The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-10-28

to make a tour of Oahu with Wilcox.
Friends Of both the Princes express
ed last evening the utmost satisfaction
over the developments, as they said the
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extent determine the kind of produce
to be grown. If near a local market.
then variety rather than quantity
counts, and one often becomes his own
direct salesman, which calls for the
rare combination of business ability
and gardening skill. a business of small
but important detail. on the other
hand, the extensive trucker al a dis
lance is confronted by other problems.
No matter how plentiful and how ex-
ceient his crop. II his market be glut-
ted, even the low resulting profits are
too often swallowed up by commission
rates and freight charges Again, the
perishable nature OF truck crops makes
them especially susceptible to loss. thus
compelling the more costly rapid transit
methods to insure safe arrival at des-
tinatiou. 1t has been estimated that the
producer often receives less than so per
cent of the price paid by consumers a
strong intimation that our methods of
marketing are still extremely crude. To
remedy so gross a defect is surely
worthy Of careful study, since every
per cent of increase in the farmers re-
turns Is clear profit. Perhaps you have
worked out the problem to your own
satisfaction, but | dare say there is
room for Improvement everywhere. My
own thought in the matter is that
specialization must gradually be de-
veloped in ones crops, and only by
careful organization and cooperation
can you obtain the benefits to be deriv-
ed from the combined knowledge, in
huence and resulting strength so essen
tial to large operations. Wahiawa
Colony is destined to become large
and influential institution If you so will
II.
To me, farming, and especially vege-
table gardening, is an experimental
science, and every farmer is an expert
menter TO a greater or less extent.
New questions are continually arising
and the intelligent agriculturist an
swers them by putting such questions
10 the soil or crops themselves. Every
farm is a chapter in the open book of
nature and. at Kamehameha these
chapters have been divided into sew
eral paragraphs, some of which may
be interesting and suggestive.
our whole farm has been plotted and
the different fields designated. A care
full record is kept of all operations such
as clearing, filling, sowing, varieties,
their source, cost, time of maturity, and
quality and quantity Of the product.
Variety tests are constantly under way
ard these test the seasons and benefit
OF rotation. Much good, ! think, has
resulted in a practical as well as in an
educational way. With the new school
year We have taken up fertiliZng ex-
pcriments in connection with methods
of cultivation, irrigation and drainage,
and We are planning a systematic fight
against insect pests for the coming sea-
son. We are fortunate in having the
critical trade of the schools, and many
valuable lessons in neatness. cleanli-
ness and prompthess. cardinal prnci-
PIES in the selling Of vegetables, are
beng taught the boys, and must prove
useful to them in after life.
Not the least our vegetable garden
has taught us is that here is work and
study for lifetime, a work in which
no man is too high or too low to par
ticipate.
The lateness of the hour did not per-
nit a lengthy discussion of this paper
and the subject went over to another
meeting