The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-18

faure of oil from locally grown The from
this industry have been good and the planted this crop
being advantage of this
crop tropics the beans bear at about eight
the time the seed planted and continue bear perenniay for
about rpening being with
ron at monthly intervals DURING tb time e seed s nanted
we'll cultivated land eighteen feet apart
from eight twelve feet apart the AS the beans
three feet high bud npped and lateral
forced into broad shape and spread almost
pletey fill the Castor beans sell the Honolulu market
from $50 to sos The yield about half
annum and the plants into full bearing the end OF
three or four years.
There about fifty diaries the Island of Oahu and
all larger islands
individual herds headed by registered bulls and also fine
COWS OF the best dairy breeds the quality Of the cattle is
rather low Sorghum the principal forage crop This
and be cut three months frequently for some
times All that requires fertilization and cu
tvaton 1t without exception the best forage plant that have
the Islands Most of the dairy fed sorghum with grain
ratons or med feeds such bran mddngs shorts all OF which
imported from the Mainland with the agaoba beam local
product similar the bean of Texas and the Southwest
Milk sells at retail from to cents and butter for
from 90 pound There enough local diaries
supply milk and for all the population the islands, but
the monthly of butter still quite large 1t considered
difficult make good butter the lower elevations Most of the
large ranches and diaries located the slopes
elevations OF 5000 to 1000 feet
POULTRY.
There is local market eggs and live poultry especially
the production of chickens and turkeys The duck industry
cents per Dozen and live chickens from oo dozen
There great tropical diseases of poultry The
the months All of islands, exception
Kauai with the mongoos which especial liking
for and chickens There great openings
poultry raisers who understand the business
of Honolulu the other Islands.
DISADVANTAGES AND DRAWBACKS.
The farmers of Hawaii farmers Other
and to be successful diff
cue The advantage of climate and geographical position
Offset however of these difficulties Perhapshe
problem the question of controlling the injurious
This however is true wherever agricultural products raised
The injurious almost entirely
greatest injury is to field the fruit industry
developed extent The principal insects injurious fruits
the scaensec meaybugs and related The
planters have to contend with borer he arva of bee) leaf
hopper and several others less Pance
nlelony and other and field
Ornamental trees shrubs and attacked by socaeo
Japanese rose beetle and Fulers beetle
OF direct active of control will keep these CHECK
done by such methods other the United States
certain that Insecticides
cultivation based the habits and feistoy of the
gether with the of fertilizers will control these injurious pests
High winds during the which the rainy
of the constitute serious drawback the cultivation of
ton the cultivation of Intesland freight
high and methods of by land the best What
drawbacks there be- those who live the Islands
have faith that they such be
There is yet agricultural college in the Islands The
United States Department of Agriculture established
ment station similar the stations existing each the Mainland
States and Territories This station located the
Honolulu There agricultural societies operation
at o and Wahiawa These bodies both have
membership There quarterly institutes public meetings
at which read that there opportunity for discussion
of the local problems confronting the Hawaii
Planters Association maintains
JARED G. SMITH,
Special Agent in Charge of Hawaii Experiment Station
Honolulu, H. T.. Nov. 1, 1903