The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-12-08
SUGAR HOTSE NOTES.

Sugar rolling, with a few exceptions.
Is progressing very smoothly through
out the parish. In spite of threaten
ing rains for the last two or three
weeks, with a light sprinkle here and
tilefe, the weather has continued re-
markablv dry, but somewhat too warm.
cauSing IN some localities where the
cane tops had been affected by the last
moderate freeze. the upper ewes of the
cane to bud, thus somewhat deteriora-
ting the sacclarine matter in the stock.
lie rain has been threatening more
TINS week than usual, but up to the
time OF this writing no rain has fallen
IN the Immediate nelghborllooa of
Thibodaux. The planters have been
YER fortunate so far, and it is to be
hoped that good weather will continue
until The rolling season is over, and
that the entire crop will be harvested
without any drawbacks caused by too
much damp weather,
Although in some localities COM
plants are made that the tonnage
weld III cane is not as satisfactory rs
could he expected, yet as Il general
rule the tonnage per acre is remarka-
bly, good we hear of thirty, thirty
t1rre, thlrty-five, thirty-six. forty. and
as high as forty-one tons to the acre.
-Rldgetield above Thibodanx got
through cutting zane this week, and
Will complete sugar rolling on next
Monday or Tuesday.
Greenwood broke a pinion wheel
on one of the rollers of its massive
mills some time last week, causing
some loss of time.
"A shaft in one of the top rollers OF
Rlenzi plantation got loose. and the
} roller was sent to the City on Monday
to tighten the shaft. causing a loss Of
several days operation.
Another crack was made in the
same roller on Acadia. this time clean
across instead of l~oneitudinally. Col
w. II. Price, charge d'affaires. has or
dered a new roller, still. however
grinding with the cracked ore. We
have not heard if the ordered roller
has come in or not.
Although we have no positive
data, we understand that Laurel Val.
ley, the property of Messrs. Barker &
LeEine, II of the finest sugar estates
in the parish of Lafourche, has beer
! running very smoothly and satiSfacto.
; rily. The crop is a large one, and the
) yield is excellent. Besides its owl
l crop, Laurel Valley turns into sugar
= the syrups of Coulon and Melodi;
plantation.
-Waverley, belonging to the Estat,
of the late Major j. S. Perkins, ha'
, proceeded through the sugar grindin:
with good success, and up to last Sat
:. urday had made one and a half mil
e lion pounds of sugar. On Sunda,
u morning a leak sprung in n of TIL
, boilers, causing some delay. Besid'
:, the crop Of the plantation proper
d Waverley buys cane from severa
. planters of Brusle Gulllot. and glind
them at its mills.
Q -Suga: rolling is progressin;
smoothly at Mcleod, belonging t
Maj. C. Lagarde. The Major is no
satisfied on this place, although tn
cane are heavier and larger than o
. his Leighton plantation
From Mr. Henry Boell, genera
book-keeper and accountant of Bus
Grove. we learn that this place ha
d ground up to last Saturday 10000 ton
of cane, yielding about 1900, 900 liz
y, of sugar rnt up in packages, wit
!e about $4,000 lbs in cars OF secon
e sugars. The average yield is abou
t. l54 lbs per ton. From the beginniE
6 to date. with II few trivial accident
'e the sugar rolling has been gettin
'd along very smoothly. The mill grint
s, from $50 to 600 tons of zane per :
,r hours. Messrs. Libby & Blouin PR
70 prietors, expect to get through grint
ing before Christmas, barring acciden
q and bad weather. Besides their oW
4, crop these gentlemen buy cane by tt
r. ton, and have asuarrow guage ros