The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07
SUGAR sQUIBs.
Progress Of the Grinding Campaign
in Ascension and Elsewhere
Items Of Interest from Field and
Factory.

in Ascension and Elsewhere
Items Of Interest from Field ant
Factory.
The much-needed doWnpour FOL
which the planters have been longins
arrived with bells on Thursda,
morning, when 4 inches Of rain fell
Heavy showers had previously beer
recorded on Monday and WEDNESDAYS
mornings, the precipitation on each
occasion being .95 Of an inch. For
the first five days of December.
therefore, the rainfall aggregated
nearly inches, whereas during the
entire month Of November only 2.20
inches of moisture were received
Truly, sit never rains but it pours!''
Further exemplification of the yer.
ity of this time-honored adage was
given yesterday, when regular sock
dolager of a rain fell. The down.
pour set in before daybreak and CON
tinued until late in the afternoon, the
precipitation totalling 5.65 inches.
The deluge will prove of great
| benefit to fall-planted cane, as we'll
as that windroWed for seed, and will
also replenish the supply of cistern
water, which was running low
| Statistics compiled by Local Wealth
er Observer Park show wide range
of temperature during the month
| just closed. On Nov. the mercury
reached the unseasonably high mark
of S8 degrees, and on Thanksgiving
| day, Nov. %, it registered 80 degrees,
the minimum for the month The
rainfall, which .totalled 2.20 inches,
| was received in driblets, the largest
volume precipitated in any specific
24-hour period being rs of an inch
on the 18th. Frost and thin ice
We're observed on the 3rd, heavy
frosts on the 28th and 29th, and
light frosts on the 18th, 18th, 18th
and 10Th. There were IA clear days,
II partly cloudy and 4 cloudy.
Nearly all the factories in this
section have finished grinding, and
the campaign, one of the shortest on
record, will be brought to a close
next week. Palo Alto wound up at
10 o'clock Saturday night, and at st.
Emma the last stalk of cane was
passed through the rollers at mid
night Tuesday Evan Hall also ter
minated the seasons labors Tuesday
night, and Germania finished last Sat
urday morning. The only Ascension
factories still under way are New
Hope, Belle Helene and Houmas Cen
trail, and of these athe former is
scheduled to close down today.
Belle Helene has several days
more work in sight, and will be in
operation until next Wednesday or
Thursday. Up to the 9Th inst. TO-
900 tons of cane had been ground,
large portion of which was furnish
ed by small planters in the New
River section of thea parish. The
crop of S. Gianelloni's LongWood
plantation in Iberville parish, the fac
tory on which place was destroyed by
fire just before the opening of the
campaign. is also being milled at
Belle Helene, and quite a large tom
mage has been obtained from growers
in the Bayou Paul nefghborhood. The
campaign to date has been a smooth
and uneventfulS one, and excellent re-
suits have beeG achieved.
Belle Alliance is in the home
stretch and will pass under che wire
within the next few days, after get
ting away with something like $4,000
tons of cane Salisbury is also near
ing the end, and will probably finish
before the close of the week.
The Miles Company's big Houmas
Central mill at Burnside will be at
work another week, and may be peg
ging away until the early part Of
week after next.
AS an instance Of the shortage in
the crop this year, figures from ST
emma may be cited. Last season
his house crushed a fraction over
10000 tons of cane; this year only
5000 tons were ground OF this sup
ply, Thos. D. Cox furnished 7S0 tons
md Paul Hernandez ISL. IN 1911
Mr.. Cox sent 174S tons to st. Emma.
Grinding was finished at L. M.
soniat's Cedar Grove factory in
Iberville parish, Nov "a, with a total
Of 1926 tons of cane handled. The
yield per acre averaged II tons, in
Guiding plant and stubble, which is
IN excellent showing indeed this
very lean year. The sugar yield was
l01 pounds of first and 81 pounds OF
SSCOuu SuSdl . pSl VII VI StsAAS' - S
average extraction being 1868. The
cost per ton of harvesting the cane
was 43 cents, including cutting,
transfer from carts to, cars and
gasoline consumed in operating the
cane leaders. Charles E. Landry, a
well-known Ascensionite, is the eff
cient manager of the Cedar Grove
estate.
The White factory in Lafourche
parish terminated short campaign
Nov. %, and Chief Engineer Clarence
Leblanc and his assistant, Hubert
rreille, have returned to their homes
IN this city
Rodgers Bourg, Of Napoleonyille,
las been engaged as blacksmith on
st. Emma plantation, after having
been employed during the grinding
season as operator Of the cane der
rick
Joseph F. Cafiero, of Donaldson
vile, has secured the contract for
lismantling the Sweet Home factory
in Assumption parish and re-erectlng