Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VIII, Number 11, 13 Malaki 1869 — English Column. [ARTICLE]

English Column.

Paro and Rice.

HT'hrvinc with thc father of hĪS country, | that " a;*rioulturc i? th« raoit hcalŪ!y, anil mn«t hononhle emp!oyment of man." wc r**'-'»sre tn witn€?s the .*ocr?«s of aii farmirc" purfjits. We havo of:cn l;eard it sasJ that no one' evor nakr« ar.ythinL: nt m this; rountrv: That thc:e are so fnany<irawbacks ! m thc cf <lro«£ht, wcrms, thght. ant* j and rat?. that cr'<ps are uncertain. and ing unj>rotitab!c. To ttii3 proposition we hav;ng arrivc<i after mueh obserra* t»on at a tot3liy dsffcrent conclusion. Thc eenenl laws whieh determine to a won )erfu) degrce of certainty the success ol anv of the u>ua! avocat>ons oi inan, applv no 1 <-'*«• to the l'armer, than to the artisan, th<~- merchanr, or tbc professiona) rnan. The! iaw.* of ?ucccs- are immutable. anei he who ' tVy> ii>ose Jaw> i?» as certain of succe.ss as| th« i>3Vigator on the hjgh seas is j <>2 hi* port. Thespecialprovtdcnce > cf 'io<i. —f»y iīre, or flood, the )ightnjngj >trouc. or thc enrth«(uake, may (ieleat the I i«c.-t of human ca)cuiations, and reduce tol want the inan of the <rreate«t energy, rnost I [•n'.ieiu 3nJu-try, and #tnctest econcmy; stii! j the laws o: >ucccsa are fuliy establii>hed. ! Cndcrstutid your busincss thorough!y, foI- j iow it -y>tcmancaily and industriousiy, iive ■ and t xt»cnd within your means, owe no man ; anvthinf!, aiul success is neariy certain, j I whcth<T at iannini? or at any other honest bu>iness. 'i'he farmer of this country is indeed, we h )icvc, more sutc of success in his caliing, liiiu the miner of any goid yieldingcountry. ihe whaler on any oeean, or the specul;itor in any Lmneh of trade. By success we do nol mean uncountcd weaith that shali; rcmovf jroin uo(d of f(irther )abor or care, j hui we i/iean comfort t oase, p!enty where- j waii to an.-'wcr the dernands of civilization, and to alioni thc iiiind.s of pnrents und ehil-i dr« n with an &hundunce of inteliectuai furni- j turt-. j Th- ro U;\s prol>tvl»ly ncver s\nee our lirstj parcut> lcft t}>c «:arden of Edcn, iieen known j to rnau a surcr roturn for his iabor, oramorei ahundantly yielding crop than the Hawaimn ! ha.s found in the taro. Untii within a veryj iew ycars no bltght was ever known to dam- j age the prospects of the taro planter. We< wiil not say whether civilization, the late)y j opcucd tradc with Japan, or the plants, ani-' inals'or b.rd< from tho East Indics, 1 I arc rcsponsih|o (or the introduction of the vrry n>in\Uc hrown s)>iders thnt we have sccn j >w:irin like )i -? upon the stems of the taroj lop, the piant and rotting the root lnncath thc watcr; but we are nssured by ihe oldcsf ttro p!nntcrs that no kindofbl !ght hu- U forc heen known to touch the Hawaii- j iin>- «laii'oi iile. As f.ir ns our observation j cuah!es us to judge, this blight is not sweep- j itig cr c\cnsjvc in us ellects, though it has | now tr\vcilcd from Manoa valley where it i w.: ur?t noiieeil some years since, nearly ! ari»und ?hc ish>nd of Oahu. We nre not| awar. t!iat li>:s curse has reachcd any of the ot!u r i«!aiuis of the group. Our correspondcnts will f.tvor us by information in recrard to the proi:rcss of this b!ight, andns to wheth- ! vr « has r**ached the othcr islands. For years yet to eome, taro is like)y to be the principal staple of the most of our popuiation, owing to the certain and abundant yicld of this fiimous a(juatic buib. The ha--1 ■>!> of the people are however graduallv changing, and the time »vi)l comewhenothcr product> >n the culturc of whieh the ox and { li.e ;\uw may render man more aid, will | *upplant the taro. A large portion of our; tsht\d pojuih(tion to-day ac(juire a liveiihood, j an»l nrv <.:nulual!y surrounding thcniseivesj wish thc coinforrs of civiiization, hy the hum- j bic ialK>r of taro r.\jsmu, than by any other ' ; oik' busjncss. ; Thc raisji\i; ot rice ns condvtcted \n this! country lns bcen entirely in the patchesform- i criy dcvotcd t<» taro. The water courses, | diUcs. and the water tight | jK\rcd by the past generations of Hawaiians, -v rvc the ū\rtucr ot to-day, k' he Yankee t'n;naiiian cr Hawaiian, most admirably for tbe oi ru-e. We think that with care, aud attentton« thc busincss of rice raising ui,etht r en a hirccr or smai\erscale umform» !v prm»'s a rvmunerative investinent of eapitai or iahor. The Hawaiian shows his good ; ta>te in unu.i.;: with our Ceic?tial neighbors, j and uriih thc inhabitants of everv civilizcd ! Ut;d. 10 pronounc.-ng rice a most excelient \ aiiie\c of d:ct. The inarket for this grnin! is %or!d wjde, and uniike the taro it may be \ kept nunv Biouths, cven iongcr than indian eoni, bcing less subject than the iatter to the i e: tho n*eovil. Hawniian rice is in ! k-k\x o] v.uo\\ ihe bcst in ihe wor'd. j Jiat?< are the most destructive eneinv with | whem the nee £ro*ver is caiied to cont««d: j thev c«tcr tbe field of ripeninj gmin, ami at j r»mrs cot do«ra thc standing rice by whole* i H«t like nil other Tennin. indeed hke »rry thīng under tbe sun, thew isa !ntK* ot übundance„ and a time ofscnrcitY; — » ueae wi rats, *ad i» timc of froctlom from r4i>. Wc iwpe \hit the cuitiire of this c.xvciScnt o»av n«cn«s«p on nll our i>laods, as it *<!ord.s ati opemm; lor reuiuncmnve iat»or 10 owm'ī «f » very unoccupied tan>pa*eh. A i*u thit i prof»orlionably e<p»*lJv protiubie to the puyr aud Mnall land ho!der, and hi* wigiiboi. aud

JapplicaUon, vriiiyrt make rich our enter|>risj ing rice raising friends of Kooiau and ol | Kauai.