The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-05-23
P|NEAPPLES ON
kauai PLACED
ON BAN
Action is Taken at Meet
ing Of Commissioners
Of Agriculture

1rOnlDltlnE tne eApoitihR Vi plneap-
pies in any form from the Island of
Kauai, commissioners of agriculture and
forestry at meeting yesterday passed
a quarantine measure whereby it hopes
to gain control of the mysterious fun
gus growth which recently has appeared
on the pineapples. of Kauai. BY the
quarantine Kauai is forbidden to ship
pineapples, pineapple juice or pineapple
trees to any Islands of the group and
the measure will remain in force until
further notice.
Plans for the introduction of various
species of game birds from the mainland
were deferred until further information
is obtained from the East. The board
is of the opinion that the control of
game birds and their introduction into
the Islands should be placed in the
hands of the counties, as authorized by
the legislature of 1911.
Retrenchment Is Noted.
Rctrenchment on account of the
threatened tariff revision on sugar on
the part of the owners and managers of
plantations and ranches has affected
the building of the Kabului animal
quarantine station. According to the
report of Victor A. Norgaard, terrific
rial veterinarian, he fears that the plan
tation owners and managers, interested
in the station, may refuse to undertake
its construction. In such case he ad-
vises the board to reduce the size of the
proposed station sufficiently to allow it
being let out by contract within the
limits of the appropriation.
Fought by laborers from the camps Of
the Hutchinson Sugar Plantation, for.
est FIRE in the upper portion of the Nj
mole homesteads, Kau, Hawaii, was got
under control and finally extinguished
after it had burned 300 acres of fern
and scrub guava land. Ralph s. Hos
mer, superintendent Of forestry, in re-
porting the occurrence to the board
yesterday, said that the forest fire was
put under control ere it reached the
forest proper. For the most part, the
FIRE confined itself to the valley between
Pakua and the land of Punalau.
Several score packages of infected
fruits and vegetables were seized by in
spectors of the entomology bureau from
the baggage of immigrants from the
Orient, according to the report of the
superintendent of the division yester-
day. The same bureau discovered evil
dence of locusts in the soil of plants
from Manila, and ordered the return to
San Francisco of shipment of eleven
boxes of Mexican lines.
Believing that he had discovered a
process which proves an effective pro.
lection against the. horses and mules bit
ing the woodwork of the animal quar-.
antine stations, Territorial Veterinarian
Norgaard yesterday made report that
an application admixture of paint and
dry sand to woodwork has been found
successful plan. Coating the fence posts
and gates with paint and sand has
saved the woodwork of the local sta.
ton from the teeth of the animals, he
SAYS. The plan has been in operation
with success for three weeks. The re-
suit of the report may be that the board
will require it's use on all animal quar-
antine stations.
Station for Hilo.
Arrangements have been made for
the construction of the Hilo quarantine
station, and work will go forward on
the animal pen without delay. The final
contract for the work has been let and
a bond filed as security on the work.
over 1000 assorted trees have been
planted in tin cans at the small nur-
sery of the United States experimental
station in Nuuanu Valley, but in all for
est planting the dry weather which had
held until last week had impeded the
Seeding trees in the various parts of
the Islands. Superintendent of For
estry Hosmer reported to the board
yesterday that had the weather condi-
tions been more favorable, the accounts
from the trees already planted would
have been more favorable.
Scale On Midway Eradicated.
Thanking the commissioners for the
assistance they had rendered him in rid
ding the Midway Islands of the cottony
cushion scale, d. Morrison, agent of
the Commercial Cable Company on Mid
way, yesterday wrote the board that he
had noted no temperance of the pest.
Over a year ago T.. M. Ehrhorn, super
intendent of entomc logy, shipped Mr..
Morrison large colony of Vedala or
ladybirds and it is believed that they
rid the group of the scale.
The following appointments have
been made by the board of commission
ers in the staff of district fire wardens:
Frank A. Alexander and Gaylord p.
Wilcox for the Island of Kauai, Andrew
Adams and C. j. Wheeler for Oahu, and
Alexander Morrison for Hawaii.