THE jHAWAIIAN 



rORESTER I AGRICULTURIST 



Vol IV. APRIL, 1907 No. 4 



The resignation of Mr. Thurston from his position of 

 Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry is to be regretted by 

 all who have been associated with him in the work of the Board 

 of which he was President. The present efficient status of the 

 forestry system in Hawaii, and of agriculture in general, owes 

 much to his ability and efforts on its behalf, and to him is to be 

 attributed the inception of many of the beneficial enactments 

 which have been made of late years for the benefit of the agri- 

 cultural industries of the Territory. Among the many duties of 

 a busy life, we hope that Mr. Thurston will still find a place to 

 assist in furthering many of the projects associated with the work 

 which he is now relinquishing. 



The election of Mr. W. I\I. Giffard to the Presidency of the 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry at a recent 

 executive meeting of the Board, will be received with approba- 

 tion by all readers of the Forester. It will be rem.embered that 

 among the many services which Mr. Giffard has rendered to 

 the cause of the diversified industries of Hawaii, is to be in- 

 cluded the projecting and institution of this publication itself, of 

 which he became first editor. Under the new President of the 

 Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry we have the assur- 

 ance of a continuance of the efficient and vigorous course of 

 action which has marked the Board's policy in the past. 



By far the most important event to the agriculture of this 

 Territory which has been recorded for some time, is the pro- 

 vision by the Legislature of a sufficient fund to establish and 

 maintain a well equipped Agricultural College. The exigencies 

 of modern life have made it incumbent that the agriculturist 

 of today, in order to be efficient and to render his land fully 

 remunerative, be a man of wide knowledge and experience, 

 whose methods are founded upon the substantial basis of practical 

 science. The days have long since passed which only demanded 

 of the tiller of the soil that he should follow the slow and labori- 

 ous footsteps of his progenitor and be content with a scanty har- 

 vest wrung from the unwilling earth. With such unprogressive 

 and conservative methods the agriculture of the day has no 

 concern, and the country, whose people are contented with them 

 must as long as they obtain, remain backward and undeveloped. 



The necessity of imparting the technical knowledge necessary 



