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adapted to white LABOR The may be planted in the
fall winter spring, and laid bybefore the LIST OF July
aud no labor is then needed in the crop till the LIST OF
November when the ripe cane is ready for the mill.
Sugar subject Diseases and the ravages Of
bugs and sse1s, like most other crops Small sugar
larms where from twenty to hundred hogsheads of
sasar ore msSc BY white labor, very profitable.
They are a complete success.
Profits Of susar Cane and Cotton Culture in
St. Landry.
The following statements copy from pamphlet
publiehed in Opelousas last year. 1869:
MOUNT HoPE. Parish of St. Landry,
January lst, 1852 )
Messrs. Lewis Mullett:
GENrLEMEs-I employed the past year 20 hands, to-
wit: l5 men, boys. and women. Had in cane 80
acres in l7O acres and eeon leo acres hesdes
several acres in potatoes and gardens.
RESULT OF THE YEARS WORK.
Ground Sc Of cane in ls days, makingl0
hogshesds of 1850 pounds each. which sold at
made 200 barrels molasses, equal to 5000 gall,
Also 77Oo harreis Of corn '''' SIVU T0V
Also SO bales cotton equal to $1,000 rs a. PC s5l4
Gro,, receipts. .s2s ga
My total expenses for provisions repaiIs hire of hands
sugar maker, hossheads and barrels, were elG,OoO.
Which, deducted from the gross income leaves SIS ZIG
as my years income. am, very respectfully
Your obediens servant ELBERT CAN'T.
p ST. employed extra hands for 90 days
BAYOU B9ur, Perish St. Landry,
january lst 1859.
Messrs kewis Mullett:
GENTLEMEN-I herewith transmit in accordance with
your request statement Of the crops produced
hnrIn fhQ nN fhp and X Dpfa
plantations
Sugar produced, AGO hogsbeads, averaging 1850
pounds each, which, 800 per hid. yields $4,000
Twenty-seven thousand six hundred gallons mo-
lasses, at 50 cents per gallon t3,eOO
Gross Proceeds. s5esOo
Expenses. Observation-Disclosures. 1900
Profits saOsOO
Besides the above produced een thousand bushels
of corn, which at least three four thousand
than we require for the use of the plantations.
Very respectfully, ETC.,
LABYCHE PLANTATIoN,
January 5th, 1863.
Messrs. Lewis & Mullett
GESrLEMES-Mr CAN'T handed me your letter last
evening" the following correct statement of the crop
asked for:
CROP OF LABYCHE PLANTATION.
90 of plant and s2 Of corn, cultivated
10y twelve men; produced 1873 hegsheads of sugar. 3a
barrels of molasses, and 1000 bushels of corn.
$1,000. '>' ~ ~ "
lhe y acres produced 1893 of sugar weighing
2laO90 poands 3 barrels of moasses, Il, ,322 gallons;
averaging per 329 pounds Of sugar. and 40 gaans
Of molasses.
The net proceeds from the above, includng3
acres OF cane SJ2,1i 40
EXPENSES
For cultivating cfop.....-..---.--sl. .235 90
For taking on the same. 55l -
tor pork, in lieu Of wages---..... co. %
SagaR hogsheads moasses barrels
repairl to sugar house. and
other smda expenses........ $500 O0~6 93o q
Net proceeds. ds....-.-.--...-.-...-e25 -e25 aoa -
We consumed in making the sugar. $50 cords of gum
wood; in taking OF the crop hired 30 extra hands
e.ss Ss 81 Fossl capital in7s:ssx ,Sio6N d: 'a'-.
Your obedient servant,
xie,A Of Cotton. Sugar and osAsr Crops.
In st. Landry 1900 pounds of seed cotton to the acre
fair yield. In the true cotton ich is above
la.de Of this parish. about % degrees north 1900
of seed cotton may be produced GOO pounds
! ofiint.
Whilst il admitted that the cotton plant is liable
injury from insects STILL in the main, many full crops
msae as of any other product Of the SOIL and the
chances of by many thought be favo.a
BILE in this brsnch of industry any which engages
| the farmer.
One hogshead Of sugar and sixty gallons of mole
may be considered ordinary yield rsf acre In tAfs
parish; but we assured By gentleman for whose
veracity have high respect that twenty-five hogs
heads of sugar have been produced in st. Landry from
of grouud That is tbs best yield tbstas ever
been known in any sugar parA in the State Sixty gal
Ions of molasses usually drain from hogshead Of sugar
Commercial manures will doubtless largely increase the
average yield Of sugar in all Of these parishes and the
same facts hold good in regard to cotton and other
crops.
The yield Of corn, In St. Lasd9 s about IS bushels
the acre. Potatoes sweet and i well cultivated sron
go to 800 bnshels the aero Pumpkins pease beans
pindars broom corn. ETC., e. give heavy returns ut
owing the fact that ons made note of the
yield crops per statistics ofthem have
never been recorded.
Price ofLsnds;
Land near the navgable stean and towns can be pur
chased from slO to sl5 per are; distance from
the of business e6 and n per acre. in the
ern portion ofthe parish. at e s. and d IS
There is much public land subject entry under tbs
Homestead Act tracts of 90 oh6O seres costing (the
surveying and incidental expeus insluAs e23 so pc,
and e45 for l60 acres nueA Of this latter quality
covered with fine timber, a near lge
Every class and condition vii be enabled to find lands
within their several tastes and ursuits The capitalist
purchase large bodies of hd from private person,
for the purpose Of colonizin1 and the man of small
. | means, a farm adapted to means and wants. Sau
mills scattered through 10 parish enabling all ts
secure lumber for building pposes at prices raneins
from ea0 e35 per ,housond et Corn will abound in
the parish, and the imm grauvil thus be enabled
secure fuel and bread for the tar.
ol The Trade efrasinston.
About 1000 bales of cote have been shipped frou
Washington and Barry landN up to the nd of Janu
sry There yet about II bales to be shipped Tn,
house Of Pitne Cariere shiled in twelve upnshs te
! September 1867, 63U hide 70 rolls 3aaO sounds O
leather So bales Of WOOL an&597 bales of coAeon Bu
# the cotton crop of that year wjvery short
They ship from LOO to lsOoxes of eggs to New Or
leans yearly, ranging from twfy to eighty dozen
D. box. Ofutt Ssagg did abt the same business las
year.
d They ship yearly to New leans from ST. Landr,
about 1900 boxes Of egss 2ops Of chickens turkeys
dacks. etc Say, l5aOoQ do3 esss, generally so
,e the New Orleans nasAet 20 cents dozen, sG00OO
of 1000 snhickcns. etc. d4stn COOP 10000 at q
avesass Of ~ = dozen. eaOo equal to $4,000 yea
4, the chickens and eggs OH Landry sold The rea
value Of the yearly product hosc articles In St. Ian
y dry cannot he short Of e200OA
FrsighS Etc.
The steamboat charges on tton to New Orleans 9,
sugar, q; molasses, q 5Ooops of chickens, q q
eggs cents dozen; hides cents each; up fr.sAts
% cents Tor dy barrels u Swet barrels; passage
and from New Orleans SO eA way.
toI .- Distats.