Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-13
II. Buchholtz on Prospects
IN kOTNA DISTRICT
After Railway is Built

raise anything with roots in the Dis.
trict of Kona. The soil is extraordi
narily rich and the varying attitudes
make 1t possible to grow the plants OF
the temperate zone as well as those oil
the tropics. The climate is invariably
good and there are three things which
we have not-wind, mud and dust.
There was a big windstorm in Kona
not long ago and a great deal of dam.
age was done. but such storm comes
about once in fifty years, as the old
natives will tell you.
Land In Abundance.
"Outside of the two sugar estates in
Roma, there are about $4,000 acres suit.
J able for the cultivation of sugar. With
the railway established, small farmers
can easily make a living at planting
sugar cane II they feel SO inclined
They can make a living anywhere in
Kona.
Agents To Buy Products.
I 81 have dwelt quite extensively on
the field in kona for settlers. The
raising of vegetables, fruits and the
like for the market taken as a fore.
gone conclusion, how are these prod.
ucts to be disposed of? In talk with
one of the promoters on the'Mainland,
] learned that II was the intention OF
the incOrpOrators of the railway to
send agents to Kona to buy, from
time to time, the products of the va
rious farmers. II a man has a hall.
dozen eggs the agent will buy them.
II there is half-bushel of potatoes the
agent will buy this too. Every farm.
err who has anything for sale, no mat.
ter how small the quantity, will be
visited, and when this collecting tour
has been completed the products will
be punched together and sent to the
various commission houses for dispo.
sal. In this way the farmer will be
saved all the trouble OF getting what
he has ready for shipment and the va.
rtous transactions that must be gone
through In connection herewith. Be.
sides this, he will be paid a good price
and a uniform one and he will always
have a market.
Experiment Station.
Among these many benefits the
railway people are calculating on Is
the establishment OF a private expert.
ment station in Kona and the employ.
ment OF men who know the conditions
IL the district. Thus settlers will be
able to learn Immediately upon arrival
what they can do and what rules they
must follow in order to obtain the best
results, instead OF wasting couple or
three years In the making Of expert.
ments along different lines. Is It not
worth the while for people who make
their living by farming to give Kona q
trial, particularly when the Kona Rail.
way Company, backed up by men OF
undoubted business sagacity and fore.
sight, offers such inducements?
An Ideal Home.
THE development of Kona as an
ideal home Tor small farmers and a
resting place for tourists, is what they
are after, and the men behind the rail-
way proposition know just what they
are doing, for. to use a slang phrase,
they have all been there before,
.many's the time They intend to give
the Islands in general and Kona In
particular such an advertising as has
never before been attempted. People
on the Mainland will surely be charm.
| ed by what is promised, for the plain
truth about KOna Is SUFFICIENT to charm
anyone.
You ask me for something about
my own experience in Kona will
give you just Il few points, not to show
what | have accomplished, but by way
o. illustrating what a prospect the dis.
| trict offers.
Fine Celery Raised.
Perhaps you will be surprised IL |
! tell you | can raise the very finest of
celery at my place, which 10 situated
4 above HoOpulOa and about 1860 feet
above the level of the sea. Such, how
ever, IL the fact. | have kept celery
/ in the ground for a year and II has
never spoiled. This is another point
In favor of the soil of the district.
Grains and Nuts.
Not long ago. | thought would try
some OF the grains, and so planted n
few pounds Of wheat, barley and oats.
These not only grew but ilourished
and bore wonderfully. There was no
cultivation whatever simply threw
the seeds carelessly upon rather
rocky unused part OF my place.
MY pecan. walnut and sweet almond
trees are growing, and the last has
! already borne fruit. The other nut
trees are growing to be great big trees