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sands of them and nearl}' all that I saw were in jierfcct et^ndition 

 as thoug!^h jnst from the chrysalis. These motlis are known to 

 migrate in numbers but it is (juite strange if the great numl)ers 

 seen here came from the cotton districts of the South. The moths 

 in some places appeared to create considerable alarm, people 

 thinking they would cause damage to plant life here." 



The Agricultural News observes : ''The fact that the abun- 

 dance of the cotton worm has been observed in these northern 

 latitudes, at the end of the season in which this insect has been 

 so destructive in the South, might mdicate that it occurs there 

 as the result of migration directly from the cotton fields. On the 

 other hand, the fact that the moths were remarkable for their 

 perfection and freshness again raises the question as to whether 

 the cotton worm has another food plant than cotton. The answer 

 to this question would be of considerable interest to West Indian 

 planters for, although uncultivated or wild cotton furnisher food 

 for the cotton worm and thus helps it to survive periods when no 

 cultivated cotton is being grown, it is obvious that additional 

 food plants would be of value to the cotton worm during this 

 unfavorable period." The problem thus raised would appear to 

 be ])ertinent to the matter of the visitation Hawaii has experienced. 



Clean culture is a living issue elsewhere than in Hawaii. Our 

 tropical agricultin-e exchanges from opposite sides of the world — 

 the Orient and the Antilles, as well as Europe — are devoting 

 much space to insecticides and methods of their application, and 

 admonitions to destroy all infected fruits are also becoming 

 general. 



Among the latest outcomes of governmental assistance in the 

 marketing of small farming products in this Territory, in charge 

 of S. T. Starrett, is the cooperation of dairymen in the llilo dis- 

 trict for the establishing of a central creamery to sujiply not only 

 the local but the Honolulu market with fresh butter of first c|uality. 

 In this connection it is interesting to notice, in a late number of 

 the Tro])ical Agriculturist (Ceylon) a long selected article on 

 the great development of the dairy industry of Denmark through 

 the adoption of just such cooperation. It was instigated in that 

 country by the failure, some years ago. of its corn-growing in- 

 dustry. Now Denmark is exporting millions of dollars worth of 

 dairy products as the direct result of the cooperative creameries. 



There is every ])romisc, according to a news article in llu- Ha- 

 waiian Star, that Mr. Starretl's market superintending will 

 eventuate in not only restoring the Hawaiian banana industry 

 but developing it to an extent never before approached, (^ne con- 

 dition of success is of cour.se clean culture, as well as clean and 

 otherwise efficient ])acking. for which the superintendent is work- 

 ing baii'l in hand with the dther (ifncia! and prixate clean cnltiii'ists. 



