The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-28
THE BOARD Of
AGRICULTURE
Alexander CraW'S Leave of
Absence Extended to
Four Months.

The meeting of the Board of Agri-
culture and Forestry was not of spe-
cial Importance. being what is known
to the members as a by-meeting al
which various odds and ends that have
arisen (since the last meeting), or, held
over, came up for action.
, The languor of approaching summer
made itself felt, and there We're several
absences. Mr. Hosmer, the chief of
the Department Of Forestry, is still alb
sent on the Coast, and Mr.. P. r. Isen-
berg failed to report
The meeting was called to order by
THE chairman, c. S. Holloway, with
Messrs Geo. r. Carter, Albert Wa
terhouse and w. NJ Giffard, who sell
dom misses a meeting, in their places.
The first subject discussed was the
extension of leave of absence granted
Mr.. Alexander Craw, Territorial En-
Itomologist, who is now in sanatorium
at Los Angeles. He was reported as
still unfit for duty, but improving, so
sistance
Mr.. Giffard spoke warmly of Mr..
Craw's value in the position which he
/ holds, the thoroughness of his work,
and the difficulty there would be to
find for the place a man of equal
efficiency, and he was in favor of ex-
tending his leave as long as it could
| conveniently be done, or was neces-
sary. Personally, he said that he
| should do all he could to this end. Mr..
| Craw's leave was extended, according
| ~, from three to four months Mr..
Albert Warehouse, of the committee
of entomology, brought up the subject
of proper inspection of imported Queen
bees. It was one in which the Bee
Keepers Association were much inter-
ested. No provision was made for
special inspection, as the law now
stood. He did not think at any time
any great number of Queens would be
imported and when they were they
would probably be sent lin a bunch"
1t was very evident that the board
had not much money with which to
pay inspectors, and various plans were
preached. One of these seemed suffi-
This was to turn it over to one of the
regular inspectors, who, if occupied at
one part of the dock, might hire a
man to keep watch until he could look
the Queen bees over and return to his
post. No appropriation had been made
for inspections of this nature, and the
board, as had been intimated, had to
dispense its funds judiciousIy.
A set of rules had been drawn up
which, it was thought, would apply to
the case, and these were in Mr.. Wa
terhouse's possession. 1t was decided
to have conference with the Bee
Keepers Association and come to some
definite agreement, with that body.
Mr.. Waterhouse was of the opinion
that they would be ready to do what
ever was required of them, within rea-
son. The rules aforementioned it
was agreed should be submitted to
them, and a motion to this effect was
carried
In his absence, the report of David
Haughs, acting chief of the Depart |
ment of Forestry, was read. He re-
ported that 300 plants had been sent
to Fort Shafter for the identifying of
the grounds at the post. There were |
100 Poinciana regias, and 10S Bougain- |
also visited the post at the request of |
Lieutenant Pardee, who has charge of !
the work of tree-planting.
Mr.. Haughs also reported that |
ground is being cleared in Makiki for |
the Experiment Station, and at the |
Nuuanu avenue station, the usual rou-
tine work of clearing away superfuous
vines, trees and underground, was go |
ing on.
There was a good deal of general |
discussion over the fencing of forest |
reserves as a protection against the |
depredations of wild cattle. 1t was |
the consensus of opinion that discrjmi- |
nation should be shown, and that the |
same need for fencing did not exist |
throughout all the reserves-where !
wide stretches of cane lands, all close |
ly fenced, interviewed between the for |
ests and the grazing grounds to which |
the cattle habitually resorted.
This, it was believed, came within |
the jurisdiction of the chief forester |
who should be empowered to order |
fencing at such points where it was |
most necessary. The question was re-
ferred to the committee Oil forestry for |
further action.
The question as to dumping earth |
outer end of the breakwater in Kahu- |
lui harbor. which. at the request of |
Messrs. Alexander and Baldwin, had !
been referred to the Attorney General, |
also came up. Further conference on |
the SUBJECT was considered necessary. |
This concluded the routine work and |
adjournment was in order.
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of course, he soon found out. Tele-
grams and letters of protest now are
made quickly and numerously. The
heads of general organizations simply
send out the directions what to do. But
the messages had the desired effect for
they made the President a little less en-
thusiastic about such legislation.
The kilograms of protest were also
turned loose upon Representative Town
send, of Michigan, the Republican who
undertook to lead the recalcitrant Re
publicans of the House into combina-
tion with the militant minority Every