The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-20
MEETING ENDS
EXECUTIVE SESSION HELD YES.
TERDAY.
Interesting and Valuable Reports Of
Committees Read-Planters VIII Help
To Preserve Forests.

expect 10 get through DeIoIe ll4lS even
ing.
Most of those who came from the
other islands departed at once on the
delayed steamers for their various
plantations. During the greater part
of yesterday, the session was held be-
hind closed doors the conference being
in executive council. the meeting being
however thrown open to the public a
short while before adjournment The
reports from the various committees
upon machinery, forestry, diseases of
cane and the experiment station We're
freely discussed upon their reading, IT.
p. Baldwin being prominent i'm a dis
cussion upon fertilizers. Resolutions
upon the death of the late Hugh Nor
rison, member of the Association
were passed, ordered engrossed and
signed for forwarding to Mrs. Morrison.
A vote Of thanks to President Schaefer
was also read.
The forestry report was presented by
Mr.. Forbes and commented strongly on
the ever lessening area of natural for
ests on the Islands. Commencing with
reference to the unprecedented drought
in Hamakua and Kohala districts re-
Gently fire swept, the paper mentions
the opinions expressed in the news col
umns as to the comparative ravages of
stock and man The report agrees with
the view that had cattle been fenced out
from the forests the moisture precipi-
tated by the dense vegetation would
have prevented any active spread of
fire. This view was supported by Mr..
Forbes by a comparison of fires occur
ing at Waipio and Waimanu where no
cattle have been permitted. In these
instances the fire zone was limited to
the fringe of the forests the timber line
proper, with its moist underground and
streams, proving an effectual barrier.
Mr.. Forbes thought that similar con-
ditions once existed in the burned out
districts.
The report dwells on the fact that
| sufficient lumber for local needs could
| ultimately be raised here by attention
to planting and expresses the hope that
| the Federal authorities will help to
solve the problem by carrying on the
work already partly started by local
officials. Cattle are charged as the
| chief offenders in the existing denuda-
ton of the woods An additional paper
on the same subject agrees with the re-
port and suggests that every planter
| be compelled to plant five trees for
every one that he cuts down in extend
ing his area. Arbor Day is mentioned
as a possible help.
The Experimental Station report
shows a complete resume of the work
done during the past year. Fertilizer
| tests shows a shortage between manu-
| facturers' guarantees and analyZatiOn
of 1000 as against $4,000 last year.
| Many varieties of planting cane have
| been tried and are still in progress of
| experiment to great extent as most OF
| them will not mature until April or
| May of next year The effect of salt on
cane is also been tested by irrigation
| with various percentages of salt in the
water. Twenty six plats have been laid
out to trace the influence of various
fertilisers and the elements in proper
| ton taken up by the cane on the va
rious plats.
Quantities of seed cane representing.
| five varieties have been distributed
among the plantations following let
| ter indicating results of variety tests.
The report on manufacture is a
| lengthy one, starting in with the adop-
ton of improved crushing machinery,
giving SO per cent as an average of the
total sugar eXtration from cane by
| these methods.
The advantages of maceration are
spoken off as patent though not yet
utilized as much in these islands as
| elsewhere. The diffusion process is also
| spoken of as not popular. Filtration is
| considered advantageous. Evaporation
| and Qualification with their latest meth
DDS, are briefly touched upon. Crys-
| tallizers are recommended to use va
cuum pans with ample heating surfaces
to attain the best results. In the mat
ter of drying sugars, water driven CEN
trifugals are pronounced superior to
those driven by belt power. Careful
cleanliness will 1T is stated, be found
to prevent deterioration during the
storage or transit of sugar. Alkalinity
of sugar has been found not to affect
its keeping qualities.
Bagasse as fuel has shown excellent
results, the proportion of it's fuel value
as compared to coal ranging from rs to
80 per cent according to the amount of
moisture in the cane. This is increased
by utilizing the heat of the chimney
| gases to dry the trash.
The process of making paper from ba-
| gasse is touched upon, the product SELL
| ing at two cents a pound, twenty per
cent of paper having been gained in
louisiana from bagasse. The Louisiana
| mills are adding this branch of manu-
facture to their establishments. Sugar
may yet be shipped in containers made
from bagasse which will have superior
qualities over those now used in
strength and air and water proof va
lues. Excerpts from the Louisiana
Planter are freely used throughout the
report including those dealing with
molasses as a food for stock, endorsed
by prominent veterinarians.
The manufacture of alcohol from mo-
lasses is described, as adopted in
French distilleries, and the fact brought
out that no additional machinery is
needed to accomplish this process in the
sugar house.
The report of the Machinery Commit
tee was presented by c. Hedemann,
containing descriptions of various mills
and machinery now in use In various
mills, with papers on Mill Extraction,
sand Filters, Centrifugal Work, Sugar
Drying Machinery Capitalization,
Evaporators and Cane Unloaders by
various members of the Association.
PARROT WHIPS AN OWL.
RED BUD, ILL.,, Nov. Zone of the
monkey-faced owls which attracted so