The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-15
GREAT INTEREST IN THE
MEETING OF STOCkMEN

can be utilized Dy Otner crops beS-
gar weed can be sown after crop
of oats has been harvested or it can
be scattered between corn rows after
the crop has been laid by. Six to ten
pounds of clean seed are enough for
an acre. If beggar weed is tried as
crop in the North, it should not be
planted until midsummer If planted
early, the seed will lie in the ground
and will fail to terminate until the
ground has become warm. Beggar
weed makes an excellent quality of en-
silage, either alone or mixed with
corn fodder
Z. White Branching Sorghum. This
new variety of sorghum has two things
to it's credit, it ratoons prolifcally and
will not thus have to be replanted as
frequently as the older variety. 1t
also does well on a smaller amount of
water than the ordinary sorghum. 1t
is one of the leafy non-saccharine
sorts
8. A large order has been placed for
seeds of dry-land range grasses from
the South Western United States. to
include White granma, Red gramma,
Wooley top, Side-oats gramn1a, Pau
icum bulbosum and many others.
HORN FLY.
Previous to the departure of Profess
sors Koebele and Perkins in Nav of
this year to Australia to search for
insects predatory on the cane leaf
hopper, Professor Perkins. at your sec
retary's suggestion, took up the ques-
tion of the horn fly pest. Various
ranchers, by request, sent in samples
of flies, together with notes of their
observa tons concerning the fly. This
investigation satisfied Professor Per-
kins that the horn fly bothered horses
as well as cattle.
The flies are found in England and
in other countries, but not in such
quantities as to be pest. Predatory
insects keep down the surplus.
1t was Professor Perkins's hope that
he and Professor Koebele would come
across sueh an insect on their explor-
atoms in Australia, in which event the
beneficial insects would be forwarded
to the local entomo1ogists for propaga-
ton and distribution. The last steam
er from the Colonies brought the first
shipment of these beneficial insects,
and the few which were alive were
liberated at the Isenberg Ranch at
Waialae These manure bugs came
from Queensland and it is hoped that
they will thrive under our local con-
ditions which are more or less
similar to that part of Aus
tralia. Other shipments of bugs
will come from time to time. It is
deemed best not to distribute them
generally until they become well es-
fah iSha IN Naia
: lac they can easily be sent all over
the islands as needed. Transportation
from Australia is simple after the in
sects reach Sydney, but the difficulty
; is in getting the insects to Sydney in
| good condition. When this is over
, come, the shipments will no doubt
: come in better condition and the in
sects will have a greater chance Of
being successfully propagated. 1t i:
: to be hoped that science will thus find
5 way of removing from our rancho:
this our great insect pest.
LIBRARY.
The collection of reports, pamphlets
papers and books which had begun K
: accumulate in the secretary's office, il
3 January last was turned over by vot'
: Of the Executive Committee to the
2 Board of Agriculture & Forestry o
: the Territory. 1t is now in their libra
: ry at the old Government nursery OF
t King street, Honolulu, where it has
r been properly indexed and is availa
: Bile at all times. The only provision
/ named at the time of the donation wa
1 that the title to the library should re
1 main in the association so that if a
, any time in the future We should hav
D headquarters of our own, the collec
4 ton would be a nucleus for our owl
, library.
4 TEXAS TICKS.
: On August 5th, 1904, the Army Trans
port Dix en- route from San Fran
5 cisco to Manila called az the port o
Honolulu with cattle aboard for tn
Philippine Government. Considerabl
e excitement resulted from the rumo
4 that the animals had the s"Texa
: fever" Because the vessel was a Gov
: eminent boat the matter was taken u
!, with Acting Governor Atkinson, VIII
5 personally brought the situation to tn
r attention of the u. s. Army Quarter
= master. 1t developed that the cattl
! did not have the fever, but were af
f fected with the Texas ticks which i
the medium for spreading the fever an
= also that every precaution had bee
h taken by the Quartermaster's Depart