New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1913-04-26
STATISTICS AND CROP RE
PORT.

We reproduce below some sta
,istics issued by Hon u. q. Bru-
ner, Commissioners Of Agriculture
for the State Of Louisiana which
presents some detailed information
that should be of interest TO he
readers Of The Enterprise, The
report as appertains TO iberia Par-
ish was sent IN by the Parish As
SCISSOR;
A reference tn tho tabulatod
statement will give, IN q concise
but easily comprehended way, all
necessary information concerning
the wonderful resources OF our
State.
For the year 1912 the following
crops and resources are reported !;
36S.3l7 bales of cotton. valued
at +1S. 200. 439 Is, 455 ,0S6 bushels
Of corn, valued at *15,O35, 4S0 !
900, 7O6,7i0 pounds Of sugar, val
ued at $40, 507 .D42, 2S0,2al barrels
Of syrup and molasses, valued at
x2,7sl,a1s, 6,374,350 pounds OF
rough rice. valued at 4S,273,9Ol !;
139,s50 bushels of peanuts, valued
at 1899 .205: 2.94S.6 $50 bushels Of
sweet potatoes. valued at 81, 751, :
$40. 1925. 900 bushels of Irish po-
tatoes, valued at $l,0l5,6l3; 1872
$40 tons Of hay, valued at $3,653,
527; 791 .l10 hushels Of oats, val
ued at 1892, 40; 20S. 050 boxes of
oranges. valued at 1888, OBS l93,-
900 pormds Of tobacco, valued ut
500, 450 osl carloads Of vegetables
shipped. valued at 1868 $50, 6tll
carloads of Strawberries shipped
valued at 1852, $50; l2,516.4 bar
rels of oil. valued of $9,3S7 300 I;
AS. 900 tons of sulphur, va lped OF
80. 100000. 20O.0 600 tons of salt,
valued at $1,000. 900; 4,246.755
gallons Of milk. valued at VI ,293.-
925. 799 carloads of cattle shipped
valued at 44S,760; 100 carloads of
hogs shipped, valued at $77 $3.50
3.9A,316.7s6 feet of lumber, val
ued at $40, o62, 1876 Output Of $50
other factories, valued at 49,
O67 900, Output Of 81 canning
factories. valued at 1892, 100.
Total, *14O,3l4.591.
The above are the products Of
the farms. the factories and the
mines exclusive of the parishes
which failed 10 send lp their data,
and from Orleans, which is pevsp
included in the country statistics.
Form these figures il will be
seen that Two Of the staple crops
were smaller than the year prey
ious, but the aggregate Of all crops
in the State was larger, emphasiz-
ing the great desireatnm Of di,
yersi fcation of farming and that
the propaganda for such is be-
ginning to bear good frpit, II
must be borne in mind, however,
that there are thousands Of dol
lars worth of stock food, dairy
products, vegetables, melons, fruit,
cotton seed with its by-prodrnts
(oil, hulls and meal. and seed Of
Louisiana's splendid hay lespe-
deza which are given no account
of in the above figures.
And we should add as the pro
ducing elements Of the various
amounts given above
11s irrigation plants. valued at
81 .245, 800: 800 miles of irrigation
canals. valued at $2.573.OO0; 1O2
sugar refineries, valued at 3d.
742, 600: 213 other sugar mills. val
ued at $2,211. 400. 80 rice mills.
valued at $2,410,15O; 1,132 cotton
gins, valued at $1,516.2sO; 4ss !
saw mills, valued at *24,795, $50;
159 other factories, valned at
$7,711 $50: 1903 horses. yalped
at 6,712,712; 120,762 mules. val
ued at $9.473,O34; 1865 cattle. /,
valued at $5,0S7 ,2S5; 243, 1926 hogs, |
valued at $7s0,479; :. 95, GOA sheep.
valued at 1913, 1873; 80 cotton seed
oil mills, valued at $2,41O,150.
The aggregate figures as given