The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-01

wv .ANNlAN mANNfIf OF NliuN NNttNfNit
was the statement made by Mr.. Cl0wcs
that The station was experimenting
With the growing Of various kinds 81
fodder plants. with a view Of making
o small area support a large number Of
COWS. a "custom Of tho country In
Olaa has been 70 pasture the COWS on
tho government road and all over the
surrounding face Of nature, an allow.
ance Of ten acres TO COW being about
all that could be relied upon.
The station is experimenting with
upwards OF hundred varieties OF
grains grasses and other fodder plnnts.
with n view 60 securing 80 heavy a
yield that it will pay to cut and feed
the same to the animals instead of run.
ming them on the range. He stated that
the best fodder plant so far observed
was the wandering Jew
which grows luxuriantly. If, after
each cutting, manure from the stable is
spread upon the roots it results in n
continuous and enormous yield. Next
in value he had found the para grass.
One half acre Of this, treated in the
same way, is furnishing green feed for
two cows at the station. Other grasses,
clovers, sorghums and varieties of corn
also made a fine showing for variety in
feed. He felt safe in stating that il
was certain that the feed from two
acres would support a COW, and he be.
lieved that, with careful treatment, one
acre Of upper Olaa land could be made
10 furnish ample food for COW.
| Several Of the dairymen present con.
frmed Mr.. Cloves statement as to the
value OF intensive farming and hand
feeding instead of pasturing. Mr..
Rocky especially stated that with fif.
teen cows and four acres of cultivated
honohono he was making good in the
dairy business, although he needed more
cows.
Food Production Experiments.
Another item of interest is that the
station is carrying on a large number
of experiments with food plants. Near.
ly every vegetable that grows is being
planted on an experimental scale. That
no mean success is being achieved was
demonstrated by the fact that a sump
tuous lunch supplied, cooked and serv.
ed by the ladies of the district was
with the exception of the -four in the
bread and piecrust, everything served
was produced in Olaa. A two hours
trip of inspection over the station show
ed many kinds of beans, peas, cucum
bers, tomatoes, squashes, pumpkins, ba
nanas, taro, sweet potatoes, radishes
beets, onions, cabbages, artichokes, as
paragus, rhubarb, celery, Strawberries
and other vegetables. While compare
lively few of them gave promise OF
yields large enough to assure a profit
able money return, almost without ex
ception they gave evidence that the
homesteader could grow all of them, thai
were necessary for himself and his fam
lily. Quite number of them showed
such vigorous growth that, under loca
conditions, there is good reason to be
lieve they can be raised and sold at {
profit
Commercial Tests to Be Made.
1t is the intention of the experiment
station to select the most promising o.
large enough scale to show exactl,
what can be done with them in com
mercial way. An exact account will b.
kept of expense of producing the same
The products will then be sold and al
account of receipts also kept, so tha
figures will be available to homestead
} connection with the production of an.
common article. The results of thes
experiments will be published, Will
the methods used at the station are a
all times subject to inspection. The su
perintendent is also available for ad
vice as to how, when and where +
plant and care for the various vege
tables.
In other words, there is being cal
ried ON at the upper Olaa station a
up to.date demonstration farm, of tn
type which, on the mainland of tn
United States, is today REVOLUTIONARY
farming. The small farmers are bein
taught how to work in a cooperativ
, way, and are having the burden take
off their shoulders of conducting e1
periments to find out what can be rails
ed at a profit and how it can be dom
, Another leading feature of the sta
ton work is the fact that the static
is being chiefly carried on by fund
, from the special conservation incom
tax; that this being insufficient wit
which to equip and carry on the sta
ton, local people and concerns at Hill
have subscribed something over 500
wear for the next five years wit
e which to assist in carrying on the st,
e ton, thereby enabling it to be estal
r lished. Without this assistance tn
n station would still be a matter of tn
a future. Among the subscribers to tn
fund are H. Hackfeld & Co., Hilo Me
, camille Co., First Bank of Hilo, p.
!. Holmes, G. w. Lockington, Olaa Sugi
. Co., t. A. Dranga, Hilo Railroad Con
a pany, and f. C. Beamer. The publ
4 spirit shown in this matter is OF
!. worthy of emulation in other parts {
a the Territory. If more of these exper
: ment stations, with agricultural e
: perts, in sympathy with the objects I
= the station, as is the case at Olaa, cou
,. be established in the several district
. small farming in Hawaii would spec
q lily assume a more healthy compleXit
q to the benefit Of the community, poll
Il ically, socially and commercially.