The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-02-28


the 1905 crop should not suffer, this
course had to be followed.
During the summer months we re-
ceived no ditch water In either OF our
main bitches. and were totally depend
ent upon our pumps. from May IA un-
til November 2S for all Irrigation water.
While the rainfall for the year was
the highest on record at this place,
viz; 26.42-lO0 inches. of this amount
the months of February and March
are credited with 13.65-1O0 and 7.27-1oo
inches respectively.
CROP 1904.
"a start harvesting this crop was
made January 5, but owing to the then
scarcity of labor, slow progress was
made during the first month or so,
after which time, however, with addi-
tional labor coming in, and some as
sistance that could be spared by our
neighbors, We were able to do much
faster work, getting the last OF our
cane cut by June s and from which a
total output of 534s tons OF sugar was
realized. While the slightly lower OUT
put than that estimated from this crop
is largely due to faulty surveys. there
should In future be no further mis-
calculations from this cause, as all
fields now under cultivation have been
resurveyed.
az Ia tons of cane from this crop
made l ton of sugar.
approximately 100 tons of low grade
sugars from this crop has been car
ried over. and will be included in the
1905 crop estimate.
CROP 1905.
"For this we have 2S6 acres Of plant
cane and $50 acres of ratoon cane,
making the total area to be milled for
this crop SO acres. not 961 acres as in
timated In the 1908 report under above
heading.
THE reason for the reduced area OF
this crop, was due in the first place.
to our shortage of labor during the lat
ter part of 1908 and early part of 1904,
when 1t was considered advisable to
abandon parts of fields of ratoons we
had originally intended killing up and
cultivating, secondly, not having any
seed for planting the 1906 crop, or be-
ing able to procure any, we cut down
9S acres of our poorest plant cane for
this purpose, and which had been call
culated upon for the mill. From the
SIC acres of this crop we estimate an
output of 4400 tons commercial sugar.
CROP 1906.
For this we have planted $50 acres,
and have now under cultivation 369
acres of first ratoons, and 1854 acres of
second ratoons, making a total of 1888
acres for this crop, which, with a fav-
orable summers growth should yield
well. even though the last 40 acres OF
above plant, was not in the ground
until the middle of December. over
800 acres of above crop has been let
out on profit-sharing contracts.
1--WE finished blowing and killing up
ratoons early in November fully four
months earlier than this work was
completed oil, the 1904 crop, and as all
the cane for the 1906 crop, with excep-
ton of the 140 acres Of late plant, had
its first application of fertilizers not
later than the 18th of December, and
by the close of the year all our fields
free from weeds and under proper Gull
tivation, this crop has the advantage
of fully two months more growth than
any previous crop"
IRRIGATION.
The report gives a very full record
of the work of the pumping plants.
Owing to the scarcity of rain the
g,,1I
pacity and gave most satisfactory SER
vice. Alterations and improvements
are being made to the Risdon 100000
gallon pump. Ditch water has proved
the best for the boilers. The deep well
outfit at Station No. 2 has been aban-
doned as it is not needed. The bitches
furnished sufficient water for irrigation
and domestic purposes during five
months of the year.
Continuing the report says.
LABOR.
During the early part of the year,
as already noted. our work was some
what held back on account of the
shortage, but since closing the work
of harvesting in June We have had no
difficulties of any kind from this cause,
and l am pleased to add the labor on
the plantation today is better than 1t
ever has been during the writer's in
cumbency, and the laborers themselves
doing better work.
EXPENSES.
'Phe cost of operating your planta-
ton during the year has but very
slightly exceeded the estimates made
in December, 1903 and which allows of
a goodly sized sum of the total years
income from sugar sales, going to
liquidate the plantations floating in
debtedness. With the present sugar
market remaining anywhere near its
present figure, the outlook for your
plantation is exceedingly encouraging"
The following statement OF the SUI
gar crop of 1904 Is appended:
Returns from 534344
tons sugar. $344, 120.35
Cost of manufacture
ing at 81 per ton. 1897, 404.10
Containers used 49,
1876 at .0854c each. 7301.27
Cost of Irvine used. 205.1S 44.910.55
Net receipts from
sugar crop 1904 -. s299, 209.S0