The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-26

User, HONOLULU, Marco
tered the harbor, ready to dive to tn,
| 3O-foot bottom for money thrown int
! the water. I have seen Hawaiian
babies, barely able TO walk. ENJOYING
| their swim. Surf riding is a great sport
with them, and one of the Hawaiian
sports, one highly exciting to the haols
(white man(, is their method of shark
| fishing. When the Hawaiian finds 3
shark sleeping, generally of the man
eating species, in some of the deer
] pools along the shore, he strips him
| self of clothing, and. with knife in
! hand, dives beneath the surface and
| single handed, attacks the monster in
his element. The battle is fierce, but
| the Hawaiian seldom returns to the
shore until his enemy is dead, Outlines
remaining so long below the surface as
to make one feel that the shark has
won the victory.
IN THE HILLS.
Although the mountains are very
steep and rugged, the explorer need
fear no deadly insects, poisonous
|
and scorpion are there. but long resi-
dence on the islands has made their
stings hardly more painful or poisonous
than our well-known yellow jacket -
There seems to be no good reason why
there is a lack of poison in these in
sects. There are no snakes of any kind
on the islands.
The wasp and honey bee have fled
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one attempts to climb along s1me of
the Hawaiian bluffs or slopes. which
of themselves require all of one s skill
and attention, and is met by delega-
ton from some colony of angry bees
kilauea is not the only hot place Oh
the islands
SUGAR MAKING.
All are interested in the production
of sugar, and doubtless would very
much enjoy a visit to some of the large
sugar mills, most of which have cost
IN excess of half million dollars each
and are models of modern engineering
skill and construction. Here you can
see for month after month a constant
stream of cane going into the massive !
rolls, while in another portion of the
mill an equally constant stream of |
sugar is being sacked and shipped |
The amount of money invested in the |
production and manufacture of sugar |
ON the islands runs several times into !
the millions
The soil, of rich red, has all of the
qualities for the production of cane;
yet fertilizers to as much as $50 per
acre are annually added to the soil to
splendid advantage. The fertilizers are
argely nitrates and phosphates.
When the company commences to
cultivate certain field, almost the
irst thing done is to send sample of !
he soil to the company's chemist. An
analysis is made and special fertilizer
to bring the future production
o its highest mark. The land must be
feared of rocks and lantana, when
cultivation is planned to first com
hence. The cost of removing the rock
anges from $40 to $50 per acre on the
lopes, while the level lands along the ,
hore are generally clear of rock. From
8 to $40 per acre is spent in removing
he lantana. Lantana was first brought
o the islands as a very desirable and ,
eautiful garden fiewer and, as it had :,
he Hawaiian colors, it was greatly ad-
hired. The birds lived on it's fruit; to-
ay it is one of the worst, if not the
Torst, pest on the islands Every va ,
ant piece of land and every fence row g.,
> soon planted, and couple of years Z
re more than enough to make it into | 2
n impossible thorny thieket. IL
After the land Is cleared the surface :
broken by means of steam plows, $
hich cultivate the soil to a depth of G
foot or more. The surface is again :
one over with steam harrows, after | |
hlch eight or more mules drawing a t
eavy pillow, which turns the furrow q
9th ways and makes ditch Is inches 8
eep and four feet wide on top, follow 1
lg along the contours of the ground. O
hese bitches are located by the civil Z
lgineering department, and are placed b
vel. Then come the laterals, cross r
g the level bitches or burrows at all n
1gies and yet arranged to supply each Y
lrrow with water from the main s
tches or canals above. After this fol
VS. a gang of japanese, who trim the n
lrrows and laterals and pile the Jumps a
| the ridges between. a
Perhaps most of you think that cane o
n be raised from seed, or else by a
or subdividing the roots. e
our thought of producing from seed c
in way correct, vet not as you may d
ppose. Every stalk of cane is joined .
netting like our bamboo fshpoles, 9
ly the stalk is not hollow, but well 4
led with fiber heavily loaded with
ueose and saccharine matter AT each
these joints are one or more eyes or
Ids. In planting, we take the stalk
cane and cut it up into lengths of
'out ten inches or a foot, so as to
ave one or more eyes to each piece:
call these lengths "seed.'
CANE TICKETS.
After the gang of Japs referred to
s passed, the carts appear, loaded
tn seed. Then follows another gang
Japs with sacks strapped over their
cks and shoulders. These distribute
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