The Hawaiian star., 1902-03-03
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WHAT HURTS CUBA


iue aud Deer Reduction Threatened
Forests aro uaasBbuahut
Good news pr the NoIptui forests has
h.nu brought back by Ig H. %. Perkins
who returned Uu the InhuH from Hu
eniomu'uu.u trIp THE forests which
haN" been Foo imminent peril uf total
tNtinUu0u from cattle ANA deer have.
through H vigorous system of fencing
N.'h given new lease of existence
which ia being utilized t0 thn bost ode
NautHE" Iunumer1ble young and
h'1IinF shoots and trees apriurug 100
now ih1t ih. animals cam mo longer oN.
terminate ih.W and prumieun before
very long tu replace the trees that
nave been destroyed and restore the
Moi"k1i forests i1 much uf their prise
iur t.IiurH and abundance.
The encouraging report brought bv
Nr Perkins is 600 the more guuourlg-
iuE iu ihn face off the verdict given uE
expert tirIUIna during hia tour off the
ISLANDS. when he stated that the Mulu-
k1i forests nave become s1 dsuuuad
uN tna Expectations of cattle thut they
are practically extinct and can only bs
saved bN lavish campaign oft rDI.lut.
iug and fencing.
Mr. Grmtha applying known cone
dtuuus t1 the growth oft Che trees ape
rIroutIy uuIDras stimltuI the fertility
of Oh" Hawaiian soil and the wonderful
r.UuUerHtiNe power of forests under
local climatic conditions So matter
how bare the forest spaces. security
from tup inroads off grazing animals
seems to Doe the only impetus needed.
This happy condition of affairs has
been brought about largely by the eff
forts of Mr. Munro who is ion charge OF
the cattle ranch ON the island Under
his direction ana supervision miles of
fences, of smooth and barbed wire
have been erected, the cattle having
been first carefully driven out while a
man has been detailed to shoot tn deer.
and the results are now rapidly maxi
Ing themselves manifest I'm further
pursuance of the system, instead of
the land being reclaimed Ina the
old pioneer fashion, Mr.. Munro recog-
niztng the vast Importance of forests
TO any industry of agricultural nature.
is reclaiming the forests from the land.
As soon as the boundary of the forests
rs established; hogs are turned on
the land close to the protecting fence
with the result that the soil Is thor
oughly grubbed up and turned over
giving dormant seeds a chance to as
sert themselves. Directly the new
growth shows above the ground that
strip is i'm turn fenced i'm while the
good work continues at "a lower level
While the cattle have been great
damage makers to the trees the deer
have done more than their share.
where the cattle ate the underground
the deer not content with grazing have
Killed the larger trees which stand in
large contingents, white and dead,
their bark ripped off and their trunks
gashed I'm every direction, presumably
be the deer rubbing their antlers
against the trunks to clear them OF the
velvet although the younger trees may
have furnished bark esteemed edible
and even suCCulent by the deer
1t is nine years since Mr. Perkins
visited Molokai and the inroads made
into the deer are plainly visible. Where
a herd OF two to three huuuTed could
be seen at close quarters by the casual
camper now even the expert hunter is
not sure of getting a shot The deer
Will never probably be entirely exter-
minated from the forests. neither Goes
such an extreme measure seem to be
necessary as long as they are kept
within limits. The skins of the dead
game are becoming more valuable as
they become shyer and sCarCer while
the forest breathes more freely Tor
their absence.
The broad cattle and deer trails
through which the hungry beasts once
O 'tNiAANA az Aall 3 al q ldIllNly bttblllllB
obhterated with new underground by
the new order of things although the
results Of their work are plainly ap-
parent in the large patches of dead for
est yet visible So heavy were their
depTedatiOns that even the insects that
assailed the Injured trees after the deer
had gashd them, have become extinct
for lack of occupation and Mr. Perkins
was disappointed, agreeably in one
sense nv fnHinu
completely extinct. The bulk of the
trees on Molokai are Ohia.
Expert Griffith's recommendation
was to conserve the trees first al the
head waters and then gradually extend
the limit of healthy forest and this
plan SENS to have been broadly adopt
ed by Mr.. Munro who is held up by
entOmologist Perkins as a shining eX-
ample to others who like H. p. Bald
win, Eben Low and one or two more,
follow in his steps. Mr.. Munro comes
from New Zealand where the graziers
have liberal ideas about forest values
in connection with their business.
A steady Kona blew for several days
over the Molokai island and brought
a blessing in its train in the shape of
a heavy fall of rain on the loWIands
which they sadly needed. Rain falls
with sufficient regularity and abund-
ance on the mountains but the levels
have not been well supplied of late.
Three inches and a half of welcome
moisture fell last week as an incentive
to the ranchers to continue their pro-
pitlatory offerings towards the wood
gods.
The trip back in the Lehua was an
extremely rough one for the passen-
gers, the weather in the channel be-
ing severe. Professor KOebele is MAX
ing an effort tn get Mr.. Perkins to ac-
him in his trip to Mexico but
the naturalist has much work yet to
complete his labors on the fauna of
Hawaii for the Bishop museum and
the English scientific institution for
whom he is working.
AT THE ORPHEUM.
Tonight and tomorrow night will be
the last opportunities of seeing the
great magical, illusional, mind reading
and hypnotic exhibition of Cunning as