The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-23

from IN" sale Of the molasses for that
purpose. T.. II. Tenney said he favored
incorporating the association for the
purpose suggested by Mr.. Scott.
John T. Moir. one OF the most popu,
lar managers on the Island OF Hawaii.
said they might also go into othe,
business and do up the storekoeperl
who are doing them every day." and
he added that they might also start a
newspaper. II IL unnecessary to say
that Mr. Moir dearly loves a Joke and
his colleagues Watt and Horner delight
in playing one.
In the opinion of Mr. Tenney, Pearl
City is the most desirable point on this
island for a dlstillery. The old subject
OF the planters having their own steam
er was brought up as side issue.
The afternoon session began at the
Experiment Station shortly after two
o'clock. half hour later than sched-
ule, the delay being caused by the
luncheon Mt the Young.
A pleasant half hour was spent in
the Division Of Entomology where
Prof. Perkins and the others of that
division We're present to explain by OBJ
tect lessons, the different cane pests
and their enemies. A number of diff
ferent species of lantana bugs were
shown. some of them good and others
bad for the country but all OF them
dangerous to the lantana. Under mi
croscopes were some of the latest Fiji
enemies to the leaf hopper and in
case were number of young hoppers
with live Fijian enemies at work. This
enemy has the appearance of an ant.
1t siezes the hopper and inflicts a
sting, laying Its eggs In the puncture
from which the hopper ultimately dies.
The eggs are then consumed by anoth-
er egg eating insect so that practically
Two birds are killed with one stone"
The collection of bugs In this room
is a most interesting one as 1t COM
prises all of the enemies to cane so far
found here and the parasites which de-
stroy those enemies.
EXPERIMENTS.
Mr.. Tenney then announced when the
party had got together. that Mr.. Eek
art would conduct them through the
canefields where experiments had been
carried on with different varieties of
cane. He pointed out many different
kinds planted and treated under diff
ferent conditions and explained the
analysis of the parent cane, giving the
amount in purity, brix and sucrose of
each variety. In another part of the
field he showed where experiments
were being tried for the first time in
hybridizing seed. In this instance bags
nf tnh taI - n
each cane tassel This Is done to keep
out any different variety of pollen. AS
this is the first experiment of the kind
tried here the result cannot be an
CROSS BREEDING.
In another section an experiment is
being made in crossing the variety Of
canes by combining the male pollen of
one with the female of another. In
order to do this a framework is erect
ed to a height of the cane and a
screen fixed around 1t in order that the
wind will not interfere with the work.
By aid of glass the pollens are sep
arated and then the tassel Is sur
with a bag to keep II free
from contamination.
Cane suited to a high level as dis
tinguished from that suitable for grow
ing on a lower plane was pointed out
BOO, was suggested as suitable for a |
nigh altitude and would probably not '
De much affected by the leaf hopper.
CANE ROT.
Returning to the main building DR.. J
Cobb and Mr.. Lewton-Brain by actual |
exhibits and colored charts showed the
effect of pineapple disease" in cane. ,
of cutting were on shelf and
used by DR.. Cobb in showing the diff
ference in the results obtained from
cutting seed cane in different ways. He
showed where rot followed the shat
.ering of the seed cane through care
ess cutting and later Illustrated 1t by
practical work. When cut is made
,bliquely any shatter there may be Is
invariably on the right side of the
snife and this is where the rot is most
liable to attack the seed. When a stick
# cane Is reversed and all of the cuts
ire oblique the danger of shattering is
decreased and better results follow.
MIR. LEWTON-BRAIN'S LECTURE.
Much interest was manifested in the
emarks by Mr.. Lewton-Brain on the
ubject of Rind disease. He showed
borough knowledge of his subject and
vas applauded at the close.
He described the anatomy of the cane
howing the minute cells by chart and
explained the life of the disease. He
aid there were three important dis
ases which the planters Of Hawaii
you'd have to overcome In order to
ecure the crop that their fields are
apable OF producing: Root disease,
ineapple disease, In cuttings and Rind
isease, in the stem.
AS these are prevalent in Australasia
e was of the opinion that they are Inn
ligrants from that section. Reports
rom Antigua showed that rs per cent
{ the crop OF that island was destroy
by this disease. BY a chart he
bowed from the first symptoms the
arious stages OF the disease 1t first
cling noticed by the leaves dying back
ntil about half of them are gone. Dis
,lorations appear and when the leaf
sniit oyer the red discoloratio ions will