The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-11-14

The annual meeting Of the Hawaiian
Live stock Breeders Association was
held this morning in the Judd building
Julian Monsarratt the retiring presi'
dent called the meeting to order. Ow-
ing to the fact that A. f. Judd the
secretary had to hold court, an ad-
iournment until # o'clock i'm the morn
ing was taken.
Upon reconvening, the election of
officers was taken up and L. Won Temp
sky was chosen president. Judd
raised the point that according to the
bylaws the members of the executive
committee had to be actual members Of
the association and not merely reDre-
sentatives of any particular ranch
company. As a result it was decided
TO eIecv new members and A. F. Judd,
l.. Won Tempsky, II. p. Baldwin, K.
Horner, r. w. Shingle and Jack Low
were elected. The election was then
postponed until 1870 o'clock this after
noon.
Secretary Judd read his annual report
which was highly Complimented by the
members.
The report contains the following:
THE chief work of the secretary dur
ing the past year has been in conjunc-
ton with Mr.. Jared G. Smith, special
ageu- in charge of the Hawaii Expo RI
ment Station, importing and distribut-
ing among the members of the Asso-
citation applying therefor, grass and
fodder plants seeds from various parts
Of the world. Some of these seeds
were not available through the rcgu-
lar seed dealers; others were not
known to us here. 1t has been Mr..
Smiths efforts entirely which have
made it possible for us to get the rarer
seeds and to call our attention to the
fodder plants with which you We're not
familiar.
Previous to the departure of Pro-
fessors KOebele and Perkins in May of
this year to Australia to search for in
sects predatory on the cane leaf hop
per, Professor Perkins, at your secre-
tary's suggestion took up the question
of the horn fly pest. Various ranchers,
by request, sent in samples of flies, to-
gether with notes of their observations
concerning the fly. This investigation
satisfied Professor Perkins that the
horn fly bothered horses as well as cat
tie.
The last steamer from the Colonies
brought the first shipment of beneficial
insects, and the few which were alive
We're liberated at the Isenberg ranch
at Waialae. These manure bugs came
from Queensland and it is hoped that
they will thrive under our local cOndi-
tions which are more or less similar to
that part of Australia. Other ship
ments of bugs will come from time to
time 1t is deemed best not to distrib-
ute them generally until they become
well established in one place.
"On August 5th, 1904 the Army
transport Dix en- route from San
Francisco to Manila called at the LA"t
OF Honolulu with cattle aboard for the
Philippine government. Considerable
excitement resulted from the rumOr
that the animals had the Texas fever.
Because the vessel was a government
boat the matter was taken up with
Acting Governor Atkinson, who per-
sonally brought the situation to the at
tention of the L. S. Army Quartermas-
ter 1t developed that the cattle did
not havce the fever, but were affected
with the Texas ticks which is the me-
dunn for spreading the fever and also
that every precaution had been taken
by the QuarteTmaster's Department to
disinfect the cattle and their drop
pings. None of the cattle We're landed
and nothing has come of the scare eN-
Cept a firm conviction on the part of
some of our members of the necessity
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