The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-04
FARMERS
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sincere in their belief that sugar was
the only possible crop. AS naatlei
Of fact there are so many Things lhdt
bardI,, know where to commence ana
.bou have to content myself with
mere enumeration.
II Pineapples.-Five canner1es are no"
In operation and others are In process
| of construction, whereas In 19ol tnere
| was only the single cannery OF the
! Pearl City Fruit Company. The cap
,ta,ization employed has increased 10
| over one million dollars, and as an IL
| Instration of the growth of TINS INDUS
| try YOU will be interested TO kno"
| that one of our new plantations Is the
| largest in acreage and number of pines
nlanted in the United States. the
shipment of fresh pines amounts 10
over ten thousand dollars annually ana
] is capable of much greater extension.
Sisal.-The beginning of the slsal IN
| dustry dates back about fifteen years,
but has only become prominent WITHIN
| the last three years. 1t now ranks a.
one of the established industries and
! has only begun it's full Developments
| neriod Hawaiian sisal fiber has oeen
| pronounced not simply the equal of the
/ hest Yucatan, but very superior to 1t,
| and the prices realized for it and the
demand which is developing promise
/ tn Mace our sisal fiber on par in the
worlds markets with the best Manila
| hemp.
| Toba cco-Experiments with tobacco
have been carried on for four years,
! and the 1906 crop grown by the HAWAII
| Fyneriment Station has been pro-
| nounced. by all who have examined it,
of verv fine quality. There are a good
many thousand acres of land in Ha-
| wall capable of producing this weed,
and I want to say right here that to-
bacco countries are rich countries the
| world over. Tobacco may be an enemy
of mankind, luxury and to some ex-
| tent a poison, but the development OF
a. tobacco industry in a country de-
| mands a stable population There is a
good deal of know how required and
| it is not the kind of know how that can
be readily transmitted to a class OF
| laborers who are here today and there
tomorrow. Skill and knowledge are es-
sential to the production of good leaf
and I am firmly convinced that the de-
yelopment of a tobacco industry in
Hawaii will do its share towards Civ
ulation than has been considered nee
cssary for the cultivation of sugar.
Because of the value of the crop it is a
| small mans industry, and / believe
that our Hawaiian boys could with
profit to themselves take up tobacco
| cultivation.
Rubber.-Fhe cultivation of rubber
producing trees has been entered into
icJo 16c
group and some of the trees are al
most up to the bearing stage. Rubber
cultivation in Hawaii has every prom
Use of becoming an extremely profitable
| industry, and this crop, like tobacco,
is capable of profitable development by
small men or on a small scale.
Insect Control.-Rapid strides have
been made in the scientific control of
injurious insects by the natural meth
cd, that is the introduction and prop
agation of parasites; and by the meth
cd of direct control through the use of
contact and internal poisons. Another
striking example of insect control is
the successful Introduction into Hawaii
of the top-minnows, small fish which
feed upon the mosquito larvae. The
whole subject of mosquito control in
Hawaii dates back only four years.
Plant Breeding.-A number of lines
of plant breeding have been begun,
notably the creation of new varieties
of sugar-cane and of new and improved
strains of rice. This work is of neces-
sity slow, especially with tropical
plants which require many years to at
tain their fruition, but the results when
obtained are vastly beneficial to the
agricultural and horticultural indus
tries.
Plant Disease Control.-The magnifi-
cent work of Drs. Cobb and Lewton-
Brain on the diseases of cane and other
cultivated crops is known to you all.
The inauguration of these lines of ag-
ricultural work in this Territory marks
a new era and is bound to prove vastly
beneficial to every agricultural indus
try
Animal Diseases.-Of equal import
ance is the work being done in the con-
troll and eradication of animal diseases.
Within three years CHAMBERS, one of the
most serious contagious diseases of
horses and mules. has been brought
almost under complete control. and DR.,
Norgaard's discoveries in regard to
the function of lime as an animal food
| is of inestimable value to the stock in
| dustry
Silk.-Three separate demonstrations
have been made of the practicability of,
and profit to be derived from, the cul-
tiyation of the silkworm and the null
berry. This is an extremely intensified
industry which must be considered in
relation to attaching a permanent pop
ulation to the land
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. material adj
vancement is the establishment of
rigid quarantine against the introduce
ton of dangerous insects and plant
diseases from foreign countries
Forestry.-While much forestry work
has been done in Hawaii for twenty
years or more, it has only recently
crystallized itself into bureau of prac-
| teal forestry. The establishment of
| forest reserves and their scientific
| planting with useful trees is a develop
ment of which Hawaii may well be
proud. 1 believe that there is no other
State or Territory which has done
more or even as much within the short
time during which the forest service
| has been IN operation