The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-21
FRUIT FLY
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action, il necessary. All naturall
thought OF a parasite The introduc
ton of the parasite that achieved sucl
wonderful results in connection will
the leaf hopper was fresh in thei
minds. He believed that the chances
of obtaining parasite that would de
this work with the Mediterranean fly
ere not cons idered to he very great
What About the Money?
The Legislature unfortunately die
not provide foc matters of this kind
1t proved an exceptionally good legis
lature in respect to a great many i'm
portant subjects, and enacted n great
deal Of important legislation, but this
was one particull; in which he was
|disappointed-th fulure to supplement
the so-called conservation fund out of
the general revenues. The conserva.
ton fund would not yield as mucn dur.
ing the next two years as it did dur
| ing the past two, and at the same time
the requirements were greater all
along the line. He had hoped for pro-
vision out of the general revenue, but
those items were finally struck out of
the general appropriation bill. The
only way in which the matter could
| be met from the standpoint of the gov
eminent would be to drop other i'm
portant work closely allied to this, or
to use the contingent fund, but it was
a question how far that could be used,
or perhaps the amount could be raised
by private means. 1t hardly came
within the jurisdiction of the board of
health. Perhaps the shippers wharf
tax would be available for the purpose
1t was most serious situation, and
should be met
The first thing was to finu out what
had to be done. Perhaps It would be
a good idea if three of the experts
from the different departments would
get together on the matter.
Ex-Governor Carter Wants Advice.
Ex-Governor Carter wanted to know
whether he should cut his grapes
down or not. If he was told that that
was the proper thing, he would do it.
He would do it, if it were only as an
example to his neighbor.
Brigadier General Macomb-"Are
the grapes infected"
Carter-TNot so far as l know, but
they may be later on"
Albert Warehouse recalled the mat
ter of burning down places some years
ago when the plague visited Honolulu.
He would state for this reason that it
would be better to proceed slowly, and
decide on something that would be
quite right and proper.
Parasites Unknown Quantities.
Otto H. Swezy confirmed what Ehr-
horn had said in regard to their ig-
norance as to the fruit that the fly had
attacked. He suggested that the first
step should be experiments as to
methods to adopt. He then dwelt at
considerable length upon the amount
of work entailed in finding a parasite.
In many instances, years passed be-
fore a parasite was found, and in many
cases, all attempts to find one had
failed The parasite for the leaf hop
per had been remarkably successful,
but this success did not always attend
their Investigations. One must not be
too enthusiastic over the parasite idea,
he cautioned. 1t might require many
years of work before any real good was
accomplished. Go in for destroying
the affected fruit, counseled Swezy.
Carter-'How do you suggest to de-
stroy them?"
Swezy replied by advising that they
be burned up or thrown into coal oil
for a few days.
Ehrhorn confirmed the idea of burn
ing or destroying by throwing them
into coal oil.
Swezy said if anybody had some
really choice fruits that were to be
protected, the best way was to wrap
them in little sacks of, say, muslin.
This, of course, was tedious work, and
only applied to small places.
DR.. Wicox's Wet Blanket.
DR.. Wilcox tried to throw wet
blanket over the whole meeting but
judging by the vigorous remarks that
were uttered in reply, he seemed mere
ly to have stirred that fighting blood
that had been sluggish.
DR.. Wilcox said that they would
have to recognize that if they wished
to raise the California quarantine
they would have to remove every Med
iterranean fruit fly. But he did not