The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-10-10
FARMING IS
A FAILURE
CutWOrmsD DESTROY
Waimea Small
Farms.

failure OF small farming III lnt W dllll'o
district, Hawaii where they caused
also the practical abandonment of two
of the finest farms in the Islands
Jared G.. Smith. Special Agent in charge
of the United States Agricultural De-
partment i'm Hawaii, and ID. l.. Van
Dine, the Department Entomologist,
have just returned from a visit to the
waimea district where they began
war OF determination against the pests.
Speaking of the result of his investi-
cations Mr.. Van Dine said yesterday:
The Waimea district. Hawaii, IL
well suited for farming as regards both
soil and climate. The rainfall Is quite
sufficient for growth and irrigation
would seldom have to be practiced.
Nevertheless small farming, attempted
at various times is a failure. Messrs
Long and Gyberson OF California went
there at the beginning of the year 1901
and invested both money and energy in
vegetable gardening. In several in
stances they meet with partial success
but repeated failures drove them to
finally abandon the hope Of raising
products for market with profit. The
failure TO produce anything in that Sec
ton of the country, aside from the
grasses and sorghum, is due almost en-
trely to the ravages of the cut-worms
or i'm native language the poka-worms.
Ihese cul-"oIils' Vi "hiCh 'heie 81
several species here, are the young or
larvae OF moths belonging 10 sredl
family Oh insects known sciehtillcaiy "s
Noctuidae ana commonly calieu o"ie'-
moths. Ihese molhs are hlsh' hSi"s'
hence thelr name anu are often uou
blesome ABOUT lamps pelhs al'iao'eu
ttt,aA Mt
by the llsht' Ihey are soihetiihes az
tracted by hshts ana trapped anu are
also attracted oy sWee'eileu pal's nav
ing a penetrating odor' IKE ierilehtihb
syrup, but IN either case ho' III SUI
hcient numbers TO make IL pay 10 use
either methou as prac'ical means VI
destroying them. COLLECTORS olleh MAKE
use of these facts IN gathering the
moths for scientific purposes
These pests are most serious III the
vicinity of grass lands their natural
breeding place a snlall cultiNateu
place in the center OF any great area
not under cultivation Is certain 10 De
surrounded by pests OF one sort or an
other awaiting the ohcomihg OF the
tender varieties Whlch they ma more
10 ther liking 'hah 'he more OF iess
resistant hardy plants Whlch they nave
left. In the supJectoh OF any ne"
lands especlahy "here the area uiluel
cultivation is Small III comparison U"
the surrounding country TINS uillcul'y
ls Always met ms Is the case At
Waimea' ihe gardens there CONSIST ON
~ OF ie" acres situated III 'he cen
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