Show DRIFTED ALONG IN OLD RUTS Hawaiian Farmers Have Let Their Plantations Run Down Washington Is tho opinion of exports ex-ports of the department of agriculture that that tho people of Hawaii have never fully realized the agricultural possibilities of their Islands Instead of going in for divoialfled ctops and Instead of scientlllcaliy studying and improving tho oldtime staples Hawaiian Hawai-ian farmers have dtiftcd along In old ruts until they have been literally forced to abandon certain lines oC production pro-duction becanso of their inability to keep pace with tho rest of tho world Tho production of coffee once a leading Industry of Hawaii Is rapidly declining many coffee planters beIng obliged to go out of business The coffee situation as sized up by tho government scientists Is typical of other agricultural pursuits in Hawaii There are tho natural resources climate cli-mate soil and water which go to make coffee raising a success Hut many of Uie farmers have permitted their plantations to run down they have failed to weed out plants of inferior In-ferior grade and substitute those of tho highest grade Disaster has been tho logical result |