The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-04

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
the early part of October, for from May
on. labor was very short in the cutting
field, and the mill could b. kept going
but irregular. The Laie crop for 1901
was unusually large, being l,593 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 G1 acres OF old land in field one
east, and 557 acres of the new land that
is irrigated by the new Riedler pump.
IAN 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
Their area of the low lands with tine
natural flow. There are now over 400
acres Of cane land that can be irrigat
ed by Moving wells, 900 acres of which
is the best OF soil. and about 100 acres
is sandy. but raises fair crops.
THE 1902 crop | estimate at 6C2D
tons
1T may be noted that the Laie crop
for 1902 will be but about half as large
as that for 1901.
IAN of the fields of plant cane and
ratoons for the 1903 crop are being Gull
tivated by contract cultivators which
places the 1908 crop on a comparatively
safe basis.
There remains only the record of
hA -npl- f,t. ha nf m IA az
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 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 If 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 personalities Of the ravages
of the borer, let alone its value in al
lowing the cane to ripen. In this con
nection, IL may be worthy of note that
in the contracts under which the profit
sharing companies work 1t 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. ev-
cry acre OF cane for the crop OF 1903
is let out To profit sharing companies.
so that the cultivation of this crop is
absolutely assured.
up TO date We have shipped l,230
tons OF sugar of the crop OF 1902 "
The gross earnings of the plantation
for the year We're $44s, 426 OF; net earn
ings, $l53,3s0; net profits carried to
surplus, Sl03,l43.s4; operating expenses.
1886, 036.01 resources, 81, O25, 6S5.1l
The yield per acre, tons of sugar. was
1896 plant cane. old land, SEA-; sl.s