The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-27
OAHU FARMERS WILL
BEAUT|FY COUNTRY ROADS
Farmers Institute, Held at Wahiawa, Appointed
a Committee to Take Matter in Hand.
D. |. Van Dine on Injurious Insects.

The last regular meeting OF the Farm
ers' Institute of Hawaii for the wear
1903 was held at the Wahiawa colony
on Saturday. There are now two Hour
ishing organizations OF this society, one
on this island and one at Hilo, req
resenting the two localities where
diversified farming Is being most sue
cessfully carried on.
Two industries at least are now per-
manently established, pineapples at
Wahiawa and bananas in the Hilo dis
trict, with a certainty that others will
follow.
At the meeting held Saturday last
there was an afternoon and an evening
session, Jared G. Smith, president of
the institute, presiding at both. The
first matter of business was report
by Mr.. Smith. chairman of the COM
mittee of publishing and distributing
the first annual report of the proceed
ings OF the Institute. Mr. Smith said
that the seventy-five dollars appro-
priated by the last Legislature for this
purpose was now available and that
soon 1900 copies would be printed and
distributed.
BEAUTIFYING COUNTRY ROADS.
BY motion duly made and carried
the following were appointed by the
president a committee on identifying
and improving the country roads of
Oahu: James ID. Dole, William Thomas,
ST., Mrs. b. O. Clark
WILL JOIN NATIONAL SOCIETY.
On motion duly made and carried Mr..
Smith was appointed to take the meas
ures necessary to identify this society
with the American Association of
Farmers Institute Workers This line
of work, distinct from experiment sta
ton work, has become of such impor-
lance that an office has been created
under this head in the United States
Department of Agriculture.
MEET NEXT AT KAMEHAMEHA.
The secretary read letter from +.
G.. Krauss of Kamehameha Schools in
viting the Institute to hold its next
meeting, through the courtesy Of the
principal, at that place. This invita-
ton was cordially accepted.
At the next meeting there will be an
election of officers and the president
appointed the following a committee on
nominations: Jared G.. Smith, ex-ofi-
clio; d. o. Clark, T.. G. Krauss, Il. c.
Shorey, J. e. Higgins.
The program for the evening consist
ed of three papers, each followed by
general discussion. The first paper was
presented by DIR. II. C. Shorey, chemist
of the U. S. Experiment Station. The
subject was, agricultural Chemistry"
The next paper by Mr.. b. o. Clark,
was entitled, THE Possibility of the
Development of the Fruit Industry in
Hawaii" The last paper, insects In
furious and Beneficial to the Farmer"
was presented by d. L. Van Dine, en-
tomologist OF the u. S. Experiment
Station. r. f. Crawley, manager of the
Hawaiian Fertilizer Co.: Jared G.
horticulturlst of the u. S. Experiment
Station; w. Il. Pope, of the Normal
School; C. j. Austin, superintendent of
the Territorial Nursery, and l.. G. Kel-
logg We're the principal speakers in the
discussions OF the various papers.
INSECTS INJURIOUS AND BENE-
FICIAL TO THE FARMER.
Mr.. ID. l.. Van Dine spoke as follows:
1t Is not my intention TO enumerate
the many injurious and beneficial in
sects here in Hawaii hut rather to
arouse your interest in insects in gen.
eral by illustrating to you their eco
nomic Importance. That great class
of animal life. the insect world. which
surrounds us in such countless num-
bers. has more to do with the well be-
ing of any community than many of us
realize. The depredations of the in
furious species have created among
the producers of agricultural products
a demand for information in regard to
the pests and remedies for abating
their destructive work. In answer to
this demand there has been published
n vast amount of information on the
life, habits, and injury of the various
pests. with remedial measures for their
control, the results Of the work of
scientists in the Department of Agri-
culture at Washington and the various
Stations. This subject has
become a distinct science In itself.
Conditions in different localities as
regards the growth of plants and the /
habits of insects differ. The principles,
however, underlying the subject are
the same. The apparent contradictions
in the remedies suggested by the diff
ferent writer's or the failures follow
Ing attempts of the farmer to carry
out on n rule of thumb basis the
given, do not alter
the facts upon which the suggestions
are made. Recommendation for spe-
,ifc treatment in one place cannot in
hold in every place. The con-
remedies were confusing for
he reason that, though the subject was
clear to the investigators. 1t was vague
to the farmers; the Information not
being within the reach of those who
needed 1t the most.
FUNCTION OF EXPERIMENT STA
TIONS.
1t Is not fair to say that the Expert
nent Stations have not fulfilled their
junction but rather that a further de-
nand has been created, that Is, that
he necessary information be given to
he farmers to enable them to inter-
pref correctly the results of the in
designations and to change the details
o suit the conditions OF their partic-