The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-08-23

day aud decreed that the Lors's day shall De day
OF rest This removed stumbling block from the
way OF those employed BY the government in en-
hrscing Chrisiianity.
:.ss ne tel y0u little about japanese tTlage.
Some one has said os ri,h land Tickle the soil with
hoe. Aad j, viii laugh si,h harvest" The fer
ty Of the cultivated land here reminds ne Of that
saying But let ne say at the outset, the proportion
o. arabic land to the whole surface, very SMALL
far as have seen. think, little if anything nore
than oae-iEsn,ieth. The mass Of ii Is hills and
mountains steep and erAggy that i, Is Of very 1t
lie use evea Fo- pasturAge. And an told that ii
Is general characteristics q the country. But to re
turn the lev land beng in aIuvial yc-y
rish, and tho1gh almost constantly cultivated, vet
being vel MANFRED retains its fertility I think
shev usually &c; orOps yesr fron the land
BET not CT the arto,e. They practise rotation
q e7ops.
Abr. shree months since I saw crop Of ree taken
oz. and now wheat OF harley is IN head on the sane
and The rec. hefare dead ripe, vas cur with =
very small sickle close 70 the Erouua and laid n
sEsths like Graded uhest OF rye Amer few days
it Was bsund in small sheayes OF handfsls. Then s
box With usohine Eke old fashioned hatehel ias
seaea on one edge Of IT, brought into the 6sld and
the sheaves one by were drawn throssh the ma
chine and tie teeth o. which. were il = single row
were sci . close l. each osber.f the paddy vas
. WruCGSs Al4 lEl0 TIE OK
straw then boznd II good SIZED handles and
stacked OF shocked. Occasionally Ii was stacked
around the bodies of tall sil trees, the branches be
ins al removed. Bat the stacks were unique, being
Of the sane diameter rol top &c bottom and IS .
feet high The shocks are merely capped io shed
rain The straw Is used for fodder tharca. e-c OF
the straw bags made. not by braidinE be; by
iur Il tightly together Uisps Aai II these variety
o. dry bgky articles transported. Into sacs. the
paiiy is PCT and carried by pack animals usually
a., ~
Wheel IN i turned by water. hroaght by scuedUei
70 the OVERSIGHT wheel which is from 10 10 - large
pesios that fall into tie sane number Of tabs or has
las each containing abont halt hushel o. paddy.
When the hall Is ali looseaed by Poaadins the rec
sfsed OF washed cut, bsgseS and earned home 10
market; I ihlk very little paddy Is hpliel BY manual
labor IS in Honolulu. bat have seen !; done.
I s4~ : crop q rec taken Of. and in abou; three
weeks the cround had been dug and thea with
very primitive poE drawu by heller o. COW. thrown
into ridges about three feet vide Is 70 Is inches apart;
AID planted with two rows Of wheat OF barley abou;
apart in drills These ridges though occasion
ally straight generally slightly curved NAT
ter q taste The furroWs enable the oWuer, Wiihaui
hurting the grain, % keep doSu weeds, grass, etc
And they do 1t thoroughly. one who had Travelled
considerably, Saws their fields. patches rather being
usually les than acre in extent seem ike well
kspt gardens. s. they appear 70 ne, and they pre-
s5nt beautiful sight
Bat to foreigners walking o. living near thea there
Is 8 seroas drawback. In msuuring, they use freely
aishi SOL and uriue. spreading them the surface
q the erouad loading tie air with their odious eU
v5un- TIE japanese. as Is said Of the DR;ch, seen
20 have 10 sense q smell. This kind OF mannrinc is
believed - have serious efos; the which lies
only 10 OF Is feet below the surface Hence some
viii not drink unless boiled filtered, and L IS said
the same mode Of mznuriug prsetisei in the soath
err part of China and hence the uniform practise q
the Chinese TO boil Ezssr before using II
As above remarked. this country Is exceedingly
billy AID She arabic part usually sloping and hence
requires So many terraces tha; it Is eat into snail
psoes sad seems require manual labor rather than
uachinery for Its cultivation. rae.