The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-26


, newly elected officers appear elsewhere
in this issue.
The adjourned annual meeting of the
Hawaiian Electric Co. was held yester-
day afternoon. No change was made
in the officers.
KAHUKU MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Kahuku
Plantation Co. was held yesterday af-
ternoon in the Alexander & Baldwin
offices.
The following is the report presented
by Manager Adams:
| The total output of the factory for
the crop of 1903 was 1881 tons of sugar
bagged. Of this amount 6,721 tons was
the yield from the Kahuku fields and
1,210 from Laie fields. Our share of
| the Laie crop amounted to 4S4 tons,
which brought the total Kahuku crop
| to 1905 tons. There still remain s140
| tons in low grades in the cisterns.
! Kahuku's crop was milled from 1856
acres, of which 55S acres were plant
| cane, sos acres long ratoons, and SO3
| acres short ratoons. The following
are the yields from these respective
fields:
Plant Cane-55s acres; ALSO. tons cane
per acre; $50 tons sugar per acre; 7.56
$50 tons cane per ton of sugar.
Long Ratoons-505 acres; 45.05 tons
cane per acre; SOB tons sugar per acre;
S.96 tons cane per ton of sugar.
Short Ratoons-303 acres; 34.05 tons
cane per acre; 40 tons sugar per acre;
$50 tons cane per tons of sugar.
Totals and Avera ges-1366 acres;
41.20 tons cane per acre; sol tons sugar
per acre; S.22 tons cane per ton of
sugar
The entire crop of plant cane was
from the new land under the Riedler
pump, los acres in Field IA and ass
acres in Field 49, Of this latter field
S9.6 acres was above the 800 feet lift
of the pump and was not as good land
for cane as the lower levels. A divis-
ion was made at the factory of the cane
from these levels and it is interesting
to note that the 1854 acres under the
200 feet lift yielded So tons of sugar
per acre, and that but I'll tons of cane
We're required per ton of sugar. A
portion of this field was late in plant
ing, so. that the growth was not as
great as it would have been under
more favorable conditions. Further
cultivation of the new soil will be a
benefit to the field so that succeeding
crops should give better returns.
The ratoons of this crop were all
hi1led-up and their yield increased
thereby. The expense of this process
is small compared to the advantage
gained by the fresh cultivation.
The milling season extended from
the LIST December, 1902 to the 18th OF
July, 1903. The complete mill report
is contained in Table z. The expend-
itures made on account of the mill and
factory during the previous season,
and specified in my last report, We're,
III my opinion, amply justified by the
better work performed. 1t is graft
fying to report that the total losses
were reduced from 2O.26 per cent in
1902 to 16 So per cent in 1903, or a gain
Of 3.57 per cent. This better mill work
partly accounts for the fact that while
The Kahuku field 1902 crop of 6,161 tons
was milled from LAS acres, the 6,7A
IONS of the 1903 crop were milled from
only 1856 acres. Il
CROP OF 1904. {
This crop of 1904 will be milled from
,75 acres of plant cane. SOS acres OF
ong ratoons and 357 acres of snort
.atoons. a total of 1,400 acres. In the
asst report for 1902 it was stated that
he crop would be taken from 1,5I5
lcres. but owing to the long and severe
winter it was decided to abandon 1'9
cres for crop cultivation and the cane
hereon was taken for seed. The short
,atoons suffered especially from the
old but upon the coming of the warm
Weather they got a vigorous start and
heir growth during the summer +.
months was rapid and satisfactory.
md at present writing they appear to
,e in better condition than were the
hort ratoons year ago.
From present indications our own
ields should yield US 1920 tons. Our
hare from Laie fields should yield us /
2S tons, so that the total kahuku |
rop should be approximately 7,fo0 {
ons. or 545 tons greater than the 1908
rop. which was the largest ever pro-
Iuced at Kahuku.
For the most part the cane is in a
a