Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-14
splendid GAINS
Shown IN REPORT
OF EVA company
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paragraph, the two lower yielding for
eign varieties are beng replaced with
the local H-109, and. in the course or
a few years, reliable comparisons may
be made between Hawaiian varieties.
This wifi settle the matter -..: -.
THE Apokaa Sugar Company, Ltd,
cane ground at the Eva mill during
1916 produced 1925 tons sugar, in
creasing the amount manufactured for
the season at the Eva mill to 3D.
s37 .731 tons. ....-..
Owing to the delay caused by the
heavy rains OF the last winter season,
the completion Of this crop was re-
tarded about a month, and grinding
was not finished until September il
last. AS a whole, however, it was
satisfactory and profitable campaign
Optimistic en- 1917 Figures +.
The estimate made in December for
this years yield, the manager says,
was for 4249.35 acres 81 ,6l0 tons, and
this Is conservative. There Is every
Indication Il will 90 over that amount
but how mucn he cannot say. There
seems to be an encouraging quantity
OF stalks in the fields and the sucrose
in the cane thus far handled is about
! per cent in excess OF last year. at
even dates. Another factor he con-
siders that there ts approximately 700
acres less in D-1l35 and yellow Gale
Ionia and that much more in Lahaina
eud HOO At the date Of his
re9ort $685. acres cane had been
ground, the estimate on that area had
been placed at 3.675.9S tons of sugar
hut the actual yield had been 4163.S5
or 428.4T IN excess of his estimates.
Fairly heavy rains had hampered anu
there had not ceen manufactured to
date as much as had been anticipated.
Relative to H-109 the report says:
Whatever HOG may be used for
this purpose does not matter much,
because it will we'll repay us to sup
plant with il ali of the D-1135, most OF
the Yellow Caledonia and any Lahaina
fields attacked with the trouble to
which it succumbs and which this
hardy variety resists. II is expected
that IoG0 acres of Hoo will be set
out this year. Practically the entire
area Of plant cane for 1918 is of H-109.
or this variety this plantation has now
under cultivation $500 acres which,
with the 1900 or more acres by the
end Of this year. This is a very com
forting fact.
Output Runs Well Ahead
Relative to output thus far this year
the report shows:
ITO date of writing 4635. AS tons
sugar have been manufactured, as
against 1854 tons in 1916, and sucrose
in cane has averaged 1878 per cent
as against l1.37 per cent last year.
The new settling tank system in
stalled last November has proved OF
ample capacity, and is an economical
and up-to-date equipment.
The reinforced concrete stack, $50
feet high and feet diameter, erected
at the close of last season, is eminent
ly satisfactory and will provide plenty
of draught for the present high pres
sure water tube boilers and also for
the two new ones TO be erected as
soon as they are delivered from the
factory These new boilers are to be
Of the Stirling type.
with this increase in boiler pow
er, the completion of the new 35-ton
vacuum pan now being manufactured
by the Honolulu Iron Works, and four
additional filter presses soon to be
delivered, think the Eva mill will
be able to handle efficiently and eco
nomically 1900 tons cane per day"
Bonus System Satisfactory
Relative to the bonus system il is
said that the amount paid last year
was a charge of $7.75 a ton on sugar.
There was very little disturbance on
bonus pay day and there is no doubt
that the very liberal payments from
the extra profits arising because Of
the European war has had a good
effect on the laborers.
The following figures for 1916, 1917
and 1918 crops are given:
Crop 1916
i-Piant cane, 1885 acres: long lst
ratoons, 1057.S0; long End ratoons,
927.59; long Ord ratoons, 360.58; long |
It'll ratoons, 1904; short ratoons, |
6eS.O3; first short ratoons, 1873; sec
ond short ratoons, 1874: volunteer !,
cane, .6S. Total Eva Plantation Com
pany. 4l72.69 acres.
PLANT cane, 1.S0 acres; long 1st ra-
tocns, 1l2.7S acres; second short ia.
toons, 9.01 acres. Total Apokaa Sugar
Company, Ltd, 1889 acres.
Crop 1917
Plant cane, G45.S1 acres: long LIST
ratoons, 1880 acres; long End ra-
toons, 273.55; long 3rd ratoons, 6S.iE.
long, 4th ratoons. 1i4.76; long 5th ra-
toons, 124.44; long 9th ratoons, 705.37: !
long eth ratoons, 1850; short ratoons,
452.SC; first short ratoons, 257.5S; |
second short ratoons, 1874; third ,
short ratoons, 1888. Total Eva
Plantation Company, 4249.35 acres.
Long lst ratoons, 52.61 acres; short
ratooLs, lass; third short ratoons,
sol. Total Apokaa Sugar Company,
Ltd, I76.29 acres.
Crop 1918
PLANT cane, 1392.S9 acres: long 1st
ratoons, 54S.70 acres; long End ra-
tocns, 4I3.1O; long 3rd ratoons, 396.10;
long 4th ratoons, 370.57; long It'll ra-
icons, 1914; long Sth ratoons, 1884;
chart ratoons Qa0 (annr0ximatn aFeal /