The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-12-04

= wanted TO check the growth OF the
icane and force artificial ripcning. II
the sucroae can be increased from
twelve to thirteen per cent, that Is an
eight per cent gain in sugar yields
IL has been proved that double phos.
,phoric acid salts check growth, hasten
.ripening and increase the suerose con-
tent. He recommended the use Of 400
pounds Of superphosphate in one dose
just before the harvest, to be followed
~ potash and nitrogen in the spring.
Experimentally, he has found that a
300-ponnd dressing Of nitrate Of soda,
applied fraetionally through the cold
winter season increased yields fully
thirty per cent. Use 100 pounds in
October, 100 in December and 100
pounds in February he said.
Iodine salts
The iodine salts have yielded re.
Inafkable results In japan the APP
plication Of one.third Of an ounce OF
iodine per acre increased the yield OF
a daikon crop thirty-one per cent.
Iodine is a stimulant for many crops.
II occurs as what we have considered
an impurity in Chile nitrate, and il
may be that part of the stimulating
effects Of, a dressing Of saltpetre is
dne to the iodine,
Speaking Of cane varieties, he said
that what is wanted is a rapid grower
that viii close in early and cut weed
ing costs. t'H 1907, had seemed ia
be lust what Olaa needed, but unfor,
tunately ii tasselled when one year
old, lie said the planters would like
. cane With Caledonia hardness and
Lahhina quahty.i
Trash and Weeds
| The arsenate of soda wecd-killer has
been pretty well tried out. In settled
dry weather it works and cuts out two,
thirds OF the wedding costs. In rainy
weather IL does not work.
Trash conservation on the fields i
business proposition, Mr. Eekari
tstated. James Webster has proved thiI
beyond question, and the practise
should be generaly adopted. "Ths
cane stool has about one mile Of FIND
roots IL the sum total Of all is counted
but the roots are massed and do moi
extend far. Conserving the trash and
burying it keeps the soil warm, keeps
I down weeds, adds nitrogen and retainI
soil moisture. II is the best agricul
! tural method,p Mr.. Eckart said
AlOnzo 0aftley said there has beer
too much cultivation. II Is weedins
that is wanted. Mr.. Eckart then dis
eussed at much length the use of arti
+, fetal materials to keep down weed
growth between the cane rows. III,
agreed with Mr. Gartley that too much
ealtivation is not good, IL the weeds
can be otherwise controlled.
) Breeding ard Selection Of Canes
A discussion of the relative merits
of the selection or breeding OF new
stains and varieties was then entered
into by H. p. Agee, A. Gartley AMI
Doctor Lyon. Mr.. Gartley said he wa,
/ opposed TO the breeding OF new seed
linps because of their enormous yari
ability, They are unstable and unsatis
factory. ~ have no confidence in tn,
breeding of new varieties, ~ he said
l'sselcetion OF bud variants of well es
tablishcd and long proved varieties
opens up the best field for Improve
lmcntaof canes. We must get canei
| TINT viii give more sucrose and greatel
purity. Test out the stools il the feel,
ard when ideal plants are found pro
| pagate them.
Director Agee said that such an ex
| pertinent would take ten to twent,
Years. Doctor Lyon explained TIL
theory of bud variation and the trans
mission of inherited characters. III,
acknowledged that no dependence ear
be placed on breeding varieties. Cane,
do not come true from seed. Som'
4 varieties, like Caledonia cannW b,
used in breeding work because the flow
ers are sterile
The nloping session closed with re
fsn"rs ~ Waves Glib on 'he necessity
/ o. intfodncihg power cultivators an,
other small maehiHes to release ban,
labor.
SUGAR and By-ProducAs
AT the afternoon session Gayiorl =
Wilcox read the report 90 the com
miitee on cultivation 9ud Fertilization
Of irrigated plantatishs. There was d
| discussion.
y M Ehrhoru, territorial cato mol
| o2ist, explained two recent Fedora
Jaws Poverning ths Importation Of can,
into Hawai-. Sqbese were ordcre,
insiatcA IN The Reeord.
The HssesschSert Mil
i liR.sS, N0ris then lcd the aiscpa1io,
SrFhe rcrott of The commitiee 90 man
ifaeture Jof sugar and utilization o