The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-08
SUGAR SQUIBs.
Decided Drop in Temperature Follows ALL
Day Rain Thursday-colds Wave BEN
eficial to Harvesting of
Corn and Hay Crops

Lay Rain 1hursdaY-Sold 8WaVe Dem
eficial to Harvesting of
Corn and Hay Crops
About Completed.
The Louisiana Planters Ascension let
ter to appear in print today says:
There is nothing of much interest Or
Importance to record this week in the way
of crop notes from Ascension. The SPLEEN
did weather which prevailed throughout
the greater part of last week and the
week before has given way to arecurrence
of the rains with which this section has
been inflicted to remarkable extent dur
ing the past summer. Heavy showers
fell on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
and on Thursday the rain came down
steadily from early morn to dewy eve
Naturally, the precipitations have been
accompanied by a lowering of the temper
allure, and the past few days and nights
have been quite cool, a fact which the
sugar planters are truly pleased to note.
THE cane crop is doing nicely-show-
ing up in better form every day-and the
prospects for a good yield are very en-
couraging. While the stalks are still a
little green and immature, this condition
will soon be remedied by the advent of
cooler weather, which will check the
growth of the cane and cause it to ripen.
"A few days more will bring about the
completion of the task of harvesting the
corn and pea-vine hay crops, which has
engaged the attention of the field forces
for the past several weeks. Corn is re-
ported to be in excellent condition and
the crop is probably the most successful
raised in this parish in some years, while
on the other hand the hay crop is con-
siderably short and not up to the standard
in QUALIFY.
Field work is being pushed and much
land has been prepared for the next cane
crop Many of the planters have been
busy during the past fortnight putting
down fall plant and quite a large acreage
has already been seeded.
/ Summarizing climatic conditions for
the month of September, Local Weather
| Observer w. D. Park says that the maxi
mum temperature was IS degrees on tie
3rd and 9Th, and the minimum 62 de-
grees on the 18th. Rain fell on 10 days
the total precipitation aggregating 1887
inches. Of this amount, g. II inches fell Oh
the 9th, marking the greatest precipita-
ton in any one day throughout the period
With reference to sunshine, the month was
divided into "a clear days, partly cloudy
and on which the sun did not show uE
at all.
Hon. Henry Mccall reached New Or,
leans on the Southern Pacific steamship
Momus Monday forenoon, looking very
much improved by his two months va
cation. He spent five weeks at the Battle
Creek Sanitarium, where he was half
I starved on diet of Salt-less bread ant
vegetables, meats of all kinds being
strictly tabooed. The good effects of tht
severe regimen are now apparent in Mr.
McCall's greatly improved health and ap
pearance, and he was in fine fettle to en-
, Joy a couple of weeks in New York before
returning to Louisiana to resume the du
ties of his position as collector of custom
at New Orleans. He was gratified to re
ceive reports of considerable bettermen
in Evan Hall crop conditions. and Wishe
|
, the same might be true of the sugar mar
ket, which is already displaying the down
ward tendency of prices that is nearly al
ways coineident with the opening of tn,
Louisiana harvest season.
Preparations for the launching Of tn
grinding campaign are under way at al
of the factories in this neighborhood Whicl
I will be in operation the coming season
The machinery is being turned over ant
placed in condition to meet the demand
that will be levied upon it, and every
thing about the mills is being overhaule,
and tuned up. One of the first plants il
this section to get under way will be tn
big Belle Alliance house. where the sea
sons labors will be inaugurated on Oct
IT. The Miles Companys Houmas Cen
; trail factory at Burnside win make star
on the 10th, by which date the eampaig
will be general in Ascension