Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-24
1915 CROP GOOD,
1916 BACKWARD,
ONOMEh REPORT

manager J0nn !. MOT Says
Last Year Set Record, Yield
! Exceeding Estimate
A year for which no excuses have
to be made is the verdict on 1914 at
the Onomea plantation in the annual
+ report read by Manager John T. Moir
before the stockholders of the Ono
mea company at their annual meeting
today. The crop exceeded the first
estimate by 1859 tons, running to 49,.
600 tons.
I Owing to the fact that there will
be 45S acres less to harvest IN 1915,
the yield is expected to be 1900
tons.
Mr.. Moir says in part, as follows:
! Crop 1914: We commenced grind
ing January s, 1914, at 6 a. m, and
finished August 20. 1914, at p. m.
No accidents of any kind happened
worth mentioning. excepting that we
had hard work getting finished, owing
to our fumes in the gulches being
washed out several times in the last
two weeks work, through heavy
rains and extremely high streams. AS
to the mill and boiling house data re-
garding extraction and recovery,
please refer to the mill report attach.
ed hereto. Owing to the splendid
growing season and fine rich juice all
through the season, our first estimate
was exceeded by 1853 tons. have
no excuse to offer, in fact, am pleas.
ed to see the increase. -
This Years Crop. Il. +.
|. Crop 1915: The area to be harvest
ed this year amounts to in all, 1871
acres, composed as follows: -. ..... 4
1,24S Acres Plant Cane : 4
1,139s 4" list Ratoon Cane
b 355 End .Ratoon Cane =
~ 40 3rd Ratoon Cane and Sun
dry Pieces
970.45" Outside Planters, Plant
- and Ratoons
3,76145 Acres. -. -.
from which We expect to bag up prac.
tically 1900 tons of sugar. The pro.
spect is exceedingly good, so far as ton
mage of cane in the fields is concerned,
and should the sucrose in the cane
be anywhere-near as good as last year,
we may look for a slight increase over
the above estimate. The fields this
year have tasseled more than the writ
er ever remembers since Caledonia
was planted in the Hiio district: this
may have q bearing on the yield, as
the tasseled cane will not increase in
tonnage and may have tendency to
deteriorate sooner yellow Caledonia
tasseling generally Is a new departure
in this district, and the results will
be anxiously watched.
Next Years Prospects. = a.ss-
Crop 1915: Acreage under cultiya.
ton for this crop is as follows:
Plant Cane 2. =. :. 4 OH Acres
list RatooIls =. :. -. LAS
End Ratoons =. :. 1884
Outside Planters. 1,209b
Total s........... 1915 Acres
/ am vety sorry to have to. report
that the cane for this crop is all very
late and backward; both plant and
ratoons have very thin stand, which
we attribute to the excessive rains
we had during the six months from
the beginning of May to the end OF
October. During those six months over
1913 inches of rain fell, causing great
deal of the plant to be drowned out
entirely, while much of 1t was checked
seriously and its general growth re.
tarded, so that at the present time
the outlook for the 1916 crop is not at |
all encouraging Nevertheless a IA
yorable summer may help to change
matters in this respect We have Ger.
tainly worried harder and spent more
labor on this cr.5p than either of the
two preyiods crops, but have about |
one-haf less to show for II. Climatic
conditions in fnis district haze b.aea
ideal for the 1914 and 1915 crops
Labor-Is in satisfactory condi-
tinn at present. 4s
Mill and boiling house Several inn.
provements were made in the mill, |
such as the Ramsay macerating
scraper, which is working nicely; the |
Messchaert growing system has also |
proven quite success, and has added |
to our extraction from IL to per
cent. We have installed two new TX |
12-inch tubular boilers, which have ia. |
ken the place of two 6x20-inch super
imposed; these have been erected at |
a cost of $11,509, and we hope will |
soon pay for themselves by increased |
efficiency and economy. In the boil |
ing house three new eyaporator cells
have been installed, and in conjunction
with these, we have used three of our
old eyaporator cells:to make the first
unit of quadruple We are also using
three of our old cells of the previous |
evaporator as a pre-evaporator in |
which we generate enough yapor to
supply the juice heaters, to bring the |
juice to a boiling point, thereby saw
ing live steam for same. We have |
not gone far enough along as yet with |
this crop TO say positively what bene-
fit will be derived from them. In |
making all these changes it was with |
the view of increasing the capacity of |
the boiling house, and balancing upl
between mill and boiling house. We
have no doubt but what the alterations |
will result in more efficient work.
Houses and buildings Three new
cottages have been built for skilled