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THE GARDEN ISLAND. TUESDAY. DEC. 21, 1918
I Try to find new ways of
making the old clothes do,
says Undo Sam. Send us
your old fmits, gowns, drnp-
t orics, linens, etc., for
CLEANING AND
DYEING
and general restoring to use
T fulness.
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Items of Interest to Our
Homesteaders
By O. W. SAHR, County Agent
erf Pi
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French
Laundry
ABADIE, Proprietor
Honolulu, T. II.
Petsai as a Substitute
for Head Lettuce
CALIFORNIA FEED CO
LIMITED.
Dealers in
Hay, Grain and Chicken
Supplies.
Sole Agents for
International Stuck, Poultry Food
And other siH-ciiilties. Arabic for
conlinp Iron Hoofs. IVtaluma In
cubators and Brooders.
King's Special Chick Food
P.O. Box 452, Honolulu
HOTEL LIHUE
(The Fairview)
Twenty-tA'O elegant rooms
In Main Building
Three Airy Cottages
Cuisine unexcelled in country
districts
W. H. Rice, Jr.,
Proprietor
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Koloa
Plantation
Store
Wholesale and Ketail Groceries
Dry Goods of all Descriptions.
General Plantation
Supplies.
"We have not studied
cost nor economy as
we should, either as
organizers of indus
try, statesmen, or as
individuals.".
President Wilson.
But there is yet time
to start to save and
that time is NOW.
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Bishop & Company
Saving Department
WAIMEA BRANCH
KAUAI
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Kuraoka & Co. t
CONTRACTOR AND CARPENTER
Building, Painting, Moving
Buildings and Cieneral
Carpentering.
Manufacturer of All Kinds of
Furniture.
P. 0. Box 265
Lihue, Kauai
The poet, who said, "Wliafn in
name?" evidently had no idea
that, in so far as the important
natter of food is concerned, pre-
udice could he aroused to such a
mint as to cause a mental aver
sion to, if not a positive condcin-
intion of, a really delectable
irticle of diet. Take the case of
Chinese cabbage, for example. In
stinctively the gourmet shudders
it the attempt to associate that
name with a delicacy. Call it
tetsai (the Chinese name for it)
uid most probably his prejudice
will change to desire; he will try
t ; like it.
I'etsai was introduced by the
United States Department of
Agriculture from China, but it
has been grown here in Hawaii by
the Chinese for many years. It is
now grown in considerable quan
tity in many parts of the mainland.
The testimony of unprejudiced
people who have eaten petsai is
ill in its favor, and many who
nive eaten chop suey ami liked it,
not knowing of what it is com
posed, unwittingly have held a
brief of petsai one of the staple
lgredients of that well-known
and much enjoyed Chinese-Ameri
can dish.
To Americans lettuce has be
come the great leaf vegetable for
salads. Throughout the year it
can be grown in Hawaii, but very
frequently trouble is experienced
in getting firm heads. The curly
varieties of lettuce have been
more popular in our gardens, as
they are not expected to form
heads and are crisp enough to
satisfy the need.
I'etsai is much easier to grow
than lettuce. It possesses not
only all the good food qualities of
lettuce, but also it has the -ad
vantage of being more econouii
eally grown about one-half the
cost of lettuce by reason of its
heavier yield. This feature alone
should recommend it during
these times. It keeps better than
lettuce and, pound for pound,
probably contains as much of the
valuable substance for which we
eat lettuce. In transit it '"holds
up" better than lettuce. As
garnish it is preferable to lettuce;
it retains its crispness in flavor as
well as in appearance.
Technically po'.sai is not a cab
bage, and the unfortunate use of
the name Chinese cabbage should
not create prejudice against it.
Petsai is grown from seed, just
as lettuce is grown. It attains a
height of twelve to fourteen inch
es and when ready to serve it re
senibles the heart of lettuce. Ap
ply to your seediuan for seed.
Dr. A. It. Glalsyer, who has been
active in breeding and distributing
Rhode Island Red poultry on this is
land, intends to change his activities
to breeding the Red Sussex. Accord
ing to the doctor, the Red Sussex
makes a pound more growth than
the Rhode Island Red, besides having
the good qualities attributed to the
latter breed.
O. Thronas of Moloaa, has planted
four acres of corn which has made
splendid growth since the recent
heavy rains. Mr. Thronas Is very
busy now plowing a 12 acre tract be'
tween Moloaa and Anahola which he
wishes to get planted to corn as soon
as possible. He also intends to plant
an acre of cassava for stock feed as
soon as he can get the necessary cut
tings.
Joseph Kapule of Moloaa, has just
completed a planting of corn on hi
clearing in the Moloaa Hui lands. Al
though he has fenced about 12 acres
of laud here, he has been able
plant only about a third of it so far.
Kapule is anxious to go ahead, with
the intention of getting the entire en
closure under cultivation this winter,
but lack of equipment and labor
holding him back.
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Another Feed For Hogs
As a supplement to corn meal
for growing and fattening pigs,
the Wisconsin experiment station
finds that ground soy beans prov-
1 about 10 per cent superior to
wheat middlings, figuring the cost
of feeds as the same. The Indi
um station compared rations of
wo parts of corn meal and one
irt of soy bean meal with corn
leal and wheat middlings in
qual proportions and with five
arts of corn meal and one part
f tankage for pork production.
