The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-11-28
FARMERSOFMAU| !.
STAR BEANRAlSERS.
Corn and Sweet Potatoes Also
win Be Shown At Valley
island Fair

Professor +. G. Krauss, chairman Of
he agronomy, or field crop section of
the fair, says, the Maui small farmers
IRE the champion bean growers He
is even inclined to grow poetic, "Shel-
ed products of the far.famed Maui
teds, the 'caliJos, the white navies
which made Boston famous), and many
,ther varieties of culinary and stock
)eans will be shown. kula, on the
niddle slopes of grand old Haleakala,
vas put on the map Of Hawaii by the
rhine quality of her bean products.
he now bids fair to place her fame
ieyond our island shores.
"While the humble Irish potato is
imported into Hawaii by the hundred
thousand dollars worth, we propose
show our visitors what real
spuds, the aristocracy of Maui coun-
US small farm crop, looks like, the
breeding work of the Haiku sub sta
ion, having for its object the develop
nent of superior strains Of this I'M
'ortant field crop, will also be shown.
Iorn and Sweet Potatoes
"Sweet potatoes, it is expected, will
Ie shown in great variety since every
homestead on the island has its patch
# this fayorite tuber Those not yet
3amiliar with the famous Madeira or
Kauai sweet potato, may here find
pecimens grown to perfection.
1.-The field corn exhibit will prove
! revelation to natives Of the Ameri.
an corn belt Maui county's product
ill compare favorably with the prod.
ct Of Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. The
9cEntG noteworthy production of a hun
lred bushels of sheIIed corn from a
Measured Maui acre will be portrayed
- charts and text, as well as by sam.
,jHs of the product itself. Not alone
hould the corn exhibit prove interest
ing, but highly instructive as showing
he possibilities Of Development in this
important crop of the mainland.
Even the cereal grains will find a
place in Maui county's fist fair, as
well they may, since was 1t not in the
days of 49' when Maui county ship.
ped the golden wheat grains to her
lister State, our favorite California I
The sorghuIas and millets ranging in
height from Ione foot tohAfteen feet
and yielding almost as "nuch green
@Sttcr, as sugar. caPa2,will also be
there.
Nitrogen Gatherers
Perhaps the most valuable of all
the large number of forage crops to
be shown will be the legumes. These
gather the free nitrogen from the air
and store unlimited quantities Of this
expensive fertilizing element. in soil
and plant. They, enrich the soil when
turned undernas green manure-devel
op sturdy bodies in the growing animal.
Zone produces a valuable fiber which
may make Hawaii independent in its
supply of bagging. Some are rich in
oils, of which Hawaii is in great need
Ina word, they make a permanent ag
riGultural possibility. Taken all to.
sether this most valuable of all econ.
,,mic field crops will be shown in the
variety and prOfusion which it de
IervCs.
"If you have never heard of but are
Interested in the possibilities of Ha,
~aiian grown, cured and baled fod.
iers and hays, come to Maui county's
irst fair. We promise that you will
not be disappointed in the variety and
Fuality.
fOEHB0 fLhnJS 100
"To the stOekman botanically in.
lined especially if he be interested
grasses, he should be sure to look
IP the grass section. X. A. Baldwin,
Hartman of the forage and pasture
Erass division, has had prepared pot
ulturos of our principal economic
Tasses-the kind that have produced
he splendid Livestock which is to be
Exhibited as the first Maui county
airs greatest attraction,
But these are not all the field
ropS that will be shown. There will
De many others which you have never
thought Of. Come early and stay late
4 you would obtain a comprehensive
dea of the possibilities Of Maui coun
Us glorious agricultural future, and
'hus of Hawaii as a whole.D