The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-05-27
FORESTS OF
GARDEN ISLE
hosmer Tells Of Oh.
ject Lessons
There.
(From Thursdays Advertiser)

Yesterdays meeting of the Board Of
Agriculture and Forestry was attended
by w. NJ. Giffard (presiding), j. F
Brown, A. w. Carter. c. S. Hollowa,
and James d. Dole.
Reports covering three weeks Of the
work of Forester Hosmer were read
One of these related to his tour OF
Kauai with Governor Carter. In this
report Mr. Hosmer gives considerable
data concerning forestry matters on
the Garden Isle and tells of a number
of propositions made by plantation
owners and ranchmen to create forest
ry reserves IL they were allowed GER
tain land exchanges. Mr. Hosmer
learned that. a number of private for
est reserves already exist on Kauai.
Above the Lihue plantation the Isen-
bergs have maintained a forest reserve
for number of years, eight miles OF
fencing separating the forest from the
grazing lands. Mr.. Hosmer thinks this
extension of this fence in each direc-
ton. A. S. Wilcox, whose land ad-
Joins the Lihue land on the west,
wishes to continue the fence so as to
bring a portion of his upper lands into
the reserve. Further along in the same
direction the McBryde plantation Is in
terested in establishing forest re-
serve. They already have a portion Of
their land fenced off. A. s. Wilcox
offers land, owned by him, in back Of
Hanalei for a forest reserve in ex-
change for land now leased to him on
which the leases are soon to expire.
A FINE FOREST.
Mr.. Hosmer says: while on Ka-
uai had an opportunity of seeing the
planted forests established by the
1senberg and Wilcox estates. Under
the direction Of the Rev. Hans Isen-
berg some six hundred acres Of up
land have been planted in ironwood
and native koa. These species have
been planted pure, the forest being
about equally divided between the two
species. The Wilcox plantations are
nearer the coast and are planted pri-
marily as windbreaks, to protect the
sugar from the strong wind coming
from the ocean. The trimmings from
these planted forests supply the fuel
for the plantations"
Mr.. Hosmer notes that borer has
made its appearance among the Ka-
uai koa forests and Is attacking the
seeds of the trees.
A SCHOOL OBJECT LESSON.
"On the school grounds of the school
house at Hanalei," says Mr.. Hosmer.
there was seen some interesting
which had been carried on by
the principal, Mr.. ]. C. Davis, for the
last five years A windbreak Of ka-
mani trees surrounds the school house
yard in which is considerable COL
lection of crotons and palms, making
the grounds very attractive. Mr.. Davis
is to be congratulated on the work
which he has done. 1t is an object
lesson for the teachers of the other
schools"
CARE FOR EXHIBITION EXHIBITS.
A letter was received by the Board
Offering the collection of Hawaiian
woods and fruits which was prepared
for the Hawaii exhibit at st. Louis
and which was not forwarded to the
Missouri city owing to the failure of
the territory to send an exhibit. Mr.
Giffard stated that the collection OF
woods and fruit was a fine one. 1t
had been carefully prepared and 1t
should now be carefully preserved. He
said that in the past all of the ex-
hiblts which Hawaii had sent away to
expositions had been permitted to
break up on their return to Hawaii.
He thought that they should be pre-
served In the museum of the Board of
and Forestry. Mr.. Glf-
lard was appointed committee Of one
to see Mr.. Atkinson concerning the
future of the wood and fruit collec-
lion.
FORESTS ON LANAI.
Forester Hosmer left on the steamer
Likelike last evening to investigate |
forestry conditions on the island OF !
Lanai. He expects to return to Homo |
nh Inn