The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-14


ovn his own COW aud plrs snd rhichshs
iicfufe uttfy mni tan own his own COW
und pHs Hni cHietrns, however. We have
Ent fu FfuN Homlthina tor Thorn t0 paf
f0fHrs and FHnio Kind ~ fma grain
aurrIg ttr0fImpnta will he undertaken
with ah ptt,HHpp line ~ forage plants
and grains especially those from wn u
r,rI.ua off che riffh ns North All 10
fHI'l South America pDrhnp Australia.
$50 have more tu look tur from these
tropical Countries than from the temper
atr zones. either northern or southern,
boo thlH respect.
when we are able 20 raise q supply Of
forage plants and grain for feeding r1t-
tIs aud sheep hogs. poultry, etc. then
We D1u make feeding experiments 10 de-
tormIuo Wh ch are the host rntions 60
uaa. how to produce the largest growth
and the most Fat AT the least expense.
Another lire Of work which ! am d.
rortod 90 take up. IL investigation Of the
nrfI.c crop; the study ana discovering OF
methods Of handling and marketing the
crop. and especially the possibility of
Improvement OF quality and yield by Sc
lection and crossing OF different strains
OF coffee. Very little work OF this char
actor has been done except In Java, ana
that was two or three years ago. me
field for tns work In Hawaii II as ad-
yantageously situated as anywhere IN
the world.
"The fourth line OF work which | am
under instruction to pursue, IL the In
PRODUCTION and establishment of what
might be called minor Industries, of such
nature as are customarily practiced In
tropical countries, and which have prov
en- everywhere profitable. without doubt
most of these can be transported TO
Hawaiian soll-for instance, the cultiva-
ton of Sumatra tobacco, the wrapping
leaf plant. and of Havana, the filling to-
baCco. The Department of Agriculture
has been working experimental on Su-
matra tobacco for two or three years
and the cultivation experiments have
been so successful that the product of
Florida Sumatra tobacco took the high
est prize in competition with Sumatra
Sumatra tobacco at the Paris Exposition
this year.
lin the Connecticut river valley I'm
Connecticut it has been demonstrated
that Sumatra tobacco can be grown very
profitably. The market Is almost unlim-
tied, because over 10000 bales are i'm
ported into the United States every year,
under duty of sl.50 per pound on the
best grades of leaf; Florida and Connect
lieut. have been able to produce a maxi
leaves vast field and market for the
industry elsewhere within the limits of
the United States, at a most profitable
figure.
Experiments will follow with hemp,
jute, New Zealand fax, Manila hemp and
other fiber plants. The Islands ought to
he able to grow fiber plants enough to
manufacture bags for their sugar and
coffee crops.
"a.
perlments will be extended to the grow
ing of fruits and a particular study will
be made of the market in California and
the Western States; the fruit-growing of
the Islands will have to be arranged so
that the crops will yield at n season of
the year when the product of the Main
land Is not in season. The Hawaiian
crops must be grown and ripened at
the particular season when the particu-
lar fruits are out of season on the Main
land so that they will not have to COM
pete with the Mainland product. The
ISLANDS, for instance, could not hope to
compete with the California crop of or
anges If the crops were ripened at the
same time. The fruit must be ripened
either before or after the crops of the
same fruit on the Mainland. The same
principle of study would have to be made
in the case of vegetables. The market
must be studied and the experiments d.
rected towards the most desirable season
of product, so that the fruits and vege-
tables may ripen OPPORTUNITY and be ac-
commodated to the demands of the mar
ket. to render the industries profitable.
There is a great deal of work in
sight and because of the very small
amount of money appropriated for the
Hawaiian station by Congress, the re-
suits will necessarily be slow. We won't
be able to do very much, but expect to
work along the general lines I have out
lined, and the most important object of
the experimental staff will be the
building up In Hawaii OF an Independent
class of small farmers, the need of which
is to everyone obvious.