The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-23
.ONOMEA CROP 10
Be RECORD0NE
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Manager Moir Reports Outlook
y For 1918 Crop Not SO
Promising I.

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| Onomea Sugar Company reported a
net profit for the year 1915 Of $780,.
4120O and dividends paid for the year
of &S25,000. Balance carried forward
from 1915 was 1893, $4,000 while the
balance carried from last year into 1917
was S90S,962.59. The book value of the
company's property stood at $l,l83.746
Mt the end of 1916 an increase of s3l )
29S.S1 over 1915. Bonuses paid 70
lnborcrs totalled 100000.
John 4. NOR, manager, in his annual
report points out that the 1916 crop fell
only fifty tons short Of the original
estimate Of 1880 tons while at one
time IL looked as though the crop was
going to fall 1000 tons short. The
quality Of work done in The mill and
boiling house, he adds, was the best yet
attained BY onomea.
The 1917 crop 10 being harvested
from 1874 acres, which is 266h acres
loss than harvested in 1916. The 1917
/ crop win be harvested from 544 acres
Of plant cane, 1898 Of first ration, 98l
of second ration and l125 Of outside
planters fields, plant and ration. The
report states: \
Crop Promises To Be Record II
1.-THE estimate we have placed on
this crop is l9,79S.3rtonsi Of sugar This
is figured out at the rate Of "a tons Of
cane per ton Of sugar, the total esti'
mated tonnage Of cane for the crop be
/ ing l06,307 tons. To al outward APP
pearances this should be our record
\ crop, but as very little stripping has
been done, IL 10 not so easy satisfying
yourselves as to what the yields will be
Very little tasseling has Appeared thit
4 year and the cane is still making Q
1 good growth.
! "The acreage under cultivation fol
the 1918 crop is as follows: 45lh aerel
plant cane, 1873 first ration, 1891
second ration, 281A outside planter,
1 (plant) and 1000 outside planters
i (ratoon). 80 y. 7"ts'E
Z. nThe outlook for the 1913 crop Il
not at all promising, owing to the ex
tremely wet weather that has prevailed
during the last four months; in fact
we believe this has been the worst
season for the young crop that We
have ever witnessed here. FIRST of all
we did not have enough labor to keel
i the fields clean and the mill going al
the same time, therefore we had +,
neglect the fields to keep the mill sup
piled. When the mill finished, tn,
weather was such that wedding ane
! cultivating did little or no good, tn,
growth of weeds being hardly checked
at all. The later cut fields have mad,
but little Roadway, and the results from
fertilizer applied have been anythin,
but satisfactory, owing to the exces
sive rains. FAX 80 . ~
Next Year Looks Discouraging -.
'Taking this crop all through, 1t i
very backward and not at all en-
eouraging; but we may get seasol
that will boost things along and max
! up for some of the lost time, only W
believe lot Of the fertilizer has bee
! leached out and gone beyond recall
1--WE are of the opinion that we hav
enough labor on the place, il we en-
|, only get the men to turn out regularly
For several months past, however, IA
number OF iabofers at work daily ha
J only averaged from fftyto sixty pe
cent Of our total force. ,i7 sif, IA
T. Our permanent fumes are in faifl
good shape. We have made but, fe,
additions this past year. The non-al
!, nvaI Of our fumes is handicapping u
in the matter of portable fumes and
our shipment does not show up soon
. will be rather serious. v
H. lowing to the delay in getting on
lumber, we lave not been able 10 max
improvements in the camps as planned
but expect to carry out this work dul
ing the coming year. 2s..Nl.
! cultivating oontracts Sighted II 81
During 1916 we let out under cult
waiting contracts 800 acres, ayeragin
one dollar per ton, not including hal
yesting. The laborers do not seem /
be anxious for cuitivating contract
nowadays.
Auto trucks still continue 10 Civ
|, good service, and we would be at los
to know how TO get along withou
them.p ~
The report presents the followin
table Of comparative cost per ton I
the crop Of 1915 and the crop Of 191,
|, leaving the matter Of purchase Of ear
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