Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-15
HAWAIPS AGRICULTURAL CONDITION
REPORT ON CROPS
PROSPECTS FOR THE SMALL FARMERS

Iroven successful, very little has been
done toward advancing this particular
Lrancn of agriculture. The crop Of
1899 was 1865 boxes, of which 1858
boxes, or $40 per cent, were grown on
the Island of Hawaii. The growing OF
oranges should. in time, develop into
a highly remunerative industry, as
the average return per acre from the
crop of 1899 was s2l6.5S.
The total area used IN growing
small fruits was but 10 acres. and the
vG'ue of the fruit produced, SLIGO.
The crop Of 1899 consisted entirely Of
strawberries, OIL per cent being pro.
duced on the Island OF oahu. OF the
other fruits grown on the islands.
I'mes, alligator pears. peaches, lemons
l"Cuats, guavas and mangoes yield the
greatest returns.
Non.5earina Trees.
OF the 1,653.077 uon.bearlng trees
q the islands In 1899. 1,444,GS4. or 81.
per cent, were coffee trees which had
10: reached maturity at the close OF
the census year. OF this latter mum.
Ter S9.2 per cent were on the island Of
Hawaii, which reports also ST. per
cent of the bearing coffee trees. A
product of 2,297O0O pounds of coffee
was secured in 1899 from 3,225.743
trees. II the trees which We're not yet
in bearing in 1899 prove equally pro,
drCtive, the coffee crop will be in.
creased AS per cent in the near fu.
ture. Coffee Is best grown at an altI.
tude just above that at which sugar
cane can be raised most remunerative.
~, and on a few plantations the cult
walton of both these crops Is carried
on simultaneously with great success.
Second in Importance among non.
| caring trees and plants are pineap
pies. The total number l2O.O74. ex.
ceeds by 1855 the number of plants
IN bearing in 1899. indicating the rapid
growth which this industry is expert.
cncing.
For the other fruits the ratios be.
tween the numbers of non.bearlng and
learing trees are as follows: The mum
Ter of non-bearing banana plants is
equal to 1853 per cent OF the number of
bearing plants; oranges. 2O9.1 per
cent; lines, 2S01 per cent; lemons,
1895 per cent; alligator pears, SOL
per cent; figs, 1865 per cent;
peaches, 1856 per cent; cocoanuts,
2O9.S per cent.
Labor Cost ~ Farms
The total expenditure for labor on
the farms of Hawaii. in 1899. was ST..
1896, an average OF S34SI per farm.
Tobacco farms lead with an expendi.
ture per acre for labor Of s3O.6G. ice
farms show an expenditure of S2S.S1
per acre; fruit farms, $12.13; sugar
farms, 500 vegetable farms. Si.53;
coffee farms. $3.50; dairy farms, sl.76;
miscellaneous sl.54: taro. s1.19: while
I've stock farms show by far the low.
est expenditure per acre, $O.14.
OF the operators of farms classified
hy tenure. share tenants expended the
largest amount per acre, s15.S7, cash
tenants following with s9.49. Mana.
gers expended S3.42; owners, $O.46;
and part owners, sO3S.
or operators classified by race, Chi.
nese farmers expended $2l.45 for labor
per acre; white farmers. s5.49; Jap.
anese, $685. part Hawaiian, sO.f9;
and Hawaiian, $OIi.
better II it were gray. but experience
has taught that white Is the best
adapted for the Use Of the expert play
er.
1t has been said that the muscles OF
the legs and arms are often wearied
by the game. This Is true in a sense,
but the eye and brain will be exhausted
long before the muscles used in send.
ing and returning the ball can be af.
fected to any appreciable extent.