The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-12-31


duced the general average of the plant
cane to about e tons. Of the total cane
acreage, three-fourths was planted in the
popular D. IA variety. Manager Landry
has already put down $50 acres of fall
plant, and will seed about IS acres more
in the spring
The Palo Alto place. where Paul Bou-
chereau is the capable field marshal, did
not do so well this season as its neighbor
across the bayou owing mainly to the
very poor results received from the spring
plant cane, which turned out to be hardly
as good as stubble as tonnage producer.
The PaIo Alto crop footed up 7148 tons,
which is nearly 1000 tons short of the fine
crop turned out last year. The average
| yield per acre was fraction over Is tons
for both plant and stubble. Manager
Bouchereau has practically completed his
| fall planting. and as the seed seems to be
in class condition and has been placed
in the ground under favorable circum-
stances. the outlook for nice yield next
year is unusually promising.
Clarence Leblanc, who was employed
during the grinding season and for sew
eral months previous as assistant engi-
neer of the Laurel Grove factory in La
fourche parish returned to DonaldsonviIle
recently and has accepted a position at
Aliens Foundry.
The following despatch from Napoleon
vile to the New Orleans Times-Democrat,
dated Dec. 81, will prove of much interest
locally: Elm Hall Refinery, the largest
mill in this parish, got through grinding
last night. Elm Hall finished about two
weeks earlier this year than last season.
Last year Elm Hall nilled more cane and
turned out more sugar than any factory
in the state, and captured the famous
buck horns which are awarded each
year by the Godchaux Company to their
house making the best record. II is
believed that the Godchaux Company's
Reserve factory. at Reserve. will make
the best record this gear.and win back
the horns. Though no positive figures
have been given out from Elm Hall, it
is believed that something like 16.000,
GOO pounds of sugar will be made. Last
season 9,000.00 pounds was reached"
Adolph Falcon. formerly of this parish, /
but who with his brother, Alcee, is pres /
entity located on the jefferson Planting
and Manufacturing Company's Willswood /
plantation in jefferson parish. was in /
Donaldsonville Tuesday of last week on /
his way home after an enjoyable visit to |
his father, Adam Falcon, of Evan Hall 1
plantation. Mr.. Falcon favored The Chief /
with pleasant call during his stay in I
town, and we were pleased to learn from
him that he and his brother are faring /
well in their new location and were par /
ticularly successful with their crop the I
past season. The Falcon brothers cult /
waited this year a tract of about 400 acres,
of which 135 acres were in plant cane, $50
acres in first-year stubble, Z acres In sec
ond- year stGbbie, and ltU acres III corn.
Their total crop, exclusive of generous
supply of cane reserved for seed, aGsre
gated 1858 tons, which exceeded. their
1909 output by exactly 100 tons. They /
finished cutting and hauling Thursday,
Dec. s, on which day TIE Wiliswood fac
tory also wound up the labors Of the
grinding campaign. after getting away
with approximately $4,000 tons of cane,
all raised on the lands owned by the JEFF /,
ferson Company. Mr.. Falcon and his
brother have made arrangements to cul-
tivate a larger acreage the coming year
than they have handled heretofore, and
as they are both experienced planters and
workers it may be taken for
granted that with anything like favorable
weather they win produce an excellent
crop and furnish Willswood factory with
d large. tonnage of high-grade cane,
Aicee Falcon is spending the weekend
here as the guest of relatives, and is be-
ing cordially greeted by his many friends
in his old STANDING ground.