The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-11
IS IMMUNE
AGAINST HOPPER

Eukaiau Hamakua, Hawaii Nov. 8,
1903.
EDITOR STAR: The cane In the
Hilo district. Notwithstanding tho
heavy rains, and leaf hopper is looking
IN suuurb condition And almost all
Of this Improvement Is due to the in
PRODUCTION of the Caledonia sugar cane.
a variety that so far as ] can learn.
surpasses any thing ever introduced
into these islande This new variety
has been planted on almost every PLAN
tation IN these two districts, and IL is
said, that the enormous yield Of the
Onomea plantation of nearly $4,000 tons
sugar is mainly due To the foresight OF
the manager In selecting this variety of
cane, in place OF Lahaina and Rose
bambo.
The new plant care in the Pepeekeo,
and the Honomu plantation is looking
/ in fine condition, and the same may
| be said of all the plantations from
Olaa 70 Laupahoehoe one good thing
| with the variety of cane, is the fact
that the first, and at times the second
ratoon, gives a better stand or crop,
than the first plant cane. Great i'm
provement is also found in the mills.
the Olaa easily taking the lead. This
mill is one of the finest that / have
=
and finished, but is kept up to date, in
every thing. This mill has a good sys-
tenn of chemical control, so that there
is no possibility of waste And in
fact, every thing about the mill seems
to be done in q first class manner, and
its capable of doing a large amount of
work. 1t has also one of the finest
and best equipped machine shops upon
the Island The Onomea Sugar Conn
~ Vrtf1 lie. ole
front, and its doubtful If its last years
run could be beat by any mill OF its
size, in this country.
The crNstalizers that were mainly
built on the place, out of old juice
tanks, were found to be an immense
improvement. Their system of water
wheels. and electric machinery which
will equal, when finished, 230 horse
power is also move in the right di-
1ectiOn. Their sugar elevator and
forced draft is said to be great i'm
provements over old styles. At the
Laupahoehoe Mill. and at the Pepeekeo
| Mill alterations are being made by
changing the machinery from the main
entrance to the sides of the mill. which
will give more room and light and add
greatly to the appearance of the mills.
At the Waiakea mill are seen many
improvements and laor saving devices
WHICH are Sd'u 10 permit tntIn 10 dlS-
pense with quite a number Of men.
The Wainaku mill too, seems to have
done some most remarkable work This
mill in consequence ofits late start in
1902 had to grind 10 months of two
seasons without stopping and ground
in that time 23,S00 tons. This work
considering the size and design of the
mill, breaks the record. The mills in
the Hamakua district are being re-
modelled and put in excellent shape for
the coming season. At the Paauhau
mill a new nine-roller mill is being put
in place, as well as other Improvement.
There is a good deal of talk of putting
in drying machines for drying sugar
but so far no one takes the lead,
though its said that the Waialua SUI
gar Company gained one per cent in
polarization just by drying their sugar
by this new method. 1t is generally
supposed that the Caledonia cane has
lower sugar content. or less saccha-
rine than other varieties but from an
/ experiment made at the Paauhau mill
we learn that Il takes but 71h tons of
cane to make ton of sugar, against
tons of the Rose bamboo. Another
good thing about the Caledonia cane,
Is the fact that it will hold its own
against the leaf hopper, and it was
found that some fthe cane that had
been supposed to be almost destroyed
by these pests Yielded Az tons sugar
per acre. Yours very truly,
GEORGE OSBORNE.
twenty-five cents pays for a Want