The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-28
SUGAR sQUIBs.
Opening of the Grinding campas
i'm Ascension and Elsewhere.

Not in recent Years has sugar,
making campaign been 1nauguratee!a
under more favor lie weather condl-
lions, on with pro lets more promls--
ing, than is the at the outset OF
the current GRIM ing season. The
weather OF the pl Bt week has been
perfect from every point OF VleW-an
Improvement even over that OF last
week, if such be possible-and two or
three good frosts have occurred that
were particularly timely and welcome.
The supply Of labor seems to be ade-
uuate, and as prices are good and the
yield of cane andsugar altogether
satisfactory, there apparently not a
cloud on the hor1 from the sugar
planters standpoi
We have as yet cen unable to Sc
cure any definite PORTS as to the re-
suits being obtain in field or fac
tory, but hope to ave some figures
for publication at an early date. In
general, we have heard that stubble
is yielding Is to Z and in some in
stances as high as 20 tons per acre,
and that the juice is unusually sweet
for this period of the campaign and IS
working up nicely in the pans.
Manager w. G. Wilson of Evan
Hall plantation informs US that the
work of taking off the fine crop raised
on that place this season will be com
menced Wednesday morning, Nov. l
A new granulator is on the way to
replace the one Of smaller capacity
which was removed from Evan Hall to
BelleaAlliance, as reported in tbs col
umn 1a@Neek. The BeHgaA Iliance
mill was already equipped with
granulator, and that secured from
Evan Hall will increase the facilities
of the plant for the manufacture OF
this grade of sugar. Pending the ar:
rival of the new granulator, which vii
have capacity considerably larger
than the one transferred to Belle AL
lance, Evan Hall will turn out clari'
feds. Manager Wilson says the house
is in excellent shape for the seasons
run and the outlook for a good croI
is extremely bright.
Gale T. Chapman is holding down
the job of chief engineer at simo.
neaux's open-kettle Church factory II
Assumption parish this season. Grind
ing was started there Tuesday morn
| ing.
Nestor Landry is assistant sugar
boiler at the big Glenwild factory il
St. Mary parish, and P. S. Richard i:
again filling clerical position III tbs
sacking and weighing department o.
the same house.
4 To Wy o,.y, y1YiJ3 Iaoua ,,oyf Tsnpe
day for Clements, Texas, where h
will have charge Of the pans in one 9:
the two factories ON the state pena
farm at that place. His brother, Mix,
| Werner, is chief sugar-boiler of tn.
other MILL
! The Cedar Grove factory of E. G
Robichaux & Co., in upper Lafourche
will begin grinding Monday morning
Florian Michel will be assistant SUI
gar-maker at this well-equipped mill
w. A. Dill, who has been the eff
Gent chief sugar boiler at the Murrel
Company's Tally-Ho factory in 1ber
vile parish for SO long time that h
has become one of the fixtures of tn
plant-and an almost indispensable
one, it might be added-departed re
Gently to enter upon another season
service. That he will deliver tn
goods as usual is a fact of which hi
employers and friends are supremel,
confident.
Mrs. Alex. Bloomenstiel and daugh
tiers, Misses Pauline and Lily Bloom
enstiel, went to New Orleans thi
morning and will return tonight.