Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-09
GOVERNMENT AID
TO AGRICULTURE
PAST TWO YEARS
Valuable Work Of An Divisions
For Development and
Conservation


Activities of tie boa~d 81 agrlcul-
ture and ICrrstr, Tor ~" two Years
ended December 81. ltii. are shown
in the biennial rcuOrt just issued. a
pubic document OF 2i4 pages. EXpen-
ditures OF the beard amounted to $780,
500 80 and there vs. an unPXpended
balance Of s73.3I23l at tho end Of the
period.
There arc 2G plates Illustrating the
Volume. sCmo e them containing two
or three pictures, which graphically
show practical operations Of the va
r!Ous divisions
Forest reserves were increased ny
1II.1l3 acres, Of which ~ ,il2 acres Is
government land. dHr nG tho pCriO !,
end at its close tn" total area Of gov
eminent reserves Was 1924, OF
which j46,222 acres is government
land
In the reserve back OF Honolulu
1883 trees were planted. covering
about 40 acres. Extensive planting
was also done on the reserves Of Maui
and Kauai. During the period the
government nursery sent out a total
of 734.4S1 trees. These figures in
Clude some ornamental shrubs which
have been especially raised for the
army to make its several quarters
habitable and more attractive" the
report says THE care which has
been given to planted trees and
shrubs by TIE army is most crafty
ing"
Regarding photography this gener-
al statment appears: The results
worked for by this division primarily
are an accurate knowledge OF the to-
tai fresh water resources OF the ter
ritory. a knowledge of the amounts
diverted from bo,h private and gov
eminent sources, the efficiency Of
such divers ems and a knowledge Of
the possible future development ana
utilization OF water now being vast
cd" The constructive or more eX- =,
penslve stage of the work is well ad-
yanced. All of the larger and most
valuable streams and springs have
been investigated, and "the hydromet-l
rie work in the, territory may be said
to be we'll begun" s.. - }
The division of, entomology inspect
CN OoOpA6S 'pdShoSCo, thdh OV
per cent of which consisted of fruit
and vegetables imported from the
mainland, and less than 3 per cent
OF the quantity required treatment on
account Of infestation by insect pests
or plant diseases. One result of this
careful inspection" the report says,
was the Improvement in the quality /
Of fruit imported from the Pacific
coast and its shipment in a cleaner
condition. -. /
Respecti1y the constantly increas.
ing imports of rice and beans from the
Orient, II is stated that only 3409 bags !
OF rice out of total shipment of 602.
375 bags, anS only 162 bags of beans
cut of 34O0 bags had 10 be fumigated
on account Of infestation by, the rice
moth.
Fruit fly control had been vigorous
ly prosecuted. the report detailing
the facts of exploration in Africa and
the Orient for useful parasites /
The main work OF the division OF
animal industry. il is related, has con-
tinued to be the careful inspection of
all livestock importations to prevent !
new animal diseases from being intro /
duced into the territory. and the prof.
secution OF the campaign for the Grad
ication of the livestock diseases that
are already here, /! ne inspection has
still been successful in keeping ont OF
the territory devastating animal
scourages such as the Texas fever, ra.
bies, anthrax, black leg, foot and
mouth disease, which annually cost
the United States and foreign coun.
tries millions Of dollars. and the eff
forts OF the division have been reward.
ed by a marked decrease in the rayag-
es OF diseases which gained an en-
trance here before the work of this
division began"
In the matter of bovine tuberculo-
sis control IL is stated that in 1913 a
test of. 444f head of cattle showed |
that less than 2.67 per cent, and in
1914 test CT 1881 head showed that |
only EOS per cent was infected. Board
Of health records are cited in proof |
OF the statement that there has been
a reduction in the prevalence of tuber.
culosis among children in. the county |
of Honolulu Of 75 per cent since the
beginning Of tn campaign, or rather
since all the extensively affected ami.
mails have been destroyed.