The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-05

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'er OF inquiries from Europe and the
United states as we'll as from these Is
ands. concerning public lands and di-
'ersihed agriculture generally. And as .
have no time to answer them all per-
'onally i avail myself of your kind Of J
Ter to publish them. :
The following are some Of the ques-
lions asked:
a. y. A., Olaa-This correspondent
writes: IL you have lived In Hawaii
Tor thirty years II is not likely that We
can agree with you fully from an agri
cultural standpoint.
The chief reason why some farmers
or planters are more prosperous than
others is that they use better judgment
In selecting land and working it. In
telligence is the great quality needed
by the soil workers. and when you find
a successful farmer or sugar planter
YOU will find an intelligent man. Sci
ence Is a better guide than what has
seemed to be successful practice. and
as agriculture becomes a more scien-
ttfcally Intelligent and more success
ful calling, the intelligence and the
ability OF the youth and our people gen.
orally will more and more turn to IL.
IL will pay them better: they will be
able and find IL worth while to pay
their people better. That small Indus
tries and farming will pay has been
fully demonstrated by the little Ameri-
can colony OF wahIawa. Oahu. who
have gone upon the land. have re-
manned and manfully struggled and
succeeded in accomplishing that which
fhpN sat mt 20 40 nj afe
struggle are now living in comparative
Independence. cultivating their land
and rearing and educating their fami-
Hes. These twelve Americans had lit
tie more than their strong arms to
start with and this barren. uninviting
piece OF land, twelve miles from Pearl
City and ten miles from waialua. but
they co-operated. some Of them were
practical agriculturists. some carpen-
tiers and machinists. Mr.. Kellogg. the
shining light among them all. Is an at
torney-at-iaw.
This proves what cooperation will
accomplish among small settlers.
India Rubber-This interesting plant
Is distributed over nearly every part OF
the tropical zone. II IL not found in
the temperate zones. The rubber tree
readily propagates itself by seed or
cuttings: the value OF rubber Is in
creasing every year. IL will grow lux
uriously In our mountains. We will
have n small pamphlet printed on the
subject Of rubber. silk. fruit and fiberS
that will grow In Hawaii
r. r.. Sacramento. California-The
silk industry. SILK production consists
of the cultivation Of the mulberry tree
and the feeding Of the silk worm with
the foliage. From twelve to eighteen
pounds OF leaves will produce one
lpound OF cocoons.
During the year 1899 the output OF
silk manufacturers In the United States
summed Nd $40. 900 ooo. In Hawaii slll
worms NAV be Matched out continu.
ously all the year round; no artificial
heat is necessary.
Kailua. Kona. Hawail-The fig tree
produces two crops year. a fig tire,
needs hut little caro-. For the fisca
wear ending Jura 5n.h there were i'm
ported into the United States II 900, 70
pounds OF figs. The amount paid q
Iexporters IN foreign countries wa
about $4,000 600. We viii undertake 4
show how this sum can he saved to tn
people OF these Islands and most OF I
lon oahu: At Eva. waianae. waialua
wahiawa. waiamea and In the twenty
eight miles Of almost undeveloped Ian
from Kahuku to Honolua. who woul
not eat fresh. delicious. Smyrna figs n
2 cents per pound7 Lycurgus says tina
Ia the price Of fresh figs in his countr
and our climate will beat the Greeks
hollow Go into our public schools an
ask the hundreds of little bright-eye
children how many Of them have had
hat full OF figs this summer. or no.
many oranges. lemons or pears. 70
lean raise from 200 to 1000 alligatC
pears on one tree and You can have II
trees In one acre.
Fig Culture In Hawaii-It IL no
well understood that the Smyrna, n
commercial fig. Is not matured witho,
the aid Of a wasp called Blastophag
The process by which the edible f
Chcus carica) Is matured IL called cal
rifcation. The edible fig bears on
female flowers: the wild fig (fic'
capri. bears male flowers. The grove
in June or July hang among the bougl
s Of the edible fig number of the cap
fig from which proceeds the wasp bea
ing the pollen from the male fiowe
OF the capri figs. Following their u
stinct TO lay their eggs they enter q
edible fg and finding no gall flowe
In which TO lay their eggs they scatt
:. the pollen from the capri fig over {
stigma Of the female flower of &
carica fig, the result being the matu
ity OF the edible figs. All other n
Y not so fortified fall to the ground. T
Il. Blastophaga experiment IL a succe
4 in California Professor Schwartz, I
, Government entomologist, ia M
watching the successive generations
Blastophagas develop and transn
themselves through the recurring GRO
OF capri figs.
II IL not necessary to enlarge up
the great importance Of establish
the culture OF the standard commerc
fe-known as the SMYRNA fie-in
Island. We have shown that the Un
ed States pays annually to Turkey
Asia and other minor countries
sum Of 81 100000 for imported figs.
OF which could be saved to the peol
= OF this Territory.
Rona. Hawaii-Tobacco could
made one Of the most promising