THE HAWAIIAN FORESTER 

 AND AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XVI. Honolulu, January, 1919. No. 1 



An interesting experiment in the relative durability and 

 strength of reenforced concrete and ohia posts has been initiated 

 in forest reserve fencing just completed near Glenwood, Hawaii. 



During December the Division of Plant Inspection assisted in 

 the conservation of food and for the accommodation of local 

 people fumigated over twelve thousand bags of flour, rice, corn 

 and beans. 



The work of protecting forest reserve lands against damage by 

 stock was advanced during the year just ended by the construc- 

 tion of 9.73 miles of new fences and repairing 3.84 miles of exist- 

 ing fences on forest reserve boundaries. 



The new forest reserves set apart by the Governor on the last 

 day of 1918, added 41,335 acres to the general reserve system and 

 brought the total acreage of the 47 reserves up to 814,926 acres, 

 of which 68 per cent is government land. ' 



Among the trees which are being planted in the Lualualei For- 

 est Reserve, Oahu, in a comparatively dry region in the Waianae 

 Mountains in order to reestablish the forest cover are the native 

 wiliwili and koa, and the kassod, yellow poinciana, and gum 

 arabic. 



The lessons from the severe windstorm of December 3, 1918, 

 are that it is not well to have shallow rooted trees near one's 

 house, and that to save large algaroba trees they should be topped 

 every few years. The native forests in the mountains seem to 

 have come through the storm with comparatively no damage. 



The progress report of the Superintendent of Forestry on the 

 yield of the eucalyptus trees in the Nuuanu experiment after five 

 years of growth shows that, while on the whole the trees have not 

 done very well, the blackbutt, Eucalyptus pilularis, is a suitable 

 tree to plant in similar situations where the annual rainfall is 175 

 inches. 



Bulletin No. 4 of the Division of Entomology, "The Corn Leaf 

 Hopper," by Entomologist D. T. Fullaway, was issued on De- 



