The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-28
WAIALUA CLEARS
OVER A MILLION

According to the report submitted
by Manager w. w. Goodale, of the
Waialua Agricultural Company at the
annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the company, held this morning.
the output of the plantation for the
year 1911 was 1921 tons or a trihe
higher than the crop Of 1909. This
not only makes the largest crop the
plantation has ever harvested. but on
account Of the good prices which pre-
vailed last year the profits have been
far above those of any previous year.
The dividends paid for the year were
IL per cent against per cent for
1910, and 10 per cent for 1909. They
amounted to $4,000.
The net profits for the year were
S1,10S, 50703, and the balance brought
down is $1,SS6,S9393. The total as.
sets of the company are given as
S7,469,354.5s.
Manager Goodale shows that while
the cost of irrigation has steadily de-
creased from $41.67 per acre, or 1858
per ton of sugar in 1908, to S34.76 per
acre, or $500 per ton of sugar in 1911,
the labor cost of irrigating per ton Of
sugar has increased during the same
period from S7.17 to 1910.
Scarcity of Labor.
Mr. Goodale has the following to
say concerning the matter of irriga-
ton and labor:
"The unirrigated cane was held over
from the previous year and had not
been cultivated during the last year
of its growth.
Cultivation of unirrigated cane on
the upper, dry lands of the planta-
ton will not be profitable unless the
cane can be as well taken care of as
are the fields in districts of the ISL
ands that depend upon the natural
rainfall for their crops.
THE general shortage of labor has
made it necessary to abandon these
fields and devote all available labor
and expend fertilizer and other mate
rial on the irrigated lands at the lower
levels, where the temperature is high
err transportation and other charges
are lower and there are smaller
chances of loss"
1912 Crop.
Concerning the 1912 crop, the man
ager makes the following statement:
we began grinding the crop of
1912 on December 5, 1911, and lave
made 9O49 tons of sugar to date, Feb
ruary IA, 1912.
THE average yield Of sugar per acre
from all fields that have been COM
pleted was 5.92 tons.
"The average sucrose in cane to
January 81, 1912, was 1880 per cent
which is 1923 per cent higher than dur
ing the same period last year.
There are no unirrigated fields to
be harvested this year and the irri-
gated fields promise higher average
yield of cane per acre than the last
crop. The crop will be about $4,000
tons"
For 1913, from a total area of s.
349.33 acres, it is predicted that a
crop of 1880 tons or more will be
harvested.
A statement of the condition Of the
reservoir and ditch systems of the
plantation indicates that the irriga-
ton problem has been practically
solved
Insect Pests.
Manager Goodale states that on a
small part of the plantation a great
deal of damage was done last spring
by the leaf hopper. 1t is surmised
that the situation of this particular
part of the plantation and the pecu
liar weather conditions favored the
insect and at the same time were
detrimental to the parasite. However
the parasite now appears to be get
ting in its work in good shape, anC
not much further damage is anti
cipated
The cane borer has also been yer.
troublesome, but 1t Is believed tina
the Tachinid fly is well establish
ed now, and the present years crol