The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-21
K0LOA MANAGERS ANNUAL REPORT

Koloa Kauai, February 10th, 1911.
To the President Directors and Stockholders of the Sugar
Gentlemen Herewith beg submit the annual report of the
Kooa Sugar Company for year ending December 31 1910
The past year has been on the whole very satisfactory and al
though did not have eshes sufficient fill large
vo there showers enough throughout the year. together
with very careful use of what water had keep the
growing The high water mark of the reservoir for the year
fourteen feet little 12O0OOOOOO gallons January
stands p feet or 2233O4OOOO gallons We started
the Mahauepu pump during March and pumped steadily until
the end OF October thereby keeping the Maaupu fields in good
condition.
CROP 1910
The Milling this crop November 10TH 1909 and
finished June 24t 1910 From 738 acres of plant 9l
of long atoons and 2acre of short total of
1855 produced 400 O6 tons of sugar
polarization of 81 g. The fields of the 1910 crop yielded
average of Sol of per against "a 81 per
for the 1909 but owing juice took p
of per of sugar in 1910 while for the 1909 crop used
only 855 of for of sugar. the average yield of
sugar was 4 tons per acre. -pc,n ,o,,
area of this crop 1872 90 acres of plant cane 48O
of long first ratoos 48 of long and
27 acres of short ratoons or total of 1873 40 acres The e
maed yield 5000 tons The harvesting and milling of this
crop began December 1st 1910 and although the juice has
been rather poor the fields taken off 50 far have been well up
the estimate We have to date 100 tons of sugar
CROP 1912.
This crop includes 66 of plant 261acres of long
atoons and 90 of short aoons total of 1888 35
acres of this new land which together with some of the old
land planted very late of Shortage of
Some of atoons also had very late however estimate
that should 5000 Of sugar for the 1912 Nearly
all of the plant and of the raoon of this be-
ing cultivated by laborer under profit sharing contracts
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.
portion of the worst swamp land in Maaulepu sanded
during the year In order to accomplish this the railroad
tended to the sand hills Mahaulepu by grade up and
through the intervening ridge AS the greater part of the Ma
hauepu sticky clay soil needs sand this railroad will be of benefit
for years to
Considerable work done in the camps both building
houses and repairing and adding to the old ones.
In the mill rollers which had cracked shafts have been
replaced by and several redwood tanks have been erect
ed for coolers.
hospital present being built two lot of
land given the Kooa Sugar Company by Mrs Knudse for
hospital purposes This will be great Improvement as the old
hospital very poorly located and condition
orally
Nothing in the line of improvements contemplated
coming year. except carrying the general policy of
improving the condition of wormen by building additional
accommodations and adding cultivated by taking in
of the Puuh lands.
am pleased able report that the general condition of
plantation excellent and that the prospects for the coming
year, despite the low price of sugar, are bright
Respectfully submitted,
c. H. WILCOX,
Manager Koloa Sugar Company