Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25


ly $4,000 acres, is situated near the
town of Waikiki, Maui, and has been pro
ducing cane for more than fifty years.
The first old wooden.roller mill, the rolls
Of which we're driven by oxen, was located
at the site of the present town Of Waiuku,
and was operated by King Kamehameha ~
many years ago. In those days native and
Lahaina cane were planted and Lahaina is
the chief variety grown today. Father
Bailey operated a small mill driven by wa
ter power after Kamehameha's time and
was the real founder OF the existing planta.
ton OF the vast property controlled at
the present time $500 acres are well adapt
cd to cane culture, the remainder being taro
pasture mountain and forest lands
AT the present time this plantation, which
is rated among the most prosperous and
productive In the Territory, has 1929 acres
planted to cane. Cane is grown at eleya-
tons ranging from 80 to 100 feet. The
character of the soil is black heavy loan
ON the uplands; that of the lowlands is
slightly sandy. The best season for plant.
ing is from June to the middle of Septem.
Der.
Crop for 1909.
The 1909 crop will come from 1907 acres,
ripens in from IA to Is months according to
the time in which 1t is planted.
Happy Homesteaders.
In the treatment of its laborers this plan.
tation has set an example which should be
studied by all managers. In the homestead
line 1t has done wonders; many of the
Portuguese now own their homes which
they have secured under the homestead sys.
81 l..,
which they have planted with taro, bananas
and vegetables, where they live as happily
as the prosperous farmer on the mainland.
Some of these cottages have been Hastily
decorated with vines, there is an air OF
cleanliness about all of them. and the chill
dren look happy and contented.
The educational facilities are varied. The
government supplies the schools for the
American children, and the Catholic Mission
directly opposite the mill has a large school
house where the Portuguese children and
Catholic children receive their education.
The plantation has helped the Japanese
build school houses on their three divisions
where the children are taught in their own
language In addition to this the planta'
ton contributes each month to the expense
of running the kindergarten which is a great
help in the labor problem, as the women
can help their husbands in the fields and be
sure their children are safely cared for.
Great irrigation Project.
In the cultivation of the soil about 800
pounds of high grade fertilizer are used to
the acre, with a later application Of 300
pounds Of nitrate Of soda. The soil is pillow.
ed to a depth of from fourteen to sixteen
inches by two sets of "Fowler's Steam
Tackle" as well as by the ordinary mule
and horse pillow.
An enormous waterdtch having a capac
ity of 55,0O0,O0O gallons per day is com
pleted, and extends from the Waihee valley
to the new lands between Waikapu and
Maalaea Bay. This ditch including the
twenty.one tunnels which have been drilled
and blasted through solid rock is twelve
miles in length. One tunnel alone is 2150
feet long. At the mouth Of the lao Valley
large steel pipe three feet in diameter
carries the water from the ditch down into