The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-15
SUGAR sQUlBs.
Items of Interest from Field and Factory
Grinding Campaign Nearing an End
In Ascension and Elsewhere.

termin ated the grinding campaign
Thursday afternoon, and Col. JOS.
S. Webster's Point Houmas is
now the only Ascension house still In
| operation. Owing to lack OF space an
interesting resume OF the seasons
work at Belle Helene is crowded out
Of today's issue, but will appear next
| week without fail.
| ST. Emma finished grinding at noon
Wednesday,, after having been in
operation since Monday, Oct. %. The
cane handled aggregated about Ii, 900
tons, against IA. 600 tons ground last
season, and it is probable that no
other plantation in the parish has
made a better comparative show
ing in this respect than St. Emma.
No figures are yet available as to the
yield Of sugar per ton of cane and the
total number of pounds of sugar
produced.
Thefollowing paragraphs are quoted
from this weeks Ascension letter to
bD6 lIoulSidua Il IduGSE.
hGermania factory crushed the last
of 5000 tons of cane on Thursday. the
9Th inst, and while the showing is a
poor one as compared with last years
work, which embraced the manipula.
tion of IL, 900 tons Of cane, there is no
repining at Germania and plans are
being laid to make up III 1907 for the
crop shortcomings of 1906.
20. B. Danjean's Richbend factory,
in St. James parish, finished grinding
last Saturday and got through boiling
at noon Monday. The campaign ex-
tended throt tbirty-one days, during
which time o9lt tons OF cane we're sent
through the mtll. The output includes
syrup, open kettle sugar, molasses,
ETC., and therefore cannot be definitely
reckoned in pounds. Joseph E. Oubre,
of Donald sonville, OBLIGATED as chief
sugar boiler at Richbend, as il former
years, and John Latil OF Union. was
his assistant. Ernest and George
Chauvin, well-knoWn ST. James me-
chanics, were chief aud assistant
engineer respectively. The machinery
moved smoothly throughout the entire
season.
''.The St. Joseph Planting and lam
ufaetaring Company's St. Joseph
factory, also in St. j ames, wound up
the seasons work last Saturday eye-
ming after an unprecedentedly short
run. Approximately $3.50 tons OF cane
were ground, from which something
like 800, 900 pounds of sugar were
produced. Last year ST. Joseph turned
out q total of 100000 pounds of
sugar, and in the splendid season OF
1904 about 100000 pound. Rene
Simon, Of Feitel, was in charge of the
aaeefgea ahile Gale
e. Chapman and Robert Chapman,
both OF barrow. respectively filled the
posts of chief and assistant engineer.
'sCharles S. Mathews Georgia fac
tory in Lafourehe parish began grind
ing October 25, when the cane was
very low in saccha rine content, testing
ISL sucrose and 59.l purity The mill
continued under slow bells until No.
vember 4, crushing about 500 tons Of
cane per day SO as to keep field and
factory hands employed, After the
18th cane began to improve. The
weight Of cane ground during the sue
eeeding weeks was as follows: Third
week, $3.50 tons; fourth week, 1000 tons;
fifth week, 6052 tons; sixth week, ITO
tons; seventh week. 5000 tons; making
total up to the 9th of December of
s., AS tons, which has yielded an
average of 1881 pounds of CONNER
cial sugar to the ton. There remained
approxim ately 1900 tons OF cane to
grind, and it is planned to finish this
up before Christmas. Last year Geor-
gia ground 10000 tons of cane, maxi
ing over 100000 pounds of sugar.
Mr.. Mathews was away nearly all the
summer for the benefit of his health,
and has returned looking fit and fine.
The factory crew at Georgia comprises
2. r. Dickinson, geneI al manager;
Fritz Frese,. engineer; T. J. Burke,
sugar boiler; John Fuchs, chemist.
THE Godchaux Company s Raceland
central factory, also IN Lafourche
parish, started the work of the grind |
ing season on the same date Georgia
began-October Is. RaceIand' IS rollers
have turned without interruption |
every day, the only stops being twelve |
hours on Sundays to wash out, and it |
is e2 expected that this clip will be kept |
up until the LIST Of January. An aver
age of 900 tons of cane per day is /
being put through one seven-foot mill. |
Stubhle cane has averaged about IL
tons to the acre and plant about IS
tons. The sugar yield cannot be cor.
rectly estimated, as it has been found /
profitable to make only syrup during
the past two weeks. ~