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Progress in the protection of our native forest in the reserves 

 is announced in the reports of the Superintendent of Forestry, 

 printed herewith, by the construction of new boundary fences 

 and the repairing of existing fences at Hauula and Waiahole on 

 Oahu, at Makawao on Maui, and at Glenwood on Hawaii. 



The use of reenforced concrete posts on the new forest reserve 

 fence at Glenwood, Hawaii, will present an interesting compari- 

 son of the serviceability of this material as against native fence 

 posts made of the ohia. 



The successful raising of the Benguet pine of the Philippines 

 (Pinus insularis) at the Keanakolu Nursery at an elevation of 

 6000 feet on the slopes of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, gives promise of 

 the possibility of raising at least a part of our own lumber supply 

 in the future. 



The inadvisability of cutting trails on the steep slopes of our 

 forested mountains is proved by actual observations described 

 in the October report of the Superintendent of Forestry. It is 

 far better to follow the old Hawaiian custom of keeping to the 

 tops of ridges. 



On October 14, 1918, the Governor by executive order set 

 aside for the exclusive use of this Board 6.51 acres of govern- 

 ment land in Waiakea, Hawaii, for the animal quarantine station 

 and 1988 square feet of government land on the Wailoa River 

 in the town of Hilo for plant fumigation purposes. 



The five new forest reserves on Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii, 

 which the Superintendent of Forestry has just recommended 

 for setting apart, aggregate a total area of 41,231 acres and, 

 except for minor changes on the boundaries of existing reserves, 

 will complete the forest reserve system for the Territory. 



Stock raisers and plantation stablemen through the Territory 

 should be careful not to feed any moldy corn to their horses or 

 mules. This causes forage poisoning for which there is no treat- 

 ment and which usually results in a mortality of ninety per cent. 



The difficulties which confront the deputy territorial veteri- 

 narians in testing cattle for bovine tuberculosis in the outlying 

 country districts are well set forth in the September report of 

 the Territorial Veterinarian printed in this issue. The coopera- 

 tion of the Board of Health officials in this work is very much 

 appreciated. 



Of the 7426 head of dairy cattle tested for tuberculosis during 

 the year ended September 30, 1918, a total of 6991 head, or 94.2 



