The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-14
FOR
CHICKENS
Mr.. Higgins interesting
Talk to Poultry
Raisers.

a score of practical poultrymen,
members of the Hawaiian Poultry As
ISOLATION, listened to an address on
Feeding Poultry on Hawaiian Prod
ucts' last night in the assembly hall
of the Symphony Club. Jared Smith,
who was to have read a paper on this
subject, was unfortunately victim to
la grippe. his place being taken by H.
E. Higgins, United States Horticulture
alist. Mr.. Higgins address was an in
formal one, but decidedly interesting
to his hearers.
There are two vegeta BILE foods which
could be profitably used here. alfalfa
and cassava. Each is easily raised and
produces heavily in foodstuff Anima,
food must contain fair proportions of
carbohydrates and of proteins. the lat
ter being required for poultry for egg
production, While the carbohydrates
are required to keep up the bodily heat
and assist in the performance of work.
The two named plants supply these
needs.
Alfalfa is a rich heterogeneous food,
equal to brans when cured in proteins,
of which the white of the egg is COM
posed exclusively. The growing of this
crop has passed the experimental stage
around Honolulu and can be success
fully grown in most parts of the city.
AT the present time is growth has been
surprising, the speaker having some
under cultivation that is ready to crop
after three weeks growth. having re-
ceived no rain since last cut. Sorghum
in the same neighborhood is at a
standstill. This crop is not exceeded
in feed value returns by any other
green crop grown here.
NEED FOR LINE.
The need of lime for fowls may be
abundantly supplied by the coral sand.
although this &iIl not take the place
of grit, being too round in texture. 1t
does, however, fill the place of oyster
shells and other more expensive foods
as shell makers
Another good crop is mangel-wur-
ZeIs, which are successfully grown at
kanehamaha. These produce large
crops and if the Kamehameha results
can be obtained elsewhere will prove
very valuable for poultrymen. The
lOOlo clAC llluCli ldI uCT OIl TIE SUI lIldlI
alfalfa, however, which, being d
leguminous plant, furnishes the soil
with nitrogen instead of exhausting it
as is done by most crops.
The caSSava, or starch plant, yields
tremendously and is rich and juicy.
Exclusive of the water contained in
the root. it consists of % per cent OF
starch. 1t is easily raised but takes
longer to mature than most roots
Mr.. krauss of the Kamehameha |
School, confirmed the views of Mr..
Higgins regarding the plants discuss
ed. Regarding cassava, the length of |
time taken TO mature the crop was |
the drawback. Sweet potatoes and !
mangels were equally valuable as
foods and matured in from one-third |
to half the time. The latter We're !
preferab BILE and had yielded under his |
experiments thirty tons to the acre, |
While the tops, which made valua bic |
food, would add four tons more to the |
acre. Other root crops now being test |
ed were golden tankard and inter !
mediate beets, both nutritive poultry |
foods.
FOLLOWS A DISCUSSION.
The addresses being most informal, !
great many questions We're asked, an !
important one regarding the damage !
to alfalfa stands from cut-worms. Mr. |
Higgins explained the manner of de- !
Stroying these pests, which consisted
in cutting the crop as soon as the !
worms presence was detected from the !;
whiting of the plants around the stand. !
A preparation of mixed damp bran
and paris green in the proportion OF
twenty to one then spread on the field
would kill the worms. Care should be /,
taken, of course, to keep the fowls !
away from the poison until after Il
good shower.
A vote of thanks to the speakers
was heartily passed
The business of the association con-
sisted in appointing a committee to
secure regular quarters Tor meetings
and the untangling of the prizes
awarded at the recent exhibition. 1t
appears that some prizes haze not yet !
been called for and some have been |
delivered to wrong claimants. w. H. |
S. Armenian of HoOpuloa, Hawaii, the
only exhibitor beyond the city linn
its. won box of cigars but failed TO -;
collect. The association will therefore
send him two boxes to make good.