The weekly Louisianian., 1872-11-23
TOTAL CROP OF LAFoUReaE PARISH.

Total CROP OF LAF0URCaE PARISH
3 Our canvass Of the parish OF La
fourcho developes the fact that tht
!, sugar planters within her limits this
season cultivated 12,177 acres in
cane and 9,717 acres in corn, OF q
total crop Of 1854 acres, employ.
ing r,46U field laborersai,, being an
average Of about fifteen acres to the
hand.
/ Tho sugar crop Of the parish oi
FLafourche, last year, was 1o,17s
hogsheads; but with + increased
acreage, the yield this season will
be more. As the cane has suffered
from drouth in nearly all portions
of the parish, We believe that an
average yield Of one hogshead to
tho acre viii be a fair eetimate, so
that the total crop of Latourche,
this fall, will probably not exceed
$4,000 to $4,000 hogshca.ls of
i sugar.
TIE CORN cRep
OfLafourche was excellent, through
out, and most planters have a sup
ply Of feed for the ensuing year, so
that they are in much better con-
dition than they have been before
for years.
-sTa*~s~- RICE cCIrBRr 's<
Is on the incr1e.h1se in Lafourche--
especially IN the lower portion of
the parish, where the lands can be
readily flooded. from tho bayou.
Heretofore, only small planters have
cultivatcdthis crop, but now several
large sugar plantations hive either
been converted into rice farms, or
soon will bo. The largest rice
plantations in the parish are the
Webster Or Webb plantation. just
below, Lafourche Crossing, where
white men leased and cultivated 400
acres, and the Oak Grove planta-
ton Of Mr.. J. B.. Pi:tnan, eight
miles below, where colored men
this season cultivated about: the
same amount of rice on shares.
The crop Of these places, this year..
ncttcd about $4,000 each.
Tho public will doubtless be sur.
priscd that the rice crop of La
fouche, this year, was about 10000
barrels in the rough. Or $4,000 bur-.
rels Of clean rice, worth about
We personally visited
almost every rice planter in that
parish, and was grati6e<l to find tho
crop excellent. We complied a list
of 120 rice planters, whose names
We intended publishing together
with the crop made by each; had
not want of space prevented. The
yield averaged from twelve to fifteen
barrels Of rough rice to the acre, but
IN some cases was over twenty
barrels.
To illustrate how profitable is rice
,ulture, we will mention one Incl
lent: Last year, Mr.: Joseph o.
Picou, poor man, without even q
cam, made $500 profit on Lia. little
'rop Of rice, after working for
to pay for use Of team
md to procure provisions for his
amily. This season, on the same
'lace. Hnear the Bush Grove sugar
,lantation,) le had 80 acres in rice,
worth upwards 81 $4,000, and had
10 assistance whatever, ozcept to
ut and thresh the crop. ~:
The great want Of the. rice plan
ers Of Lafourcho is 3 MILL estab-
ished say at Raceland, Of capacity
;ufic;ent to prepare the whole crop
or market. Nothing would pay
,otter, as there is not a steam rico
nil in the parish. This would
'timu|ate the planter to the use of
cultivation, implements,
md soon cause them to replace the
lntiquated .lc&Ie for the modern
which work as well ii rice as wheat.
Altogether, Lafourthe, IS ii q PROS
,erot,s sonditiou. Louisiana sugar
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