The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-01-30
SMALL FARMING FOR PROFIT.

It not true that small farming proved unsuccessful in Hawaii
where has been taken adapt productions to the SOIL to secure
rotation the right time and to take advantage
of the differing climates group People have after raising
potatoes place for thirty found them failure But that
would Massachusetts California What the
potato fields needed different crop for while and the
soil lost elements Then
again. scientific advice cabbag have been planted on land
adapted sa and land where the wind and
rainfall only owyng which do not require as corn does
Of hot MINDLESS and ane days nesPersed WIN
moderately Often have been planted at the time
year when they do the worst Even in the tropics cab
bages BEANS waemeons and the like have their seed time
and harvest time, their springs and auumns. These must
recognized the results to the farmer will prove Disappointing
apiece Kona and other upland districts of Hawai- and
Of Maui they do well in California 1t mostly matter OF
heat and mosquitoes do their worst will success
goes up hill to better climate will lose no larger per
moneoo makes trouble that animal climb fences
as the wild California swoop down from the sky like
the hawk does in New England pick lock- like Sanbo does in the
South .
There is the same complaint Of pests here that there is in all new
agricultural countries but destructive animals 50
as the Eastern pioneer them The latter had
squirrels foxes wildcats deer bear wolves rabbits hawks
and at least fifty fruit and birds to con-
tend with saving nothing catepars
hoppers the like To-day Eastern potatoes have bugs and hops lice
and douts In Catona the
despite rabbits gophers bugs dishonest mddeen and
Southern Pacific railroad In Hawaii his troubles are fewer both in
degree and kind and they all difficulties which have remedy
pests prey vegetables general age OF the soil
OF relief here elsewhere When man puts garden IN the
midst of wild land bugs and insects rally on from the Jungle ounoa
bout When the jungle is cleared for farms the trouble becomes
and combaed by farmers each on MS
The cultivation the fewer the enemies OF crops TO
the
But small farming for profit must not concern itself so much with
staples with the staples of the tropics
This call is for special agriculture such
pneappes chuney lines coffee tobacco
vanilla which may be added such general products milk
butter cheese poultry eggs honey and hogs Forage such PAM
alfalfa sorghum native easily raised for stock
farmer need without his One of land in the Mano
valley today divided into paneun alfalfa and sorghum plots with
small grass corral left sisans and . horse
There OF public land in Hawaii where pecia
products be pohtaby raised Good land produces excellent pine
farm in Kansas cultivated for wheat will do in three Bad land yield
excellent hemp Tor which the mare steady and profitable Poor ba
bring price the good bananas praete
able here ueeds There is plenty OF land for all these product
all the kinds enumerated Al that lacking is the cul
y chance,
They ought o have IT, The arrag lef anana
~ range eale should be opened up They ought be surveyed divided
pat on l market and advertised through e land and ansponah
lnes II al b done and omeseeke excursions organized N
day cannot M iar distant When Hawaii viii e Infinitely prosper
Al ous ~ e pr 1apla better elsnle bleI sesd ad hdle
lPfnlalfd Than u ever Was heioe