The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-17
GENERAL SPRAYING
| Of VEGEIADLESON
| OAHU is ADVOCATED.
County Agent Makes Kecommen-
daticns For Compulsory Treat
a ment To Food Commission
WORK COULD BE DONE
! FOR ALL AT SMALL COST
Plan Is Applicable 10 other ISL
ands Also and Would Save
Large Portion Of Crop

y Universal spraying Of vegetable gar.
lens ON oahn is the suggestion that has
been made TO the food commission bv
County Agent Watt and is being con
sidered by the commission with favor.
Spraying Of NIL potato plants on Maui
has also been suggested but Mr.. Watt
goes somewhat further and at the same
time he has plans TO make such spray.
ing Inexpensive to those who are gar
deniBg here. He would have the food
commission get the sprayers, furnish
the solutions, do the spraying and only
charge each individual gardener his
pro rata of the work done.
IL general spraying against potato
blight Is good so also would be general
spraying Of other crops that may be-
come seriously affected by disease or
pests which might spread from garden
to garden and in this climate such dis
eases and pests are legion. General
spraying would prevent the loss of
,nnch Of the garden crops that have
been 50 extensively planted on this
Island IN an effort to aid in war econ
omies and increase food supplies.
individual Spraying Impracticable
But Mr. Watt recognizes that should
very one who has planted little gar.
ten be compelled to purchase a sprayer
ind the chemicals for spraying there
would be small profit, sometimes even a
loss to the gardeners, with all their
work. expended besidea To meet this
re suggests that the commission under
axe the work. Thus the element Of
Expense to the individual for purchase
II sprayer and supplies would be SO
iivided that il would hardly be felt.
At the same time, he says, there would
se an increase not merely In few
irops but in all Of the little gardens as
veil. Here In Honolulu there are hun
lreds Of such home gardens that have
been started and in many instances
hose who are doing the gardening are
without past experience or have had
little and do not know what 10 do or
how to do it when the fighting of pests
or diseases becomes necessary.
Gould Apply at all Points
II the food commission shall adopt
the plan Of Mr.. Watt IL would probab
" not affect this island only but would
be put into operation on the other is
lands as well. Efforts of the experts
from the experiment station TO secure
spraying against potato blight have Of
zen been diseouraging. Last year they
we're started late but whore the spray-
ng was done results were sufficient to
show what might be accomplished. II
was tried on one homestead where the
blight had already obtained consider.
'ble start and about half crop was
obtained, while the ReiRhbors lost
PRACTICALLY all after good Nstart had
been made. This homestehder later told
be agricultural expert that he did not
know whether there WINS ANYTHING In
the, spraying or not but he sspuessed
he would give il q trial the next
season." He has done so and will have
fine crop this year, is n convert and
I" doing missionary work among his
neighbors
europe Needs Wheat Most #
Speaking Of the report Of the depart.
nent of agriculture on improved crop
conditions recently DIR. a.. L.. Dean.
executive Of the territorial commission.
aid that while this would help the
'eople of the United States directly
ind so indirectly help the country 4
lilies, the increase in the. corn crop
would be only an indirect aid. an Aid
n-so far as Americans would use corn
IN place of wheat.
" phe people Of France said Doctor
Dean, g have never. learned to use corn
y we use il, though efforts 20 educate
hem in such use have been made. They
10 mot do home baking'as we do, either.
)ut 60 IN more even than we do for
omnunity bakeries To them bread
Means much more than IL does 10 us.
Take whatever else from them one
nay, their bread must be left. If their
bread supply sleyenl asl poor as that
bread now Is. be reduced or taken from
hem, they will feel abused. We In
This country can use substitutes, inclnd.
ng corn bread, but in Europe, they do
not know how to do this and are I'm.
Wiling 70 learn.
1T, therefore, falls TO us to take ad.
vantage Of tho larger crops of corn
and other vegetables and 10 save ON
Wheat as we can do and as they can.
tot do. If ,we will cut down our use Of
bread by the use Of corn meal instead
Of wheat flour We can do our bits for
our Allies, but corn meal will not take
the place of flour in Europe rs il can
be made to do to q large extent here. |"
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