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the numerous grass ridges and throwing their space into pro- 

 ductive soil. About one-tenth is thus gained." (Bur. Plant In- 

 dustry, Bull. 35, p. 16. ) 



(To be continued.) 



HAWAII FOR CORN. 



Dr. E. V. Wilcox, agent in charge of the federal experiment 

 station, sees corn coming into its own in Hawaii. Corn will be 

 one of the large crops here, according to Doctor Wilcox. He 

 says in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin : 



"Corn is coming into its own in Hawaii. The territorial mar- 

 keting division finds that it can sell 15 tons of corn per week at 

 $40 per ton or better. This is nearly $15 per ton above the farm 

 price of corn on the mainland. But a thorough shakeup in the 

 corn business is needed. In getting a fresh start in agriculture 

 in Hawaii attention should be given chiefly to plain, ordinary 

 farming — to raising things to eat. Put corn at the head of the 

 list. There is no crop equal to it as food for man and beast. 

 Recent repeated experiments have shown that it is superior to 

 wheat, barley or rice. There is no other grain on which animals 

 can be raised from weaning to maturity without balancing the 

 ration with other feed. I recently saw fine healthy hogs which 

 had tasted nothing but corn and water from the time their 

 mothers weaned them ; while other hogs, fed on wheat or barley, 

 were half-size and sickly. Corn is sometimes said to be 'heating' 

 as a horse feed. But there are thousands of sleek horses in the 

 hottest parts of the South, which never saw any other grain than 

 corn. 



"It is curious that in Honolulu corn should be thought good 

 for chickens only. Corn beats barley for horses any day. But 

 until corn is fed more extensively to other animals than chickens, 

 don't raise any corn except varieties with small kernels and of 

 rich yellow color. Big-kernel corn can hardly be sold at any 

 price in Honolulu. 



"The farmers of Hawaii should raise what is needed for food 

 in Hawaii. Make corn one of the main things. Horses, cattle, 

 pigs, chickens and turkeys will rise up to bless you for it. And 

 why forget man ? Why not have a mill to make corn meal ? Did 

 you ever hear of a man who would turn up his nose at corn- 

 meal mush, johnny cake, corn pone or hominy? Did you ever 

 hear of a case of beri-beri or malnutrition in corn-eaters? The 

 'corn-fed' girls of the middle states are the standard of human 

 perfection. If the Orientals would eat corn in place of rice, they 

 would have better bone and muscle, and would become Ameri- 

 canized sooner. 



"A Little Rock editor once said that Arkansas produced corn 

 of such virtue that whisky made from it tasted just as good com- 

 ing up as going down. The Hawaii branrl of corn is equally 



