The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-01-28
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SUGAR sQU|Bs.

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Items OF Interest from Field and
Factory Beautiful Weather for
Spring Flowing Seed Cane In
Fair Shape.
From the standpoint of the sugar plant
ers the weather conditions of the past
week have been Well-nigh ideal, v the
meteorological calendar having consisted
OF balmy, spring like temperatures and
clear, sunny skies, with just enough COOL
ness in the atmosphere during the early
morning and late evening hours to lend a
tln9e of realism to the season and put life
and energy into man and beast. Spring
plowing is being briskly prosecuted under
these exceptionally favorable conditions,
and few and far between are the fields in
this neighborhood which do not show the
attention they have received at the hands
OF the ploWing and ditch-cIeaning gangs.
Spring plant cane is being placed in the
ground as fast as the furroWs are opened
up, and if the beautiful weather which has
prevailed for the past fortnight viii hold
out for a week or two longer this arduous
work will be brought to an early and most
successful conclusion Reports of.spotted
seed areireceiyed from various localities,
but the general tenor of the adyices are
to the effect that the seed is in fair condi-
ton and will compare favorahly with that
put down in former seasons, being far
superior to last year S unusually poor sun
ply.
y SIN. Burnett, formerly a well-knoWn
farmer and citizen of the Burnside neigh
borhood of this parish, and who for
number Of years past has been located at
,velasco, Texas, where he cultivated
large farm with quite degree of success,
writes The Chief that he has returned to
good old Louisiana. y having recently
purchased the Flora sugar plantation on
Bayou Black. near Houma. for a considera-
ton OF $4,000, Mr.. Burnett has d large num-
Der Of friends in, this community who viii
Join in extending him cordial welcome
lbaek5o louisiana and wishing him lib
eral measure e 81 Of success II his new under
taking. Il .'.s ssss'ss E5#
The g. Z. Knoll Com mpany s well-equ1iipped
Shirley factory II oyelles parish, near
Y, crushed its last stalk Of cane on
tuesday, Jans1o, At 7:a0 o'clock D. .m.. and
inished boiling at $50 q clock the follow
ng forenoon. The sugar output aggre
lated more than four million pounds Of
'e-degree test. the average yield per ton
# cane being 1855 pounds Of firsts and 35
pounds Of seconds The principals of
shirley 8 efficient mechanical corps were
g follows: James Rainey, New Orleans
hlef sugar-boiler; Edgard TenlpIet and
AUGUST Dugas, Ascension, assistants;
oseph Letulle, St. James chief engineer;
'urtis Ernst and liIphonses Did dies, 81.
ames. assistants. Walters5P Poche, st.
ames, allsEound man; Sidney Poche and
. Gautreau, St. James, water tenders;
Alcee ~ Landry Dutchtown, and " :.
,odrlgie. Donald aldsonville, triple effects:
J. Clouatres and Ernest Letulle, St! James,
ltera press naen. II. ST.
. chas, +. Landry, a Well-knoWn Ascen-
Z than whom there are few more
apable Of experienced tillers of the soil
nd Handlers Of labor in the Louisiana
ngar belt, writes US that he has resigned
ae position of manager Of the Danos
Milly plantation on Bayou
laquemins % accept the management of
!. M: soniats Cedar Grove and Whitecas-
= plantations near WhitecastIe. MIR.
aIidry knows his business from the bot
N Up and may be depended upon 70 Give
1d fltire satisfaction to his new employers.