Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-10-24
CULTIVATION OF GAHAIGRE
GREAT sICTESs ATTENDING TIE
sew CROP ron ARID LANDS.
sIgbt Thousand Acres In san Bernar
dino County TO he Planted
fannie cid Factory

4 late Coast paper contains a
,a.r,vtrh from San Barnardino, .
rJaunrnia, which states that wori
was commenced at Rialto in that
country hy the Wrst,rn Canajgre
Comreny Of Chicago on Septem-
ber oath. This company is plant
in 5000 acres Of LAM to canaigre.
1t bought out the collars i S ~
tropic Company, which built
Rialto. 1t will build q factory
Eor tue extraction f fannie acid
Grom the canaigrc + ot for ship
m mt Enst, and expects to secure
800 600 tons of cana:gre root tho
first year.
Adyices received from reliable
authority in Arizona and New
MeXico-whore canaigre is ind
genous-seem to show q2ite pos
ltively thlt this new tannic acid
plant responds readily to cultjva-
lion. ,.a nj that its:proftable produc
Jionon commercial basis has sprac-
lically passed the experimental
stage. says the Rural Calfarnian.
Paintings up to dat seem to in
dicate that a yield of from twelve
to r'ght Ell tons per acre can be
safely relied on under favorable
conditions, which is certainly
sufficient to be profitable # the
price shall continue from IS to %7
per ton, rs at present. Of canaigre
SOM 90 600 tons will be required
annually in this country alone to
take the place of the imported
gambler used at present.
Up to the present time nearly
all OF the canaIgre root finding its
way to market has been harvested
IN its vi d state, no systematic ef-
fort having been made to produce
It tas . cultivated crop, though it
has c, mmanded attention, and .
VIC bel eve number of plantations
nave been st rted. About 400
carloads of the dried and sliced |
root have been ship ed abroad
during the past few years from
Arizona and New Mexico, while !
the extract works situated Mt Dem
ing have exported considerable !
quantities of The essence to East
ern tanneries and abroad. In Glas-
gov, Scotland, the dried and slicrd
ro t is quoted at from S35 to $40
per ton. Constant cropping has
already played havoc with the
fields Of canaigre within reasonable
distance of the railroads, and un-
less husbanded and cultivated this
source Of supply will soon become
exhausted. 1t can hardly last
more than two years at Il pre-
sent rate of destruction.
The horticulture and agricul-
ture Of the arid region by means
of water development and irriga-
Zion is constantly nfording new
surprises and disclosing hidden
wealth from unexpected sources.
Thus we see canaigre-a species
Of dock-for years growing inno-
Gently by the wayside, its econo-
mic value unknown to man. But
now that the valne Of It's tannic
acid has been established it bids
fair to become a crop of the first
Importance t. the farmers of
large portion Of the arid West.
Being indigenous to those regions
ii fourishes with but little atten-
tion, is not so subject to ! ocular
Ities of soils and climates as many
other crops, and hence is more
certain to yield profitable returns
to the growers. Since the supply
Of oak and hemlock bark is being
rapidly diminished in this coun-
try, it follows as natural Sc
rluence that tanning material
must be secured from other
sources. The culture Of canaigre
IN a commercial basis seems to
offer a constant supply, profitable
alike to grower and consum or.
! he subject has commanded
-son attentlc in Calf mia, and
where 90 ,ditions are favorable,
its successful cultivation can be
rea, onably expected. We be-
Iieve there are portions of the
San Joaquin va ley where some
effort h b e n made to prod ice it
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