THE JHAWAIIAN 



F0RE8T&R I AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. IV OCTOBER, 1907 No. 10 



RUBBER CONVENTION. 



On Saturday, October 12, the first Rubber Convention ever 

 held upon American soil took place at the Nahiku Rubber Com- 

 pany's plantation on Maui. A representative gathering of those 

 engaged in the new industry was present, as well as a number of 

 the important official and business residents of the Territory. 



A specially chartered steamer left Honolulu the previous Fri- 

 day, carrying about thirty members to the convention. At La- 

 haina and' Kahului others joined the party, which numbered 

 about sixty in all when Nahiku was reached the following morn- 

 ing. 



RUBBER TAPPING. 



Early in the day Mr. Bradford of the U. S. Experiment Sta- 

 tion, gave a practical demonstration of tapping. During the 

 experiment the operator explained the various processes con- 

 nected with drawing off the latex and* its collection and coagula- 

 tion. 



RUBBER ON MAUI. 



The cultivation of rubber has been engaging the attention of a 

 small number of growers in the Nahiku district of Maui for some 

 years past, but it was not until 1905 that the first company was 

 formed to devote itself solely to the production of rubber. Other 

 vigorous companies have now entered the field, until now the 

 Nahiku Rubber Company, Hawaiian-American Rubber Company, 

 the Koolau Plantation, and many private growers, among whom 

 Messrs. W. G. Scott and F. Wittrock are prominent, have be- 

 tween them nearly half a million rubber trees in cultivation. 



