Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-01
FARMERS IN SESSION
COMMITTEE WORKING
FOR REORGANIZATION
OFFICERS ELEcTEp-PREsIDENT
SMITH REPORTS ON YEARS
DolN0s-scHooL BOYS
ARE PRESENT.

DOlNGS-SCHOOl BOYS
ARE PRESENT.
A committee 10 go over the bylaws
and constitution. with a view to more
definite organization, was appointed
Saturday at the annual session of the
Farmers Institute held at the Kane.
hameha Schools. This committee con.
sists of the president, Byron o. Clark,
J. T. Crawley and J. ID. Dole and will
report at the next meeting.
The following were elected to Office:
Jared @. Smith, president; Byron o.
Clark, vice president: j. L. Higgins
secretary and treasurer.
In order to meet incidental expenses
It was voted that active members pay
81 year dues.
The afternoon session was entirely
devoted to business
Kamehameha School cadets and nu.
merous agriculture enthusiasts attend.
ed the evening session, at which pa.
pers were read and the Kamehameha
Glee Club entertained.
Principal Dyke spoke Of farming In
relation to the schools. He said every
Kamehameha boy was a farmer.
Some people assert that small
farming cannot be maintained In the
Hawaiian Islands," he said. But I
know from ample evidence that 1t can
be. and successfully. The people of
Hawaii have been agriculturists for
hundreds of years and they have al.
ways lived on the fruits of that agri.
cultural industry"
Byron o. Clark addressed the boys,
saying the agricultural interests OF
the Islands depended on them.
| Mrs. Z. NJ. Nakuina also spoke, urg
Ing the boys to apply themselves to
the soil and then ask the government,
! for land.
I Jared G.. Smith read the president
report. in part, as follows:
This meeting closes the second sue
cessful year Of the Farmers institute
In Hawaii. | trust 1t also marks thu
beginning Of an equally successful one
and of many more to follow.
Rather than to take up my short al
lotment of time in telling OF what ha
been done and said at our former In
stitutes. a further word in regard I,
the what and why of the Farmers In
stitute work Is more important.
The Farmers Institute is farmers
/ convention called for the purpose O
, discussion of the problems relating I
, agriculture and farm life and farr
work. Discussion OF the live topic
affecting this occupation. is the chic
aim and object of this farmers co,
vention. To a certain extent 1t Is
part of the educational system of on
land. It's function is instructio
] through direct interchange of idea
J. between the scientific teacher OF tn
Q agricultural college. the scientific II
!, yestigatOr of the experiment station
:, and the farmer--the man who has
, make his living by the practical worl
: ing out of the problems OF how plant
9 must be cultivated or animals fed an
8 cared for. In order to yield the grea
q est financial return.
8 The function of the Agricultural Co
. lege and of normal or industri
schools having courses in agricultul
Is to teach that which has been pro
ed.
: The function OF the experiment st
J. ton is to investigate and determir
$ what Is true and what false; what al
n the laws that govern the growth
plants; the relation of plants to soil
. climate, irrigation, drainage: their di
a eases and animal foes; the breedin
. feeding and pathology of domestic al
= mails. The experiment station invest
u gator must ever strive to unravel u
J. tangled forces of nature, to solve u
Il everlasting why Of natural phenomen
G There are great many interrogatit
!, marks to be answered either yes or
\. and II the station workers do what Il
y trainers Of the Hatch Act In Congre
specified that they should do. both Il
. teaching and the practical demonstr
" ton Of how" must be left to others.
% The Farmers Institute Is intend
le to I'LL In gap which has existed /
d tween the college and station on h
in one hand and the practical farmer
the other. Here is the place whe
n. theorist and practical man can me
=, on level ground to talk over that o
- =. great subject In which all are equa
W interested and commemorative scien
10 and practice OF agriculture.
70 Until that time comes, and belle
10 firmly that 1t Is coming-when I
to number of individual farmers GUILTY.
ia ing and in many cases owning tn
n. own homes and farms, shall ha
a, greatly increased. ! believe that I
70 best interests of this Institute dema
ne that 1t shall be conducted on as bro
a scope and with as little formal
"a. az possible. There are more farm'
in Hawaii today than there w
at three years ago There are more p
ar. pie interested in diversified agric
in. ture. And, Furthermore, as sure
dex of the changing sentiment of {
y people as body, the man who ad
Gates the growing of a great ma
ne crops instead of the one and sole dc
IN. inant crop. sugar cane, Is placed /
he on the defensive than he was tn
"a. years ago when the experiment $
an ton was established, or even [
=, years ago when this Farmers lnstlt
~ was started. This change OF sentim
NJ is a good sign. Tolerance of {
ha' willingness to listen to another's oil
en- ions Is often the first evidence Of c
lto version. ! believe that II would b
err. good thing for Hawaii II the mum
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