The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-11-10

Yours very truly,
f. A. SCHAEFER,
President, Hawaiian Sugar Planters
Association.
Reelection of Directors.
The president IS report was listened
to with close attention and was received
with sustained applause, at the conclu.
sion of which the president called for
nominations for members of the board
of directors to be elected.
On motion of E. II. Wodehouse the
former board of directors was reelected,
the secretary casting the ballot These
directors are +. A. Schaefer, II. p Bald
win, +. NJ. Swanzy, w. G. Irwin, j. F.
Hackfeld, f. d. Tenney, E. Faxon
Bishop, s. NJ Damon and w. o. Smith.
Hfternoon Session.
There was even n 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 II. 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. DIR. 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-
ford this benefit, as the borers shelter
ed themselves in the top leaves left
by the shippers. .,-
Experiment Station Committee Report.
]. p. Cooke, chairman of the com.
mittee in charge of the experiment
station, presented lengthy and inter
esting report on the work of the com
mittee during the year, the report
dealing with all the various depart.
ments of the station. That portion
dealing with the work in the division
of entomology was Of especial inter
est.
rThe 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 tc
sugar cane," said the report.
"Previous reports have dealt sc
thoroughly with the successful ento
biological campaign which has beer
carried on against the attacks of tn,
cane leaf hopper, and the bulletins is
sued by the division during the pas
two years or more have given sucl
technical and elaborate details as re
CARDS its natural insect.enemies, which
/. have been introduced and established
(. l,y our entomologists in the cam
. fields, that it seems merely necessar.
, al this time for your committee t
give but passing notice to this partic
. ular subject All are familiar witt
r the conditions which universally exist
| ed in the cane fields of these Island
two or more years ago, as well n
!, with the losses which were sustaine,
during the period that the leaf-hop
per pest was in absolute control. Yo
5 also appreciate the difference in thes
/, conditions since the introduced mai
ural enemies to this pest have bee
thoroughly and Systematically estat
: lished on all our plantations Reali7
: ing these facts, as you undoubtedl
!, do. it is safe to say that the fey
1 thousands of dollars contributed tc
wards the search and successful es
tablishment of natural enemies to tn
|, hopper and the corresponding contrc
up to this time of the latter have bee
\ ,Aa1 hot hn C,.1f
from purely financial standpoin
have been more than gratifying. w
must not, however. rest solely upo
what has already been accomplished
but, as a precautionary measure, sp'
n cial attention must be continued b
Il managers in the future as in the pas
as regards the systematic distrb,
ton of cages of leaf-hopper parasite
.. in fields of young cane, as periodic'
:. attacks of the hopper are otherwi'
~ liable TO occur. There is little dal
l. ger, however, of further trouble fro
s. the hopper if proper care is exc
VI cised, as the conditions which produ'
IA such periodical attacks are now prett
well understood by the majority {
managers.
ne "When your committee submitted j
n. last annual report the work of Il
Division in connection with the sug
=, cane borer was practically in its init
y stage. At that time Mr.. Muir, who hi
u been selected and sent to the Mali
. Archipelago to find the borer in tn
VI region, in addition to such predaceo
y, and parasitic enemies as attacked
90 there, had had but little opportunity
=, effective research work. The repo
nc further stated that owing to the loi
VI distances and changes of climate !
o. tween the Malays and Hawaii, hal
e. way station would of necessity have
oi be established in order to successful
" introduce such predators or parasites
= Mr.. Muir might discover and deem
ID sirable to send. This halfway stati
d. was established at Honglxong last APP
in charge of Mr.. Terry of the Diyisic
The Director of the Division in 4
lis present annual report is now enabl
he II record the fact that predaceo
es beetles feeding on the larvae of ear
nd borers have not only been discover
of by Mr.. Muir, but have been successful
shipped by that entomologist, throu