The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-31
SUGAR. sQijIDs.
Opening OF Grinding Campaign in AS
cension and ElsewF1ere-items of
Interest from Field and Factory
Good Results BEING Obtained.

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cension and EIsewF1ere-items o
Interest from Field and Factory
Good Results Being Obtained.
1 The first frost of the season Wa:
i observed Wednesday morning, coin
cident with temperature Of 80 de
grees recorded by Local Observer
Alfred Landry's government Their
! mometer. No finer weather could OF
desired than that which is prevailing
Lat the outset of the grinding season
and as labor is plentiful the fields
are being rapidly cleared and the
sugar making campaign is proceeding
with smoothness and despatch. The
cool snap is welcomed by the cane
growers, as it will serve to check the
growth of the stalks and improve the
4 saccharine qualities Of the juice. It
is estimated that the value Of Lou
isiana's S20,000,000 crop was IN
creased 1 Der cent as result of the
sudden drop in temperatures
Practically all the mills in this sec
| ton are in operation, among the ex-
| ceptions being the Avoca factory in
| Assumption, where work will be
started Nov 8, and the Murrell Com
pany's Tally-Ho house in Iberville,
which will begin grinding on the 9th
prOximo.
Leo Gaudin, of Darrow, will again
have charge of the pans at Avoca,
and left Wednesday to get things in
readiness for the opening of the cam
Of hn q.
mills, AVoca will have a short grind
ing this year, it being estimated that
not over five weeks will be required
to take off the diminished crop.
w. A. Dill, of this city, the skill
ed chief sugar boiler of the Tally-Ho
factory, will put in his 'steenth sea-
son in that capacity, and it goes
without saying that the sugars and
molasses turned out under his mas
ter hand will take high rank for
quality and command top O. market
prices.
Evan Hall got away to a good
start Monday morning, and Belle
Helene followed suit Tuesday. The
breaking OF a mill coupling at the
latter establishment necessitated a
shutdown shortly after the machinery
had been started, but the defective
part was replaced in quick order and
operations were resumed with the
loss Of only a few hours time.
Ulysses Rodriguez, of Faubourg la
Pipe. is holding down clerical po-
sition in the Belle Helene plant.
The Wilbert Companys Myrtle
Grove factory in Iberville parish be-
gan grinding Tuesday, and as usual
the efficient mechanical crew is
headed by Diedrich Ohlmeyer as
chief sugar-boiler, position he has
filled with unfailing success for many
years past. He will be assisted this
season by his eldest son, Ollie
Ohlmeyer, himself a sugar cook of
signal ability and wide experience.
George Pfister, of Donaldsonville, |
IS employed as sugar-Weigher at the
big Shadyside factory in ST. Mary I
parish, and Joseph schaff, also of
his city, is operating the Deming
CHARTERS at the modern Meeker mill
II Rapides.
Ward Poche, the capable young
oookkeeper Of the municipal power
plant, has temporarily vacated that [
position to serve as assistant chemist
If the Lemann Companys Palo Alto
aetory during the grinding season.
lending his return, the poWerhouse
accounts will be kept by Clarence
3ouchereau, who Is also employed as
'Ierk to Liquidator James P. Armi-
age OF the Peoples Bank.
The first stalk of cane passed
through the rollers at Palo Alto
Thursday morning, and late advices
re to the effect that every depart
nent of the house is operating
smoothly, as indeed must necessarily
'e the case with such an efficient
as Alex. Poche in charge
# the machinery.
While it's yet too early to obtain
my accurate information as to what
S being done at the factories, the
tatement is generally made that the
esults to date are entirely satisfac-
ory The juice is said to be
sweet for this period of the
ampalgn, and the yield of sugar per
on of cane has been surprisingly
,ood from the start