The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-18
THE FACTS WHICH SMALL
FARMERS ARE ASKING FOR
Agricultural Possibilities in the Hawaiian Islands,
Soils, Climate, Variety Of Productions and
Markets Described by u. S. Expert Smith.

1noua6ed praise is due the Promotion
ing pamphlet by Jared G. Smith Agriculture in Hawai-
copies will leave the Alameda and go where
they will do good American farmers seeking new hon
The descriptive supplied Mr. Smith is supplemented by "a
chapter Land Laws and Open Areas Extracts from Mr.
contribution excluding the familiar facts he gives about
sugar, pneapples, rice and ssal follow:
AGRICULTURAL POSSIBILITIES.
Although the Hawaiian within the tropics, the
sub-tropa rather than tropical Summer maximum
seldom above s. degrees Fahrenheit while
seldom reach degrees
characterized by equality OF temperature The daily
range averages degrees seldom twenty
degrees At Honolulu average temperature "A degrees
daily degrees The daily usually
increases toward the higher elevations ranging
grees average humidity per which low
the tropics and this be attributed much OF the sau
bv of the climate The climate inular that is the rainfall
the number of cloudy days month the of wind
humidity of according the location OF the
land relation to the mountain Of the islands or in relation
altitude light
the Hawaiian climate They often
from clear A and frequently happens that one locality NAV be
sudden shower while few hundred yards distant
The prevailing wind the Northeast
trade 1t blows on an average DAYS in the wear Devastating
There light beezes and
sionaly Kona which Southwest wind November
the special season for the Kona which, some sections and
long intervals considerable damage The rainy
November the end of March Electrical disturbances
are occasional but not serious The rainfall varies according to the
The Northeast sides
each of the Islands the opposite sides OF the islands dry
The rainfall districts sides of the Islands
exceed twenty inches while the wet side
high thirty inches month The valleys plains
paeau guces all have climate peculiar them
selves
SOILS.
The soils Hawaiian Islands mostly volcanic the only
exception being low lying coastal plains which OF
coral origin The soils differ widely of the agricultural
soils the Mainland They require different treatment Their
chief characteristics their aciy the exceptionally high
iron and their high percentage of nitrogen Most of the
soils also phosphoc acid potash but the pophorc
acid large locked up with the unavailable
condition AS general rule all OF soils require the OF
fertilizers the best results The physical condition of the
sous SUCH and the prevailing slope OF the agricultural lands is
high of the islands feet mile that If
required regions with high average monthly
rainfall Our soils do retain moisture The content
nitrogen exceeds cent six tons in the soil the depth
Of one foot Of land.
To reply queries regard what be
by prospective settlers the Hawaiian Islands, the following
in regard to of the chief agricultural products
BANANAS.
Bananas require rich SOIL high temperature abundant
fall irrigation There several cultivated
which native and imported but
is the chief export variety The banana nronaqad bv
of suckers osoots the plants
of the Chinese banana
each way The ground between them should be cultivated fortified
and kept free from plant eighteen
months from the time planting plant
only one bunch and is then cut down but each plant throws
great many suckers develop succession so that the
bananas be harvested almost continuously
first come into bearing for number of years Bananas sell in
the San Francisco so per bunch Even
the price there very good margin profit
tended Good banana land the vicinity of Homo
lulu where the bananas be by irrigation
of Ho where the conditions for the development
exceptionally are about ten freight carving
steamers from Honolulu to San Francisco other
ports and one direct from Hilo.
FRUITS
There is small export trade in the alligator pear which
fruit that be shipped cold large
local demand this product the demand
Francisco and other Coast Shipments OF bring
from 81 to 5000 dozen San Francisco The demand
is also quite large and local prices quite
alligator susceptible orchard
quires little and better the
higher elevations Another large local and
growing demand the There
ties already cultivation in the Islands Grapes
Portuguese settlers The Isabella variety chiefly grown but
all OF the European table grapes lower
lands the Kona Hawaii especially suited
the cultivation of Some made but
does and will for absorb good grapes
that be produced which grow the Cberi