The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-04-28
MEETING OF
THE FARMERS
AT WAH|AWA
Van Dine Talks of
Some New
Bugs.

tory of Hawaii held its regular meetin,
at Wahiawa on Saturday, the attend
ance being large, and all those presen
most enthusiastic in the work. Their,
were many agriculturists and man,
persons Interested in agriculture pres.
ent from this city, among those from
Honolulu being:
Jared G. Smith, T.. T.. Sedgwick. f
L. Confer, d. l.. Van Dine, of the Fed
eral Experiment Station; Mrs. Jared G.
Smith, Mrs. T\F. Sedgwick, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. f.. Higgens, DR.. Il. c. Shorey
! Principal Dyke and f. c. Krouse OF
kamehameha School, Mr. j. T. Crawley
manager of the Hawaiian Fertilizer
Company; l.. A. Thurston, Mr.. Dun
can of the Hawaiian Fertilizer Com
/ pany. C. j. Austin, superintendent Gov
eminent Nursery; Henry Davis and Mr.
! Weldon.
THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.
The opening session. in the afternoon,
was to have been held out of doors, but
| because of the rain was held at the
residence of Mrs Rhodes. The subject
for the session was the dairy industry,
and the general discussion was opened
/ by Mr.. Krouse on the school dairy at
II
wide talk on the matter participated in
more or less by all present, but the
principal takers were Jared G. Smith,
! DR.. Shorey, Mr.. Krouse and Mr.. Hig-
gems. The speaker dealt with the value
of balanced ration, comparative value
of different feeds, and the advantage to
be gained by many articles of food
whose qualities had never been fairly
tested on the island herds.
The Importance of keeping up high
standard in dairy herds was also
touched upon. In this connection Jared
G. Smith said that a poor COW. no mat
ter how cheaply it might be purchased,
was dead loss. while good COW was
Il good Investment, whatever the cost
of the animal. Mr. Thurston brought
up the question of the relative value
of separating and selling the cream.
and using the skim milk to feed calves
and pigs. Mr.. krouse replied that skim
milk is of as much value in feeding
stock as the full milk, If something Is
substituted for the cream. Cocoanut
meal will replace the cream at IL very
small cost
The practice of Honolulu dairymen
in the way of feeding was compared
with the practice In various parts of
the United States, showing the impor
lance of the feed question in dairy
farming on the islands.
The evening session was held in the
Wahiawa school house. and the place
was crowded to the doors. Chairman
Jared G. Smith, of the appropriations
committee, reported that an item for
the purpose of carrying on the work of
the society had been or would be in
serted in the general appropriations
bill when that measure came to be pass
ed by the Legislature.
The committees on seasons for plant
ing in Hawaii said that it had been
studying the data of it's subject, but
was not as yet ready to make report.
The report of the secretary and treas
urer of the work done in 1902 was re-
ceived and ordered printed After clear
ing away this preliminary matter Mr..
ID. l.. Van Dine, of the government ex
pertinent station, read a most valuable
paper on Some Injurious Insects of
Hawaii" in the course of which he
said:
SOME INJURIOUS INSECTS OF HA-
WAII.
The Importance of economic entomol- |
ogy to agriculture Is obvious. Argu-
ments and explanations are out of date. |
have not seen the figures for some
time but the annual loss in the United
States through insect depredations
amounts to several hundred million dol
lars. This does not sound an exagge-
ration when it is known that one plan
tatiOn in these Islands estimated a loss
of $4,000 worth of cane in one year
through n single insect. the cane-borer
The State of Massachusetts has APP
prOpriated all together $40, 900 for the
of the Gypsy moth, four
nfths of which has been expended.
Connecticut appropriated last year
$4,000 for work against the San Jose
scale insect. Despite these liberal APP
these pests are gradually
new territory. In the case of
the San Jose scale the work will not
be successful until every fruit grower
and every handler of fruit and fruit
trees gives the effort their cooperation.
The question Is not why should we fight
the insect pests but how can we fight
them. To know how implies knowledge
and the question becomes one of educa-
ton not "A political one.
Legislation can, II 1t Is efficient, pre-
vent the further Introduction of injur-
]
On to reduce the number already pres
ent. The Introduction of the parasitic
md predaceous enemies of the insect
pests Will help to solve the problem and
prevent them from appearing I'm abnor-
nal numbers but will never make 1t un-
necessary for "A producer of agricultural
products to use precautionary and ac-
i've means to protect his crops from
he raVageS of insect pests. To do this
ntelligently the grow. aust know the
insect. its characteristics, habits, and
ife-history as well as the precaution- :
Try measure to proven. the pest from {
attacking his crops or the proper reme- !
lies if the attack has been made, This !
'aper deals with n few notes on some
# HawaiIs injurious insects, 9
HE PEAR BLIGHT" (ERIOCOC- :.
Gus SP.)
The family Of insects known as Coo