The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-14
M0L0KbI IS IN
SERIOUS DANGER
0EE00DSnORTAGE
Repogt,ot observer Reveals Fact
Of Critical Situation On
;. = That Island
Suitable Spots For Husbandry
q Remain N Valleys Little
Visited BY strangers

That the food situation on Molokai
is dcoidedm eriticai Efl the impression
gained by c. w. Carpenter, Pathology
ut of the, Y, S, Experiment Station, in
w. rtcent triPh6'tkAt sland 10 invest.
gate the growing Of taro. Molokai
once supported a population many times
greater than at present, the chief food
crop then as now being taro. The
younger native element has largely de
parted to Honolulu ami other localities,
md the taro patches have fallen into
lisuse in many of the valleys aud
along the sea. At CONSERVATIVES es.
innate not more than one.fourth Of the
available taro land is now under cult.
walton. "a ifs
This condition has been brought about
3y many contributing factors among
which are the departure of the young
er element to the city, and the older
nen gradually becoming less able to
AXE care of the patches. The smaller
Deal population and the use Of wheat
lour in poi making have lesscned the
lemand for taro. Probably the most
important factor and possibly the only
me which has reduced production be.
ow consumption is the decreased yield
If the patches from continuous cult
walton and the presence of the disease
FAILED taro rot. Some of the patches
ave grown taro continuously for per
iaps one hundred years or more Many
pate hes have failed for some time to
produce single perfect root, all being
more or less rotted and ONLY TO be
onsnmea Dy tne grower himself, VINO
muer present condltlons cannot ne par
lcuiar. me lands are rented as
u'e ana un"er inc rental rate the grow.
"oeS not see, ms way eiear 70 rest
ne laha several months between crops
IN" itI'l''%e' aerate' etc', as "ould DC
'eS ", -, 1919
loe Practlse on theG other hand IS
PAM another crop as soon as posi-
ne a'''t inc faro IL PulGp, inc patch
OF eve" resting a week Attention
20 the grazing ana TO tue position o.
ne NETS ana o9t,etS 70 insure 2 CON
,nuouS supply OF 1resh water reaching
~ paris OF t"e patches rs also needed
arc oe'hg at nome IN tioWlng Waler
thI uoihg poorly IN stagnaht pools.
ohe OF tue smaller Patehes IN haih-
Ironi smhieh' the ta.o naa a.esen.ly
zen pullen, ~ paueh Wnicn had iallen
q ~ 3ls ss tWo- years 70 produce any
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