The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-01
kAhUKU HAS
A BIG CROP

| There was a large attendance at the
annual meeting of the Kahuku Planta-
ton Company yesterday afternoon, al
! the offices of Alexander & Baldwin
and the reports submitted showed that
/ the plantation was in good condition
| The old board of directors was re-elect-
ed, and the reports of the officers were
received. The managers report includ-
i ed eleven months of the regime of w.
a. Baldwin. and only one month of
that of Andrew Adams, who submitted
the document. The report says in part:
The past year was very difficult
one on account of the scarcity of field
laborers. 1 am pleased to report that
we have taken off the largest crop that
Kahuku has milled thus far, namely,
1883 tons, of which 7,072 were bagged,
and II tons remained in mill tanks
The 1898 crop was slightly over 1900
tons, but it must be remembered that
the Waialua crop of nearly 1900 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
estimate apparently.
The 1901 milling season lasted into
the early part of October, for from May
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 1888 tons.
planting was begun in May, and We
continued planting with 'lalas' and tops
right along without interfering with
the grinding. The planting was fin
ished 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 a 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 I estimate at 5000
tons
1T may be noted that the Laie crop
for 1902 will be but about half as large
as that for 1901.
ratoons for the 1903 crop are being Gull
tivated by contract cultivators, which
places the 1903 crop on comparatively
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. and
No. IL. and are now grinding the cane
from field No l 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 l west. Will be above the esti- |
nate of seven tons of sugar per acre
This field was cultivated by a profit |
sharing company under contract and !
vas regularly irrigated and carefully |
stripped. The cane is practically free |
rom borer, and is in excellent condi- !
ion The absence of borer may be |
partly TO the fact that the ;
'ane is only sixteen months old, but /
he value of the quality of work per- /
ormed by the profit sharing company
$ worthy of great emphasis. Too
much stress cannot be placed upon the
of stripping the cane, as
ne of the representatives. of the ravages
f the borer. let alone its value in al
owing the cane to ripen. In this con-
ection. il may be worthy Of note that
\ the contracts under which the profit
haring companies work it is expressly
tipulated that the cane must be strip
ed. l may also state that through the
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