The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-02-27
.KAHUKU HAS
A DIVIDEND
Annual Meeting
Brings Out Work
of Year.
(From Thursdays daily.)

tNo pei ttHt WttS w b'
gin March 31st. The directors elected
were: j. Il. Castle, W. r. Castle, T. {.
Davies. c. Bolte and ]. p. Cooke.
In his report Manager Adams says;
"The crop of 1902 amounted to 64i725
tons of sugar, OF which 2S7.125 tons was
Kahuku's share of Laie's sugar The
produce from the Kahuku fields. 6l60.125
tons. was milled from 1445 acres of cane,
OF which 3i5 acres were plant cane, 593
acres long ratoons and 537 acres short
ratoons. The total crop was 624.75 tons
less than the 1901 crop. This was due
In part to the fact that the production
from Laie's fields was less than half
I.aie's 1901 cron. Some of our own cane
suffered very materially from lack of
cultivation in 1901 owing to the extreme
shortage of labor during nearly the
whole of that year.
CROP OF 1903
1.-The crop of 1908, now being milied,
will be taken from 557 acres OF plant
cane sos acres of long ratoons, and
1903 acres of short ratoons."
The manager reports that the change
to oil as fuel will be made during May.
which will effect a material reduction.
He speaks also of the new wells ad-
ded, and of the increased area of cul-
tivation and the report concludes:
Thus far there has been no great
amount of cane cropped that has been
badly injured by Kahuku's greatest in
sect pest the borer. This was striking
ly noticeable in the 104 acres of plant
cane which was cropped in January,
eighteen months after planting. Thor
ough stripping of the cane has been
partly responsible for the healthy con-
dition of the cane. Early cropping, as
followed out during the last two years,
and carrying on n large acreage OF
short ratoons have great influence to-
wards minimizing the depredations of
this pest.
During the year the leaf-hopper ap-
peared in unusually large numbers on
the cane and attacked first the short
ratoons and later the plant cane. While
1t seems reasonable to believe that this
insect must njure the cane, no ma
terial damage from this source has been
noticed thus far.
The crop of 1904 will be taken from
1913 acres; $50 acres of plant cane, $40
acres of long ratoons, and 523 acres of
short ratoons.
Drainage bitches were constructed
during the year through two OF the
fields which We're formerly flooded with
storm water in the rainy season. These
bitches prevented great damage to their
respective fields during the December
storm.
Labor is not plentiful and the bes,
ri Iva Of 10 and the
caretaking OF all the plantation prop
erty is. therefore. not possible. but
there is no shortage in the number OF
cutters and leaders and the mill is kept
reasonably supplied with cane.
Were there a sufficient number of field
laborers in the country to make a selec.
| ton possible, a good proportion of the
men who are now urged and permitted
to take up the so-called profit-sharinl
cane cultivation contracts would be re-
jected as unfit for that work. Under
the existing uncertainty of the supply
of labor almost any man who has physi
cal strength and presents a good APP
pearance Is accepted as a profit sharei
| by the plantation, primarily for the as
surance that the cane will be cult
waited to maturity. and secondarily fol
| the assurance that there Is certain
number of men on the plantation who
in case of an emergency. could be shift
| ed from one class OF work to another
Many OF these men are not agricultur'
| lists. Some of them have never welded
hoe or shovel until they arrive, and
yet the plantation is obliged from very
necessity to intrust it's most valuabl,
asset, its growing crops, to their care
| The selection OF agriCulturists at tn,
bases of supply for field laborers fol
| the plantations is as important In Sc
curing an intelligent and economical
cultivation of the cane, az is the en-
deavor of designing and constructing
engineers to secure the greatest Ell
cheney and economy in pump and mil
machinery.
An unsuccessful attempt was mad
during the past year to induce Portu
guese to take up cultivatlng contracts
a good system OF drainage was In
stalled throughout the main camp dur
ing the year and the camp Is now in
sanitary condition. The general healtl
OF the labOrers IL excellent.
Following the custom established Il
1901, n pront-sharlng bonus was de
clared To the skilled employees AT tn
close ~ the 1902 crop.
The crop IN general has been great
retarded by severe and protracte
northeast wind storms, 80 that all th
fields of young cane have the appear
anco Of having been burned. with th
return OF favorable weather the can
should get good FroWth. II Ia "a
early 10 make am estimate on the prob
able yield 81 thIs crop
Il was considered advisable a. ada
the min machinery bon 1909 ln order iha
the rrOps uIFht le raken ~ moro g,
. podiiipusly rho boiling house capacil
MAS 30 limited lhat it Vac imposslh
tu WHrrrair fUrrly without having
Fhut down ihn min until the lulprs rOu
b. rYaporaimi llrn Wilh low maesTl
hon ihrfe Nrrr frequent HhutllnEs dOs
) When ihr ranr Nah full N iulcs
hTalrNHki fTufhfT had HiTrady hs'
!. purchases earlier in ihr year WIZ
4 ihe ffindlnH haH nnlHhri un Che loI
~ JYnf ihs rfushrf RaH Installed
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