The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-25


answer off hand, and ss our firm are only buyers,
we don't know as much about the market as q
number OF others do.
Rep.-From your correspondence with the
planters in the country are :he reports favorable?
I MIR. Agar-At present our correspondence with
planters is very limited.
Rep.-But you keep fully posted as regards the
condition OF the growing crop2
Mr.. Agar, laughingly-Of course we do: that's
our business.
Rep.-From what You gather then what would
you Judge. Mr ag AZ, to be tho yield of our grow
MIR. Agar-Taking all things into consideration.
ii we have fair season l think the crop will run
up to fully ten per cent over that OF last year.
Rsp--Fully ten per cent?
Mr. Agar-Yes, cir; 10 per cent; that is, II we
nave good fall. 1t Bll depends that. We
canc have much Of crop if we have storms late
IN our autumn. and, another thing, these freezes
we have about the 1st OF September may eurtail
our yield. Ii all depends upon that.
Leaving Mr.. Agar, the next visit was paid to
the house OF that experienced firm,
MEssns. BRIERRE & woaAN,
whose familiarity with tho trade entities their
opin on to high consideration.
From them we learned that, taking all things
into confederation. the growing crop was one to
congratulate ourselves upon. The stubbts has
been source OF much disappointment. and cam
not enter 40 large factor into au estimate for
this year. The cane, it is true, is thin and small
rine matter may be large in even small cane. The
size of the cane indicates nothing to the yield.
After leaving Messrs. Agar & Lelong the re-
porter called upon
MEssBs. DYMoND & GARDEs.
The members Of the firm happened to be absent,
but Mr.. Pilot, the courteous bookkeeper. gave all
the information in his possession.
A recent trip through Plaquemines on the part
OF member OF the house evidenced the fact
that in that parish from present reports the
cane is drawing wen and promises well.
A. TERTRoU.
1t was source OF pleasure to the reporter to
meet Mr.. A. Tertrou, the well known sugar factor,
who received his journalistic acquaintance with
his usual courtesy.
After desultsry talk, Mr.. Tertrou answered
the reporter:
| 1 would give you all that know willingly, but,
to tell the truth, it 10 little more than impos-
sble to give an accurate statement Of what the
| condition OF cane rs now growing is.
| Rep.-Have you been OF late through the sugar
parishes?
MIR. Tertrou-I have been through most of the
river parishes from Ibervlle down the river, and
from what / saw / think the stubbls will
be very poor. In the Lafonrche district,
where / have been, the cane 10 between three
or four weeks bebindhand, and its eondi-
ton is Indifferent, taking it as general thing.
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ports about the same thing, and the yield cannot
| be greater than last year.
Rep.-And what do you think that will be this
year?
Mr.. Tertrou-From all / can gather do not
think we will get as much as We did last year.
The yield then was 169, 1891 hogsheads of sugar
and Of molasses 12,024, 100 gallons.
Rep.-And it the weather remains 90 we have
Mr.. T.-What would come OF it I couldn't say.
The cane, il we have o wet September, will be
brought to the mill with great deal Of water,
and consequently there will be o loss OF saccha-
old head to solve. Now, as you know the cane is
drawing and forming, and, am sorry to say, in
the fields have seen tho red joints are few and
far between, and it required some hunting then
| to find them.
Rep.-As q WHOLE what would you consider the
true class for this season, Mr.. Tertron?
MIR. T-Considering all things would put it.
after deiiberation, as below fair.
The next person interviewed was the agent Of
| BRADrsH JOHNSON, ESQ.,,
who was that polite and perfect gentleman, Mr..
P. Cazenave.
Mr.. Cazenaye reported that Mr.. johnson had
been fertilizing very largely during the last year.
Rep-WeI, Mr. Gazenave, from your observe
ton, what do you think this years yield will be?
| MIR. Cszenave-As you probably know, that de-
pends entirely on the weather. September and
October are the cane-ripening months, and the
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have then. Ii we have a rain now and afterwards
we have rain during the fall We will have large
crop. Cane depends entirely on the weather, and
the fall is the most preearious season.
| Rep.-Is Mr.. Bradish johnson going to start
| his mills earlier this year than usual?
Mr.. Casanave- Oh, yes On the Whitney and
Carroll places he has given orders that grinding
would start ON October Is. These places are
above the city. Oa those below the city, in
plaquemines, as the cane is smaller and late,
grinding will be later.
Rep What is the report about rattoons down
there?
MIR. C.-From what saw ] think it will take
almost the whole Of the rattoon to plant The
stubble is very poor, remarkably poor. have
heard that one acre OF stubble will only plant
two. 1t is indeed very poor.
Rep.-Has not Mr.. Johnson used fertilizers
very largely?
Mr.. Ole has. He has used fertilizers
whenever he thought it would be OF benefit, and
much more freely than before the wsr. This
think has been quite general OF late. Mr.. john
son spent this year over SIS 900 in fertilizers, be-
sides $1,000 or $4,000 in COW peas.
Rep.-As general average what would you call
our growing crop2
Mr.. C.-From my personal observation, and
from all l can CLEAN, think the crop OF 1877 will
be fine, or what you might call 8 truly fair
| crop. We have had a drouth up the country
during the month Of August, and it is very
natural to expect heavy rains in September If
we have very wet September much of the sugar
that would otherwise be made will 60 through the
chimney. eysporated with the water. Ths, of
| course, will lessen the crop. What we want now
is rain, and after it cool weather. That would
help the cane amazingly.
Mr.. HENRI TETE,
one Of our largest sugar factors, and GENTLE
man who has bad a wide experience in sugar
planting, upon being interviewed, expressed an
unieigned desire to afford us all the information
and assistance within his power. He also ex-
pressed himself fayorably upon our Cotton n
terview, which he had read.
Referring to the prospects of the next sugar
crop, MIR. rete said that there was no need of
concealing the fact that the crop was backward.
and that the siubble had suffered considerably
from the severe cold OF last winter, and vet the
prospects were that the next crop Would be what
might be called "fair.sn
The crop might not come up with that of last
season, which was of about 10000 hogsheads,