New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-11-12
CROP CONDITION S IN
IBERIA,

IBERIA.
This week has wines ed the III
preceIen ed n the way OF low
Temper alureS, which went down to
- DEGREES at places. the effect es-
pecially on back lands and those
Iof black soils has been to kill the
bud, along Bayou fronts, and on
sandy high soils there is no APP
rreciable damage, but in the lands
above mentioned b, would not be
prudent 10 ,ase the can7 for seed.
This freeze found many Of our
planters nnprepared on the seed
quest on, many had not yet put
down any seed, consequently the
thin s,ubble cane mus, be ,ound
up at once, and the t3ick project
ed plant cane must be drawn on
for seed. The old rule for time
as to putting down seed is safe to
follow never allow the full moon
of October to pass or at the most
the 25th of the month. without
putting down a portion OF the
seed cane. Everybody now is at
work windrowlng seen and very
shortly this question w Il be de
cided. Cane fm the mil is beng
rushed in and The factories are all
in full blast. the density OF the
Juice is from ~ T., 10 degrees
Bpaume. Whether or NOT the
cane is hurt sufficiently to offset
the sugar content remains to be
seen. I'm the sections west OF he5e.
and in Spanish Lake Mr.. Gail
Pharr pronounces the bud He'd
and cane damaged for seed, while
al Cade and Youngsville the eff
fects are more pronounced.
A visit to Orange Grove a.
Olivier. did not reveal any dam
age. the came in the back low
lands was hurt ymewhat, but
nothing to show any effect as yet
in the juice. TIL pant was run
ming TO it's full capacity with cane
coming in from the four points of
the compass, keeping the num-
erous stations and employees on
the alert. This house has ca
pacity Of 1000 tons. and is
eqm pped with all modern ma
chinery for the extraction OF the
maximum amount of sugar from
the cane. Powerful double mills
and crusher, triple effects vacuum
pans, all combine to make the
complete plant. A large Thornton
derrick handles the cane for stor-
age and from barges in the ba-
yous. and railroads of several miles
in extent bring cane from lar Off
stations. giving total tonnage Tor
the mill of some 10000 tons or
more. Mr.. Frank Smith is the
experienced and capable chief en-
gineer and Alex and John Edgar
are valuable assistants. Mr.. John
p. Connolly is sugar maker and
William Carln assistant in this
department; both experienced and
careful manipulators of the proof
stick on whose intelligent action
depends the success of The house.
The initial run of last week pro
duced l4S pounds firstIs and see
onds, which rs considered good
for the season. The yard and
house superintendent are Mr.. {.
r. Israel, gentle, well qualified
for the work and highly apprec
lated, Mr.. G. S. Randolph assists
him. Mr.. j. G. Goldsmith has
charge of the Office, d scharging
his duties in a most efficient and
erediIabIe manner. who can give
you any information regarding
his department on a minutes no.
tice. Mr.. L. II. Rayner IL the
chemist N charge. whose labora-
tory is outside of the main build
ing, giving him that scluson 50
ing, giving him that seclusion so
Through his painstaking and
Sc entifici supervision rhe inter-
es'ls of the great house are care
fully subserv d. But the man
behind the gun Cor plows) is Mr..
F. l.. Mudd whose untiring en-
ergy in managing the large fields
and whose intelligent planning OF
the crops and their cultivation, is
seen in the fine tonnage brought
to the mill. Mr.. William Landry
ably seconds him in this difficult
work. Those in charge OF the
rJlj)ad are: John RAIDER, Ed.
Hale. Thomas j. Upton. Rlla TT
Benoir. all capable, earnest emerge
tic men looking after the interests /
of the plant. The stations Of the
railroad where derricks are es-
tablished are in charge of Joe
Conrad. John Trotten, Charles
Guillot. The big Thorion derrick |
is operated by Hilliard Roberts
and Tom Dimitry. Then the en-
tire force and plant is given con-