The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-10

former board of directors was reelected.
the secretary casting the ballot These
directors are F. A. Schaefer, H. P. Bald
win, F. M. Swanzy, w. g. Irwin, J. F.
Haekfeld, E. d. Tenney, E. Faxon
Bishop, S. NJ. Damon and w. o. Smith
Afternoon Session.
There was even a larger attendance
of members in the afternoon when
the session was resumed, the first bus
mess of the meeting being the presen-
tation of an important paper by H. P.
Baldwin. Mr.. Baldwin in his paper
discussed various problems which con-
front the managers of Hawaiian plan
tations, dealing particularly with the
question of stripping cane or burning
The writer favored the latter system.
A discussion among the members
followed the reading of this paper,
which was one of extreme practical
interest. DR.. Perkins, Director of the
Division of Entomology of the expert
ment station, stated in the discussion
that the burning off of the cane in
place of stripping destroyed many Dor
ers, as was also the case with the
trash burning. Stripping did not af
ed themselves in the top leaves left
by the shippers.
Station Committee Report.
j. p. Cooke, chairman of the COM
mittee in charge of the experiment
station, presented a lengthy and inter
esting report on the work of the com
mittee during the year, the report
oil RI
ments of the station. That portion
dealing with the work in the division
of entomology was of especial inter
est.
"The economic work of this divi- |
sion for the past period has continued |
on lines similar to those laid out by |
the present directors in 1903-that is, |
controlling, by means of their natural |!
enemies, insects which are injurious to |
sugar cane,' said the report.
FPrevious reports have dealt so
thoroughly with the successful ento |
biological campaign which has been |
carried on against the attacks of the |
cane leaf hopper, and the bulletins is
sued by the division during the past |
two years or more have given such |
technical and elaborate details as re-
CARDS its natural insect-enemies. which |
have been introduced and established |
Nv our entomologists in the cane |
fields, that it seems merely necessary |
at this time for your committee to |
give but passing notice to this partic !
ular subject All are familiar with |
the conditions which universally exist
ed in the cane fields of these Islands |
two or more years ago, as well as /
with the losses which were sustained i
during the period that the leaf-hOp- |
per pest was in absolute control. You |
also appreciate the difference in these |
since the introduced nat
rral enemies to this pest have been |
thoroughly and systematically estab
lished on all our plantations. Realiz-
ing these facts. as you undoubtedly |
do, it is safe to say that the few
of dollars contributed to-
wards the search and successful es-
of natural enemies to the
hopper and the corresponding control
up to this time of the latter have been
well invested. and that the results |
from a purely financial standpoint
have been more than gratifying. We
must not, however. rest solely upon
what has already been accomplished,
but, as a precautionary measure, spe
,ial attention must be continued by
managers in the future as in the past
rs regards the systematic distribu
ton of cages of leaf-hopper parasites