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and will soon become so as regards mutton. This improvement 

 was further demonstrated by the unusually large and high class 

 exhibits of imported and island bred animals of all classes at the 

 recent Territorial Fair. 



The work in connection with the control and eradication of 

 animal diseases may be summed up as follows : 



Glanders has been entirely eradicated ; Epizootic Lymphangitis, 

 of which a small outbreak occurred on the Island of Hawaii, is 

 under complete control ; Tuberculosis has been reduced from 

 31.25 per cent to 2 per cent and with the great help of the Com- 

 pensation Law which became effective last April, the complete 

 eradication of this disease is now in sight ; Anthrax, which made 

 its appearance last year on Kauai and was rapidly followed by 

 one outbreak on Oahu and seven distinct outbreaks on Maui, all 

 of which were doubtless due to malicious plants^ is now under 

 complete control. Total eradication has been accomplished on 

 the Islands of Oahu and Maui. Due to the effective methods 

 of control immediately instituted, the disease was entirely con- 

 fined to the orig'inal points of outbreak. 



MARKETING DIVISION. 



The past year has been the most successful in the history of 

 the Division. Twenty-two hundred and thirty-nine consign- 

 ments of different kinds of island products were received and 

 sold for $172,391.76, an increase of $50,878.85 over last year's 

 sales, which were $54,534.96 greater than the sales for 1915- 

 1916. This would indicate that the Division is becoming of more 

 service to the producers of the Territory. 



With the aid of the Revolving Fund all consignors were paid 

 within 30 days after their produce had been sold. The number 

 of complaints have been very few. During the months of Febru- 

 ary and March beans were very plentiful which made it neces- 

 sary for the Division to store most of the beans received during 

 these two months. As it would take some time to dispose of 

 these beans advances were made from the Revolving Fund of 

 $3.00 per bag to the bean consigTiors. 



The bean crop last year was the largest the islands have pro- 

 duced. Most of these beans were marketed through the Division 

 at very satisfactory prices. As the Flonolulu market was flooded 

 with beans, most of the red beans were shipped to the coast. 

 The small white beans were in rather poor condition and it was 

 recommended that more red beans be planted in their stead. 



On the first of the year bananas w^ere very plentiful in Hono- 

 lulu due to the shortage of shipping space and the planters were 

 losing hundreds of large bunches in the fields. In order to assist 

 the producers, the Division cooperated with the Banana Consum- 

 ing Propaganda Committee of the Hawaiian Vigilance Corps in 

 creating a local demand for all bananas which could not be 



