The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-26
8. Demerara Seeding No. lit.
10. Striped Singapore.

: 9. Demerara Seeding No. III.
10. Striped Singapore.
There are now under cultivation I6
acres of the last nine varieties.
Small fields of No. 3, No. ), No. {
No. 8 and No. 10 were ground separ
ately during the Crop of 1903, and rec
ords kept of the weight and analyst
OF cane, and the sugar produced
Demerara No. III produced the bes
juice, and greatest weight OF cane AM
sugar per acre. Fiji Purple the poores
juice, and Rose Bamboo the loves
/ yield of cane and sugar per acre. Th'
| experiment was tried at an elevation
of so feet.
In another experiment tried with La,
| haina and Rose Bamboo, at an eIeva.
ton of 400 feet, the sucrose content OF
the two canes was the same, the ex.
traction of the Rose Bamboo 1 per cent
| less than that of the Lahafna But tbs
Rose Bamboo yielded 10 per cent moro
cane and sugar per acre than the La
haina.
/ During the Crop of 1904 nine of the
varieties are to be tried. Yellow Gale
don:a has been almost entirely free from
pests. Demerara No. "A, now just four
months old, is far ahead of Lahaina
!, of the same age.
On a place like Waialua, where there
J are fields of all varieties of soil and
great differences in elevation, compari-
! son of canes will be of great value. A
field of % acres of different varieties
is now being planted at an elevation
of 1000 feet, to be grown without irrI-
cation. The rainfall there is about 40
inches per annum. If this experiment
is a success the Company has several
thousand acres of land equally as well
adapted to cane cultivation.
Permanent Improvements.-Duri
the year 1903, $91, 6S1.49 were expended
for permanent improvements, including
the completion of Reservoirs and Ditch
es, the erection of oil tanks and in
stallation of complete oil-burning sys
TENS, a new Hersey Sugar Dryer,
(making that part of the sugar mill
completely, IL inch syphon across the
Anahulu Gulch; clearing lands, fumes,
buildings and railroad.
A reservoir should be constructed on
KawaiIoa, in which to store the storm
waters of the Waimea ditch: this will
probably pay for itself within the year,
judging from our experience with the
Opaeula DAM.
hua syphon has been ordered and is to
arrive in April.
Expenses.-The total amount expend-
ed for Operating Expenses during the
year 1903, was 1852, 65S.91, and cane was
bought from planters to the amount OF
$6,6S917, making total expenditure of
1863, 34S.0S. which is $122S97.S7 less than
the expenses of the year 1902, although
there was greater area planted,
greater area under cultivation, and
larger crop harvested.
The effect OF the Introduction OF OIL
burning systems in the pumping sta-
lions and the development of the nat
ural water supply, is plainly SHOWN by
the difference in pump expense for the
last two years:
p,p,r;pe, E,xnansa 1909 S5h $50. 70
E,vnanea 1q03 1875 ga Sc
e % o97 &c
We did not begin burning oil in all
the pumping stations until July 18th, !
and received no benefit from the Opae- |
ula Reservoir until May LIST.
The light rainfall added to the ex- :
penses during 1903, there having peen
1873 inches of rain only. During 1902
there were 2'16 inches. /
With the oii-burn1ng system complete,
the Opaeula Reservoir and distributing