The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-14

trees on the ridges seemed to be
| stronger and more f1ourishing thar
those in the lower places where water
might collect. Half of the trees or
| this land are about a year old and the
remainder have been planted since last
| February.
| The first trees on the plantation OF
| the Nahiku Rubber CO., of which w,
| A. Anderson is manager, were planted
| in March. 1905. These were 5000 Ceara,
| 5000 Hevea and $50 Castilloa trees. The
! first-named have grown very rapidly
and cover about fifteen acres. A num-
Der of experimental tappings have
been made and will be continued, but
the real work of tapping will not be
commenced till October next, when the
trees will have completed their fourth
years growth. The Hevea trees have
not grown SO fast, while the Castil-
loas are still further behind. The lat
ter tree, it is thought, will need a
warmer country. With the two, how
ever, there is an important question
which can only be answered by con-
tinual experiments. 1t is possible that
while they are slower in growth than
the Ceara they may yield more rub
Der, and until this Is decided the same
care will be taken of them as of the
more fast-growing kinds.
In the year of 1906, $50 acres Of
Ceara, or more than 900 trees, were
planted, while in the present season
100000 Ceara have been planted, and
there will be very large number of
Hevea seeds placed in the ground in
two Tho TlGnfa-
ton employs forty men and has total
planted area of 500 acres. Its run
ming expenses for the present year
have averaged about $4,000.
The Koolau plantation, c. o. Jacobs
manager, has go acres of land now
planted and the trees, which are all
Ceara, number over 100000. The first
were planted twenty-seven months
ago and were a small lot of 1000 trees
Manager Jacobs states that he does
nor expect to tap till the trees are
at least five years old. Last year
$4,000 trees were planted and 10000
have been planted in the present sea-
son, while it is planned to set out
acres of Heveas this sea-
son, if possible.
The Hawaiian-American Rubber Co.,
cf which c.. J. Austin, formerly con-
nected with the Territorial Board of
Agriculture and Forestry, is manager, |
and W. A. Hardy assistant, planted its |
first trees, $4,000 in number, in July, |
1906, covering a space of $50 acres. Two |
hundred acres more will be planted |
Turing the present year. All the trees. /
both of this years planting and last,
4 nd in fhp hest /
If condition According to the plans
which have been made by Mr.. Austin,
he tapping of the trees will not COM
neuce till 1909, when the first $4,000
will yield the first crop of rubber at
he age of four years.
w. G. Scott, the owner of an indf-
ridual plantation, has fine young
ubber forest started with ten thou
and Ceara trees. He plans to keep
N and will increase his planting each
ear. The Nahiku Sugar Company has
aiken up rubber also 1t is controlled
" Alexander & Baldwin, and D. Syi-
ester is manager. At the present
lme they have about $4,000 trees on
n area of 100 acres.
One of the finest of the smaller plan
atoms is that of F. Wittrock of Hama.
lis trees are two and half years old,
nd are among the lowest in altitude
n the Island of Maui. They have been
iven a great deal of individual care
nd as the result Mr.. Wittrock has
100 of the finest Ceara trees to be seen
/ the Territory.
THE WEATHER.
The weather at Nahiku was pertec-
on till shortly before noon, when the
ain began to fall in sheets, and the
eds of streams which had been dry
the morning filled rapidly
nd became in a few minutes roaring
,rrents All the members of the party
ho were on horseback, which meant
early fifty rubber enthusiasts, We're
renched from head to foot though
ANY had brought along rainprooL
pats. expecting an experience OF TINS
ind.
Lunch was served at Manager An
arson's house shortly after Il O'CLOCK
the form of luau, Mrs. Anderson