The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04
NUMBER 26
SUGAR sQUIBs.
Items Of Interest from Field and
Factory Spring Planting Nearly
Completed Remarkable January
Weather.

Remarkable January
Weather.
II the bright prospects which attend the
starting of the 1911 cane crop are realized
with fair percentage of fullness the
Louisiana sugar belt is destined to pro-
duce yield next fall which ought to
come very close to shattering certain long
standing records. Not in recent years has
the work of preparing the ground and put
ting down spring plant been prosecuted
under such ideal weather conditions as
have obtained this year, and seldom be-
fore have the advices concerning the con-
dition of the seed cane been SO generally
enthusiastic and favorable as they are at
present. For the past four weeks the
weather has been as balmy and delight
ful as in early June, with the result that
plowing and planting has proceeded a.
pace and is on the eve OF completion after
one of the shortest and most satisfactory
campaigns on record. Everywhere the seed
is reported in splendid condition, and as
the supply is plentiful and the conditions
for planting SO favorable there is certain
to be material increase in the cane acre
age, which renders doubly promising the
outlook for bumper crop next fall.
According to Weather Observer w. D.
Park, the rainfall for the month Of Janu-
ary was unprecedented in the records Of
the local observer, the total precipitation
having aggregated TAO inches. OF this
amount 7.2O inches we're precipitated in
the twenty-four hour period extending
from o'clock a. m. on the 1st to like
hour on the End, the bulk of the moisture
having fallen during the night hours
There were only two other rainy days in
the month. on one Of which the precipita-
ton totallRd .Ia Of an inch and on the
|other .05 Of: an inch. The minimum tenn
|perature was 20 degrees and the maxi.
mum IS degrees, which is considerably
above the normal maximum for January.
There were II clear days. the remaining
fourteen being equally. divided under the
cloudy and partly cloudy headings.
4 AS previously announced in The Chief
Emile LeBeeuf's Point Houmas plantation
In the fourth ward, about four miles be-
low Donaldsonville. which for some years
past has been planted in rice, will be re-
turned to the ranks of the sugar farms in
the near future. With this intention in
view, Mr.. LeBoeuf is putting down this
year 100 acres of cane, the output Of
which will be utilized for seed purposes
next year, when practically the entire
acreage of the place will be cultivated in
cane. The crop will be ground at the
Well-eQuipped Point Houmas mill. which,
although out Of commission for the past
several years, is none the less in first
class condition and can be placed in shape
to begin grinding with nominal repairs
In addition to his 100 acres Of cane, Mr..
LeBoeuf will raise this year 600 acres of
rice and so acres Of corn,
Fred. Taddiken, a successful farmer ana
substantial citizen Of Darrow, who moved
to St. Bernard parish in January of last
year to accept the management OF one Of
the plantations owned by the Myrtle
Grove Company. has returned to DarroW
and resumed the cultivation of his farm.
The Chief joins Mr.. Taddiken's friends
and neighbors in extending him cordial
welcome back to Ascension.