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MR JARED GAGE SMITH AXD HAWAIIAN AGRICUL- 
TURE. 
The announcement of the resignation of Mr. Jared G. Smith 
from his appointment as Special Agent in Charge of the Hawaii 
Agricultural Experiment Station, has been received with regret 
by all who have been associated with him during his term of office. 
At the time of Mr. Smith's arrival in Hawaii, the agricultural 
energy of the islands was chiefly directed to one channel, and 
those who were engaged in industries other than the cultivation 
of sugar were generally regarded with indifference, which often 
amounted to disfavor. By persistently advocating the doctrine 
of diversified industries as affording the true avenue for Terri- 
torial development and prosperity, and by insisting upon the set- 
tlement of the land with an intelligent farming population, the 
work of the seven years of Mr. Smith's incumbency has laid the 
foundation for an agricultural future, bright with promise to the 
Hawaiian Islands. 
Mr. Smith was an original member of the Farmers' Institute 
of Hawaii and its President during the first six years of its exist- 
ence. The assistance and stimulus which the Institute has given 
to Hawaiian agriculture are incalculable and in no way has this 
been better demonstrated than in the personality of its first Presi- 
dent. Using the word "farm" to represent the home of one 
earning for himself and his family a living from the soil, it will 
not be denied that Mr. Smith may be fittingly termed ''The Father 
of Farming in Hawaii." 
Among the many agricultural enterprises which have entered 
during iiie last few years upon a practical phase, or are about to 
assert their practicability, there is none with which Mr. Smith 
has not closely identified himself and given his assistance and 
encouragement. Although at the present time it is difficult to 
guage the relative importance of the various fields of his activities, 
it is probable that it will eventually be proved that the most valu- 
able of his investigations has been the demonstration of 
the possibility of establishing the cultivation of tobacco 
in Hawaii. The countries which produce tobacco are essentially 
wealthy ones, and it may be that Mr. Smith's desire for prosper- 
ous communities of farmers throughout the Islands will be very 
greatly realized by the rapid development of this industry, which 
it is confidently expected the next few years will witness. In 
this Mr. Smith has the courage of his convictions, for he relin- 
quishes his work at the Federal Experiment Station in order to 
establish a tobacco plantation in Hawaii, in which enterprise the 
Forester wishes him every success. 
Tared Gage Smith was born at Springwater, New York, Sept. 
13, TcS66. He was educated in the public schools of Lincoln. 
Neb., and received his university training at the Universitv of 
