Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1901 — Agriculture in Hawaii. [ARTICLE]

Agriculture in Hawaii.

Jared Smith, who has been in charge of the offices of seed and plant introduction in the department of agriculture at Washington, has been directed to start in a few days for Honolulu to establish an agricultural experiment station there. As director his first work will be to teach the Hawaiian people how to grow garden truck. Most of the vegetables now consumed in the island are Imported from San Francisco. They will be taught also the value of dairy cows among poor families, butter and cheese making, the forage plants most economically produced for Hawaiian consumption, and the value to poor families of raising chickens and pigs.