The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-22
YEAR IS GOOD FINANCIALLY but
NEXT CROPS HARD HIT BYDROUGHT
Maui Agricultural Company Feels Effect Of Protacted Dry Spell
of Last Sunmer-laFge improvements Are
Made During Past Year 49,, ...,,,

While Maui Agricultural Company
had a, s.! satisfactory year from q finan,
trying oRe, And ia5s and 1913 crops
viii both ,shsE Che eitscts ~ tle Severe
drought of l2l 4 fhffe report IF Man,
.sger II, A. Baldwin ives pbesehted to
the, stQclsh9ld ers sOf the company held
at the ofIies AZ The. q gent Of the com.
paby, Alexander \ baldwin, yesterday
BY reason of, al early Start and an
early completion ,0f We 1917 harvest,
Maui Agricultural Company was able to
bag 10000 tons faiist al cstimated
crop Of ,36, 500. on this, oyef ana above
pa %aFs .sSa expenses tes company net
,o T. S Ss1 ths si manager sgs said
'@TSs asSaeht did ..srSse asSnage to
this crop. During III OF me best grow,
ing season the ,fiel IS az TOO hisA an ele-
Sation, to De, irrigat va Nj R pump water
suffered sessfeiys ssofne going I5p days
without an sirrif ioH. ana with very
little rain. ws raised U 'hatufity for
ssss assss Il rSt ssS tStsf n 4 Si
HcITes, Wn l,sS3tH ~ NV 9cfehke eNeI
dry year made A anfertlpa IL Sohbina-
ti6h, With y, tdihafy weather condi-
tons we could have e4pected Crop Of
ut least 10000 tons, but probably the
Yield win not bempeh over ia 900 tons,
depending % the quality Of the juice.
We did not begin harry esting until Jan
nary 2 80 as 70 permit tie eSne u grow
for as long Ss possible, SO far the
Juices have been Exceeds deIf low in su-
ctose aud purity, But most IL the cane
has not thsselIed and Is Still growing.
This extra growth may make up for
r ,SSa n 9s,ss' ) crop ~ haze 1870
FF9r this Saop We AaSs 1880 acres
of plant cane and 2f7s acfes 81 tptoons
"a totai Of 4265 'ssres.. % We had plan,
ned to carry on.abopt 500 Acres Iaore of
fato6ns hut lost it on account Of the
dry weather. We commenced planting
at fhe end Of March and put in go
acres by the middle Of July, when we
had to stop for lack Of water. Since
that time we were able to plant. prae;
tically nothing until the latter part Of
November and did not finish until De-
eember 81. All Of the replanting in
the ratoons, and there was a great deal
of it, was very late. The last field
planted is a field of 300 acres of virgin
land in the Kailua section between
Paia and Keahua, which should do well
under favorable conditions because of
the richness of the soil.
1920 Crop
"We plan to plant about 1000 acres
and will ration enough to bring the
total up to about 1900 acres which,
think, is all we should grow for any
one crop unless we increase our pump,
ing plant.
Forestry Work
eve have continued the forestry
work as in the past setting out 350y0OO
new paintings and $4,000 replants.
Our work in this line has resulted 10 a
splendid forest growth in the Kaihili
region, where the land was hare of
trees, protecting our fee simple water
sources and providing firewood for
pla ntatioR uses.
Considerable has been done in the
way Of improvements in the past gear
which are and will be Of great value
to the plantation.
Cement Plant
"This was completed and WIS put