Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1910-07-09
Crop and Plantation Notes.

Crop and Plantation Notes.
Toward the upper end OF st. Johr
parish. on the east bank of the river. anC
short distance above Reserve, is the
famous Terre Haute plantation. owned
by Graugnard & Reynaud, and under
the general management of half owner
Leon Graugnard. From him it was learn
ed that the field. which comprises lit
tie in excess of 900 acres under the plow
and widely known as one of the best
places on the coast, has cane crop that
is probably up with the general average
this year in the matter of stands. though
to an outsider it would appear as if this
is an under estimate; he likewise report
ed that the cane averages something like
three weeks backward in growth, but
with the crop now suckering nicely, it is
expected that those portions OF the field
where stands are not to full standard
will appreciably fill out soon. The corn
of course, gives promise for full crop,
and the overseer, Octave Robeau. has al
ready laid by considerable of the tallest
cane at this writing. As to the varieties
of cane grown on Terre Haute, the resi-
dent owner said he continues to incline
more to the d. 95, in which he already
has nearly half the cane area, the re-
naming part of the crop about equally
divided between the home cane and the
n &h4 n t1,n
both plant and stubble. while the other
two varieties seem about on parity
with each other.
Though improvements are being eff
fected at the Terre Haute honse this
SEASON, the new engineer, Ernest Chau-
vim, is to put in busy summer over
hauling the machinery, included in
which is the first Kestuer double effect
installed in Louisiana. that marked the
initial operation Of that evaporative ap
paratus here, in the campaign of 1907;
and otter three seasons of work the re-
port is made thereon by the Terre Haute
management that there had never been
the slightest trouble with the effects,
and furthermore that the tubes have
never been given any attention other
than the occasional washing out with
clear plain water; and as to the economy
in fuel brought about by the installa-
ton Of the effect as against what the
cost used to be when the juice was eva
porated in open train, the reduction in
gallons Of fuel oil per ton Of cane milled
is 80 great as caused the manager to de-
clare he did not care to refer to the old
days Of excessive oil burning. Owing to
the shortage of the crop last year,
due to the storm damage, but
little more than 10000 tons OF
cane were milled at Terre Haute, but
this season the tonnage should go well
beyond that figure. for considerably
more cane is to be bought along the Y.
& M. V. Ry., and from the Gonzales
that is reached via the
Red River Valley road, planters around
Gonzales increasing their cane areas to
a gratifying degree this season as over
asst year.
Immediately below Reserve (the big
Iodchaux factory write up reserved for
next week is the Corn Land plantation,
belonging to Maurice Edrington, whose
ield is managed by Jacques Duhe.
wherein are grown crops comprising SO
acres plant cane, the same area in first
,tubble. Is acres second ratoons, 55 acres
,orn and pease, and $50 acres of rice.
When asked about the crop outlook,
Corn Lands proprietor told that while
Ill the stubble is "a l" in stand respect,
md the second stubbles all good too,
he plant cane unfortunately has turned
,ut badly. Though all the planting was
lone prior to the first of December, and
he early stands, attained before the
irst winter freeze came to cut it down,
we're clearly indicative of seed cane
oundness, apparently leaving nothing
o be desired in this respect, yet pecu-
lar condition was noted this spring. |
Half of the plant cane, or 43 acres. which
8 in land that represents successioning
n cane after there was stubble cane in |
9O9, has all come out to very good stand;
he remaining half of the crop. on land
hat was regularly rotated. as having
,rown corn and pease in 1909, however,
allied to produce the stands, this, too,
where the land was all of good sandy
oil. While he had been planter for
ixty years, the veteran Maurice Ed
ington confessed he was utterly at sea
ow to account for this vagary, it being
be first time he had ever noticed such
n anomalous feature of cane growth,
Or the result in stand discrepancy prov
d just the opposite to what might have
een expected, what with the succession
d land giving the best cane and the ro-
ated land the poorest, and this where all
he planting was effected in splendidly
repaired land. Sugar Planter Journal.