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\llttuiddieleybyinnthebynottre1)Hlendofod.theDtfirer*?-hela-L ;iorin-ndwory,offbs.Itl-n.llb,i onHintta-*» ijiM-iiiwia « ib i.ne »niy plantation in this parish whemm grinding, simply an an experiment, has begun; the ylold Is said to he far from satisfactory.Your cormepondent, in one of Ids rambles, visitedTHE A hi CIA PLANTATIONof Mr. F. A. Lullhk’. which Is twenty-five miles above tho city. Mr. T. I.'. Lovojov. manager of tho plantation, and Mr. Hulllauine Dueenn, overseer. Informed us that there is under cultivation about two hundred acres, half stubble and hair plant. They expect to obtain a wood result from the grinding; and, judging from tho fine appearance of the cane, they are not mistaken. Should this year's yield equal, or even approximate, that of last year’s, Mr. Luling may justly he satls-fled. Tu 1S7H the plantation had 175 acres of stubble and250of plant; the not result was 1028 hogsheads of sugar, of 1221 pounds net, lt;»r 1,250,000 pounds of sugar, and the juice never weighed lews than nine.A visit toTUB “ASHTON” PLANTATION, adjoining Lullng's, afferds an opportunity lt;[ viewing the powerful .machinery now being put up In the sugar-house. The plantation Is owned by Harry T. Howard, son of Mr. Chas. T. Howard, and by John A. Morris, Esq.A description of the machinery (all manufactured by Leeds Uo., of New Orleans,1 having already been published In the Demo* fit at, we forbear giving the minu/iir,Mr. Howard received your correspondent with great courtesy, and together with Mr. J. S. Brady, his manager, showed him overy-ihlng of note on the plantation.Mr. Brady expects to have everything ready to begin grinding early in November, and is confident that the 225 acres of plant and 175 of stubble on the place will produce about WJfi hogbheads of sugar.AN (IIUI‘1!T Cl' INTKPP«T
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The New Orleans Daily Democrat
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Thu, Oct 23, 1879
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