The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-11-20
FACTS Which. SMALL FARMERS ARE ASKING FOR
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is the best breakfast fruit
the grape fruit the Mainland There good
hundred acres devoted to its cultivation
CASTOR BEANS
There castoo mill on the Island of Oahu for the
oil from beans locally grown The from
this industry have been good and the planted to this
being rapidly extended The advantage the cultivation of this
crop the tropics that the beans bear about eight months from
the time the seed is planted and continue to bear pernnay for
about five the ripenng being continuous with
crops monthly intervals during that time The seed planted
we'll cultivated land eighteen to wentfour feet
from eight twelve feet in the AS the beans
branches produced these again npped Plants in this
forced into broad shape and spread to almost
from $50 SOS The yield about half ton
and the plants full bearing the end Of
three or four years
There about fifty diaries the Island of Oahu and
individual herds headed by registered bulls and also fine
of the best dairy breeds the quality Of the cattle is
and be every three months frequently for
times All that requires is fertilization and cu
vaon 1T without exception the best forage plant that we have
the Islands Most OF the dairy are fed sorghum with grain
raons med feeds such BRAN mddngs shorts all of which
imported from the Mainland with the agaroba bean, local
product similar the mesquite bean Of Texas and the Southwest
Milk sells at retail from to IS cents per quart and butter Tor
from to 90 cents pound There are enough local diaries to
supply milk and cream for all the population the islands, but
the monthly import Of butter still quite large 1t is considered
make good butter lower elevations Most of the
large ranches and diaries located the mountain slopes at
elevations OF 5000 to 1000 feet
POULTRY.
There is local market for and live poultry especially
production chickens turkeys The industry
tirely the hands OF the Chinese Eggs sell for from
per Dozen and live chickens from SI2oo dozen
There great many tropical diseases of poultry The
from sore head high chickens especially during
the months All Of the islands, with the exception of
Kauai with the which has especial liking
for eggs young chickens There great openings for
poultry rasers who understand the business either the vicinity
of Honolulu on the other Islands
DISADVANTAGES AND DRAWBACKS
The farmers of Hawaii in common with the farmers of other
countries and be successful diff
cues The advantage of climate and geographical position
Offset however these difficulties Perhaps
problem question controlling many injurious
This however wherever agricultural products raised
The injurious insects almost entirely introduced forms and their
injury field crops the fruit industry
developed The principal insects injurious fruits
the scalensec meabugs and related The
planters have contend with borer e arva of beee leaf
hopper and several others less serious Pant-ce
meon-y and other insects attack garden and field
Ornamental trees shrubs and attacked by soaed
Japanese rose beetle and Fulers beetle The general
direct, active keep pests
done by such methods in other OF the United States
certain that precautionary the of Insecticides and
cultivation based the habits hstory of
seter with the of fertilizers will control these injurious pests
High winds during the winter which is also the
the constitute drawback the cultivation OF
vegetables and annual but considered serious ea
ion to the cultivation OF perennas ntersand freight
high and methods OF What
ver drawbacks there be- those who live in the Islands
'ave faith that they are such as can be overcome
There is yet agricultural college the Islands The
United States Department OF Agriculture has established
station similar the existing each of Mainland
honolulu There agricultural societies operation
Ho and Wahawa These bodies both have quite large
membership There quarterly institutes public meetings held
which read that there for discussion
If the local problems confronting Hawaii The Hawaii
Planters Association its experiment
taion which is devoted to the interests of sugar cane
JARED c. SMITH,
Special Agent in Charge of Hawaii Experiment Station.
Honolulu, H. T., Nov I 1903.