The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-10-27
JARRETT ON
THE STAND
rrom wednesdays Advertiser.)

Trom Wednesdays Advertiser)
Judge Lindsays court room resumed
its wonted appearance yesterday when
the attorneys of the Parker ranch case
again occupied the floor.
Paul Jarrett's cross examination oc-
cupied most of the day. Kinney had
the correspondence between the wit
ness and Alfred Carter in court and
referred frequently to letters which
had been written while Jarrett was
manager. The first one produced re-
lated to the duties Of Fred Carter when
he first when to the ranch, II appear
ing that he was sent as head overseer
and not as bookkeeper as charged in
the bill of complaint. A comprehen-
sive report of the condition of the
ranch made by Jarrett at the request
of Alfred Carter was also introduced,
which caused the witness to modify,
TO some extent, his figures as to the
number of animals he kept in pad
docks.
The witness testified that at the time
of his management he believed the
ranch to be stocked to its full capa-
city, the herd then numbering from
$4,000 to 10000. He had increased the
number of cattle killed so as to equal
the number branded because ne
thought the ranch had as many cat
tie as It was safe to carry. In an
swer to a hypothetical question by
Kinney, based on the statistics already
in evidence, the witness said that II in
three and a half years Carter had add
ed eight or ten thousand tame cattle
in good condition to the herd, this
would be good showing and the re-
suit of good management.
The witness also testified that Car
ter's cattle had increased in weight
over those which he shipped, because
they were better class of cattle and
better bred. He regarded this increase
in weight as very vital and important.
The witness thought that 1t was very
important for the Parker ranch to
have an agent constantly in Honolulu
watching the market.
In regard to Jarrett's ability always
to fill orders for fat cattle, he testi-
fled that he sometimes worked in cat
tie that were not prime, in filling or
ders, that being the best he could do
under his conditions of breeding and
paddocks. Kinney produced number
of letters where he complained of the
scarcity of fat cattle, and others in
which he spoke of the necessity of
working off cattle that had been caught
by dry spell, before they lost weight.
The letters also showed that Jarrett
was frequently obliged to remove cat
tie from different fattening paddocks
on account of dry weather, and that
WAIKIKI especially was empty for
months at time. On some occasions
he had kept cattle in OBTAINING pad
docks, and then refattened them when
better weather came
In regard to the number of cattle
to be kept in a paddock, the witness
testified that dry weather in the Mana
paddocks affected the food, while in
the WAIKIKI paddocks ii affected the
water. His plan was to stock the pad
docks as full as possible in good wealth
er and, when drought came, to with
draw the cattle and sell them off or
distribute them among other paddocks.
He thought, however, that If he had
had water in WAIKIKI paddock as Car
ter has he would have changed his
plan and carried only the number of
cattle that could be supported the year
around
On redirect examination the witness
said that the fat cattle he had noticed
from the Parker ranch had only been
since the receiver was appointed, but