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seedling oranges are of exceptionally good quality and seedling 
oranges of fine flavor can be produced here. 
While complaints are sometimes made about the market for 
locally grown corn, the actual requirements of the market are not 
met by our local producers. Tons of corn are imported from 
the mainland and from Manchuria to supply the trade. A part 
of the trouble experienced by local corn growers is due to their 
inattention to the requirements of the market, and to a lack of 
business methods in handling and shipping their products. Our 
corn growers can meet the prices of corn imported from Seattle 
and Manchuria and still make a reasonable profit at the business. 
vs already indicated, the demand for beans is not satisfied by 
local production, and if a great increase in the production of 
beans should occur there is a ready outlet for any surplus of dry 
beans on the mainland. The possibility of exportation of beans 
to the mainland is practically unlimited. At certain months of 
the year, particularly from December to June, a much larger 
quantity of onions, than is now raised, would be welcomed on 
the local market at about 3 cents a pound. Moreover, garlic, 
which could also be readily grown in Hawaii, is imported at the 
rate of two tons per month and sells for about five cents per 
pound. 
Eggs, fowls and turkeys are not produced in quantities suffi- 
cient to supply the local market, notwithstanding the fact that 
they bring high prices the year round and therefore offer excep- 
tional inducements to poultry raisers. At present, turkeys bring 
about the same price as a sheep and can, of course, be produced 
more cheaply than the latter. The market for some of these pro- 
ducts takes whatever is offered and asks for no more. The 
supply, however, could be greatly increased with no fear of over- 
stocking the market. It is impossible to secure enough locally 
produced eggs to supply local demands, and the quantity needed, 
in addition to the local supply, is imported in the form of less 
satisfactory case eggs. 
It seems unnecessary to specify further in this report particular 
instances of products which can be grown at a profit in Hawaii, 
but which are not now grown in a sufficient quantity to supply 
even the local market, without considering the possibility of ex- 
portation. The point which should perhaps next be discussed is 
that of the comparative standing on the market of local and im- 
ported produce. 
