The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-11-07
ANOTHER ANTI
INSECT CAMPAIGN
All Ready for the Elimination Of
the Mediterranean
Fruit-Fly.
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The FIRST official statement made by
the officers directing the uti.Mcditcr.
ranean fruit fy campaign has been is
sued, explaining the scope and intouts
of the work which is to be done. This
campaign is also awaiting the city sec.
tional maps being made by the board
of health for its anti.mosqnito anti
nuisance work and when these are
completed and the inspectors have an
opportunity to familiarige themselves
with the routine Of reports, etc, the
work will start at once. The MAPS will
be ready i'm few days.
The statement is as follows:
"a systematic method of reporting
upon fruit tree and fruit fly conditions
will not be started until the completion
of the sectional maps of the blocks
within the areas covered by the pro-
posed regulations of the board Of agri-
culture. These working maps cannot be
completed for few weeks. As the
maps now being drawn by the survey
department for the board of health
authorities will show all promises in
tended to be inspected for fruit condi,
tons, sections of these maps will be
used by the fruit fly inspectors as soon
as they are prepared.
"All premises will be numbered on
the maps and the inspectors will re-
port to the director of the campaign
by number " on forms printed for the
purpose. These forms of reports will
show among other particulars the
names of occupants, the conditions of
premises MS regards fruit, the approx
mate number of trees bearing ii any,
the condition of ripeness of the fruit
if any, the area and variety of vegota.
bles if any, the method of disposition
of fallen or overripe fruit and vegeta-
blcs, whether it be by garbage carrier
or by burning or otherwise, etc.
Daily Supervision.
As soon as the regulations are in
force the fruit fly inspectors will be
required to see that occupants of
premises dispose of all fallen or decay
ing fruit daily in manner satisfactory
to the board of agriculture
''Until the sectional maps above re-
ferred to are completed the campaign
will be of an educational character,
that is to say, among other duties, the
inspectors will familiarize themselves
with all premises covered by their sew.
eral beats; will request the gathering
or burning of all fallen fruit, etc,
noticed by them on any premises which
they are inspecting and will show by
their reports the approximate area Of
premises which they can efficiently
cover daily.
In this preliminary work few in
spectors only have been employed, the
number to be increased as soon as it
is ascertained just how much area one
man can efficiently cover in the districts
where fruit trees are abundant.
To Trap the Flies.
As soon as the systematic work
above referred to is inauguated there
will be general distribution of in
secticide traps to catch adult fruit flies.
These will be placed in fruit trees by
the inspector. In the fruit section of
the city it is essential that as many
flies be caught before the fruit season
opens thereby lessening the chances of
infestatiOn. The gathering and proper
disposition of fallen fruit infected with
the maggots will prevent the breeding
of countless numbers of the fly but MS
sueh n method does not adestroy the
adults, the females of which are ready
To oviposit on the coming fruit supply,
it will be necessary to trap as many
of these as possible.
Every female fruit fly destroyed
at this time means the prevention of
what otherwise would be an increased
colony. Fruit flies are great breeders,
and it only takes two or three weeks
to get new generation. Ii can easily
be imagined to what enormous proper
tions the pest can be increased by the
caTelessness or lack of cooperation on
the part Of any occupants of premises
which have fruit liable to ipfestation.
1.-THE necessary number of inspectors
and inspections will have to be cur.
tailed in order to meet the small ap.
preparation available. 1t is useless to
try and cover very large area with
only small number of inspectors and
then expect efficient work. The total
area to he covered in Honolulu and the
residential suburbs should IL possible
extend from Kaimuki TO Moanalua but
such large extent Of territory as that,
having 40 many lots, large and small,
oh Whicb lIuli trees eAiht, VIII unuOuBt-
eddy have 10 be curtailed in the fruit
season ~ the present available appro.
priation is insufficient TO employ the
necessary number Of inspectors and on.
ciently cover the ground. Whatever
area is finally decided upon should BIO
inspected efficiently and systematically, |
even though said area will bo much |
smaller than IL should be. The lack Of |
cooperation will in any event only en-
hanee the chances OF feinfeHtatiOn OF /
the particular neighhorhood.
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newspapers states hat q bananas and
ever, 10 what erient the fruit Ay may
later 90 adapt itself 20 these particular /
fruits, unless the clean culture mothed /
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