Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-04-15

Station in Honolulu is greatly
felt" says Commissioner Marsden
in his biennial report. "New 10.
dustries to occupy land ursuila
BILE for coffee, sugsr and rice
would Prove of the utmost value
to the country. Small cultures to
go hand in hand with the coffee
industry, and which will enable
the planters to employ al the year
round sufficient number of
lahorers SO that when the picking
season is on be will have at his
command enough hands to gather
the crop without loss.
During the past year the Com
missioner sent a superior quality
Of Castor Oil beans to every coffee
plauter iu Puma and Olaa dis
trirts, with the hope that not only
would this plant prove valuable
AS shade for young coffee trees,
and also prove a profitable crop
to grow for the oil, which is
staple article in the markets of the
world. Once prove that castor
oil is a paying crop and many
would at once engage in it's cul-
ture, but until that fact is demon
strated no one will pay serious at
tention to it.
Another industry that is full
of promise is the growing of Sea
Island cotton. For some years
past persons have now and then
planted path of cotton with th e
only result of proving what was
kuownt years ago, viz that the
pant finds a congenial home in
this country. What is wanted is
The knowledge of whether or not
cotton, or any other economic
plant, can be cultivated with pro-
tit with the kind and price of la
Dor obtainable IN these Islands.
Private individuals seldom have
the means or inclination to carry
on any experimental cultivation
to complete conclusion aud pre-
serve all the data that would serve
as guide to others. 1t is posi-
ble that many economic plants
may eventually be made profitable
to cultivate, and thereby diversity
our products, but much careful
experimenting will have to be
done TO determine the best methods
aud cost of cultivation, before re
commanding such plants for eco
nomir culture in this country.
All such experimental work
should be done by the Govern
ment; all that is needed is the
funds to carry on the work. The
Bureau of Agriculture is in pos
e-sion of suitable tract of land
for an Experimental st ton, and
although the amounts need, d to
start the work have been voted, first
by the Provisional Government
and afterward by the Legislature,
unfortunately the items were
placed in the list of moneys to be
paid out OF current receipts and
have not to the pres ent time been
available. An estimate of the
cost of startir G the Experimental
Station and carrying it on for the
ensuing biennial period has been
prepared, and l would ask that
the same be submitted to the
Legislature with the recommends.
ton that it pass.
"As in former reports the Com
missioner would again strongly
recommend the moving of the
Reformatory school to the site of
The proposed Experimental sta
tion. There the boys could be
~mployed and taught how to cul-
tivate the soil. With the hours of
the day properly apportioued to
school and work at the station, the
boys would learn habits of steady
industry, and when allowed to
leave the school would be in a
position to earn their own living
in the agricultural districts, aud
not drift into the already over.
crowded ranks of the unemployed