The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-10-28

finyed direct IS the station. this having
been found Go b. the cheapest and most
satiafartnry method fur Oh work.
garden has bDon prepared uy irenchlur
the soil and adding lime. About 20
acres on the SLOPE above the station
buildings had been roughly cleared ~
guava and lantnna 90 allow the grass
90 grow up for pasturaEe. Tools re-
quired for the large force 81 laborers
employed have been purchased from
time 20 time. 30 that there u now on
hand a very satisfactory supply. in
Guiding the ordinary farm. blacksmith.
and carpenters articles \ blacksmith
shop Is planned and will shortly be
erected, so that repairs and breakages
may be attended to without delay ana
at little cost.
A FIRE plug with nifty feet OF fire hose
has been connected with the main dis
charge pipe from the pump to give
needed fire protection. Other connec-
tions will be installed at each of the
principal buildings. The large tank has
been connected with the one beside the
stable. and this in turn with smaller
one at the laborers' quarters, and con-
nections have been made where easy
Of access in the garden for irrigation,
on a moderate scale.
on the upper clearing where the blue
gum forest was cut away, about one
and one-half acres have been dug over
and terraced, using some Of the cord
wood for buttress work. Here also a
two-room hut has been erected for la
borers' quarters, at an elevation OF
about 1,705 feet. This cottage has a cor
rugated galvanizediro roof, made with
a four-foot overhang, the idea being to
collect as much rainfall as possible.
Besides the two living rooms there Is
a large supply and tool room. The wa
ter from the roof Is stored In 5000
gallon tank: pipes are laid from this so
that the water can be used on the ter
races. a 2,000-gallon tank and lum-
Der for the construction OF a small
stable are now on the ground and will
be put up some time this winter. These
buildings were considered necessary be-
cause of the elevation above the main
station buildings. The upper clearing
Is more than a mile from the Office by
the most direct route. along narrow
and steep bride trail, or fully four miles
by the winding Tantalus wagon road.
This comprises in brief the construc-
tive work on the Hawaii Experiment
Station for the period from April to
November |, 1901, seven months.
The correspondence has been rather
large, the station having already given
assistance and information to many
farmers in all the islands of the group.
. Some poultry experiments have also
been inaugurated. These could be un-
=, dertaken Immediately without great eX-
i pense. and it is hoped that they may
!, lead to results of immediate practical
IL, I G u.
: great number of diseases with which
, barnyard fowls are afflicted in the Ha-
{, waian Islands the supply of poultry
7. does not meet the demand. Live chick
= ems sell in Honolulu markets for 81
y. dozen and eggs at from forty to fifty
!, cents a dozen. If the station car
demonstrate n practical way for the
, economical production of chickens and
u, eggs it will add largely to the resources
, of the small farmers on the Islands
n The raVages of the disease known az
a sore head are so severe as to almost
prevent the raising of domestic fowls
\ An article on chickens and their dis
II eases in Hawaii has been prepared by
~ my assistant, Mr. l.. +. SedgwiCk, anC
:, published as Bulletin No. of the Ha
: wall Station. This treats of sore head
. as well as of several other common
"a diseases, and gives simple precautions
"a and preventive measures which, II
: adopted by poultry growers, will do
- much toward enabling farmers to fght
10 disease.
# AS soon as possible, experiments vii
e be begun in animal husbandry anC
dairying. Owing largely to an insult
y ticiency of forage, meats are very ex-
l. pensive. In the markets of Honolulu
d hogs sell for from ten to seventeen
a cents per pound live weight. To remed!
d this difficulty 1t is intended to under
take at an early day feeding expert.
g. ments with various roots and tuber!
l. and with the common papaya as fooC
70 for swine.
n As soon as possible experiments il
l. dairyng should be undertaken upon 9
4, carefully planned system. Dairying ant
cattle feeding are now being carried or
n on a small scale with some measure OF
ID success. but the supply of milk anC
1t butter is insufficient to meet the de-
IN mands OF the home trade. island but
D. ter retails for sixty cents per pound
l. milk for twelve cents "A quart, and Ha
"a waiianmade cheese is almost unknown
in the Hawaiian markets. a few OF tn,
20 diaries are managed on a scientih,
A., basis.
i'd There is, moreover widespread ignor
Is ance of the best combinations of feeds
in and too great dependence on one sideC
lie rations both in feeding dairy cattle anC
in in fattening animals for the shambles
c. The use and necessity of leGuminou
Is forage plants are not recognized
Enough by-products of the sugar plan
ID tations are burned every year to fee,
or all the beef, pork, and mutton consum
ed in the islands.
90 Experiments should be conducted II
to the utilization of the waste cane tops il
d. the form of silage FOR feeding dairy cat
,y tie and beef steers, and with the vast
pc molasses for fattening sheep, cattle
he and hogs. On some plantations tn
On work horses and mules are fed can
80 tops and molasses to good advantage
ut The practice can be extended to othe
Is branches of animal hushandry wit