The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-23
AN ADDRESS ON THE DISEASES OF PLANTS, ES
PECIALLY As RELATED TO SUGAR CANE.

AN ADDRESS ON THE DISEASES OF PLANTS, ES-
PECIALLY AS RELATED TO SUGAR CANE.
Woodworking friend of mine himself a
OF health that his family and friends considerable
physician.
My friend is wel-known man, doctor gave
special appointment early morning when could
command freedom for long consultation.
he symptoms were recounted and all the doctors
tons answered Then the examination systematic and
thorough OF every accessible organ Heart lungs abdomen
nervous reactions etc. each the subject of close
scrutiny.
The examination the doctor said, WELL sir you have
organic disease From what you have told and from
what know OF you by reputation conclude that
suffering from the results Of have voluntarily
adopted You nave become SO absorbed IN your various pu
suits that have neglected yourself You have been work
beyond capacity and order gain time for bust
have been huyng at meals and in general adoP
ton strenuous methods until those interested your well
fare becoming alarmed the results, The remedy is
entirely your hands Medicine would than
wasted you There drug you take that would
make you
AS I said in the first place you in the condition of
very many people who consult physician, Their symp-
simply the result ofwel ndiscretion to put it
plainly When they suffering from actual disease it has
usually resulted from the accumulated effects of drugs Very
sumption of food drink and have then treated
resulting symptoms with drugs until they have last
breaking the barriers that erect
every mans body for the of disease and they
have then actually become diseased
If contracted typhoid because they
have by their ndiscreet weakened the action
that the microbes of the disease
killed entering the body, they should have BEEN 1t
they contracted skin diseases Tor
similar reason namely that they have by their own
the natural resistant qualities of the skin
that has been by the organism causing the disease
I can give you no medicine help you. only
give you advice you my advice these symptoms
will disappear do not may go on tor some years
vet but sooner will break down pematuey
plain advice careful mastcation of
moderate quantities of simple food abundance OF the puest
air possible plenty of bodily exercise daily avoidance OF dis
puatons worry and taking time to enjoy his family and
endof the sou1dness OF which it is not too much to say
my friend well convinced beforehand as the doctor
The point that he sharply reminded that he had
been negecng do things he perfectly well aware he ought
have done.
more than suspect that IN the matter OF crop diseases
might advantageously take to heart such common
place which have just recounted
striking instance And it is somewhat on these lines that
As this NAV be the only opportunity that shall have
to address the planters Hawaii have been all the
subject with work of the Division of Pathology
Physiology in order that program might be rounded
the activities OF your Experiment
Having been born on farm and having my younger days
followed farming for VOCATION 1t was not
unnatural having been first trained as chemist
and~hen as biologist should have given consider
able norton Of nv time to study of the maadies OF Gull
vated plants propose in address to draw upon the N
thus gained and place you certain ideas that
in nv opinion be your guides in all your attempts to
cope with plant diseases that are now present IN your
Territory, likely to arrive here - . .u.o.o
than can effect immediate and perfect cure-no eaPHat
no c1rea to propose The medical profession has word
which applies the propounders OF such mere
few the language more heavily laoen WIN u
sion and contempt than the word quack -
attempt be rather to carefully review the , oat
fore u.s. apply feature OF IT all the Knows I
we can bring to with the special object OF making the
cane industry profitable
When look over my list of topics confess that am a
Drehensive that do ali this in single lecture IS wen ns
mnob1e The best be done is to proceed as lar as
possible in the direction indicated and leave 10 the
whatever cannot be accomplished this afternoon
L s welred maxim in technical d1scouses TO assume
that your audience well versed In the
principles of subject that bret review OF thn ,
n nace Accordingly shall dwell at some little length on
certain biological that constitute the i m
the measures may be utilised in the combating OF the
diseases OF cane-crops T ,o..,d ,~,rsa
If it were necessary to do SO am sure that couo use
~ ;e~es+ in lecture of length by reference to the
economic importance of the subject $500,
r. historical records for instances OF crop losses
;e rar+s of the world find them scattered through
~ re history of agriculture References to losses that