THE HAWAIIAN FORESTER 

 AND AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XV. Honolulu, January, 1918. No. 1 



The Division of Plant Inspection is now located near the 

 waterfront, having moved into the recently completed concrete 

 buildings on Kekuanaoa street at the last of the year. The main 

 building contains offices, laboratory, plant inspection room and 

 quarantine room arranged conveniently for effective work, and 

 an incinerator for disposing of all dangerous insects and refuse 

 detected during inspections. The fumigation building contains 

 two large rooms which can be made airtight and in which large 

 shipments, such as rice and beans, can be fumigated. These 

 new quarters fill a long- felt want and vv^ill facilitate the most 

 important work of inspection to keep injurious insects and new 

 pests out of the Territory. 



The results of the establishment of the two-acre experimental 

 plantation of the true mahogany tree, set out in Makiki Valley 

 in December of last year, will be viewed with interest in the 

 future. It has already been proved that this tree, which produces 

 timber of high commercial value, v/ill readily grow as an indi- 

 vidual in this climate at the lower elevations. In fact, the seed 

 obtained for present plantings is secured from a tree which has 

 been growing in Honolulu for some years. To ascertain the 

 character and rate of growth of this tree under close planting 

 conditions will be of considerable value. 



The Division of Animal Industry during December, 1917, 

 tested 450 dairy animals for bovine tuberculosis and of this 

 number all but 53 passed the test. The owners of these con- 

 demned animals have been reimbursed under the compensation 

 act and have thereby been assisted in the purchase of new healthy 

 stock to replace those destroyed. The testing of dairy animals 

 is progressing rapidly and it is hoped that bovine tuberculosis in 

 the Territory will soon be a thing of the past. 



This is the opportune time for all good citizens to help out in 

 the food situation by an increased consumption of island-pro- 

 duced foodstuffs. By making island beans, sweet potatoes and 

 bananas a larger part of one's daily diet a great deal can be 

 accomplished toward saving on the food which is imported into 

 the Territory. The present campaign for a greater and more 



