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T1I13 GARDEN ISLAND, TUESDAY. FEB. 18, 1919
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Telephone 43 W Waimea P. O. Box 71
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General Offices
Merchandise Dept. I QlI((,n .m)1 A1.lk(a S(s
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Items of Interest to Our I
Homesteaders
By O. W. SAHR, County Agent
'
According to Win. Henry Bice,! The following conclusions ro
of Lihue, Hie secret of successful j garding fertilization and sugar
chicken raisin? is to get the chicks! production have been summed up
hatched before the end of March. ;., nil lmhlished in "The Hawaiian
hatched before this date, ac-1 Planters' Becord" bv .1. A. Verret
cord iiir to Mr. Bice, Ihey thriven
belter and grow faster, and there
fore resist disease better.
Mr. Bice has just had an incu
bator full of pure bred Bhode
Island Bed chicks come oil', and
he is now raising these chicks
with the intention of renewing
his iitlerest in keeping good poul
try. In past years Mr. Bice has
imported practically every well
known breed of poultry and many
rare birds from the mainland, but
of late, count of the large
iniount of work connected with
the selective draft which occupied
so much of his time, he was forced
to neglect his pens of pure bred
poultry. His experience with the
numerous breeds has gained him
a broad knowledge of poultry. At
present he intends to slic to
of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters'
Experiment Station. Mr. Ver
relt's article contains very valu
able information for homesteaders
and small planters engaged in the
cultivation of sugar cane. The
conclusions are drawn from re
sults of numerous experiments
conducted by the experiment sta
tion on plantations located at
various different places on the
islands. By publishing these con
clusions in this column it is hoped
that the smaller planters as well
as the larger plantations may de
rive the benefit of the valuable
informal ion furnished by the
Sugar Planters' Association.
Mr. Verret surnames the ex
perimental work he has been con
ducting as follows:
1. The majority of the plantations
one hired, nainclv 'the Bnode have not yet reached the profitable
i
Island Bed, which he savs has linlit in tne application of nitrogenous
- i fori Ili7nra TVita lltitir in tYta irraat
proven to be the. most practical; , " ,J .
' nninvitv nf rncoa la a hnva ftA lha rf
all round bird for his purpose. ,...., ner acre. naBUmlne ot'her
Mr. Bice raises his chicks in cultural operations, such as Irrigation,
home made pens which are threeweed control, etc., to be adequate.
feet long, and stand about 12 1 2. An exception to the above has
indies from the irronn. on four l)ecn oted on Kauai with plant cane
k i 1 i i i i I
?ft3
ii m i n i v t vv
Tread is not only Tniclt
our it is uioaa ana wiryr
TO show this graphically
we have ruled off one
unit in the accompanying
illustration.
Count the number of squares
on the raised part of the tread.
They total over 54 whole
squares or more than three
fourths of the entire surface that
is ruled off.
The large, flat wearing sur
face of the Michelin Universal
means increased mileage,.
Once you try Mich
elins you will use no
other. They give the
utmost tire economy.
Kauai Garage
Mrs. J. A. Hon;;, Prop.
Read The Garden Island
on lands previously devoted to fallow
ing and turning under the volunteer
growth of grass and weeds, including
some legumes. In a number of such
instances, plant cane failed to respond
to fertilizer. On the other hand it
should be noted that in virgin soil on
Ouhu, applications of 150 lbs. of nitro
gen proved profitable.
3. In approaching the profitable
limit In the use of fertilizer, the In
creases due to fertilizer become lesB
and less as this limit is approached.
The tendency of our plantations is
to be conservative and fall short of
the limit. It may be a better policy
to slightly exceed this limit, as in
tins case we lose sugar or an even
greater value. It would therefore
seein part of good agriculture and
good business for the plantations to
determine by experiment over as wide
a range of soil conditions as feasible
the profitable limit of nitrogenous ap
plications.
4. .A few large dose3 of fertilizer
give better results than many small
ones. There seem to be no exceptions
to this in the experiments conducted
so far. By a few large doses we mean
not to exceed four two in each grow
ing season, or, if the crop has a late
start, divide the fertilizer into three
doses, applying only one the first
season. In one year cropping, one
dose of fertilizer has given better re
sults than two or more under irrigated
conditions.
5. We have had little or no success
in increasing yields by growing le
gumes between canerows.
G. In a great many enscs, nitrogen
nione has paid better than nn equal
money value of complete fertilizer
' but there are some exceptions where
;n;.s i,.e-u oromarv coiiiiner- ,.;,, .. .,. i
pilUOlilHl IV. (lis 1 11 Ulllt I'ULtlOU I1UTC
i.M cl.nl; leeil ami rolled oats gjVen profitable returns.
