The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-17

' at contains all that goes to make
= what is called Civilization, and
claims its place among the American
people by its works in evory form of
/ human activity which have never low
! cred the standard of America 5 hiehes.
| ideal.
Biggest Crop on Record
Secretary w. o. Smith presented his
annual report and the minutes of the
, meeting year ago. He said that the
sugar crop report for the wear
ending September 30, l9l,, was present
! ed, showing a total tonnage pro
ducPd of GlI,03S tons (shOrt tOns), be.
ing the largest crop thus far produced
/ in these islands.
Herewith is presented the crop re.
l. port fo" the year ending September
30, 1919. showing a total tonnage for
the year of GAG, A. tons, an increase
Of 2Y,407 tons over 1914, as also
statement of the tonnage produced for
the past ten years. These reports
have been prepared by r. d. Mead,
director of the Bureau of Labor and
Statistics of the Association.
"During the year the trustees have
held th.rty-seven meetings. Mr.. Sydney
NJ. Ballou has continued to represent
the association at Washington and has
rendered valuable services.
Old DireC tors Re-elec tea
On the next order of business. cleo.
ton of directors, the old board was
reelected on motion of J. T. NOR as
follows: F. A. Schaefer; L. d. Tenney
+. +. Bishop, +. NJ. Swanzy, j. F.
Cooke, George Rodiek, J. NJ. Dowsett,
A. W. T. BOttomley and W. o. Smith.
A recess as usual until the after
noon to permit the trustees to elect
,urers having been suggested by the
president, Mr.. Smith said that this
bus ness ordinarily took only few
mErutes and it wOuh be a pity to have
so much idle time. One of the com
mlttee reports might be taken up until
twelve o clock.
President Dowsett objected that il
hal always been the rule for the in
coming president to take charge of
the main proceedings.
+. D. Tenney said there was a com
mittee room available for the trustees
to meet in Immediately, and on mo.
tion of f. F. Bishop a recess until
eleven O'Clock was declared.
Bottomley President
lyon the resumption of business Mr..
Dowsett announced the following Off
GERS as having been elected:
President, A. W. r. BottOmley; vice.
president, George Rod Elk; secretary and
treasurer, W. o. Smith; assistant sec
Rotary and treasurer, LOdis }. Warren;
auditor, J. W. WallrOn.
Mr. BCtt0ml"v, informally introduced
by the retiring president, took the
chair. lie expressed his appreciation
of the honor, saving it would be his
endeavOr to conduct the business in
keeping with the many good exam
pies set bv predecessors. As the first
item of business he called for the
report of the experiment station com.
mittec.
J. F. G, IIagens, chairman Of the
committee, read the report.
Directors Report
DIR. II. p. Agee, director of the ex-
pertinent station. then commenced
realizing his report concerning the work
of the wear.
Anomala Is Guaranteed
The most seriOms insect attacks dur
ing the year have been leafhopper and
nnOmala beetle. Or. Agee touched
briefly ON what had been done and on
the search for parasites now being con.
ductcd O. II. Swezey exhibited spec.
imeus Of anOmala, its parasites and
enemies and told the planters what is
being done to hold it in check. The
amomala was discussed by managers +.
X. Bull and James Gibb, the recent
outbreak having been confined almost
entirely to their plantations and TO the
WaiplO experiment station. Waipio is
under quarantine and no cane is being
distributed from this center.
Black Alkah and Salt
At the afternoon session DR.. Agee
read his report on the Lahaina disease
aud then called on p. s. Burgess, chief
chemist of the experiment station for
a supplementary report. DR.. Burgess
sand two.thlrds of his time since Nav
IS had been devoted to n study of soil
conditions. During that time he has
made thlrty-fOmr complete ANALYSIS of
soils and subsOils collected on irrigated
plantations on Maui, Oahu and Kauai
from fields where this disease is appar-
ent and also from fields where the dis.
ease has not been observed. At an
early stage in these Investigations he
found the old llilgard methods of an.
alN"Is unsatisfactory and discarded
them for tn" modern bureau of soils
mrthOds.
lu all thirty four soils Dr. Burgess
determined the a'kali, available plant
food and bacterial fora. Most of the
soils where this disease was evident
contained toxic amounts of carbonate
Of soda and he concluded that as only
half the black alkali can be discovered
IN ANALYSIS the disease is probably
"auaed by undue accumulation of soda
salts IN the colIoiduI films surrounding
the soil PARTICLES. The bacterial condi.
t"h OF the soIls was in all cases suiII
rlent for healthy growth of cane.
Experiments Started
cane, DR.. burgess said seems TO
b" unusually resistant to both common
salt and black aIkaIi. lie recommend
Cu as rOrrCCtINCS the iuCornnratinu nj