The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-02-25
A Good Year FOR KAHUKU
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The following tine report of the manager Andrew Adams:
TO the President and Directors of the Kauu Plantation Com
pany.
Gentlemen beg to submit herewith my report for the year
ending the 3is December 1904
CROP OF 1904
The Weld Of sugar from our own fields OF this Crop 155
less than the estimate given my last annual report This
large shortage due principally the unprecedented rainfall
during February March and April The rainfall for these three
months 4S53 inches which 5S inches more than the
rainfall for other whole year since the first rain records
were made Kau 1900 Several fields badly flooded
considerable acreage had much the appearance of marsh
for many weeks Much cane was buried with soil debris
As result the Of harvesting and manufacturing was in
creased figure of proportion the tonnage harvested
and manufactured In instances there as high as
400 lbs of mud three of brought to the cane
carrier and stream of water kept playing on the carrier to
much OF the soil as possible The Juices never ecov
cred their purity. The of the for the
remainder of the was low
The Weld of the fields harvested before the storm justified
believe the estimate for the Crop made at the beginning OF the
year Field g. for instance los Of long second ratoons
yielded 5.37 of sugar per This field being har
vested when the The from the first
of this field was 20 tons of sugar per acre Operations
suspended for five days because OF the water and SOIL
Although with but Io5 harvest the final results
for the whole field were above stated.
The of fertzng and cultvatng this Crop during the
year 1903 greater than for several crops This expense
together with the additional of harvesting and manufacur
ing brought the total of the Crop $1,000 per
Of produced estimate loss to the Plantation OF at
least $4,000 this Crop The price of obtained dur
ing the latter part of the compensated part for this
loss however With the full crop the year would have closed
with but a very small balance due the Agents
CROP OF 1905.
This Crop consists of 5000 of plant 1884
of long and 1890 OF short atoons total Of
LOO The acreage of short would have been
greater by the Maaekahana valley field could have
been harvested in time.
growth of this crop was considerably retarded during the
early months Of the year by the which de-
stroyed much of the Crop Portions of fields of plant
badly injured by disease to Kahuu which Mr.
r. c. l. Perkins identified Java TopRo Several Of
out in April and fresh growth started These
fields also injured by the borer The
lower part of field plant field bordering the swamp
the Mill under water for several weeks. The borer
consequently became pretty generally established in this and in
the other plant fields where similar conditions prevailed
These fields had good growth during the hot months
This Crop should yield 1000 tons of sugar from Kahukrr
fields, and about so from share of Laie sugar
Work of harvesting this Crop commenced the 9Th Of
December and grinding the 7h days later Because Of
tion OF last years storm the fields most liable to injury from
both these harvested first although the juices Of
the plant not in good condition those Of
the ratoonS on the higher elevations AT the present writing
the lower fields have been harvested On the st December
1906 tons of sugar OF this Crop had been manufactured
None of the fields of short of this Crop lowered freely
considerable additional growth to the time harvest
ing will only give better yield but will also make it posi-
bic to have frscass seed from the tops for planting
The Crop is general looking WE'LL and there every pros
pect that it will come up to the estimate.
CROP OF 1906
This Crop will of 428 So plant cane $50 acres
of long probably about ratoons
making total crop of about 900 With favorable wealth
this should yield about the tonnage of
the Crop of 1905.
greater acreage of plant proposed for this Crop
but because of the storm the steam blowing engines unable
to operate during the three months of February March and
April AS result it impossible get the desired acreage
prepared for planting This deficit will be made up by carrying
a greater acreage of short
OF the fields intended for short atoons already
under cultivation This acreage Of the most produc
tive soil on the plantation and the results thererom should be
favorable
IMPROVEMENTS.
The improvements for year chiefly the Mill
Machinery, which $782 70 expended The principal
item of this expense $4,000 the final payment the
Honolulu Iron Works Company for the mill installed in 1903
Payment also made during the year for four cysazer