The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-02-06

have come up at the afternoon busl-
ness session:
January 4. 1906.
wall.
Dear Sirs: Desiring to further all
proper efforts for the diversification OF
the industries of our Territory, have
had a consultation with Secretary
James Wilson of the Department of
Agriculture in regard to securing soil
surveys OF at least a part OF each is
land In the group.
The Secretary has promised to give
favorable consideration to the subject.
and added that II he decided that he
could extend this work to Hawaii he
would also follow 1t up by sending a
tobacco expert to assist in establishing
that industry.
accordingly have the honor to re-
quest that your organization draft and
forward to the Secretary of Agrlcul-
ture formal request or petition, ask
ing that soil surveys be made In the
Territory of Hawaii, and that a to-
bacco expert be assigned to make a
special study of our local conditions
and assist in getting the tobacco in
dustry established on a sound basis.
Hoping that you may send such res
olutions to Secretary Wilson by an
early steamer, am, very truly yours,
]. KALAN1ANAOLE,
Delegate to Congress.
USE OF AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGES.
Prof. U. Thompson was then intro
duced, and read the following paper on
"The Use of Agricultural Colleges:
The Agricultural Colleges belong to
the people. Then the people should
use them as freely as they use their
horses or their farms. If you ask
how these colleges can be used, can
at least tell how some people are using
them. And no doubt, other ways will
be developed, as the people realize their
value.
The first way Is for young men and
women to go to these colleges and take
the course in agriculture. While East
1 heard of two cases that Will serve
as illustrations. A farmer in Central
New York was in debt for his farm
He had toiled long hours each day
for years: but the mortgage was i'm
movable. When the son had grown
70 young manhood, he decided to take
the course in agriculture at Cornell
The father supplied him with same
money, which increased the mortgage
and the son worked extra time at coll
lege for additional funds to pay his
expenses. He spent his vacations al
home working reforms in the way OF
fruit growing and better dairy stock
and methods. When he had completed
his course, he returned to the farm
and took the helm. In three years he
cleared the farm of the mortgage
The second case was of another farm.
er who was even more unfortunate
than the farmer mentioned for, worl
as he would, the mortgage grew, yeal
by year. When he died the farm was
sold to satisfy the mortgage. There
was a small amount left over. The
daughter took this money and went
to Cornell. She worked extra time for
money to help pay her expenses and
finally graduated from the Agricultural
Department. Then she rented the farm
her father had lost and began fruit
growing. Today, she owns the farm
These are only isolated cases. But
throughout the country you see results
of like training in orchards and stock
and production. You hear much about
scientific farming, but can not help
realizing that with most of the older
farmers, these terms mean very little
You also realize that the younger
farmers appreciate what is being done
of the boys will know what the Agri-
cultural Colleges are doing,--what
scientific farming really means.
Second-Farmers can use the Agricul-
tural Colleges by sending problems d.
rectly to the professor interested. The
California farmers are using the Agri-
cultural Department of their univer-
sity, for all 1t is worth. Hundreds OF
soil specimens are sent in to be an
alyzed,-so many specimens that the
old methods of analyzing soils had to
be abandoned, and a short method is
now in use. by which a chemist can
determine from s to ~ specimens a
day, with sufficient accuracy for all
practlcal purposes rests OF all kilus
swarm about the entomologist; seeds
that won't grow and seeds that are
not pure find their way to the seed
specialist; and when crops fail to be
produced in sufficient quantities to sat
isfy the farmer, he invites the agricul-
turalist to come and see what the mat
ter is. And the agriculturist goes Not
simply because he is a servant of the
state, but because he is interested In
whatever interests the farmer. The
experts are kept alive and progressive
DR.. Hilgard says that when he has
a problem he can't solve, he goes to
the farmer. The farmer has the facts
which DR.. Hilgard with his trained
mind can put together and make science
of. The farmer of today may not get
relief in all his problems; but he gets
enough relief to keep hope alive In
the children, and the grandchildren
will reap the benefit from the questions
the farmers of today are asking the
scientists.
Third-The people can use the Agri-
cultural Colleges. through the Expert
ment stations, through the new In
dustrial High Schools that are being