The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-09

a new industry, for such rope is in de-
mand the world over. l believe it
was Leckenby, who later, on the slopes !
Of Haleakala, a mountain 10000 feet
high on the island of Hawaii, advised
that it's sides be clothed with olive
groves. l know that in the Oahu
forests through which we passed, he
plucked the fruit and declared it his
belief that the apple could be grated
thereto.
There were areas where only the
peanut would grow, but these the Chi
nese cultivated. Peanut butter has
given a steady market value to the
"goober'' in Hawaii. At the Indus
trial School the agricultural expert
was in his plry. He stopped before
two rows of peas the boys were till
ing.
"AhS" he exclaimed, one row is
entirely eaten by insects, the other not
touched. 1 know why; the insects
are feasting on the plants grown from
imported seed, the other is from ma
tive seed and the plant has learned to
resist its natural enemies here"
Superintendent Gibson admitted that
It. was true. He has a hundred boys
under his care, who raise all their
garden truck and enough cane to pay
all the running expenses of the institu-
ton and put by profit of $1,2OO
We were now in the land of the al
geroba, a tree imported from Mexico
half century ago. This tree has
spread everywhere on the sandy coast
and is the nose valuable one on the.
island, it's blossom making bee culture
possible and profitable, it's seed serving
as food for cattle. In fact, c. w.
Renear of Honolulu has just perfected
a macerator that turns the algeroba
bean into splendid fodder and this tree
bears two crops year.
1t would take volume to ponnt out
all the possibilities of small farm in
/ dustry we encountered during our walk
! around one of the leafs of the Ha-
waiian kislands. And the small farm
er here is never far away from COM
partnership. He is in phone con-
nection with everyone There is a
school on the nearest plantation, for
SO per cent of the people of Hawaii
read, write or take the papers" There
are three dailies in English, published
In Honolulu, two evening and a morn
: ing-16 page newspapers with columns
of cable reports and illustrated with
! half-tone cuts made on the premises,
Leckenby and l took our time walking
around the island, but we were never
once beyond touch with the news of
the day and the world.
One might go out for a walk every
day of the year about Honolulu, and
discover "acres of diamonds" on each
trip. Nearly a full dozen valleys
open up from the city, most of them
served by trolley. At one end of the
suburbs, Sam Damon has planted 1000
varieties Of the mango. At the other
end rice is raised in abundance. Up
one valley, Kallhi. the Portuguese are
making homesteads, and further III
Allan Herbert grows his fruit. Next
door to him Charles Crane, newspaper
man and dilettante Agriculturist anus
es himself with a flower garden thai
would be a marvel on the mainland
| Even in the city, on Nuuanu avenue
Mrs. Foster has several acres of the
rarest tropical fruits as have the Ware
sisters on the main, King treet. Or
, the slopes of Punchbowl hill, within
the city, the Portuguese raise tn,
grapes that are sold in the market. Or
the sides of Tantalus are the exper
, mental fruit vegetable gardens of thu
, wealthy, and up Manoa Valley tn
> grounds of the new Agricultural Col
3 lege. Within the city itself are tn,
/ several wonderfully productive acres o
3 the different experiment stations.
r But if you wish to hear of othe
. Acres of Diamonds" drop into tn
g Seaside Hotel grounds, walk through
= it's ten-acre eocoanut grove and 81
S beneath the Hhu-tree trellises on tn
beach, for this hotel is the pride o
y William Lishman, who came to Ha
= vail, a poor Australian boy, acquire
a wealth and the finest open air hotel 4
e town. Here gather the small farm