The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-10
SUGAR sOulBS.
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.
Clear. warm, dry and dusty are the
words that best indicate present
weather conditions, which are any
thing but suspicious for the favorable
progress Of the grinding campaign.
The meteorological needs of the sugar
planters Of Ascension and adjacent
parishes include a good driving rain
Of brief duration to abate the dust and
facilitate the work of stripping the
leaves from the cane being cut for the
mill, then lowering of temper
atures TO hasten the process OF ma
turity and thereby increase the sue
rose content in the staple.
The Well-equipped Salisbury factory
commenced operations at noon Tues
day, the Both ult., and is chewing up
something like 1000 tons OF cane per
day il the easiest kind OF fashion.
Barring accidents, Salisbury hopes to
bring the trials and tribulations Of the
grinding season to an end few days
before Christmas, and with this object
in view will shortly increase the daily
consumption OF cane TO a figure closely
approXimatiDg the utmost capacity of
the mill. Alfred Schiller. of New Or
leans, is again IN charge of the chemi-
cal laboratory at Salisbury, and it is
needless to add that his work is first
class in every respect.
Bazile Berteau, a Well-knoWn young
farmer Of east Ascension, is filing a
responsible position at the big Chats
worth factory near Manchac.
d. Ohlmeyer left recently for Will
Iberville parish, where he annually Of
the grinding season. MIR. Ohlmeyer
knows his business from the bottom
up, and ranks as q top-notcher among
the proof stick manipulators OF this
section OF the state.
Reports from majority of the fac
tories in Ascension and contiguous
portions OF other parishes are 60 the
effect that cane is still quite green and
the yield per acre disappointingly
small. Under these circumstances it is
a difficult matter to obtain specific fig
ures as to tonnage, sucrose, glucose,
purity coe6icient, sugar per ton, etc,
but everybody seems to concur in the
opinion that the present crop will be
at least Is to 335 per cent short all
down the line. Few complaints are
heard regarding a shortage OF labor.
The following paragraphs are Dor
roWed from this weeks Ascension
letter TO the Louisiana planter:
1.-THE Miles Company's Houmas Cen
trail and New Hope factories started
the work of the grinding season on
Monday, but it is too early to get any
reports as to the char acter OF the re-
suits being obtained there. Manager
j. W. Tucker OF New Hope said on
Sunday, in reply to question as to
the status and outlook in his man
agerial domain, Well, we've got
through putting down seed, anyhow,
and logged il the fields don't look as
if we are half through grinding before
the mill has started. Owing to the
thin stands Of unusually short stubb1e
which are the rule hereaway this
season, it takes the product of much
greater area TO supply seed-eane than
is ordinarily required, and it is re-
ported that at least one planter in the
adjoining parish of Assumption was
compelled, after wholly exhausting
his stnbble, TO use a portion of his
plant cane for seed. This is NO doubt
a very exceptional case, however.
nGermania's rollers will not begin
TO turn until Monday next, the 18th in
slant. The fact that Mr.. Reuss is
willing to take the risk of such an I'M
usually late start is indicative of the
other fact that the Germania crop is
comparatively short one. as is the case
with reference perhaps to every other
plantation in Ascension except St.
Emma. As stated last week, it is ex-
pected that the tonnage at St, Emma
this year will approximate that han.
died there last season.
ssEvan Hall and McMa amor are peg
ging away again with slightly i'm
proved conditions, but there was so
very much room for Improvement th at
the progress in this direction has
been anything but considerable or
satisfactory. The tonnage is proving
unex pectedly light, besides which the
cane is deficient in both quantity and
quality of juice, and the labor supply
is far from adequate.
aBelle Alliance factory, in Assump-
ton parish, is turning out fine grade
Of prime yellow sugars, and the pan
work could be nothing short of first
class with Fred Werner, Sr.,5 at his
accustomed post as sugar-boi1er, as
sisted by his eldest son. Fred Werner,
Jr., who is a chip OF the old block and
a mighty big chip at that.
"Ladislas de Dies bach, a member of
the Mccall Bros. Company, has re-
turned from hunting, sailing and
fishing trip along the New England
coast, looking as brown as a berry.
He had fine time, but is delighted TO,
be back in Ascension p
For Over sixty Years
Mrs. WINsLoW's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over 80 years by millions OF mothers
for their children while teething with perfect
success. Il soothes the child. softens the gums
alays all pain; cures wind eoIic, and is the best
remedy for diarrhaa. It will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Sold by druggists
bottle. Be sure and ask for MRS Winslow's
Soothing Syrun." and take no other kind.
The number and character of ex-
agger ated reports relative to happen
ings and conditions in New Orleans
that find circulation and credence
among the people Of the northern
states are simply astounding. For
instance, as conservative and usually |
well-informed publication as Col
lier's Weekly printed the ridiculous |
statement, two weeks after the recent |
storm on the Gulf OF Mexico, that "A |
It'd al wave followed up the mouth OF the |