The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-17

cultivation in Hawaii has every prom
Use of becoming an extremely profit
able industry, and this crop like to
bacco, is capable of profitable develop
ment by small men or on a small scale
Insect Control. Rapid strides hGv,
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. An.
other striking example of insect con,
troll 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.
RANT I1lSGdS0S 1OHlTDi IHe mag
| nificent work of Drs Cobb and Lewton-
Brain on the diseases of cane and other
| cultivated crops is known to You all.
1.-THE Inauguration of these lines of
agricultural work in this Territory
marks a new era and is bound TO prove
vastly beneficial to every agricultural
industry.
Animal Diseases. OF equal import
ance is the work being done in the
control and eradication of animal
diseases. Within three years CHAMBERS,
one of the most serious contagious
diseases of hornes and mules, has been
brought almost under complete con-
troll, and DIR. Norgaard's discoveries in
regard to the function of lime as an
animal food is of inestimable value to
the stock industry.
Silk. Three separate demonstra-
tions have been made of the practi-
cability, and profit to the derived, from
the cultivation of the silk worm and
the mulberry. This is an extremely in
tensified industry which must be con-
sidered in relation to attaching per-
manent population to the land.
Quarantine. Another material adj
vancement is the establishment of a
rigid quarantine against the introduc,
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 re-
Gently crystallized itself into a bureau
of practical forestry. The establish
ment of forest reserves and their sci
entific planting with useful trees is a
development of which Hawaii may
we'll be proud. / 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.
Honey. The Bookkeeping industry |
has developed remarkably within the
last five years. The capitalization has
been quadrupled and the production in
creased in greater ratio and / believe
that we know more about the sources
and composition of Hawaiian honeys
than they do in most of the mainland
States of their own product.
Fruit Shipments A careful and de-
tailed study has been begun of the diff
ficulties attending the shipment OF
fresh fruits to the mainland markets.
Our Hawaiian fresh fruit trade
amounts to over one hundred thousand
dollars per annum and is capable OF
indefinite extension and incidentally,
the employment of many farmers in its
1t has been demonstrated
that there is a good market for pa
Dayas on the Pacific Coast, and / be-
feve that the production of this
wholesome fruit for shipment is going
% be a big industry in these islands.
This list might be almost indefinite
V extended. / have not touched on the
natter of fertilizer experiments, irri-
cation experiments, or the cultivation
IF many crops such as vanilla and the
'oselle"
A careful perusal of the above ac-
,ount of the well-sustained progress of
he last few years should reassure any
who fear for the future of the "smali
armer'' in Hawaii. 1t may with con-
idence be expected that the develop
nent of the next six years will be as
as that of the period re-
erred to. Few agriculturists CONVEX
ant with the facts outlined above en-
ertain any doubt whatever of the ulti-
nate and signal success of the move
nent which is now in progress. The
difficulties yet to be encountered are
.reat, but they can best be met by
hose who have the welfare of Hawaii
t heart cheerfully acknowledging
hem and doing all they can to help
AGRICULTURIST.