The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-11
SUGAR sQUIBs.
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Gated portions. His total crop this
season will approximate 1000 tons.
The Miles Company's Houmas Cen
tral and New Hope factories and
G. B. Reuss' Germania mill started
grinding the early part Of last week,
completing the list of active Ascen-
sion factories which will be in oper-
alton this season. The others are
Palo Alto, St. Emma, Evan Hall and
Belle Helene.
Dave Dill, of Donaldsonville, is
again on the job as chief sngar-boil-
er at New Hope, and has a capable
assistant in the person of Charles
Crochet, of barrow. L. A. Duplessls,
of Duplessis, is in charge of the dou-
Dle-effects, as usual.
At Germania, Lydien Collet, of
Whitecastle, is the leading proof
stick manipulation, and J. F. Oubre. OF
Donaldsonville, is his efficient as
SiStant.
Reports from various factories in
Ascension and adjoining parishes are
TO the effect that fairly satisfactory
results are being obtained, The
sugar yield is ranging from 100 to
125 pounds of firsts in the case OF
high-grade whites and yelloWs, with
marked improvement noticeable as
the season progresses and the wealth
er grows colder,
Justilien Delatte, Of Donaldson
Vile, the competent sugar-maker OF
Graugnard e CARES Well-equlpped
Columbia factory in st. John parish:
spent Wednesday of last week here
with his family, being enabled to en-
joy the brief breathing spell because
of the fact that it is a custom with
Messrs. Graugnard & Caire never to
operate their mill on All Saints day,
Mr.. Delatte informed us that Column
bia began grinding Tuesday, Oct. "a,
and was in operation until the follow
ing Sunday morning, when work was
| suspended. Starting again at +
o'clock a. m. Monday, Oct. 30, the
factory pegged away until midnight
Tuesday. the 31st, when the All
Saints holiday was ushered in. Oper-
atoms were resumed bright and early
| Thursday morning, Nov 2, and have
continued uninterruptedly since. The
cane sent to the mill during the
first week of the season consisted OF
mixed stubble and plant, from which
a yield of 80 pounds OF hlgh-grade
white sugar was obtained.
The Vile du Bots plantation IN
| Assumption parish on the east bank
| ST Bayou Lafourche, formerly owned
bv the late Robert Maurin and one
| Of the earliest cultivated tracts OF
I land in the state, was sold last Mon
| Law by Messrs Camille Aleman and
4 Alexandra and Ernest JumonVlle to
s. Prejean, owner of the adjacent
Halfway plantation, for a reported
| consideration of $4,000. Vile dL
Bots comprises approximately SOC
acres of land, Of which something
4 like 400 acres are in cultivation.
/ The cane crop now on the place, oc-
/ ,upying from 275 to 800 acres, was
inc111ded in the sale, and will be
ground at Mr.. -Prejean's Halfway
/ factory. Mr. Aleman owned a one
half interest in the plantation, the
ownership of the other halt being
vested in the Messrs: JumonVlile.
The cane derrick constructed by
1.-The Colonial Sugars Company at BRIT
| tanyz in the seventh ward OF AS
i eension parish, was completed last
i week. A large percentage OF the
crop along the line Of the l.. K. and
il n Railway in the seventh and
j aiehth wards is being shipped to
2. Colonial Conpany's Gramercy fac