Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-21
Planters Experiment
station Work Is Il Most
Profitable System

The second days sessions Of the
twenty fifth annual meeting of the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association
opened this morning in the Judd build
ing rooms with large attendance.
President II. =. Baldwin in the chair.
There was some misunderstanding
about the hour of meeting; some were
under the impression that $3.50 was
the time set, while others believed the
| time appointed to be 10 o'clock. The
official opening of the meeting, there.
| fore, occurred at 10 o'clock In the
meanwhile, a goodly number being on
/ hand at $3.50, including the President,
Mr.. w. o. Smith. secretary and treas
urer of the Association, gave most
interesting and impromptu talk on
tobacco. which appears in another col
umn. This filled in most protitably IN
til all the planters were present, when
/ the reading OF reports Of the Expert
menu Station work was taken up.
| Shortly before noon, recess was taxi
en- until 1880 p. m.
pertinent Station Committee, read a
lengthy report, from which the follow.
ing is taken:
Laboratory Work.
The increase in the number of de.
examinations in the laboratories,
which has been so marked for the past
few years. is again in evidence, the
total number of completed analyses
being LAS as against 1917 the prev
ious year, an increase of 161. This is
gratifying, as II shows that the men,
bers of the Association are realizing
more and more the value of this divi-
sion, and are availing themselves of
its use as q means of increasing their
knowledge OF local conditions as to
soils and consequent fertilizer require.
ments. thus enabling them to proceed
intelligcntly toward the accomplish
ment of given desirable results.
Canes from Seed,
The value Of this division has been
most effectively demonstrated during
the past year by the remarkably sue.
cessful experiments of propagating
canes from seed.
The establishment Of sub.statiOns in
the different districts. both for agricul.
tural experiments and the testing of
varieties of cane has been successfully
inaugurated.
Fighting Leaf Hopper.
During the period the efforts Of the
chronological division have been con
fined practically to work connected
with cane leaf hopper including the
Introduction, breeding and distribute
ing OF beneficial insect enemies to prey
upon this serious pest. Few. If any
lof us have forgotten the conditions OF
year or two ago when the attacks
OF cane leaf hopper were menacing our
cane fields and when many of our plan
tatiOns were face to face with a prob
lem the outcome of which It was diff
cult to foretell. 1t will suffice to say
that at no time in the history OF the
sugar industry of these Islands had
such large proportion of our crops
been placed in the position of being
practically abandoned as they thcr
Syerc and all because of the depreda
lions OF this insect pest and OF ih'
fungus diseases following in its wake
Simple reference to this condition Ii
all that Is necessary for your commit
tee to make SO that attention may BIZ
called to the difference between thel
and now. When the last annual re
port of the committee was printed
year ago, all were living in the hop
: that the promises held out by the en-
> tomologsts of this division would b
successful.
O Rochelle and Perkins.
ID The result of the mission of Messrs
&c Koebele and Perkins to Australia Il
search of insect enemies to the nor
per was still matter of mere conjet
1 ture, inasmuch as the breeding of tn
one or two consignments of insects re
n ceived up to that time was still in tn
experimental stage. The final sue
X cess, however, of the Introduction
D breeding and distribution of these In
sects and their establishment on al
our plantations is now no longer
matter OF conjecture.
ID Future Work Program.
. One Of the first things to which tn
- director of the pathological diyisio
y turned his attention was a survey G
- the field of work open to the division
" This resulted in the preparation G
the following program: Root diseas
n OF Cane; culture of; soil treatment fo
" root disease. summing, lining, draiT
age, burning. Colored illustrations 6
A diseased cane. Raise Seeding cane
and test same as to immunity. hmm
n nifty tests at Plantations, as well as 9
Experiment Station. Bulletin on ties
ing varieties as to resistance. Pun
culture work on all the cane fungi
ascertain all possible spore forms
What strength OF Bordeaux will can
W stand? Lining cane. Use of molasss