The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-11
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AND CROPS.


has been made. Most of the
larger plantations have been work
ing all the hands they could get
or could proitabIy employ on full
time.
The frost is said to have touched
the cane slightly in some OF the
parishes, IbervilIe for instance;
but it has only stimulated plant
ers to work up the crops without
delay, to avoid loss. Heavy falls
of rain have visited some sections;
we have had, also, a reasonable
share OF cool, braCing, invigoratS
ing weather. The season for roll
ing, on the whole, has been, never~
theless, exceedingly favorable.
The yield of cane in most localities
is very encouraging indeed ; we
have great reason to delight in
this particular season when, for
a few weeks, the decline of the
year seems to have been arrested
or even turned back and q bright,
genial sun still fingers with us.
This shorter summer has been a
most pleasant and productive sea-
son iC the Attakapas. The great
danger here lately lay in the diff
iculty of maturing the cane. The
warm weather promoted the cir.
culation of the sap and the growth
of the plant. The warm spell,
too, was unfavorable to sugar
making, and some planters even
suspended operations until a cold
snap came on. Their expectations
at length were realized. The in~
tervals of cold, within the past
two or three weeks, have been
most useful in remedyiDg the
evils just alluded to, for although
the difficulty has not been alton
gether removed, its dimensions
have been much reduced. The
late season, warm and moist,
grew cane en- some spots to a
hugesize.
The st. Landry Democrat
speaks of a stalk grown in that
parish which measured thirteen
feet two inches, and weighed over
fifteen pounds. To judge from the
average size of the stalks, and the
information received, the cane
crop in this section has turned
ont fine again this year.
On Mr.. SWenson's place, on
Bayou Sale, the average yield is
expected to be Il hogsheads to
the acre. This enterprising gem
tleman has expended large sums
on costly machinery, and has
made a most fortunate hit. His
two sugar houses, about three
miles apart, are connected by an
iron pipe, through which the cane
Juice is forced from one house to
the other. In this latter, it is
passed through centrifa-
gals and a clarifying process and
prepared for market.
The low temperature of the
week before last did a great deal
If good to the cane. In Assump.
ion parish, the cold snap was
ollowed by q summer tempera-
.1re, and then such heavy falls of
ain, that planters could not feed
heir rollers as the soil was too
oft for cutting, and hauling was
npracticable, but this unforeseen
Interruption was brief, although
it lasted their roads were
q a wretched condition. In
Avoyelles parish, too, rains have
cen heavy, but it was hoped they !
'ould not be without certain adj |
as it was thought that
ley w4ald swell Red River so as
} maks the navigation of that !.
tream possible, the low stage of /
'ater heretofore hindering plant-
Is from making any shipments. !
With regard to cotton, almost :
1 Of this crop has been gathered, !
the greater part Of it has
cen sent to market, and sold at
bod figures. It is the general ! !
OPPRESSION among the knowing s
les that the highest prices have ]
cen already reached that is pos q
bic to obtain this season. A |
'nsiderable quantity ofthis staple 9
It remains in some of the par 7
hes, in consequence Of want Of I
alter to transport it to the city. T.
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ITALIAN OPERA.-Ast the grand I
era season draws toward a i
'se, the attendance has greatly t.
creased, and the New Orleans n
bic fully realize the merits of n
! strakosch troupe. Mile. Tere, o.
q Singer has a very sweet and 6i
Eertal voice, and is as well an to
Of much merit. Mile. La OF
lnche Miss Blanche Dayen- =