The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
REPORTS
CROP CONDITIONS
Manager States That Grinding
Progresses FavorabIy Des-
pite Weather Z

Reports on the 1916 crop, the present
crop and the 1918 crop were submitted
to the annual meeting Of the share
holders of Pioneer Mil Company by
Manager Weinzheimer az foilows:
The area from which the 1915 crop
was harvested consisted Of l666.65
acres plantcane, 2s743O acres long
rattoons and sls.25 acres short rattoons,
Or of a total area of 4354.2o acres.
The average yield per acre was $500
tons of cane and 1852 tons of sugar,
showing gain of 3.54 tons of cane per
acre and a loss Of 0.O4 tons of sugar
per acre as compared with crop 1915.
1t took 0.51 tons more of cane to
manufacture one ton of sugar for the
1915 crop than during the previous
year. n MI sE
Grinding Started Late .s..........
We started grinding on December
II, 1915, or about one month later
han the previous year; this was due
o the late arrival of machinery. On
account Of this late start, and the I'M
'avorble harvesting conditions, the crop
vas not finished before September I,
'9l6, yielding a total output of 81, 752
'ons of sugar.
Although we ground about $4,000
ons of cane more than in any previous
rear, the output of sugar was AIT tons
less. ..|. ...' ..',. .s,- i. " ....
To the late grinding is due also a
considerable loss of weight of cane.
This Years Crop Suffers .. 30
The 1917 crop had an early start and
looked very promising at the begin.
ing of the year 1916; but il suffered
from the severe storms during the first
four months, and owing to the. poor
climatic conditions prevailing later on
it grew but slowly during the months
of June, July and August; only in the
months of September and October the
cane seemed to improve. 10, y...s 4.s
. We began grinding this crop on De,
cember 4, 1916, and up 90 January 81,
19H. we have harvested from 9S4.T5
lcres 5000 tons of cane, and have
manufactured 7l5S tons Of sugar judy
ing from the foregoing results il seems
hat my estimate will be realized, which
[ now place between $4,000 and $4,000
tons Of sugar. ....''.. - ..
Game Producing Well e. .ha D..
SO far, it took 1850 tons of cane to
manufacture one ton of sugar, or 80
'Ons less than up to the same date
turing the previous year. In spite of
he weather conditions, which have not
pe@n favorable for harvesting, we have
lot lost much time of grinding. "
. The 1918 crop consists of S90.50 acres
IHntcane, 3334.30 acres long rattoons,
md about 400 acres short rattoons, or
If total of about 1900 acres. On ac.
count Of the late grinding during 1916
'hls crop had a poor start and ! was
"nPble to plant as large an area as
had anticipated. We only finished
. l"nt'ng by the end of November, and
the rattOons were also late. The cane
of quite large area has not covered
in, ard the continuous rains will cause
's considerably higher expense for
wedding. - b..
Next Crop Is Behind .-s. . r =
The crop as q whole is behind, in
comparison with other years, and at the
present time, even considering the
larger area, it looks as il we could not
expect as good yield as m other years,
which is due mainly TO the larger area
If short rattoons. ~.
With all the improvements made dur
'ng l9l5l9l6 the mill work did not
come up to expectations. Although we
ground slightly more cane. with an, ex,
traction of about one,half per cent
higher than during other years. we ex.
Dected considerably better results. The
'uiGes were poor and the fiber seem
ugly Of poor fuel value, which was
probably due to the continuous rains.
The Williams shredder which we in.
stalled did good work. after good deal
Of experimenting. and has done very
good work so far during the 1917
season.
Everything else seems to work better
this year, also the juices are better; but
" the rain continues, falling of of
the Juices must be expected. IS 20
The extraction so far is about one
ner cent better than last year, and we
have also ground more cane ber day. y