The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-06

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/ setting deliberate fire to the dry grass.
/ u is understood that the Waialua plan
/ -atiOn desires 70 bear part of the ex-
/ rense. as shey get their water supply
| from the same source
Small Farming Industries.
On the 9th day of December. 1899.
| .u the interests of this Bureau. We vis-
/ tied Nr. G. KOelling's castor bean plan
/ rattOn and mill at Kaueohe. Oahu and
| Obtained samples OF castor oil manu-
! aCtured there. Said oil is pronounced
I by our leading druggists as a good
! commercial article Eighteen months
\ ago. or more, Mr.. EOelling first plant
/ ad twenty acres 10 seed: the plants
came mp and looked thrifty. some of
/ the trees had beans on them. when all
/ 't once for some yet unknown reason.
| the trees began TO wilt and decay. and
| finally died. Tue whole field of twenty
! acres was abandoned and better land
selected, where the trees are now i'm a
| healthy condition and the first crop
/ has been gathered and made into oil.
/ New land is being planted The ma
Chinery at this place is a marvel OF its
/ kind. having the latest improvements.
| and Mr.. Eoelling being skilled engi-
| ne"r as well as a natural genius. will
make q success Of this important in
/ drstry II anybody can. Our Govern
ment should do all in its power TO pro-
mote its improvement. according To-
| section 252, Civil Code of the Act of
| 1892. In the granting of premiums for
th" encouragement of agriculture.
At the same time it IS the duty of
/ this Bu' slu 70 give 4 warming. where
tsuch is Iecded. i'm new Industries. md
/ I'm our next report we will go into this
and other new Industries. i'm detail.
! The castor bean tree that grows wild
| IN the back country is Of less y9ue
as an oil producer. You will notice
! that tho cluster Of beans has ripe and
green berries on the same bunch. the
| whole iInCli-will have to be cut on
and The good beans selected IT'S our
/ opinion that IL will cost as much. i'm
! labor to pickand clean sack Of castor
! beans as it wcUld sack of coffee. The
I bean n-st bgyhUlled, dried and sorted.
ready Tor tho-aoill, wbfn the marufac-
: j"Ie yhr them. ITntil Mr.. KOel
! I-IG FI..s ltither "Nperime1ts I'M fflfA
! indus ~ Ne 90 NOT recommend q gen
/ oral planting Of this interesting plant.
! I'm the early seventies Mr.. Sinclair. ON
]
| nl castor beans and sold them to Geo.
/ McLain for three cents per mound 1Tr
/ McLain manufactured an inferior ar
/ jir.e Of oil. as he did not have the i'm
! proved machinery that Mr.. KoaiIipp
| has. In the early sixties we noticed
/ hundreds of acres of castor beans
growing and ilOurishing i'm Southern
california, but after a short time the
industry was given up. as so many 9th
| Cf vegetable oils. as well as Kerosene
] OH, came into the market about that
time. that 1t did not pay 10 cultivate
the castor bean. Since then the farm
| ers have had just such a time TO get
| The plant out Of the ground as we are
/ now having with the lantana.
We want Mr.. Koelling and others
/ who can afford it 70 go on with the OK
| pertinent. and this Bureau will render
/ them such assistance as the law al
| lows in the way OF bounty. and IL we
have made any error or mistake in our
statement. We trust that Mr. KOelling
or others will correct us.
The Hawaiian Fibre Co. A. II. Tur-
ner. Manager.-This company is locat-
ed tn the Waianae district on the line
Of the Oahu railway. and has 1000
acres Of ladd fenced in. The company
has at present 40 acres Of sisal plant
one year old under cultivation. and will
plant l4S acres more this year This
company will continue planting until
the whole area is under cultivation.
Mr.. Turner expects. as a low esti-
mate. 900 pounds Of fibre 10 an acre.
Present value of commercial fibre Is
l. cents a pound. or 500 per acre. The
export of sisal plant from Mexico is
very large, averaging ninety million
Of pounds annually. with an average
value Of 81 100000 the United States
taking fOur-ffths of this amount II |
is an undCubted fact that this amount
could be raised in these Islands, on
our rocky and barren lands unfit for
general agriculture. II is our intention
TO go into this important industry in
detail at some future day.
Another new and important industry
is the peanut (araChis). OF which we
import large quantities. This interest
ing and useful little plant grows to
perfection in this Island. and natures
from seed i'm five months. II produces
two crops per year. The Importance
OF this plant is well known, and the
fixed oil contained in the same is used
for the same purposes as olive oil. II
Is quite equal and, in fact, IS better
oil, either for the lamp, kitchen or ia
bic. After the oil is pressed out, the
residue Is good for animal food. This
oil is used in the best hotels in Europe
for salads in particular. Salad made
from this oil will keep sweet for two !
days. whereas salad made from olive
oil will keep but a rev hours. For
cooking purposes. in place Of butter |
or lard. or for general use in the culi- I
nary department, nothing can take /
its place.
There is a tendency among educated .
people 70 do away with animal fats,
and replace them with vegetable OIL
Tn Cuba and Spain the oil IS largely
used in the manufacture Of soap and
chocolate. The peanut is as simple TO
cultivate as potatoes. or any ordinary
vegetable is an attractive little plant
in the vegetable garden.
Respectfully submitted.
4. HERBERT.
DAVID HATGHS.