Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-05
Says Mo|asses
Would Supply
Potash Needs
Hawaiian Cane Mills Lead in
Percentage of Extraction,
Planters Hear

Three reports. one by DR.. T. S. Nor
rls on MIL Data, one by II. ?. tIn'
halIOW. chairman Of tie committee,
on "CultivatiOn. Fertilization and lrrI-
gatiun OF lrri2ated Plantations, and
another by David Forbes, chairman OF
the committee on "CultlvatlOn and
Fertilization Of Unirrigated Pian;d-
tons" occupied the attention OF "a"
morning session OF the thirty.scEenth
annual meeting Of the la NLI.AA saga:
Planters aSSOClat on.
During a discussion on .i:e. report ty
Mr.. PenhallOw when the subject OF
fertilization was under consideration,
it was pointed out that if the D:Auta-
ton mills OF the islands combined in
the work OF extracting potash rom
mOlas. os sufficient potash could i'e
secured to satisfy the entire demand
Of the territory. This snggesuEn.
which came from J. y. S. Williams loi
lowing remarks by other members
present on their experiences IN secur-
ng potash from mOlaSeC>. Was gwen
considerable discussion before the
next topic OF the report was taken up.
In DR.. Norris report on "Mill Data
the fact that for the first tlu4e III tie
history Of Hawaiian sugar industry tho
average extraction for the past season
has been - per cent was brought ont.
DR.. Norris emphasized the fact that
Cuban sugar cane had al average -,
traction OF 81 and Java suga: cam an
average extraction OF 81 and - per
nH IN u
nOpsis of mill data are taken from the
annual reports of ii factories cmOrac-
ing all but one of the plantations IN
the association
The quality of the cane In The Ha'
waiian islands has increased said Dr..
Norris. The polarization is higher,
the percentage Of fiber lower and the
purity Of the juice is higher"
In concluding the report Dr.. Norris
pointed out that the losses by ba.
gaSse and press cake had beer re-
duCed to suCti low point that they
exceed the efforts Of any other sugar
growing country. Tie loss in mo-
lasses, he said, is. however, still high
and should have more attention in i'm,
proved machinery and methods and
c2largcments. The greater immediate
improvement, in his opinion, could he
brought by increased capacity in boil
ing houses.
The report submitted BY Mr.. Pen
hallOw on the subject Of "Cultivation,
Fertilization and Irrigation of Trri-
'atcd Plantations" marked the fact
that there had been several theories
On fertilization which had been upset
during the past season, chief of which
was that it had been found more salts.
factory to apply fertilizer in one large
dose rather than in several small
doses on a greet many plantations
His report also contained the news
that a system of lining irrigation
bitches with concrete without impair
ing their work at the time of lining
had been devised and a patent applied
for IT,
Included in the report we're letters
from John Hind, James Glib and
Frank Alexander, members of the com.
mittee.
The third report read to the morn.
ing session was that OF the committee
on "cultiYation and fertilization of I'M
irrigated plantations. David Forbes,
chairman of the committee, read the
report.
Just before the session closed
Chairman e. D. Tenney announced
that the Star-Bulletin would photo
graph the members present following
the close of the afternoon session and
jocularly advised all those who were
to attend the afternoon meeting to
come in their best clothes.
The afternoon session took up the
report Of the committee on cutting
loading and general trans portation,"
submitted by L. Weinzheimer, chair
man.