The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-05-06
NEED SMALL
INDUSTRIES
Allan Herbert on
What Can Be
Done.

has himself demonstrated the truth of
this statement to an Advertiser re-
porter yesterday.
There is the lichee, for instance
which can be made n source of great
profit here, as 1 have myself succeed
ed in doing. 1t is one of the most inn
portant and valuable fruit trees of
China, India and Malay and that 1t
can be grown in the islands. success
! fully has been demonstrated by Mrs.
All Fong in Nuuanu valley and by
others.
! Another profitable line of agricul-
! ture Is ylang-ylang culture: the vine
grows in these islands as readily and
with as little care as our own beauti-
full hardy hibiscus The oil from this
extraordinarily fragrant flower Is OBJ
tanned by very simple process and 1t
sells readily for from fifty to sixty
dollars per pound. Seventy to eighty
pounds of flowers produce a pound Of
oil. Manufacturers in London and
Paris use the oil as the basic essence
of the most valuable perfumes. The
essence obtained from the vine is COM
ing in commercial competition with
altar of roses.
Fruit trees of warm countries 9TH
er than these now grown here, could be
successfully introduced If we would
adopt the art of culture as practiced
in Florida and California.
1.-The silk industry has never been
properly tried. The growing of the
mulberry tree and the feeding Of the
slk-worm from it's foliage can both
be made successful. What an industry
this could be made at the Kamehame-
ha Girls School. The land about the
school, towards the sea, is well adapted
for the cultivation of the mulberry
tree. suggested this industry to the
trustees of the Bishop Estate some
years ago and offered my services free
to the girls at the school. Once proper
ly instructed they could carry their
knowledge to their homes when they
return.
INDIA RUBBER.
"The India rubber tree propagates It
self here by seed or cutting. 1t Will
grow luxuriantly in the mountains-a
rubber tree planted in the Waianae
mountains some years ago is now
eighteen or twenty feet high. Milk
eXudes freely and ball as large as an
ordinary marble was made from 1t. The
banana Is another plant not properly
appreciated for there is no fruit that
affords quicker returns.
"There is no plant that will produce
so much delicious fruit to the acre as
the papaia, which was introduced here
in 1872 by the Rev. Ernest r. Gribble
of the Aboriginal mission in Queens
land. He sent over lot of the seed,
and today papaias can be picked in
any part of Hawaii.
OYSTER FARMING.
"Oyster farming Is another business
which 1 would recommend as one of
great profit and possibilities. An oys-
ter is as subject to improvement by
| cultivation as a vegetable. 1t is an
industry too which can be successful
ly carried on, on small scale and with
| little capital, in shallow water near
shore The whole secret of oyster cul-
| ture is the furnishing Of proper bodies
on the bottom for the attachment of the
young. BY planting seed oysters up
on bottoms which are helpful to their
growth, the conditions are made more
maturity, as under natural conditions
the young oysters fasten themselves
so close together that the growth of
one involves the crowding out and de-
struction of hundreds of others. At
Pearl Harbor today there are num-
Der of natural oyster beds, and hun
dreds of tons of empty shells. The
oysters We're no doubt packed so close
ly together that they could not lie fiat,
but grew vertically side by side. This
prevented the oysters from opening
their shells and crowded out and ex-
terminated them. Everyone of the
growing oysters had fastened Itself
to the free end of dead shell, and
today you can find pile Of five or six
shells thus united The history OF the
oyster beds of all countries is the
story OF their deterioration and de-
struction, Consul CanaYarro OF Por-
tugal tells us that In his country today
the oyster interest IL one OF the most
important industries ana gives employ
ment to thousands Of persons, and
millions of dollars ~ capital are In
vested therein oysters are swimming
au'mals ana they are discharged into
the water in countless numbers, a. ho
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