The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-07

~ HE first Bulletin issued by the \ 6
ricultural Department for the Ha
n waiian Experiment Station wa
received yesterday. 1t deals entirel.
with Chickens and Their Diseases il
Hawaii" and is an interesting treats
prepared by T. F. Sedgwick, agricu!
turist al the Experiment Station, un
der the supervision of Jared Smith.
Sorehead, the disease most common
among Hawaiian chickens. is given full
| treatment with the various remedies
suggested for the disease.
The bulletin contains also a letter
| relative TO the disease, written by j. J.
Green of Honolulu and goes into the
subject of chicken culture very eX-
! haustively. a large number of the
| bulletins We're received yesterday at
the Experiment Station offices and will
be distributed upon application.
The Introduction is written by Mr.
Smith, and the report by Mr.. Sedgwick
and is as follows:
Chicken raising is an extremely I'M
certain industry in the Territory of Ha-
waii, as evinced by the high prices
both of eggs and poultry, live or
dressed. Fresh eggs sell in the Homo
lulu markets at from 45 to 60 cents per
dozen, while the ruling prices for live
fowls range from s12 to SIS per dozen,
depending on their age, condition and
breed. For pure-bred fowls even high |
er prices are asked and given. This
condition of scarcity is unusual in any
country. 1t makes eggs and chickens |
a luxury only within the means of the
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the daily bill of fare of all the people.
In the country districts the mon
goose has much to do with causing this
state of affairs, because of his prefer
ence for young chickens but even in
the towns, where the mongoose is sell
dom seen, poultry raising is and has
been precariouS industry as far back
as authentic records extend. This is
mainly because of the great number of
diseases prevalent here, as elsewhere ,
n the tropics. Chief among these is a !
nalady commonly known as sore head, Is
which decimates the fiocks at the time |
when the chicks are being weaned by !
he mother hen. Roup, diarrhea, chol l
.ra, and especially colds and pneumon-
a, are also all too prevalent, while lice ,
md intestinal worms do their share to- s
ward depicting the chicken yards. Most
roper care. and faulty yards and e
ouses. and all are largely preventable e
1t does not require close calculation v
o show that chicken raising can be !.
made profitable in these islands if the "
rover will devote as much care and V
ttention to details as in any other O
minor industry. The high prices for L
ggs and chickens and the amount ST
prove that such close care II
nd attention to the details of the bus o.
less would be profitable. During the o.
ear 1900 there were imported into -
onolulu alone, from the mainland,
bout 10000 dozens of eggs and about
200 pounds of dressed chickens, be-
des numerous lots of i've fowls. The g
alue. wholesale. for imported eggs L
as about $4,000. and for refrigerated
lickens about the same. Thus, be-
des the home supply. there were i'm
'rted for the use of the one island of
ahu fully $4,000 worth of eggs and F
lickens. Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and
e smaller islands are not taken into
in this calculation, but
bod many cases of eggs find their
ay direct to Hilo, Lahaina and Lii
lie from California. The supplying of
eamships and sailing vessels with :,
esh eggs and live poultry ought in '-
self to be lucrative trade. OF food sc
ERE is plenty to raise many times the by
Imher of chickens now existing on Be
anu. a brood of chickens in the door BY
lrd, vineyard or orchard would soon re
~ for their keep in the destruction of be
lpanese beetles and other insect pests. TO
he wastes from the kitchen and table m
'uld also be turned to more general co
count. Clean houses, nests and
'osts, pure water, good food, plenty ID
sunshine and shelter from the
inds a dust bath, some broken coral, =
lilly care to keep the birds healthy,
Id instant isolation of ailing mem re-
rs of the flock will do a great deal to Ga
wer the price and increase the sales
fresh eggs and spring chickens in tn
avail JARED G.. SMITH
)ecial Agent in Charge, Hawaii Elk S4
pertinent Station.