should keep one
or more cows to obtain the milk and butter which will furnish a large
addition to the food supply for himself and family. In order to do this,
it will be necessary to plant such things as will furnish food for
the animals. We have several fodder plants that will yield a large
quantity of feed and which will only grow in tropical and semi-tropical
countries.

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First among these is the Teosinte Reana (Euchlacna luxurians). This
plant is a native of Guatamala, and grows splendidly in this country;
each plant requires sixteen feet of ground for its full development. It
is an annual if allowed to run to seed; but its growth can be continued
by cutting when four or five feet high, and green feed obtained all the
year round.

Guinea grass (Panicum Maximum), one of the grandest of fodder plants,
has been introduced and finds a congenial home in this country. It is
purely a tropical grass, it grows to a height of eight feet forming
large bunches which, when cut young, furnish an abundance of sweet and
tender feed. In districts when there is sufficient moisture, it can be
cut every two months. Caffir corn, Egyptian millet and Sorghum grow
well, and should be planted in order to have a change of feed.

Pumpkins and squash grow to an enormous size and yield an immense
quantity of feed, much relished by cows and pigs.

A dry land rice is being tried in the coffee districts of Olaa and Kona,
on the Island of Hawaii, and there is every reason to believe that it
will be successful. Nearly all the laborers on the coffee plantations
use rice as their staple food and it has to be brought from the Island
of Oahu to the Islands of Hawaii and Maui. There is no doubt but that
the rice used by the labor on the coffee plantations, can be raised on
the spot, reducing the cost of living to the laborers, and making them
more contented.

It will be seen from the foregoing that many things can be grown that
will enable the coffee planter to not only reduce the outlay for living
expenses for himself and family but will also allow them to enjoy many
of the comforts and luxuries of life.

While our main industries, sugar, coffee and rice, are being vigorously
carried on, new products are not lost sight of. Experiments are in
progress that promise to greatly diversify our industries and increase
the number of our exports.

Several fiber plants are r