Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-01-17
FEDERAL FARM NttDS|
DIRECTOR SMITH ASKS
TERRITORIAL HELP
STATEMENT TO BOARD OF AoRl.
CULTURE OF PLANS AND CON-
DiTioNs-ToBAcco, COZ.
FEE, SILK, FRUIT.


Director Jared q. Smith of the U. s.
Experiment Station sends a statement
to the Board of Agriculture and For.
estry, in which he has the following
10 say:
The Territorial Legislature appro.
priated, at its special session In June.
1904, the sum of $22s per month to
assist the Hawaii Experiment Station.
The sum expended from July to
December 81. 1904. totals s1.5O9.32.
This station has been in process Of
formation for four years. In the be.
ginning we had nothing but a piece
Of rocky land-a narrow strip over
two miles in length, the interested
portion thickly covered with kulu, Ian
tana and guava-set aside for the pur.
pose OF an experiment station by the
Governor of Hawaii. There were no
buildings, fences, laboratories. no tools
10 work with and no land cleared. The
larger share of the appropriations
made by Congress for this station dur.
ing the past four years have been used
in getting together an equipment. q
place to work and something to work
with. The experiments carried on aud
the bulletins and reports published
have been accomplished rather Ia spite
of obstacles than with outside assist.
ance and support. Ii the station can
live through until July !. 1905, we will
at the beginning OF the fiscal year 1906
be provided with a moderate equip.
ment so that beginning on that date
the station ought to be able to put a
larger proportion of the available
funds into the work of investigation
and experiment.
The station is indebted to the Ter.
ritory for its fine new iire-proof Libra.
ry. Laboratory and Office building.
Three thousand dollars was provided
BY the Legislature for this building,
and about two thousand was expended
from the Federal funds The Legisla.
ture contributed $500 for a new
dwelling. The station also supplied
some of the funds for this structure.
An account of the tobacco expert.
ment to date has been published in u
iecent number of the Hawaiian For.
ester and Agriculturist.
The results of the first years work
indicate strongly that Hawaii can
grow high class cigar tobacco of both
wrapper and filler types.
The station has leased five acres OF
land near Hilo. which is now being
planted with cacao and bananas.
AT the station investigations are be.
ing made relative to Hawaiian tan
barks; the cultivation Of cassava for
starch and glucose; experiments with
bananas the nature and method Of
control of mango disease; the chemical
composition OF grasses and forage
plants; grating and budding the man.
go and alligator pear; silk raising:
citrus fruits; insects injurious to crops
other than cane, and the relation OF
HuInus To fertility.
The II. $. Z. A. Experiment Station
with their magnificent equipment OF
buildings and laboratories and their
large and able staff Of scientists are
amply able to care for all cane inter
ests in Hawaii.
Tne boaTG OF Agriculture and For.
estry are well equipped with men and
means to care for insect quarantine
and forestry prob!ems.
The Hawaii Experiment Station can
not afford to attempt any line of work