Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-02
EXPERIMENT WORK
Being CARRIED ON
BY FORESTRY BUREAU NOW
Preservation Of Forests and Refor-
esting Old Areas Two Lines of
Work Necessary to Conserve
Rainfall.

area by replanting areas which need
TO be Tree covered in order to pre-
serve the rainfall" said Superin-
tendent Ralph s. Hosmer of the de-
partment IN answer to a question at
the quarters OF the bureau on South
King street Monday afternoon.
Forest reserves have been created
from time to time during the past
seven years which the bureau has
been In operation until now, with
the addition of the Pupukea reserve
on. this island, recently. containing
S64 acres, the total area is half a
million acres This area will be in
creased in the future until the for
est area OF the Territory contains
close to three-quarters of million
acres all told, according to Superin-
tendent Hosmer.
Mr.. Hosmer has heen with the
bureau Since early in 1904, and he
Is graduate of the Yale School of
drastic law passed for the protec-
| ton OF the forests against fire. and
to the continued campaign OF educa-
ton he has carried on on forestry
matters, credit is due Today for the
excellent condition of the forest
areas throughout the Territory.
Probably the increasing of forest
areas by new paintings is as import
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walton of the original forests, and
along this line great deal has been
accomplished in the past two or
three years.
planting done may be gained from
the fact that on one day-Arbor
Day. last year--the bureau distrib.
uted $4,000 trees for planting to
private individuals on different is
lands.
Owners of private lands nave been
brought TO o full realization OF the
Importance Of forest areas to con-
serve the natural rainfall OF the
country. and II is through them that
a great part of the reforesting is
done.
They are continually asking for
plans and assistance in reforesting
areas of their private holdings to
this end, and Superintendent Hosmer
spends considerable time in visiting
plantations and mapping out forest
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this work Of water conservation for
private owners.
The bureau raises trees for dis
tribution 10 small owners especially,
and this class is as alive to the i'm
portance Of forest areas today as is
the large landlord. Small owners
are generally given trees In lots of
two dozen each. but they may OBJ
tain larger quantities upon request.
From one to two cents tree is
charged by the bureau for these
seedlings. this Just covering the cost
Of raising them to the size ne,es
sary for successful transplanting. A
few thousand trees are always on
hand ut the nurseries and distrib-
uting points, SO that almost any
number can be supplied upon short
notice.
The fact that none of the native
trees in Hawaii furnish construc.
ton timber has led to extensive tree
planting, both by the Territorial
government and by private inter-
ests. This work has been going on
for the last thirty years and is
constantly increasing in extent and
Importance. The trees principally
planted are several kinds of Euca-
lyptus, the Australian Ironwood and
Silk Oak and the japanese Cedar.
Wood and timber cut from the
planted forsets In Hawaii are now
being used for fence posts, railroad
ties, bridge timbers and wagon work.
Practically all the construction TIM
Der now used in Hawaii Is omported
from Puget Sound and Northern
Northwest" douglas FRI.
All the time experiments are be-
Ing conducted with new plants and
trees which might be. suitable for
growing in Hawaii. Seeds are OBJ
tained from all over the world. es-
pecially from the tropical countries
which have climatic and soil condi
tions comparable to this country.
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