HAWAII. 103 



A report of the receipts and cxponditures for the United States 

 fund has been rendered in accordanee witli the schedules provided by 

 this Department, and has been approved. 



I'UBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received durint,^ the past fiscal year 

 were HuUctins .")7-51» on cantaloupe culture iji Georgia, coi-n culture, 

 and cotton culture; and the Annual Report of the station U)V {'M)'2. 



HAAVAIT. 



Ha"waii Agricultural Experiment Station, Ifonolu/n. 



Under the siiperviHion of A. ( '. Triu', Director, Office of Experiment Stations, United 



States Department of Agriculture. 



STATION STAFF. 



.laretl G. Smitli, Sprrial Af/ent in Charge; F.. C. Shorey, Chemist. 



in chitrge of Farmers' InxliUUes. F. E. Conter, Farm Foreman. 



D. L. Van Dine, EntomologiM. J. E. Higgins, Expert in Horticulture. 



PxENP^RAL OUTLOOK. 



Durino- the fiscal yeai- ended June 30, 1903, the work of the Hawaii 

 Agricultural Kxperiinent Station was in continuation of the various 

 lines of investigation described in the previous reports, with such 

 special increase as occasion demanded. Additional portions of the 

 station lands have been brought under cultivation and some experi- 

 ments begun which will re(iuirc a luunber of years for completion. 

 The permanent improvements, such as buildings, fences, ii-rigation 

 plant, etc., have l)een extended as occasion re(iuired and funds per- 

 mitted. A new building was erected for th(? use of the agricidturist 

 and entomologist, and the irrigation plant extended by the addition of 

 about 2, »»()() feet of pipe, thus enal)ling the more extended a[)plication 

 of water for the lower portions of the station grounds. Nmnerous 

 additions to tln^ library have l»ecn made by purchase and otherwise, 

 and it is fast l)ecoming a valuable asset of the station. Provision has 

 been made for an office and library Imilding. 



The experiments on taro rot and potato rot have been continued 

 upon an enlarged scale. One of the diseases of the taro plant was 

 held in check by ])roper attention to irrigation water and the ai)plica- 

 tion of i)roper fertilizers. The results obtaincnl will have an important 

 bearing on the production of this staple food ci'op. The so-called 

 black rot of potatoes is in reality caused by two fungi. The true l)lack 

 rot mav be combated by the use of Hoi'deuux mixture, but the other 

 disease called •■(|ni(k I'ol "" is caused by a soil fungus which attacks 

 plants through their roots andeM'ii causes whole fields to wilt and tuiMi 

 black within a few days. Kxpeiiiuents have l)een undertaken this 



