Macadamia Nuts in Hawaii: History and Production - ctahr ...
Macadamia Nuts in Hawaii: History and Production - ctahr ...
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Figure 129. Honeybee hives placed <strong>in</strong> the orchard at Mart<strong>in</strong> Sebastian's<br />
Circle S Ranch, 1975.<br />
Figure 130. Separalion of kernels from shells was accomplished <strong>in</strong> a<br />
rotat<strong>in</strong>g drum by hav<strong>in</strong>g the shells, which are lighter <strong>in</strong><br />
weight than the kernels, spill over the edge. The rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
shells were h<strong>and</strong> separated. The smaller pieces<br />
<strong>and</strong> f<strong>in</strong>es were separated through screened pOrlholes <strong>in</strong><br />
Ihe lower porlion of the drum. This mach<strong>in</strong>e was used by<br />
Mamoru Takilani of <strong>Hawaii</strong>an Host C<strong>and</strong>y <strong>in</strong> his orig<strong>in</strong>al<br />
c<strong>and</strong>y factory <strong>in</strong> the attic of his father's soda-walerbOltl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
build<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Wailuku, Maui, about 1955.<br />
Figure 131. Geese were used for weed control <strong>in</strong> the 1950s by lett<strong>in</strong>g the flock forage <strong>in</strong> sugarcane<br />
<strong>and</strong> macadamia fields to keep them praclically weed free. The geese especially<br />
liked nut grass tubers, <strong>and</strong> they had 10 "till" the l<strong>and</strong> to reach the lubers<br />
grow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the ground.<br />
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