Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-21
Crop For 0VeTan Estimate and
Prices Were High: Large
Balance on Hand

Weather. crop and prices were bet.
ter fOT tAe Ouomea Sugar Company
curing 1915 than for any previous year
10 the COmuany $ history, according TO
HBHua reports submitted 10 stock
hOldcrA al lheir annual meeting today,
Though the estimate Tor 1915 yield
was only l. 300 tons, actual production
ran 10 q $50 tons. as against yield
Ot I9.5ulf tons for 1914 During the
wear the company paid 30 per cent In
dividends amounting to S450,"on, the
MT profit for the year being $Sl@,h'9.
After paving dividends the balance
carried forward is %SH3s549, The
company OH December 81 had more
than SI25 090 cash on hand.
Depreciation for the year Is figured
Gl $32 SIS, and properties stand on the
books al $i,l$2, Az. During the year
$50 tons Of cane averaged one ton Of
sugar The following paragraphs are
excerpts from the annual report Of
John T.. Moir, manager oT 0nomea:
Crop 7915-The crop Of 1915. con
s!sting Of u 500 toGG o.. sugar was
harvested in 2l2 days. being slightly
over an average OF loo tons or sugar
per day for the season. We com
meuced grinding January i4tlh and
finished grinding September IS, with
cut any stoppages for field work or
accidents OF any sort worth mention
ing. Al times We had great difficulty
ia keeping the mill supplied, owing TO
exceedingly dry weather. We eN-
ceeded our estimate by large mar
gin, but have no particular excuse TO
otter. The increase was very wei
come. The fields yielded a higher
average per acre than ever before, and
the work accomplished by our mill and
boiling house was highly efficient all
OF which is very satisfactory from our
point Of view.
Crop tei6-The area 10 be har
vested this year amounts To in all,
4I36.5 acres, composed as follows:
1o21 acres plant cane, 1881 acres first
ration cane, 2S9 acres second ration
cane, IS acres third ratoOn cane. 1898
acres outside planters, plant and
latoons; total 1885, acres, from
which we expect to bag up in the
neighborhood of 1880 tons of sugar.
The prospects for this year, as COM
pared with the splendid results OBJ
tanned in 1915, are not nearly as
bright, in so far as the tonnage from
the fields is concerned, and we are
looking for a decrease in the yield OF
about one ton OF sugar per acre, Very
little tasseling has appeared so far,
but the stand OF cane, excepting on
one or two OF the lower fields. is not |
only thin but very short However, |
we hope this deficiency VIII be made |
up in high sucrose in the cane !.
"crop 1e17-Acreage under cultiya
tion for this crop Is as follows; Plant |
cane, 544 acres; first ratoon cane,
1927 acres; second ratoon cane, $50
acres; outside planters tplantl. 240.5 |
acres; outside planters tratoons), I
$50 acres; total, 3S16 acres.
The outlook for this crop is excel
lent, in fact, ii is the writer's be-
lief, that we have never had crop
sc far advanced at this season of tht
year. This alludes to both plant and
ratoons. We had ideal conditions all
the way through until we struck No |
vember. and in that month we had /
Sl.99 inches of rain. This is a lit
tie more than is necessary in our bust
ness. but all the same we have to put |
up with it and keep smiling The
heavy rain washed out ten water
heads and bridges, which will take us
some time TO repair.
Lining Land.
I'VE have applied 2555 barrels of |
lime during the year. We always get |
good results from the application of
this material, and only wish we could |
find time to apply more We hope
this year to give ccral sand trial on
some OF our lower fields, where trans
l,ortation will not cost too much-
cuitiyating Contracts.