Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-22


Isecured by forest ranger service. tn
immediate forest problem in Hawai-
and the next step In the progress @
forestry in this territory is to get a
effective field organization establishet
and in working order.
In large measure the boundaries o
the forest reserves either consist O
natural barriers or are fenced Som
of the fences are maintained under tn
requirements OF government leases
some have been built and are main
tanned at government expense ant
some are kept mp voluntarily by COZ
porations or private owners Tn,
more important corners of numbe
of the forest reserves have beef
marked with metal monuments. AL
the forest reserve boundaries ought Il
/ be so defined
During the past two years the gov
! eminent has constructed a number o
new fences. Several other stretches
of fence required under leases have
also recently been completed, anC
some other lines of forest fence have
been erected at private cost The gen
Cral attitude of the public in regard t0
the protection of the forest has under
gone marked change in the past de
cade.. While there is still more or less
trespass going on on each island, the
best sentiment is now strongly against
1t, rather than being hostile or indii
ferent as was the case previously. p
In a few OF the reserves the forest
is still being damaged by wild cattle
q hp 70 httf IN hn CD
very marked Improvement has been
effected on each of the larger islands
in controlling this form of injury.
Tree Planting Encouraged. "
The second main line of endeayer
pursued by the division of forestry
since 1904 has been the encorra ge.
ment Of tree planting. This the de.
partment has sought to do by supply.
ing technical advice to all who desired
1t as TO methods and means of nursery
and tree planting work, by furnishing
free or at cost price tree seedlings Of
various species and by general cam
paign OF education as to the desirable
ity of establishing blocks of planted
forest from the standpoints of CONNER
ciai return, watershed protection or
dCotACliC
Tree planting has been pract:ced in
Hawaii both by the government and by
private individuals and corporations
for 80 years or more, but in the past
few years there has been a marked in.
crease in the number of trees set out
snd much better understanding OF
the necessity for such work than at
any time before The doctrine of using
for tree planting non-agricultural land
on the sugar plantations that other.
wise would be classed as waste area
has been persistently preached, until
it is now generally acknowledged to-
be a sound policy to follow wherever
it is possible to secure funds to de-.
fray the initial cost.
In this campaign much has been
written and printed, in regular reports,
In the Hawaiian Forester and Agricul
turist and elsewhere. both as argu'
ment and exhortation, and also in the
way of concrete examples showing the
profit to be derived from tree planting
n terms OF compound interest Among
his matter the bulletin entitled "Euca.
yptus Culture in Hawaii" by Mr.. In
Margolin, calls for special mention,
This report gives the result of a co.
operative study made by the Division
Of Forestry and the u. S. Forest sSer{t
rice in 1910. That the efforts put forth ]
nave really told is evidenced by the
in the number of trees plant. |
ed each year. In 1912, the last year /
or which full records are at hand, tho.
number planted was well over a mil !
ion and a quarter trees. For the credit
VI creating this sustained interest the !,
Division of Forestry has the right to-
lain a share. 4
praise for David Haughs.
I'm this connection it is only fair to
make mention of the part played by
he Forest Nurseryman of the Division !
# Forestry, Mr. David Haughs, who
las charge of the section of the Divi.
ions work dealing with the growing T
md distribution of trees. From his
ong experience in the islands, Mr.
laughs suggestions on all matters re-
ating to tree-growing are distinctly
worth having. That this fact is ap-i
'reciated is proved by the steady
tream OF applications for advice that
ONE to the division Giving assist
nee of this sort is one of the import.
mt functions of this Office. 1t is an
ssential part of the territory's forest |
York
The introduction and experimental
lanting of trees new to the islands is
branch of forest work which it has
cen the aim of the Division of Fores-
~ to foster, ever since its organiza.
ion. Only by the actual trial of new
rees and shrubs can it be known sure
Z whether or not they will succeed u