Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-01-11
What BIaC0W Did In
Small Farm Effort
A FARMERS EXPERIENCE IN DETAIL

LIST, (six months), with only a rain
fall OF 1870 inches, gave them paral.
ytic stroke from which they and |
never recovered. OF all the plants and
trees tried, strawberries gave the best
results If large market could have
been had. That year we had planted a
new 3.acre patch, from which we never
got berry.
Asparagus from seed produces a
small greencolored shoot OF good taste
but of no great amount and would re.
quire an acre to provide enough for
i large family.
Rhubarb imported roots all died,
raised plants from seed and If never
moved did fairly well but all plants
transplanted rotted.
Horse.radish roots all rotted.
Hop roots made about feet of vine
like thread, no strength or yigor to
them.
Our location does not seem favorable
to the proper growth of the pineapple,
although on new land the first time
setting a fair sized pine of good llav0r
is grown.
Banana Vinegar.
Bananas grow good.sizcd lunches
and, after that they decrease in size.
We have no market for them, al
though we have sold some for three.
fourth of one cent per pound, green.
the market soon gave out. have tried
making vinegar of the fruit and after
using up some 500 pounds OF ripe
fruit succeeded in producing a fine
clear water white vinegar which ".
offered for 25 cents per gallon, sold
some but no store would buy as there
was not profit enough to be made for
them. when they could buy vinegar
in Honolulu for l2 to II cents per gal.
Ion duty paid of S cents per gallon)
and sell for ~ cents per gallon, 10
cents per bottle, 3 bottles for % cents,
II was more to their liking. There Ii
small wondering beetle that has
great fondness for anything made vi
oak and as all of our kegs and barrels
we're made of oak. they soon let lots OF
our vinegar out and we had to make al
OF our containers of northwest lumber
I and pick the kind that had hare
hinty grain running around the barre
as a hoop. that stopped the beetle, bu,
did not produce us any better market
so gave that up.
Peanuts. both the Chinese (smal
Isi,l, aud ,hn f',Iig,rpia ,l,ryn ind
were tried and grew fairly well but thu
cost OF digging was as much as yol
could get for the nuts and no profit
from them whatever.
Mangoes are so badly affected b.
blight in this district that no frui
Is ever seen now.
Avacada pears grow fairly well bu
are slow TO fruit, some never fruit
and some OF the trees show signs o
decay.
Papaia do well but are hard to tram
plant successfully, the seed come a.
we'll.
Vegetable Problem.
Our success with vegetables Is a
follows:
Field corn never produced enough I
pay for labor expended, could buy
cheaper than | could raise II, Swee
} ond pop corn never prOspered.
Egyptian corn, sorgum and sunnov
cTs, unless each head was protectc
with a mosquito net bag, the bird
never left kernel of seed. They wcr
tried to see If poultry food coul
be produced here.
. Cut-Worm Work.
Potatoes used to grow well here l
former years but cutworms and bligi
have done their work on Irish potatoe,
have seen taken from one hill |
; inches square SO cutworms at one tim'
they eat also the young potatoes Will
tender "a fact).
) We have raised large quantities @
melons. squash, cucumbers, tOmatoe
, and pumpkins, which is now impo'
sible since the advent Of the fruith,
. which is now working on the coffe
cherry.
!, Caulifower and celery require
richer soil and more water than "
D have.
r Lettuce must be grown In boxes
! get much of any crop, then only leave
and no head, even the heading kinds.
: Peppers do well and grow all ii
year round and for several years fro
+ the same planting and could be raise
for market as could some Of the herb