The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-23


T the same Illustration leave YOU to Judge its size when
say mat man enlarged in proportion could easily stradde
the iano OF Oahu or step from that island Moloka
could wade from here San Francisco without getting his
knees e9 49,
you VIII at once recognize the utiv attempt
hae them Though they without any special
locomoton OF their they EVERYWHERE They are
light enough be of air and the air one
their vehicles of TRANSPORTATION Tbey are even r h
CANT IN water and running even
greater numbers than Insects are common aeen
cies of transportation and verv accentable to the &
because the bites insects afford the spores the ver
chance which they designed improve for spores
gain their entrance through the the rind OF
the host plant Insects such favorable agents pur
pose that some fungi have apparently developed
attract insects them acquired an odor that adver
tses them to certain insects that find
rlpened tissues and at the carry away
tribute the spores Man himself of the important
OF all the transportation agencies utilized by spores In his
aae and commerce he takes parts OF and distributes
them tar and wide the world These parts crops often
nave adherng to them the spores of crop The
Disease OF cane carried the aerial the cuttings
OF cane and thus often actually planted in very place
OF all others that would prefer. In similar
planted out under conditions favorable the disease In
this case the spores are carried in the air. in and by
ming Disease, extremely likely
planted in cuttings that in appear be quite
sound until they examined microscopically In similar
the of considerable of the leaf
OF the carried the of leaves left attached
the seeds themselves in the of plants closely related
to and therefore all probability the seeds
itself.
You will perceive the practical importance
OF all these facts with regard the transportation of the
spores of disease All the
condition the OF these diseases sometimes retain their
vitality for years So far know there very def
mite experimental results the vitality of the spores of
diseases but it is known that of them resist
dryness for considerable period in fact be in
that condition longest is also worthy of this
connection that dry often able resist great
of temperature heat that would be fatal them in
condition working comparatively little harm when
they are IN dry condition Some spores will bear dry
temperature equal to that OF boiling water and still
At last n position consider of the
important of all the features of the inestaton of in Ha
wall refer the accumulation of the diseases of
and transported by such number of efficient
agencies wonder the diseases OF which they the
seed accumulate On new land be that by
precautions the diseases for few years be kept down
IT, however, is grown continuously on that land more
and of each disease appears each year until certain
tain amount of this accumulation The most we can do to
limit do need point that if rotation of
practsed bare following practlsed few years
this accumulation may be considerably reduced.
have gained fairly good idea of the pro-
eases that we minimize fully confident that
reduce them to even small extent the result VII be
that end be attained had better turn attention to
other subject
used the greatest advantage There can be but one
must observe as carefully possible
healthy and then treat all other cane with all the rgor
that compatible with profits The Territorial Government
has wisely provided inspection imported plant
This inspection should be KEEN impartial and unrelent
thorough the diseases which is liable
appearances that indicative OF those diseases IN
all their stages All diseased material that itself for
Territory should be either destroyed or made
Distinction the former, is
rarely possible to disinfect a diseased plant.
is fairly we'll established that number OF the worst
diseases popagaed through the medium OF the
cuttings should undergo careful inspection be-
fore planting according the methods laid down IN the Bull
fetin on the Inspecon and Distinction OF Cane Cuttings
Be sure YOU perfectly healthy when 1t
other for cuttings This may not be SO simple as 1t
seems observers OF the very things
we handle of SO far advanced that we
have nothing learn In all cases where doubt arises IN
the mind he should have recourse to expert ADVICE
and as possible he should train his own men to De ms
advisers T of Capitalization IN this matter
diffusion knowledge is what want not concentration
Of at YOUR central station 1t your station is
What + ought to be lead and show the trans
an it's methods fast they proved OF
value :, .a :;
Young plants much sensitive to all untoward IN
than Older and established plants and in
ssorence hev should given the greatest attention An
aac of disease old plant might ward OFT Will often be
fatal to a seeding. -,
Medication of almost unknown art ne a