The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-08

| Der most planters abandoned further Efforts
| 70 make either stlgar OF. Inoasses, leaving
| latgs quantities III standing and windrpwed
| cane In the field -.one planter N West Baton
| Rouge being said to have abandoned over 900
acres Of standing cane. II may hero be re-
marked that the great imtnatutlty Of The cane
| was shown by the very general Inferior
| quality of open Kettle sugar sent to natket
| and tint the loss to The State from this dis
astrons lreehe may bes.stitnated ~ from
Fb,DDD.o1n 10 &s.b0o,obo. II is believed that the
| oldest planter nannot teCall when such u sen
son with SO far u promises from latge stands,
| If green ended SO disastfolsly With
this melancholy result fresh In our
minds with the interesting record of
| Mr.. Aimns journal also befors us
ono conclusion Stems foreiby 10 present IL
self that Of all things 10 lle dreaded by plant
e,s MI ehr|y freeze On green came e thaa worst.
| " this he just Tho inquiry arises. what cab no
If IL shall occur. what 10 diminisl, The dam
age1 The great Importance Of this inquiry
| has perhaps levi The writer 10 collect nlmer..
Gus details, which tnny be. perhaps, firing and
not new to n majority Of planters STILL II
must he admitted That these details when
| tolathd. may enable eneh planter. by q rpin-
phrson of recent and earlier ezperiennes to
form conclusions which II not absolutely
point It Is suggested That my Judgment chi,
only safely be formed by those planters who
watch and record the principal meteorological
and agricultural events OF the year, but
| "A
| tempernf,,re IF the yenr Is nonrnrned the
| writer ventures tn obserya tbat no prncision
If observation on, lbs expected nr obtained
| without what is ealled n seIf-registering
| ihermolneler. ensjIy md rheaply prt6urnd In
this city. Willie eregrets his liability to lay
down any fixed rules for Withdrawing before
or after n freeze. In all rnses, vet he thinks
II will moi he deulrd. with The teaching If 1877,
and after the extracts from MIR. Aimes' jour
nal. that Withdrawing cane. green and grow
| Inp after H. has bnet, killed tp tho ground Ia
ininlinous. ami That The faster it. r. ground
the better On the other hand If not In rapid
| prnwtl, and uotlaratelv ripn n norton, anv one
half Of tho standing cane might be wind,
rnwed. whenever Tho bud Is killed which IL
always is II the ihermomeler remains any
timnai no., IEvpn II The eyes should lekiled ~
we'll rthuso,illinp tn Tho pru,ntD, and II IT, he
frozen, il would II ripe. be nl4o judiritns h,
wInirotv n portion. If much he standing.
But another question presents itself Should
cane no windt,wed before any rranze} Given,
January or later. would IT not. r,epze or no
ffnnse, lie wise Ia ,yindrow ~ portion Of it
from ihe tenth to tho twentieth Of Novnt-
Dor? about who, time we generally may OK
nsrt liuht iee 1rthe urop were prann and grow
lnp would ii keep in wlndrow. frozen or IN
frozen In view Of the Importance Of this
question planters should collect details md
facts to guide us In Tho future. The solution
1sper,ls on sd nnnuv considerations chemical
agricultural and meteorological. that only by
come general r,le be safely laid down. Tx
actuess of observation mud, Mt the same time
n certain holiness Of eypnri,pent, are .le-
,nnndrd gn1 exnosure ana ,n.iI,,rs or c,,l-
tive,jnn vary. These factors m1sL not te left
| ,n,t nj Tho account: nor nfter all will my
r,,ls nnt,lv ,,n,le, all eirn,tmstaneps
| Al thfs p,ipt IT, will he Ms well Ia give mn
sHirart frun, n recent letter Of Mr. q Golomb
a planter of preai exreriantq in st. James
np ills s,l,imfi Mr. q eays among nnny
Interesting dstails
"tt il worthy IF po,ire thnt on several ofra-
s,,na I ,yindroynd before n F,cnxn hut usn-
erallv after frosts or jtpbt loo that did not
ini,,re the cane innlerinIl,1 In 1870 canes
were taken from windows and put away as
seed and this onue. forty da Va alter. yleded
yell am nnde unoi suunr Thn u,enf point
howevar r ja The Tnnt tl,at moi n cane wss osi
In Tho neriod nf ttyelvo wears and that sugar
was always made with the win,lrows. There
tvns rartninlv enue lusa arrprdtnp to the
, mat v ~ he cane To- can re,nn,nber that
tahnn I Ind n lnryn orop wn,I1 keep some
~ the ,ineet nlnnt expreeslv Ia 10 put in
windroy, sbould the necessity occur" o
Auextrnrt from n letter lnIely written by
n nlnntsr Mr. James Il Daynll savs.
hAs rererds the saving of n crop III cane,
tbcrc is t,nncrntlv un difIinultv urnvjIetl a. is
rna and HI enrly start Is made. We should
never let he FIRST III December find us with n
great daa Of standing cane; always windrow
Ihe ripeet
Mr. w w Pugh. of Assumption. also writes
as follows.
"Whcn the cnneis frozen to the ground. and
, Won rau find no green leaves. The best plan Is
to cut. hnul and manufactures MS rapidly MS
posgihle parjir,lnrlyi If the cold IL sufficiently
, intense to epIlt Tho cane. The advantage or
shade to rnrr frozen does not cotupensnte for
, tt,e loss orcnsin,cd nv Tho DELAY In making II
into s,,rnr, have mndn forty-one crops on This
place. aud never left any standing cane in tho
Held exeepl In gs2 when lilo pntire crop was
lrft standing FAIRY in the season mike IT,
n point to Withdrew MS soon na tho bud is gen,
er,lIv killed.: there Ia ,,a,,nlly n period II ten
DAYS Iet,veeu n frrnyn in the curly days Of
: November md The Succeeding free1e, whieI,
gives ample time for laying down tic cane
Sone Years since 1 tried the experiment Of
, laying down green cnl,s before the bud WIS
touched. the Juice was full nf gum and il
,ndo ,,nor sugar | hive never repeated the
experiment.. though IT. Is possible thnt had
tho cane been ripe / should havoc sucoeeded