Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-07
PAAlIHAb WORKS
I0HAlE WATER
IN DRY SPELLS
commenaable Energy By Pun
Cipai and Pupils to Keep
Garden Thriving
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EDITOR Honolulu Star, Bulletin.
Sir. School having closed on RI
day for the Easier IaCatIosg ana kIluS.
Ing that We often ran short eli w2tsc
during the dry SPELLS. the children aRd
/ toiled all Friday afternoon bull iiaS
small ,0acEete >iste-R 10 preserve
water Idr such emsrssaCles- On this
account il w4s upOSslbEe .OC them IN
write yCu the usual letter. 50 I shall
here give yoH an account o. ~Aat has
traaSpiTsG since rheir as. writing.
The gisteru which ! ugakt reference
to is Il. ious. . IL vide and - IN.
deep in the inside and should hold ap-
proXimately 80 gall9us. II VAS no
easy task TO have il made as the. zsSd
had TO he hauled by the boys from
the bottom al deep SuICh and over
Il distant 2 OF mile and hall. OF
course this vas purely yu4Unt2ry work
on their part, promPtsl perhaps &"
some extent from spirit. OF adFsR,
tuEe, hut more from the {immense en-
thus lasm to- have our school garden
excel that OF any school IN the dis
trfct of East Hawaii. Il took US two
Friday afternoons, to haul the sand as
each boy could make bat one trap a
day, briaging from e0lto 20 pounds.
Eyerything being eompIetel. 90 Fri
day evening ii was possible for Us TO
test it ON saturday. which We did, We
observed that ON account OF the thin.
ness OF the walls t25siTl.) little
water was seeping through. so little
that il was hardly notieeabies but
even this We viii remedy when school
begins again. We WIN take pure ce-
lnent aud mix 1t With water into q
thick LIQUID and wash the walls With
il. This viii close all the pores and
stop the seeping.
The weather from Fri1ay, March %,
TO Tuesday evening. March %, vas
extremely dry and windy. burning up
the tender leaves OF the vegetables.
As the judges were due the following
morning this was cause for Us TO feel
annoyed. but fortunately il rained dur
ing the night and the following morn
ing, giving the garden q better appear
ance. They arrived at ] o 4. IN. and
left at 1890, after looking over the
garden, swapping phatos and examine
ing our garden data.
immediately alter tile departure OF
the judges We began to sell our let
tuee and beans. That same day We
made $40. and since then We have
been making from so cents to SI a
day. Our cabbage and other vege-
tables will be ready for sale in May
or June. We Calculate 70 receive
about $50 from our garden by June.
Two weeks ago We wrote to the
experiment station explaining our
troubles with raising tomatoes, pep
pers and elephants. II appeared that
half of the fruit was infested with
worms or maggots and we prayed for
help. In reply We got case con-
tanning Is phials of parasites. which
delighted US immensely. They were
sent to us by the bureau Of agrieul
ture AMI forestry. aud we all gave
them a royal reception and turned
them loose among our tomatoes to
feast. upon their prey.
Thanking you for the space you may
give my letter in your paper. and hop
ing that you will continue the good
work Of stimulating the farming In
stinct among the rural schools, | re-
main, yours very truly,
JOHN J, PAyAo,
Principal, Paauhan School