The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-18


average farmer WHO can read simple
English.
Less Theory; Moro work.
There IL already too much Of the
theory OF better farming-,Oo little OF
tie practice.
only the smallest percentage Of the
work " the department of agriculture
AMI agricultural colleges in various
states Is ever put into actual operation.
A. these fountain heads Of farming
information IL is possible to learn the
ingredients that q soil for a given pur.
pose should possess hut there are no
facilities for actually examining the
soils that are sent in by farmers nor
are farmers told how their soils may be
analysed or definitely improved.
| There is value in this scientific
work, unquestIonahly- IL reaches
only the small number of attending
students. not the millions Of farmers.
And the farm problem today is an
acute problem calling for an immediate
answer.
/ 1t needs not theory, but working
plans-not lectures or essays or histor.
les to improve the mind of the farmer,
but specific detailed instructions for
making an immediate increase in the
output of the farm.
And this detailed specific help is in
part exactly what Luther Burbank has
been preparing during these years.
Burbank Society.
Now, in order that, the life work of
Luther Burbank may be placed in the
hands of those who most need it, The
Il - l,.,,- IL,
tered by the State of California.
Not organizing for profit, but for the
purpose of aiding in spreading the Bur
bank methods to the four corners of the
globe, so that the whole world may
profit, this society numbers among its
members such men and women as:
Phoebe A. Hearst, Pleasanton, Cali
forpia; William S. Tevis, Bakersfield
California; r. A. Crothers, publisher
the Bulletin, San Francisco; Henry F.
Fortmann, president, Alaska Packers
Association; Charles w. Post, Postum
Cereal Company; DR.. J. B. Murphy
president, American Medical Associa
tion;' C. w. Hornick, general manager
San Francisco Call; Edward G. Cow
derv, Peoples Gas Light & Coke Com
pany, Chicago; Rollin D. Salisbury
dean, University of Chicago; John P
Overton, president, Savings Bank Of
Santa Rosa; Champ Clark, Speaker
house of representatives: A. w. Foster
regent, University of California, mem
Der Carnegie Peace Commission; w. s
Palmer. Northwestern Pacific r. r. An
gus s. Hubbard, American Telephone {
Telegraph Company; Victor Rosewater
| publisher, Omaha Bee; Gustave Pabst
Pabst Brewing Company; John Bur
roughs, naturalist; Hugh Chalmers
president, Chalmers Motor Co.; Johl
! Muir, naturalist; Hugo De Vries, Uni
versity of Amsterdam, Holland; Fred
erick d. Underwood president, Fri
Railroad Company; John R. Mclean
publisher, Cincinnati Enquirer; Henri.
f. Huntington, president, Los Angelo
Railway Co.; f. C. Ravens, Oakland
California; Hon. Henry A. Du Pont, I
. S. senator from Delaware; John Barne
son, shipowner, San Francisco; Hor
VIM. Kent, Kentfeld, California; Hor
: Franklin X. Lane, Interstate Commerce
e Commissions; II. Fl. Windsor, publishe,
Popular Mechanics Magazine,
n The good which this society can d
is unlimited.
!. 1t can help to give the world "a thot
9 sand Luther BurbanlSs instead of on,
: It can perpetuate and multiply Luthe
n Burbank's methods and discoveries il
stead of allowing them to die with hin
!. 1t can help to give to the world be
q ter foods at lower prices-it can col
n vert arid deserts into blooming frui
g bearing, forage producing fields.
o 1t can enable every man or wOma
o who grows things from the soil eth,
LOT treasure OF LOT Proht lshPIoN
S, ms yielu ana 10 KNOW the Joy OF crea
IS ing new anu netter lorll'S OF me-
e For the Human Race.
To quote from Mr.. Burbank s ow
/ manuscript, which is now rapidly nea
y ing its final rereading:
n .'New creations in plant life will NJ
d only produce renewed interest in agI