Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-14
AWAITS AGRICULTURAL POSSIBIL TIES

breeds such as Cotswod and Lincoln, do not compare
favorably as range sheep with the Merino ana Shrop-
shire under conditions. Only few Of the sheep
ranches in position to produce better quality OF
wool than that obtained at present and to this end
importaons of fine MerinO breeding stock have been
made recent shipment of Bulldog Mcrino was received
from New Zealand On large of our sheep ranges
there are too many burrs which get into the wool ana
lower its value In such localities II desirable to
raise sheep for mutton rather than wool For this pur-
much promise All of sheep allowed to with
out interference from herdes This kind of management
gives far better results than he obtained from the
close herulhe system sucn as Is uhNesay P'aTtceu oh
the large sheep ranches of the Western states by alter
mating sheep and cattle in fenced pastures, containing
1000 to 10000 acres there Is one great ADVANTAGE IN
the cleanliness of the range which is thus maintained
The grasses and plants which left standing by cattle
are eaten by the sheep so that the range covered with
more uniform stand of grasses and weed group
Of weeds is neglected to occupy the to the exclusion
OF more desirable plants There Is room for the extension
of the sheep industry since about 500 of NUT
present Wholesale price for dressed mutton is about ten
cents pound. Our wool exports in 1908 amounted to
$4,000 the wool being marketed in Boston at from
twelve to twenty cents n pound
The pork production of Hawaii Is not nearly sufficient
for home consumption. During the past year one firm
alone In Honolulu imported $4,000 pounds of pork oins
from the mainland. There is constant demand for pork
at ten cents pound, live weight figure considerably
above that obtained for pork the mainland The
climate of the Islands is well adapted for raising hogs
They can be allowed to at will green pasture
on the range There hogs all OF the Islands, which
have escaped from cultivation and find abundant forage
in the hills and mountains The necessary expenditure
for buildings very slight By the use of local grain
feeds such agaroha beam alfalfa soy beans
is possible to produce pork two three per
pound. The difficulties met with in hog raising here
no greater than the mainland. There outbreaks
of hog cholera from time to time, but careful system
of quarantinng imported breeding stock and the con-
hnement OF hogs in fenced areas will obae most danger
from this source The Berkshire is to be recommended
probably the best breed for conditions.
Dairying in Hawaii Is carried chiefly for the pro-
duction of milk Only small quantities butter
here, and no cheese The present market price milk
is ten or twelve cents quart There is
Improvement in the dairy industry and for considerable
increase in the production of milk About 40 diaries fur
nish milk to the city of Honolulu part these being
managed by intelligent darymen while others are in the
hands or ignorant Portuguese who understand little of
the sanitary requirements of clean milk production In
some localities excellent quality butter produced
a few OF the outlying diaries In the mountain regions
are managed according to modern ideas of sanitation
yield excellent returns Perhaps the chief reason
small profit complained of in dairying is to be found
the low milk yield Of dairy Almost no attention
has been given to the selection of for large yield
The result Of this neglect is that the average gives
about one-half rs much milk the average on the
mainland. II Is obvious that few enterprsng dairy
men with good training in all Of the technique the
business could ind room for the establishment an in
dustry with large profits in Hawaii.