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The Hawaiian designated by the word an all places where kalo 

 is cultivated, and by kaha those places where kalo was not or 

 could not be grown, the people of such a region depending upon 

 another place. For example, the natives in Kona formerly 

 shipped pa'i-ai to the barren region extending from Kailua north- 

 ward to Kohala. In this region kalo could not easily be raised, 

 and the locality was known as Kckaha. There were, however, 

 excellent fishing places along the Kekaha coast, so the natives 

 of Kekaha bartered fish in exchange for the Kona pa'i-ai. In con- 

 nection with this traffic there arose the remarkable story of Ka-ai- 

 pa'i, a mythical shark god. This monster lived in the sea near 

 Kona, and any person guilty of hcwa (non-fulfillment of sacred 

 vows ) , sailing along the Kona coast, was in great danger of hav- 

 ing his canoe, laden with food, overturned by the angered shark- 

 god, who would consume the pa'i-ai of the offender. 



Kalo seems to be able to resist a certain amount of exposure to 

 sea breezes, for it may be seen growing unharmed in places where 

 sugar cane is injured by the salt wind-driven spray. 

 (To be continued.) 



TWO GOOD ENSILAGE MATERL4LS. 



To the Editor of the Hawaiian Forester and Ai!:rienltnrist. 



Dear Sir :— It may interest some of your readers, especially 

 ranchers in dry sections, to know that the kiawe bean cures well 

 as ensilage. The seeds are softened in the process and become 

 readily available as food. In this way the beans can be stored 

 for years with no danger of deterioration from weevils eating 

 out the seed, and so destroying a large proportion of the food 

 value, as happens with dry-stored beans. 



The cured bean is readily eaten by stock. The trial in this in- 

 stance was made with a limited amount of beans buried in a grass 

 ensilage pit, and, as the beans cured well and the other material 

 did not, it is evident that the beans would cure well alone. 



The common spiny cactus also cured well in alternate layers 

 with grass and weeds. Perhaps too watery to cure well by itself, 

 its juices helped to cure the surrounding material, which in this 

 instance was in too dry condition for good ensilage. The cactus 

 slabs press out thin, and the thorns almost disappear, and it has 

 been found in Australia that stock eat it as they do other ensilage. 



Immense quantities of this class of ensilage could be preserved 

 in pits on some Hawaiian ranches, at a moderate cost, during a run 

 of wet years, and much reduce the losses of stock in drought 

 seasons. 



With the present prospect of profit in producing beef, anything 

 that will increase the carrying capacity of the land is of value. 



Yours truly, 



G. C. MUNRO. 

 Lanai, December 12, 1913. 



