The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-10-30
PLANTERS IN COUNCIL.
The Planters Labor and Supply Com
pany - Organization and Hearing
RepOrts-The First Day.

At the annual meeting of the Stock
holders OF the Planters Labor and
Supply Company held at the office OF
the Company in the rooms OF the Cham
| Der of Commerce, Honolulu, October 20,
1888, at 10 o'clock a. M, President
| Baldwin in the chair. The following
! members responded to the roll call;
| H. P. Baldwin, President; II. +. Glade,
! Vice-President; P C. Jones, Treasurer
! f. 4. Schaefer, w. O. Smith, Secretary
! J. B. Atherton, Auditor; r. Halstead,
J. VI. Homer, Col Z. S. Spalding, L. K.
! Walker, E. c. Bond, S. w. Wilcox, ii.
| II. Wilcox, q. c. Williams, c. NJ. Cooke,
B. F. Dillingham;, H. NJ. Whitney,
representing 12,4 46 shares, out OF the
| total OF Is, 1875 shares represented by the
! Company.
The reading of the minutes OF last
meeting being next in order Mr.. W. o.
| Smith called attention to the fact that
thew had been published in the Planters
! Monthly and that only the minutes OF
! the special meetings needed to be read,
those OF May I'd and Of September oath
held at the office of H Hackfeld & Co.
in regard to correspondence of the Trus-
tees in relation to letter of Hawaii Anti
Asiatic Union to meet a committee OF
that Union, which were read and APP
proved.
Mr.. P. G.. Jones, Treasurer, on being
called for his report, asked that the time
for the reading OF his report be delayed
until the afternoon, which was granted.
Report OF Committee on Labor was
also delayed on account OF there being
no one present representing that COM
mittee.
Mr.. Z. s. Spalding moved that the
election of officers be proceeded with and
that the afternoon session be an execu
tive session for the discussion of the
condition of affairs of the Company.
Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Spalding the rules
were suspended and the Secretary in
structed to cast the ballot for the incum
bent trustees, with the exception OF Mr..
withdraw, Mr.. r. Halstead being selected
in his stead The trustees for 1889
now are: II. P Baldwin, H. F. Glade,
p. c. Jones, J. B. Anterior, C.M. Cooke,
Z. S. Spalding, r. Halotead and f. a.
Schaefer.
Mr.. J. NJ. Horner here read a report
on cane cultivation, which on motion OF
Mr.. Spalding was accepted and ordered
printed in the Planters Monthly.
No member OF the committee on cane
cultivation being present, Mr.. B. F.
Dillingham; presented his report Oh Live
Stock.
On motion OF Mr.. Schaefer the report
was accepted, and thinking it of so much
interest to stock raisers, also moved that
it be printed in the Planters Monthly
Mr.. Bad Vim ard Mr.. Spalding also
spoke in the same line with Mr.. billing
ham, and especially favored the raising
of hay on these Islands.
There being considerable comment in
regard to different grasses for feed, Mr..
Walker asked some few questions, and
then read short letter on the different
feed grasses from Mr.. Ernest Burchardt,
of which the following is an extract:
al have no great faith in any grasses
being able to resist the HilO grass, as
cattle will eat almost any other before
that and it so gets better chance than
the others. [ have seen fine crop of
clover come up where the HilO grass has
been burnt, but it was crowded out again
in a few years. To limited extent the
Hilo grass can be plowed out and better
seeds planted, but the former would in
time get in again. On land that could
be easily worked it might pay to do this
for pasture. | have cocksfOOt or orchard
grass growing well on fern soil under
Ohia trees. 1t seems to be rather a late
grass. 1t Is very nutritious. The seed
grown in New Zealand is very highly
spoken Of. Australian prairie grass also
does fairly well on fern soil here and
grows an immense crop on some MANFRED
land. 1t appears to be an early grass
A mixture of English grass is doing we'll
but have kept it cropped short. should
say rye grass was not worth planting, as
it is too expensive. a point to be at
tended to is sowing various grasses to-
gether to get a succession of good grasses
for long period. My prairie grass was
earlier than any of the others were. For
dry land l know of nothing to beat
manienie. Any grass that will grow with |
little rain and have better fattening
properties will be a great gain to u.s. We !
consider it good horse feed but very poor
stuff to fatten cattle"
Mr.. Spalding speaking further said |
that he thought that we ought to give |
more attention to grass-growing on the |
Islands as We are paying too much |
money into the hands Of Californians |
when that staple can just as well be |
raised here and at profit if gone into in |
the proper way. Our grass must be i'm |
proved. We raise too many cattle to the |
acre now, and cattle will starve rather |
than eat tough grass. Our grasses ought |
to be raised in smaller fields and raised |
we'll rather than in large fields and have |
a poor crop and one that the cattle will |
tOucb He thOT1Obt tbavy u,opto5 |
a grass that would grow like the Hilo |
grass.
Mr.. Dillingham; thought that a millet |
grass would answer the purpose perfect |
ly, provided it is put in in small fields, |
but not in large ones. Horses will leave |
California hay for the millet. 1t ought |
to be cut when green, when the seed is |