The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1905-01-26
LOUISIANA STATE NEWS
Interesting stati.tle..

| SonuitioIiS OF Louisiana have
oeen prepared by the Louisiana
State Board of Agriculture and I'M
migration under the direction of
State immigration Agent Charles
n. Fuqua. The statistics are for
the year 1904, and have been gath
cred with great care by Mr.. Fuoua
from every parish in the State. The
showing made is a splendid one for
louisiana, and will appeal strongly
to immigrants who are thinking of
settling in the South.
According to the figures collected
by the State Board, the total acre
age of cotton planted in Louisiana
during 1904 was 1,954,83 the to-
tai number of bales Of cotton raised
IN the State during the last season
was 946,071; the per cent of bales
per acre was .48.
The total number of acres of corn
planted in Louisiana for 1904 was
l,689.Sse; the total number of
bushels Of corn raised in the State
during the last year was 27,125,-
419; the number Of bushels raised
per acre was 16.
Last year there were planted in
rice IN Louisiana 29S,561 acres !;
the total pounds of rice cleared on
these 2e8,561 acres was 247.3O4,-
500; and the number of pounds of
rice raised per acre was S03.
There was put under cultivation
in 1904, 370,952 acres of sugar
cane, and there was made from the
sugar csne raised on this land 6O5,-
III barrels of molasses,, each bar
rel containing fifty gallons.
The number Of acres of sweet po-
tatoes planted last year was 1888,
and there was gathered 2,211,76O
bushels from this acreage, making
each acre produce 4S bushels.
There were 25,511 acres of Irish
potatoes put under cultivation; and
there were gathered in the State
957, 7,225 bushels Of this great pro-
duct, making 81 bushels raised to
the acre.
The total number Of acres of oats
cultivated last year was 56,71O, and
4,O2S acres grew vegetables.
There are 27,055,656 acres of
land in Louisiana, and of this num-
Der 4,820,452 acres are being culti-
waited, 1888, 900 are in timber
lands ard 4,759,53S are in pasture.
marsh and meadow lands.
The total number of manufactur-
ing and industrial plants in Louis
lana is given at 3,199, and the to-
tai amount Of capital invested in
these industries amounts to 1884,
SAG. 1876.
There are 154 irrigating plants
in the State, valued at 81, ,656, 800.
The total number of miles of irriga-
tion canals in Louisiana is given at
l,O17, and the estimated cost of
these canals is $2,35S, 900.
The total value of the live stock
is S22,82o,012; the total of cotton
gins is 2.198, valued at $3,414,240.
The total number Of rice mills is
So, valued at $3,740,55O; the total
number Of cotton seed oil mills Is
IS, valued at $4,749, 900.
appropriation Proceedings.
The st. Louis, Watkins & Gulf
railway has brought suit against Jo-
hanna Fleischman and others, of
New York, to appropriate four city
lots in Lake Charles for railroad
purposes. The railroad has sue
ceeded in making amicable settle
ment for all the ground needed for
Its new terminals in that city ex-l
cept the Fleischman holdings.
Eixlne for Another Dis Crop.
Though it is rather early to talk
of the next cane crop, it will not be
long before the work of cnltivating
the fields for the crop Of 1906 viii
have to begin. With . good spring
and favorable growing season there
will certainly be another large crop,
Is planters are certainly devoting
sufficient acreage to cane to secure
that result.