The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-22

confined to the Island of Maui. Should
however, it appear elsewhere it's pres
ence should be reported at once either
to the secretary or to the Board of
Agriculture.
VISIT OF FORESTER HALL.
At the request of the Board of Agri-
culture Mr.. William L. Hall, chief of
the Division of Forestry, was detailed
to make an investigation OF our forest
conditions in order to recommend to
the Board some man, a trained forest
er, who would be qualified for the posi-
ton of Superintendent of Forestry un-
der the Board of Agriculture.
Mr.. Hall visited Kauai, Oahu, Molo-
kai, Maui and Hawaii accompanied
most of the time by one or more MEM
bers of the Association.
1t may not be out of place to state
here Mr.. Halls conviction of the neces-
sity of forests to the proper regulation
of rainfall on the range and that this
matter should be regarded In each To-
| cality by itself. the locality to be de-
terfnined by the topography Of the sur
rounding country.
1T is Mr.. Halls hope that the Fed
eral Bureau may detail the forester to
Ythe Territory to work in collaboration
with the Territorial officials and whose
special work may be the study of prop
er trees to be planted in each local
ity.
If this be done. the benefit to the
members of the Association will not be
small one. The question of fencing
has to be solved on each ranch and it
is money in the purse of the rancher
to grow his own fence posts along the
line of his present fences. But at the
present time few ranchers know what
kind of trees to plant.
The result of Mr.. Halls visit is the
coming of a Mr.. Hosmer, a trained
forester from the federal service to
take charge of the forestry department..
of the Territory.
MEMBERSHIP.
During the past year the member
ship of the Association has increased
to forty-six, the additions having been
ten.
NEW FODDER PLANTS AND Z
GRASSES.
The experiment on Molokai in the in
PRODUCTION of drought resisting plants
and grasses under the supervision of
the Federal Experiment Station, still
continues and in due course full re-
port will be available for our Associa-
ton.
Substantial results in the introduction
of new low level grasses in moist local
tiles have been had on Kauai at Lii
hue and Hanalei. Your secretary re-
grets that a report on these grasses
though promised for this meeting, is
not available.
HERD BOOK.
During the past year there have been
but fifteen entries in the Herd Book.
all of them made by one ranch. The
value of this record depends entirely
upon its being used. If it is worth
while to breed pure stock, it is worth
while to keep record of their blood.
The Herd Book fees are small and
the rules governing the entries are SIM
pie and clearly set forth in the report
of the last annual meeting.
OPPORTUNITIES.
Much has been written about the
Small Farmer and still more has
been talked. 1t is not out of place for
me to point out to the members of the
Association that the two institutions,
the Federal Experiment Station and
the Board of Agriculture with their
trained scientists, are for the use of
the grazier as we'll as the small farm
er They are both ready to assist in
the improvement of the pastures; the
eradication of plant and insect pests
and the many local problems of animal
husbandry.
STATISTICS.
When the proceedings of this meeting
go to press, I will be able through the
courtesy of Mr.. G. ]. Waller, to insert
the statistics for the past year concern
ing the consumption of beef and NUT
ton in Honolulu.
Repeated inquiries have been made
to the secretary by members of the As
sociation concerning the number of cat
tie in the Territory and to each inquiry
the secretary has had to reply that the
Association has compiled no statistics.
Your secretary respectfully urges that
proper steps be taken at this meeting
to inaugurate such a census. Such
statistics are kept everywhere else in
the United States. Why should not
Hawaii take her proper place?
INSPECTION OF IMPORTATION.
Animals imported here upon their ar
rival undergo inspection by Territorial
officials acting under the authority of n
statute passed when Hawaii was an in
dependent sovereignty Is this enough
protection for the interests we repre-
sent? Should we not ask for an in
spector of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry to be stationed here?
We are now a territory of the United
States, but the connection between our
graziers and the federal scientific au-
thorities on the mainland are nearly as
remote as before annexation.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
The National Live Stock Association
meets in Portland, Oregon, on January
18th to 18th, 1904. The Governor of this
Territory and the Chamber of Com
merce have power to send delegates to
the convention. Our Association is
eligible to membership as breeders
association by the payment of $1,000
initiation fee and $3.50 for every twen-
ty-five members. Should we not join
this ASSocia ton?