The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-24
LOUISIANA ENJOYS
IDEAL CONDITIONS
After Long Dry Spells Rain Comes
To Every Parish But One
and Cane Does Well

NEW ORLEANS, August up TO
Wednesday no ruin has been reported
in West Baton Rouge, where corn has
been severely damaged by one of the
worst droughts that has ever been.
known In that parish, and where the
are crop has likewise. and almost as
seriously been impaired. In every
other part Of the sugar belt ideal
slv,, M. donations ays reported al
though one of the leading cane growers
of the State said Thursday that some
,uete1cs OF sugar lands along Bayou
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welcome a, little more rain, what they
co ted no. Je'-Is dhJt.alf. -troetI.
Napoleonville. the planters would like
little more rnin. Recent rains in
Vermillion Parish have brought about.
a wonderful advancement in the crops
there and sugar men with holdings in
that Parish are very cheerful over the
bright prospects for great 1917 sugar
,eason N that pnrt Of sugar Louisiana.
The growth since the, rains that fell
has been something remarkable. M.
merous samples are being exhibited by
Vermilion cane farmers of cane with
nine red joints fully developed. Yer
million Parish has the largest acreage
Of cane this year in its history and the
factories there are making the most
thorough preparations for handling the
rop expeditiously. The Vermilion
Sugar Company has placed an order
for some twenty barges to handle the
crop along Bayou, Vermilion and Rose
Hill is having number built, while
Erath Central, which operates about
twelve miles of standard gauge railroad
is having all Of these and their rolling
stock repaired. All of these things in
icate that VeSmilion Parish means to
make the handling of the coming crop
he most efficient since sugar manufac-
uring was started as an industry in
hat parish. j. Gladu Broussard was
he first Ycrhpion Parish cane grower
o send 0 fine ripe cane to Abbeville
Tor exhibition at the First National
Bank of that place. 1t had nine red
POINTS. The corn crop in st. Mary
Parish which was planted in June is
showing up fine and only perhaps the
comparatively small planting will stop
il from assuming immense proportion.
st. Martin reports good rains with re-
sultant benefit to the cane and corn
and other crops. The cane is a beau
'iful color everywhere and the fields
'efrcshed by the recent rains present
a beautiful picture to the eyes of the
louisiana sugar agriculturists.
L.azard King of New Iberia had a
"ane with seven red joints on exhibi
tion there last week and il is fair
specimen of the entire western end of
the sugar belt where weather cpndi-
tions and other things were more fav-
orable this year than in other parts of
the sugar district, The hot weather
has also been conducive to better
growth everywhere after the rains and
all in all as general proposition the
entire Situation as far as weather is
concerned. is everything that could
be desired outside of some few unfor
tunate places. 1t is reported from
Lafayette Parish that since the recent
rains corn, which had been thought to
he destroyed, had come out wonder
fully and will yield an average crop.
Sugar cane there though little back
ward is now growing fast and looks
well.
There will be few if any recruits to
the white sugar manufacturing continI
gent in Louisiana this season. A fall
ing of in high grade sugar is almost
certain One hears no one who has not
got whit" sugar manufacturing equip
ment talking about installing il, while
a number of planters whose factories
are equipped to make white sugar are
saying that they will very likely make
raws instead of high grades because
prices will be good anyhow and the
work and other worry attached 10 the
making of white sugar is too great.
Meanwhile hig sales of plantation
graduated sugar Of the 1916 crop were
effected this week at s cents a pound
and over f. A. RainOld, Inc, figured
most prominently in the sales which
Featured the market which had been
very duh for many weeks. The sales
of plantation graduated are expected
to keep up asthe local refneries are not
| selling any But small lots and are be-
hind from thtee weeks to thirty days
in their deliveries. Sales at $40 could
have been made, but planters general
ly are hesitating when they do not
have TO sell. The demand for black
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