The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-13
SPRAy|NGpOTATOES
|NSORES A CROP
50 - 10,
Plantations Ought To Grow Food
Crops 70 Decrease
rt Sugar Cost ~
Experiments Have Proved Pota-
toes Can Be Grown Any
where In Hawaii

To control potato rot the plants must
be sprayed with Bordeaux mixture
about Eve times, beginning when the
crop is six inches high and repeating
every week or ten days until after the
flowers hhSs appeared. The treatment
differs according to locality AMI
weather conditions. One spraying VII
not be enough. ..,..
The use of Borde"ux mi"tnre is =
commercial pronosition. The chief
item II labor. The materials used cost
only q small s,Im, Copoar sylphate, or
blnestope, may he obtained from drug.
gists and hardware merchants. o. other
dealers in insecticides. The lime is
cheap. a.... g.
The tools are a dfty gallon cask or
tub in, which to mix the, solution and
good kpapsack spray pumn, preferably
one that works, with compressed air.
No Excuse for Black Rot ....
Bordeaux MIXTURE is so. easilv made
and Ii 10 effeetive IN controlling pa a.
site fungi, especially the ono wh'rh
caused the black rot Of the botqtn, FhHt
faiinre to use this remedy. Is sheer
earelesshesS. Spraving the potato crou
with''R funRicide IL Rs necessary as
hoeir" or nsing fertilizers. o..
With known preventive which has
been proved here In Hawaii time and
a~ain there " no excuse for any one
eomPlaiUin" that uotatoes cannot re
grown In the Islan's The use Of Bor.
deauxs mixture IL Insurance that when
/ good, seed Is planted in rood ground q
, satisfying erop will be harvested.
Po.stoeR and Sugar fa-.... 49,.
The application to the Hawaiian
sugar industry il this. that the plan.
tiers have given too litIls attertion in
times rast to the production % food
for their own laborers. Potato .impnr-
tations foot M n yevy LARGE total ava-v
year. suh n large nrorortion of the
consnm Ptinn Is on the plantations and
! in rthe corntrv distrirts
THREE has ,haarN ,tsnderev up to this
time to limit all ggrirultural operations
on the nlar'atinns to the prcdrction of
cane. As DR.. HIP, A gee, Of the Plan-
ters' Expsriment Station. hss repeat
edlv stated. the plaRtp lions have lest
a. good manv tricks simply because e
has always been, considered good busi.
ness to import food, supplies. o.. w.,
The argument has been that 1t is
necessary to- provide, return freight to
, balance outgoing sugar eargoes. but q
growing : proportion of incoming
/ freights b handled by through steam
err NThis win be more aud more the
} rnle. with the growth Of trans,oeeanic
/, trade since the opening Of the Pan
, Nov Food, crops for Hawaii
The potato pronositian has be"n
I abundantlv proved Nv the Hawaii FIX.
pertinent Station. This rron can ba
grown anywhere in the Islands from
sea level to the upperrost limits of
cultivation. The one thing that has
stood in the. way Is the potato blight
That has been prevented and can he
prevented by anyone who will tale
the, trouble TO, use Bordeaux mixture
early and often. O.. . ga. al. &C. 4. Y
The experiment station through its
marketing division has got the best
seed Of the hest ,vayiety, the Eariv
Rose. r While many have cot into the
habit, Of thinking that these expert.
ments were for the heneft Of "smsll
farperg'' only, the, truth Is that t..
work Is being done for all Hawaii,
, which certainly includes the sugar
nominations. - r.'N.....h- .. ..
Potatoes are not the only food rron
that ought to be grown on every planta-
ton, but 1T is . crop that can and
ought to be produced. Composite agri-
culture, will make sugar prodnetipa
more strble, fof those lands which can
feed their own labor can stwavs Lro-
dnce EXPORT staples at the closest mar
gin, at a profit. .,E ...
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