THE HAWAIIAN FORESTER 

 AND AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XV. Honolulu, March, 1918. No. 3 



The planting out of introduced species of the Ficus and otlier 

 trees recommended by Consulting Botanist J. F. Rock on the 

 watershed in Manoa Valley is in the nature of an experiment 

 to determine their value as water conservers. 



The Division of Forestry continues to make progress in the 

 raising and distribution of tree seedlings, the planting of open 

 places in the forest reserves and in the protection of the native 

 reserved forest by fence building and cattle hunting, as shown 

 by the current report for January. 



All who are interested in agriculture and kindred subjects 

 are invited to come to the Government Nursery on King Street, 

 Honolulu, where there is an accumulation of duplicate volumes, 

 pamphlets, and bulletins on such subjects which will be given to 

 those who can make good use of them. 



The trade in Maui beans during February was very brisk, 

 according to the report of the Acting Superintendent of the 

 Marketing Division. The service of this Division to the small 

 farmer and producer is attested by the fact that this Division 

 sold almost $20,000 worth of produce for them during the month, 

 and has no trouble in disposing of all island produce received in 

 good condition at fair prices. It would be to the financial advan- 

 tage of the grower to give greater attention to the grading and 

 packing of his products. 



Tropical Life (London), one of the leading magazines of 

 tropical agriculture in the world, in its February number, under 

 its regular heading, "Our Friend," contains a portrait of the 

 editor of the Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, with his 

 "jubilee" biography from the Christmas number of the Paradise 

 of the Pacific. This friendly distinction in the British periodical 

 originated from the review of a book written by Mr. Harold 

 Hamel Smith, editor of Tropical Life, on the future of the sugar 

 industry of the empire, which the editor of the Forester con- 

 tributed to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and which was reprinted 

 in Tropical Life, being given the leading position in that magazine. 



