Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-16
DIRECTOR SMITHS OPINIONS
on HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURE
CONTINUED on Page ~

The economic conditions of Hawaii
are such that new Industries can be es.
tablished only with the greatest diff.
Guilty. In common with all other old
insular regions there has been a multi.
tude of serious insect and animal pests
introduced, not through intent but as
a concomitant of commerce. In this
regard the history of Hawaiian agri.
culture is parallel with that of many
other tropical islands. such as the Fiji
Islands and the British West Indies.
Plants may be introduced without
their insect enemies, or insects which
in their native country are kept In
check by natural enemies. and para.
sites may here breed in enormous
numbers and adapt themselves to new
host plants, to the detriment OF the
farmer Hawaii is full Of ornamental
exotics which have become weeds, and
OF Chinese, Japanese, Australian,
American and Old World insects.
which, free from all natural check,
rarage alike the native vegetation and
the cultivated crops. The lot of the
than In continental regions. The bat.
A Continuous Battle.
tie Is a continuous one. The practical
| entomologist thus finds here wider
field for work, and although much has
been done, vast amount of work Is
yet to be accomplished. Some crops
are abnormally free from blights and
disease. Others fall ready prey to
hosts of enemies whose attacks the
plants themselves are not prepared to
resist nor do the farmers know how to
combat. What is true of insect pests
Is also true Of fungus and bacterial dis.
eases. The field of investigation is
new one, hardly yet touched upon.
Word on Sugar.
Lower worlds prices for sugar
means a narrowing of the margin of
profit. With such fall In prices and
profits must come the substitution of
more careful handling. better cultiya.
ton, conservation of the irrigation wa.
ter twhere used. and a more skillful
fertilization of the soil. The Hawaiian
sugar planters are prone to ignore
these factors and to ascribe all of |
their benefits to cheap labor. If plant. |
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product, there is still hope for greater
reward In store for the Hawaiian grow.
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