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TIIK MAUI NEWS, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1913.
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Corn Exhibit
Is Excellent
Children Raise Fine Specimens
and Compete For Prizes
Good Work.
The Kuiaha-Pauwela 1 lomesteads
have just had the distinction of
holding the first corn show ever
'neld in Hawaii. It was not a very
big affair, but it was exceedingly
creditable, and unless indications
are all wrong it marks the begin-
ing of an important branch of
waiian agriculture.
me show was held last Saturday
atternoon in the Kuiaha school
house, the exhibitors being pupils
of the school. Many of the parents
and others of the district were pre
sent and the greatest interest was
manifested in the contest. There
were eight entries of ten ears each.
and cash prizes were awarded to
the following: William Joseph Fer
guson, first; Douglas Wells, second;
and Thomas Dewey, third. A
fourth exhibit was given honorable
mention, and this was entered by
a girl, Rosa Ferguson. The judg
ing was done on points, the judges
not being aware of the identity of
any of the exhibitors until after
the awards were made. The judges
were: Prof. F. Krauss, Will. J.
Cooper and II. L. Sauers.
The success of this contest has
made it certain that another will
be held again next year and on a
much more imposing scale; the
Kuiaha Boys' and Oirls' Corn
Club is now one of the recognized
organizations of the community.
Some twelve or fifteen boys and
girls entered the race last spring,
preparing the land themselves,
planting and caring for the crop.
Several of the young agriculturists
had the misfortune to lose their crops
from depredations of cattle or other
animals, but the majority made
really remarkable showings. Prof.
Krauss, of the College of Hawaii,
Who was the instigator of the idea,
is greatly pleased with the results,
and stated that he has obtained
much valuable data from the work
of the students.
Iii a short address following the
awarding of prizes, Mr. Krauss
stated that he believes the produc
tion of corn can be made a very
important industry in Hawaii. He
even thinks that it will prove as
valuable a crop as pineapples. From
the small plantings which have
been made in the district of high
grade pedigreed seed, it seems evi
dent that very high yields may be
expected; and as corn is a short
tiiue crop, several plantings may
boWiarvested in the time it would
require to get one crop of pineap
ples.
A further argument in favor of
corn, is that where corn is grown,
live stock is almost certain to be
come an important adjunct, and
this will make it possible to keep
up the fertility of the soil, which
cannot be done by the use of com
mercial fertilizers alone. It is
onlyli matter of time until the best
of soils will become unproductive
if calVl upon to yield continuous
ly a siVle crop, and diversification
is now Vcognized as the only prac
tical anl scientific means of main
taining & increasing soil fertility.
An effort is to be made to induce
the boys and girls of other districts
on Maui to form corn clubs next
year. II. M. Wells stated that iu
his opinion Makawao, Kula, and
possibly one or two other sections
will be able to organize strong
clubs, It is also probable that
through the work of the College of
Hawaii similar contests will be in
augurated on the other islands.
It is the intention of those inter
ested in the movement, to make
arrangements for providing some
valuable prizes for the next con
test, and it is also intended that
the rule! shall be extended to re
quire plots of one-tenth of an acre
to be planted and cared for by each
contestant, and a careful record
kept of cost of production and total
yield.
While new in Hawaii, the corn
club idea is no longer new on the
mainland. It was launched some
five or ten years ago under the
auspices of the Department of Agri
culture, and has spread to all parts
of the country where corn may be
grown. The youthful farmers, un
der the coaching of the govern
ment experts, have been able to
make some remarkable records, and
in hundreds oi instances have prac
tically revolutionized the time-worn
methods of the communities in
which they live. A number ofi
states have recently had the ave
rage yield of corn very materially
increased, and credit is largely giv
en to the boys whose success has
pointed out the way to their elders.
Haiku Notes
And Doings
The financial stringency which
has lately become evident in the
Islands, on account of low sugar
prices nnd the depressing effects of
the pending tariff legislation, is be
ginning to be felt in the pineapple
industry. The Haiku Cannery,
which hits been assisting the settlers
with loans for planting, lias lately
been compelled to withdraw this
assistance.
The result will probably be that
the acreage planted this year will
be considerably below what had
leen expected. It is reported that
an effort is being made to interest
mainland capital in fin.tiieing pine
apple plantings.
It is stated that the Jap anese
cannery will probably, after the
present season's pack, Ikj moved
several miles farther east towards
Peahi. The object of this will be
to make the cannery more accessible
to the large acreage of fruit which
is now .being planted in that section,
particularly that of a large Japanese
hui which recently secured a long
time lease on several hundred acres
of land some miles east of Haiku.
There are also rumors of another
cannery being established by capital
from southern California.
The Puuwela school house is being
enlarged by the addition of two
more rooms, which will make it a
four-room school. H. M. Wells,
who has the contract, has the work
well under way. The school lot
has lately been plowed up and
graded, arid will at once planted to
grass, so that the lawn will be in
good condition by the time school
opens in the fall. New furniture is
being installed in the Kuiaha school.
Much satisfaction is expressed in
this district over the action of the
Board of .Supervisors in deciding to
call for bids at once for the con
struction of the first section of the
road across the homesteads from
Haiku. Surveyors have also been
at work making preliminary surveys
for the continuation of the road
across the East and West Kuiaha
gulches to connect witli the Kaupa
kalua Road.
PERSONALS.
Miss Mary H- Cooper has com
pleted a neat cottage on her home
stead Mrs. Stanley Livingston was hos
tess this week of the Kuiaha Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Livingston
of Honolulu, who have been spend
ing several weeks at the Castle cot
tage at Olinda, are at present guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Livingston.
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