The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-05
SUGAR sQulBs.
Items of Interest from Field and Factory.
Progress OF the Grinding Campaign
in Ascension and Elsewhere.

Progress Of the Grinding Campaign
in Ascension and Elsewhere.
The drouth that has prevailed in
this section for SO many weeks was
broken Wednesday, when a light rain,
amounting to little more than driz-
zle, fell for several hours. The pre-
cipitation commenced at midnight
Tuesday and lasted until Wednesday
afternoon, being sufficient to lay the
dust but not to do any material
amount of good. A copious rain, fol-
lowed by clear and cool weather,
would best fill the present needs OF the
sugar planters in this section.
A queer feature OF the local labor
question is that all of the plantations
along Bayou Lafourche seem to be
supplied with an abundance of hands,
while those on the river complain of
distinct scarcity of labor. Two of the
group Of five places owned by the
| Miles Planting and Manufacturing
Company on the west bank of the
Mississippi are handicapped by a
paucity of hands, while the other three
have just about enough to get along
with. At Evan Hall and Mem amor
labor is not at all too plentiful, and the
same condition exists at numerous
other places up and down the river.
Dehon & Preiean's Lula factory is
obtaining Ito pounds of first sugars to
the ton and is chewing up 800 tons of
Ecane per day. The juice is weighing
Beaume. A fine grade OF white sugar
is being turned out and everything is
progressing smoothly, with plenty of
| labor for all purposes. Louis Dehon,
one of the co-proprietOrs. states that
| the crop will be about 1000 tons
larger than was expected. Twenty-Five
tons of cane are being secured to the
acre.
AT Evan Hall the juice is weighing
| II Beaum6 and ton Of cane yields
i 1O4 pounds of frsts. The factory was
closed down Wednesday On account
OF the rain, operations being resumed
bright and early Thursday morning.
| The grade of sugar manufactured at
Evan Hall is 96 test. IL the field %
tons is the yield per acre and it is ex-
| pected that about 81, COO tons will be
sent to the factory during the season.
A yield of 13o pounds of first and
second sugars per ton Of Gaze is re-
ported from S. Prejean's Hallway
plantation. The mill gets away with
$50 tons per day and it is estimated
that the total yield will be between
10000 and $4,000 tons. The sugar
turned out is classed as fancy yellow.
One of the very few places on the
river that does not complain of a
scarcity of labor is Germania, where
an ample number Of hands has been
secured. Last week 100 pounds of
frsts were secured per ton at Ger
mania and George B. Reuss, the owner.
states that the yield this week is some
/ what ID excess Of this figure. Mr..
Reuss did not know how many tons OF
cane are being secured per acre at
Germ ania, but says that at the Ale
mania plantation in Iberville parish,
which is owned by the Reuss Planting
Co., Ltd, the yield OF stubble is l9
tons TO the acre. A choice yellow
grade of sugar is being turned out at
Germania.
At Dugas & LeBlane's Westfeld
factory, on the west bank of Bayou
Lafourehe, the yield of firsts per ton is
Ill pounds OF choice yellow clarified
are being obtained to the acre. and
the mill is getting away with 1000
tons per day. The crusher at West
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sequence the factory is not running up
to its full capacity. About 10000 tons
OF cane will be handled this season.
The big Houmas Cenral factory is
eating up 1000 tons of cane per day,
from which itissaid l50pounds offrsts
are obtained to the ton. The grade OF
sus or turned out IS So test. Some
| 10000 tons ofcane will be sent thorugh
Gs,o
was impossible to ascertain just how
many tons are being secured per acre,
but the yield is reported as being more
than satisfactory.
At Palo Alto lit pounds OF frsts are
| being secured from a ton of cane, and
the juice is weighing Beaume. Twenty
tons OF first and second year stnbble
! Is the yield per acre, and the mill is
grinding 900 tons per day. The sea-
sons output will aggregate about
60, 900 tons. The grade OF sugar man
ufactured is 96 test.
E. Fl. Barton reports that his ST.
Emma factory is getting 93 pounds OF
frsts from ton Of cane and the juice
Is weighing between s and Beaume.
| The factory is taking care of 300 tons
per day and the entire yield is esti-
| mated at 20, 900 tons. Twenty-Five tons
| of stubble are being cut from an acre,
| and the grade of sugar turned out is a
fancy yellow. Everything is running
nicely at the factory and in the field,
with plenty of labor on hand.
Col. r. Mccall was asked for in
formation relative to the results being
obtained at his MeManor factory, but
/ stated that the operations thus far hao
been SO disiointed that he was not in a
position to give out any authentic
/ figures.
AtCol. =. S. Webster's Terre Haute
| plantation, in the parish of St. John,
the juice is Weighing from 9 to 10
Beaume, a result seldom obtained be-
fore the middle OF November. At the
Point Houmas place in this parish,
| which is also opera ted by Col. Web
ster, the juice weighs between 8 and 8
| Beaume, and better results are being
/ secured this week than last. Every
! thing is moving smoothly at both fac
tories. Col. Webster says: in st.
John, as we'll as in Ascension, crops
are good and I have heard no COM
1 plants about tonnage or other dlsap-
| pointments. In fact, the planters are
very busy and are hopeful OF smooth
and profitable campaign"
A summary of weather conditions
for the month OF October, as furnished
The Chief by Local Observer W. D.
Park, shows that the maximum tenn
rerature was 100 degrees, registered
on the 1st and End. The decided warm
spell that set in during the latter days
/ OF September continued until the 18th
of October, when the mercury took a
drop and the weather became more