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50 F. W. DEVOE & CO.,
New York.
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SUGAR SQUIBS.
Items of Interest from Field and Factory.
Progress of the Grinding Campaign
In Ascension and Elsewhere.
The beautiful weather with which the
planters of this section have been
favored since the inception of the
grinding campaign was superseded
this week by a disagreeable rainy
spell, which set in Tuesday afternoon
and has continued with monotonous
regularity up to the present writing.
The precipitation is in the form of
a slow, soaking drizzle, just the kind
that puts the roads out of business
and makes everybody feel depressed
and irritable. It is hoped that the
weather man will soon awake to a
realization of the error of his ways
and favor us with a return of the
balmy sunshine that is so greatly
needed in this section at the present
time.
Reports from a number of sources
seem to indicate that the trials and
tribulations of the grinding season
are just about half over, and none of
the planters appear to have any kick
coming as to the results obtained thus
far. The cane is showing an excep
tionally heavy tonnage, the yield of
sugar is fully up to expectations, the
condition of the market is gratifying
in the extreme, and the weather up to
this week has been all that could be
desired. The season of 1904-05 prom
ises to be one of the most successful in
.the history of the Louisiana sugar
industry.
The Miles Planting and Manufac
turing Company's big Houmas Cen
tral factory at Burnside has turned
out 5,000,000 pounds of sugar so far
and is a little more than half through.
