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that each organization is complementary to the other in the 
scheme of general agricultural education in Hawaii. 
At the conclusion of Mr. Smith's paper, Mr. W. T. Pope read 
an address on the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 
which forms the subject of a separate article, and is given else- 
where in this number. 
In response to an enquiry as to the possibility of growing our 
own horse feed in the islands, Mr. Krauss reported that the 
Federal Experiment Station is investigating the merits of up- 
land rice as a source of hay. Much satisfactory progress has 
been already made in this respect. 
In advocating the desirability of growing our own feed, Mr. 
Jordan advanced the merits of corn as a horse ration in prefer- 
ence to barley. In Australia, corn was generally fed with good 
results and he believed that this feed would be as beneficial in 
Hawaii. He also advocated the judicious use of the algeroba 
bean. 
Messrs. Hall, Weinrich and Krauss also spoke upon the vari- 
ous questions affecting the use of corn and the algeroba for feed 
in the islands. The general feeling of the meeting was that in 
view of the high price of stock feed which prevails in Honolulu 
an excellent opportunity exists of supplying the local market with 
home grown produce at a price below that which obtains at 
present. 
The meeting, which had proved very interesting and enjoyable, 
adjourned" at 9 :3c 
HAWAIIAN BLUE FIELDS. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 20, 1907. 
Editor Advertiser: By steamship Alameda sailing from Honolulu, 
November 22nd, the Hawaii Experiment Station shipped to San Fran- 
cisco three bunches of bananas of the Bluefields variety. These were 
shipped without wrapping, as is customary in handling this variety of 
bananas in the American trade. I have received from the consignee 
a report of the condition of the same, from which the following is ex- 
tracted: 
"By steamship Alameda I received the three bunches bananas O. K. 
One of the bunches was ripe and they were eaten up except three 
hands. The other two bunches had on a few ripe ones which had a 
very fine color, perfectly beautiful. The bananas were not bruised at 
all, but were just the same as when taken from the plants. I placed 
them in a very conspicuous part of the store and marked them so as 
everyone could see them. I am sure they will turn a fine color and 
would be very profitable if raised down there for this market. They 
have a much better flavor than the eastern bananas." 
It is gratifying to learn that these fruits arrived without bruising. 
The fact that they were ripe is due to their being too far matured be- 
fore shipping. Had they been gathered a week earlier they would 
doubtless have arrived green. 
v Yours truly, 
JAKED G. SMITH, 
Special Agent in Charge. 
