Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-23
Rains RAISE LEVEL OF WELLSAT
EVA 1890 FEET ABOVE SEA Level

/ the season on December 20 last, by
| the stormy weather that has prevailed
since that date. For instance: In the
month of January of this year. the fac
! tory ground for but II days and even
then at reduced speed. During the
past few days, however, with fine
weather, the mills have have handled
/ 1869 tons cane per day with an ex-
| traction of sugar of 1856 per cent in
/ milling, and 1t is the intention to push
the manufacture as rapidly as possible
to make up for lost time. Taking Feb
fuary 9th of each year as even dates
for comparison, there we're manufac.
tured of 1915 and 1916, crops 642S tons
and s3479 tons respectively. Neverthe-
less, with the improvements to the fac
tory plants installed, during the lat.
| ter part of last year, q greater guam
tity of material can be handled just as
efficiently as before. -. +. =. IL
Crop 1917. -. -. -.-... i.
These fields present a very favor
able appearance have not seen for
years on this estate a crop which
promises so well. The canes are
larger and the fields lock greener,
With average conditions the yield will
exceed that of either 1915 or 1915 be-
yond the shadow of a doubt. Almost
all the plant cane forc1917 is of H-109,
which has given heretofore excellent
results in our experiments.
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Sucrose IN Canes. =: X
"a series of experiments is being
conducted for the purpose of deter
mining the greatest quantity of sue
rose in Seeding canes at different
times during harvesting to enable the
plantation to grind canes in the first
portion of the harvesting season that
have the highest percentages OF sue
rose. A number of Hawaiian seed
lings flower freely and early, and
show a higher percentage of sugar
early in the season than any of the
standard varieties that we now have,
either Lahaina or Yellow Caledonia or
Demerara 1885. Among the early rip
ening varieties at this place H-167,
H-227, H-27 and H-20 are showing up
well. The cane known as 'Badilla'
also ripens early, but the quantity Of
cane per acre is lower than normal.
OF course, it follows that with the Sc
lection of early ripening canes will
come also the determination of late
ripening canes, and 1t is hoped that
when the experiments will have been
completed the plantation can so ar
range its planting and harvesting that
fields may be ground when at their
best, and the mill kept working from
start to finish of crop on canes that
have the most surcrose at time of har
vesting. T.
Seedlings. .....-
In fields of cane and especially in
the fields of Hawaiian seedlings, there
we're found during the early part OF
the year 1915 several hundreds of
cane seedlings which had sprung up
with no attention whatever These
were planted out. During the past
month of this year number have
again been noticed, which also have
seeded themselves. In addition to
these the plantation staff has over
1000 seedlings growing from 1916 crop
flowers which have been propagated |
with the idea of obtaining some cross
between the old Lahaina and one OF |
Tile Nl5OIOuS
Legumes. -...
TT is the intention of the manage
ment to carry on extensively, in the |
future, the cultivation of leguminous |
cover crops to be plowed under in the
fields before planting. There is now
on hand enough of seed-Sann Hemp,
Jack Bean and Mauritius Velvet Bean
for several hundreds Of acres this
year. About so acres of land has been
set aside and is now growing these
three leguminous plants for seed to
be used before planting in 1917. There
can be no doubt of the benefit of these
cover crop, together with whatever
field refuse in the shape of leaves we
may pillow under, if the practise be
continuous.
improvements.
The addit-Jns 20 permanent equip
ment for the year 1915 amount to
S127 III 16 Tho GREATER norfioD of l.