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by the people of Hawaii and the evident interest that thej- take in the 

 inve.stijrations of the .stati<Mi and in the farmers' institutes conducted 

 under the auspices of the station are encouraging. 



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LINES OF WORK, 



The principal lines of work conducted at the Hawaii Station during 

 the past j-ear were as follows: Field experiments — varieties of cotton, 

 hemp, sorghum, potatoes, taro, culture experiments; horticulture — 

 experiments with straw])erries, growing of grape cuttings; diseases of 

 plants nnd animals — fusarium diseases of potatoes, taro rot, diseases 

 of poultry: cntomolog}' — study of injurious insects and means for their 

 repression. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal j'earwas as follows: 



United States appropriation $12, 000. 00 



Farm products 600. 85 



Total 12, 600. 85 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fi.scal year 

 were Bulletin 2 on the root rot of taro. Bulletin 3 on in.secticides for 

 use in Hawaii, and Press Bulletin 2 on the castor bean. The third 

 report on the investigations in Hawaii, giving a detailed account of 

 the operations during the year 1903, has been prepared by the special 

 agent in charge of the Hawaii Station and is given on page 391. 



Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Experiment Station, Honolulu. 



GOVERNINr. HO.\Rr). 



Truftees (A Hawaiian Sn^'ar Planters' Assoc-iation : W. G. Irwin, H. A. Isenberg, 

 W. O. Sniitli, (J. 11. R()l)ertson, F. A. Schaefer, H. P. Bahlwin, K. I). Tenney, F. M. 

 Swanzy, B. F. Dillin<i;ham. 



STATION STAFF. 



C. F. Eckart, Director; Chief Chemist. Fimian Tliompson, Assistant Chemist. 



S. S. Peck, B. S., First AK.finttmt Che)iii.it. A. E. Jordan, As.vstant Chemist. 



F. K. Werthnineller, B. S., As.'d.itant Chem- K. ( i. f'lark, Field Assistant, 

 ist. 



(iENEUAL OUTLOOK. 



The work of this station during the past yeai" has been continued 

 along the sanu^ lines as formerly, and has included chemical investiga- 

 tions on the manufactui'e of sugai" and the investigation of sujrar-house 

 products, soils, fertilizers, and irrigation waters, and Held work, 

 including irrigation of cane, variety testa of cane, fertilizer experi- 

 ments, and other cultural investigations beai'ing on the economic 

 limitations of intensive agriculture. 



