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Marketing Division 



Honolulu, February 26, 1918. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 

 T. H. 



Gentlemen : I respectfully submit the following report of 

 the Acting Superintendent of the Marketing Division for the 

 month of January, 1918: 



During the month, the Division received large shipments of 

 beans, cabbages and sweet potatoes. Very few beans had been 

 sold as the local market was flooded with Island beans. The 

 Maui red bean is an excellent bean and can be readily sold on 

 the Coast. We received an order from the Hawaii Preserving 

 Company for all the Maui red beans we can get to be shipped 

 before February 28. They are going to ship these beans to the 

 Coast and, if they prove satisfactory, they will buy all the red 

 beans we can furnish next season. 



Many large shipments of bananas have been received by the 

 Division, a good part of which were sold by the Banana Con- 

 suming Propaganda Committee and delivered by us. We are 

 also handling large quantities of loose bananas each day, which 

 are being used by the local bakeries, as well as by the army 

 posts for making banana bread. Our large truck was out of 

 commission during the time we had to make the deliveries of 

 bananas, and it cost the Division $185 for outside trucks. 



Large shipments of very good cabbage were received from 

 Wahiawa which we had no trouble in disposing of. Cabbage 

 was scarce this year and large quantities had to be imported. 

 We expect several tons more in from Maui in the near future. 



Sweet potatoes were very plentiful during the month of Janu- 

 ary, but most of the consignment were received in poor condi- 

 tion. These potatoes had to be regraded and the worst of the 

 lot sold as pig feed. We induced some of the local bakeries to 

 experiment with sweet potatoes as a substitute in making bread, 

 and this helped our sales considerably. Good bread can be made 

 by using about 30 per cent sweet potatoes. 



The Audit Company of Hawaii have a man working on o ir 

 books, and as soon as they are in balance we vv^ll submit our 

 monthly statement. 



Respectfully, 



O. B. LiGIITFOOT, 



Acting Superintendent. 



