The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-25
SUGAR sQu|Ds.

1
Progress OF the Grinding campaIa
J, IN Ascension and Elsewhere
items Of interest from Field an
1 Faetorys 80
While, the severe freeze Of the ea
~ apart of last week .undoubtedl
damaged the cane, crop to q mate
rial extent; 1t develops that the degre
/ Of injury is not nearly SO great a
was at first apprehended, and
much more hopeful tone prevail
among the planters now than wa
1 the case Immediately after the ur
precedented cold spell. The weathe
which has obtained since thexaretf
Invasion has had a great deal to d
With bo1stering the dropping spirit
iof the sugar manufacturers, since |
has been of just the variety hes
suited to minimize the !deleteriou
Ieffects of the freeze. The tempera
lures have been sufficiently cool t,
prevent &ae deterioration OF tn,
frosted cane, and as no rain fell fO
more than week after the freeze
the field forces had ample opportu
nifty to Windrow o large acreage I'm
| der favorable conditions,
The weather OF the past week hal
been wen-nigh perfect, having beer
brilliantly clear and of just the right
degree OF GOODNESS on every day ex
cept Thursday, when heavy showers
fell in the afternoon following a
decided rise in temperature. The
downpour was OF short duration, how
ever. and the next morning brought
return of the clear skies and brac.
ing temperatures so. badly needed at
this time.
All the factories in this neighbor.
hood, which closed down for several
days last week In order to permit
the field forces to devote their I'M
divided attention to the task OF wind
rowing cane, have resumed operations
AND are working at full blast in an
effort to make UP for lost time.
+ The Murreh Company's Tally-Ho
factory in Iberville parish had the
misfortune to break return plate
Saturday, making 1t necessary for the
house to close down until the follow
ing Wednesday, when grinding was
resumed. w. A. Dill. the efficient
chief sugar-boiler of the Tally-Ho
plant, spent the period during which
the mill was idle ut his home in this
city, and In conversation with a
Chief representative stated that the
cane In the rear of the Murrell places
was not damaged by the freeze near
SO much as that In front, which is
rather peculiar In view Of the fact
that heretofore the temperature has
always been from one to two degrees
colder In the section of the plan
tauons adjacent to the woods than In
that contiguous to the river. Mr.. Dill
says Tally.Ho is turning out the 96-
degree test grade of sugar, and while
he would not state what yield Is be-
ing obtained, he asserted that 1--WE
are doing as well as anybody else,"
which means, as everybody ac-
quainted with Mr.. Dill will know, that
Tally-Ho is doing very well indeed
and will in all probability have some
nice figures to show at the end of
the campaign.
The Chiefs good friend Leon
of barrow, who is in charge
of the sugar-making department of
the well-equipped Oakley factory in
Assumption parish, writes US as fol-
lows under date Of Nov. IA:
Oakley Is pegging away as
as usual. Under the able
OF L. M. Dill. who has
been connected with the plant for
twenty-four years, the mill was
started Oct. 80, and has not lost
any time. The average Of fuel oil
used up to date is two gallons per
ton. In separate package in this |
mail send you sample of our SD
gar. We make but one grade Of SUI
gar and two grades of molasses. The |
weather has been very warm, except |
FOR the past two nights, when we
had some ice"
The sugar sent by Mr.. Gaudin is |
4 classy grade of white granulated.
and stacks up rs well as any we
nave seen this season.
Charles Wives, of upper Assumption,
sailed from New Orleans last Satur-
lay for Cuba, where he goes to as
sumo the position Of chief sugar
ooiler Of the Santa Teresa cen
raj, at Ceiba Hueca He was
by Fred. Werner. Jr..
If this city. who will be his first as
,istant