The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-18
MANYDENEF|TSTOa .
HAWAII SEEN AS
RESULT OF FAIR
Is Regarded BY Officials As Big
gest Impetus Territory Has
Ever Received
POINTS WAY FOR GREATER
PRODUCTION OF FOODS
Astonishment Is Expressed BY
Many Visitors At Extent
OF Big Show

To the ultimate end of making theSe
Islands self supporting in food prod
ucts-the motive which gave impetus
70 the planning and giving of the FIRST
Territorial Fair in ar-time-the big
agricultural, industrial, and military
exhibition has been the biggest boost
in this line Hawaii has ever had, in
the opinion of j. NJ. Westgate, direc.
tor Of the United States Experiment
Station.
Without qualification, he asserted
last night that he believed the Fair
had pointed the way for greater pro
,mction of food products in Hawai-,
and that It had been educational in
showing the Island residents how va
ried crops could be grown, harvested
and conserved.
He points to cassava, formerly largely
produced in these Islands, as an eX-
| ample of how the Fair has shown how
product for both human and animal
| food can be easily raised in this coun
try. Cassava grows prOlifcallv on all
the Islands when planted and could be
used to replace a large amount OF
wheat food products, he thinks.
Has Many Uses
| Exhibited in the agricultural section
there is one root of cassRVa, entered
by DR.. Baldwin Of Maui, which weighs
| 100 pounds, and there are 500 acres of
it in cultivation on Kauai. 1t is from
cassava that all tapiOca is made 1t
also can be cut up with meat chop
per and used like rice, or when fresh
4 worked into pan cake dough, the ex'
pertinent man explains.
| When asked to discuss his impression
of the effects of the Fair last night
director Westgate said:
at has been one of the biggest
boosts looking to the development OF
local grown products to the ultimate
end of making the Islands self support
ing Hawaii has ever had. This is not
only along the line Of animal prOduc
ton, meat, milk, and eggs, but in the
production of vegetable cereal prod
ucts, such as corn, rice, potatoes, edl
BILE Gamma and cassava.
"The casSava is especially worthy
Of note since it has proved disease
and drought resistant on all the Islands
Z and it makes a yield of from tiftccI
20 twenty tons per acre. 1t has beer
demonstrated to be a valuable pig teet
. and also to be we'll able to replace
n large number Of wheat products.
"The drying of vegetables as show
at one Cf the agricultural building
booths is an example of the education
al worth of the Fair, as the drlcr ex
hibited is one which can hC made b!
the visitor when he returns home
, Along this same line there have be-"
demonstrations to show how dried tar
ran he made into poi.
\ Big Aid To Growers
Frank Woods, the Hawaii ranch
cr, said yesterday that he believed tn
Fair had been of great cducatiUna
value and one that was certain to il
crease the production of farm and gal
len products on the Big Island.
John Soprr, chairman Of the Fal
: committee, said that scores Of prol'I
had come to him to tell how Pl"asnn
" surprised they were at the ma IN
Jude of the exhibition.
| "Thc Fair has shown what IS heln
=. lone, and what can be done. 1t b.
y been educational AS well AS entertain
e ing. Dozens of people have assure
J. me of their surprise at the bignc'
4 If the exhibition, and how they BIZ
no idea such an extensive display WI
e possible. -
a X. Yamamoto, &airmau of the ia
A. aRcse Fair committee, says that he
# .ertain the agricultural exhibition b
cen Of extreme interest and value
he japanese residents. AS result
the visit of thousands of Orirntals
he exhibition he expects muny
them to try other food substitutes +
ice. The japanese have taken Il
n greatest interest in the agricultur
and military features of the exhtl
1 ion, he says. He adds that he beheN
the commercial concessions have fOVl
he Fair Il good advertising medium.
- c. X. willard, the secretary Of t
Fair commission, says the exhibit a.
the attendance have exceeded by f
he earlier expectations. At one til
, t was estimated that an Attendance
a en- or twelve thousand daily would
II. large, but the crowds on one day We
- nearly three times this number.
m "No one can realize the magnltu
# the Fair unless he has worked
from the beginning, and then it /
a Gears bigger than is possible. The 81
cess of this Fair should Indicate
-, success of future Fairs" he adds.
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