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From new work just published in New York,
entitled Hand Book of Plants and Fruits" we
extract the following particulars respecting this
Indispensable article of domestic consumption:


Sugar in the United States is subject of in
creaslng interest. The demand is rapidly ad-
vancing. Its production in the State Of Louisi-
ana, to which it is here principally confined, is
source of much wealth. The capital employed
in that State is $52,000,O0O, with 10000 hands
and 10000 horses, and the average annual man
nfacture of sugar more than SO0OO,OO0 lbs., and
100000 gallons of molasses The cane crop in
the United States last year 1642,) was an ave-
rage one, and the whole aggregate sugar crop of
the year was 142,445,l99 lbs though nearly
100000 less than in 1910. Our imports in
1910, were, of brown sugar, to the value Of
$4,742,492; white or clayed, $S3S,459. But
there was exported, of refined sugar, to the
value of $1,2l465s. 1t is thought supply of
sugar for home consumption might be produced
United States in 1880 was about 10000 tons.


The product of a hand on sugar estate is put
down at the cultivation Of six acres, producing
5000 lbs. of sugar, and 1875 gallons of moasses.
Ihe value OF the sugar on the spot is 81 cents
pound, and The molasses Is cents gallon; total,
1927 30. The annual expense per hand tools,
&c., SlO5. Two crops are made in succession
on the same land, one OF plant-cane, and one Of
rattoons; Il then lies fallow two years, or is
planted with Indian corn or peas An acre yields
about 200 lbs. Of sugar. The State of Louisi-
ana has 7U0 plantations, 525 in operation pro-
ducing annually about $4,000 hogsheads Of 1000
lbs. each. The raw sugar imported in 1910 was
l2l 100000 lbs., valued abroad a. S5OOO,OOO,
and imported from six different countries This,
with our own product, is over 263, 900 lbs
But maple sugar constitutes in addition large
proportion of our domestic consumption, amount
ing annually to eight or ten millions lbs The
protection afforded by tariff has greatly in
creased the production Of sugar in the United
States. From 1916 TO 1928 this increase was
from $4,000 TO $4,000 hogsheads