Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-08
COML.
SHOWING ISPOOR
FOR YEAR 1918
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| through anOtner year OF drought IL
From the records you viii note that
IL rained more in 1912 than in 1913
at Honomanu and Keanae, which
places are right in the heart Of the
ditch country, However. the rainfall
was greater on the plantation in 1913.
Crop Of 1918. ,
Grinding was commenced for This
crop on December I'd, 1919, and was
finished on June goth. 1913. with the
result that We bagged 5O,310 tons of
sugar.
The total weight of cane was 1884,
4S3 tons, and it took 7.20 tons OF cane
to make a ton of sugar. Had the.
juices been as good as they were for.
the 1919 crop, when 1t only took $50
tons OF cane to make ton OF sugar,
the 1913 crop would have reached 81
$40 tons. However, the drought In
1912 was the principal reason for the
small crop, and, as predicted in last.
years report. the crop OF 1913 lost no
less than 5000 tons of sugar on ae-
count of dry weather
Crop Of 1914. 81.
Milling was commenced in Noyems
Der 11th, 1913 Tasseling was unus-
|ually late. consequently the cane was
slow in maturing. and 1t was decided
to run only one mill until the middle,
OF December, after which two mills.
have been in operation.
Up to date We have harvested 1850
acres of cane. which have yielded 49,
1876 tons of sugar; with 1895 acres yet.
to harvest it is safe to say that We
win bag $4,000 tons OF sugar for the
crop.
This would have been another ban
ner crop had it not suffered from lack
of water during the summer and fall
of 1912 and during most Of 1913. There
is no question but that We lost 1900
or 5000 tons of sugar on account OF
drought.
Crop of 1916.
Planting was commenced on March
10th and finished on the 18th Of Aug
.ust. The total area of plant and ra-i
toons is as follows:
Plant cane ....... 1852 acres
Short ratocns .......... 240U acres
Short ratoons -. ....s.. .4.l56.3 acres
Total ..,.s..i.., 4, 632.5 acres
We have never had a crop under
better cultivation. The ratoons are
hilled-up in good time and the crop,
as whole, In spite OF the dry fall,
has had very fair start, and If fa-l
Yored with good growing conditions
during this year, should give US big
yield
- ~, & 49,, ti. 1, .,.,.yt,
rains have fallen nthe plantation,
which have greatly benefited the
young cane.
Crop Of 1916. -
The steam p1oWs were started on
The 18th of October nearly a month
earlier than usual, and. up to date, we
have first ploWed 100 acres.
We are clearing off algaroba trees
on about $50 acres Of land, which we
expect to take in for this crop. Each
year we have taken in some Of this
land that has lain fallow for many
years, and the results obtained have
been excellent.
Sugar Factory.
b On account of the small crop har-
vested last year, it was not necessary
to crowd the mills The average tons
of cane ground per hour was $685. as
against 183 tons for the previous crop.
During the next off season it has
been decided to install six additional
to replace the old hous-
ings on the first set OF mills with "Pu-
unene" housings, to add a fifth body
to our eyapoEator. making it quin-
tupla effect, and to install two HeTsey
dryers. These are much-needed inn
Pumps. ~~s. - i
After an unusually busy season, the
pumps are now being thoroughly over
hauled and will soon be in good re
pair for the coming pumping season.
AS the old Worthington pumps at
Well No. l, Kihei, have about outiiFei
their usefulness, we have decided to
replace them with a new, up-to-date
centrifugal pump, driven by a Diesel.
engine, which will be operated with
California crude oil. This change will
cut down our fuel bin at this station
very considerably.
We are charging the ditch leading
from the outlet of this pump to the
Camp Six reservoir; this ditch will be
lined with a plaster coat, reinforced
with chicken wire.
Ditches.
: ALI of the tunnels on the New Hal
ku Ditch have been completed. with
the exception of Nos. 10 and ~; and,
although there are only 900 feet left
to dig, it will lake several months TO
finish the work, as the material to be
removed is unusually hard.
At the end of the year, 21,467 feet
of this ditch had been lined, and as
the work is progressing nicely, it is
expected that by the end Of The presS
ent year, water will be running Ihrougn
the entire length OF the ditch
1t will be necessary to do consider
able work on the "Lowrie" Ditch this
year, as the concrete on both the in
takes and outlets of the pipes is in
such a condition that immediate re-
pairs are necessary.
On the old "Waihee" Ditch, several