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

ton Company Is located in the Hama.
kua district of the Island of Hawaii
between Paauilo and Ookala. The Company
has approximately $500 acres planted in su.
gar cane about one.half of which Is plant
the remainder being rattoons In connec.
ton with the plantation a ranch Is maintain
ed where blooded horses and cattle are
raised Horses raised upon Horners Uni.
koa ranch are famed throughout the Islands,
and probably bring higher prices than stock
raised in any other part of the Territory.
There are $500 head of cattle upon this
ranch. Great care is taken in the breeding
and they are considered among the best
beef cattle sold in the Honolulu market
High.blood Hereford bulls are imported an.
nually from the States this ranch supplying
other large ranches of the Territory with
young bulls of this breed. Cattle are raised
for beef only, dairying having proved un.
profitable.
The affairs of the Kukaiau Plantation. the
Umikoa ranch as well as those of l60-acre
coffee plantation, were looked after by John
NJ. Horner, with the assistance of his sons
for many years. Albert Horner who first
planted cane upon this property in 1888, has
been manager of the plantation for nearly
seven years. Lahaina cane was the variety
first grown and Rose Bamboo was grown
extensively until recently. Yellow Caledo.
mia is now the predominating variety grown,
with some Rose Bamboo. and Yellow and
Striped Tip is being experimental with.
The lands of this plantation slope gradu.
ally from the ocean to the mountainous for.
est country. cane growing at elevations
ranging from 200 to 1000 feet
The soil is fairly good. the surface soil
being black loan, while the subsoil Is a
yellowish red. Flowing Is most thoroughly
done by the Bencia reversible disc plows
the most successful reversible disc plows
built. This patented plow though simple In
design, will thoroughly pillow lowlands or
lands upon the hillsides and handled by
four horses and man will pillow over two
acres of land in one day. thus materially
diminishing the cost Of cultivation.
In cuItivating cane between the rows the
Horner cane cultivator (patented) is used
This cultivator, though simple, like most
efficient mechanical implements, does great
work. 1t has been adopted by many planta
tons In the Hawaiian lslauds, and is in gen
eral use In every sugar producing country
OF the world. Large shipments are now be-
ing made to the Philippines, Mexico, For.
mosa, Peru, Chill and Louisiana. The
Benicia Iron Works, which manufacture
the Horner patents, receive many or
ders from countries where sugar grow
ing is In its infancy. The cultivator con
sists Of a semcircular iron frame, with
curved steel teeth, curved In such a
manner as to perform successfully the
double work Of gathering the grass between
the cane rows, stirring the soil and buryinl
the grass, which rots. In the operation o
the cultivator, weeds are not only torn up
but are gathered by the teeth as the ma
chine moves along, and are turned under
the soil when the cultiyator Is discharged
of its load by simply lifting the rear OF tn,
cultyator by the handles. With this cult
yator fully one-half of the labor and expens,
incident to the hoeing of the land is saved.
For making burrows for planting cane, cul
tivating, killing up and covering fertilizer
the new Benicia-Horner No. RATION anC
cane disc plows are in use they having Civ
en- the utmost satisfaction In every respect
They have reduced the cost of cane cultiva
ton upon this plantation alone over 80 pc
cent within the last few years. This too
Is also patented and, like Horner's cultiya
tor, is finding a large sale in other countrie,
than the United States.
The method used in transporting can,
from the fields to the mill is unique an,
has practically solved the question Of mini
mum cost. 1t is known as the Horner gray
ity cane transmission system by wire cabl
(patentedD, and has proved simple ant
economical means of delivering the bundle,
cane from all parts of the plantation to tn
mill by grayitation. Sling-loads of can
weighing from 800 to 500 pounds are al
tached to a trolley which runs along tn
wire cable conveying the cane to the mil
over a distance of nearly four miles in som
instances, with great rapidity. At presen
two lines of wire cables are in operation
supplying the mill with enough cane to turl
out thirty-fve tons Of sugar per day.
On plantations where inaccessibility an
lack of water for fuming cane to the mil
he