Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-21

Kauai judges of the School Garden
Contest sent In to Vocational Instruct.
or +. Allen Creevey Individual reports
e their awards on the school and
home gardens, and from the coBsen-
sus Of these reports has been made up
the final awards. 49,. 49,.
Four judges picked Waimea first in
school gardens. Two other Judges
placed Waimea second. Two judges
put HanamauluF down for first place,
three for second place. and one for
third place. '..*.se r ..=.ss
Haena school was given Gne second
place and the other five judges put
this school in third place. Elee.e was
virtually unanimpus. five naming II
for fourth place. and Lihue received
two votes Tor fifth place Kapaa was
kgiEen>eae fifth place award. ~
Prom the rankings and accompany
| ing comments Of all Of the judges. the
winning schools were selected. In
these selections the letters. drawings
and reports were taken into considera.
tion, but they made no material
change in the choices Of the judges on
the ground.
The Kauai judges made number of
interesting comments on the contest
and its various features. and the most
pertinent of these comments are re-
produced herewith:
BY Henry 6irkmyre, Hanalei
In my judgment the school gardens
of Waimea, Hanamaulu, Haena and
Eleele are entitled to the full so points
for judgment and perseverance, also
the four home gardens of August ia
cinth, Hanapepe; Y. Yamagata. Wal
mea; Robert Kahea, Haena, and Alfred
Pacheco, Kekaha.
am quite impressed with the value
OF the school farm contest but am
not in favor OF the home farm contest
! believe that school children have not
the time to properly attend to home
garden without assistance. ! viii sug.
gest that IL the Star-Bulletin intends
to have a yearly contest that the is.
land Of Kauai be divided into three dis
tricts of about five schools in each
district. First district embracing Re.
kaha, Waimea. MAkaweli, Eleele and
Kalahea schools; second district, Ka-
paa, Anahola, Koolau, Kilauea, Hama.
lei and Haena schools, or some such
district, doing away with the home
garden contest and using the prize
money from that for school garden
prizes.
BY dividing the island up in districts
as above outlined II should make the
contest much faifer, as the schools
listed In each district are, practically
speaking, similar to each other in elm
attic conditions and in addition COM
petition should be much keener.
BY E. n. w. eroadbent, Lihue
The contest has shown what can be
done IN the different districts, in the
way OF raising vegetables. etc. and IL
is 10 be hoped that the different
schools win maintain their interest in
that line.
Regarding future contests Of the
same nature, would recommend that
IL there are to be the two separate
contests. as IN the present one, that
the school gardens be judged by a
committee and the home gardens be
awarded prizes for the best showing
made at show.
BY r. A. Alexander, EieeIe
Alp the island has experienced q
very unfavorable year for vegetable
or truck gardening.
Many OF the schools were not pro-
vided with suitable grounds for gar
dens.
would suggest centering all the
contest on. the school gardens and in
creasing the number Of prizes at .
lover figure for each.
From present indications the home
gardens were not . success and II is
almost impossible to supefintend or
judge the same.
BY George n. Ewart. Jr., Waimea
There Is so much difference in con-
ditions as TO soil, climate, etc. that
Il is impossible for many Of the
schools to make q really good show
Ing. For instance. the nut grass at
Eleele and the trees shading the gar
den plot at Maxwell make Il almost
impossible for those schools to make