The Hawaiian gazette., 1875-07-21

Lahsins Charges very little from year to
year in its general appearance. but the extent
Of land planted with cane appears. as seSn
fyou the occan. % be larger than ever before.
There are not far from SIX hundred acrcs in
cane, bgt every scre Of It Is thoroughly cult
waited and regularly irrigated. An enormous
quantity cf cane has been ground at the Pioneer
NIL the past season. turning cut seventeen
hundred and Fifty TWO tons Of sugar. This
large yield Is the result Of combining the TWO
estates, which were formerly here. NesSrs.
Campbell y rurton. propristcrs Of the shove
min. having purchased the mil, buildings and
growing crups Of the West Maui Plantation,
at . cost Of $4,000. BY uniting the two mills
and machinery under one rOof and one man
SEGMENT, they have been able TO turn cut this
extraordinary yield New land is every year
being brought under cultivation, along the
base OF the mountains, as high up as the water
can be conducted for irrigation. aud in this
way rich waste land IS constantly being I'M
proved. and uade TO yield its golden orOps TO
enrich the nation
Rains have been very abundant on Maui this
year. supplying water sufficient for irrigation
purposes On each plantation. Tee planters
generally On this island are abandoning the
ribbon varieties Of cane. incluiin., the gaGals,
OF bI1ssc-less cane. for the small white variety,
which baS been found 70 yield the largest
amount Of sugar To the acre. Il not unfre-
quently sends Up forty to fifty stalks, and an
ordinary Yield Is four tons Of sugar 90 the
acre. But we imagine THAT this result arises
not 50 much from any superiority In the cane
Is In 3 change Of seed. One kind Of cane may
run out after ten or dozen years cultivation.
while new variety may DO well in the same |
ground, as Is the case with grains in other
countries. In cllrivatiug the small white
sane. the stalks are cut very close to the
ground, 50 that the new growth comes from
the roots. This Is considered one Of the Sc
crsls Of success IN It's large yield.
While we were at Lahaina, the schooner
Nssgis Merrill brought up and successfully I
Isnded TWO new boilers lately made for the 4
Pioneer Mil az the Honolulu Iron Works. T.
They are twenty feet in length, and weigh I
each 1900 lbs This mill has now eight /
large boiIers, which Gust about five thousand .
dollars apiece, to supply It with steam ueces-
sary to boil down ten tons Of sugar daily, or /
one ton IN hour.
A party Of gentlemen II search Of ferns, last /
week made an excursion 10 the OIualu Crater,
1t the head Of the zulch Of the sane name,
which lies seven CT eight miles east Of Laha-
ma Their account Of the trip was quite in
-srgsting and shows that this place furnishes
! resort for the botanis5 and fsruist quite ac-
,essibls from Lahaina. The valley is shout
n hours rite from the village, but the ascent
b the crater Is rocky and tedious, requiring
TWO or three hours TO reach It. Once inside Of
g, the view Is extremely grand. Here is cir
,ular bowl, over 4 mile N diameter, with walls
rising almost perpendicular from :, 600 feet On
ne side to 1900 feet On the other. In the
,eurer Is plateau Of table land, completely
lncircled with 4 valley, which drains Of the
water which Is constantly falling down the
steep walls. It Is thought that this was the
great crater Of West Maui, and there Is Ger
.ai1ly 10 ether On this part Of the island that
-ar compare with II N size i steep ridge
.sparatss It from the head Of the Wailulzu val
ey, and With great difficulty and rough
.limbing through the dense jungle, tourists
an and have scaled II, and descended to Val
Eku. In this remarkable crater, has lately
7een found one Of the rarest ferns growing on
be islands-a species which produces is
SEEDS On a separate stalk and Is described By
I111, IN his catalogue Of Hawaiian ferns.