The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-11-03

SuaAR SQU1Bs.-The weather has been
clear and cool this week, just what is re-
CURED to increase the sugar yield, and its
effect is apparent GA every hand as the re-
ports coming in from adjacent plantations
abundantly prove. Where 1900 pounds to
the acre we're being realized ten days ago,
1900 to 1000 are now obtained and still
further improvement is locked for if the
weather continues good.
All the sugar mills on Mr.. Beirne's five
places in the fifth ward are in full and sat
isfactory operation, the damage caused by
accidents to the machinery on Riverton
and Conway having been repaired. We
have no positive information from New
Hope and Ascension, but presume. that the
mills there are also under way again.
At the Hermitage sugar-house, Wednes-
day morning about o'clock, the breaking
of the return plate compelled the stoppage
Of the mSH. The plate was sent to New Or
leans for repair, and will probably be III
place again to-day. We had the pleasure
JCSIClllttJ VI lICGGlIS NIL. l1tdlll,
manager Of the Hermitage place, and of
receiving from him sample of the first
strike Of sugar made from Hermitage cane
this season, sent us by our courteous colored
friend, Mr.. Anthony Bringier. It required
only glance at the sample to show that
Hermitage is on top, as usual, in the matter
of turning out fine sugar. The grain is
large and firm and the color beautiful,
snowy white. It is the best new crop sugar,
to all appearances, that we have yet seen.
We have received this week samples of
sugar from Messrs. Lemann & Hanson's
Belleterre plantation and from Mr.. J. E.
Vicknair's Half Way place, on Bral6 Maurin
Lane, both in the parish of Assumption.
The Belleterre sample was taken from the
first strike, and will class as a first quality
of yellow clarified, being somewhat off
color, as is usually the case where the juice
has passed through new kettles and pipes
for the first time. Mr.. Vicknair is making
first-class quality of open-pan sugar, as
fine as any of the product of this process
that has ever come under our notice.
A grapevine telegram from the Clark
place brings the report that Mr.. James K.
Tucker, the highly esteemed manager of
that splendid plantation, anticipates that
his crop will yield $4,000 pounds of sugar,
which will be two-thir6s of the yield last
year, when Clark made 1890 pounds.
One IF tho cartrifupalo ~, T,,o
Nolan's sugar-house was disabled by an
&C. ident this week.
Work is going ahead briskly at the SAILS
burg plantation OF NJ. Israel & Co. A por-
ton of the apparatus for treating the juice
with sulphur is out of gear, but does not
necessltate a suspension of work. The
mammoth rollers-the largest in the State
are said to be working finely.
Mr.. Henry Cook has finished grinding tie
cane Of his neighbor, Mr.. Henry Droege,
and is now ct work on his own crop. From
the twelve acres ground for Mr.. Droege we
hear about nine hogsheads of sugar was
realized. Much of the cane was very small
and hard
Work at the Southwood place has been
seriously delayed by lack of water i'll the
sugar-house pond. Anew pump was placed
in operation last week with view of sup
plying the deficiency but up to Wednesday
it had failed entirely to lift water up the
river bank. The inventor of the pump was
telephoned at New Orleans, and came up
on the White, Tuesday night, to examine
the apparatus and ascertain the cause of its
inetficiency.
Four breakdowns have occurred at the
sugar house of Mr.. Yale's Home place this
season, the last one having taken place last
Saturday. The mill starts again to-day.
The breaking of roller shaft at the Gau-
din mill is just reported. The roller will
be shipped to the city on the first boat.