Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-16
Crop of 1916 Will Be Larger
Than Yield Last Year; In
creased Area Cultivated

Though in 1914 the Oahu Sugar
Company, Ltd. paid only $4,000 in
dividends Il I-2 Fer cent?, and trans
! ferred $5S9,319 to the profit balance
| from crop of 22,Sl5 tons, so greatly
| did the company benefit from war
prices on sugar in 1915 that per cent
| dividends were pa d totaling $3.50. 900,
and $4,000 was put into the profit
| balance find. The latter showing was
made on a crop much smaller than
that of 1914, the 1915 yield being
! 1857 tons.
| These figures were given to the
shareholders of the company at the
annual meeting. held this morning,
when accounts and the annual report
Of E. K. Bull, manager, were consid-
cred. AS pointed out in yesterdays
Star-Bulletin, the company has more
than 100000 cash on hand.
Parts of Mr.. Bull report on 1915
operations, with forecasts made by
him for future yields, are as follows:
Too Cry Part Of Year.
Fer a period of 10 months. up to
the beginning OF November last, eX-
certionally dry weather prevailed, af-
fecting to a great extent the advance
ment of our growing crops; only 1892
inches of rain fell during the time
mentioned, necessitating a continual
run of our pumps, to their full ca
pacity. This long continued drought
was finally broken in November, and
during this month, as we'll as that of
December, we had an abundance of
rain, amounting to 1896 inches. max
ing total Of 25.58 inches for the year.
Crop 1915. .---.',. -.s.-...
We commenced harvesting this
crop on December 5th, 1914, and I'm
ished on September 2, 1915; the area
harvested was made UP as follows:
~ Acres
Plant cane, irrigated ........ 1.0S3.S6
Long ration cane, irrigated. =. 2,934.07
Long ration cane, unirrigated. 1928
Short ration cane, irrigated. >. 1851
Total ............:.s...,.. 4,346.47
"The estimate for the above was
$500 tons sugar; the yield was 20
367.095 tons sugar, in addition to
which there was manufactured 242.7S0
tons sugar from cane purchased from
outside planters, making a/total out
put of 2s,6O9.s75 tons Tor 29,s6S.315
tons So degrees sugar. an excess over
estimate of 1109.S75 tons.
"a considerable portion of the cane
milled consisted of new varieties, prin.
cipally yellow Caledonia" and DE
marara No. 1885, with juices com.
paratively low In sucrose and purity;
a slight Increase may therefore be
noted in the amount of cane required
per ton of sugar, the, average being
6.96 tons, as against 6.S5 tons for the
previous crop. T.. &
THE average yield per acre amount
ed to 6.S4 tons sugar. his low average
yield is due to the poor weather con-
tiitions, and low quality of juices from
new varieties OF cane, already men,
toned, and also, to slight extent, to
the low yield of the unirrigated cane,
which only averaged sos tons sugar
per acre. p -. z...
Crop 1915. ~ ~. ~.
'The area to be harvested this year
amounts to 443S.64 acres, consisting
of: 81 =
esJ.$. Acres,
Plant cane 49,. $3.50
Long ration cane .... ,0S5.65
Short ratoon cane ........... 465.37
Total ....... !. 4,43S.64
"As stated in last years report this
crop had an excellent sta rt, and an
appearance which promised we'll for
heavy yield, but owing to the unfaVor-
able weather conditions, during the
greater part of last year, the cane has
suffered, more or less, from shortage
Of water, and the crop will therefore
not come up to what might have been
expected. An area of 1913 acres of long
ratoon cane, grown on the upper lands,
without irrigation, dried M completely
during the summer months, and had
to be abandoned.
eThe estimate for this crop is 81 900