The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-08-25
Weather and Gron Notes.

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The Ascension correspondent Of tht
Louisiana Planter writes to that jour
nal under date of the 22nd instant al
follows:
with the exception of Sunday
when heavy showers fell at intervals
from shortly before noon to after
nightfall, and Monday, when a briet
but heavy downpour occurred about
+ 30 p. m, the week has been warm and
especially warm. The weather
needs of the sugar planters at this
particular time would best be suited
by moderately heavy showers at the
rate OF two or three per week, with
clear and reasonably warm weather
during the intervening periods.
Ss4 our correspondent journeye from
Donaldsonville to Napoleonville and
back, last week, over the Texas and
Pacific branch railway which extends
to Thibodaux along the east bank OF
Bayou Lafourehe, and gathered a
little batch Of crop items from perso-
nal observation and conversation with
passengers familiar with the section
traversed. Viewed from the railroad,
the crop on S. Prejean's Half-W ay
plantation looks quite good, but in
other portions OF the place it is not
near SO we'll advanced.
ssThe Belle Alliance crop also
stacks up well from a car-windoW OBJ
serg alton, but is reported to be poor
in spots and very grassy.
"Scattery, also the property Of the
Belle Alliance Company, and Sweet
Home, the fine estate of Dugas &
Landry, have nice crops, while the
cane on Cosa Natural is probably the
best in that vicinity and is being
Dragged about to a considerable ex-
tent. G. r. Aleman, although no
longer located on Cosa Natural-hav-
ing leased and moved into Green
Gables, the elegant residence built
and formerly occupied by the late los.
A. Maurin, on Bayou Lafourche, a
short distance below Donaldsonville
naturally takes a great deal Of in
terest in the plantation, and he smiled
ID d self-satisfed way when telling
The Planter correspondent how good
Cosa Natural's s crop is. A battery of
new boilers is being installed in the
factory on this place, but apart from
this there seems to be no work going
oI de any VI eilC ldSoOElGS VI 1tti -
section, and no new equipment or
material of any kind is being in
stalled.
ssAlr. Aleman does not like the gem
eral color of the cane, saying that it is
inclined 60 be pale, whereas at this
season of the year it should be a
healthy green. He thinks there is no
doubt that the crop will be much
shorter than last years. At points
along the route Mr.. Aleman indicated
patches of cane that looked green and
healthy, in marked contr asst to the pale,
drowsy-looking cane in adjacent cuts.
The green cane was D. "A and the other
native cane, the healthy appearance Of
the former being due to its greater
Vigor and staying powers.
aAs a summary Of crop conditions
on the places seen from the railroad, Il
may be said that the plant cane is fairly
good, while the stubble is very small,
sparse in stand and generally unprom-
ising. Grass is plentiful, and there is
scarcely field that is not overrun with
it.
"Thos. Tircuit, we'll known planter
Of IberVille parish, says that the cane
crop in his immediate vicinity. near
is in excellent shape, hav-4
ing been favored with fine weather and
2 generally propitious growing sea-
son; while on other places only al
short distance away. the crop is stunted
and backward, the result of bad
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