houses, screened with mosquito-wire. A number of men 

 who are now following the business of poultry raising, 

 are making good profits from it; and there is room for 

 others. The raising of ducks is at present largely in the 

 hands of Chinese, who control large areas of duck ponds 

 near Honolulu. This line of poultry industry, could also 

 be extended. Geese thrive excellently well and seem to 

 be almost unmolested by diseases on most of the islands. 

 Turkeys are subject to no more trouble than they have 

 on the mainland; in fact, on many of the islands domes- 

 tic turkeys have escaped and easily maintain themselves 

 in a wild condition in the forests. 



WHAT HAWAII OFFERS TO THE MAINLAND FARMER 



The farmer whose experience has been had entirely in 

 temperate climate, may wonder what he has to expect 

 in a subtropical country like Hawaii. Such a man natur- 

 ally hesitates to sever his connections with friends and 

 with the familiar conditions under which he has lived 

 from boyhood. The facing of new conditions in an un- 

 familiar country may seem a serious undertaking. We 

 have conditions, however, which should appeal to a large 

 number of American farmers. In the first place, he can 

 raise in Hawaii all of the vegetables, most of the field 

 crops, and some of the fruits with which he is familiar 

 on the mainland. In addition to these crops, which con- 

 stitute the agriculture of his experience, he can raise the 

 innumerable tropical fruits which are found in Hawaii 

 and many, or all, of the domestic animals. 



Our climate should appeal to many as a welcome relief 

 from the sudden and trying changes of temperature 

 which characterize temperate regions. The heat is not 

 too severe for the white farmer to do manual labor, and 

 the joy of being able to live out of doors practically the 

 year round is not to be lightly brushed aside. The crops 

 with which the mainland farmer is familiar, mature in 

 about the same time or more quickly with us than on 

 the mainland. * Tropical crops, however, are slow in 

 maturing and those who intend to engage in the cultiva- 

 tion of rubber, sisal, Manila hemp, coffee, avocado or 

 pineapples, should have sufficient means to tide them 

 over the period during which he must wait for returns. 

 Fortunately, in most of these crops, the soil will also sus- 

 tain rapidly maturing crops between the rows of the slow 

 maturing plants. The insect troubles, with which we 



