Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-30

IDe cane row. Inc IdDOI OIuIhoI a.
required TO take care OF one acre OF
cane, can, with this system, handle
IS acre.
The main features required to make
the practise q success are:
/. To use the right kind OF paper
2.SJo apply the same directly after
harvesting
The paper used is a saturated as
phalt felt, weighing 9 lbs. per 100 so
#. Heavier papers are not desirable
Parafin papers and other building pa
I pers are not suitable. The paper is
held down by means of small wooden
or bamboo pins or else by stones
After the paper has been down from
four to six weeks a man goes over the
field with q knife and makes a slit In
the paper wherever the schools may
have formed a tent instead OF pune
turing the paper. In addition to re-
ducing the labor required to handle q
field the practise increases the yield
very materially This increase is due
partly to the better weed control but
largely to the heat absorbing powers
of the black paper. 1t has been found
that the soil under this paper IL con-
stantly from 4 to degrees warmer
than the surrounding soil not covered
with paper.
9. NEW SEEDING VARIETIES
The remarkable record Of the Ha-
wall Seeding H.109 is the most strik.
ing feature Of the Seeding work dur.
ing the past five years. This cane
Nuoa OVsfOln Ilxy 81 HHAA 81 thn plonf0FG
Experiment Station in 1904. It was
sent out to a number Of plantations
some years later, together with many
other new canes.
The development Of these canes has
been watched and the more pron1ls-
Ing varieties have been spread az
rapidly 40 possible. Il 10 only during
the last five years that Hoo has gain
cd decided prominence over the other
varieties. In nearly all localities
where this cane has been grown II
has given Q larger yield than any Of
the standard canes IN the same field.
Eva plantation has been particularly
active In spreading this cane and has
profited thereby accordingly.
The propagation of new varieties OF
cane has been conducted by, the
Planters Experiment Station for
some IL or Is years. During the past
year, however, It has been under
taken on a much larger scale than
heretofore. This is evident from the
fact that more new varieties have
been started during the past year than
the total Of all the previous years
that the work has been conducted.
10. WATER DEVELOPMENT AND
CONSERVATION
The most noteworthy undertaking
Of this sort in the last five years is
the Waiahole water project at the
Oahu Sugar Company. Although this
project is one Of engineering rather
than agriculture 1t affects the agricui-
tural development of the islands very
materially. Water development on
smaller scale has also been under
way in many other parts Of The isl
ands.
The lining Of bitches with concrete
to prevent water seepage has been
on a very extensive scale. In
the more porous soils It has been
found profitable to line the field
bitches as well as the large main
bitches. s. - ~
II. SCIENTIFIC WORK
There Is no better index of the
progress of sugar industry in the past
five years than the increased atter-
ton to applied science. We see strik
ing examples Of this in the annua
conventions of the planters associa
tons and conventions Of the mil
chemists and engineers. The rapid
growth Of the experiment station, of
the H. s. p. A., is another evidence
Of progress. The staff of scientifi"
or technically trained men at this in
stitution has increased by so per cent
from 1912 to 1917. The spirit of CO.
operation between the plantation
and the station has also increased to a.
marked degree. Growth has been
greatest in the agricultural depart
ment in connection with the extension
service already mentioned. The. en-
problems have also called
for staff increases as we'll. Nearly
all the departments have been
to meet the increased
demands of the work.
There follows q list of the staff Of
the station at the present time:
II. p. Agee, director.
r. c. 1. Perkins, consulting ento,
molosist.
A. koeheIe, consulting entonoIonist.
Otto n. Swezey, entomoIosist.
=. Muir, entomoloslst.
T. II. T. Osborn, assistant entonoIo-
0ist. -
p. n. Undertake, assistant ento-
moIosIst.
. r. x. Williams, assis&ant sntomoIo-
uist. "...-
u. [. Lyon, pathoIosIst.
e. 1. caur,, assistant patholoaist.
r. (. Doty, assistant asrieuIturis
r. s. Norris, sugar teehnoloaist.
w. r. MeAIIep, assistant sugar
technoIogist.
p. s. Burgess, chemist.
Z. r. werthnueIler, assistant chem.
ist.
George Hutchinson, assistant chem
lst.
A. 6rodle, assistant chemist. &,
{. VI. Brown, assistant chemist.