The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1856-07-24

Mr. EDIroR.l notice in your paper of the 18th inst; that your
CORRESPONDENT NJ. tries (as has been customary in the month OF
June or July to gavanise thatbody, named the IL. ia .
NJ. saws " that more interest must be manifested in its be-
hall. Of ii won't exist" And what of it? VIII Dir. NJ. or any
o. have the kindness to enIighten your readers, why sail OBJ
staele# should be overcome to aid in the prosperity of a society
uhicElh done nothing yet of any lasting benehtto the agricul-
tursss. "f this Society IS to flourish . Why, it is
E~nouxshin. too: much. The Society is making its fortune.
Ia So the report says 4" we have added $500 to our permanent
fave<snlent - in '55 again, "we shall add $1,000 to our invest
ment p merchants and non-agriculturists contribute most rber-
aly 70 support q society, which ought to be a benefit to the
country the government in a true spirit of Hberaity places an
nuaIy $500 of the peoples money at its disposal, in the hope
that the people at large should reap the benefit Of it, and what
Is t,supshot of it ?-the society is hourishing, adding every year
Its $500 to $1,000 to its permanent vestme MGnent-there
they Iay.
good is it to the agricuIturist that the R. II. A. s. has
SONS $400 or $500 in permanent funds. Were it not better
That the iron safe were every year empty, and some new fruits,
some new vegetables, some new animals, some new flowers, etc,
were becoming generally known and reared on these islands.
Mere it not better that the Society should risk some money in
expesiments, which if they should fail, would be but little loss,
and f they should stand the test, would confer an enduring
benefit on the country? Mr. NJ. calls on the agrculturist to ex-
et himself in behalf of the society; but uice versa, the agricultu-
rst cals on the society to exert itself a little more in his behalf.
II yea want the agriculturist to- furnish your exhibition room
With the produce of his labor, give choice seeds, new plants and
fuits 70 the gardener, new kinds of grain to the farmer, new
sEDWeRsseds to the ladies. Aye, sir, then can you expect some
thing from us, and we will gratefully give you the best speci-
A1[11 VI Jul S1S hNA idOA- hCf"CAtS oh II EN4IS nav ONNA IC-
scented to the society. Which one has ever been acted upon
Except some stock, some pigs and twenty-eight dollars worth of
sCarolina potatoes, has Anything else been introduced? Whyi is
II that the plantain has never been imported, or wherefore have
no experiments been made to import and grow the sheepcut, the
coeoe. the cotton and numerous other plants genial to this eli
matt Natives pick thousands of pounds of pulu. Would they
got cheerfuly pick the more money making cotton? Why
has the Cherokee rose. than a better hedge never grew in the
South, never been tried Why has no experiment been made to
counteract the ravages of the worm? Why have not a hundred
or tho ofdolars been expended to import some birds, or at least
. New barrels of poudrette, which is said to be a sure remedy.
Reports have often said that the horse riding of the native wo-
men in their Camanche fashion, is very injurious. Why don't
the society on their annual fair days, institute some races, for
woraen and award high premiums to the best side-saddleriding
woman, and Camanche riding would soon give way, provided
premiums are liberal. Why not have ploughing matches, and
pay the best premiums for a useful plough horse, and to the ex-
pert ploughman, and it won't be long before you win find good
native ploug:men, always provided your premium is worth his
uhis- Why not award premiums to him, who can handle his
hoe the best, and Danish that internal 90, and raise the native
from e6 his laGnches. If the society had expended $1,000 for
che above premiums, and been the means of making only 100
good pioughmen and smart hoers, they would have conferred a
lasting benefit on the agriculturst. Why does the society hold
their fair in comparatively little rooms, where people are
vedgad in like mackereI!
Why don't the society awaken some general interest on the
day of The fair, and make it a national holiday, which is looked
for, ike per ex the 4h Of Julyi by young and old. Why not pur-
chase Lee & Marshalls Circus, place it on the plains, with its
streaming flags, its merry music, its racing, ETC., surrounded by
thousands of bright faces. Has the society no money to do so
Leave OFF printing transactions. Printing and binding go tran
saetlons, S579, receipts s. so. Rather small profit that. Prac-
ticalu to the agricuiturist, none at all, not even a recipe
against the turnip fly. Ergo, money might be saved by pub
fishing the needful and really good reports in the columns Of a
newspaper or extra.
HWhy--bute enough Of why. L have already encroached
toomech on the limits OF your paper. If I have made some
mistakes in my remarks, L win stand corrected. The society is
shortly going to meet perhaps they will do something this
year, and import some new kinds of seeds and fruits, that
another exhibition may be something. AS lam a practical ag-
ziculturist, have been one most all my life, and am one with
aesft and soul. I thCu ubt IL would not he sn;ss 40 0lan1 n bon5
ct gaiyanising" HOG.