feeding. This plant is particularly immune to the at- 

 tacks of plant-lice and other insects. The beans are not 

 desirable feed when ripe, but if cut while the beans are 

 still green, the whole plant furnishes good forage. 



Soy beans are particularly adapted to our conditions 

 on account of their vigorous growth and the active mar- 

 ket demand. The local price for the beans for use in the 

 manufacture of soy sauce is 3 ^^ cents per pound. At this 

 rate, it has been found possible to obtain $75.00 per acre 

 for the crop of soy beans in our coffee plantations. The 

 varieties used for stock feed are now being planted quite 

 extensively as forage for hogs. 



Sorghum is grown for green forage on most of the 

 dairy farms and ranches. It ratoons readily, producing 

 four or five crops per year, and does not need replanting 

 for several years. Horses and other stock are fond of 

 green sorghum, and it has the further advantage of being 

 resistant to the attacks of cut-worms. 



Wheat hay is the kind of hay most imported from 

 California for local use. The added cost of freight makes 

 it a rather expensive forage for our use. A number of 

 experimental plantings of wheat for hay are being made 

 this year. On one ranch two tons of wheat have been 

 planted for this purpose. When it is remembered that in 

 the early days, the Hawaiians furnished California with 

 wheat, there seems little doubt of the success of this ven- 

 ture. 



Rice hay has been grown in a number of localities, 

 varying greatly in rainfall and altitude. Both Upland 

 rice and salt marsh rice have been used for this purpose. 

 A large crop of hay of excellent quality has been ob- 

 tained and most stock seem to relish the hay. An abund- 

 ance of bedding material is obtained from rice straw and 

 rice chaff. 



Rhodes grass, Guinea grass and Para grass have 

 made a place for themselves in our dairy and cattle in- 

 dustry. Rhodes grass is particularly drouth resistant and 

 produces a large crop of good quality in dry locations 

 on ranches. Para grass requires more moisture, but 

 grows rapidly and ratoons promptly. It is, therefore, 

 much used as a dairy feed and as green forage for the 

 family driving horse. 



In the line of range grasses, a great variety of drouth 

 resistant species from the mainland, Australia and Africa 



