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elevations or under rainfall conditions where many other trees 

 will do finely. 



There are unquestionably, however, large areas which are 

 unfit for general cultivation, which should be reforested, and 

 where rubber trees will do as well, and be more profitable, 

 than any other tree which can be planted there. 



The local Federal Agricultural Station has issued bulletins 

 upon the subect of rubber culture and is about to issue another 

 one. 



The Territorial Agricultural Forestry Department has also 

 interested itself in the matter ; is furnishing rubber seed at 

 approximately cost to all who desire it, and is prepared to 

 give expert advice and suggestions as to locations and 

 methods of planting. 



RUBBER AS IN^CIDENTAL TO SUGAR. 



There is no reason why, incidentally, a number of sugar 

 plantations, especially those in the non-irrigated windward 

 districts, should not, at slight expense, plant large numbers 

 of rubber trees in gulches and other localities unsuitable for 

 cane, resulting in a benefit by present reforesting; and ulti- 

 mate profit from the rubber product which, if present prices 

 prevail and the expectations of those who have made a study 

 of rubber are fulfilled, will eventually be greater per acre 

 than is even sugar. 



The concrete results of next year's tapping of the trees at 

 Nahiku will be watched with eager interest by all interested 

 in the development of Hawaii. 



RUBBER AS A REFORESTING AGENT. 



Altogether 1907 has been a memorable year in the history 

 of forestry and forest products in Hawaii. Whether the 

 events of the year shall be taken to heart and made available 

 for the beneficial progress of the Territory, either through 

 the medium of public or private enterprise, depends largely 

 upon the intelligence and energy of the members of this 

 Association. 



In the past the subject of forestry has been largely treated 

 by this Association as an interesting incident, but not as one 

 of direct concern or of possible immediate benefit or profit to 

 its members. Within two y^ars I have heard of trees bound- 

 ing fields being cut out because the shade injured the adjoin- 

 ing cane. 



In all earnestness I urge upon the Association that the time 

 for this view of forestry and its possibilities in Ha\yaii has 

 past, and that the preservation, propagation and utilizing of 



