Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

HK: Yes. The orchard was in here and the kikuyu just choked ‘em out. Some of them died,
lots of them died.
KM: Yes, plenty died.
HK: Yes.
KM: AhFat was saying that the, what you call that… [looking makai] I was trying to see one of
the old silos. I think I have to go up to the next one and look down, ‘cause the tree is
blocking it.
HK: Oh yes, the silo.
KM: Yes. AhFat was saying that the walnuts and things in here were just wonderful!
HK: Beautiful, yes. You see Parker Ranch didn’t have to buy walnuts during Christmas, or
package of nuts, you know for all of the children, yes.
KM: Yes. So, you see the silo down there
HK: Yes the silo, right.
KM: Tell me about those silos
HK: You know the silos, this must be during the farmers from Germany or Russia.
KM: Yes.
HK: They made those.
KM: The Russian time
HK: Yes, right, right, and then during our time, I have never seen that thing operate.
KM: You’re kidding!
HK: Yes, it was…
KM: By the time you started
HK: Yes.
KM: And you started ‘33
HK: In 1931.
KM: In ‘31.
HK: Yes. I’ve never seen that in operation.
KM: The silo here. This is one of the silos. It’s in the Pä Kila section yes
HK: Yes.
KM: Down below
HK: Down here no more, but up this side get.
KM: Yes, that’s right. In Waiki‘i, maybe He‘ewai section
HK: Yes, that’s right.
KM: Has the two together
HK: That’s right, yes.
KM: In your time none of these…by the time you started
HK:
I’ve never seen them used, yes. I often wondered, I wanted to see that operate, you
know. I believe they had the kind, what you call that [gestures with hands]
Mauna Kea– “Ka Piko Kaulana o ka ‘Äina”
Kumu Pono Associates LLC
A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:474