Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-06-07
THE HOUSE REPORT
ON AGRICULTURE

Little work was done at yesterdays |
session of the House. The members
showed a tendency towards reconsid-
Grafton. with the result that several
salaries were lowered and several rails
ed.
The Committee on Agriculture re-
ported on the agricultural bureau. The
report was as follows:
Hon. J. A. Aklna, Speaker Of the House
OF Representatives.
Sir:-Your Committee on Agricul.
ture and Forestry. to which was refer
red the appropriation under the head
Commissioner Of Agriculture and For.
estry," begs leave to report as follows:
In the absence Of the Commissioner,
on a visit beyond the Territory, your
committee has undertaken to base its
findings on the report Of the Commits
sioner Of Agriculture and Forestry. for
the year ending December 3lst, 1900
from which we quote:
THE Board Of Agriculture in 1893
did something towards starting an ex-
pertinent station on small scale, but
nothing came Of It. although moues
was appropriated for the work."
Also the following:
ut Is admitted that general pros
perity depends absolutely upon agri.
cultural prosperity. Director True tof
the division OF Experiment Stations OF
the United States Department Of Agrl-
culture) is responsible for the state
ment that an agricultural experiment
station Ia an institution in which scien-
tifc and practical investigations are
made with view to improving the
methods Of introducing new crops or
industries. The primary object Of an
experiment station is to apply scientific
principles and methods to the problems
OF agriculture. II seeks to use for the
benefit Of agriculture the stores OF
knowledge regarding tie operations o!
nature which science has accumulated
and to employ in the service Of agricul-
ture the. trained brains and hands OF
scientists. The experiment station
should institute investigations to in.
crease accurate Information regarding
the great principles which underlie the
growth OF plants and animals. and &c
make new applications of well known
principles In the practical work OF the
farmer That the establishment OF
this experiment station. long needed
here, will be boon TO the agricultural
interests OF the Territory goes without
saying. Once started and in running
order, the agricultural development OF
the Islands will make rapid advances
ment."
The first OF the above quotations
clearly outlines the attitude and policy
OF. the government which has been In
control for the last seven years. rela.
tive to minor and diversified industries
The second, taken in connection with
the presence in Honolulu Of a scientist
of established reputation, with mean.
to prepare and equip an experiment
station, Is ample evidence, at thii
early stage OF our experiences. unde
the conditions created by the Organi,
. Act. that the policy Of the government
md country OF which we have becom,
an integral part, is a policy diametri
| Ndis oppoSVu " thdt
ir this community in the past; giving
ample promise OF future for this Tel
ritory to the fruitlon of which we may
all look forward with The most hopeful
anticipations.
Finds no Data.
Your committee is astonished to find
in this report total absence OF data
of reputable character relative &c
homesteads and homesteaders, n por'
ton Of our population, in the welfare
OF whom the community at large IL
deeply interested. and which is mani
testify within the sphere and in a meas
ure under the supervision of the Com
missioner of Agriculture. The only
reference to homesteads we find is or
page 9. under the head Of Diversified
Industries" where in page and 9
half Of rambling dissertation the ac