.1.1 ii it 1
i-Mig wiui I lit miik anil nrean 7. n0 general statement can be
-i Nut. and as much green feed made in regard to the value of supple
!:!: as lettuce or alfalfa as the 'nentary doses of phosphoric acid or
hicks will eat.
I.. II. W. Brnadhcnt of (J rove
legs. These pens are partitioned
oil' into two sections, each section
occupying half of the pen. The
floor of one section is covered
several inches deep with dry litter
md in this section of the pen
there is a small brooder box with
no artificial heat. The brooder
box is about two by two feet
sipiare. The sfnall chicks gather
in the brooder box to keep warm
and are aided in this by a sus
pended cotton-padded quilt which
hangs directly over the backs 'of
the chickens. The other section
of the pen has a layer of clean
sa ml scattered over the lloor for
the chicks to scratch in.. The
whole pen is covered with a hing
ed door that may be swung back,!
enabling the poultry man to
easily look after his chicks. Black
roofing taper over the door keeps
out the weather, but during fair
weather the door is lifted about
eighteen inches in order to allow
light, and air to get intf the pens.
one oi these pens , will Hold as
many as two do7.cn chicks, but
one dozen 111 the pen leaves it
less crowded. The chicks are kept
in these pens until they are about
three mouths old.
For the first week all that Mr.
,"ire feeds his chicks is dry bran
iiid a separate ration of stale
ivad soaked in mil!:. Later on
e !;i:s ii. em ordmnrv commer-
FOLLOW THE
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CHILD WELFARE
potash. Some experiments indicate
a loss, others a g:iiu. Cntil more
: data are obtained through soU analy
ses and field tests on a wide ranee of
'aria Plantation, is shipping cas- fie'.ds, we would recommend the use
meal, raised and cured on of some phosphoric acid on each cr6p.
he plantation, to the Collce of ullk'S8 "lell experiments have Indicnt
1 ,.- rci n -H ,i ed otherwise for a particular locality,
iiwau. I lie college will use the , ...
. . The use of some potash appears do
ueal lor leeuing cxpcrimcnls of BirabIe , feUls coutaini.1s ,C3S than
l e pig ranch connected with the 0.25 percent total potash, unless the
o liege farm. ! contrary has been shown by local
If von want to set a hen ur till ' n1(l teats- "'n: h"!t' '
Just as the Y. M. 0. A. tin the
1
mainland has followed the sol
diers from their homes to the
trenches and back again on troop
train and transport ship so the
rmy Y. M. C. A. at Scholiehl
htrracks has served the local
bovs. Hverv train leaving the
hirracks for Honolulu has car
ied two "V" secretaries, an
Vmerican and a Filipino to give
information to the men and lead
Ihein in a farewell sing. On the
wharf in Honolulu many domestic
lifliculties have been straightened
out. Secretaries have been sent
on the boats to all of the islands.
They stayed in the steerage where
most of the men were and kept
them occupied in order to prevent
gambling. Mr. Killam who ac-
ninpanied the soldiers to Kauai
and Maui found that by getting
them together soon after the boat
sailed ami telling them that the
first thing every soldier wants to
do when he gets home is to buv
civilian clothes and some good
blankets like they have had in the
irmy. lie reminded them that
there might be a few men on the
boat who would try to start
gambling games in order to get
(heir nioiiev awav from them, lie
reported that there was practi-
ally 110 gambling ainong'the men
with whom he came.
Colonel E. M. Norton, the new
commanding oflicer at Scholiehl
has cooperated with the "V In-
ordering all of the men to go to
the "Y" building for a linal meet
ing before leaving for their homes
At this meeting Major Patterson
formerly of the Board of Health
gave the men instructions about
the rules of health ami sanitation
which (hey have followed in the
1 rni v and which everv man should
follow at home. He talked in very
practical terms of what they could
do in the plantations to keep well
afid be able to work everv dav
Major Patterson was followed by
Mr. Killam who spoke on what
the government expects of the
men as thev return home. He
fold the men that the government
wants every man to have a place
to work ami wants everv man to
continue self government. Almost
five thousand of the men who have
been at Scholiehl have been in
English classes and it is the desire
of the government that this work
he cont iuued in civilian life.
D.r. J. W. Wadman gave th
final word to the men that Ihey
were going back to the old job
but in a uew spirit. He remind
the men that the islands are ex
petting a great deal of good t
come from the things thev hat
learned in the army.
Following the formal part
the program mob singing was lei
bv .Mr. tico. ( a lice and I no men
were treated to icecream am
cake.
Give Them All They'll Take
To leave school prematurely in
order to get to work is the road
to failure, rather than to fortune.
The boy who leaves school before
he has secured the barest rudi
ments of an education, as many
lo, is apt to find that he has
(unfed his fortune beyond re
covery.
in incubator, pure bred eggs for
hali-hing may be obtained by get
ting in touch with the county
.igont. m
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II Wollcrs, nianajicr of Makei
-U''ar
tallied prefurrably from final molasses.
