The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-02-25
MANAGERS REPORT.

managers report is as follows:
MANAGERS REPORT.
Olaa, Hawaii, Jan. 90, 1910.
To the Stockholders and Officers of the
Olaa Sugar Co., Ltd, Honolulu,
| T. II.
Gentlemen:-I herewith beg TO sub
nit to you the Eleventh Annual Report
of your company, for tho year ending
December 81, 1903.
Crop 1909.
The total area harvested was G.S23.i5
acres, giving a total yield of 1919
tons sugar, or an average production OF
2.S tons sugar per acre. This not very
satisfactory showing is partly attribute
BILE to poor returns from a large area
| ratooned from too thin planting and
paintings from "bodycane, an injector
| article, when Yellow Caledoni1n seed
was scarce and expensive fo.r years
ago. There were also included III this
crop 500 acres of Rose Bamboo. the last
of this variety, which has proved un-
suitable for conditions at Olal and
which no longer will be planted.
The cost of the erop was also ex-
cessive owing to the amount of re-
rocking done on the fields so as to adj
| nit of more economical blowing and
! cultivating in the future, and also on
account of the great amount of hoeing
necessary on large area of plant cane.
From now on, ratoons will constitute
the larger part of our annual crops
and will, of course, be much cheaper
to raise
All the heavy planting necessitated
by changing the cane on the entire prop
erty has been done, and paid for, and
the advantages from ratoonihg are now
available. Yellow CALEDONIA ratoons
very readily at Olaa for three successive
crops. Today all the ratouns on the
place are frst-class and in many cases
better than the plant cane.
Crop 1910.
| The area to be cut for this crop is
| 6,133.44 acres, all of it good cane and
so far ahead of the 1909 crop that
estimate we will have more sugar this
year than last, although we have zoo
acres less to harvest.
] figure the production of 1910 will
be in the neighborhood of 10000 tons
Crop 1911.
The area of plant and ratoons to be
Invested is 6,546.16 acres. The plant
ing was finished in July and the cane
both plant and ratoons, is much fur
Their ahead at this season of the veal
than it has been for any previous crop
The field work is well advanced ant
most of the cane is at that stage Of
growth where it will be able to tax,
care of itself as far as weeds are con
cerned. In the spring of the year
intend to give the fields dressing OF
nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonif
as the case may be. Experimental ap
plicatons of these fertilizers made dur
ing 1909 have shown markedly bene
fetal results. With average weather
this crop will be considerably larger
than any that has been harvested il
the past. In consequence of the ad
vanced stage of this crop it will require
much less expenditure during the yeal
1910 TO bring it to maturity than was
expended on the crop of 1910 during
| the past twelve months. / also estimate
yield over the estimate for 1910 OF
from 1000 to 5000 tons ofsugar.
Crop 1912.
The area to be planted exclusive oil
outsiders) will be between 500 and COZ
acres. The Yellow CALIFORNIAN cane is
ratooning so well that it will only be
necessary to plant this small area, which
will be great saving in field work
The total area of this crop will be
approximately 6400 acres.
Improvements.
The only Improvement made during
the year worthy of mention was the
placing of an Express Coil in No. ;
Vacuum Pan. So far we find it a con
siderable Improvement over the ole
coils. 1t boils the strike in shorter
time and makes better grain.
No great outlay of money will be
needed for improvements for the com
ing year. The only addition we may
have to make will be the purchase OF
about 20 mules.
Expenses.
The expenditures on the field account.
during the twelve months ending De
cember 81, 1909, show an increase ovei
that of 1905. On the other hand, tn,
crop for 1911 is very much farther adj
vanced than the crop 1910 was Decem
Der II, lJUS.
Mil.
The mill worked well during th'
grinding season, We having little o
no trouble whatsoever with the maehin
cry. The work was an improvement
over the previous year and We had al
abundance of fuel and considerable Il
spare, which was used in the stables
also considerable amount was carte,
to the fields without passing through tn
stables,
Plantation In General.
The field work is further along at thi
! time than In any previous year. Tn
helds are In better physical eondi
iion and the cane much further ad
, yanced than ~ this date year age
, pemerara No, 1875 eape continues 4
do well AZ Mountain Wow section an
va are extending the area planted Z
1, ihls cane - fasi as passlhle.
with much larger crops In sight, cost
ing Ices 10 raise, and win decrease
|, luiefrsi charges consequent ul0n ih
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