The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20
Weather and crop Notes.

The weather during the early part
Of the present week was distinctly un-
favorable and disagreeable, to say the
least. Sunday was warm and showery,
and Monday was even warmer and
ssshowerier. % No rain fell Tuesday
or Wednesday, but on both days the
sky was overcast with clouds and the
indications were anything but promis-
ing. Thursday brought a return OF
blue skies and more seasonable tenn
peratures, and yesterday was as pretty
day as one could wish for. Meteor
o1ogically speaking, all's we'll again
today, and If present conditions are
permitted to prevail for a reasonable
length of time there'll be no kick
coming from anybody but the coal
man.
The subioined paragraphs arequoted
from this weeks Ascension letter to
the Louisiana Planter:
aMcCail & Legendre's McManor
factory will begin the grinding cam
paign on the 10Th instant, and it's big
neighbor, Evan Hall, will get under
way about the same time. In reply to
a question as TO the condition of the
cane, Col. Richard Mccall, who is
a part owner of Nc Manor and SUPER
intendent of Evan Hall, stated that it
is his opinion that the crop is about
as well matured as at this time last
year, but at it is wofully short. Com
par atiVely no improvement has been
made during the past several weeks.
Judging from general appearance q
falling-of OF at least twenty five per
cent from last years. sugar results may
be looked for at Evan Hall, but Nc
Manor will probably fare somewhat
better.
'sSt. Emma, the estate of the late
lamented Ernest Il. Barton, will in
augurate th@ work OF the grinding sea-
son on the =, Al instant, and the fact tn at
such late start is to be made tells the
tale of a short crop. Capt. Frank K.
Sims, who resides at ST. Emma, thinks
tae cane is not quite SO ripe now as it
was at the same time last year.
ssThe Belle Helene factory will make
a start between the 25th instant and
November l, and Germania will begin
operations shortly after the 1st prox-
imo. Mr.. Geo. B. Reuss says it is
very hard to form an accurate opinion.
as to the comparative degree of ma
tutity which the growing crop has at
tained, but he thinks the output will
fall at least forty per cent below that
Of last year. A Newell crusher has
beer installed in the Belle Helene fac
tory by the Newell Company of New
York, and it found satisfactory will
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place of the top roller on the front
mill, and its makers claim for it that
it will increase the capacity OF the mill
about twenty-five per cent. The crusher
at Belle Helene, SO far as could be as
certained, is practically the only new
machinery that has been installed in
any Of the sugar factories Of this par
ish during the closed season, nothing
but ordinary repairs having been
made. There is always this falling
off in improvements as q feature OF
short-crop years.
''The Wilbert Company's Myrtle
Grove factory in Iberville parish is to
get under way on the 23rd instant,
while E. & J. Rocks big Belle Alli-
ance house is booked to start work on
the 29th. A number of skilled opera
tIves from Ascension are always in
clnded in the forces Of employees at
these factories during the period of
crop-harvesting.
''The Leon Godchaux Company's
Raceland central factory, in Lafourche
parish, is to commence the cane-crush-
ing campaign on or about the 22nd in
slant, which is an early start for this
season. Crops in the lower Lafourche
and Terrebonne region are much bet
ter than those of the upper Lafourche
valley or along the Mississippi river
coast, and Raceland's output is ex-
pected to come considerably nearer the
1905 mark than any of the Ascension
or Assumption places can reasonably
hope to attain"