The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-12-04

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writer, in this respect, Is with the small
minority and still holds the same views
which were expressed BY him at the
meeting Of 1911.
The Other Side
President Dowsett asked about the
relation Of stripping 90 labor supply.
Mr.. Eekalt said that the Plantations
ought not TO hire Iaborers Just 10 keep
men busy. stTf stripping cane Il 4
harmful practise &c would be better not
to strip. If the managers believe they
must keep their men, use them for
road.building or some other work.
cit would be better to hire the
men to shift a pile Of lumber back aud
forth-aeross the road than to put them
at stripping cane. There would be
more profit in Il for the plantation. :
John Hind said that it is NECESSARY
for the planters to retain their labor
crs and give them work. He did not
believe II was safe TO burn fields. and
stripping is necessary
Alexander Morrison Of Honoka IA said
that they do not strip, and that next
year they win adopt the Olaa Practise.
This year they could NOT strip because
Of weather conditions John Hind said
nc only strips unirfigpted eana The
lrrfratet fields ARE not stripped.
Harvesting Costs
~ N. Dowsett wanted to Know the
difference in the cost Of harvesting.
Mr.. Eekart said that an field trials It
has cost ono and q, half cents more
per ton to cut unstfipped than stripped
cane Actually we fay seven cents
more per ton, or enough to guarantees
efipinimum wage Of ninetg cents a day
TO the cutters. This year IL cost Us
20 ] cents per ton TO cut stripped cane.
as against 20, 2 cents Snpstripped. \ Tho
men averaged S,3S tons unstrippefi
cane per davy as against 3. 38 tons 81
stripped The cash gain in yield per
acre was $2l, he said,
John Scott said that there was too
much rotten cane left on unstripped
fields. In humiDg cane with the frnsh
on 1t the fumes cIogged and delivery
to the mill was liable 70 be poor.
Mr.. Eckart said that even with tho
increase in rotten stalks the practice
Yields 0 gain. fsTf results, Of expert.
ments are not TO be accepted by the
managers, what is the use OF spending
money IN making field testsfv Mr..
Eckart asked 1.-THE jamming Of trashy
cane in fuming is a minor eopsidera-
ton. There is Q gain Of two or three
tons per acre, cane that we get with.
out spending anything to get it. IT
Is cheap cane--pure velvet. =
Experience Abroad q,
John M. Ross David Forbes, J6ka
Scott and William Pullar reiterated
their faith in the stripping practise.
James Webster and J. r. NOR stood
NJ for the Olaa Practise
Mr.. Eekart referred to the results OF
stripping experiments in Fiji, Austria.
liza, Formosa and Java. In Fiji ninety
per cent of the field tests had been
favorable to non-stripping. II
Doctor Lyon corroborated this view
and told Of the extensive experiments
on the Labassa plantation IN Fiji,
where ninety field tests were made over
series Of years. One test only was
favorable to stripping; eighty-ninc
were against the practise. ~.
Mr.. Eckart Said the4 1Saquin tests
were the most careful and compreher-
sive field experiments ever conducted
in Hawaii Alternate plots were laid
out, twenty rows wide and 500 feet
long, and the SAMPLES for testing were
taken from the middles, HIf may be
true, he said, ~ that III field practise
there win not be gain every time,
hut in an average of years and seasons
there win be gain. 4
Fertilizer Problems and Results I
Takingup the question of fertilizers,
Mr.. Eckart said that rules that have
developed from practise are that the
best fertilizer must be put on the best
fields and the best cane; the fertilizer
must be split up over the, three crops,
using half the first yeat, a quarter the
second and the balance on the third
crop. I'd
Press cake and stahle manures must
Ne apDlied 20 poor soils, where CONNER.
eial fertilizers do not give results. m
practise uniform fertilization is the
best. GIVE are after cash profits. not
percentages Of increase in crop yields, Y
he said,
j, 4. Moir stated that he approved
these recommendation, but thought
tankage should be used ON poor soils
Artificial Ripening
Mr.. Eckart said there Is big field
for experimenting with methods To In
crease the sncroso in the canes attfhe
beginning Of the harvest. Something
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