St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-02-05
81 Jal,'R'anu .far,rer
Saturday, February 5, 1910
AS ST. TAMMANY APPEARS IN
THE CROP REPORT.

OHoF REPORl.
The annual report Of the agricultural an6
industrial statistics of the parishes issued by
the State Board of Agriculture and Immigra-
ton present some facts that should cause the
people Of this parish to stand up and take
notice. People have been disabused of the
old idea that piney woods lands are not ag-
riculturally profitable, but it is not, we be-
ileve, generally known that but one parish
IN the State exceeds ST. Tammany in the av-
erage production of corn per acre. and that
but one other parish equals her. Yet it is
true. st. Charles comes first with forty
bushels, then st. Tammany and Franklin
with twenty-five bushels each 1t is aston
lshing to note, with these figures in mind
that there are but two other parishes, which
produce less total yield of corn than St.
Tammany-Cameron, with 2495 in cultiva-
ton, which raised 49, 900 bushels and JEFF
ferson, with 1900 acres in cultivation
and yield Of 10000 bushels ST. Tam
many had $500 acres in cultivation and
raised $1,000 bushels, while st. Landry
with an average yield of but fifteen bushels
to the acre planted 100000 acres yielding
100000 bushels.
Twenty-three parishes out of ffty-nine re-
ported have more land in cultivation thar
st. Tammany, which has IS, 900 acres plant
ed in different crops. Cameron has least
1889 acres, and st. Landry most 1852, $40
acres.
st. Tammany has fifty mechanical and
manufacturing industries, with an invested
capital of 81, 423, 899, being third in number
OF industries and fifth in amount of capital
invested. Calcasieu comes first with sew
enty-tive industries and invested capital of
$6,OOO,OOO. Of course Orleans parish is ex-
copied. ST. Tammany has eight cotton gins
valued at $4,000, planted $500 hundred
acres IN cotton, and raised 1400 bales. Only
two other parishes in the State, Acadia and
Sabine, averaged half bale to the acre, yet
tlfty-six parishes planted more cotton thar
st. Tammany, the only two planting less be-
ing Calcasieu, 600 acres, and Iberville, 20OO
acres. st. Tammany leads every other par
lsh in production Of sweet potatoes except
West Feliciana. which also has production
of $50 bushels to the acre, and St. Tammany
is the first in the yield of hay 40, 900 TONS
Two hundred acres of cane were planted,
which made one thousand barrels of mo-
lasses of fifty gallons each and $500 of rice,
which yielded. 1900 pounds to the acre. or
total of 100000 pounds. A great deal of
rice was destroyed by the storm.
But an interesting feature of the report is
the fact that but two other parishes equaled
St. Tammanny in the yield per acre Of Irish
potatoes, which is placed at 200 bushels
They are West Feliciana, with $50 bushels,
and East Carroll with 200 bushels. Yet
Rapides parish, with an average yield of but
fifty bushels per acre, raised AGO. 600 bushels,
while st. Tammany raised but 100000
Accepting these figures as correct, al
though they seem a little high to us, there
is no reason why potato growing should not
be very profitable industry in this parish.
There will be big increase in the acreage
planted this spring.
It will astonish some to learn that the to-
total value Of hogs in the parish exceeds the
combined value of all the horses mules and
cattle by S33, 423. Hogs are valued S140, 900;
horses mules and CATTLE S1O7, SGT. We can
not dispute these figures because it would
take us a week to go over the assessors
books and separate the items, but it looks to
us as if correspondents had made a mistake
There were fifty new settlers in the parish
and Italians, which places us third in that
respect.