The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-12
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the manienie sod was very heavy 1 had
to hand-work the whole piece, going
over it with "'kipikuas . and packing
out what wouldn t burn; as the weather
was quite wet / could not get fire on
the grass prior to blowing; this, of
course, made the preparation of the
| three acres very expensive. | selected
the spot especially, as l thought 1t
would be good place to determine the
maximum cost of preparing land for
planting trees in this style.
50 The Seeding trees i selected were
Eucalyptus amygdalipa, E. botryoides,
+. corymbosa, f. corynocalyx, L. leu
eoxylon, E. paniculata, and Z. rudis,
which were recommended to me by the
Australian forestry service as being
considered by them to be among the
best Of their trees for railroad ties and
fenceposts. The cost of the two pieces
is as follows:
One-acre Iot-Furrowing, $3.50;
holing. $3.50; planting, $3.50; weed
ing to date (twice), $3.50. Total, $3.50.
- Three acre lot-Plowing. $1,000;
NARROWING, 10.L9t ii p3kua Work anu
wedding twice, $l02.70; holing, $I7.44;
planting, 1882. Total, $145.90; or
$4S.97 per acre
q The holing of the three-acre piece
cost more Than it should have done, as
owing to running out of seeding trees,
planting of about half this let had to
be postponed, and the holes dug over
again.
- To offset to a certain extent the
cost of the three-aere lot, / thought it
would be as well to try some quick
growing crop that would not take up
too much room, and would to as small
an extent as possible retard the growth
of the trees. / selected California po-
tatoes, and treated the seed to a bath
of sulphate of copper, TO see if that
would prevent the rot that is so preva.
lent in Kula.
- Last July Notwithstanding the rot
that did attack them, and the exeep-
dry weather that we have had
all this year, I took off crop of pota-
toes that netted me $69.l9. This amount
deducted from the cost, $4,000, left
$77.71 or say $3.50 per acre for the
three-aere piece, as against $3.50 for
the uncultivated acre.
Results. /
- Zone year from planting the trees
the following measurements were made:
The tallest trees in the uncultivated
lot was ) feet inches, a Eucalyptus
and the average height of
the whole of that piece was feet. In
the cultivated lot the taIlest tree meas.
lred 16 feet, Euc rudis, the other tall
ones being: Euc. botryoides, Is feet;
Euc. corynocalyx, u feet; Euc. leu
,oxylon, II feet; Eue. panieulata, Il
feet, and Euc. eorymbosa, feet.
g The best average height, and the
svenest grown lot or trees was the Euc.
the poorest being the Euc.
,orymbosa. The average height Of the
whole three-acre lot was over ten feet.
One stray (Blue Gum Euc. globuIus,
hat was accidentally planted in the
cultivated lot measured u feet in
leigbtr This tree had exactly the same
treatment the others had, which goes
o show pretty well, that both Rudis
md Botryoides, are faster growers than
he Globulus; and as both these species
ire ranked very highly in Australia for
abroad ties, and fence posts; this is
or Blue Gum, is the EueaIyp-
US most commonly grown at the Is
ands, and, except for frewood, is the
poorest for any purpose.
- Considering the unusually dry
weather. we have had for the last
welve months, I consider the growth
f the trees IN the cultivated lot re-
narkable.
''sUnder normal conditions, that is,
where there is not a heavy growth
f manienie to contend with, the cul-
ivation of the trees should cost very
much less than the amount above
hown.
- sThe difference in favor of the cul-
waited as against the uncultivated
rees IS so great in favor of the former,
hat ] shall favor the cultivation of ali
rees hereafter planted on the ranch,
wherever the location IS such as to
make it possible.
90 As showing what the possibilities
re Of fence post production. I would
all attention TO figures heretofore re-
.orted, viz: That last year / cut PA
God fence posts, FIVE 10 twelve inches
a diameter. from 50 second growth
rostrata trees, twelve years
Id. Some Of these posts have been
ut in the ground plain and the balance
objected to Creosote treatment by the
(ahuluf Railroad Company. All Of
hese posts viii have the date stamped
n them, and the place Of use recorded
a the ranch forestry book; 50 that
heir respective life in the ground can
e aseertained accurately
Results Warrant Work.
The fnrapnino results I submit are !