Emery County Progress | 1907-10-12 | Page 2 | Drifted Along in Old Ruts

DRIFTED ALONG IN OLD RUTS hawa lan farmers have let their plantations run down i washington it is the opinion ot ex of the department of agriculture that that the people of hawaii have never fully realized the agricultural possibilities ot their islands instead of going in for diversified crops and instead of scientifically studying and improving the old time staples hawal lan farmers have drifted along in old ruts until they have been literally forced to abandon certain lines of production because of their inability keep pace with the rest of the world the 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 the government scientists Is typical of other agricultural pursuits in hawaii there are the natural resource ell mate soil and water which go to make coffee raising a success but many of the farmers have permitted their plantations to run down they have failed to weed out plants of in perlor grade and substitute those of the highest grade disaster has been the logical result