana
Naisr.Gencral tie Hon. Leonidas Polk, Of tic Com
federste army.
BISHOP POLK's PLANTATION.
This plantation contains 1850 arpents. IL lies 233
arp 10 wide on Bayou Ia Fouicbe, above Thibo-
deaux, and extends back 4 miles. The crop OF lsis
was 600 apen,s Of cane 200 apents Of corn aud SOO
arpent- more OF cane hand prepared. The yield of
sugar 720 hide. from 40 arpents of cane manu-
featured one year snd so hbds. from 3jS arpents.
Ii may be we to notice here that all the care grown
is never rolled the term for grinding for sugar, as
about - per cent bar TO be saved for seed ~ one
planting only lasts about three years Tho yield OF
molasses ID about Go gallons TO each hogshead OF
sugar. From seven acres Of first " ration cane
81 ihds of sugar were made in January, lsi9. That
is con idered rstra,e crop. LOT Of cane, weighed
and crushed ana juice measured gave l63 gallons oil
juice, 81 pounds per gallon l.3S6 pound. to 1900
pounds Of cane.
TIE crop Of corn, the same year, was 1880
bushels, which was 800 bushels lers than was re-
CURED for the stock, biIed and quadrnped, on the
plantation. The average yield OF corn was 70 bushels
per acre.
The working force ofthe place was III field hands
and mechalics. aud ~ mules aud hoses. The total
number Of slaves so, the small proportion Of field
nsuds owing 10 the fact that The slaves were III
original stock impo' ted IN 1857 for Thomas Pollock,
IA ancee,or of Mrs. Polk, and have been in The
iamily ever since, and now contain large number
Of super-nn men and women, some OF them over
d, hundred year. Old. There were also 20 children
under ten years old.
TIE value of tho plantation, with All III stock and
fxtures was estimated at 100000. IL co-,, seven
years before without sny slaves for 900 apoDs, OF
which 40 were cultivated with fifteen mules and
tx oxen, and The tools, 600 900.
The annual expenses Of the plantation VIII average
$4,000. They are generally estimated nj $loO per
field hand.
The cane is ground three. roller mill, driven by
steam; the rollers feet 3 incLes diameter, and }
feet inches long. The Juice is boiled in ret. Of ifon
kettles. and requires q cords Of wood TO hogsheat
If sugar.
The raions Of the slaves twelve quartz oi
Of corn meal and three snd hall pounds u pork II
week uring mp between four and i've barrer, or it
equivalent in bacon each week
All tie co,iiug Of the slaves il manufactured from
wool Gnd cotton, the plantation; and oil the hocs
AIDES, plow,. cars, wagons, harness, shoes, etc 4,
a. we'll as bolsLcais and barrels for tie crop, and
al tie caryener and blacksmith work. is done DJ
slaves.
There is historical snecdc,e corrected with he
4 -. Il Il
bro-,,h; into Bristol X. l., and probably owing 10
the same cause that decima.s slave cargoes " the
present day, the captain found that he Lad no,
enough to i'll his contract with Mr.. Pollock and ~
he enliced rome Indians board, and immodiaAly
ret sail for Edsnion n. c., and delivered his cargo
Al the full count Traces Of the adbixtrre Of blood
are It'll plainly visible in these Pollock Slaves.
TnoM,s PrGH's PLANTATION.
A few miles above Bishop Polk's plantation, ON
the other side Of the bayou, which i. q narrow
stream tia, ook. Ike All sriihe,al canal and lie t-p'
in rlace by embankmopts 10 the plantation Of Thomas
Pugh, one of the beet sIgar-p lsnsrs II Lonisiana
lie went there from North Carolina IN 1873, with a
small force ard tegan new place, or nearly -,
which in tNcniy-four years grew 10 the following
Dimensions ana capable Of producing the following
crops: There were 5000 arponis OF land about one
third Of II cleared so arlen;s IN cane 30 IN com
and 2Oo in pasture roads. lots, sc. The unclcnrcd
Tart WAS mostly cyIrers swamP, which afforded fue
and timber for the plantation and lumber for sale.
Most of the swamp land, like millions Of aerer in
Louisiana, canno, be cultivated unless drained by
machinery. This place had 2C0 slaves, and worked
80 field hands, and made 700 hogsheads Of sugar aud
81 gallons Of molanes TO the hogthead from 40
srpenis of cane rolled. All tbs corn required wac
slso made on tie place, which would yield il well
tended 80 flour barrels Of ear, Of corn per acre.
The team force required on TIN plantation IL 60
mules with appurtenances very complete, and one OF
the best Kind Of sugr-hou-es and short distance 20
haul the cane TO the min aud still, shorter u haul Tie
proceeds 10 the steamboat. The land il Il. arpents
front Oh the bayou, and 10 arpens deep, ~ arpens
being mile.
The sugar-house is 10 by $40 feet, with steam
engine aud three roller mills each .. ieet diamere-
and u feet long which crush and squeeze the juice
out Of me cane, 10 reduce it 10 about one r
it, weight
The estimated value Of this plantation was given
BY the owner ~ follows:
~ arIcnt o. land u 100 rlearcI capable ~ brin.
col'ivst d I'D ho1t machine drsi4is ~ 30 IN
ffn,'
$500 sIp,fts u swamp and al 25............. LOO
ITO r4n'ion house II Jpo
ro,sl...................... ..............sin,. 80
To 49, ADJ the value ~ stock that T.:
~ .is,es a. nfcIA., ot 49, i0
d. I.1cs ~ h1f.s Observation-Disclosures. Dru
sol. of wor, sfn...................... go
wagon, ., - rsrts a. tsH.................... 30
l"lt1 bue Oi corn 10 clil A. 4cc............... 40
iic. anu other pen tton tDols............... 900
Lumber, small STOCK, and noyosbos............. lCH
1ptgi ! d..
The annual expenses Of the plantation were given
- follows from The ledger:
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