The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-11-15
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! been conducive to better feeling
among the plantation laborers; for in
stance:
! - Extending the cultivation contract
system as much as feasible, on every
! plantation. under which arrangement
greater opportunities are given the
laborers to augment their earnings;
] " Paying a bonus, which innovation
has been in many instances an incen-
tive among tine day laborers for stead
/ Ter work.
! I'm this connection l also wish to
call special attention to the so.called
welfare work, as recently recommended
by our bureau of labor and statistics,
aud would urge that the plantation
I managers lend their full support
/ towards the carrying out of this plan,
as with a comparatively small outlay,
! plantation life to both the skilled and
! unskilled laborers, can be made con-
siderably more attractive through the
amusements and recreation suggested
bv gne plan while the beautify.ng, of
the laborers quarters will have the
far-reaching tendency of stimulating
the home feeling.
''To further facilitate the good work
of our bureau of labor and statistics
| earnestly solicit the cooperation of
every plantation manager to supply all
data required by the bureau from time
to time, for statistical purposes, as all
information thus gathered and com
! piled, is of great value to our industry.
Experiment Station.
AS in the past, the work of this
! department has also during the last
year been highly efficient; and in this
/ respect, | wish to mention especially
the successful introduction of the cane
boror parasites. While sufficient time
has not yet elapsed to determine wheth-
er the parasite will establish itself
under the local field conditions, the
present indications are most encour-
/ aging. In due appreciation of this
| difficult undertaking, great credit is
/ due DR.. r. G. l.. Perkins who conceived
| the plan on the same lines so success
| fully .adopted in subduing the leaf
| hopper, and also to Mr.. +. Muir who
| spent the last four years, at the risk
of his health, in quest of parasites to
prey on the cane borer and was finally
successful, with the able assistance of
I Mr.. Kershaw, in finding the natural
\ ing, with the means of relay-stations,
colony of these parasites alive, which
have since propagated so promisingly
within a short time that it was found
| practicable to send small colonies out
to some of the plantations. The value
of successfully establishing these para
sites can best be estimated by the
plantations which have been so severe
ly affected by the cane borer in the
past.
"The continued work of propagating
Hawaiian seedlings has resulted, dur
, ing the past year, in a number of prom
Using varieties and will, no doubt
eventually lead to considerable in
crease in the yield per acre
GAN other departments of the sta
ton have also done commendable work
in different lines, and the institution
through the high efficiency it has now
attained, proves more and more Its
great Value to the planting interests.
Crop.
"The last season has again beer
prosperous, and while the total croI
yielded about II 900 tons less than the
preceding year, the average price OBJ
tanned throughout the season has
helped to compensate for the deficiency
in the tonnage.
Gas regards the growing crops
weather conditions, especially during
the last three months, have been very
favorable, and | am told that the
young cane for 1912 is further ad
vanced at this time than correspond
ing crops of past years
General.
"Not exactly within the scope OF
general planting interests are two un
dertalings of the past year of which !
would make mention. l refer in the
first instance to the Hamakua ditci
which was completed about the middle
of the present year, most successful
engineering feat, where mountain wa
ters-formerly running to waste-havC
been impounded and are being led {
distance of twenty-four miles, partly
through tunnels, to plantation fields il
the Hamakua district which heretofor,
were almost every year affected, NOR,
or less, by droughts.
"The other enterprise which I hav
in mind is the extension of the Hill
Railroad to the Hamakua distric
which, when completed, will open ney
| opportunities Tor hOmeSteadS all alOnl
the line, and offer great transportation
facilities, in passenger as well a
freight traffic.
During the past year death ha
taken from our midst the following
members: w. w. Hall, c. +. Hart an
Alexander Young, who have Away
taken a keen interest in the affairs o
our association and were regular al
tcndants of our annual meetings; ais
Mr.. Kirkaldy of the staff of the es
pertinent station, who as entomologis
rendered valuable services.
- Reports from the experiment ST.
ton, bureau of labor and statistic
and from the various committees wi
be submitted TO you in the course o
our meeting, and recommend same I
your kind attention and deliberatioi
the various subjects covered by theI
proving, no doubt, Of the greatest il
terest 10 you,
"ln conclusion, I wish to announc
= that a meeting has been arranged wit
e the board of forestry 10 be held In ia