Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-09
KATE MARCIA FORBES TELLS HOW BIG
MEN OF VALLEY ISLE ARE RESPONDING
1860 Children Enrolled in Movement Up to Saturday of Last
Week-Ranches and Plantations Show AertnesS to War
Emergency 49,

1kate MARCIA FOrDeS UNITS. SudItoS
r. Forbes), recently visited Maui and
at the request of the Star-Bulletin
has. prepared the following timely ar
. tIcIe on Mauis part in the territory
wide home gardening movement. Maui
has systematized and stimulated the
movement TO q remarkable degree
and the successful efforts of the citf
Eens Of the Valley Isle to do their
BIT" are graphically set forth by the
gifted atIthoressl
by KATE MARCIA FORBES
As first Impressions are strongest
% Il appeared TO me that the most
noticeable things about Maui. aside
from its scenic beauty, were the many
miles Of good roads, the inland green
seas Of waving cane, and the extent
% which the people Of all races anu
classes have engaged upon gardening
Kauai must look q leetle out" lest
her nickname, Garden Island, be
taken away from her and bestowed on
another. To think OF the Hawaiian
Islands, collectively or individually, Is
70 conjure up in the minds eye ev'
erything lovely, scenicslly or ciimat'
ieally, but TO have vegetable gardens
here, 10 Q matter that presents its diff
fsculties. ~
First IN the consideration Of a gar
den, whether for wholesale truck
farming or home purposes, must be
considered the soil end location OF
the available arabic land, the water
question, whether from q natural
source or furnished through irriga-
ton, pests which attack the growing
products, and the capacity OF the In
digidual gardener for combination
q hard work, practical common sense
and watchful waiting. ...&... ri
Maui Leads N Gardening 49,. s.. e
Sugar, Of course, 10 the big thing"
on Maui. as elsewhere here, but today,
after sugar, the greatest general in.
f1rest a manifested IN gardening, and
Maui easily stands ct the head OF all
DE islands for having organized and
n1f into effect ell she has toward the
nnccessful accomplishment Of her
plan. 49, ~ - er..,s, 9, q i 4
The flgurative seed Of enthusiasm
has falIRn In n fertile soil in the
minds u the Maui people as the lit
6f1l seed has fallen In the rich and
productive soil Of the island itself
Maui had begun 70 pride herself on
her gardens, some time before the
staf.builetin made . featurt Of chill.
drsn's gardening. at home and at
school. Last year Maui held q very
gnccessfuf county fair az which gar.
Den products were entered for prizes.
the bestowai Of which greatly stin
uIated interest. Since the county fair,
and despite the fact that one is not
being held this year. interest IL sns-
tained and the gardening project has
grown beyond expectation,
SO keen has interest become that
the Chamber Of Commerce has almost
discontinued meetings (most Of the
county fair officials being members Of
that sbcdy) and has given over its
tine and help to the gardening move
ment There are nine men on the
County Fair Executive Association,
and these are representative men of
the island. They are discussing the
appointment Of county adviser. who
ehalI be q skilled agronomist and
wilI instruct the amateurs how to
pillow, how TO eradicate insects and
pests. how and when to irrigate, or
n the garden Is IN q dry section with
out Irrigation facilities, the county
adviser VIII instruct In intensive or
dry farming.
zone Thcpsandr slogan
Alexander House Settlement (which
- 70 Wailuka what Palama Is to Hen
olulul, under Headworker Leslie Ma
thews had planned to have carnival
q lust about the time our country en-.
tered the great war. This condition
brought with II thoughts Of q more
serious nature, and instead OF q car
nival q campaign was started with
he slogan @one Thousand Children's
Gardens for Maui"
a wave Of enthusiasm followed. On
saturday Of last week the enrolment
Tor children's gardens had reached
the number Of 1860 and the slogan
had been changed to two thousand
Ch1dr6n's Gardens for Maui There
has been little discouragement and
few sbacksliders," the children work
inc before and after school hours, at
noon and 1t recess, despite the fact
that cut-worms. birds, chickens, dogs
and some stray cattle on unfenced
gardens, have added the last straw"
20 aching backs and blistered hands.
What They Grow :
AZ Spreckelsville one acre Of fallow
land has been given over to children's
eardehG they being furnished seed
and water. the blowing. ETC., being
done for them. Each child has q gar.
den plot 10 feet square. There has
been some Encouragement at Rula,
the farming among the adults being
done mostly by Chinese and japanese
who persist In using their old meth
ods, and who have. consequently, lost
most Of their present crop Of pota-
toes through blight This could be
ohyieted under the the direction of
county agent, as he would give the
producer the benefit Of his training
ana would instruct In farming under
scientific management. Kula Is doing
wei with beans and corn. Puunene is
coming along nicely with about rs
gardens. At Kihei, which is in the
dry section. the plantations are fur
nishing seed. The n. C. & s. Co., and
Paia plantations are furnishing both
lana ar6 wafar and IN anlna Ilanps