Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-25

hereto. 1913 was a most unfortunate
year for this plantation. The dry
weather of 1912 followed by drought
during 1913 until November. with the
exception of May and June, resulted
in a tremendous falling off in the
crop. which was coupled to large
reduction in price. The difference in
income between the years 1912 and
1913 is accounted for by the fact that
in 1912 We harvested crop of 34,6l2
tons of sugar, for which we received
an average basic price of 4 1880. while
in 1913 the crop amounted to only
24,633 tons and the average basic price
was 3 1890 per pound -
During 1913 few expenditures were
permitted except for requirements
that we could not do without, and
this policy will of necessity continue,
thanks to the recent tariff legislation,
unless Congress has a change of
heart or of political complexion. I'M
provements and developments must be
though obviously advantageous to the
property.
1913 crop: At the time of the last
annual report we had hoped this
would amount to over $4,000 tons, but
as already noted IL turned out only
1853. This was of an average polar
ization of 98.44: had we made 96-de-
gree sugar we would have produced
approximately 26,e00 tons. The aver.
age yield per acre was So tons sugar
as against SAT for 1912. We finished
grinding May 9th.
1914 Crop: This will be harvested
from 1903 acres of plant cane and p
493 acres of ratoonss from which we
estimate crop of pr 10000 tons.
This as well as last Years crop was
badly affected by the drought. We
commenced grinding October 22nd,
much earlier than usual, to save the
cane from drying up. To date we have
bagged 10000 tons, and over-run the
estimate of the fields cut by 369 tons.
We are putting all the cane through
both mills in tandem, equivalent TO an
18-roller mill, SO gaining between 3
and per cent in extraction.
1915 Crop: This crop, consisting
of 1892 acres of plane cane and 2523
acres of ratoons, is looking remark
ably we'll As we finished grinding so
early we were enabled to push the
planting much faster than usual. and
put the last seed into the ground Au
gust Both. The plant is further adj
vanced as a whole than have ever
known corresponding crops to be at
this time Of the year. The ratoons are
also very satisfactory, except that
there is considerable replant in GER
tain fields which is somewhat back
ward This replant was necessitated
by the dying out of the young ratoonsH
during the very dry summer and fall
1916 Crop. We plan to plant 1717|
acres and cultivate 2810 acres of ra-l
toons for this crop--a total of 1927
acres.
Factory: Work in this department
has been satisfactory. Appended
hereto is a laboratory statement Civ
ing detailed results. The only limo
vations made in the off season were
the addition of floating roll before
the last mill in each series and the in
stallation of an experimental bagasse
drier The object of the floating roll
mentioned is not the extraction of
juice but the pressing of water of ma
ceration thoroughly into the bagasse.
1t accomplishes the object sought and
facilitates the feeding of the following
mill The bagasse drier was designed
to utilize the heat of flue gases for
drying the bagasse before entering the
furnaces. 1t did not prove the sue
cess we had hoped, although beneficiall
to the extent of removing between 5
and per cent of the moisture.
"In order to put the whole of the
1914 crop through both mills we are
crowding them considerably and are
cushing eleven tons per roller-foot-
hour
Ranch: This department has also
made a good showing. Less outside
beef was purchased than usual for the |
butcher shop, and 1890 worth of pork |
was supplied. Four hundred and thir- |
ty head of store cattle were pur-
chased and fattened The pineapple
crop for 1913 amounted to 292 tons. |
and that to be gathered this year is |
Corn and other small |
crops have done well, and the Burbank
spineless cactus is making a good |
start
Forestry: We have set out in the |
forest region at Kailiili some 260,000l
trees during the year, mainly in re-
planting. For nine years we have
been experimenting with a great va
riety of trees. and now are able to
know quite definitely what kinds are
suitable for forestry purposes under
local conditions.
In the ditch country there have
been $4,000 eucalyptus of different va
rieties planted out to- form wind |
breaks, and 5000 native koa. The nat
ural forest there is improving.
Rubber Plantation Owing to the
decline in price of rubber, we have
stopped operations at Nahiku The ex-
pense incurred, however, has not been
wasted entirely, as the trees supply a |
cover in the region of |
our most important watershed
Improvements: The only item un-
der this heading of magnitude, entered
into during the past year, is the new
Kauhikoa ditch, which is being built