8. The results of four years' tests atl
Waipio show no great difference in
the value of nitrogen when obtained
from different nitrogenous salts. Equal
weight of nitrogen from nitrate of
soda, sulphate of ammonia, a mixture
Company, is disposing of ot nitrate ond 8Ull'hate end nitrate of
1 ,, . . . . jiiiiu, ur ir.'eu.
. lare crop of sweet potatoes at
... , , , . , 9. On Hawaii and Kauai we have
! ,'u!"!',a W''1'1 I'"';"'"' hnrvested experiments showing no in-
worth a dollar a bag for pig en-ana from liming, but the conditions
"d. The potatoes were raised of the teats are not altogether aatis-
- ,'e 1,! inlalion. In a lew weeks factory and further testing on this
' e will harvest a large crop of Broro ls thought advisable. On non
. . . ,, ' acid soils on Oahu, coral sand or
h i, a potatoes of excellent .(.lal-( me ilu.reaiied the yielu of Lanaina
My. They will be sold at the r.nd H 109. With D1135 there was no
Plantation Store at Kcnlia. gain.
E. A. Cheatham of Kapaa, is 10. As fertilizer is increased above a
litcudiii" to buv a new tractor ! wtlerflte amount, the quality of the
Owing to ill health, Mr. (ieo
lamiesou has been obliged to re
sign from his position as head
liuia for the Kilauea plantation
jus medical advisers nave com
mauded him to take an extended
trip to the mainland.
Mr. Biikmeyer, of Hanalei, has
succeeded Mr. .lamieson at KM
auea. He is iuite familiar wilh
ibc planiatii.il, having filled th
same position some years ago.
Smnc Convincing Figures
A good deal of careful invest i-
galion has been given to this mat
ter, and statistics based on a
wide range of data, covering a
ong period of time, show that
toys leaving school at 14, in order
to go to work, have earned, by the
time Ihey reach (he age of 12."), a
total of ."5,112.i0, while bovs who
ontinued at school until they
were IS, and then went to work,
by the time they were 2."), hail
made Sf7.:.!7.o0 a clear gain of
over $2,00(1. In other words, the
boys who staid at school until
they were IS, made over $2,000
more in 7 years, than the others
did in 11 years. The former, when
they reached 23 were getting $124
n month, while the latter were
getting only $51. As the years
run on the difference becomes
much more striking, and 10 or 15
years later the educated man isout
of sight in advance of his unedu-
ated brother. Of course there
ire exceptions, where native abil
ity, or favoring circumstances, or
home-won education, have
brought about special results, but
the broad average is what we have
to count on.
Don't Stunt Your Children
To take children out of school
md set Ihein to work at 14, 15,
or 10. is to stunt their-future for
tunes just as surely as to starve
them year after year, is to stunt
their physical wellbeing. To take
a boy out of school prematurely,
is to rob him of his patrimony,
and steal away from him chance
of a future. Nothing less than
the direst necessity ean warrant
such an injustice.
Kdueation the Best
Patrimony
Among the very best gifts that
parents can bestow on their child
ren, is a good education, far better
than a money inheritance or an
estate. And fortunatelv it conies
within the means of most parents
to bestow this gift. Manifestly it
is up to them to do so.
This is all from the point of
view of the well being of the child.
But there is another aspect of the
matter which is perhaps even
more important, and that is, the
welfare of the community. Who
can estimate the value to tie
world of a Marconi, or a Bell, or
a Diesel! Not long ago the Ha
waiian Planters gave a bug man
a present of $25,000 for his in
telligent solution of the leaf -hopper
problem. And this money was
only a pittance compared to what
was saved them by checking the
ravages of that scourge.
1. 111 has not yet fully decided
whether to get a lloit "l.y 01
Cleveland.
Juice f ills off. but up to the profitable
limit, which in many cases ranges
a ! between 200 and 300 lbs. of nitrogen
per acre (about 1400 to 1700 lbs ot
nitrate), the loss in quality Is made
up by the heavier yields In cane.
11T" We have not yet obtained any
evidence that either potash or phos
phoric acid Improves the quality of
the juices.
12. Gypsum has not yet given any
positive indications of being a cure
for so-called I.ahaina disease, although
in some cases its use seems to be of
benefit.
The l'lums Fall to the
Educated
These things, and thousands
more like them, are the outcome
of education. The uneducated
man, no matter how smart he may
he, doesn't come within sight of
these 'plums." What a loss it
would have been to the world if
these men had not been educated
I up lo the point where they could
grasp the 'situation, and be equal
to grappling with them.
In a less degree intelligent,
educated men are the most valu
able asset that any community
can have, and society has a right
to demand that promising child
ren, either boys or girls, be given
such an education as shall make
them the most valuable to the
community.
