Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-18
SUGAR INDUSTRY MANAGERS AS
SEMBLE FOR REVIEW OF
THE YEARS WORK.
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Baldwin on Cultivation.

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of an improved method OF
rattoons on irrigated plan
tations. In different cases the results
had been to bring the rattoon crop up
to within one ton Der acre Of plant cane
Yield At Makaweli they had raised as
heavy crop Of rattoons as of plant
cane. The method consisted of killing
up aud running water between the
rows Of cane. Flowing. that used to
be rather expensive for cultivating
methods, has been simplifled by the
adoption OF wooden machine-it
could hardly be called a plow-which
was of light draft.
\ loading machine had been adopted
on Maui II was constructed for a load
Of 5000 pounds. but that was too cum
bersomc About a thousand pounds
was right and four such loads could be
lifted every three minutes. The ma
chine ought to raise and put on cars
$50 to 200 tons day. Although not
perfect. this machine was q start In
the right direction.
Nothing has appeared yet in the
shape OF cane cutter that would suit
Hawaiian cane growths. There was
nothing so desirable now for progress
MS machinery TO take the place Of mere
animal force. japanese labor was
now running away from them and
they must meet that condition with i'm
proved and labor-saving machinery.
The speaker did not think any cane
cutter could be devised which would
roll over the ground like a grain reap
or. There was something of that kind
used in Louisiana. but there the cane
did not lie on the ground as II did here.
His attention had been called to the
Idea of hand machine. and in that
direction be believed there was most
chance Of success. Something to be
operated by portable electric motor
might he practicable. He had heard
Of such device for cutting marble,
which struck his as adaptable for cut
ting cane.
Mr. Scott. on the same subject, con-
sidered one OF the most important
items was that of seed cane. The La
haina cane has gone back on all the
plantations in Hilo district. With re-
gard to improved machinery. he took
pleasure in recommending the Horner
Cultivator.
Mr.. Kennedy told of the satisfaction
he had found in hosting machine
adopted. He had four of them being
manufactured in San Francisco. The
! load was about 1900 pounds. With the
/ four machines ordered it was expected
! that 900 tons of cane q day could BE-
/ loaded on the cars. This amount oi
instead OF requiring SO men as by the
old methods. They did not use boilel
or any oil fuel. The motive powel
was the gasoline engine. They hat
used two Union gas engines for two
years without anything going wroni
with them.
Mr.. Davis described u portable cane
cutter that was shown. In transit tC
Australia, ut the Honolulu Iron Work,
recently. II was not recommended b,
him.
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Handling and Transportation.
Mr., Low presented a long report fol
the Committee on Handling and Trans
portation Of Cane. II went into differ
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PICK up the cane and load II on car
without the intervention OF manual IN
bor.
Manager Low of the Honolulu plan
tation read a long report of the CON
mittee that was appointed at the las
annual meeting to look into the ma,
ter OF TRANSPORTATION and cane hand
ling. At the end of the reading. whic
, took nearly a half.hour. there was or
, plause from the managers present o
account of the thoroughness of the n
. port. II seemed to cover every detai
, of the work. On motion of Il. p. Bale
win, the report was ordered publisbe
In the Planters Monthly.
On motion of Mr.. Baldwin, the sec
rotary was instructed to give out {
the newspapers any of those report
read at the meeting which they Nigh
care to publish. On the strength q
this, the following report by the pref
ident of the organization, +. A. SchaeI
! err, was handed over TO the Bulletin b
the secretary:
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