The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-01

James Maurin, a well-known Don
/ 7ldsonVllle boy who for several years
i past has been employed as chief en-
slneer Of the United Sugar Com
l,any,s mammoth L. Mocbis anf
! Aguila factories III fH nate Of Sin:
aloa' Mexico, returned / Bne last Sat
afday evening, the grinSfng campaign
Having terminated at Aguila on April
~ and at Los Mochis on NAV ~.
WI Maur1n states that the past sea-
son was one of the most successful
III the history Of these places. a to-
eal OF $4,000 tons of cane having been
i,ahuled, with combined output for
lne Two plants of 14,20O 900 pounds of
| "hlte CUBE sugar and 276,OOO gallons
OF alcohol. The cane tonnage and
production OF sugar, alcohol ana
o.lier oy-products surpassed all pre-
slous records for the property. The
campaign was inaugurated at Los
Mochls Dec. II, 1911. and at Aeui1a
Dec.1o, and was smooth and uneyent-
.ul' MI Maurin exercises a super-
lhCendency over the mechanical do
pall.lehts OF both mills up to the be-
ei gu OF grinding, when Frank Cou-
', OF Alexandria, takes charge of
the Los Mochis plant. Thos d
boyd, Jr., eldest son of President
BOYD OF the Louisiana State TTniver-
slty, is general superintendent Of the
ohieeo Sugar Company's property,
N s.l responsible position he has
tllled with signal ability and success
lor tne past several years.
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Mr. Maur1n states that the United
sugar company and American colo
'ists residing in the vicinity cult
Vated the past year something like
zooo acres of tomatoes, which were
shlpped to American markets Tho
iise Shipment was made about Jan.
!, oelng routed by way of the Kan
'f.s City, Mexico and Orient from
LOS Mochis to San Bias. where CON
lectlon was made with the Southern
ACME over which line the consign-
lent proceeded to its destination {
'ell peppers, canteloupe and other
TUCK crops We're also raised in ab-
1loahce, and from the degree of sue
ess attending the cultivation of
1ese vegetables and fruits it seems
Aely mat the industry will grow to
urge proportions and that in the
oufse OF few years that section of IL
leNlco Will be supply ing the United "
tates With large portion of it's "
'uck - si'e q
Mr.. Boyd has farm Of 500 acres p
the vicinity of Los Mochis. which N
cultivated and managed by his ST
Robert Howell, of St. W
FahclsVllle, La, a graduate of the Oh
'rlcultural course of the Louisiana
ate University Under Mr. How Ia
direction a large acreage of Mr.. W
oyd,s farm is planted in tomatoes.
ppers and other vegetables. from re
men very satisfactory results were ad
famed the past year.
Inc United Sugar Company in m,
allied on its property this season a :
odern pumping plant, costing s45-
o., which, in conjunction with the fo
rmer plant, will pump water to the m;
property from the Fuerte -
,er' 10 paftes away. The water is Ap
lployed to lrrigate the cane fields s.
lf1hg the dry season, being forced -
fough the fllrroWs to- i depth Of Ap
VeraI inches every four or five -
eks, from September to July. -
Mr. Maurin says the revolution in Ap
'Alco did not interfere with the AID
ndlng campaign in the Los Mochis
ghborhood in the slightest degree. Ap
nearest fighting being at the Ap1
'ltal OF Sinaloa, some 800 miles -
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