The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-04
TIE PLANTERS ASSOCIATION.
4 eed Cane and the Extraction of juice
Discussed.

Discussed.
The regular monthly meeting Of the Louis
lana Sugar Planters Association was held last
night at the hall on Baronne street. near Com
mon.
The following answers to questions pro-
pounded by the body and communicated by the
secretary to the planters. were read:
FROM H. V. CoLvERT.
s l. In windrowing seed cane. other things
being equal. which is likely TO keep best, plant
or ratoons2 A.--Ratoons, certainly.
.. Does seed IN ,windroWipg keep best In
sandy or black land Al have never noticed
the difference when both are well drained.
Generally think the sandy land safest Us being
easier to drain.
4. Does II keep beet If laid down thin or thick
In furrow, say one or two rows of seed in fur
row. A. Keens best when thick in the row as
then they lie or the ground. and are not 90 apt
% be injured ny water. which y the only source
/ Does ii keen bet II deep Or shallow fur
rows2 A. burrows Of medium depth are best:
too deep, there ID dapgerfr0m water; too shall
low there would b. difficulty In covering.
81 Suppose the plnnter knows what cane he
ahonId he before that cane Is ibid ". cultivate
by hedging high to make deep furrow. or the
reverse? Al would cultivate % usual When
two rows In one; If the fufroW are shallow, and
Ii deep. the lower canes would be injured. In
that case 1t is better to put each row by Itself Ia
4 n rather shallow furrow. do not think it Judi
cious TO cover too heavily. yet when two rows
are put in one, it requires four-horse pillow
10 do the work.
best to cover it deeply with heavy burrows of
dirt, turned over by a four horse ploW. or
lightly? should the dirt coyel the whole OF the
rows did not quite meet at the top? Al have
answered partly Ia former questions. think h
the burrows should meet ana lnse meet; noes
7. Is It not of great importance that lie bed
or bottom Of the'furrow in which the cane ls to
lie, should be dry as possible? Would It. If it
were practicable. be well TO run a subsoil plow
In the burrows before putting down the seeds?
A.-This / have never tried. but | thlpk
would be good: the only objection Is that the
Suhsoil would render tSe SURFACE uneven, ana
the canes would not lie close,
s. Is 1t not Of great imp ortance that good, ahl
deep quarter drains should traverse NE ianu
where the seed 10 put away? Absolutely nee
essary, This Is the greatest safeguard. in my
FROM JOS. AUGER.
l. First years s,ubble is as good as plant
which consider best when put down ripe.
4. iii q fair stand windrow In one furrow.
II III should be covered lightly.
II am not an advocate OF high rldgfng or
~ Two inches OF dirt Is ample and can always
dir u should always meet at the top.
waited for or awaited myself Of damp weather
the subsoil pillow woud afford good bed: -,
8. Almost any planter of ordinary intelli-.
gence will say it is of prime imDortance-aSe, OF
absolute necessity.
FROM GEO. W. JONES.
?. As a 1ule sandy land for the very good
reas on that sandy land is usually best drained
My observation is that medium Is oes., est Ii
ing If too thin, it Is too much exposed to water
4. Shallow,
e. The reverse.
g. Cover lightly, but have it all covered. am
of opinion that the OPENINGS between burrows
would admit too much air-Iust what we WISH
!. Ii the land was we'll ditched, think sub
soiling unnecessary; besides it would he gen
orally 1mpracticable to drive four mules with
a subsoil pillow between rows before lay Ing down
cane
8. PROFESSIONALLY. -@ @" ".M-
At a preceding meeting the secretary was d.
rected to apply to all planters who weigh their
cane for statement. showing
!. The percentage OF Juice obtained from
cane ass uming the juice to weigh eight and a
half pounds to the gallon.
.. The percentage Of yield in dry sugar.
5. TIE percentage Of yield in molasses. as
suming molasses to weigh twelve pounds per
gallon.
4. The total percentage Of saccharine results
And last night he ported the receipt of the
following answers:
n,
ST. JOHN.
Crop of 1sTs-423s tons cane rolled: ATT $3.50
ponnas OF sugar. 2g7 sic pounds of m lAsse-
total. 75,446 pounds masse cutie s 65 ppr cent
sugar, $50 per Cent molasses; total el5 ner
csnt masse cutie
AcALL BROS. EVAN HALL. PLANTATION. AscEN
SION.
~ Grop OF ls'5-64.T per cent Juice from cane
ssI per cent dry sugar, 5 80 per cent molssssS
aosA, 1856 per cent masee cutie
a. ar oa nsSmsS 10 per cent juice from cane;
M
:, Srop Oh is76-5s 10 per cent Juice from cane
total. IA per cent mass cutie. Aioi"eses
AT, n,oss OF 1874. 1875 and 1876. sugar made in
gals, 1iil pan Ut cehtflfu-
1rop Of; go per cent juice from cane: . q,
! IS ceat ufy sugar 5s2 per cent moasses; tofat
&c ~ Y Der cent maSse cutie - soe"'
1loD q .25 Der cfnt Juice from cane