The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-11-19
CATTLE BREEDERS
TAKE UP COURAGE
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With the determination TO continu,
the association. there seemed to com,
mainder OF the proceedings were car.
ried on with much spirit.
The receipts since the last annual
meeting two years ago have beer
sssiS.ss. There is in the treasury now
s44o-ss- The expenses aside from SIS
q month paid DR.. Norgasrd have beer
/ the salary Of an inspector at the
slaughtsc house. and the usual ex-
penditures for printing. stationery, and
postage. OF such organizations.
LIVE STOCK PESTS.
At the afternoon session. D. L. Van
Dine read preliminary report on the
! insects affecting the live stock indus
! sry Of Hawaii. The report is based on
the work and Investigations Of Mr..
Van Dine and OF DR.. Norgaard. Speci-
mems OF all these insects. mounted and
in a case were shown. They include
two species OF blow ny lately discover
ed. and in all twelve species Of true
flies The horn ny leads in Importance.
II was introduced into the Islands in
1897 and has been bred uninterruptedly
here ever since. It was introduced in
70 the United States in 1855 or perhaps
as late as the spring Of 1856. Two
lines Of control work have been studied.
One is by the Introduction Of its nat
ural enemies. which is still in the ex-
perimental stage But while this is the
ideal way the rancher cannot neglect
other direct measures Of control. said
Mr.. Van Dine In Texas where the
subject has been studied under the
direction of DR.. Howard. chief OF the
Bureau OF Entomology of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture, il has been found
that it is directly affected by temper
sture and moisture. During the long.
dry summer II is reduced ninety-fve
per cent because conditions OF breed
ing are not so good. The introduction
Of insectiverous birds had been con-
sidereG- The Introduction OF the tur-
key buE1ard was being considered 10
eat the bodies OF al dead cattle to
prevent the breeding Of blow flies in
them But OF true insectivorous birds
there were suitable species in Califor-
MIA which would be brought down as
soon as method OF feeding them en-
route could be devised. These would
DO 3 great deal toward reducing the
flies by the numbers they would de-
YOUR
EXPERIENCE On MOLoKAI.
The experience on Molokai. Mr.. Van
Dine said, had shown that fifty or sixty
per cent OF the dung. which was the
material IN which the hy bred. was
found around watering troushs and in
shady places. 50 that any treatment OF
this material TO prevent the breeding
Of the fiy would be much cheaper from
this fact than II II were scattered all
over the feeding grounds II wSs also
= fact that cattle feeding in the groves
were comparatively free from the horn
ny because the pigs in roofing about
for The slgaroba bean 50 spread out
the dung that II dried before the pupae
Of the ny could develop Francis Gay
had also experimental with q ny trap
with some success
The bot nv which while found here
hSd not as Vet developed into desrrue-
tive pest was 50 elsewhere. the stats /
ties Of the Union Steek-Yards. ehiea-
90 showing loss Of sS,SS7 900 in enc
year from this source.
Loss OF SHEEP.
OF the pests OF sheep the blow fly
easily came first. II was found On
Hawaii. and Oahu, and was
50 destructive that in one year II had /
caused the death Of 5000 ont OF Is. 900 /
sheep. II was supposed formerly 70
infest only dead tissue and WAS never
known before 10 be an animal pest Its
des-ruetiveneSs. however. was due TO
its complication with sheep Seab irri-
.s1ed by horR-iy.
Other species Of sheep pests are two /
species Of blue bottle Nv. the sheep
Dot dy, and the screw worn
The insect pests Of horses include
the stable Ay, the horse bot Nv, and
OF mosquitoes. Mr. Van
Dine said that they do more injury
than people are aware OF. IN the worry
they intiict oil horses. and il was now
pretty certain that there was s con
puu- In dogs II Is now pretty Ger
tain that mosquitoes are instrumental
n some degree II the spread OF the
heart werm.
FRANCIS GAYS FLY TRAP.
4 2. Judd described the ay trap
1sed by Francis GAY. spoken OF by
W Van Dine II consisted Of chute
trough which the cattle were driven
The chute was lined with bamboo
loughs 70 brush the flies OF the eat
le The chutes were covered whit
AZ PAPER except IN the middle where
here was : box open below and COW
.zed with glass When the flies were
rushed CT the cattle they rose and
lev into The box attracted there By
he light When they ATTEMPTED 70
~ our they were caught BY wire ret
ing properly arranged The efee1 Of
his trap was 70 catch millions OF flies
.res-Iy 70 the relief OF the cattle and
thew recognized its benefits
or after being driven through tLei
Aute 8 few times they sought II then
elves
GOVERNOR CARTER SPEAKS
Former Governor George 2 Carter
vas present representing the Board u
sriculture and Forestry He said that
IzEzii stood high N the estimation OF
nen OF affairs abroad because OF rs
ep11z-io1 for organized industry Prof
1IlEzrd had spoken q this 20 him as
I'D Others He expressed his grs-ifes-
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