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Excerpt from Hawaii Its Agricultural Possibilities
Rose Bamboo and Yellow Caledonia. The Sugar Planters' Association maintains an Experiment Station by assessment upon the various companies, devoting annually to the Experiment Station work. The chief work of the. Station has been along the lines of insect. Control, the eradication of fungus diseases, exam imation of fertilizers, soil studies, cultural methods and the technical details of sugar manufacture. One of the most conspicuous practical results brought about by the Experiment Station is the successful control of a number of insect pests of sugar cane particularly the leaf-hopper, which, before the introduction of parasitics, did damage to the extent of millions of dollars; but was brought under practical control, by means of parasities, within two or three years. Attention has been given to the propagation of new varieties by means of hybridization and-the growing of seedling canes, and some promising results have geen' obtained along that line.
There are acres planted in sugar cane, partly on land owned by sugar planters, and partly on leased land. About acres of this land have been re claimed by irrigation, 'at a cost of about About tons' of fertilizers, in addition to stable manure are used annually in the production of cane.
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