The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-07
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ing up. it is hoped, of a number Of
prosperous communities where are now
vast waste tracts that are practically
worthless as they lie. The railway
company, of course, will make a profit
also from the handling of the sisal. but
nobody will object to that SO long as the
country is developed and the Island of
Oahu is made the home of thousands
of active and wide-awake American
farmers. raising their families on the
soil.
In connection with the interest at
present being aroused in sisal the
Fiber Company has also undertaken
number Of tests, whose results will tend
to establish wide knowledge of the
adaptability of soils of various quality
and at divers elevations for the grow
ing of sisal. 1t has been claimed that
fiber grown on the lower and drier lands
was of greater length and of somewhat
higher quality than that raised on the
richer soils of the higher lands, where
there was a great precipitation, hut
on the other hand that the yield of the
sisal plants on the higher lands was
greater in bulk With a view to estab-
lish the truth or falsity of these claims.
the fiber company has been getting
samples of sisal grown on various kinds
of soil and at different elevations, ex-
tracing the fiber and sending it to
experts on the mainland for their opin-
ion as to its length, quality and general
adaptabflity for commercial uses.
Tests of the fiber grown in several
different localities have already been
made in this way, with results so far
that are eminently satisfactory in all
cases. Notably, there has been re-
ceived the experts report on lot of
fiber grown on the Leilehua tract, at
an elevation OF between 500 and 900
is very rich, with a heavy annual RAIN
fall. This lard lies right alongside the
colony lands at Wahiawa, in fact, and
is of the same quality in all respects.
The expert reported that the sample of
fiber submitted was equal to the best
that is grown in YGcatan-and tiiat is
about as good as there is. Yucatan, in
fact is the place where is grown the
finest quality of sisal grown in the
world Ii sisal of n marketable quality
can be grown on The high lands as we'll
as on the low, dry coral lands, there is
no reason why its production should
not become in time one of the chief
sources of the wealth of the Islands.
The Fiber Company, whose address is
Sisal, asks growers of sisal in all parts
of the Islands to send uncleaned sisal
leaves. to be tested under this arrange
ment to get the experts opinion. Not
plant will be wanted from each grower.
These will be put through the mill. and
will then be marked and the fiber pack
ed most carefully and sent TO the Coast
for submission to the judges. The re-
turns from each lot, as soon as receiv-
ed. will be sent to the grower, the
entire test being made free OF charge.
The value of a test of this kind can
hardly be estimated, but growers OF
sisal will understand how much it will
mean to them. If they are raising fiber
of the first class, this win advise them
of the fact and give them some pointers
as to its disposition with the largest
amount of profit to themselves.
The Oahu Railway Company yestsr-