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A great deal has been done in establishincr nionntain grasses 

 in the past. Mention was made of this fact at tlie Stock Breeders' 

 meeting in 1903, by Mr. L. A. Thurston. Mr. Jared G. Smith 

 also mentions that he found a large number of foreign grassf^s 

 on his travels over the islands. 



With the dry country the proposition is a much more d'ifficu't 

 one, but I have no doubt that in the future there will be as great 

 and probably a greater development in these lands as there has 

 been on the wet lands in the past. 



I have not enumerated the grasses which I failed to grow, as 

 other trials under different conditions and soils might be success- 

 ful. I think that experiments should be conducted on every 

 lanch, not necessarily to go to any great expense. A good fodder 

 plant may be discovered' now and again that would be of immense 

 value to Hawaiian ranchers. 



LOCAL NOTES. 



Dr. Duerden, formerly Curator of the Museum in Jamaica, who 

 spent the summer of 1906 in the Hawaian Islands studying the 

 marine fauna, is at work arranging an agricultural course for 

 the Rhodes University College, South Africa, where he is now 

 Professor of Zoology. 



The Hawaiian Planting Company, Limited, of Hilo, has re- 

 cently filed its articles of incorporation. The new company is 

 organized to plant, grow and raise fruits, and to manufacture, 

 distil and prepare products of the soil into commercial and trade 

 articles. The capital stock is $4,000, divided into 800 shares of 

 $5 each. Its officers are: John K. Kai, piesident; J. K. Kelii- 

 kahi, vice-president ; C. K. McGuire, secretary-treasurer ; A. K. 

 Hapai, auditor, and P. A. A'ictor, T. K. Lalakea and Charles 

 Williams, directors. 



The output of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company's cannery at 

 Iwilei, Honolulu, for the past season amounts to two and a quar- 

 ter million cans. The cannery at Iwilei is the largest in the 

 world, which is the more extraordinary in view of the compara- 

 tively recent establishment of the company. Already plans are 

 being drawn up to double the present capacity of the machinery. 



