The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-10
PRESERVING FRUIT,
RAISING FOWLS
Lectures at College of Hawaii
on These Subjects Are
Given.


lege is growing, as shown by the in
crease IN attendance Monday evening.
1t is very pleasing, indeed, to note the
interest and to know that the college is
meeting the needs of the people by
giving them instruction which is SO
practical and vital to progress in indus
trial life.
Miss Agnes Hunt spoke first on the
- Preservation of Fruits, and was fol-
lowed by Professor B. E. Porter on
Poultry and Profts.''
Every housewife has some problems
about the household, and one of chem
we know is how to care for and make
the best of fruits. If they are not used
at once, decay viii destroy them. Miss
Hunt called attention to the chief
agents which bring about deconposi-
ton. These are micro-organism, and
may be classified either as bacteria,
yeast, or as molds. The purpose of
preservation was well defined, and was
explained to be the prevention of de,
cay, the retention OF tiavors ana the
preservation of form in fruit.
To make it plain why certain methods
for fruit preservation were advisable,
the characteristics and the most favor
able environment for the development
of these minute microscopic forms of
life were discussed and lantern slides
were used
Fruit may be preserved by drying
refrigeration, and canning. Drying IN
its process has been changed to evapo-
ration with artificial heat for some
kinds of fruit, such as apples and
peaches. Refrigeration is process OF
somewhat recent date. Canning has
been i'll practice since 1910, and is now
used quite extensively. Again, fruits
can be preserved by the use of syrups
and sugar solutions The various kinds
of fruit will require sugar solution of
different densities Recipes for such
solutions were written out on the
blackboard.
Poultry and Profits, as was pre-
sented by Professor Porter, proved to
be timely subject and very interest
ing. Poultry keeping of all the va
rious productive industries brings il
returas the soonest for the amount OF
capital invested. Prof. Porter point
ed out the suitability of the vocation
to people of either sex or station in
| life. Old people were known to be
keeping in health and young folk were
learning practical business methods
Some very practical points were dis
| cussed, among which were the qualifi
cation of successful poultry man, the
expense of equipment, the construction
of suitable buildings, the selection OF
fowls, and the quality and kind OF
| market packages, which viii please the
eye of the consumer Without doubt
| the application of the principles dis
cussed will ultimately lead to satisfac
| ton pleasure, and profit These fac
| tors of poultry production were made
| very impressive by the use of lantern
| slides, which had been made from pho
| tographs of poultry yards in successful
| operation. A strict application of bust
ness principles and the proper care OF
| minor details IN the management OF
| the hens will return large interest OF
| the time and money invested
At the close of the lecture, Dr. Pratt
! of the Board of Health reported thai
he had made a profit of $400 with hi.
fowls for the past year and that he wa:
now getting about fifteen dozen egg:
per day. Such reports are pleasing anC
bear striking evidence of what is pos
sible with hens
This "wednesday evening at thu
regular hour Professor w. r. Pope lee
lures on Botany of Economic Plants,
and viii be followed by President Gil
more, who lectures on the subject Of
"Plant Improvement.