The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-03
sugar Production in SSance.

mo FACTS OouoSi''Ai'S eAO plouuS
ian Of beet sugar in France.
The official journal gives u
the result of the campaign o
sSS7-,S8. Total area in bee.
eultnre, 400, 900 acres; yield O
baets per acre, 8 tons ; total CROP
4 beets 3,614,632 tons; tota
nroduction of refined sugar, 54S,
O57 tons.
Then follows a statement OF
me weld in different depart.
ments, which vary from $50 tt
IO54 per cent, and the state.
ment that since the application
ofthe law of July, 1884, which
olaees the excise tax on the beetk
instead OF on the sugar, the i'm
crease in the saccharine richness
Il the beets has progressed with
enormous rapidity, rs is shown
ii the following table Cam
psign 1884-'85, yield of sugar,
k,8I per cent; campaign 1886
86. yield of sugar, 7.S4 per cent;
campaign 18S6-'S7, yield of SUI
oar, $3.50 per cent campaign
ISS7,SS, yield of sdgar, 7.63 per
cent.
The editor thinks that the
present crop will give a still
higher yield, thanks to the eff
faTts and to the sacrifices that
the cultiyators and manufactu-
rers are making to obtain still
richer beets and to effect o still
better extraction of the sugar.
AS to the weight of the beets
to the acre, that of eight tons
obtained last year was the re-
sult Of d drought that continued
three months which was in fact
d yeritable climatic accident.
This year the temperature, al
though often unfavorable, will
certainly not produce such a Sc
nous agricultural deficit, aud
ten tons per acre at least will
be obtained as the average
reid and with an admitted ten
Der cent increase in the acreage
it il now certain that the com
ing crop will be the largest thus
far produced in France.
From this we see that France
alone produces twice as much
sugar as Louisiana, and expects
this year to make more than
ever.
The law Of 1884 that placed
the excise tax On the beets in
stead of on the sugar has, by
making it to the interest of
beet planters and manufacturers
to get the best beets possible,
when the best cost no more tax
than the worst, almost doubled
The yield per ton, and within
three years after the passage of
the Law.
The yield of beets per acre
last year, eight tons,0 and but
ton tons expected this year,
seems small to us; but they get
double the yield from their beets
that we do at present from our
canes, except in a few cases,
where our planters have all the
Improved machinery. The yield
reported BY them is the official
average, and il we had to report
OuF whole yield we should find
ioW averages in yield of tons of
cane per acre, as we'll as in
pounds of sugar per ton.
Ihe change in their excise law
nag led them TO grow beets of
extreme richness and not of
much weight per acre, and ff-
!eeh tons is said to be the limit
Y yield per acre that the man
~elaoturers do not allow the pro-
aaeefs to exceed, knowing by
experience that a large yield
gee acre means less per cent OF
sagaf.
Wy have about the same idea
aelas hut it has not been worked
s!E and We are not yet certain
= II what variety of orr own
asellmated canes we should cul-
aoW soon shall we follow our
slslcn brethren and double the
4lsla q sugar now produced IN !,
Lealaiana9
Y. Times-D Democrat In
81 lssue Of yesterday the fact
that Mr.. Daniel Hand,
Wealthy old resident Of Gull .
'Sss, 4 Nolln,, had donated in trust ,
sa'syV.OsD for the education Of !
sssasglng colored people ii the !.
sIs''s1 Mrs Hand, as was stated, /, !,
IN IN saainess for many years in J
Ssss9sesfon, 8. g. He vent !
s ss.sa ~ the opening of the late
sex aeaping his Iarmo Go,,SIaarn