The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-25
RUBBER TREE AS MEANS
Of HAWAIIAN PROFIT
John KidweII on the Rubber Tree and Its
Possibites--.An interesting and Valuable
Paper From Forester and Agriculturist.
John
tForester and Agriculturist for Novembero
fBy John Kidwell. ]


seems desirable to take into account kinds of
trees American Casoa Eaca; the two Brazilian
kinds, Hevea Brasienss and Manihot Glaso1ii; the Fs
Etasica of East Indies and the Kck9G cand or lagos
rubber of Africa It unfortunately happens
rubber the seeds of which
extremely longlved appears be quite worthless for cultivation
be all who
tried 1t that will thrive where but few other trees
exc living yet neither in fertile poor soil VIII
produce enough pay gathering is hardy
the barren district
Brazil Indians get considerable rub
Der from it. but in doing SO they destroy who
have tried under cultivation agreed that the yield IS too
small pay the usual mode of tapping where the
cheapest kind of labor available would that Manihot
had better be left far this Territory concerned
Kcka AfricanG has been much written about in general way
large tree producing good quality rubber distributed over
West Coast of Africa in the tropical forests
Seeds have been sent to Trinidad and other British west oa
Islands, where trees now coming on and doubess
coming later 1t might be well to obtain seeds OF the h
if will thrive here perhaps the seed could be
sui or through proper Department Washington The
West Coast reputed have the wastefu
by Indians Central and South America therefore
might be easier to get seeds OF the heka wle the a
when longer journey would have be performed to
nothing of the longer time that would eapse between the gather
ing mailing of the seeds which serious consideration
they their vitality after being of the pod about two
months but this difficulty could perhaps be partly
by having pods gathered they burst they said
closed the until the Towering of the fol-
lowing The practice in the past has been to wait until
the pods shed their and then gather the seed from
ground Another good for obtaining the seed
possible is that time should be lost in learning what
if anything this tree may be worth to Hawaii
Rubber
forests of India Java where varying quantities OF rubber
have been gathered by the natives for decades and
Java least large plantation has been under cultivation for
40 years. giving satisfactory growth
yield rubber This should be years old before being
eight years seed under favorable conditions;
b fs is not as m Of
with this for while years long time to wait for
This tree eth Rri1es extremely wei in Honolulu and doubtless
would be perfectly home Of the otherwise useless
gue around the windward of these Islands where the
rainfall would be ample for it. 1t has been found that
rapid growth the Indian forests if raised
from seed those grown from cuttings are found not to
aerial which essential the continued expansion
mixed with powdered charcoal and will terminate readily
three months after packing From tn limited opportunities
hand for experiment yield the latex freely which
produces rubber OF great tensile strength and shows no tend
ency toward sickness The rubber produced from Fieus
top price market things considered
that this should be given thorough trial in this
the worst of which be the great number of
deer running wild in the forests which fond OF the
young the has
height the deer will stradde it. breast
and bend it down until thew can bite off the point later the e
phat takes turn at its destruction We have troubles of our
but they do not to be quite big the elephant
regard starting FicAs EIastica indgen
Assam requires very damp atmosphere and the best
with forests
hills ranging up the Hill sides elevation $500
contained fgshaped fruit Is
perfect fig the fruits begin to form March, and the earliest
ripen May. On the crop May
December When gathered the seeds be thoroughly
mixed with pulverlzed dry charcoal in which condition will
for several months if the sowing Immediately
should be mixed in the following Take pint of
seed pnts of fine ashes and of sed fine vegetable
loam mix thoroughly together, and spread this the surface
well drained boxes of SOIL press the surface smooth
water carefully The boxes should kept hot moist at
mophee and protected from drip and sunshine In India the
rainy the best time for sowing
terminate about weeks; if the dry they
dormant for months, and then up quickly
When the seedlings high
should be prked well drained nursery beds apart
way where they become quite hardy and may until
enough the In India young
again transpanted protected the
5x5 apart, where they attain height of
game eating off the young shoos) If the ground
necessary plant young
least IS feet apart and if exposed strong
they should be supported by stakes OF about
F. eIaStica need greater beginning
of the other kinds but long
to warrant al the needed get
Perhaps the best sustained cultivation have
carried Cevon where unfortunately