229 



Weight after 58 hrs. chilling- 186 lbs. 



Loss in shrinkage 6 " 



Percentage loss in chilling 3.22% 



Weight of the different cuts and percentage of same : 



Cuts. Weight, Percentage. 



Hams 42 lbs. 22.58 



Loins 49 " 26.34 



Bellies 25 " 13.44 



Shoulders 16.5 '' 8.33 



Head 18 " 9.67 



Spare rib 4.25" 2.28 



Leaf lard 6.5 " 3.49 



Back fat 20 '' 10.75 



Feet 2.5 " 



Division of Forestry 



Honolulu, Hawaii, September 6, 1919. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen: — I respectfully submit the following routine report of the 

 Division of Forestry for the month of August, 1919: 



TREE PLANTING. 



Owing to dry conditions on the planting areas, the number of trees 

 jjlanted out on forest reserves was restricted to 287 yellow poinciana 

 and 564 red gum trees which were set out at Mikilua within the Lualua- 

 lei Forest Reserve on Oahu. 



Several redwood {Sequoia srmpciTireus) and Benguet pine (Pinus in- 

 si(laris) trees were planted on August 4, at the Upper Olaa Ranger Sta- 

 tion, Hawaii, in order to test their adaptability to this region. 



FOREST FENCING. 



At 24 miles on the Volcano Road in Olaa, Hawaii, a stretch of fence 

 .19 mile long was completed ou a part of the boundary of the new Olaa 

 Forest Reserve in order to continue the protection afforded by an ad- 

 jacent older fence and prevent dairy cattle, wandering along the road, 

 from getting into the tree fern and ohia forest which is very attractive 

 at this point. 



FOREST FIRE. 



Ranger Hardy reports the occurrence of two small fires in the Kokee 

 region on Kauai during August, probably started by careless smokers. 

 One on the Mohihi-Koaie divide, covered two-thirds of an acre and no 

 trees of value were destroyed. It was subdued in three hours, but 



