The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-01-07
SUGAR sOUIBS.
Close Of the Grinding Campaign in AS
cension and Elsewhere-Iteras Of IN
tersst from Field and Factory.

q s@$ ceusIon and Observation-Disclosures of In
tersst from Field and Factory.
! The coolest weather of tie present sea
SON in fact, the coolest January Weathe
on record for the past five years-was ex
perienced this week. and it is feared tina
much damage has been done to seed can,
as result of the extremely low tempera
I, lures which prevailed Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday mornings. The COO
snap followed heavy doWnpour of rair
4 Sunday night and Monday forenoon, ane
was predicted by the government weather
bureau a sufficient period of time in ad
vance to permit truck farmers and frui,
growers to take what measures they coulc
to Offset the damage occasioned by q
heavy freeze to vegetable crops and fruit
trees, and householders to institute pre-
cautions against broken pipes and other
cold weather inconvenience
The mercury in Local Observer Park 8
/ government thermometer registered a
temperature Of Is degrees Tuesday morn
ling, 20 degrees Wednesday, and "a de-
grees Thursday. AS the temperature was
below the freezing point all day Tuesday
and Wednesday. the heavy ice which
formed Tuesday morning was still in evil
dence up to Thursday afternoon and
frozen pipes remained CONCEALED for the
same length Of time. Brisk north winds
prevailed on Tuesday and the day was
bitterly cold and disagreeable, but the
weather on Wednesday and Thursday was
about as pretty as could be imagined, al
though bit too chilly for some people.
The ground was frozen to depth of
ten to twenty inches and it is apprehended
that the seed cane may have been
damaged to material extent, but def
mite information On this score will not be
available for several days.
The big SouthdoWn factory in Lafourche
parish wound up a most successful grind
ing season on Wednesday of last week,
Dec. Is, after having negotiated approx
mately $4,000 tons of cane and turned out
in the neighborhood Of 100000 pounds
of 96-degree test sugar. The last stalk of
cane passed through the rollers at q
Q clock Tuesday morning, Dec. ~, and
boiling was finished and the machinery
brought to standstill at 8 o'clock the fol-
lowing night. The factory was in operation
about so days and enjoyed entire i'm
mnnity from breakdoWns or accidents. the
only stoppages recorded during the sea
son being on one or two occasions when
weather conditions made it necessary for
the field forces tosgive their entire atten-
ton to WindFoWing cane. The Chief is
reliably informed that the magnificent
yield of SO tons of cane per acre was OBJ
tanned from some cuts" of D. IS on South
down plantation, while the popular D. "a
variety yielded as high as 50 to s. tons
per acre. L. G. Duhon, Jr., of Donaldson
vile, who was employed as cane Weigher
at SouthdoWn during the grinding season,
has returned home and resumed his posi-
ton with the Pacific Express Company,
being assigned to service as express mes
seTger on the Napoleonville branch of the
[. and P. Railroad.
We-are indebted to x. A Aucoin, the |
efficient manager of Mrs. E. H. Barton
fertile St. Emma plantation, for the fol-
lowing satisfies of the 1910 crop of that
place: Plant cane, 247 acres; tonnage,
5167: average yield, Il tons per acre; first
year stubble, 259 acres; tonnage, 4787;; av-
erage, 49, tons; second-year stubble, e
acres: tonnage, 1886; average, IL tons.
I wo tenants on St. Emma who cultivate
between them 81 acres of plant and As
acres of stubble, furnished the factory
1910 tors, an average of III tons to the
acre. In addition to the crop Of 1880
-ons grown on the plantation proper and
$40 tons supplied by the tenants, 1875
.ons were bought from outside parties
making the total tonnage ground 1896.
The output Of the mill was in the shape
If high-grade white sugar and molasses.
he average yield of the former. being sol
pounds and Of the latter 8 gallons per ton
Of cane.
With the advent Of the new year there
have been several changes in the mana
5erial corps Of various plantations in As
sension and adjoining parishes, among +
hem being the following:
is. Robbins, after a number of years
If faithful service as first assistant to +
Manager John W. Tucker Of the Miles
New Hope and A Ascension
plantations, has been promoted to the ac-
i've management Of New Hope to succeed
Mr. Tucker, who has severed his eonnec-
ion with the Miles Company and moved
o Baton Rouge. Dan. Crawford, who has
also been in the employ Of the Miles Conn
oany for some time past. has been given
,harge of the Ascension plantation, and will
rave as his assistant Willie Belle, formerly
# Burnside. E. A. Barber will assist MIR
Robbins at New Hope.
The uniform success that has attended
VT. Robbins labors in the past is sufIi-