The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-12-31
CANE CROP BREAKS RECORD.
Production Fer Acre and Yield Per
Ton Eoual that oe 1911.

Ton Equal that Of 1911.
. According to :. report ISSUED by
h Lionel l.. James, agricultural, atatis.
\ tician Of the Bureau Of Markets and
. Crop Estimates cane production IN
Louisiana during 1921 not only
I eoualled the highes. average per acre
since 1911, but the number Of pounds
II Of suga, obtained from each ton Of
cane was 5E pounds ovcr the ten
year average. The report :, a3 fol
lows:
''Thc yield Ct sugar c:,nc il Lou
\ isiana has been considerably greater
than was expected b. planters
earlier in the season, say the Off
cial preliminary estimate Of the Bu-
reau of Marke: and Crop Estimates,
issued At noon Thursday. accord
ing 20 the preliminary reports for
1921 it averages approximately
eighteen tons per acre.
''This yield has not been exceeded
since 1911, when the average yield
was 1876 sons; III 1919 1915 tons; in
1918, IS sons; and in1917, 1876 tons.
/ The ten-year agcvarge is I49 tons.
"The average number Of pounds
Of sugar TALL sugars} manufactured
II per ton o. cane is approximately l42
pounds ;his yoa~ and this average
Quantity has hce1: exceeded but twice
\, in the last ten years; in 1914 when
!. it was 81 pounds and in 1916 when
it was 149 pounds. The ten-year
average yield Of sugar per ton Of
cane is 1865 pounds.
"'rhe estimates of sugar. syrup and
mo!asses production for 1921 are sub
I ject TO revision after final reports
4 for the entire grinding season are
received.
"The poduction Of sugar for Lou
isiana for the 1921 season is estima-
u ted at So: 100000 pounds equivalent
to 267,00 short tons { Of 1000
pounds, on the basis Of preliminary
reports made to the Bureau Of Mar
kets and Crop Estimates, United
States Department of Agriculture,
1 before the season is entirely closed.
! The production in 1920 was estima-
ted at l69,127 short tons; in 1919
/. at $4,000 short tons; in 1918 at
i 100000 short tons
1.-THE total production of syrup in
!. Louisiana in 1921 is estimated at
7,053,O00 gallons; 3,213,0oo inside
1 the cane belt and $4,000 gallons
4 outside the sugar producing section,
/ the latter being to a considerable ex-
i tent noncommercial syrup used To-
cally. The production in 1920 was
/ estimated at 4,639,885 gallons; in
1919 at 3,672,O00 gallons; in 1919
at 3.6T2 600 gallons; in 1918 at 10,-
793 900 gallons; and in 1917 at S.
$4,000 gallons. (The estimates of
syrup production for 1917 and 1918
n are for the sugar producing parishes
only; y, ~ !. :.
4 season is estimated at %, ,568, 900 gal
Ions. The production in 1920 was
estimated at 16,956,867 gallons; in
#z1919 at 1891 900 gallons; in 1913
at 28,049, 900 gallons; and in 1917
u at 30.728,000 gallons.
"The cane used in the manufacture
Of syrup this season in the entire
state is estimated at $4,000 tons.
In 1920 the quantity was estimated
at 4,205 tons; in 1919 at 1885,
& 600 tons; in 1913 at 100000 tons;
Il and in 1917 at PSI 900 tons. (The
81 estimates of cane used for syrup in
1917 and 1918 are for the. sugar
~ producing parishes only.)
The acreage in cane used for su
gar this year is estimated at 100000
acres. In 1920 the acreage was esti-
" mated at 1872, 2,843 acres; in 1919 at
1f9,900 acrc::.jn 1913 at 231 900
s acres; and in 1917 at 244.000 acres.
"The acreage III cane used for
syrup this year is estimated at Fl 800
acres. In 1920 the acreage was esti-
( mated at 1927 acres: in 1919 at
s27 ,4At acres; in 1917 at l6,474
D acres (The estimates Of cane acre
age used fer syrup in 1917 1tIn 1918
ARE for tn" sugar producing parishes
only
ss 'The total acl leasc i'll sugar cane
IN the state is estimated at 26S, 100
acre.. In 1920 the total acreage was
estimated at 26S,2o2 acres and in
1919 at 275.0O0 acres.
"rhe total acreage in sugar cane
reserved for seed in the state is cs-
hmated at $1,000 acres; in 1920 the
total acreage reserved for seed was
estimated at 67,152 acres: and in
sglsl9 at 1876 acres.
ss "The Texas sugar production .this
h year is estimated by the bureau at
S,541 600 pounds; the acreage of
sugar cane is estimated at $500 acres,
ant the cane crushed for sugar at
900 tons. Two factories are ma