Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-28

In view of Hawaii's interest in the
subject of food supply and gardening,
the recent report of an important Ca.
madam commission to investigate
agricultural and industrial education
is of more than passing interest.
Some of the very significant recon-.
mendations of the commission, that
are directly applicable to sHawaii's
schools, are: ~..t p
1. That agricultural and industrial
education be amplified and extended,
not by creating new agencies, but by
using more effectively the existing
schools--public, high, normal and agri-
cultural college. ..s.*. ....-
2. It urges that short courses in ag.
riculture be given during the vacation
periods, in the rural schools, by
travelling expert instructors.
8. The importance of additional
facilities for teaching practical agri.
culture in the high schools. normal
schools, and colleges, is emphasized.
4 The commission recommends the
appointment of expert district repre-.
sentatiyes to carry on agricultural
teaching and supervision in all the
rural districts.
Special Food Campaigns in the Philip
pines :..
Those who have followed the recent
gardening contests win be interested
in the following testimony by Mr..
Foreman, who is inspector of school
gardens in the Philippines. He re-
Gently said: Gardening is responsible
f<<,s f,,,s, takx NJ
tables found in the markets through
out the islands. The result is an i'm
proved diet which is of much economic
Significance to every Filipino home.
At the same time it stimulates the
people to improve the native plants
and to raise in their own gardens the
food for which they were formerly
dependent upon the inadeduately sup
piled markets of the locality. In many
Instances enough vegetables are grown
to make the marketing of the surplus
a refnuEeratiTe occupation. While the
Filipino boy is learning to grow yegs-
tables, his sister is learning to pre-
Fare them III appetizing dishes
The planting of vans. legumes, and
other quickly maturing food plants
have been pushed by the teachers who
each year went among the people ana
urged them to grow more foodstuffs.
The results are evidenced by the pres
ent condition of the people, who are
now fleer from food shortage THAN
EVER BEFORE.
Special food campaigns. started i'll
1912, have been largely responsible for
the INCREASED production of food and
the correspondent decrease in rice Inn
poTtations.
The Efficient Country School
In recent notable address upon
The Efficient Country School" David
B. Johnson, president of the National
Education Association, said: "The eff.
Client country school which is to i'm
prove agricultural conditions and to
Keep good citizens on the farms and
make good citizens on the farms must
relate IT'S work to the community life
OF the people served by il;
1T must teach. therefore, agricul-
plants healthy and strong. As the
vines grow, lift the ends from the
ground and turn them back upon them
selves occasionally to prevent their
striking root at the numerous joints,
thrs directing the food supplies to the
development of the roots near the base
OF the plant and which are to enlarge
into potatoes
: INSECT PESTS
A very large and highly colored
sometimes eats the leaves. !
There is also a small and much less
conspicuous caterpillar that hides I'M
der the leaves and eats them II
either of these appear in greater num-
hers than can easily be picked off by
hand from tn contest row, they may
be controlled on larger patches by
spraying the plants with arsenate Of !
lead at the rate of one fourth pound in |
five gallons of water. The poison must
first be mixed into paste with very !
little water, then diluted to the con-
sistency of thick cream, after which !
add the balance OF the water.
Watch the STAR Bulletin for further /
details and instructions.