The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-11-01
SUGAR sQUIBs.
Progress of the Grinding in Ascen-
sion and EiseWhere-ltens of In
terest from Field and Factory.


terest from Field and Factory.
Louisiana has at last come into
her own in the matter of early-W1n-
ter weather, and the delightful va
rlety of climatic conditions with
which we have been blessed lately
could not well be improved upon any
where, on the footsto0l. Every day
this week has been d sparkling one,
and apart from the joy of living in
stilled by this diurnal succession of
perature, there is added satisfaction
in the knowledge that the weather
is perfect for the opening OF the
grinding season and means much IN
material sense to this entire Sec
ton. The lowest temperature re-
corded during the week was SO de-
grees on Thursday morning, and the
seasons first heavy frost was in evil
dence on that day.
Reports from the sugar factories
which have commenced grinding are
to the effect that the cane is much
ripper than had been expected, and
satisfactory results are being obtain
ed The juice is heavy and easily
worked, and while the sugar yield per
ton of cane is as yet nothing to brag
about, steady Improvement in this
respect is said to be noticeable from
day to day, and with a continuance
of the present propitious weather the
saccharine content of the cane will
4n q hnr g
plentiful, both in field and factory,
and to date The conditions attending
the inception of the rolling season
have been exceptionally suspicious in
every respect.
The Mccall Company's Evan Hall
factory closed down Tuesday in Or
der to give the field forces an OPP
portunity to WindroW cane for seed.
Cold weather having arrived unusual
~ early this year, windrowing has
| been resorted to on number of
| plantations, and much of the cane to
be planted in the spring has been
thus safeguarded from damage by
freeze.
Emile LeBoeuf's Point Houmas
factory, which will be put back into
commission this season after having
lain idle for seven years, Will begin
operations next Monday, having been
thoroughly overhauled and renovated.
The crop to be ground this year will
approximate 1000 tons of cane, and
a prime grade of syrup will be man.
ufactured, with perhaps a little SUI
gar ..on the side" Joseph Chauvin,
of st. James, will have charge of the
pans.
Florian Michel, of Donaldsonville,
left Sunday for the San Francisco
factory in St. Charles, where he will
put in his second season as assistant
sugar-boiler.
George Poche, Of Belle Rose, who
for the past several years has been
employed as chief engineer Of one
of the large factories in Porto Rico,
has decided to remain in s'the states"
/ hereafter, and will fill similar po-
sition this season at the fine Wills
wood factory in Jefferson parish,
where the sugar-making campaign
will be inaugurated Nov. 5.
1t is reliably reported that the
planting of cane on Mrs. e. Il. Bar
ton st. Emma plantation On Bayou
Lafourehe, in the second ward Of
Ascension parish, will be discontinued
this year, and that the place will be
converted into a cattle ranch. The
] stubble left from the present crop
will be cultivated next year, after
which no more cane will be grown,
this branch of agricultural industry
to be superseded by the raising of
cattle for the market on a large
scale. ST. Emma has been under
lease for the past two years to
Messrs. Ernest and Percy Barton,
the former a son of the owner of the
property, and the latter son of
Clarence G. Barton, sSr., one of the
leading planters of Assumption par
ish. It is stated that at the expira-
ton of the present year Percy Bar
ton will return to his home in AS
sumption, and that ST. Emma under
the new dispensation will be under
the sole management of Ernest Bar
| ton.
The Lemann Company's big Pa1o
Alto factory started grinding Thurs
day evening, and is pegging away
with customary. degree of smooth
ness and efficiency.