The soy bean ration produced the
irgest daily gains, and this with
he smallest quantity of feed con
sumed for each pound of gain.
The soy bean does fairly well
in Hawaii under certain condi-
ions. Some very good yields
were produced by Oriental farm
ers last Summer in the vicinity
f Wailua, on. the windward side
of Kauai, on the sandy lowlands
near the beach. They are drou
ght resistant, and do well during
the summer months when it isTtoo
dry for many other kind of vegi-
tation. Swamp and peat soils
will produce soy beans, after hav
ing been drained and limed. Soy
beans will thrive on soils that are
too acid for many other legumes.
The soy bean is more drought re-
istant and also less sensitive to
an excess of moisture than either
cowpeas or corn.
Soy beans are grown all over
the United States, but produce
the largeest yields in the warmer
eigons. The average yield to the
iicre in various sections of the
United States range from about
15 bushels in the northern States
to about 25 bushels in the north
ern part of the cotton belt. Maxi
mum yields of 50 bushels to the
iicre have been reported from
North Carolina.
As corn is very high priced in
Hawaii, it would probably be
more feasible to feed soy bean
meal with rice bran, a much
heaper product. A mixture of
two parts rice bran and one part
soy bean meal would make an
deal feed for fattening hogs, un
til two or three weeks before
marketing, when the hogs should
be finished off with corn and soy
bean meal to make the pork sound
ami firm.
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Manuel R. Souza recently made a
four acre planting of corn on his ranch
at, Moloaa. Souza was one of the first
to get his crop planted in this district
this season. Although the weather
has been cold, and the winds severe
his corn field looked splendid last
week.
The Hawaiian Canneries Company
of Kapaa, is clearing a large piece of
land just below the pineapple fields
recently planted at Moloaa. Wtfen
this new land is planted next autumn
the pineapple fields will extend to the
government road.
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The United States Department
of Agriculture is at the service of
every farmer. Not every farmer,
however, takes advantage of that
service. The department's advice
costs the farmer nothing, but the
assistance given may save him a
great deal both in time and
money.
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The fields of young cane In the vi
cinity of Kalaheo and McBryde, that
were badly beaten and shredded by
the -recent heavy winds, are turning
preen again and taking on a m e
prosperous appearance.
Wailua produce farmers are
shipping much of their produce
to Makaweli and McBryde where
there is considerable demand for
their products.
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Wm. Hyde Rice planted an acre of
alfalfa on his ranch at Haena a short
time ago. The alfalfa is not irrigated,
but this should make no difference as
the rainfall is heavy at Haena. Good
crops of
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Reserved Seats 75c
Admission 50c
Childreu 25c
Tip Top, Wed. Night, Dec. 25; Eleele. Thur. Dec. 26; Makaweli. Fri. Dec. 27;
Waimea, Sat. Dec. 28; Kilauea, Mon. Dec. SO.
j TIP TOP THEATRE
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Tuesday, Dec. 24
William. S. Hart
-IN-
"Selfish Yates
yy
!
ILLUSTRATING THAT THE RIGHT WOMAN WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF A SMILE
CAN MAKE THE MOST SELFISH MAN IN THE WORLD FORGET TO THINK OF HIM
SELF WHEN SHE'S AROUND.
MACK SENNETT COMEDY
Thursday Dec. 26
DOROTHY D ALTON
"The Mating Of Marcella"
NEW YORKS -100 HAS SUFFERED NO MORE HITTER
ARRAIGNMENT Til AN IN THIS PARAMOUNT PIC
TURE, BUT FOR ALL IT'S SCATHING DENUNCIATION
IT CONTAINS A HUMOROUS NOTET HAT WILL MAKE
YOU GLAD YOU COME. A STARTLING DRAMA OF
MARRIED LIFE AMONGST THE WEALTHY.
FOURTH CHATTER OF THE HULL'S EYE
if iirAv I
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KOTHYDALTON ITkeMiiuJ of rtarcella
Saturday, Dec. 28
ENID BENNETT
IN
"THE VAMP"
SHE WINS A HUSBAND AND FRUSTRATES A STRIKE,
UNCOVERS A GERMAN PLOT- TIIIS'PLAIN LITTLE
GIRL" AFTER SHE BECAME "A LITTLE VAMP'"
EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER OF
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W. R. Whittington, pineapple plant
er of Kalaheo, uses a sled to haul his
pines out of the field. He finds that
this saves a lot of time as compared
with the method of placing the pines
fn hnea and Backing them out. His
pineapple sled carries etaolj etaoln
alfalfa have been raised j sled carries a large crate which holds
under similar conditions. At present; several bags of pines, it is uuiu nar
the alfalfa is just coming up out of row to permit It passing between the
the ground. 1 rows.
A SONG OF THRIFT STAMPS
Sing a song of Thrift stamps,
Sixteen in a row,
Take them to an agent
With nineteen cents or so;
Change them for a War stamp,
And for your energy
You'll get a crisp five-dollar bill
In nineteen twenty-three.
T. F. Donovan.
Percy Lydgate and two or three of
his boy friends are at the Lydgate
mountain house for a few days.
Souvenirs
We neatly pack niul mail
Hawaiian Soiivt-nirs.
Hawaii & South Seas Curio
Co.
HONOLULU.
