New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1913-11-01
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CROP NOTES IN IBERIA.

CROP NOTES in IBERIA.
This week has been dry with
low temperatures, one day as low
as 81 degrees. but the sky at this
writing is again overcast and
every indication denotes rain,
temperature being high. During
the cool and sunny days the
hopes of all revived, and work
was being resumed all along the
line. The cane has improved
somewhat since last writing, al
though it is still very green and
immature. The stand is good and
the tinnage promises to be better
than last year. All that is need
ed is seasonable weather to hard
en- the turnrows, and roads for
the moving of the crop. The corn
crop is being moved quite rapidly,
the corn sheller at this place is
shelling and sacking 500 bushels
per day. 1t is a matter of com
ment the condition of the corn
made apparent at the sheA Aer.
Much damaged corn is taken
from every load. Prices are
$1.1O to $1.25 per barrel, 2 for !
in the shuck. The rice question
is about settled; threshing out
the demnant of the crop has en-
gagged the planters this week,
and shipments have been very
liberal, but little now remains.
Some tests of the cane have been
made by one of our sugar-house
chemists this week which result
ed as follows: Two samples OF
stubble and two of plant cane:
Stubble, Brix, 1872, sucrose 1913,
purity 71.5. Second sample,
Brix, 14.7, sucrose 121, purity
72.1. Plant cane, first sample,
Brix. 1872, sucrose, 81, purity
CTS; second sample, plant cane
gave Brix 14.7, sucrose 12.l, pur-
ity 7s.0. No positice dates have
been mentioned as yet as to open
ing of the campaign. All seem
to wait on the other fellow,
thought it was rumored that
"Maria Central Factory" at Lo-
reauville may turn its wheels on
Monday, October 9th. Orange
Grove will start about the 9th
provided the other factories do.
'vida" factory is in shape for
the campaign, and is waiting only
for the signal to get up steam.
This little factory is ably man.
aged by Mr.. Oscar Broussard,
who has as his chief engineer Mr..
LeBourgeois, and Capt. Aucoin,
the veteran sugar-maker manip-
ulating the juices and syrups.
At Morbihan the expert mechan-
ical engineer, w. A. White, will
be in charge, with all the old
force reelected in the different
departments, with the ever-gen-
ial A. A. Theriot in charge of the
field forces, and over all, his
Honor Edwin Sampson, vice-pres-
ident Of the company. This pop
ular factory is now one Of the
best equipped in the State, has
gradually evoluted from a very
ordinary plant to the mammoth
factory, complete in every partic-
ular, grinding 1900 ton per day
the output this year will be
record-breaker (barring freezes)
as It's supply of cane will be
large, coming by narrow-gauge
railroad of its own and by the
Frisco Railroad, by the Bayou
route in barges, and a large
amount by cart, as, also, its home
crop, which is one Of the best yet
raised. SO that this last tariff
protected crop, which is one Of
the best vet raised. So that this
last tariff protected crop will be
its best and will come out with
colors flying. The Southern Pa
cific and Frisco railroads have re-
served a large supply Of cane cars
which are parked at different
points waiting for the signal 60
move. Should no disaster, such
as continued rains during Novem.
Der and December, record-break-
ing crop as the cane il here and
or hard freezes occur, this sec.
tion will make a only wants .
chance to be saved.-Node in Su-