The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-07
INTERESTING INFORMATION
FOR THE AGRlCULTURlST

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connection with tht BUREAU NJ NrrDt'.
turp aud Forestry stili receive % uuu-
Dor NJ inquiries FROM Enrurp nud th"
yrltcd statrs as we'll ns from these ls
lands. concerning public lands and al.
vorsinod agriculture generally aud ~
have no time 10 answer them al per
snnaiiy I avail myself ~ your Kind Of
frr 60 publish them
The following ARE some ~ To" cues
tons asked
a. 4 A.. Olah-Thp correspondent
writes n sou have lived IN Hawaii
Tor thirty years u Is not likely that We
can agree with YOU fully from an agr'-
cultural standpoint
The chief reason why some farmer
o- planters are more prosperous THAI
others is that they use better judgmeu
in selecting land and working Il. d.
telligence is the great quality need
by the soil workers. and when you a.
successful farmer or sugar plan
YOU will find an intelligent man. ,
encc Is a better guide than what
seemed To- be- successful practice
as agricultur" becomes more s,.,H-
tincally intelligent and more SUCCESS
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ability OF the youth and our people gen
orally will more and more turn to IL.
It will pay them better they will be
able and find II 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
they set out to do, and after two years
struggle are now living in comparative
Independence, cultivating their land
and rearing and educating their fami-
lies. 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 aEriculturists, some carpen-
ers and machinists. Mr.. Kellogg, the
shining light among them all is an at
! torney-at-law.
| 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 Is 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. 1t will grow lux
uriously in our mountains. We Will
have a small pamphlet printed on the
subject of rubber, silk, fruit and fbers
that will grow in Hawaii.
+. b., 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 twelv" to eighteen
pounds of leaves win produce one
pound of cocoons.
| During the year 1899 the output of
silk manufacturers i'm the United States
summed up $4,000. 900. In Hawaii silk
worms may be Matched out continu-
ously all the year round: no artificial
/ heat Is necessary.
Kailua. Kona, Hawaii-The fg tree
produces two crops "A year. fix tree
needs but little care. For the fiscal
year ending June 3Oth there were i'm
ported into the United States II 800, 700
pounds of figs. The amount paid to
exporters In foreign countries was
about Sl6, 200 900. We will undertake to
show how this sum can be saved TO the
people Of these Islands and most Of II
on oahu: At Eva Waianac, Waialun,
! Wahawa Waiamoa and in the twenty
eight miles Of almost undeveloped land
/ from Kahuku to IIOnOlua. who would
not eat fresh, delicious, Smyrna figs at
( 3 cents per pound? Lycurgus says that
Is the price of fresh figs i'm his country
and our climate viii beat the Greeks
] hollow Go into our public schools and
ask the hundreds of little bright-eyed
children how many of them have had a
hat full Of figs this summer or how
many oranges, lemons or pears You
can raise from 200 to 600 alligator
pears on one tree and YOU can have 100
trees In one acre
| Fig Culture in Hawaii-It is now
well understood that the Smyrna, the
commercial fig, is not matured without
the aid Of "A wasp called BlastophaEa.
The process by which the edible fig
I (ficus carica) Is mntured is called cap
rlficatlon The edible fig bears only
| female flowers; the Wild hg (hcus
capri, bears male flowers. The growers
i'm June or July hang among the boughs
of the edible fig n number Of the capri
fig from which proceeds the wasp bear
| ing the pollen from the male flowers
of the capri figs, Following their in
stinct to lay their eggs they enter the
edible fig and finding no gall flowers
i'm which 10 lay their eggs they scatter
the pollen from the capri flg over the
stigma Of the female flower Of the
carica 6g the result being the matur-
! lty of the edible figs All other figs
not 80 fertlized fan 10 the ground, The
lBlastophaFa experiment is a success
| in California, Professor Schwartz, the
IGoyernment entomolOgist, r. now
watching the successive generations Of
lBlastophagas develop and transmit
themselves through tho recurring PROPS
Of capri ngs
u Is not necessary " enlarge uppn
| the great importance Of establishing
| tho culture ~ the standard commercial
| hF known as the smyrna hR in the
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