The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-01-24
A FARMER
INSTITUTE
The First in Hawaii
To be Held To.
morrow. y
~ HE FIRST Farmers Institute ever
held In the Hawaiian Islands Will

~ HE FIRST Farmers institute ever
held In the Hawaiian Islands Will
be opened tomorrow at the Wa
hiawa colony. 1t will be under the d.
rcction OF the United States Agricul-
tural Department and Is to be but the
forerunner OF series of farmers instl-
tutes to be conducted during the year
r. f. Sedgwick, assistant director OF
the Experimental Station, will be in
charge of the campaign OF education
among Hawaii's small farmers, and he
will be assisted tomorrow both by d.
L. Van Dyne and Prof. Krauss, who is
in charge OF the agricultural work at
the Kamehameha school.
The holding of farmers Institutes Is
encouraged by the Bureau of Agricul-
ture at Washington, and it Is because
of Instructions received from Washing
ton that Director Jared Smith seeks to
inaugurate the movement in Hawaii.
The California colony at Wahiawa i5
the most suitable location on Oahu.
that being the gathering place of the
largest number of farmers which 1t Is
sought to interest. The movement Will
In time extend to the other Islands,
trial.
In the States, farmers Institutes are
a regular feature of every farming
community. Many of the States and
Territories make special appropriations
for the payment of the expense Of these
classes in agriculture and Hawaii Is
one of the few places where no such
provision has been made.
late bulletin received by Jared G..
Smith shows that with but three eX-
ceptions farmers Institutes were held
in every state and Territory in the
Union. The machinery of administra-
ton is OF two kinds-it may be directly
under governmental auspices. or d.
rectly In the hands of an educational in
stitution. In the older States the gov
eminent is usually in control, but ev-
erywhere the value of the educational
agricultural Institute Is being recog-
nized. In the midale West, particu-
larry. the movement has assumed wide
proportions and large sums of money
are expended annually for the informa-
ton of the farmer. In Hawaii the ag-
ricultural instruction in the schools Is
expected to bear fruit at no distant
date, and with the organization of
farmers Institutes the small farming
INDUSTRY can De COHSlueTeu 10 De well
established for a country that is COM
monty said to be given over entirely
to one crop-sugar.
At the meeting to be held at Wahia-
wa Saturday Il paper by Jared Smith
Is to be read, though he will be unable
to be present for himself. His subject
il the forage plant, of which he has
made a life study.
Mr.. Sedgwick will drive out to the
colony today. accompanied by Mrs.
Sedgwick. Messrs. Van Dyne and
Krauss will go in the morning. The
meeting. though not expected to be
large one. will be unique and interest
ing, and will be of considerable impor-
lance as a forerunner of the future.
Besides IL general discussion of agrlcul-
tural topics and the reading of Mr..
Smiths paper, temporary organiza-
ton will be effected. The principal OBJ
ject Of the meeting Is to plan for a Sec
ond institute, which 1t Is hoped can be
held in Honolulu probably in June or
July.
WILCOX SENDS SEEDS.
wray Taylor. Commissioner of Agri-
culture, received by the Ventura twenty
pine bags of vegetable seeds sent by
Delegate Wilcox for general distribution
in the Islands. Altogether there are
some four thousand packages Of good
seeds. which Commissioner Taylor will
apportion upon application. A large
number OF orders for the seeds have al
ready been received, and as soon as the
consignment can be properly classified
the seeds will be distributed. Nearly
every form of vegetable seed known In
the United States is included In the chip
ment. Cucumbers, watermelons. turnips.
radshes, parsnips, peas. parsley, beets.
onions. spinach. squash. corn. lettuce.
muskmelon. and tomatoes are but few
of the varieties noted by Commissioner
Taylor. Delegate Wilcox's flower seeds
are to be sent to Mrs. Wilcox for dis
tribution.