The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-11-17

should be no particular limit to the
blowing. II depended on the charac-
ter of the soil. He had been blowing
the same land for twelve years. He
had plOwed as deep a. he could with
cattle, and then with the steam pillow,
and he found that going deeper he
got a ton more to the acre. He per
fectly agreed that the subsoil must
not be brought 10 the surface.
President Young asked Mr.. Horner
if lie would not pillow 9 inches if that
were the depth of the surface subsoil.
Mr. HOrner did not know that he
would. The first } or s inches were
the richest.
Hon. J. b. Anterior said Mr. Chaplin
divided field of $50 acres into three
sectiOns-plOwed one in the ordinary
way, fertllized another, and double
plowed and double cultivated the
third. The third came out clear
ahead.
Hon. II. p. Baldwin thought both
Mr.. Homer and Mr.. Spalding were
right. 1t depended on the soil. With
a deep soil il paid to pillow deep. Ka-
uai was the oldest island and had
pretty deep soil. The mass of the
roots were foot down and deeper.
Plainly the soil must be softened that
deep. At Paia they had got heavier
crops by blowing deep than they got
with ordinary blowing where the
land was virgin. They cultivated
deep in California in order to cut top
roots and drive them deep. The
speaker went on to say that these dis
cussions We're very useful. \ few
years ago people thought il necessary
tp t1f In ffr,a la no
Through discussions in this meeting
that idea and other mistaken ones had
been abandoned.
Mr.. HOrner said that in the case
mentioned by Mr.. Atherton, at Ko-
hala, it was not possible to say how
much was due to deep blowing and
how mnch to thorough cultivation.
The report was accepted.
Hon. j. \. :. Williams presented
the report of the Committee on Ma
chinery.
Col. Spalding, in reference to the
valuable boiler introduced by Mr..
Hind, and which had been referred to
in the report, wished to speak of his
great Indebtedness to Mr.. Young for
the great improvement which he had
made in that boiler.
Mr.. Baldwin thought that with the
diffusion chips perhaps single instead
of a combination boiler would give
the best results. Eva and Makaweli
were going on that theory.
Col. Spalding explained the ground
of his preference for the combination
boiler.
President Young said the Company
was under great obligations for Mr..
Williams valuable report. Mr.. Kinds
boiler was the best to-day for macer-
alton trash. He had recommended
for years firing under the tubular
boiler.
Mr.. Williams thought eventually
the diffusion chips would eventually
! be sufficient fuel without coal. AT
present they were not properly burn
ed, so that they did not develop as
| much heat rs was in them.
Col. Spalding said at Kealia they
used about one ton of coal to six tons
! of sugar.
The report was accepted.
The Committee on Transportation
reported that there had been no new
developments in transportation dur
| ing the past year.
The report was accepted.
J. f. Hackfeld presented the report
! Vi lIIc committee On Il Cl CliIAcIS, Will
a number of letters from planters.
Mr.. Marsden wanted q committee
appointed to inquire in what form the
concentrated elements of fertilizer!
could be got, to avoid paying freigh
OH dirt.
Col. Spalding said if Mr.. Marsdel
would go and see A. Z. Cooke h'
would get the Information he wanted
At noon an adjournment was takef
until p. NJ.