The Transactions of the Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society, Volume 1Vol. 1, no. 1 includes a record of the proceedings preliminary to the formation of the Society, in August, 1850. |
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... variety of soil , adapted to all the productions of the temperate and tropical latitudes , we find the agricultural operations of these Is- lands checked and embarrassed by the insufficiency of the four great requisites of capital ...
... variety of soil , adapted to all the productions of the temperate and tropical latitudes , we find the agricultural operations of these Is- lands checked and embarrassed by the insufficiency of the four great requisites of capital ...
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... variety from the perpetual snows of Mauna Kea to the burning plains of Waikiki . Our soil though not deep , is warm , quick and fertile . We have no great ex- tent of arable land , but I suppose out of the four millions of acres , at ...
... variety from the perpetual snows of Mauna Kea to the burning plains of Waikiki . Our soil though not deep , is warm , quick and fertile . We have no great ex- tent of arable land , but I suppose out of the four millions of acres , at ...
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... variety of culinary utensils , implements of husbandry , smiths ' and carpenter's tools ; on the 17th of March , 1793 , he present- ed a large assortment of useful tools , implements and household uten- sils , and some goats to the king ...
... variety of culinary utensils , implements of husbandry , smiths ' and carpenter's tools ; on the 17th of March , 1793 , he present- ed a large assortment of useful tools , implements and household uten- sils , and some goats to the king ...
Page 52
... variety . Grapes flourish exceedingly well , and would be of excellent flavor if left on the vine until they could perfectly ripen . I dare say you all know by experience that you find many , very many " sour grapes . " - FRUIT TREES ...
... variety . Grapes flourish exceedingly well , and would be of excellent flavor if left on the vine until they could perfectly ripen . I dare say you all know by experience that you find many , very many " sour grapes . " - FRUIT TREES ...
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... variety which is seldom met with , and I trust we may see the day when we shall find the fruits of the temperate zone growing on our uplands in richest abundance , while in the lowlands are cultivated the productions of every tropical ...
... variety which is seldom met with , and I trust we may see the day when we shall find the fruits of the temperate zone growing on our uplands in richest abundance , while in the lowlands are cultivated the productions of every tropical ...
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abundant acres amount animals annual appointed Bank better breed capital cattle Chairman climate coffee commenced committee coolies corn crop cultivation culture dollars earth England exhibited experience export farmer fence flowers foreign fowls fruit garden grain grow Hanalei Hawaii Hawaiian Agricultural Society Hawaiian Islands Honolulu horses implements important improvement increase insects interest introduced islands J. F. B. Marshall Janion Kauai L. L. Torbert labor Lahaina land larvæ lime manufacture manure Maui meeting Messrs molasses Molokai native Oahu obtained Pine Apple Pitman plant plantation planters plough potatoes poultry premiums present President produce profitable proper quantity R. G. DAVIS R. W. Wood raised Royal Hawaiian Agricultural salt season seed sheep soil Stephen Reynolds success sugar cane sweet potato T. E. Taylor tion trees United variety vegetable vine wheat worm
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Page 63 - And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page 38 - During the years of scarcity, at the end of the last and beginning of the present century...
Page 89 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 11 - Resolved, That the thanks of the Society, be presented to the Hon. SA Douglass, for his eloquent and practical address, and that he be requested to furnish a copy of the same for publication in the Transactions of the Society.
Page 112 - He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat : and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Page 125 - There is now and then one who is constantly saying " things arn't as they used to be," and croaking about " new fangled machines," and saying,. " there is nothing like the good old way." But the good old way of going to mill on horseback with the corn in one end of the bag and a stone in the other...
Page 36 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums, and small pecuniary aids, to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement. This species of establishment contributes doubly to the increase of improvement, by stimulating to enterprise and experiment, and by drawing to a common centre the results everywhere of individual skill and observation, and spreading them thence over the whole nation. Experience accordingly has shown, that they are very cheap instruments...
Page 34 - He who makes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before is a benefactor of the race.
Page 39 - ... the application of chemistry to the general purposes of agriculture, the destruction of insects injurious to vegetable life, and the eradication of weeds.
Page 11 - Biddle, of Pennsylvania, it was Resolved, That the thanks of the Association be tendered to the President for his able and interesting address, and that he be requested to furnish a copy of it to the Committee of Publication.