The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-06

A meeting of the Board of Commits
sioners of Agriculture and Forestr,
was held on Wednesday. Present were
/ C. S. Holloway, president; C. R. Car
ter and w. NJ. Giffard, members; Alex
! ander Craw, superintendent of ento-
: mology; DIR. V. A Norgaard, superin-
| tendent OF animal industry; Jacib Ko-
| tinsky, assistant entomoIogist, and
| David Haughs. forest nurseryman.
COMMUNICATIONS.
A communication was read from w.
G. Cox, assistant forester at Washing
ton, d. c., addressed to Mr.. Hosmer,
notifying him that a special appropria-
ton of $4,000 was available for expert
mental nursery and planting work in
Hawaii.
A communication was read from
John D. Richie, Secretary Department
Agriculture, New Zealand, offering all
possible assistance to the board in the
selecting of breeding stock for the Ter
ritory
A letter was read from Jas. Munro
rendering his resignation as district
fire warden and district forester, to
take effect October /.
ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
DIR. Norgaard notified the board of
the intention of the u. S. Department
of Agriculture to inspect and test cat
tie and horse stock free of charge at
any place on the Pacific Coast. The
department will also furnish mal1ein
and tuberculin free of charge. As
soon as he is notified officially of this
rule it will be necessary to change the
present rules and regulations of the
board and the services of DIR. Egan,
a representative of the board in San
Francisco. can be dispensed with.
Under the head of Mule Breeding in
the Territory of Hawaii" DR.. Nor |
gard informed the board that the
local stock raisers of the Territory had |
decided to go in for mule breeding on |
q large scale and arrangements were
being made to send someone to Ken
lucky or Tennessee to select first-class
jacks. Assistance in purchasing stock
will be furnished by the u. S. Bureau
Of Animal Industry.
Owing to the difficulty of keeping in
-ouch with stock on the different is
ands. DR. Norgaard suggested the adj
disability of getting four young veter-
narians to come here. one to be sta
toned at Lihue, Kauai; one at Wal
uku. Maui; one at Kamuela, Hawaii
Ind one at Hilo, Hawaii; these TO be
appointed veterinary inspectors by the
BOARD and to report to the Territorial
veterinarian all outbreaks of conta-
,ious diseases. He also suggested that
II |
vaiian Cattle Raisers' Association be
lsked TO guarantee each of these VET
rinarians a salary of 800 per month.
t was voted on molten of Mr.. Gift
ard, that copies of the portion of DR..
Jorgaard's report headed stock IN
pection'' be sent the two associations
nd that the matter be referred to the
on animal industry.
DR.. Norgaard asked permission of /,
he board to go to New Zealand to as
istNNfT. Munro in selecting stock for
his Territory. This being the first
lrge shipment of live stock from New
ealand for this Territory and wishing
to be a success he felt it his duty
D CO. although not anxious to make
ne trip. 1t was agreed. on motion of G
Ir. Carter, seconded by Mr.. Giffard,
nat this request be referred to the
ommittee on animal industry with I
over to act.
THE WAR ON PESTS.
A letter was read from Maxwell Lef- +
~, government entomologist for In ;
la, addressed to Mr.. Kotinsky, advis- !
lg of his efforts to locate the parasites .
the melon fly (Dacus cucurbitae) in >
ldia for the guidance of the Territory +
its search for them. It was moved :
Y MIR. Giffard, seconded by Mr.. Car /
r and carried, that the president of :
lie board write to Mr.. LEROY thank .
g him for his interest and services in !;
lie matter. y
NEW PARK PROVIDED a
At the suggestion of Mr.. Carter, Sec il
1ded by Mr.. Giffard, it was voted that Il
e Superintendent of Public Works be v
;ked to fence off a certain portion of
lie Nursery grounds as needed for ex- t
,utive work, the rest to be thrown v
ben to the public. a
1t was moved, seconded and carried C
at Messrs. Haughs and Kotinsky be t
'anted permission to attend the Rub G
r Convention at Nahiku, Maui, Oc- |.
Der II, and they to report on the a
ork pertaining to their division. e
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