Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-01
KAHUKU PLANTATION

At a meeting of the Kahuku Planta-
ton Co yesterday afternoon at the
offices of Alexander & Baldwin, the
old board of officers was reelected and
the reports of the officers received.
The managers report, in part, was as
follows:
The past year was a very difficult
one on account of the scarcity of field
laborers. | am pleased to report that
we have taken off the largest crop that
Kahuku has milled thus far, namely,
1888 tons, of which 1912 were bagged
and II tons remained in mill tanks.
The 1898 crop was slightly over 1000
tons, but il must be remembered that
the Waialua crop Of nearly 1000 tons
is included in that figure, while the
1901 crop was entirely from our own
fields and Laie.
Thus far the quality OF the juice is
better than that of January and Feb
ruary last, and the field is yielding the
estimate apparently.
THE 1901 milling season lasted into
INV paw VI oNNbbNlt iOl llblil way
on, labor was very short in the cutting
field, and the mill could be kept going
but irregular. The Laie crop for 1901
was unusually large, being 1893 tons.
planting was begun in May, and
we continued planting with 'lalas' and
tops right along without interfering
with the grinding. The planting was
finished on October 81, when we had
planted 81 acres Of old land in field one
east, and 557 acres OF the new land
. that is irrigated by the new Riedler
pump.
"All the pump stations are running
in good shape, and no repairs Of any
magnitude will be necessary there for
some time
Two twelve-inch flowing wells have
been obtained, beside the Blake pump,
and they will serve to irrigate fur
ther area Of the low lands with the
natural flow. There are now over 400
acres of cane land that can be irrigat-
ed by flowing wells, 300 acres Of which
Is the best of soil, and about 100 acres
Is sandy. but raises fair crops.
"The 1902 crop estimate at 6O20
tons.
1T may be noted that the Laie crop
for 1902 will be about half as large
as that for 1901.
"All of the fields of plant cane and
ratoons for the 1903 crop are being cul-
tivated by contract cultivators, which
places the 1903 crop on comparative
ly safe basis.
There remains only the record OF
the work for the month of December
to add to the report OF my predecessor,
Mr.. w. A. Baldwin. During the month
we finished taking off fields No. I and
No. H. and are now grinding the cane
from field No. west. The yield from
the first named two fields was slightly
below the estimate. There is every
prospect, however, that the yield from
field No west, will be above the esti-
mate of seven tons OF sugar per acre.
This field was cultivated by a profit
sharing company under contract, and
was regularly irrigated and carefully
stripped. The cane is practically free
from borer, and is in excellent condI-
ton. The absence of borer may be
attributed partly to the fact that the
cane is only sixteen months old, but
the value Of the quality of work per-
formed by the profit sharing company
Is worthy of great emphasis. Too
much stress cannot be placed upon the
Importance of stripping the cane, as
one of the preventatives of the ravages
of the borer, let alone its value in al.
lowing the cane to Tipen. In this con-
nection. 1t may be worthy Of note that
in the contracts under which the profit
sharing companies work II is expressly
stipulated that the cane must be strip
ped. | may also state that through the
efforts of Mr.. Baldwin in making The
profit system popular at Kahuku, CIV
every acre of cane for the crop of 1870.
is let out to profit sharing companies
so that the cultivation of this crop /,
absolutely assured.
up to date we have shipped 1926
tons of sugar of the crop of 1907"
The gross earnings OF the plantation
for the year were $i4S, 426.07; net earn
ings, $l53.39O; net profits carried t
surplus, $lO3,l43.s4 operating expen,
ses, $685., 03G.O7 resources, $l,O25, $50,
| IL.
The yield per acre, tons OF sugar
was 1896 plant cane, old land, G.l24I
9l.S plant cane, new land 740; $50 long