The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-10-13

may be seen ascending from the tall CHM
neys Of sugar-houses, indicating that the
rolling season is fully inaugurated. We
| are yet without figures upon which to base
| an approximate estimate of the yield, but
all the reports we have thus far received
sugar will be quite as large as could have
! been expected in view of the prolonged
drouth and the comparatively diminutive
size of the cane as q general rule. The
scarcity of water is great drawback,
which effects nearly every planter, and
there are very few places in this vicinity
| where it has not been necessary to draw
| upon the river and bayou for water to start
the mills. Most of the planters have pumps
at the river or bayou side by means of
which water is furnished to their sugar
houses, but number have been compelled
to hire steam tugs to fill their ponds. In
the latter way water has been supplied to
the Scannell, Amad6o Braud and other
places in upper st. James, the Conway and
Donaldson places in lower Ascension, and
the tug Aspinwail is now pumping at the
place of Mrs. Jas. A. Dodds in the first
| ward.
At the following places grinding has be-
gun since our last weeks report: Mr..
James Teller's Riverside place, Tuesday
evening; Messrs. Mccall Bros Evan Hall,
Monday; Mr.. Leon Godchaux's Souvenir,
Monday; Messrs. Lemann q Lumn's Palo
Alto, Wednesday; Mr.. Beirne's Clark, We'd
nesday, and Orange Grove, Monday; Mr..
kenner's Hermitage, Tuesday evening;
Mr.. Kenner's BoWdon Thursday evening;
Mr.. Richard McCall;s McManor and Mr..
Beirne's Ascension; Messrs. Lemann &
Hanson's Peytavin, just below Donaldson
vile, Thursday; Messrs. Crossley & Sons
Mount Eoumas, Wednesday at l o'clock
P. M; Mr.. Burgundy Lapice5 place, st.
James, Tuesday.
At the following places the mills will
start on Monday next: Mr.. j. G. Coield's
Point Houmas; Messrs. tLemann's Rod
riguez; Aaron Jacobs Stella; Messrs. Adj
lard and R. o. Landry's places. Mr.. Leon
Babin would have started his mill this
week, but necessary repairs to one of the
kettles will delay him couple of days.
A new steam train is being put in at Mr..
Jonas B, Jacobs Viala place. Grinding
will begin there next Thursday.
Mr.. Ben. Gibson brought a pump from
Waterloo place to his Gem plantation, on
Thursday, and is filing his pond prepara-
tory to the starting of the Gem mill, which
we are informed will get under way on the
22nd inst. It is reported that grinding will
begin on the Alex Marchand place the same
day. Mr.. Gibson has some very fine cane
and is promised good yield. Mr.. Henry
Cook will begin cutting cane on Monday
and will start his mill Tuesday or Wednes-
day.
We hear that 125,0OO pounds of frst-class
sugar was made at the Belle Alliance plan
tation, and the crop will probably reach
100000 pounds, a slight increase over
that of last year. The cane is yielding
well, and the expectation Of an augmented
crop is based upon considerably increased
acreage.
At Mr.. Kenner's Bowdon place, also, the
crop Of 1888 promises to exceed that of
1882. A portion of the place was sub
merged last year by water from the Landry
cre7asse, and there will be more cane to
grind this year than there was last.
Rattoons are said to be giving 1900 pounds
of sugar to the acre on Mr.. Buckner's
Crescent place.
Mr.. Jacques Rouis, an Assumption
farmer, claims to have delivered cane to
the Belle Alliance mill weighing twenty
four tons to the acre, and to havesome yet
in his field that will reach twenty-eight
tons.
Mrs. NJ. Israel & Co. had counted upon
starting their mill at the Salisbury place,
St. James parish, on Monday, but a trial
run yesterday showed a defect in the put
ting up of the rollers which will cause o
delay of two Or three days. The mill will
start Tuesday night or Wednesday morn
ing, barring accidents.