The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-12-26
FEW POINTS ON CANE FERTI-
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LIZERS.
In the Ga1EF OF November 7, comment
ing upou the large yield o. sugar obtained
from stupble game on the plantation of
Capt. AIdrich, near Paineo4rtville, We said:
This tine result is largely attributed to the
no1l-use of fertilizers, which have u tendency
| to encourage tho growth and consequently re-
| tard the rpening of the cane Ill mud seasons
and auguentlng the work and time required
/ for grannlatlon. t)n number of plantations
where fertilizers have been employed TOO free
| ", the grinding Of stubble cane has been sus-
pended and only plant is being hauled to the
| mills.
| The lndlscrlminate use of the term . fer
tilizers in this paragraph was an over
| sight and error which should not be allowed
to pass without correction and explanation.
1t was cotton seed meal alone to which the
de!eterions effects above described were
due, and, properly speaking, cotton seed
meal is moi. a fertilizer, bnt only stilnu-
liant, valuable for the six to eight per cent.
or ammonia which it contains. 1t can only
produce tonnage per acre, not yield OF suS-
ar per ton, provided the soil to which it is
tpplIcu uOte 1lOG NOAt94A OH NV AAOA oAAS
substances that are required to ripen the
sugar cane. If Il planter is satisfied he can
not ripen twenty tons of cane on an acre
of land, there is certainly nothing to be
gained in producing thirty tons on the
same acre that will yield no more sugar
than the twenty would have done.
Cotton seed meal, if applied at all, should
therefore he used on very rich land as an
assimilating agent of the fertility present
i'll the soil: or, if on poor land it should be
put on plant cane, when planting, in small
quantities, or on stubble very early in the
season, in order not to produce a late growth
when the ripening process should be in
progress.
Phosphates have been invariably most
successful III ripening cane this season, and
so far as We can learn only those planters
dissatisfaction.
SUGAR SQU1Bs. grinding season Of
1885 is at end on fully two-thirds of. the
sugar plantations Of this parish and in the
course of another week there will prob
ably be not moro than three or four Chin
neys still smoking. The favorable wsather
has held out to the end, and in that respect
the season will ever be regarded as remark
able. SO far as our information extends
no Ascension planter lost an acre Of cane,
all having taken the precaution to wind
row on the approach Of freezing temper
azure, excepting where the quantity of
cane was too small to render such
precau1lon necessary. On the plantations
where grinding has not been finished, TIE
cane is still yielding finely, the only ex-
ception we hear of being the Orange Grove
place, where for some cause not vet ascer-
tanned much trouble is being experienced
in securing proper ejaculation.
The crop of Mr.. J. c. Cofield's Point
doumas place-where grinding was fin
shed last Saturday night and drying
Thursday night-has given a splendie: re-
suit: 1,0Oo,072 pounds of sugar from 800
acres of cane, an average of 315311s pounds
o the acre. The mill was in operation less
han eight weeks, and an average of fully |
Il 1000 pounds of sugar per day was pro
luced.
At Mr.. James Ieller's Riverside place
hauling will be finished this evening and
grinding tonight. If the yield doesn't
each million pounds the CHIEF is no
udge.
The Peytavin mill will be going until
about the 8th of January, and the Messrs
Lemann will get considerably more than
',0O0, 600 pounds of sugar from the cane
out through the rollers at that place.
Mr.. Buckner's Crescent place is the only
me on Bayou Lafourche in Ascension
where the mill is still going. We have heard
lothing relative to the Crescent crop.
Mr.. Soaring Taylor is through grinding
+ st. Emma, bnt we have no figures from
here.
At Messrs. Lemann & Lum's Palo Alto
,lace another very successful season, under
he management of that model planter.
lr. Henry C. Wilson, was brought to
lose Thursday night. The actual running
ime of the mill was 81 days, and the yield
# sugar will closely approximate 100000
Messrs. Mccall Bros. finished work at
ivan Hall Thursday evening and we I'M
erstand that the total yield of their crop
7as about 1920, 900 pounds
Mr.. Beirpe's mammoth New Hope mill
TO
product of the New Hope and
lscension crops is estimated at 100000
ounds. Under Mr.. Jno. w. fuckers ad-
airable superintendent everything has
aoved like clockwork at New Hope from
eginning to end Of the grinding season.
Mr.. d. f. Kenner's Bowdon and Tureaud
Hills are still running. and the former will
& in operation until ABOUT the 9TH of Jan
airy. His Hermitage mill shut down this
eek, but we have no estimate Of the yield
ealized.
From the group of plantations in the
fth ward owned by Mr.. Oliver Beirne, we
ave the following information; Clark has
NO weeks to go and still counts on 1,3OO,-
10 pounds at the lowest calculation; River
III will get through the coming week; j.,
donaldson will follow suit in ten DAYS;
range Grove has S. acres to grind and !
ught to do it in ten days; Conway is about
trough.
Following is our budget of Assumption
luibs: .
At Messrs. LeE;ann Il Sons Belle Terre
lace hauling will be finished Tuesday. The
eld will rub 100000 pounds very closely.
At Mr. j. 2. Rocks magnificent Belle AL
ance place grinding is finished and some
ing over 1000, 1000 pounds of suuar have