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Leaving his legal practice, Pipes in 1913 accepted an associate manager's position at Southdown Plantation, the estate of the late Henry Chotard Minor, located west of Houma. Pipes became a large-scale sugar planter and a refinery operator. He was also secretary of the family-owned Chambers Advertising Agency in New Orleans. Through the American Sugar Cane League, he sought to improve the techniques of both growing cane sugar and refinery methods to put the final product on the kitchen table. He was among the first to recognize mosaic disease, which crippled the sugar industry. A [[United States Department of Agriculture]] experimental station was established at Southdown.<ref name=bio/>
Leaving his legal practice, Pipes in 1913 accepted an associate manager's position at Southdown Plantation, the estate of the late Henry Chotard Minor, located west of Houma. Pipes became a large-scale sugar planter and a refinery operator. He was also secretary of the family-owned Chambers Advertising Agency in New Orleans. Through the American Sugar Cane League, he sought to improve the techniques of both growing cane sugar and refinery methods to put the final product on the kitchen table. He was among the first to recognize mosaic disease, which crippled the sugar industry. A [[United States Department of Agriculture]] experimental station was established at Southdown.<ref name=bio/>
On February 11, 1910, Pipes married the former Mary Louise Minor (1886-1961) at the Christ Church [[Episcopal]] Cathedral in New Orleans. She was the daughter of Anna Louise Butler and Henry Minor, one of the owners of Southdown as well as Pipes' predecessor as the plantation manager. Mary Louise was a graduate of Newcomb College, then the women's division of Tulane. The couple had six children, including David Pipes, III, who was born in 1912 and died the next year. Their other offspring were Anna Fort Pipes (1914-1985), Henry Minor Pipes (1916-1984), John Butler Pipes (1919-1996), Katharine Minor Pipes (1922-1982), Mary Minor Pipes (1925-1982), and Margaret Gustine Pipes (1927-1987<ref name=bio/><ref name=pipesfamily>{{cite web|url=http://www.pipesfamily.com/winds0001.htm|title=Descendants of Windsor Pipes|publisher=Pipesfamily.com|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref>
On February 11, 1910, Pipes married the former Mary Louise Minor (1886-1961) at the Christ Church [[Episcopal]] Cathedral in New Orleans. She was the daughter of Anna Louise Butler and Henry Minor, one of the owners of Southdown as well as Pipes' predecessor as the plantation manager. Mary Louise was a graduate of Newcomb College, then the women's division of Tulane. The couple had six children, including David Pipes, III, who was born in 1912 and died the next year. Their other offspring were Anna Fort Pipes (1914-1985), Henry Minor Pipes (1916-1984), John Butler Pipes (1919-1996), Katharine Minor Pipes (1922-1982), Mary Minor Pipes (1925-1982), and Margaret Gustine Pipes (1927-1987<ref name=bio/><ref name=pipesfamily>{{cite web|url=http://www.pipesfamily.com/winds0001.htm|title=Descendants of Windsor Pipes|publisher=Pipesfamily.com|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref>