The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-12-15
UGA HOUSE NOTES.

Grinding is still progressing very
smoothly without interruption, excent
perhaps on last Tuesday, when a re-
ireshing light rain fell in the morning
of that day causing arrest of cane cut
ting aud cane hauling in some local.
ties. The weather since has turned
colder. With II couple of light fr0sts.
The planters 90 far have had most ex-
c-llent weather tn harvest their crops J
il they had ordered it, we hardly
think they could have made, SD far,
better arranuemun ts and it is very /
lucky for them.
The following communication III
regard to Rat-land Refinery was re
ceived last week. but for want Of space
we were unable to publish it as we
feel confident the subject matter will
prove Interesting, we gladly publish
aunt this week:
Race}and. La, Dec. 9Th 1894.
Fditor Thibodaux Sentinel.
As your paper has always shown a
deep interest in our great Industry
fsugar) | append hereto the works OF
Raceland Refinery. Latourche, La, for
the week ending Dec. End, 6 a. NJ, as
follows
In IA hours RacelaDd mills ground
693S o II of cane. averaging 1855
tons per day ga hoursl obtaining
therefrnm 17l.O6 pounds of sugar per
ton. or o total of /. 1860 pounds.
Of this output 3113 barrels were
packed and weighed, giving 1.097, 141
,,>,,1 ~ ,,,r 1,n1n,na ct,n -, ,,cn
cess.
To he more scientific. these G92S
tons If cane gave 1,215.229 gallons of
raw juice, weighing 1916 BriA or S.75
Beaume extraction = 50 per cent i;
sucrose in raw Juice 1925; mechanical
loss .093. giving per o. 1861 lbs of
first. 24.5S of seconds, and 1874 of
thirds.
To date mill ground 36,512 tons and
1890 lbs. of cane, with an average of
% "a tons per acre. and 1886 pounds
of sugar per ton. The total output to
date is COOS, 1876 lbs with 5000, 900 lbs
more in sight. Yours truly.
A. j. LASSEIGNE.n
The following is the output of
Lafourclre Refinery to date December
Sd, 1894, 6,292.u37 lbs. of sugar, dis
trihhted as follows: Levert & Nor
wants Webre plantation 1877, 1O4 lbs /;
f. U. Morvant's Trial plantation 1885,
46S lbs Judge E. D. Whites Brous-
seat plantation, 1,944,879 lbs; II.
Folse & Co.'s Georgia plantation in
Assumption parish, 547,44O lbs, aud
Trosclair & Robichaux's Laurel Grove
plantation, 1,764,146 lbs.
These results do not include the
seconds in the hot rooms, nor the svr-
ups in process of manufacture, but is
actual sugar dried and weighed up to
December Sd.
Laurel Grove of Messrs Trosclair
& Robichaux during week ending De-
cember LIST, ground 1850 tons of cane.
estimated to have given about $40. 900
pounds of sugar, showing during this
present season, the biggest weeks
grinding on that place.
Laurel Valley of Messrs. Barker
& Lepine up to last Saturday had
made an output of about $500, 900 lbs
of sugar as follows: Laurel Valley
proper, 1,75j.000 lbs ; Coulon. 1885,
600 lbs !; and Melodia, 800, 900 lbs.
Will, some small accidents now and
then, Laurel Valley has been and is
getting along very nicely.
-Melodia plantation met with a &C.
rious accident on last Saturday, the
breakage of three crown wheels =:
this was caused. it would seem, bv the
friction of a broken cog of one of the
wheels.
The extraction on Waverley is
about 152 pounds to the ton, and the
average tor mage in plant cane so far
is about % tons. This place will get
through grinding about the 25th inst.
MIR. A. A. Acl,ee, of Labadie1 lille, is
the efficient sugar maker on this place,
and turns out superior sugar. Mr.. r.
IL. Murray, one of Lafourche's best
sugar cane c~ultivatOrs, is the general
manager.
MIR. Files Foret on his Felicia
plantation completed sugar rolling for
this season ; we have not learned what
was the output.
Up to December Sd, Ravenwood.
belonging to Mr.. Silvere Bourg, had
made 265 hogslleads of open kettle
sugar, and some 400 barrels of mo-
lasses ; this result was obtained from
$50 arpents of cane.
On account of the advanced sea-
son, and the fear of a freeze, a num-
Der of sugar houses were grinding on
last Sunday.
Greenwood made a splendid run
last week. the best of the season A