THE  JHAWAII AN 
FORESTER  I AGRICULTURIST 
Vol.  VI  DECEMBER,  1909  No.  12 
RUBBER  CONVENTION. 
The  third  annual  session  of  the  Hawaiian  Rubber  Growers’ 
Association  was  held  on  Thursday,  December  16th ; both  morn- 
ing and  afternoon  meetings  bringing  forth  a large  attendance. 
The  following  program  was  announced  by  Mr.  Fred  L.  Waldron, 
president  of  the  Association  : 
“Hevea  or  Ceara  in  Hawaii,”  Mr.  C.  J.  Austin. 
“Inter  Crops,”  Mr.  L.  F.  Turner. 
'‘The  Rubber  Situation  in  Hawaii,”  Mr.  W.  A.  Anderson. 
“Rubber  and  the  Small  Farmer,”  Doctor  E.  V.  Wilcox. 
'‘Rubber  and  Reforestation,”  Mr.  R.  S.  Hosmer. 
“Tapping,”  Mr.  F.  T.  P.  Waterhouse. 
"Marketing  Rubber,”  Mr.  F.  L.  Waldron. 
"Rubber  Enemies,”  Mr.  E.  M.  Ehrhorn. 
There  are  in  the  islands  five  incorporated  companies  whose  prin- 
cipal business  is  the  growing  of  rubber.  Statistics  were  read  from 
all  these  and  also  from  two  individual  planters.  The  whole  Ter- 
ritory was  represented  with  the  exception  of  Oahu  and  Kauai. 
Six  reports  were  received  from  Maui  and  one  from  Hawaii.  The 
area  controlled  by  rubber  companies  and  by  individuals  in  the 
islands  is  5599  acres.  Of  these  there  are  planted  to  date  1338 
acres,  namely,  242  acres  in  Hevea,  1092  in  Ceara  and  4 acres  in 
other  varieties.  The  total  number  of  rubber  trees  planted  is 
430,140,  of  which  79,940  are  Hevea,  349,400  in  Ceara  and  800  of 
other  varieties. 
Four  plantations  practice  clean  cultivation,  the  managers  of  two 
of  these  considering  it  absolutely  necessary.  From  reports  re- 
ceived there  are  11,000  rubber  trees  that  may  possibly  be  tapped 
commercially  during  the  year  1910.  Fertilizers  are"  considered 
too  expensive  to  use  in  sufficient  quantities  at  present  to  be 
remunerative. 
The  first  speaker,  Mr.  C.  J.  Austin,  dwelt  at  length  upon  the 
relative  merits  of  Hevea  and  Ceara  as  an  Hawaiian  rubber  crop. 
Although  Ceara  is  a somewhat  quicker  producer  than  the  former. 
