Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-20
GOOD PROSPECTS
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kAHUKU

area under. cultivation. VIII nave
higher yield this year than last, while
a banner crop is expected next year.
according to the report OF Manager
Andrew Adams. Besides crop matters
the report contains interesting in
formation on improvements, the bat
! tie with the borer and the bonus to
laborers. ii g.. T.
Last year the yield from Kahuku
! fields was 5S40.3 tons, against an
estimate of 500 tons, and sugar
manufactured from cane grown by
outside planters brought the total
i production to 1924 tons. Although the
average cost OF the crop was high,
lowing to the higher levels being in
cluded in the crop, this was partly
offset by the high price at which
much of the sugar was marketed. The
average yield Of cane per acre was
54.46 tons, 22S tons greater than the
! average for the crop of 1911. The
average yield of sugar per acre was
$50 tons, as compared with 5.13 tons
in 1911, and the percentage of sucrose
in the cane was also higher. On &C
count of a scarcity of labor the fac
tory was operating only one shift daily
during the latter part of the season,
which the manager says was not con-
duciye of economy, but with the elimi-
nation of short rattoons it will be pos
sible to avoid much of the half time
manufacturing. . ...~ =
Crop of 1913.-This crop is esti-
! mated to yield $500 tons of sugar
/ from 1865 acres The acreage is
smaller than for several years past,
but a larger proportion than usual of
the total is in piant cane and long
ratoons. There are but q acres of
! short ratoens in the crop. The aver
age yield should be higher than last
year. During the early period of it's
growth the cane suffered from lack
of sufficient cultivation owing to the
shortage of labor, hut it had a re-
markable growth during the drought
of 1912, since nearly the whole area
of this crop is under the pump sys-
tenn and the pumps were supplying all
/ the water necessary for irrigation.
Harvesting was commenced during
the first week in November. About
$500 tons of Kahuku sugar has been
produced to date, of which nearly
21G0 tons has already been shipped
from Honolulu. The average sucrose
in cane to date has been higher than
! for several years past.
Crop of 1914.-This crop will be
! harvested from 103S.07 acres, Of
which 2972S is plant cane and 740.79
| is long ratoons. Nearly two-fifths of
Il h1 sc -, To 10
the coed returns from this variety
thaying seemed, to warrant the in
crease in sproppffion Of it to Lahaina.
The short Tatopns have been entirely
eliminated. The planting was fin
ished early and the ratoons were TAX
en- under cultivation in good season.
There was ALSO good supply of wa
ter during the drought, so that the
cane has made an unusual growth.
! Should favorable conditions continue,
the cane should yield banner crop
of sugar per acre,
Crop of 19l5.-PIowing in prepare
| tion for this crop was commenced
early in December 1t is proposed
planting about 200 acres in Yellow
Caledonia cane. There will be 125
acres OF ratoons of this variety also.
improvements. - Nearly $4,000
| was expended in improvements dur
ing the year. These included an Oil
yer pillow for deep blowing, three high
pressure boilers for the factory, adj
ditional dwelling houses for both
i skilled and semi-skilled employees, an
isolation ward and the completion
of the sewage disposal plant at the
4 ito1 n6d 10 ho
rolling stock equipment and the com
pletion of the new boiler installation
at Pump No. 8. Only minor improve
ments are contemplated for this year.
| "Tachinid PHILOSOPHICAL mention
was made in the report of last year
! of the good work done by this enemy
of the cane sEorer pest. The dlstrl-
button of this parasite over the fields
is thorough. The reduction in the
/ number of borers is extremely graft
i fying and tor It is probably due much
of the increase in the sucrose content
of the cane harvested this season.
Generals a result of the high
average price of sugar, the percent
age bonus system in operation dur
| ing the year worked out we'll for the
! laborers. Over $4,000 was paid out in
bonus to employees receiving less than
! $50 per month. -...~.
| Work continued on the cement
| drainage system. There was no case
of serious Illness due to local causes
\ during the year" ~ 1920:
! Treasurer's Report. ....:
| Treasurer J. Waterhouse reports:
| During the year the company, in adj
j dition to payment OF the regular divi.
dend of 10 cents per share, has paid
three extra dividends of Is cents each.
1t is the intention of the directors
TO maintain the present monthly diNl-
dend of 10 cents per share during the
coming year III.
Assets Of the company amount to
I S1,162, 0SS.17. consisting of permanent
improvements at SOL, 172.22, growing
1 crops at S311,571.91 and miscellaneous
/ at Sf49,34404 Liabilities 10 balance
Include s1,000,000 capital stock and
! sf25.S2S.64 surplus, the remainder
! consisting of the floating indebted
ness on December 81, 1919, duly iSenl-
lied The profit on sugar and sundry
! earnings for 1912 amounted to SIG:
! 56S 06 After having $50 500 in diYi