Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-24
GOOD YEAR FOR
OAHU SUGAR co.
Annual Report Shows Fine
Condition of Affairs on
This Property.

| INV OSSt vs.
The annual meeting of the Oahr
! Sugar Company, held this morning Al
the Offices of H. Hackfeld & Co., Ltd.
| resulted in satisfactory reports from
| Manager e. K Bull ana Treasurer w
| Pfotenhauer
Manager z, X, Bull in his report
says:
ut was estimated last year that
the crop would be about 10000 tons;
the output was 1926 tons. The
! shortage was caused principally by
he inferior quality of the juice The
average sucrose in the cane. for the
season, was 16.04I, decrease OF
LII 2 of sugar in cane; 6.92 tens OF
cane were required per ton sugar as
against CTS tons for the two preceding
crops The average yield per acre
was go tons sugar or fully ton less
per acre than for the crop of 1899
The reduced yield was due, partly tp
the extremely dry weather which has
prevailed during the past three years.
and partly to the setback which the
cane suffered on account of the strike
in 1909. There is no doubt that the
losses caused by the strike have been
more than were at first anticipated.
both with regard to the crop Of 1910
and that now being harvested
Crop 1911.
For this crop there are to be har-
vested the following:
1866 acres Irrigated Plant Cane
3 220.3i acres Irrigated Long RAJ
toons; 2S5.5o acres Irrigated Short
Ratoons; 1880 acres Unirrigated
Plant Cane: 1850 acres Long Ra-
toons total, 1850 acres; which are
estimated to yield $4,000 tons of Sug-
ar.
As above stated these areas include
as acres of Plant Cane and 1I6 acres
of Long Ratoons, grown upon our up
per lands without irrigation. Owing.
to The unusually dry weather through
ou' the season this unirrigated cane
has not developed the stand which
could have been expected under more
favorable weather conditions, and the
yield will be very light Furthermore
two of our irrigated fields one of
Plant Cane and one of Long Ratoon
aggregating 495 acres have been Sc
yerely attacked by 'Iliau." a disease
which has seriously damaged the
cane; although everything possible
was done to improve the condition of
the cane by extra applications of fer
tiDzer and special attention given it.
it has never fully recovered, and as n
result Of this disease the yield of
these fields will he considerably less
than it would otherwise have been
and thus will materially reduce the
average yield of the total area for this
crop. Fortunately, however this dis
ease has now disappeared.
We commenced harvesting this cro0
on the 18th of December last and
have M to date manufactured $500
tons of sugar.
The planting for this crop was fin
ished on August 18Th 1910. All the
young cane is looking we'll better in
fact. | think than that of any pre-
ceaine crop at an even date: this Is
due to the fact that the
was done early, and most of
the plant cane cut back thereby en-
surfing a good start. With favorable
weather from now on this. crop should
yield a good return
Crop 1918.
We commenced blowing for the
1918 crop on January 9Th: our inten-
ton being to plow and plant about
500 acres this year or possibly more
The total area for this crop will be
about the same as that of 1912.
improvements.
The total expenditures. for the wear
for Permanent improvements and Re
, INCLUDING assessments
paid on the stock Cf the Sugar Fac
tors Company. amounted to $tS11O&-
f6. the largest item under this head
ing being for new buildings. Eff y-one
additional dwellings have been built
TO accommodate our laborers, of which
The number of men with families are
increasing.
for 1911.
Outside Of the regular running eX-
Denses we do not anticipate making
any large expenditures for Improve
nents this year further than the con
emplated enlargement of the Shaft
Pump by which we eXnect to double
he water supply from this source. A
lew artesian well has already bccn
sunk, at this station, and the new
,umD bodies will probably be install
ID before the beginning of next MAY.
Fhe expenditure on this account. 10
De met this year, should not exceed
$50. 600
With the plantation well equipped
n every respect. and the fields in
rood condition for next years crop, I
relieve that, we are in a position to
ealize fair returns even should sug-
reach the low average which I
ONE authorities seem to prognosti-
"A to for tho roD1iuo