The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-08
OUR SUGAR INTERESTS.
THE rLANrHns IN COUNCIL.
sntevestins Paper ny Hugh MeEati On
wInaravvIng Cane.

most prominent Of the planters Of the State.
members Of the sugar Planters Association,
Duncan II, Kenper. ESD. In the chair.
After the reading Of tho minutes the presi-
dsnt appointed The following gentlemen Oh
the committee called for last meeting Gage.
Walker souebon. Fleltas. Minor, Coleman
and Dymond.
MIR, ], 81. Dynond, Of tho executive commit
Ire. had nothing particularly 10 report The
matter Of tho tariff on sugar was being at~
tended to In Washington. lie read M article
from Tho New York joWnaf Of Commerce,
whieh argued that the Louisiana planters
we're ramotng fot protection At the expense
III the consumers Of the nation. and comment
ed ipnti ".
MIR Hugh Mccall then read paper on
wtNpHowtNa GAME
The subject of tgndrowing our cane either
before what Is called u ffeeSe. In order tu pro
/ iect ii against the effects Of d Temperature be-
I low B2o Fahrenheit. that IL nine ioings out
Of ten Is sure to occur earlier thar the tirst Of
Dnceinher. ut after freeze. III order to pre-
serve It's saechaline qualities, IL Of very deep
.impoitanee to the sugar planters OF our State
IT IL believed by many that cane should inya
tiably be wlndrowsd after the formation u
lee. u the bud or growing Interior sh,ath OF
the eyes are killed or not. Many believe also
that The slower the cold the greater The ur-
genoy Of lnmellate Withdrawing. arguing that
what ID advisable when the growth is merely
frozen and even split by the cold. II is gen
orally supposed. also, that II the weather tn-
main cool. aud no warm rain occur, eane may
be windtpwea for week after the ftee1o,
and put down under these favorable unndi-
lions, IL may be relied on, II fairly mature. to
yield sugar for many weeks after. IT. Is not
fhe purpose uf the writer 10 combat these
views. which TN the whole. he thinks sound
mud Justified by experience, His present ain
Ia, ~ briefly as possible, to refer to and oom
pare tho experiences Uf former seasons On
these points, and to direct the attention OF
planters To considerations In The conditions Of
the problem lhUw tp save our cana when
madel, which may, 10 ee tain extent. modify
present opinions, and show the difficulty Vt
laying down any absolute rule "a 10 wlndruw-
Ing aud which, at the same time will prove
tho necessity Of the careful consideration and
balancing III evils and advantages IN any
course to be pursued when cane is green and
In full growth.
The very disastrous outcome Ut tho sugar
crop Of 1877. resulting indirectly from The
effects Of violent storms OF wind and rain in
Septetnbet OF that year. and the subsequent
rains, and More directly from the severe
freezes Ia November and December when
tho Thermometer ranged from 920 TO lDo over
the whole sttgar district, has led tho writer
10 examine Into the particular circumstances
Of this misfortune, as well Ms to compare II
with earlier ONES brought oh by similar
causes He has been able to do this more
readily, owing TO tho kindness OF the present
possessor Of the Journal Of Vscour Aime.
deceased. who whs generally considered.
during ha lifetime hs one of the most in
telligent aud successful planters and sugar
mixers In Louisiana.
In order that we may draw profitable do
auctions from, the events Of Former seasons.
aud Judging their analegles with that of 1877.
IL will be necessary to set forth briefly such
extracts and details from MIR Alna's Journal
aH seems pertinent to our purpose, Tho Jour
hal is spread over period Of thirty three
years. beginning witt, the year 1873, II may
be- here observed that no instance of Withdrew
Ing cane W protect IL from frost. or to pre-
serve II aftelwatd. occurs in the journal ante
rior to the year 1890. though II may be sup
posed to have occurred. In that year. how
ever 1t Ia set forth that. owing 10 The peculiar
tiles uf the sraHpn the cane was green al the
beginning Of and during the entire rolling
tnnt Oh the 7th and sth Of November there
was thin leo. on the fifteenth Of December
ice formed to the thickness Of a half dollar.
and finally on the twenty .Hncund Of December
loo nade iive-eshtha Of nn inch thick.and tho
thermometer fell to 30 Fahrenheit loling
anted on the thittetb of December 1t being
stated 'tha cane would no longer make
atuar" Mr.. Ame remarks that cane wind.
ruwel after the ice made bad sugar while
tho standing cane made good, ana alleges rs
tho reason ii would no longer mako eugnr
TINT II was "ao groom TITO Gate Of the
wtndruwing IN this season In not given. hut
1t may he remarked that notwithstanding.
Tho light freezes up 30 December 2s. tho
cane made good sugar NJ to that date but
that after that henvy freeze. IN eight days II
cetsed ~ make sugar the wiudruwed cane
being the worst.
l,at ,,a next turn to The year 1894 In tho Jour
nal. Tho first ice IN this year was on The
seth and 2fth November. when the thermpn,.
eter fell to 2Go: on tlie first December occurred
n warm rnin On the seventh December they
renaru grinding because The canes yielded no
sugar. Ia this year there Is no mention made
of wlndrowing. and It's record Ia referred to
"a showing the disastrous effect Of u warn,
rain after freeze.
The aeoount Of tho year 1896 Is Instructive.
showing, aH 1t dona, that repeated freezes.
even severe ones. are not enough To destroy
the sugar In the cane If IL be sufficiently ma.
tute, although It be not winerowed II mp
pears that In this season leo formed rs
early "a November to IL: on the nth and
on the a6th, goth aud 2nth November Ice
formed, with the Thermometer Mt go again
Ice made on the third December, killing the
cane to the ground. on tho sixth the cane was
18th and 2lst December tho Thermometer
went 10 aiel Notwithstanding hll this. the
cane yielded good sugar by cutting 1t two
Joints below the white top. Ice occurred
again on the 2ad and Goth Decemhor and
finally The crop was closed on the twenty.
eighth leaving fifty arpcnts Of grorn cane
Ia the field aud 100 arpenR cut IN half"
Tho operations Of tho rolling Of tsiO were
also remarkable Tho cnno juice weighed
only n To 80 lcaume but the yield was
splendid tho cane being large, and, it is to b,
presumed, fairly ripe. Up TO tho twenty third
Of November there was no freeze On TINT
day the thermometer foil to 2D'. Mr.. Aim,
having windrowed on the 22d and gid of No
vembor ilfty-ilve arpcnts Of cano .practi
cally. II will 10 noticed. II case OF Withdrawing
before the freeze On the twenty-siSth d
November tho Thermometer fell to "a, ant
there was ico formed hnlr nj inch thick. or
the twenty sixth oi November twenty arpent'
more were wlnd,owed. and IT ia stat, q thai
MI this date twelve arpenta OF creole cane
gave sixtcen hogshcads. ana foriy-six arpcntt
OF ribbon cane gave ITO hogsheads Of sugar
proving how perfect was its condition. lc,
followed again on tho 9th and 2sth of Novom