The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
Outlook For
Pioneer Mill
Is Promising

III Ills ItpOlI " llt S~iOChuOlubTS vi
the Pioneer Mill Company, at the an
nual meeting of the company held
this week, Manager A. w. Collins,
among other things says:
The plantation as a whole is in
good condition, and the prospects for
the future seem bright and prosper
ous."
The 1918 crop netted 1886 tons Of
sugar from 223,135 tons of cane har-
vested from 1872 acres of pant cane,
3575.8 acres of long and 1913 acres of
short %ratoons, a total area of 1926
acres. This was an average yield of
$50 tons of sugar and 1920 tons of
cane to the acre.
1T took 7.52 tons of cane to manu-
facture one ton of sugar, which is
higher than in previous years." said
Mr.. Collins; land is undoubtedly ac-
counted for by the check in growth
during the dry spell of 1917 and the
corresponding increase of growth
when the heavy rains set in"
The 1919 crop, says the manager,
suffered greatly at the beginning and
at the end from lack of water but
did very well during the months Of
January to August. The area con-
sists Of 1925 acres of plant cane and
1884 acres of ratoons, or a total of
4425.9 acres.
1--WE started harvesting on Novem-
Der 25," said Mr.. Collins, with the
prospect of fair juices. The heavy
rains during the latter part of Novem-
Der, and the severe storm of the first
week in December, however, changed
this condition. UP to February /,
1913, it has taken 8.26 tons of cane
to manufacture n tone of sugar. Up
to the same date we had harvested
1880 tons of cane. While the yield
in Kaanapali section is running up to
estimate with fair juices, the results
in Lahaina have not been so favor
able. This may be partly accounted
for by the prevalence of the yellow
stripe disease which is widespread
in the Lahaina cane of this section,
or may partly be the result Of the
heavy winds and rains"
Mr.. Collins said that the 1920 crop
was $50 acres less than 1918.
This crop looks well, he says, al
though it suffered a great deal from
the storm in December, which broke
the leaves and gave the young cane
a scorched and withered appearance.
About $50 acres of entirely new land,
recently cleared at Kahana, will be
taken into the 1921 crop.
A new crusher was installed for
the 1919 season, and two 335-horse-
power Badenhausen boilers were in
stalled in March of last year.
Up to February 1, 1919, the extrac-
ton has been very good, being 97.S1.
This shows quite an improvement on
the extraction of 1917 and 1918 which
were 97.25 and 1922 respectively.
During December 1860 IONS of SUI
gar were shipped and in January
1920 tons went forward.
The installation of a new electric
ally-driven 10000, 000-gallon centrifu-
gal pump, which is to take the place
of the old Worthington pump at the
Lahaina station, will be undertaken in
a short time.
Truck farming, as a whole, has been
quite successful.
Several pieces of land had been ac-
quired during the year, he said, and
the lease from the Bishop estate was
renewed for a period of % years. (
The loss of 100 men during a half
of the year, through the National
Guard and draft, naturally handicap
ped the plantation a great deal in its
work.
During the year, said Mr.. Collins,
68 new family houses were construct
in the various camps. 1t is the
intention to do considerable more
work of this kind, the aim being to
eliminate the old barracks style of
housing laborers and to build cottages
for a numher Of lahorerS who are |
now living in town under more or
insanitary conditions.
The auction sale of alien enemy
stock in Pioneer Mill Co., which was
approved on Saturday by the alien
enemy property custodian, means that
a much larger number of people are
now directly interested in Pioneer
than ever before.