Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-12-09
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In descending the river we stopped at seve.
raj places and as they were all engaged in
making sugar we found much to observe. DIR
pritchard at Iberville tells us that, the sugar
cane in the neighborhood this year IL nnusu.
ally unproductive. lie states that the causes
can readily he accounted for. The Iate cold
spring which retarded the growth of the
young plant and then the heavy aud constant
rains in The early part Of the summer has beer
mueh the cause of it. The heavy rains we
experienced on the ooh ult, and on the lrs'
and 2nd inst, prevented us from making as
many visits as we anticipated, the evening
of the above day we arrived at Mound Tillot-
son, New River. This gentleman s. TiIlot.
son received us with much hospitality and
kindness:. His ground and establishment is
certainly extensive and susceptible Of great
improvements he being also engaged in the
sugar making and having a large tract Of land
to cultivate, has proposed therefore of laying
a private rail road from his house to the mis-
sissippi river being a straight line of two
miles on a level ground. i1a ss&al +#9
Mound Tillotspn we think an interesting
place, and few could believe that in the
midst Of the woods so handsome a dwelling
with other improvements could be found, and
every other comfort that the heart could wish
for. We saw here the best set Of cabins for
the slaves 10 the country.
Mr.. T.. makes good sugar, it is our inten.
ton in future to say a great deal more about
Mound 'Tiilotson. =
We stopped at Henry Doyal esq; and here
we saw stall hands at work." The, striking
pan or graduating apparatus, the invention OF
J. HI Penny Esqr, is here in succts full opera
ton. Mr.. d, informs us that the molasses
that comes from the sugar that is made by the
pans, brings always higher prtce by one and
a half or two cents per gallon, also it is in
greater demand for reason that the sugar is
never burnt by those pans and thereby the
molasses is better and sWeeter. We r~ecollect
distinctly that those same pans two years ago
by some planters were condemn e n reiec-
ted and now to our knowledse are in use at
Nc Gavock, Tillotson, Doyal, Comps, Jenny
&c. Mr.. D.. is a practical and a. very indus
trious planter. He showed us a plough for
reality "tillipg the soil'' the best implement
we have seen for a long time, and think it in
our opinion far superior TO Jacobs ploughs.
Mr.. d. is an advocate for deep ~ploughing,
this we conceive very judicious and i; would
be better if It was generally practical. The
crop Vi sugar vi ,u's pidee 10 d Sooa lHtFu
shorter from whatit was last year. We would
here remark that we have already seen some
for the fair, in the agriculture as
wella in the animal line, also the people from
this section seem TO feel disposed to turn out
in good earnest this season.
In our former statement as regards the SUI
gar crop this seaeon, we stated that the prob
able crop would reach $4,000 hogsheads,
should no severe frosls or other circnmstan-
ces arrive. We now have our fears that the
crop of sugar in La. cannot possibly reach it.
farther we 60 down the more reduction
we notice in the sugar in comparison with the
planters above. At Preston's plantation the
crop is but half this year and SO are many of
all along in St James. 5
White Hall Nov. 3, MORE ANON.