The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-02
M'DRYDE EXPECTS
LARGER YIELDOF
next YEARI'SCROP
Annual Report Shows Present
Harvest Is Running Over
Estimate
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
ARE PLANNED FOR FACTORY
Company's Financial Condition
Is Better BY Profits Of
Prosperous Year

McBryde Sugar Company's annual
report, sent out TO stockholders in ad-
vance of the annual meeting to be held
today, outlines good prospects for the
present crop and estimates an even
larger yield for the 1918 crop than was
harvested last year and in 1915. Ex-
tensive mill improvements are planned.
Stating that fairly good weather pre-
vailed last year with the plantation
well supplied with water, F. A. Alex
ander, manager reports as follows on
on the crops:
AS stated in my last report the
1916 crop represented total Of 1858 IS
acres which includes the areas of the
outside planters. G.
Warm, wet weather kept the untas-
seled cane growing, resulting in poor
quality of juice. ......
"We manufactured l5,74O.625 tons
of sugar which was 259.375 tons under
cur original estimate.
Crop Exceeding Estimate
"We started harvesting the 1917
crop on December Is, 1916, and up to
the present time the fields have run
slightly over our estimate in cane and
sugar. ". =.
"The tasseling of the D-1l35, I.ahai-
ma and Hawaiian seedlings was very
uniform. Our Caledonia cane has shown
very few tassels. rs-S z, . -. g.,
1.-THE II 100 has given us our best
juice, excelling the Lahaina ratoons and
D-ll35. We expect about the same
yield as harvested in 1916.
o. q GnlI L.. IS
have received plenty of water and the
high temperature has helped keep the
fields growing. We find our H 1903 and
D-ll35 in exceptionally good condition
for this time of the year.
This crop should give us a larger
yield of sugar than we realized from
our 1915 or 1916; crops.
To Extend H-1o9 Area 81 49,. -. .
"The steam plows have already first
plowed many of the 1919 fields. We
expect TO start planting early this year
covering about the same area as during
1916.
"We plan to spread the H.l09 az far
as possible especially in our lower
fields"
With balance carried forward from
1916 Of 1865, 356O3, as against 1860,
3530I from 1915, tine report of J.
Waterhouse, treasurer, states as fol-
lows:
IThe net profit for 1916 was $780,
207.99 Out Of this profit $5O,0O0O0
was paid to the trustees for the bond
holders, in accordance with the terms
Of the trust deed, and $42,000.00 was
paid in preferred stock dividends and
SI65, GOA 90 in common stock dividends.
In addition TO these payments the note
for 1852 400, 90. made in order 10 pur-
chase the stock of the Supnr Fuctors
Companv Limited wos maid
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.o,s;darablo notosh t,,Ii.b NC sro noyy
an,lI,,ing IN tho orou,ino .roT
1Sinee stortirS tho Io17 iron ali de.
nartments of 1be mill have RIM
smoothly.
liTbe new turbo generator set was
started December % 1915. giving DOW.
or and Iights for the Kauai Railway
Company tho .nnmn;ng stations and
tba mill
70 Clear More Land
rAs stated in nv last report the
main improvements for 1916 consisted
81 clearing land aud reservoir enlarge,
ment -.