The Hawaiian star., 1902-02-28
MakaW9Ii and KahukU
HAWAIIAN SUGAR co. 1.-THE WORKAT KAHUEU
THE BIGGEST CROP IN ITS
HISTORY.
Profit Sharing Cultivation Proves
Popular with the Laborers and Pro-
dtable to the Plantation-wor Done.

utaDle 70 the blanLauOn-WO Ork Done.
The annual meeting of Kahuku plan
tatiOn was held at o'clock this after
noon at the offices of Alexander &
Baldwin. Officers for the year were
chosen and reports were made.
W. A. Baldwin 1t ported on the man
agement OF kahuku for the eleven
mOnlhs Of the year to December 1, 49,,
and his successor Andrew Adams for
the remainder OF the year. Mr.. Bald
win says:
THE past year was a very difficult
one on account of the scarcity of field
labOrers. such as were available were
inclined to be unreasonable moreover,
and tmpudent and Independent and
shifting. However 1 am pleased to le-
port that we have taken off the largest
crop that kahuku has milled thus far,
namely, 1888 tons, of which 1912 were
bagged and IL tons remained In mill
tanks. The 1898 crop was slightly over
1000 tons, but it must be remembered
that the Waialua crop of nearly 2,Ovy
tons is included in that figure, while
the 1901 crop was entirely from our own
fields and Laie About as tons OF sugar
was made fIom burned cane sent from
| Waialua but we more than balanced
| that by the 490 tons of burned cane
! that we sent to Waialua from Field g.
I'VE started grinding the 1901 crop on
| November LIST, 1900 on account of the
! borer not because 1t was any worse
than usual, but simply because 1
| thought 1t was the correct thing on a
| bOrer infested plantation to begin
! grinding early and so arrest the bettle
| and save much cane The quality OF
I the cane in November and December
! was certainly very poor, but the cane
| had been kept very green and the heavy
! rains beginning by November lst, there
! was really no chance for the cane 10
| ripen. If the fields had been so mani
! pulated that the quality would have
! been good by November 1st, the yield
/ would not have been jeOpardized, but
rather the contrary / firmly believe.
! This am confident will be demOnstrat-
| ed by the results Of the first fields mill
] ed for the 1902 crop, where the grinding
I agalu began in November. Thus TAR
the quality OF the Juice Is Detter than
that of January and February last, ana
the field Is yielding the estimate appar-
emily.
"The 1901 milling season lasted into
| the early part of October, for from Ma
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.
The total 1901 crop was 1912 tons.
D.! planting was begun in May and we
continued planting with 'Lalas' and
tops right along without interfering
] Win LuG BllAulllbs 4 AG plcAAAAAAta "eNe
finished on October 3lst, when we had
planted 81 acres of old land IA field l
east, and 557 acres Of the new laud that
Is irrigated by the new Riedler ump.
The young cane is up and dong very
we'll The Riedler Pump gives good
service and the water supply has been
= sufficient. There are two more Twelve
: inch wells ready to be cOnnec led 70 the
original six as soon as the rains come,
= and an opportunity offers. Tho ei9ht
} wells will positively insure an ample
! supply of water for the new lands.
{ "All the pump stations are running in
l good shape, and no repairs OF any mag
nitude will be necessary there for some
3 time.
p Two twelve-inch flowing wells have
; been obtained beside the Blake Pump,
! and they will serve to trrigate FUR
ther area of the low lands with the nu-
t tural flow. We are now drilling about
. a mile west of Blake Pump in the hope
4 of getting flowing water there that VIII
D, save still further pumping, and also ar
4 ford good drinking water for that sec
ton of the plantation. There are now
e over 400 acres of cane land that can be
, irrigated by flowing wells, 300 acres OF
3 which is the best of soil and about lOl
9 acres is sandy but raises fair crops.
t "The 1902 crop ] estimate at 5000 tons
T 1T may be noted that the Laie croI
for 1902 win be but about half as large
as that for 1901.
"The contemplated new mill was post.
poned, which was a wise decision
think, arising out Of the exigencies oI
the situation. The old mill has been
=, thoroughly Overhauled and repaired Sc
that 1t Is in good shape for the 1907
y crop. and 1t can serve for years yet Il
, required
= THE extraction of the mills for the
= past season was low, but It was large
. ly due to abnormal conditions and als'
a to the fact that the rollers were badl!
- in need of regrOoving.
~ 1.-The mills are capable OF getting al
- extraction Of 80 per cent sucrOse, Whlcl
e was accomplished FOR the 1899 crop, AM
" will be done again 1 think for the 1870
crop. 1t was found necessary TO rese
all Of the six mill boilers which wa
done.
s "AII of the fields Of plant cane and ra
e, toons for the 1903 crop are being Gu. D.
Is waited by contract cultivators, whicl
places the 1903 crop on comparatlvel'
safe basis.
"There remains only the record OF tn
If work for the month OF December to adj
e to the report Of my predecessor, MI
e w. A. Baldwin. During the month W
finished taking off Fields No. z and Nc
II, and are now grinding the cane fron
Field No. 1 west. The yield from IN
FIRST named two fields was slightly be
1, low the estimate. The cane In Field Nc
II IL was In places badly eaten by bOrel
" Que largely to the fact that owing L
= the shortage OF labor during the pre-
y, vlous season. the field had no systema
tic cultivation, but was irrigated an
1 hOed only at such time as men could b
:, . spared from other work for that puT
q pose. There is every prospect, howeve
" that the yield from Field No, / wes
o. will be above the estimate Of tons q
sugar per acre. This field was cultiva
ted by profit sharing company unde
10 contract and was regularly irrgate
M and carefully stripped. The cane
ls practically free from borer and Is i'm ez