Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-02-27
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facture were less than in any one
year of the previous six years and
considerably below the average. With
normal weather from the time of
tasseling and through the harvesting
of this crop, at least 1000 tons of
sugar would have been manufacture
ed. Instead of this result, there were
manufactured from the 60,009 tons
of cane harvested from the Kahuku
fields 63OS tons of sugar. In com
parison It is interesting to note that
in 1906 the yield from the 60,025
tons of cane harvested from the Ka-
huku fields was 6713 tons of sugar,
and in another year, 1908, the yield
from 56,i0G tons of cane was GS61
tons of sugar.
Crop of 1908. The cane of this
crop recovered well from the severe
winter weather of 1907 and had a
rapid growth until the time of ma
turity. All this cane tasseled early
with the exception of the short rat
toons, which tasseled sparsely. The
cane area is as follows: 1884 acres
plant cane, 3S5 acres long rattoons,
341.6 acres short rattoons, total Of
1855 acres. This should yield $3.50
tons of sugar.
Harvesting this crop commenced
on December 10th. Up to the pres
ent writing, February 4th, 301S tons
OF sugar have been manufactured.
The fields harvested have yielded as
, much sugar as was estimated.
Crop of 1909. This crop will be
harvested from 69S.91 acres plant
cane, $40 acres long rattoons, 1878
acres short rattoons, e tota, OF l.
i56.41 acres. Over 95 per cent. of
the unusually large acreage of plant
cane had been planted and had re-
Ceived its first irrigation before the
| 18th of September. The fall weather
way favorable for growing cane. At
present writing this young cane is in
remarkably good condition. All the
| fields of short rattoons were brought
under cultivation before the first of
February.
improvements. The only addition
made during the year to the improve
ment account was $1152.30, the cost
OF building sugar warehouse near
the factory. This was made neces-
gar vessels to arrive on time. In
| number of instances Kahuku sugars
were stored several weeks to prevent
shutting down the factory.
General. The continued practice
of burning off the fields of cane be-
fore harvesting and of systematically
collecting borer beetles has resulted
in reducing the number of cane-bor-
ers. This pest is found in constantly
diminishing numbers. The fields are
also comparatively free from leaf
hopper and other pests.
The plantation buildings are in
good repair, the machinery is in
flrst-class order and the rest of the
equipment Is in good condition, so
that there should be no abnormal re-
pair expenses during the coming
year.
From the condition of the sugar
on arrival at the reiineries, especially
such sugar as has been in ware
houses, a much-needed addition to
the equipment of the factory is a SUI
gar drier. Such piece Of machinery
would not only tend to prevent the
deterioration of the sugar between
the factory and the refneries, but
would also reduce the cost of manu-
facture by making It possible to pro-
duce the same grade of sugar as at
present with less manipulation OF
low-grade sugars and less handling
of first product In the sugar-room.