The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-05-22
To AID THE
SMALL FARM
Agricultural Society Is
Revived.
PLANS MADE LAST NIGHT
President Dole, Allan Herbert and
Other Prominent Husbandmen
Lead the Movement.
(From Saturdays Daily.)

A meeting of persons interested in ag-
ricultural and small farming interests
in the Hawaiian Islands was held last
evening at the High School building for
the purpose of reviving the old Royal
Hawaiian Agricultural Society, drop
ing the Royal" in the title. The meet
ing was presided over by Allan Herbert
who has been largely instrumental in
having the society revived, and who has
done much to advance agriculture in
Hawaii. The members present We're:
President Dole, Allan Herbert, Lucy M
Adams, Il. p. Dole, Will Il. Fisher, Da-
vid Haughs, Stearns Buck, Christian
Andrews, H. r. Hanna, Edgar Wood,
James Dole, II. w. Schmidt Byron o.
Clark, T. H. Gibson and j. E. Higgins.
Mr. Higgins, of the Normal School, as
secretary of the meeting, has begun his
labors with the society by taking CO.
pious notes of the proceedings, which
will be useful for future reference, as
have been the records of the old Royal
Society to the present one just organ
lied. The first one was organized in
1850, and held regular meetings for a
number of years, but finally the organ
ization collapsed, largely due to the in
terest being directed to cane growing,
so that very little time was given to
small farming.
The committee appointed to draft by
laws and rules of order reported giving
the outlines OF the proposed constitu-
ton, which was to the effect that the
bylaws and rules of the old society be
adopted, with the changes that the pres
ent conditions demanded.
1t was proposed further that all for
mer members of the Royal Society be
made honorary members, and the an
nual fee was placed at 81 for member
ship, and for the life membership $50
Will e. Fisher availed himself of the
last measure and became life member
before leaving the meeting. The report
of the Committee was adopted upon mo-
ton of President Dole.
Mr.. Bryan Of the Bishop Museum then
delivered a discourse upon the birds OF
the Islands and their relation to agri-
culture. He said that the native birds
are for the most part honeysuckers, and
their natural habitat is some 5000 feet
above sea level. For this reason they
play very unimportanL part in Ha-
waiian agriculture. 1t Is therefore the
birds which have been introduced that
are the most important from an agricul-
tural standpoint. Mr.. Bryan mentioned
yarious birds, such as the rice bird,
the mynah bird and the English spar
row, stating that it is yet an open ques-
ton whether these birds do as much in
jury to us as we have been accustomed
to suppose. He called for assistance on
the part of any interested in the collect
ing of birds for an examination of their
crops in order to ascertain what their
real feeding habits are, and to what eX-
tent they should be pronounced bene-
fetal and to what extent injurious.
Miss Lucy Adams of the Kamehameha
Girls School read paper upon INDUS
trial Schools. She recommended very
strongly the agricultural idea of school
for girls as well as boys. She mention
ed various schools where girls and
young ladies are pursuing practical ed
ucation in agriculture and horticulture.
She proposed various things in the way
of industrial work, such as the collect
ing of "glue flowers" which are worth
about 60 cents pound for sachet pow
der in new York. She recommended
that a competent agriculturist who
thoroughly understands the business
should be given charge of the work In
the industrial school of the girls.
viii E. Fisher expressed himself as
glad he had left political meeting to
come to the Agricultural Society. He
stated he had travelled extensively in
these Islands, and pronounced many OIL
the soils superior to those OF Califor-
mia. He saw no reason why the horti-
cultural products of the Islands should
not be equal in all respects to those of
any part of California Mr.. Fisher sug-
gested that the society put into effect
the plan to have room for an eXh1-
bition to be opened where the soils and
products of the different districts might
be seen by residents and tourists. In
this way he believed desirable type OF
immigration might be established.
Byron o. Clark, Of the Wahiawa Col
ony, made some remarks OF the success
of the colony. But one year ago the
work was commenced there, and he
finds the soils are promising and are
being subdued by cultivation. the
most troublesome aspect there was per-
haps the insect pests, but these will be
overcome by constant and scientific ef-
fort.
Christian Andrews spoke of the de-
struction of the ->oolau forests by fire
and cattle. He recommended the fenc-
ing In Of .srtain sections and the ap-
pointment of an inspector.
Much interest in the preventing OF
these depredations was expressed by
Mr.. Herbert, Mr.. Clark and others. Mr..
Herbert stated that more forests had
been destroyed in these Islands during
the last few months than the Govern
ment had planted in the last twenty
years at an expense of thousands OF dol
lars.
Mr.. Hanna, also of the Wahiawa Col
ony, spoke of his observations and ex-
perience with arteslan wells, showing
the great damage that has followed IN
other countries by the neglect or the
wells and allowing the water TO run 10