The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-11-19

Tx cultivation q sorghum i aov occu
uyins great deal q attention IN the
tinted StStes, and i Is one 70 which we
Shorld give particular attsnticn here. IL
sens Is Il the purely experimental steps
bad been az last pssSei and that the re
s,tlts VII nov begin 70 sccw N the farmers
q Kansas Snd Inirois gong largely into
the busirssS. The following account OF
whst the Champaign Sugar Works q
Ohic have deem dong IN the direction Of
sugar making VIII Be- Of interest,";
lhs Chanrai-a Saga- Works, Caararatgu. Ii.
we're the f-ss la-acs >orgaEa sugar wprkS ever
started II the I1ftsd Sestes. They have SroG7d
the care tbs sstson rsnse1 &C abc1t % Ecres q
hkd ard the result Z perfect scress N TIE way
OF making i-st-elass quality q scEar that p,,ia-
rtzes g Gegrses, G7d ni1ch sweeter than sugar
zaa8e f-rm cane CT hest-eoceS. kO- wears ezpsri-
zrerts have been n1ade - ind oct some way -
change >crxhu1 syrup l1tp sugar. The atrs1pt
was unSurcssstai uP - last year. Ehs1 the Stats
e TIli=pis offered scCrsy - any cce who world
yurceeG n E-alriati-g the syrup irtr sGga-. E1-
perrneuts made a. The Ssass University q Iinurs
a Chaz1paiSa- - P-sfs. Weber sid ScorsI, sue
csecsG - Accomplishing ne result ready sale
Is fuurd fer al ths Sugar and sv-1p made srd the
success here VII cnuss 4 large u1-rber Of sugar
works % be erected 81 over the West for Sccghen
cane I'll g-vv where corr oH1 be raised, ard where
farmers caz make IS sore u raisi-g cCrn they
can realize So Al scrs n raising Scrghzm cane -
sell = these factories.
rss result q tAzs q seSvery Is bksly 70 make a.
great change u this country Il ths making q
ceet sugar has II Europe. where tc-3av tEc-tkl-ss
Ct al the slga- n the world Is made. Out Of
total Prod-rnCu Of three uIilhCn tons, France,
bsigt1un and Germany pruSt1ce two nllLlnpu tors.
The ChEupaigu Sugar Works have tntzvdrcsd al
he ufcsiern improvements. The MACHINERY boiler.
And vacuzm pd1s were made b Atlantic Works IN
Brooklyn. y 7. Fhey zss both the Weston aid
HspwcrtA eent-if-gtls.
From the above II vii be seen that the
profit On raislng sorghum cane 70 the
PlIrtsr Is $50 an acre From another
publication We notice n Kansas the net
profit upon an acre OF sorghum Is est
mated at S51-6T Labor II Kansas Is put
down AT S125 20 $50 per day; dearer
than 1t l. here. The canes grow from
seed and arrive at maturity N about four
months
Now there are many localities on these
Islands which do not depend upon Irriga-
ton. where sorghum would thrive splsn-
didIy. We are told BY a gentleman who
has seen i great deal OF the sorghum crops
here. present a far better appearance.
With our perennial summer we could raise
At the very least three crops & year
Now Il IN Kansas with only one crop j
ysar, With not 80 fine a growth and very
heavy price for labor. a net profit Of S51.-
81 can be made, what ought We be able to
do II HAWAII with a more lu1uriant growth
and three crops q year On the face Of IT.
and without gong deeply into the matter
It looks as L sorghum was going 70 be one
OF the things that VII help 70 save the
commercial prosperity Of the Islands
One OF our planters i looking serious
" into the question He WIS here at the
time Of the Planters meetings and the mat
ter was brought to his notice. He said on
his return to Hawai-. be would at once
Commence experiments. The results Of
these may be looked for IL the course OF a
few months His idea : that the crop
might be planted 50 Is TO matdre from
month to month and the mill constantly
kept going. Quick returns are the soul CT
business and sorghum certainly promises
that Cane does not mature ID some lOca-
EtIes under Is months. during that time
the sorghum crop would be reaped at least
four times and a fifth crop would be
half ripe Il the profit per acre Is what
II Is claimed 70 be. the planting Of the
sorghum would be very much more prof
table than the planting Of cane. and It
would not require the outlay Of so much
capital a. sugar cane requires We hope
soon TO have fuller information on the
subject. and shall be glad to publish the
views OF practical men on the subject