The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-03-01

ing required per ton of sugar for the
whole crop; the average yield per acre
was 1856 tons of sugar. The yield
would have been larger, but owing to
the prolonged grinding season, due to
the. strike, there was some loss through
deterioration of cane. F
"The results obtained in the mill
were very satisfactory, and the cost
of manufacture lower than ever be-
FORE,
This Years Crop.
The area to be harvested for this
year IS crop comprises a total of 4S09.-
81 acres composed as follows:
Plant cane, 1905 .13 acres; long
ratoons, 2959 pa acres; short ratoons,
344. 81 acres. Manager Bull places
his estimate for the years crop at 3d.
900 tons of sugar. In connection with
the crop he reports as follows:
"While the area of this crop is APP
proximately the same as that of 1909,
being only sixty-one acres less, the
estimate is lower, considering last
years returns; but the small rainfall
and especially the late fertilization and
other set-backs due to the inefficiency
of labor supplied during the strike,
have all tended to reduce the possible
yields, and make it difficult matter
to arrive at a correct estimate, but
there is no doubt that the above esti-
mate will be realized.
"The milling of this crop was COM
menced on the sixth of last December,
and at this date s149 tons of sugar
have been manufactured and shipped. -
Crop of 1911.
The crop of 1911 will be harvested
from 1921. 80 acres divided as follows:
Plant cane, 1885, 90 acres; long
ratoons, 3220.34 acres; short ratoons,
2S4. so acres. In addition to this there
is Field No. 3B consisting of 140
mountain water only.
Commenting on the 1911 crop Man
ager Bull says:
Son account of the strike the plant
ing for this crop was not finished as
early as usual, and for the same reason
a considerable area of ration got a
late start. Considering everything,
however, the crop looks well and with
the copious rains of the last two
months the cane has fair chance to
recover to great extent and the pres
ent prospects are that the results from
this crop will be good"
1912 Crop.
The total area of the 1912 crop will
consist of about the same acreage as
the 1911 crop. 1t is the intention to
plant about 700 acres, eighty acres of
which is new land mauka in Waipio
near Kipapa Gulch. This land has al
ready been plowed and is ready for
planting.
Cotton Experiments.
During the year some experiments
were made with cotton on some of the
upper lands not suitable to cane grow
ing. A five-acre piece was planted un-
der the supervision of the Hawaii Elk
pertinent Station. The experiment
will be continued this year though NO
report has as yet been received on last
years trial.
Manager Bull concludes his report
as follows:
improvements.
"The plantation is in every respect
well equipped, and we have spent but
little money in Improvements during
the past year. The principal expendi.
ture under this heading has been fol-
new laborers' quarters. Not less than
fifty.four new houses, of from two to
eight rooms, have been built to &C.
commodate new laborers, principally
Europeans. We intend 10 continue
building houses to provide for the
steadily increasing number of non
Asiatic laborers, and at the same time
we are constantly adding TO and i'm
proving our laborers' quarters in gen
eral.
"No additions have been made 4
our mill plant during the year, tn
amount appearing in our statement a
min additions, being principally tn
balance of cost of the new warehouse
which was built in 1908.
'A new storage reservoir for fue
oil has been built near pumping sta
tion No. 4, replacing IA battery o
tanks, formerly located In front OF TIA
boilers nj this station, This new res
ervOr consists Of two large steel iankl
set IN reinforced concrete, mud e0yerc
with an arch Of the same material, mn
IL absolutely areprOOf, a has eapaeit.
Of 10000 gallons Of oil, ard supple
pumps Nos !, 2, 8, I aud 4B
The Japanese Strike.
"Tho strike N tho whole force o
our Japauese lahorels, which 0eenne
on The ieplh VI lasi May, and lasieI
fof fully three mpnlhs Nss moi dus 4
any discomfort Of ihe lHh0reis ip ~
gard ~ their eompfnsallon ~ treat
mrni, but MAS eanfti by outside agltA
tuu who made the matter question
W Iaer rolls, snd Who, building "a w
aYfln helmlng majority of iEoll nsllol
Hmnug ~ lalafelt w ihfse lfandl
believed ihst lheY eopli f1Ifs ih
lanlem 40 Heseaf a. any asmsaa ils
floif AZ msks Ilnf dpmands Hli