The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-02-09

Shoes and saddles. .......... 25O, 900
Sugar (refined $4,000. mo-
lasses, etc. .............. 10000
Cocoa and chocolates. ....... 10000
Coffee, roasted or prepared. .... II 900
Tobacco, manufactures of,
nearly - .'''............... 100000
These represent domestic shipments
from the United States alone. and
while many are manufactured che
crude material in them is to some ex-
tent produced here. The articles might
be manufactured here in time and be-
come part of the source of our future
wealth.
To adhere strictly to raw products
or those readily manufa ctured. as but
ter and cheese, how many of Won
were aware that we imported s35. 900
worth of hogs during the ten months
preceding October, 1906? We at Ka-
mehameha raise n superior type at a
cost not to exceed cents per pound.
live weight, for which We are offered
10 cents. 1t seems TO me this would
offer twenty small farmers a gross
earning OF $4,000 per annum. OF which
halr should be net under careful man
agement. One thousand dollars would
establish such a piggery. where. two
years after its establishment. a mini
mum of the above gross receipts could
be earned by any thrifty experienced
American hog raiser And this is how
he could do IT,
Lease or purchase ten acres Of land
/ within shipping distance of Honolulu.
preferably along the railroad. out Ka-
huku way. or. II possible. at wahiawa.
Select a warm, dry, sheltered site:
erect suitable buildings, not fancy.
4 Fence Off number of quarter-acre
| paddocks. plant them to one of the scy-
cral grasses that do best under your
| conditions, for pasture. Ser out an ad-
ditional acre or two for reserve, then
| plant the remainder to sweet potatoes.
| cassaVa, beets, corn or whatever thrives
best with your neighbor. When fairly
established get your breeding stock.
! Twenty young sows OF good grade
/ viii do for starter. Kamehameha
VIII sell you n high-grade Berkshire
pig eight to ten weeks old for s., but
II you can do better don't feel under
obligation to purchase, from us. Then
stand back and watch them grow
| This Is part Of your education and the
\ pigs vacation II you treat them as a
decent pig ought to be treated. Now
go among your best and most success
ful neighbors and keep your eyes open.
Hire out to the best one at a dollar
day. II you cam IL you are green
1t will be more than you are worth;
besides, YOU are gaining experience
hut don't neglect your pigs wher
they are six months old send to tn,
Coast for six-months-old well-bred
full-blood boar. We would recommen,
a Berkshire.
When nine or ten months old bree
your sows and watch them with tn
eyes OF an expectant grandparent, bu
DO not pamper them. See that the
nave clean water always clean out tn
pens before breakfast and after sup
per II necessary. look for vermin. an
in another four months you may b
rewarded with one hundred little pork
ers. kamehameha would expect hal
, more and usually gets them. II yo
are destined 10 become swine raise
Q seventy-five per cent should reach ma
4 turity and at six months old averag
}. 100 pounds live weight. Kamehameh
A has done and is doing better. The,
o remaining seventy-five hogs OF YOU
u should now be worth, say 0 cents
= pound as butcher stock. which max,
n total OF SlOi25o for the lot after yol
r first l6 months operations, After yo,
= sows have rested two or three montl
breed them again, and II you can s.