Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-26
FORESTRY WORK
Being Done
HOSmer Reports To Board
On Accomplishments
OF Month

Forest planting plans, Arbor Day
preparations and botanical explora.
ton are all taken up In the monthly
report of Ralph $. llOsmer, Terrific.
rial forester, submitted to the Board
of Agriculture and Forestry yester-
day.
The report in part follows:
Forest Planting Plans. :
The work Ui the most fdr-reach-
ing interest during this period is
perhaps the preparation of planting
plans for several large tracts of land
on Hawai- and Lanai. From July -
to July 20 the superintendent of for
estry was ut Waimea, South Kohala,
Hawaii. working out on the ground
in consultation with Mr.. A. w. Car
ter, manager Of the Parker Ranch,
comprehensive scheme for forest
planting ON the hills above Waimea
village, on the south slope of the
Kohala mountain. For thu work the
government has set apart the sum
of $4,000, which has been met by an
equal sum by the ranch. Trees have
already been started in the nursery
at Waimea: the planting out on the
mountain will begin during the COM
ing winter.
Forest Extension.
The work of growing and distr.b-
I uting trees from the Government
/ Nursery at Honolulu and from the
sub-stations at Hilo, Hawaii, and at
| Homestead, Kauai. continues to In
crease. Mr. laughs reports for July
and August give further details OF
this branch Of the Division of For
estry. 1t may be noted here that
persons In the Hilo and Puma dis
tricts on Hawaii should apply for
I trees directly to Brother Matthias
Newell at Hilo. and those on the
west side of Kauai to Mr.. Walter ID.
McBryde, at Homestead.
Preparations for the special free
distribution of trees on Arbor Day
the second Friday in November
are well in hand. Arrangements have
been made for several temporary sub
stations from which trees will bt
given out Th.E will facilitate thu
distribution and should help much
toward making sure that each appli
cant gets his twenty-four trees
promptly.
Forest Work at Pupukea, Oahu.
The forest fences on the outer
boundary lines of the Pupukea Forest
Reserve, on oahu, constructed joint
ly by the Territorial government ant
the Oahu Railway & Land Co., have
now both been completed according
TO contract. and the cattle on the re
serve have been removed by the rancl
department Of the railway.
The tree planting on Water Reserve
c, part OF the Pupukea Forest Re
serve Tor which n contract was le
some moths ago, has also been com
pleted-all the trees called Tor in thu
contract having now been planted
The contract II, however. not com
plete until the trees reach II heigh
OF three feet
Forest Planting by Plantation Com
panies ON Oahu.
II is pleasure to record here th'
valuable work that Is being done b!
the Waialua and Kahuku Plantations
In the planting of lronwood trees OF
their properties, Wnialua has plant
ed both windbreaks around its cant
fields and solid blocks of forest OF
some OF It's mauka lands, work, by thu
way, which has now become regula
part of that plantations program
The planting OF Kahuku is almos, en-
tirely rs windbreaks along the edges
of the fields, In many cases the row,
of trees serving both that purpose
aud also as shade trees along thu
roads. This iree planting can but b.
,of benefit to both these plantations.
! Al, ntinn should also he made her,