The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-03-09
REPORTS OF
INTEREST

Some interesting reports were pre-
scented at the regular meeting of the
Board of Agriculture and Forestry yes
terday which meeting was attended by
the whole board with the exception Of
Commissioner Carter The financial
statement for the first quarter of tho
biennial period showed a surplus OF
funds from the pro rata; the Ento-
mologist told OF the everlasting war
fare being waged against the insect
pests and the Territorial Veterinarian
reported the progress being made
against the epidemic OF CHAMBERS.
The report of the Superintendent OF
Forestry dealt with two proposed for
est reserves, Honuaula and Hama. the
sale of seeds by the department, the
setting out of fire warnings on Tan
talus and the setting of special pc
riod of six months I'm which fires can
not be set in the Waialua district
without the authority OF the district
fire warden. The appointment of John
Chalmers as fire warden for Hama,
Maui. was recommended and the en-
gagement of a fire ranger for Tanta-
lus was reported
The resolution regarding the pro-
posed Honuaula Forest Reserve was
read. This reserve includes the gov
eminent lands on the western slope
of Mount Hualalai, Hawaii, and COW
ers all the best OF the koa timber land.
No privately owned lands are in the
proposed reserve and the establishing
of the lines was desired by Land Com
missioner Pratt n lease of the adjoin-
ing land being contemplated. The reso-
luton was adopted on motion by Mr..
Giffard.
A letter from Senator Dickey re-
garding the forest fire on Tantalus
set by his man was read. Mr.. Dickey
expressed regret explaining that there
had been no thought of danger because
of the showers which previously fell.
He was an enthusiastic forester and
had no wish to do damage.
In his report Alexander Craw, En-
tomologist, told OF inspecting 6692 pack
ages of fruit. 4S packages OF seeds and
plants, II cases of trees and sundry
mail packages of plants, fumigating
or destroying these as was necessary.
A colony of LADY birds" which are
not birds. had been received from Mr..
Muir, beneficial insect collector OF the
and put i'm the care of Jacob Kotinsky
and fed on aphis. They are breeding
freely and the native raised adults will
be set free as soon as possible
Termites had been attacking the
hard wood finishngs of some of the
o. r. x l.. Co.'S cars and the En-
tomologist had been called in to sug-
gest preventatives. The termites had
boo.
bon bisulphide. Similar pests had been
destroyed by these fumes some time
ago on one of the liner steamers.
A debate over the necessity of
tobacco expert In preference to a
plant pathologist, in case only one OF
the two could be had. was INDUCED
in between Mr.. Giffard and Mr.. Thurs
ton, after the latter had reported not
writing to Washington for a plant
pathologist at the request of Jared
Smith, who thought that the request
for soil expert. plant pathologist
and tobacco expert was too much to
send to Washington at once and might
result in general refusal. Mr.. Gift
fard thought that the pathologist
should have been asked for anyhow.
being more important than n tobacco
expert. 1t was more important to look
after the Industries now established
and In which much money was in
vested than 1t was to establish new
industries. The coffee industry was
being ruined from fungus pest be-
cause there was no pathologist to in
vestigate and discover the remedy. No
one could say he was opposed to new
| industries, but the old ones came first.
Mr.. Thurston pointed out that there
We're parties ready to take up the to-
/ bacco industry. 1t had been proved
that good quality of leaf could be
| grown here and the method of curing
1t was all that was needed. The leaf
would be planted in commercial guam
/ tity and the work of experimenting
taken off the hands of the Expert
mental Station.
! on motion the request FOR plant
/ pathologist from Washington was
again ordered to be made.
! A surplus of s2O33 from the quarter
ly pro rata was reported by the finance
committee This would allow the
board to meet the extra vote OF $500
made for the Animal Industry branch
and pay the cost of a fire ranger for
Tantalus. A general scaling down OF
expenses was recommended. The re-
/ port with the recommendations was
accepted.
The appointment of the fire ranger
at a salary of $50 a month was con-
tirmed.
DR.. Norgaard reported the establish
ing of the quarantine stable at Kalihi,
where glander suspects were confined.
A number of cases had been found and
the animals destroyed. He had OPEN
ed correspondence with the Washing
ton authorities for permission for the
local stockmen to import breeding
stock. cattle and sheep from New Zea-
land, as being better for local use than
Coast stock.