The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-11-17

few trees scattered around would
have perceptible influence on the
rainfall. 1t seemed to him the most
they could do was to spend few
dollars in raising such trees as would
grow here. His experience was that
fruit trees from California would not
grow or produce on his land. He
had got very fair peaches of trees
imported from Australia. Olive trees
had grown but there was not an
olive on them. He would be glad to
see every coffee tree in the islands so
loaded with fruit that it would be
hard to get people to pick it. He
had carried coffee all the way from
Kauai to Paris which had only cost
him 4 pound Qaughter). Not one
of his trees escaped the blight.
When Mr.. Forsyth, who claimed to
be an expert, was here some years
ago he went to the speaker, who
offered him every facility to plant
acre after acre, with the promise of
giving him all the money required
and block of stock for nothing,
once he proved that coffee could be
grown successfully. Mr.. Forsyth
replied that he was not there for en-
tering into any such speculation,
but if he was given $500 month he
would go to work at coffee planting.
The speakers answer was that there
we're plenty of people in this coun-
try who would plant coffee on such
terms Qaughter).
Mr.. Cooke spoke of the value of
the algeroba, instancing the increase
at Waianae from two trees to hun
dreds of acres thereof in a few years,
and told of California visitor who
took away some of the beans to try
them as fodder.
Mr.. Walker asked for information
regarding the woodpecker, with a
view to its utilization as an insect
ivorous bird for the eradication of
noxious insects and blights.
Mr.. Marsden said the jungles in
India were alive with woodpeckers.
Mr.. Lowrey thought the bluebird
would be useful importation. 1t
was soft-billed bird. He thought
it would be hard to get the wood
pecker here alive in captivity.
Mr.. Horner returned to the debate
with the opinion that this was an
unusual year, the celestial water
wagons coming along more fire.
quently than in former years. But
they might be assured that, notwith-
standing the new forests, Honolulu
would have dry seasons yet.
The report took the usual course.
Mr. w. w. Hall read the report
of the Committee on Tea and Coffee
Cultivation. 1t was not feasible as
yet to present statistics, but Mr..
Miller, manager of the Hawaiian
Tea u Coffee Co., was preserving
data as to production which would
be valuable. Altogether there was
1000 acres under coffee in North and
South Kona, most of it old and not
well cultivated nor it's product pro-
perly assorted and cured. The HI.
T. & G. Co. had 12O acres planted
and would add 80 acres next year.
Messrs. Horner, Barnard and others
had engaged in coffee planting in
Hamakua. In the Hamakua and
North Hilo districts there is about
10 acres planted, of which 35 acres
is beginning to bear. In Puma 10C
acres is in coffee, only small part
of which is in bearing. Statistics OF
coffee production for % years Tin
Guiding 1892 thus far were given
The exports for those years amount
ed to 1,S06,754 pounds. Although
this was supposed to be coffee.
growing country, we imported $751;
627 pounds of coffee more than we
exported since 1881. eff the Legis.
lature of 1888 had not foolishly kill
ed the bill asking for assistance in
starting the cultivation of coffee on
large SCALE" says the report, "and
after the most approved methods
the coffee industry would have beer
| just four years ahead of where it is
now, and we should not find our
selves in the deplorable situation we
are now in, with all our eggs in one
basket" Again it says: at woulc
be of great benefit to all who wish
to plant coffee, whether small hold
ers of lands or large companies, tt
have a Coffee Planters Union estab
lished for the purpose Of collecting
lulOTludtiOu anu StdUlSUlCS Oh Uils
subject, and of giving such informa
ton to all coffee planters on thu
islands"
In regard to tea the report has thu
following: "The only report we cal
make in regard to the culture of tel
in the islands is that little is grow
ing at Makaweli on Kauai and
small patch at Kukuihaele planted
several years ago by Mr.. Purvis. l
is doing very we'll but is not being
utilized in any way. The only at
tempt at tea culture on seal
to be of any use to the country ha
been made by the Hawaiian Tea 4
Coffee Company. A nursery ha
been planted with seeds from Cey
Ion and the trees have done finely
Five acres have been cleared ant
planted at an elevation of abou
1000 feet, and Mr.. Miller writes tina
! they are doing finely. Five NOR
acres will be planted next year whe
, the plants are large enough. A GRO
can be expected from tea plants i
two years after planting. The CON
pany is also planting cocoa, G
chocolate plants, and intends plant
ing on large scale if they do wei
: Rv HAVING a yariatu of orons n LARGO