The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-12
MISTAKES MADE BY GROWERS
Hawaiians Have Neglect
ed Their Homesteads.
Fine OurIoo< for Horne-s Some
Ecrss-szis Transferred
70 japanese.

Minister Cooper returned by the XII
uaz On Friday from Z trip among the
Ec-ez1sads ana coffee lands in the Hz-
zaS14 district During his absence he
was four days IN ths saddle. e4anin- /
tEE the coffee IN the lands far from
t1e read and he returns to Honolulu
with 4 clearer idea OF the coffee indus
III In the Eauakuz district 5han Is
possessed by any other CEzcIaI Of the
Government through ac-uzI observ1-
non
Minister Cooper i convinced that
cc@ee Is 81 right. and that It viii
eventually become Z great product IN
Hawaii. 1r-, Ike every new enterprise.
il VIII require study. care and atten-
ton frcn beginners In n interview
On SATURDAY Minister Cooper said,
The Ultimate success Of the COT
fes planter seems 10 be assured; Of
course there have been failures. but
uosc Of them are readily explained.
and II the future nay Dc prevented
These have occurred through want Of
k10FLeGge- and also through lack OF
personal attention u details. amount
Eg in so1e cases TO almost complete
i-dIE=rECcs- Z spent four days in the
saddle and personally inspected the
hCEss-eaGs from E1kai1u 10 Eo1okaa.
Several Of the failures are easily az
counted Tor. for instance
One nan was inclined 70 BE- dis
CCU-zEeC because his trees were max
Ing such poor returns and showed lack
Of FIgUE Upon inquiry IL was found
thar the land upon which the trees
were planted was 50 poor that It had
never groEu anything except scrub
0hIzs and low brush consequently, It
would not grow good coffee Another
nan has failed because he has set out
his grove with young trEss grown in
boxes which resulted IN the tap root
being distorted and curIed- 50 that It
vas impossible for II TO sand down
proper roots
AECCEE- mans grove was composed
OF uzlEzL trees II showed some eZ-
CeILeur trees and soEe very p0or ones
This vas accounted for. for the reason
IL
N the zUrsarT- He had not considered
II Of s1zcie-I importance To have Sc
IzCtz[ The thrifty trees and discarded
the p0or ones but simply took then
all Bur -Ez nan who has taken pains
60 use only The best trees grown from
selected sze6 and planted IL fertile soil
and has bean careful N his pruning
and cultivation and has Afforded SUI
winds shows what the ultimate result
VIII be- he Nsssrs- H0rEer are an
eEUpLs CT this They have many
acres Of Ens trees and every tTee Z
counreruzr- OF Us nsfEh1or. and al II
The most thrifty and fOUrishilg COL
=i-i1- Sane Of their older trees
Which are four years from the nursery
and I've Eezrs from the seed, are low
Yielding them 81 acreage Of four
pounds Of the uzrUred berries 70 the
re-
Through the courtesy q Messrs- Al
bert and Robert Homer, I was fur
EIzhed WITH the necessary horses and
EfI0-e5 about through al the h0ue-
stead Io-s that have been opened W
f1r settlement IN 1he Hznzkuz dis
triet- T1z results az the efforts Of Che
EozssreaCers are the sane as IN other
rurss II life Soue show { very in
different cG1ti-iGu- while others have
pr1EIzEzg outlook
Several q the early settlers have as
signed their rights 70 Jzpaneses who
trough Lhsir t111sTry- have establish
I'd for themselves comfortable hons
With 6ELlETl1g prospe-ls- WITH very
te- EEcsg-i1zz. the EOEEsrzzGz taken
ID hT EETziizEs show 10 material III
p-gTeuzzr Many Of the IotE occupied
BIZ Portuguese show nothing but q
evident t1ta1If11 Of occupying ths
land for house IotE- raLhsT than hone
s-ezfz- There are eLEsptiGus 10 this
however. and II several Instances vel
Izff-Cut gruuzds, thrifty trees s1l
Teu-kapt vegetable gardens sre tn
result
me houestzaGs which are How
sought for b American and European
settlers zre the larger tracts II being
f-1essfbIe far z man with family U
s-1uorr hfrszIf upon Z few acres
Were sufficient area has been allowed
To cradle Z nan 10 have small pad.
dock for pzsturagE Z place far his
vegetables and cereals and the remain
der for his co=ee-pIznh1g people viii
moderate means have established
rhe-seI7zs and zrs doing good Eori
r1fI6frz themselves comfortable h0ues
win nsztIT-zrrznzsd grounds aHt
wzII-supoinrsd buildings
without entering into thE HGch
-sred question Of shade protection q
eo-ee I heIfeTe many are making
Mistake hy cutting away TOO much O
the original forest ThEr6 f Gls poI1
rhzr seems TO b firmly established
and that Il that coffee must have pro
-eerfon from The prevailing winds, an
e far e nv obserTzrion g1es- pzrriz
shzde l. beneficial. The planters i
HsuzE-z district are fortunate IN Be
ing able Il grow the Monterey cypress;