Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-20
CAMPBELL TALKS
ON BUREAU WORK
Forest Planting for Conserving the
Rainfall : Pipe Lines Laid -
Cattle Being Tested.

Various, sundry and important are
the works of the Bureau of Agricul-
Iture and Forestry which are being
carried on these days quietly and
lunostentatiously, but of great value
10 the future OF the Territory In
general and the agricultural pnbllc
In particular
Forest and water reserves are be-
ing cared for and extended, and
planting schemes to conserve the nat
ural rainfall and to prevent wash
Ing away of the soil are being put
into operation all the time" said
Marston Campbell at his Office this
morning. 80 important has this
conservation work of the forestry
bureau become that Superintendent
Hosmer. in charge of this work, is
continually called upon to outline
schemes for tree planting, with this
end in view, by plantation owners
all over the Territory" he con-
tinued.
Pipe lines are being laid, Hawai-
ians are being interested in fores-
try and asked to help the work along
on their homesteads, advanced work
In animal industry and many other
important schemes for the future ag-
ricultural and economic welfare of
the country are being carried on, all
at the same time.
Superintendent Marston Campbell
OF the Department of Public Works,
and head OF the agricultural and for
estry work in the Territory, with his
assistants, has his time fully occu-
pied by the various calls that come
to his Office for work along the lines
mentioned.
At present the Pupukea water re-
serve is being planted with many
varieties of trees for conservation
of the rainfall, and the fencing of
the Pupukea forest reserve is being
carried on as rapidly as possible.
An agreement between the agents
of the Kohala people and Mr.. Camp
bell has been reached for the pur-
chase OF the land OF this forest re-
serve, and these plans and agreement
will be placed before the Board of
Agriculture and Forestry at the reg
ular meeting next Wednesday.
Forestry superintendent Hosmer is
absent on Molokai at present, laying
out a planting scheme for forest
on Molokai Ranch, at the solicitation
of the owners of that property. and
when this work is finished there will
be other plans to prepare, for other
ranches and plantations (which have
already asked for this work to be
done.
More and more the agricultural in
terests Of the Islands are realizing,
as has been done in other older parts
of the world, the necessity OF for
ests to conserve the natural rainfall
and prevent erosion.
When the first settlers went to
Kansas and the country was afflicts
ed with so many successive droughts
as to discourage all but the most
optimistic, tree planting was resort
ed to, and as the trees grew in diff
ferent parts of the state, the serious
drought became thing of the past.
During the present week the first
tuberculor test of a herd of cows
by government veterinarians is be-
ing carried on, DR.. Norgaard and his
assistants doing the work on the
Isenberg herd of milch cows, At
the conclusion of this testing, other
herds in the Territory, will be ex-
amined, until every head has been
tested, according to the rules of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture" said Mr.. Campbell In reply
to question.
During his recent trip to Waihena,
Superintendent Campbell and others
OF the department had long talks
with the natives on forestry and its
Importance. AS a result, within the
| next few months there will be from
$4,000 to 10000 trees planted on the
homesteads of the people in that
section. These trees will all be sup
piled by the bureau of forestry.
Reports coming in from Superin-
tendent Harvey of the Kula pipe line
are to the effect that three miles
of pipe have already been laid and
the pipe distributed for the entire
twenty-five miles to be built.
This pipe line is being built by
the Territory at cost OF 500, 900,
and will be turned Over to the coun.
ty, which will pay for It's upkeep.
The water brought down in 1t win
be distributed along the entire
length from olinda to Kanaio, for
domestic purposes and the keeping
of stock. Z
Superintendent Campbell expects
to leave Honolulu for Maui the lat
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