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A new branch of investigtaion is now l^eing conducted by the 

 division. The great difficulty of keeping vahiable dogs immune 

 from the heart worm prevalent in the Islands has rendered the 

 matter sufficiently important to receive special atten- 

 tion. The worm is transmitted by means of mosquitoes, and 

 as yet no remedy has been discovered to alleviate the sufferings 

 of affected animals. 



DIVISiOX OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. Tared G. Smith in his report shows in what manner the 

 Territorial appropriations have been expended for this branch of 

 the work, 'fhe tobacco field experiments have been so far suc- 

 cessful that it does not seem necessary to continue them on a 

 large scale, but many points connected with curing, fermenting 

 and sorting of tobacco require further investigation. It is now 

 proven conclusively that a tobacco of good burning qualities, 

 texture, flavor and color can be produced on a commercial scale 

 and at remunerative profit. 



The work with Bluefields bananas has been conducted. One 

 thousand suckers have been distributed and the plants are now 

 so widely circulated that their propogation by the Station on a 

 large scale is no longer necessary. 



The Station has also successfully conducted a demonstration 

 of the fact that papaias and alligator pears can be shipped to 

 the mainland without loss in transit, and that a market for $500,- 

 000 of these fruits is waiting the Hawaiian grower. This part 

 of the work has been performed by Mr. Higgins, who has made 

 an extensive studv of market conditions on the Pacific Coast. 



{The above publication, consisting of 212 pages and illustra- 

 tions, can be obtained free by application to the Mailing Clerk, 

 Box ?JJ, Honolulu^ Hawaii. 



A MODERN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



We have received a most attractive syllabus from the Depart- 

 iTient of Forestry of the Iowa State College. The publication is 

 excellently illustrated and is a very useful guide as to the scope of 

 the work of an agricultural educational establishment equipped 

 with modern facilities and presided over by men actuated with the 

 spirit of modern science. The College is now engaged in the con- 

 struction of a new building specially devoted to the science of 

 agriculture. The object aimed at by the Division of Agriculture 

 of the College is to furnish a good fonndation from vrhich a stu- 

 dent may become either a successful practical farmer or may 

 develop into a specialist in any one of the branches of agricultural 

 industry. Agronomy, the science of the field and its crops, in- 

 cluding the study of soil, farm crops and agricultural engineering, 



